Mod 1 Proj Mgmt Foundations (30)

Question 1

1) What is one advantage of a functional organization structure?

a. Timely responses to changes
b. Team members report to one manager
c. Rapid reaction to changes
d. Flexible resource scheduling

Answer 1

d. Flexible resource scheduling

Advantages of a functional organization structure include a broad specialist base, shared knowledge of latest technology, and flexible resource scheduling.

Question 2

2) Which of the following describes an individual in a management role within a functional area of the organization that has their own permanent staff responsible for the ongoing work?

a. Project manager
b. Program manager
c. Functional manager
d. Portfolio manager

Answer 2

c. Functional manager

The best answer choice is C. The functional manager has a permanent staff responsible for carrying out the ongoing work of the organization.

Question 3

3) You work for a commercial roofing contractor. You are asked to do a job in Barrow, Alaska. Which EEF do you need to pay closest attention to?

a. Company culture
b. Infrastructure
c. Weather
d. Availability of resources

Answer 3

c. Weather

In Alaska, weather is always an EEF!

Question 4

4) `What is an input?
a. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
b. A defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service
c. A systematic series of activities directed toward causing an end result
d. Any item, whether internal or external to the project, that is required by a process before that process proceeds

Answer 4

d. Any item, whether internal or external to the project, that is required by a process before that process proceeds

An input is any item, whether internal or external to the project, that is required by a process before that process proceeds. It may also be an output from a predecessor process.

Question 5

5) The Project Management Knowledge Areas include which of the following?

a. Cost management
b. Initiating
c. Executing
d. Planning

Answer 5

a. Cost management

The best answer choice is A because it is the only option that represents a knowledge area. The other options are process groups.

Question 6

6) The custom homebuilder you work for has a contract to build a home. The customer wants marble from Florence, Italy. To work with the tile, you need extremely skilled craftspeople with special tools. This EEF is an example of

a. Company culture
b. Infrastructure
c. Weather
d. Availability of resources

Answer 6

d. Availability of resources

The material and the labor to work with it are constraints associated with the availability of resources.

Question 7

_7) Standards, codes, and regulations are examples of

a. Company culture
b. Ethical considerations
c. Enterprise environmental factors
d. Professional conduct factors

Note: Need complete answer explanation

Answer 7

c. Enterprise environmental factors

Enterprise environmental factors are conditions not under the immediate control of the team, that influence, constrain, or direct the project, program, or ______

All answers below are incorrect b/c:

a. Company culture
b. Ethical considerations
d. Professional conduct factors

Question 8

8) You are tasked with completely updating your organization’s communication infrastructure. You decide to break this into several components: one each for telephones, IT, and radio communication. Each will have its own manager. This is an example of

a. A project
b. A portfolio
c. A program
d. Operations

Answer 8

c. A program

This is a program. Each component is a project.

Question 9

9) Which of the following is NOT one of the PMI‐identified competing constraints?

a. Market conditions
b. Quality
c. Schedule
d. Resources

Answer 9

a. Market conditions

Market conditions might be an enterprise environmental factor, but they’re not one of the competing constraints.

Question 10

10) Sequence Activities is part of the ______ process group and correlates to the Project ________ Management knowledge area

a. Planning; Time
b. Initiating; Scope
c. Executing; Stakeholder
d. Initiating; Risk

Answer 10

a. Planning; Time

Sequence Activities is a process categorized under the Planning process group. This process correlates to the knowledge area of Project Time Management.

Question 11

11) Which describes a controlling PMO?
a. Requires compliance with the project management methodology
b. Serves as a project repository for project management resources
c. Manages large and specific projects
d. Has a high degree of control

Answer 11

a. Requires compliance with the project management methodology

A controlling PMO develops policies, procedures, templates, forms, and reports for project management and requires compliance with the project management methodology.

Question 12

12) You are planning a small construction project. What will be one of your first tasks?

a. Identify your suppliers
b. Hire the necessary personnel
c. Identify the competing constraints
d. Prepare a schedule

Answer 12

c. Identify the competing constraints

Part of your job as a project manager is to first identify the competing constraints and then manage your project to balance them appropriately.

Question 13

13) You’re setting up your project and need to manage it so that you complete one phase and get customer sign‐off before beginning the next phase. What type of project life cycle should you use?

a. Overlapping
b. Sequential
c. Fast tracking
d. Iterative

Answer 13

b. Sequential

A sequential project life cycle requires you to complete one phase before initiating the next phase.

Question 14

14) Which of the following is NOT an organizational process asset?

a. Risk database
b. Information from past projects
c. Change control policies
d. Risk tolerance

Answer 14

d. Risk tolerance

Risk tolerance is an enterprise environmental factor (EEF).

Question 15

15) Your team has completed the first phase of a project, which produced a small batch of the finished product. You sent this to the client for review and based on the feedback, you may need to make some changes. This is an example of a(n) ________ life cycle.

a. Adaptive
b. Iterative and incremental
c. Predictive
d. Directive

Answer 15

a. Adaptive

Adaptive life cycles solicit client review and feedback at each iteration. One of the benefits of the adaptive life cycle is that making changes earlier in the life cycle is much easier.

