Quiz Executing-Quality

You’ve been utilizing project funds in-line with the quality plan established and the projected schedule of costs. However, the sponsor is concerned that the quality-related activities are excessive and do not fall under the cost of quality framework. Which of the following is not an activity that would be classified as a cost of conformance?

A large enterprise software development project requires that requirement documents be produced for each of the 18 departments. The project team created a checklist to control the quality of these documents. The checklist is filled out for each of the documents produced and is approved before sending it to the design team. The design team has identified issues with each of four documents created. Which of the following is an appropriate action that should be taken?

You are managing a shipbuilding project. The sponsor invites you to an urgent meeting. He is very worried about the quality of the work being performed. Even after you explain to him that all the testing has shown satisfactory results, he still believes that the end product will not be of quality. What will be your response?

Your company has assigned you to lead a project to develop a line of high-quality construction tools to be used by industrial pipe fitters. Due to an increase in the cost of transportation, your company has mandated that all materials be sourced from companies within the state. Following this mandate, you establish a contract with a local firm to provide steel for the project. While the cost is well below what was originally projected, the company is unable to guarantee that the steel they provide will meet the high-quality standard 100% of the time. Given this reality, what type of cost should you expect to increase?

A friend of yours is a project manager in a company that works in an adaptive environment using agile methods. He asks you to help him improve the quality of the results his project produces. Which of the following would be the best advice you could provide?

While executing the project, the project manager realizes that while the product meets all of the established quality standards its functionality seems to not meet the standards established by market leaders. Which of the terms would best describe the category within which this product would fall in the market?

As a project manager, you placed significant importance on ensuring that quality standards are followed. In which process are the quality standards that need to be followed identified?

Despite your efforts to diligently follow the quality management plan established, a significant defect was discovered by the customer in the product your team created. Unfortunately, the defect was discovered after full production was initiated and the product distributed globally for three months and the company was forced to recall the existing products. Which type of cost of quality is the recall cost classified as?

A project manager has used the affinity diagram method to review and group a large number of errors being reported on the project. He is planning to further analyze and identify the root cause of errors. Within which process is the project manager?

In creating the quality management plan for your project your team defined the need for multiple quality audits to ensure that the high-quality standards have been maintained. Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of a proper quality audit?