Course Project Management Foundations

Period 2017-01
Career Business Engineering
Type of Evaluation Reading Quiz N 08

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Instructions Final Grade Reading Quiz N 08

Use black or blue pen. Answers that are written in pencil won't be
corrected.
The Reading Quiz lasts 30 minutes.
The Reading Quiz N 08 is based on "Chapter 8: Project Quality
Management" from PMBOK, 5th Edition

1. There are 3 Quality Management Processes. Associate each process with its definition. Each correct answer
is worth 1 point (3.0 points).

A Plan Quality ( ) The process of auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality
Management control measurements to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational
definitions are used.
B Perform Quality ( ) The process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities
Assurance to assess performance and recommend necessary changes.
C Control Quality ( ) The process of identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project
and its deliverables and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
with quality requirements and/or standards.

2. All Project Quality Management Processes have Outputs. Associate each process with the most
representative output. Each correct answer is worth 1 point (3.0 points).

A Plan Quality Management ( ) Change Requests

B Perform Quality Assurance ( ) Verified Deliverables
C Control Quality ( ) Process Improvement Plan

3. The seven basic quality tools, also known in the industry as 7QC Tools, are used within the context of the
PDCA Cycle to solve quality-related problems. Associate each Tool with its definition (7 points)
Course Project Management Foundations
Period 2017-01
Career Business Engineering
Type of Evaluation Reading Quiz N 08

They are especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing
3.1
inspections to identify defects.
They are used to identify the vital few sources that are responsible for causing
3.2
most of a problems effects.
They seek to explain a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a
3.3
change observed in the corresponding independent variable.
The problem statement placed at the head of the fishbone is used as a starting
3.4
point to trace the problem's source back to its actionable root cause.
They are used to determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable
3.5
performance.
They are a special form of bar chart and are used to describe the central tendency,
3.6
dispersion, and shape of a statistical distribution.
They display the sequence of steps and the branching possibilities that exist for a
3.7
process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more outputs.

4. In addition to the 7QC Tools, there are other quality management and control tools that are available.
Associate each Tool with its definition Each correct answer is worth 1.0 point (7 points).

They provide a process for creative problem solving in moderately complex

4.1
scenarios that possess intertwined logical relationships.
Used with scheduling methodologies such as program evaluation and review
4.2
technique, critical path method (CPM) and precedence diagramming method.
Identify the key issues and the suitable alternatives to be prioritized as a set of
4.3
decisions for implementation.
They show the strength of relationships between factors, causes, and objectives
4.4
that exist between the rows and columns that form the matrix.
They are similar to the mind-mapping techniques in that they are used to generate
4.5
ideas that can be linked to form organized patterns of thought about a problem.
They are useful in visualizing the parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition
4.6
hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship.
It is useful as a method for contingency planning because it aids team in
4.7
anticipating intermediate steps that could derail achievement of the goal.