Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) IS 405 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. What is the purpose of the IS405 Project Management course? - ANSWER
✔ A. to establish a strong academic foundation and practical skills for
managing projects in a fast-paced, often-changing environment;
2. B. to provide skills to Class Members that will assist them in their academic
projects immediately
3. C. establish an environment of discussion and learning that supports the
standards of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, enhancing the testimony or
understanding of the Gospel
4. What is a WBS? - ANSWER ✔ The Work Breakdown Structure
5. There are five typical types of Major Components. Which of the following is
NOT one of them? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Geography
2. Phase
3. Functional group
4. Release
5.Deliverable
,6. There are three types of logical relationships(dependencies) that we
identified that are most commonly used to create the Dependency Diagram.
Which of the following is not one? - ANSWER ✔ Possible options: Start to
start, finish to finish, finish to start
7. NOT start to finish!
8. When talking about task relationships, what does the word "lag" mean? -
ANSWER ✔ The pause time between the two relationships. (That's not the
verbatim answer.)
9. What is the first question you ask when forming the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ Which functions are most affected?
10.Which is the second question you ask when forming the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ Which functions contribute?
11.How many advocates (team members) should be on the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ 4-7
12.What is the first step in managing risk? - ANSWER ✔ Probably "Preventive
Actions (mitigate likelihood)", but could be "identify risks"
13.According to Ernie's view, as discussed in class, who owns quality during a
project?
a. Project Manager
b. Project Sponsor
c. Functional Managers
d. CEO - ANSWER ✔ c. Functional Managers
,14.Which of the following is NOT a contributor to quality during a project?
a. Norms and Standards of the organization
b. Customer requirements
c. Subject Matter Experts' input
d. Employees' expertise and training
e. All of the above contribute to quality! - ANSWER ✔ e. All of the
above contribute to quality!
15.Regarding the Business Culture mapping, which of the following is NOT
correct? (What is the 2x2?) - ANSWER ✔ (From Top Left in Clock-wise
rotation)
Collaboration (Customer Based)
Control (Process/Efficiency)
Competence (Product/Quality)
Cultivation (Employee)
16.When determining who should be on the Planning Team, the Project
Manager and Sponsor should ask specific questions. Choose the option
below that has the right questions in the right order. - ANSWER ✔ 1.
What/which functions are most affected by the success of the project?
2. Which functions will most contribute to the success of the project?
Simplified:
, 1. Most affected by
2. Most contribute to
17.Managing the project is much easier, and much more reliable if . . .
a. The Project Manager has carefully developed the project plan.
b. The Planning Team has followed the steps of the process faithfully.
c. The Sponsor has managed the plan development.
d. Everyone just gets out of the way and lets the developers go to work. -
ANSWER ✔ b. The Planning Team has followed the steps of the
process faithfully.
18.Think about the "silver bullets" to getting good estimates. Which of the
following statements is NOT accurate? (What are the silver bullets?) -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Timing = estimate in context (Don't ask for an estimate until
you see the dependency-diagram)
3. Size = break it down to a recognizable effort/level
4. Estimator = get the right person making the estimate (first doer, but if no
doer then project manager/owner)
19.What is a critical task? - ANSWER ✔ - A task that is on the Critical Path
and does not have some amount of slack or float (from textbook pg.2-95)
- Indicated in vertical red-dashed lines
20.What is a noncritical task? - ANSWER ✔ - A task that is not on the Critical
Path and has some amount of slack or float (2-95)
(FEMA) IS 405 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. What is the purpose of the IS405 Project Management course? - ANSWER
✔ A. to establish a strong academic foundation and practical skills for
managing projects in a fast-paced, often-changing environment;
2. B. to provide skills to Class Members that will assist them in their academic
projects immediately
3. C. establish an environment of discussion and learning that supports the
standards of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, enhancing the testimony or
understanding of the Gospel
4. What is a WBS? - ANSWER ✔ The Work Breakdown Structure
5. There are five typical types of Major Components. Which of the following is
NOT one of them? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Geography
2. Phase
3. Functional group
4. Release
5.Deliverable
,6. There are three types of logical relationships(dependencies) that we
identified that are most commonly used to create the Dependency Diagram.
Which of the following is not one? - ANSWER ✔ Possible options: Start to
start, finish to finish, finish to start
7. NOT start to finish!
8. When talking about task relationships, what does the word "lag" mean? -
ANSWER ✔ The pause time between the two relationships. (That's not the
verbatim answer.)
9. What is the first question you ask when forming the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ Which functions are most affected?
10.Which is the second question you ask when forming the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ Which functions contribute?
11.How many advocates (team members) should be on the Planning Team? -
ANSWER ✔ 4-7
12.What is the first step in managing risk? - ANSWER ✔ Probably "Preventive
Actions (mitigate likelihood)", but could be "identify risks"
13.According to Ernie's view, as discussed in class, who owns quality during a
project?
a. Project Manager
b. Project Sponsor
c. Functional Managers
d. CEO - ANSWER ✔ c. Functional Managers
,14.Which of the following is NOT a contributor to quality during a project?
a. Norms and Standards of the organization
b. Customer requirements
c. Subject Matter Experts' input
d. Employees' expertise and training
e. All of the above contribute to quality! - ANSWER ✔ e. All of the
above contribute to quality!
15.Regarding the Business Culture mapping, which of the following is NOT
correct? (What is the 2x2?) - ANSWER ✔ (From Top Left in Clock-wise
rotation)
Collaboration (Customer Based)
Control (Process/Efficiency)
Competence (Product/Quality)
Cultivation (Employee)
16.When determining who should be on the Planning Team, the Project
Manager and Sponsor should ask specific questions. Choose the option
below that has the right questions in the right order. - ANSWER ✔ 1.
What/which functions are most affected by the success of the project?
2. Which functions will most contribute to the success of the project?
Simplified:
, 1. Most affected by
2. Most contribute to
17.Managing the project is much easier, and much more reliable if . . .
a. The Project Manager has carefully developed the project plan.
b. The Planning Team has followed the steps of the process faithfully.
c. The Sponsor has managed the plan development.
d. Everyone just gets out of the way and lets the developers go to work. -
ANSWER ✔ b. The Planning Team has followed the steps of the
process faithfully.
18.Think about the "silver bullets" to getting good estimates. Which of the
following statements is NOT accurate? (What are the silver bullets?) -
ANSWER ✔ 1. Timing = estimate in context (Don't ask for an estimate until
you see the dependency-diagram)
3. Size = break it down to a recognizable effort/level
4. Estimator = get the right person making the estimate (first doer, but if no
doer then project manager/owner)
19.What is a critical task? - ANSWER ✔ - A task that is on the Critical Path
and does not have some amount of slack or float (from textbook pg.2-95)
- Indicated in vertical red-dashed lines
20.What is a noncritical task? - ANSWER ✔ - A task that is not on the Critical
Path and has some amount of slack or float (2-95)
