Additional questions

Question 1

What activity must the project manager and the project clients do to complete the project?

Answer 1

• Verify the project scope

Question 2

You are the project manager for an advertising project. This project will mail each client a pen, coffee mug, and magnet - all to be designed with your company logo on it. You have worked on a similar project before but have a new project team for this particular task. Of the following, which is the best source of information for creating the project schedule?

Answer 2

• Historical information input

Question 3

The company-wide policy that mandates all project quality is called what?

Answer 3

• Quality policy

Question 4

You have an excellent idea for a new project that can increase productivity by 20 percent in your organization. Management, however, declines to approve the proposed project because too many resources are already devoted to other projects. You have just experienced what?

Answer 4

• Project Portfolio Management

Question 5

Of the following, in a project, which is the most important stakeholder?

Answer 5

• The client/customer

Question 6

Which is not part of Progressive Elaboration?

Answer 6

• Project Development

Question 7

Which of the following is true about projects, subprojects and parent projects?

Answer 7

• Sub-projects do not follow parent projects
• A sub project is part of a parent project

Question 8

You are the project manager of a project that spans the globe in its implementation. Your team is non collocated and many of the project team members will need to travel between sites to complete the project work. Which of the following is least relevant to internationalization?

Answer 8

• Scope, quality or the project schedule

Question 9

You are the project manager for the ERP Project. Your organization uses a project office. The primary purpose of a project office is to:

Answer 9

• Support the project manager

Question 10

Management has asked you to determine if a project concept is valid and can be completed using a reasonable amount of time and finances. Management is asking for which of the following?

Answer 10

• Feasibility study

Question 11

Which of the following describes the early stages of a project?

Answer 11

• Low costs and low demand

Question 12

At which point is the risk of failure the least, but the consequence of failure the highest?

Answer 12

• During the final stages

Question 13

You are the project manager of the GEM Project. Your organization is a classic functional environment. The level of authority as a project manager can be best described as which?

Answer 13

• Low

Question 14

Project team members are most likely to work full-time on a project in which of the following organizational structures?

Answer 14

• Projectized organizational structure

Question 15

Which process represents an ongoing effort throughout the project?

Answer 15

• Planning process

Question 16

Which of the following processes happens in the correct order?

Answer 16

1) Scope,
2) planning,
3) scope definition,
4) activity definition and
5) activity sequencing

Question 17

Which of the following planning processes is a facilitating process?

Answer 17

• Quality planning

Question 18

Of the following, which facilitating process is most concerned with mitigation?

Answer 18

• Risk response planning

Question 19

You are the project manager for the FOG Project. This project will affect several lines of business and there is controversy on the project deliverables already. You have 45 key stakeholders on this project representing internal customers from all areas of your organization. With this many stakeholders, what challenge will be the most difficult for the project’s success?

Answer 19

• Managing stakeholders expectations

Question 20

Which of the following is not an input to schedule development?

Answer 20

• Cost baseline

Question 21

Which one of the following represents the vast majority of a project’s budget?

Answer 21

• Project plan execution

Question 22

The project plan provides a baseline for several things. Which one of the following does the project plan not provide a baseline for?

Answer 22

• A baseline for Control

Question 23

Which one of the following is a formal document to manage and control project execution?

Answer 23

• Project plan

Question 24

Configuration management is a process for applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance of the project implementation. Which activity is not included in configuration management?

Answer 24

• Automatic change request approval

Question 25

Which set of the following tools is part of the project plan execution?

Answer 25

1) General management skills,
2) status review meeting,
3) work authorization systems

Question 26

You are the project manager for your organization. Management would like you to use a tool that can help you plan, schedule, monitor, and report your findings on your project. This tool is which one of the following?

Answer 26

• PMIS