PMI Knowledge Areas Project Quality Management

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three main processes of project quality management?

Performing quality control

Implementing quality management (correct)

Planning quality management

Performing quality assurance

What is the primary goal of project quality management?

To reduce project costs

To improve project efficiency

To ensure the project meets the needs for which it was undertaken (correct)

To increase stakeholder satisfaction

Which of the following is an important aspect of planning quality management?

Selecting proper materials

Training and indoctrinating people in quality

Planning a process that ensures the appropriate outcome

All of the above (correct)

Why is it important to prevent defects in IT projects?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

Who is primarily responsible for the quality of a project?

The project team Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)'s definition of quality?

The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils requirements. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the cost categories related to quality mentioned in the passage?

Overhead cost Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what percentage of computer systems failures are attributed to software bugs?

40% Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following software failures is NOT mentioned in the passage?

The 2012 software bug that caused a major outage at Amazon Web Services Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of Project Quality Management according to the passage?

To ensure that the project meets the specified requirements. Signup and view all the answers

What does the passage suggest is the reason why 'people seem to accept systems being down occasionally or needing to reboot their PCs'?

They believe that some level of downtime and reboots is unavoidable in IT. Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of quality assurance on a project?

To satisfy the relevant quality standards for the project Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of software testing mentioned in the text?

Functional testing Signup and view all the answers

Why is testing alone not sufficient to prevent software defects?

Testing cannot identify all possible defects in a software system Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of program inspections as described in the text?

To identify and fix software defects before implementation Signup and view all the answers

Which organizations are mentioned in the text as resources to help project managers and their teams understand quality?

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and IEEE Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary responsibility of project managers according to the text?

To oversee the quality management of the project Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the main outputs of quality control?

Cost estimations Signup and view all the answers

Which of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality is used to display the history and pattern of variation of a process over time?

Run Chart Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of using a control chart?

To prevent defects Signup and view all the answers

According to the seven run rule, what pattern in data points indicates that the process needs to be examined for non-random problems?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of a cause-and-effect diagram?

To help find the root cause of a problem Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following tools is used to collect and analyze data?

Checksheet Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an inspection checklist in software development?

To identify potential faults or errors in the code Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a category of faults listed in the inspection checklist?

Syntax faults Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a check for Data faults according to the inspection checklist?

Are all program variables initialized before their values are used? Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the check 'Should the upper bound of arrays be equal to the size of the array or Size -1?' in the inspection checklist?

To ensure proper array indexing and avoid out-of-bounds errors Signup and view all the answers

According to the inspection checklist, which of the following is a check for Interface faults?

Do all function and method calls have the correct number of parameters? Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a check for Exception faults management in the inspection checklist?

Is space explicitly deallocated after it is no longer required? Signup and view all the answers