Which of the following is not a characteristic of a software project?

The series of this section covers Software Project Management multiple choice questions from 

• Project evaluation and project planning – Importance of Software Project Management, Activities, Methodologies and Categorization of Software Projects, Setting objectives, Management Principles and Control, Project portfolio Management, Cost-benefit evaluation technology, Risk evaluation, Strategic program Management, Stepwise Project Planning.
• Project life cycle and effort estimation – Software Process Models, Rapid Application development, Agile methods, Extreme Programming, Software estimation, Effort and Cost estimation techniques, COSMIC Full function points, COCOMO II, Parametric Productivity Model.
• Activity planning and Risk management – Project schedules, Network Planning models, Forward Pass & Backward Pass techniques, Critical path [CRM] method, Risk identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Planning, Risk Management, PERT, Monte Carlo simulation, Resource Allocation
• Project Management and control – Visualizing progress, Cost monitoring, Earned Value Analysis, Change control, Software Configuration Management, Contract Management
• Staffing in software projects – Organizational behavior, Oldham – Hackman job characteristic model, Stress, Health and Safety, Ethical and Professional concerns, Decision making, Organizational structures, Dispersed and Virtual teams, Communications genres, Communication plans, Leadership

Project evaluation and project planning

1. Program is broken down into projects which are further divided into _________.
   A. tasks
   B. work packages
   C. work units
   D. none of the above

ANSWER: A

1. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a software project?
   A. A project can have nonroutine tasks that involve challenge
   B. A project can have several routine tasks
   C. The resources available for the project are usually constrained
   D. Every software project has a predetermined starting point but may continue indefinitely

ANSWER: D

1. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of software projects compared to other projects?
   A. Invisibility
   B. Complexity
   C. Non-Conformity
   D. Flexibility

ANSWER: C

1. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the project life cycle?
   A. Feasibility study-Project execution-Plan
   B. Feasibility study-Plan-Project execution
   C. Plan-Feasibility study-Project execution
   D. Plan-Project execution- Feasibility study

ANSWER: B

1. _________ sets the overall project objectives.
   A. Project manager
   B. Project steering committee
   C. Programmer
   D. Client

ANSWER: B

1. Which one of the following is the most accurate definition of a project?
   A. A planned sequence of activities
   B. An activity that requires planning, execution, controlling, and monitoring and is constrained by limited resources
   C. A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service
   D. A planned effort with clear objectives

ANSWER: C

1. What does the acronym SMART stand for?
   A. Suitable, measurable, actionable, relevant, time constrained
   B. Specific, measurable, actionable, resourced, time constrained
   C. Standardised, measurable, achievable, relevant, time constrained
   D. Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time constrained

ANSWER: D

1. Which one of the following statements concerning the business case for a project is false?
   A. It provides the cost that would be incurred to complete the project
   B. It provides the benefits that are expected to accrue from undertaking the project
   C. It presents the cost-benefit analysis
   D. Once the business case is completed and approved by the project sponsor, the feasibility study is undertaken

ANSWER: D

1. “Finding out the strategy for making money by selling the product to customers” is a _________.
   A. business case
   B. business model

ANSWER: B

1. The statement “The project may exceed the budget but later the product attracts a lot of customers and makes good business” refers to _________.
   A. Project Success but a Business Failure
   B. Project Failure but a Business Success

ANSWER: B

1. Which one of the following is usually not recognized as a phase of the software project management life cycle?
   A. Execution
   B. Initiation
   C. On-going maintenance
   D. Closing

ANSWER: C

1. Which one of the following is not included in a project scope document?
   A. The deliverables for the project
   B. The features and functions that are to be included in the software
   C. The time schedule
   D. The project plan

ANSWER: D

1. Project plan is _________.

A. static
B. dynamic

ANSWER: B

1. Which one of the following best defines a project portfolio of a software development organization?
   A. All projects that are being carried out within an organization
   B. All projects being carried out by the organization for a specific customer
   C. All projects that have been started in the same financial year
   D. A range of products and services offered the organization

ANSWER: A

1. Which one of the following is true about Net Present Value [NPV]?
   A. NPV assumes computation of the present value at the cost of capital
   B. NPV assumes computation of the present value using the rate of return from the best available investment option
   C. NPV assumes computation of the present value using the prevailing rate of interest
   D. NPV assumes computation of the present value using the rate of interest that may prevail from year to year

ANSWER: C

1. _________ is the difference between the total costs and the total income over the life of the project.
   A. Payback period
   B. Net present value
   C. Net profit
   D. Internal rate of return

ANSWER: C

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