1.
While devising project management plans, project
managers must often make assumptions. Assumptions may pose risk to a project
because:
a)
They are based on constraints
b)
They involve factors that are believed to be
true, real or certain
c)
They are based on lessons learned
d)
Upper management is too optimistic
2.
Which of the following is a constraint in
developing the project management plan?
a)
A predefined budget
b)
Lessons learned from previous projects
c)
Cost performance records from a previous project
d)
A list of key resources required for the project
3.
The subdivision of project deliverable into
smaller and smaller components is called:
a)
Concept definition
b)
Floe charting
c)
Decomposition
d)
Scope verification
4.
Detailed descriptions of work packages are
contained in:
a)
The statement of work
b)
Product specifications
c)
WBS costs accounts
d)
WBS dictionaries
5.
Lessons learned are important because they:
a)
Show why an organization chose specific projects
b)
Indicate why specific project managers and team
members were selected
c)
Show the causes of variances and the reasons for
the associated corrective actions
d)
Prove that organizational policies are being
followed
6.
The document that specifically identifies work
that is excluded from the project is the:
a)
Scope management plan
b)
Project scope statement
c)
WBS
d)
Scope verification plan
7.
As technological complexity increases, the level
of uncertainty in defining the work would:
a)
Be unaffected
b)
Be impossible to predict
c)
Decrease
d)
increase
8.
Which of the following best represents a project
assumption?
a)
The equipment for operational
b)
Testing will arrive, as scheduled, one week
before the start of testing
c)
The budget for the annual company picnic $50,000
d)
The initial estimate for the Webinator project
is $2million but you know that the estimate is a rough guess and that the
actual budget will change
9.
One objective of scope control is to influence
the factors that lead to scope changes and to control the potential impact of
those changes. Which of the following is a tool of scope control?
a)
Work performance measurements
b)
Change requests
c)
Expert judgment
d)
Variance analysis
10.
You have been appointed project manager for the
development of the “next generation” movie projector for the major U.S.
entertainment studios.
a)
Identify the major project deliverable
b)
Determine the cost and duration estimates for
each project deliverable
c)
Identify the components of each project deliverable
d)
Determine the procedures for making project
changes
11.
Scope verification is the process of reviewing
work results and obtaining formal acceptance of the project scope. Which is not
an outcome of this process?
a)
Project management plan updates
b)
Accepted deliverable
c)
Change requests
d)
Project document updates
12.
You are a project manager for the Environment
Protection Agency located in the Research Triangle Park near several North
Carolina Universities. Your current environment remediation project is $250,000
over budget and six months behind schedule. One of your engineers has found a
way to reduce costs by incorporating a technology that was not available at the
beginning of the project. Which of the following techniques is being used?
a)
A force majeure
b)
Configuration management
c)
A value engineering change
d)
Life-cycle cost analysis
13.
Which of the following processes most directly
defines and manages stakeholder expectations?
a)
Collect requirements
b)
Define scope
c)
Verify scope
d)
Control scope
14.
The processes define scope results in a written,
detailed scope statement. One of the tools is called alternatives
identification. Which of the following is part of identifying alternatives?
a)
Value engineering
b)
Expert judgment
c)
Pair wise comparisons
d)
Project charter
15.
Your neutron exciter project is off to a good
start. You have collected requirements and have a written scope statement. Your
next scope management step is to ____________and the primary goal is ________.
a)
Verify scope; to ensure that the buyer and
seller agree on project scope
b)
Control scope; to identify successes and
failures for lessons learned purposes
c)
Consider prototyping; to facilitate design
comparisons to choose the most effective technical approach
d)
Create a WBS; document tasks within the project
scope
16.
The lowest level of the WBS is called a/an
_____________and has the following characteristic: __________and___________.
a)
Task, duration estimate, responsibility
assignment
b)
Activity, duration estimate, responsibility
assignment
c)
Work package, responsibility assignment, and
approximate size of 80 hours
d)
Work package, duration estimate, primary
stakeholder
17.
In the WBS, a cost or control account is:
a)
A summary of the project budget
b)
The lowest level at which organizational
responsibility is assigned
c)
A collection of related work activities expected
to take about 80 hours
d)
Also referred to as level three of the WBS
18.
As defined by PMI, the initial scope management
activity is known as _____and relies on the _________as an important source of
information.
a)
Identify stakeholders; interviews
b)
Identify stakeholders; stakeholder register
c)
Collect requirements; requirements management
plan
d)
Collect requirements; stakeholder register
19.
As one of 42 project management process
identified in the site, verify scope is concerned with __________and belongs to
which process group?
a)
Agreement; planning
b)
Correctness; executing
c)
Acceptance; monitoring and controlling
d)
Acceptance; closing
20.
