Senior Design Project for Applied Engineering MCQs

Senior Design Project for Applied Engineering MCQs

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1: What is continuous-time signal processing?

A.   The study of signals that are discontinuous in time

B.   The study of signals that are continuous in time

C.   For signals that vary with the change of continuous domain

D.   The study of signals that are continuous in both time and frequency

2: Which of the following is true about discrete-time signals?

A.   They are not quantized in magnitude

B.   They are defined only at discrete points in time

C.   They are quantized in time and magnitude

D.   They are not quantized in time

3: What is digital signal processing?

A.   The study of electronic signals

B.   The study of computer signals

C.   The processing of digitized discrete-time sampled signals.

D.   The study of digital electronics

4: What is nonlinear signal processing?

A.   The processing of signals in the frequency domain

B.   The analysis and processing of signals produced from linear systems

C.   The analysis and processing of signals produced from nonlinear systems

D.   The processing of signals in the time domain

5: What is statistical signal processing?

A.   The study of the theory and application of statistics to the processing of signals

B.   A method of signal processing that makes use of statistical theory

C.   The study of statistics and its applications in the field of signal processing

D.   An approach which treats signals as stochastic processes, utilizing their statistical properties to perform signal processing tasks

6: What is the definition of "accept"?

A.   A decision to take no action against a threat.

B.   A decision to take action.

C.   A decision to take action against a threat.

D.   A decision to take no action.

7: What are acceptance criteria?

A.   A set of standards used to assess whether project deliverables meet the necessary requirements.

B.   The process of approving project deliverables.

C.   The specific requirements expected of project deliverables.

D.   A set of guidelines that define what is considered to be an acceptable level of quality for deliverables.

8: What does "end user" refer to in the context of the definition of "acceptance test"?

A.   The people who market the product

B.   The people who sell the product

C.   The people who develop the product

D.   A team of people who use the product to identify potential problems

9: What does the acquisition process obtain?

A.   Project work

B.   Team members

C.   Personnel and resources necessary for project work

D.   Financial resources

10: What is an action item?

A.   An event that must be attended

B.   An activity or task that must be completed.

C.   A goal that must be met

D.   A project that must be completed

11: What is the purpose of an action item status?

A.   To track an action item's progress from creation to closure

B.   To update project statuses

C.   To created work packages

D.   To provide multiple action items

12: What is the purpose of tracking an action item's status?

A.   To update the status of the action item

B.   To track the progress of the project

C.   To plan the work package

D.   To track the progress of the action item from creation to closure

13: What is the smallest unit of work necessary to complete a project work package?

A.   Work Package

B.   Project

C.   Activity

D.   Deliverable

14: What is an activity code?

A.   A numeric value assigned to each activity

B.   The amount of time an activity takes

C.   An alphanumeric value by which activities can be grouped and filtered.

D.   A description of an activity

15: What is an activity label?

A.   A short descriptor for an activity.

B.   A step in an activity-on-arrow diagram.

C.   A type of arrow used in activity-on-arrow diagrams.

D.   A way to represent an activity in an activity-on-arrow diagram.

16: What is an activity list?

A.   A document that lists all the projects necessary to complete an activity

B.   A document that lists all the activities necessary to complete a task

C.   A document that lists all the activities necessary to complete a project

D.   A document that lists all the activities necessary to complete a plan

17: What is represented by arrows in AOA diagrams?

A.   Milestones

B.   Start-to-finish relationships

C.   Events

D.   Activities

18: What type of relationship can be indicated by an AOA diagram?

A.   Finish-to-start

B.   Finish-to-finish

C.   Start-to-finish

D.   Start-to-start

19: Which of the following is NOT a relationship type illustrated by AON diagrams?

A.   Finish-to-start

B.   Start-to-start

C.   Start-to-finish

D.   Finish-to-middle

20: What do nodes in an AON network diagram represent?

A.   Activities

B.   Events

C.   Conditions

D.   Tasks

21: Which of the following is not a valid Management Accounting term?

A.   VAC

B.   BAC

C.   ACWP

D.   APC

22: Which of the following does ACWP represent?

A.   The total amount of money budgeted for all work to be performed in a given period of time.

B.   The total labor hours required to complete all work in a given period of time.

C.   The total value of all work scheduled to be performed in a given period of time.

D.   The total cost incurred for work done in a given period of time.

23: What is the meaning of "actual duration"?

A.   The expected length of time to complete an activity.

B.   The length of time taken to complete an activity.

C.   The length of time taken to complete an activity minus any slack.

D.   The planned length of time to complete an activity.

24: Actual effort is best defined as

A.   The amount of labor performed to complete an activity.

B.   The number of people needed to complete an activity.

C.   The amount of time needed to complete an activity.

D.   The amount of money needed to complete an activity.

25: Actual effort is expressed in what units?

A.   Dollars-hours

B.   Meters

C.   Person-hours

D.   Kilograms

26: What is actual expenditure?