Question 16

16) The Project Management process groups include which of the following?
a. Integration, Scope, Risk, Quality, Time
b. Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
c. WBS, WBS Dictionary, Network Scheduling Diagram, Critical Path
d. Plan Scope, Create Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS

Answer 16

b. Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing

The best answer choice is B because it contains the five process groups.

Question 17

17) Validate Scope is part of the Project ________ Management Knowledge Area required for the ________ process group.

a. Time; Planning
b. Communications; Executing
c. Quality; Initiating
d. Scope; Monitoring and Controlling

Answer 17

d. Scope; Monitoring and Controlling

Validate Scope is a process categorized in the knowledge area of Project Scope Management and is part of the Monitoring and Controlling process group.

Question 18

18) Which of the following terms are typically used to define a project?

a. Lengthy and expensive
b. Temporary and similar
c. Temporary and unique
d. Permanent and costly

Answer 18

c. Temporary and unique

The best answer choice is C because a project is typically defined by the terms temporary and unique.

Question 19

19) The three types of project life cycles are predictive, ________ and incremental, and adaptive.

a. Supportive
b. Controlling
c. Iterative
d. Directive

Answer 19

c. Iterative

The 3 types of life cycles are 1) predictive, 2) iterative and incremental, and 3) adaptive.

Question 20

20) Which of the following is characteristic of a matrix organization?
a. An interdisciplinary team performs the project.
b. The organization is separate from functional departments.
c. The PM has full authority and responsibility.
d. The functional department performs the project.

Answer 20

a. An interdisciplinary team performs the project.

An interdisciplinary team performs the project. In matrix organizations, team members from different departments work on the project.

Question 21

21) Which would be included in project governance?

a. Marketplace conditions
b. Issue resolution procedures
c. Risk tolerance
d. Shared vision and beliefs

Answer 21

b. Issue resolution procedures

Governance is a framework for conducting the project and includes issue resolution procedures.

Question 22

22) What would be the output after completing the following activities: documenting the project life cycle, determining how performance will be measured, identifying EEFs, and prioritizing project constraints?

a. Project management plan
b. Project charter
c. Scope Management plan
d. Project scope statement

Answer 22

a. Project management plan

These activities would be included in the Planning process group resulting in a project management plan as the output.

Question 23

23) The client for a software development project requests an earlier delivery date to meet an important industry conference. Which constraints will be most affected by this request?

a. Resources, scope, risk
b. Scope, quality, budget
c. Budget, schedule, resources
d. Quality, resources, scope

Answer 23

b. Scope, quality, budget

A shortened schedule usually affects scope, quality, budget, and/or risk.

Question 24

24) Which of the following is not considered a project management process group?

a. Planning
b. Integration
c. Initiating
d. Executing

Answer 24

b. Integration

The best answer choice is B. The five process groups include Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. Project Integration Management is a knowledge area.

Question 25

25) If the organization does not have all the skills or capacity to perform all the activities or create all the deliverables that are necessary, you may need to implement Project ________ Management processes.

a. Stakeholder
b. Time
c. Procurement
d. Scope

Answer 25

c. Procurement

Project Procurement Management includes the processes necessary to purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team.

Question 26

26) A schedule has milestones listed with only the first 90 days’ worth of work defined in detail. The project manager will provide a more detailed schedule as the project progresses, when he has a greater understanding of what is involved. This is called

a. Planning
b. Life cycle planning
c. Progressive elaboration
d. Progressive estimating

Answer 26

c. Progressive elaboration

Progressive elaboration is continuing to provide more detail as more is known about the project.

Question 27

27) What is the definition of the term “project”?
a. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
b. A function or a series of steps and actions that support the business or a stakeholder
c. An artifact that is produced, is quantifiable, and can be either an end item in itself or a component item
d. An output from performing project management processes and activities

Answer 27

a. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result

A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

Question 28

28) Defining activities, sequencing activities, and estimating activity resources are all included as Project ________ Management processes.

a. Scope
b. Time
c. Cost
d. Quality

Answer 28

b. Time

Project Time Management includes the processes required to manage the timely completion of a project.

Question 29

29) Building a ship or an aircraft is one example of

a. A program
b. A project
c. A portfolio
d. Program management

Answer 29

a. A program

A program is a group of related projects, subprograms, and program activities managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.

Question 30

30) What distinguishes a strong matrix structure from a balanced matrix structure?
a. The project manager might have some administrative support.
b. The project manager usually controls the budget.
c. The project manager is called the project coordinator.
d. The project manager has low career security.

Answer 30

b. The project manager usually controls the budget.

A strong matrix organization has dedicated project managers with a high level of authority, full‐time administrative support, and team members who are fully dedicated to the project. The project manager usually controls the budget.