This… Is… Project Management Trivia! Round 1: Chapters 1,2 & 3

Rules Sit with your teams. List team names. Write up four answer cards: A, B, C and D No notes or electronic assistance. Two rounds: Multiple Choice & True/False Short Answer Winning team gets prizes!

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Round 1: Multiple Choice True/False

Question 1 True or False? The five process groups are also the project life cycle phases. True False Answer: False. The project life cycle phases are starting, organizing and preparing, doing the work and closing.

Question 2 Which of the process groups involves coordinating people and resources and managing stakeholder expectations? Initiating Planning Executing Closing Answer: c) Executing

Question 3 Which doesn’t belong: A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique: Baseline Product Service Result Answer: A) Baseline

Question 4 True or False? A stakeholder is an individual, group or organization who may affect, be affected by, or perceive itself to be affected by a decision, activity or outcome of a project? True False Answer: True

Question 5 Portfolio, Project, Program Program, Portfolio, Project Rank these from largest to smallest: Portfolio, Project, Program Program, Portfolio, Project Project, Program, Portfolio Portfolio, Program, Project Answer: D)

Question 6 Functional Weak Matrix Strong Matrix Projectized Which type of organization has a hierarchy where each employee has one clear superior? Functional Weak Matrix Strong Matrix Projectized Answer: A) Functional

Question 7 Purgatory Russell Mercy Medical Trautner Where does our second guest speaker, Darren Stewart, work? Purgatory Russell Mercy Medical Trautner Answer: B) Russell Engineering

Question 8 Least Likely Most Likely Optimistic Pessimistic Review: Which is not one of the three time estimates used for PERT? Least Likely Most Likely Optimistic Pessimistic Answer: A) Least Likely

Round 2: Short Answer Write your team name on a piece of paper. You can take notes on separate piece(s). Answer the following questions. Good luck!

Question 9 What does PMO stand for and what are the three types of PMO structures in organizations? Hint: C, D, S.

Question 10 Label where the 5 Process Groups fit on this graph.

Question 11 The raw observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry out the project work are called? Hint: WPD

Question 12 What does CAPM stand for?

Question 13: Three points! What are the three other project management constraints (not including scope, schedule and budget)?

Question 14 To which part of project management does this cartoon refer?

Question 15 Fill in the blanks: a) b)

Break Grade questions 9 – 15 Check scores Now to the Final Question

Final Question: 5 points possible For ½ a point each, list the 10 project management knowledge areas: After two mistakes, I start subtracting ½ a point for wrong answers.