A.   The sum of all costs incurred by a company.

B.   The sum of costs paid from a budget.

C.   The sum of all costs incurred by a government.

D.   The sum of all past and future costs.

27: What does Actual Progress measure?

A.   The number of people working on a project.

B.   The amount of money spent on a project.

C.   The amount of work completed on a project.

D.   The amount of time spent on a project.

28: APF rejects which type of project management?

A.   Agile project management

B.   Staged project management

C.   Traditional, linear project management

D.   Hybrid project management

29: What does administrative closure refer to?

A.   The set of formal requirements fulfilled to cancel a project

B.   The set of formal requirements fulfilled to begin a project

C.   The set of formal requirements fulfilled to continue a project

D.   The set of formal requirements fulfilled to end a project

30: What is the time frame that aggregate planning uses demand forecasts to manage scheduling and planning for project activities?

A.   Within two weeks of the project

B.   More than 18 months in advance

C.   Between three and 18 months in advance.

D.   Exactly three months in advance.

31: What is the main characteristic of agile development?

A.   It is incremental

B.   It is adaptive

C.   It is based on user stories

D.   It is fixed

32: What is the aim of agile development?

A.   To proceed in sprints

B.   To follow a waterfall model

C.   To have a fixed scope

D.   To meet ever-changing customer requirements

33: What is Agile project management?

A.   A project management approach that focuses on the development of software projects.

B.   A project management approach that focuses on the use of iterative development methods.

C.   A project management approach that focuses on teamwork and collaboration.

D.   A project management approach that draws from concepts of agile software development.

34: What does agile project management focus on?

A.   Use of iterative development methods

B.   Teamwork, collaboration, and stakeholder involvement

C.   Scrum methodology

D.   Waterfall methodology

35: What is the main focus of Agile software development?

A.   Creating high quality software

B.   Meeting deadlines

C.   Keeping costs low

D.   Being reactive to changes in external environments

36: What is the Agile Manifesto?

A.   A software development process

B.   A software development company

C.   A set of principles that emphasizes meeting changing requirements through collaborative development and making ongoing improvements through iteration.

D.   A method of software development

37: What is allocation?

A.   The assigning of resources for scheduled activities in the most efficient way possible.

B.   The process of buying and selling assets

C.   A measure of how much resources are available

D.   The process of allocating resources to different tasks

38: What does alternative analysis involve?

A.   Evaluation of possible courses of action in order to find the most suitable course of action.

B.   The evaluation of possible courses of action in order to find the most suitable course of action.

C.   The evaluation of possible courses of action in order to find the most suitable outcome.

D.   The analysis of possible alternatives in order to find the most suitable course of action.

E.   The evaluation of possible courses of action in order to find the cheapest course of action.

39: Which of the following is NOT a reason why Analogous Estimating is the most inaccurate estimation technique?

A.   The data is from a different time period

B.   It uses historical project data to prepare time and cost estimates.

C.   The data is from a different culture

D.   The data used is for a similar project

40: What is the most accurate estimation technique?

A.   Analytical Estimating

B.   Parametric estimating

C.   Bottom-up estimating

D.   Analogous estimating

41: Which of the following is true about analytical estimating?

A.   It is the most common estimation technique.

B.   It is the least common estimation technique.

C.   It is the least accurate estimation technique.

D.   It is the most accurate estimation technique.

42: What is an application area?

A.   The specific project category of which the project is a part.

B.   The department in which the project is located

C.   The amount of money spent on a project

D.   The people who will use the project

43: What is the other name for apportioned effort?

A.   Discrete effort

B.   Project work

C.   Types of activities

D.   Activities such as quality assurance

44: What type of activity is apportioned effort?

A.   A type of activity used to measure work performance

B.   An activity used to measure work output

C.   A discrete activity used to measure work output.

D.   One of three types of activities used to measure work performance as part of earned value management.

45: What type of analysis is used to examine the various methods by which a project 's goals may be achieved?

A.   PEST Analysis

B.   Critical Path Analysis

C.   Approach analysis

D.   SWOT Analysis

46: What is the arrow diagramming method used for?

A.   To construct precedence diagrams.

B.   To construct activity-on-arrow (AOA) diagrams.

C.   To construct network diagrams.

D.   To construct activity-on-node (AON) diagrams.

47: What does artifact refer to?

A.   A place where art is made

B.   An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

C.   The naturalprocess by which something is created

D.   Items that support software development

48: Which of the following is NOT an artifact?

A.   Project management

B.   System design

C.   Requirement

D.   Use case

49: What is the process of assigning people to project work for changing numbers of hours per day as the project moves through different stages?

A.   Project Management

B.   Employee Contouring

C.   Assignment contouring

D.   Human Resources

50: What is an assumption?

A.   A factor that does not affect a project's risks and outcomes.

B.   A factor deemed to be true during the project planning process, though proof of their validity is not available.

C.   Something that only affects a project's risks.

D.   Proof of a project's validity.