Your team has created a requirements management
plan and a written scope statement that has been coordinated with the customer
and key stakeholders. The team has also created a WBS that has been decomposed
to the work package level. A chart of accounts has been established for the WBS
and the detailed information for each task has been documented. What is the
next major scope management step that your project team will need to perform?
a)
Control scope
b)
Verify scope
c)
Create the WBS dictionary
d)
Respond to change requests
21.
Control scope is about all the following except:
a)
Controlling the impact of cost changes
b)
Influencing the factors that create scope
changes
c)
Managing actual scope changes
d)
Assuring that requested changes are handled
using integrated change control
22.
Features and functions describe what kind of
scope?
a)
Project scope
b)
Product scope
c)
Design scope
d)
Baseline scope
23.
The collect requirements process defines and
documents stakeholders’ needs to meet project objectives. Which of the
following statements about collecting requirements is true?
a)
Attributes of each requirement can be recorded
with the aid of prototypes
b)
Requirements documentation and the requirements
management plan are inputs to collecting requirements
c)
Project requirements can include technical and
performance requirements
d)
The use of facilitated workshops is one of the
tools and quality requirements deployment is one example of such a workshop
24.
Which statement about the WBS numbering system
is not true? It:
a)
Is called apportioned effort
b)
Identifies the level at which specific
activities are found
c)
Allows allocation of costs to individual WBS
activities
d)
Is sometimes referred to as a code of accounts
25.
Which of the following statements about the WBS
is not true?
a)
Each item is generally assigned a unique
identifier
b)
Work element descriptions are often collected in
a WBS dictionary
c)
Activities at the lowest level of the WBS are
referred to as work packages
d)
The WBS and the OBS are essentially the same
accounts
26.
Change control systems include which of the
following?
a)
Documentation, tracking systems and approval
levels
b)
CCB, provision for emergency changes and audits
to verify conformance
c)
Establishment of requirements
d)
Decomposition
27.
Having completed the requirements collection
process, your next step is to define the scope. Which of the following is not a
tool of scope definition?
a)
Interviews
b)
Facilitated workshops
c)
Expert judgment
d)
Product analysis
28.
Scope management should ensure that a project
management plan includes all the work required but only the work required to
complete the project successfully. This planning must include both product
scope (the features and functions embodied in the product or service) and
project scope (the management activities required to deliver the product or
service). Product scope should be measured against the ___________ and project
scope should be measured against the __________.
a)
Statement of work; WBS
b)
Project management plan; product requirements
c)
WBS; project charter
d)
Product requirements; project management plan
29.
In addition to work performance measurements and
change requests, the outputs of control scope are:
a)
Scope statement, lessons learned and WBS
templates
b)
Work results, scope changes and historical
information
c)
Organizational process assets updates, project
management plan updates and project document updates
d)
Scope changes, product documentation and
performance reports
30.
Two weeks ago you were called into your
supervisor’s office and informed that you had been competitively selected (you
were immediately suspicious) for a challenging technical development project.
You were advised that will also provide the best functionality. At your first
team meeting, your lead engineer described a technique that would analyze the
functions inherent in a design, evaluate whether each function is really needed
and assess the most cost-effective way to provide the needed functions without
sacrificing quality. Your engineer was describing which tool?
a)
Pareto analysis
b)
Root cause analysis
c)
Value engineering
d)
Configuration management
31.
You have been assigned to a small but important
team charged with quickly defining and documenting the requirements for the
renovation of a series of “theme” hotels in cities with major casinos around
the world. There are obvious geographical group creativity techniques. Which of
the following is not an example of such a technique?
a)
Delphi technique
b)
Focus groups
c)
Affinity diagram
d)
Nominal group technique
32.
The WBS can be used for which of following?
a)
Showing calendar dates for tasks
b)
Describing the business need of the project
c)
Communicating with the customer
d)
Identifying each team member’s functional
manager
33.
Your project is almost complete and the customer
wants to make a major change to the scope of work. You should:
a)
Refuse the change
b)
Accept the change
c)
Complain to management
d)
Inform the customer of the impact of the change
34.
Which of the following statements about
decomposing tasks into smaller components is inaccurate?
a)
Decompose tasks until they can be realistically
estimated
b)
Decompose tasks until they can be completed by
one person
c)
Decompose tasks until they can be completed in
approximately 80 hours
d)
Excessive decomposition of tasks can result in
non-productive management
35.
Which is not a major advantage of using a work
breakdown structure?
a)
Organizes the work in a logical manner
b)
Provides a sound basis for estimating
c)
Promotes team buy-in of the project management
plan
d)
Clearly describes the project work down to the
smallest sub-tasks
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