PMP Questions quality knowledge page 18

171.

The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?

Select one

The project management team needs to obtain the quality policy from the customer.

The project management team will need to develop a quality policy for the project.

The project management team does not need to develop a quality policy since the performing organization does not have one.

A quality policy is nice to have but is not required for every project.

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Applying multiple relationships between the same activities

Applying the SS relationship with a lead

Applying the SS relationship with a lag

Applying the SF relationship

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The costs associated with eliminating requirements

The costs of ensuring conformance to requirements

The costs involved when changes are made to the requirements

The cost of deploying a project Configuration Management System

174.

A software team tracing the root cause of an application failure can use this to help determine the cause(s) of the failure:

Select one

Ishikawa diagram

Rummler-Brache swim lane diagram

Threading analysis

Deming chart

Select one

A type of RACI chart

A chart that shows the root cause of a problem

A type of fishbone diagram

A chart that shows the stability of a process

176.

Which of the following tools can enhance the visibility of traditional written project plans and other documents to provide a real-time overview of the project status?

Select one

Expert judgement

Visual management tools

Product backlog

Change control system

177.

The project management team performed activities such as measuring, examining, and verifying to determine whether work and deliverables met requirements and product acceptance criteria. Which of the following choices refers to a different set of activities than the ones just mentioned?

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Walkthroughs

Prevention

Inspection

Reviews

178.

A project manager wants to proactively monitor a manufacturing process to determine whether the quality level is within acceptable limits for that process. What tool will help with this?

Select one

Control charts

Ishikawa diagram

Histogram

PERT chart

179.

During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager, was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would you comment on this situation?

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The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.

The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.

The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.

The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.

180.

Sheila is the project manager of a website development project. After a detailed discussion with the project management team, she decides to create an informal, broadly framed quality management plan. What would your comment on this be?

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This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be formal but broadly framed.

This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be formal and highly detailed.

This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be informal and highly detailed.

This is fine. The project requirements determine the style and detail of the quality management plan.

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