Project Planning: Putting It All Together Week 1 Quiz Answer

Project Planning: Putting It All Together 

Week 1 Quiz Answer

Weekly Challenge 1

Question 1)

Fill in the blank: _____ is the method where a project manager reviews all individual tasks and rolls the tasks into manageable chunks that lead to a milestone.

• Goal scheduling

• Team scheduling

• Top-down scheduling

• Bottom-up scheduling

Question 2)

Before starting the planning phase, you complete the initiation phase. What steps do stakeholders or the clients take during the initiation phase?

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, determine the scope and deliverables, and select the team.

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, review risk management tools, and approve the budget. 

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, select the tools to manage the project, view meeting notes, and approve the budget.

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, approve goals, determine the scope and deliverables, and approve the project charter.

Question 3)

During the project planning phase which of the following occur?

• The client reviews the project plans for approval

• The client selects which vendors work on the project.

• The project manager completes a plan, then puts it away until the project closing phase

• The project manager creates the schedule, budget, and risk management plan

Question 4)

What are the benefits of the project planning phase? Select all that apply

• Identify and prepare for risks

• Keep teammates from communicating to avoid groupthink when brainstorming ideas.

• Coordinate efforts and timelines with other teams.

• Understand the work the team needs to do to achieve their goals

• Get buy-in from key members of the project team

Question 5)

Suppose that as a project manager, you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you give examples of tasks that you consider part of the project, and tasks you consider not part of the project. What agenda section does this represent?

• Background

• Roles 

• Questions

• Goals and scope

Question 6)

Suppose as a project manager, you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you present the shared project tools and documents. You also tell the team they will communicate through a team chatroom and will receive daily email updates. What agenda item does this represent?

• Intended outcome

• Collaboration

• Scope

• Project purpose 

Question 7)

Fill in the blank: Reaching a project milestone is an important point within the project schedule that indicates progress and usually signifies the _____ of a deliverable or phase of the project.

• time

• goals

• scope

• completion

Question 8)

Imagine that you’re a project manager trying to complete a website design. What three activities might be tasks that must be accomplished to complete the project?

• Test the website for usability

• Implement feedback by the designer

• Host a check-in meeting with the team

• Create initial mock-ups of the website

Question 9)

Project managers should follow which three best practices when assigning tasks to complete milestones?

• Assign deadlines to tasks, but not milestones.

• Balance the workload of tasks between teammates. 

• Consider teammates’ familiarity with the tasks.

• Add an assignee and due date to each task.

Question 10)

What are two benefits of making a work breakdown structure (WBS)? 

• You can assign tasks to two or more team members.

• You and your teammates can easily identify the tasks you assigned to each milestone.

• You can get a sense of each stakeholder’s workload.

• You have a visualization tool that assists in assigning tasks.

Extra Questions 

Question 11)

Fill in the blank: When creating a work breakdown structure (WBS), a project manager should focus on _____ rather than actions.

• timeline

• stakeholder needs

• teammate strengths

• deliverables

Question 12)

Suppose as a project manager, you notice that a new government regulation may add additional tasks to the project. You bring your concern about this new regulation to the stakeholders for a discussion on how to mitigate its impacts. What component of the planning phase does this situation represent?

• Risk management

• Budget

• Schedule

• Task management 

Question 13)

Suppose that as a project manager you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you spend about ten minutes to set expectations for the team and the next steps they should take. What agenda item does this represent? 

• Roles

• What comes next 

• Introductions

• Background 

Question 14)

Suppose as a project manager, you’re leading a kick-off meeting. One of the discussions is taking longer than you expect. How do you get the meeting back on track? 

• Let the speaker finish and schedule another meeting without any discussions.

• Tell specific team members they’ll have to wait until the next meeting to speak.

• Remind attendees of the agenda and the meeting end time.

• Ask the speaker to finish their point and require everyone else to have a 60-second speaking limit.

Question 15)

Which of the following would you consider a project milestone?

• Web designer implements feedback

• Web designer creates a proposal

• Client approves website design

• Project manager reviews mock-ups

Question 16) 

What are the benefits of setting milestones? Select all that apply.

• Setting milestones helps you keep your project on track with clear deadlines for when to complete deliverables.

• Setting milestones encourages you to take time away from the project for new ideas.

• Breaking down information into milestones gives you a better idea of the amount of work that needs to be done.

• Setting milestones helps you to figure out if you need to adjust your scope, timelines, or resources to meet your goals.