Process Groups

Question 1

What does the develop project charter process entail?
A. Developing a strategy that formally authorized how the project will be carried out and provides the stakeholders with authority to apply their input to project activities.
B. Developing an approach allows the project manager to socialize the project with internal and external stakeholders.
C. Developing a document that formally authorized the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
D. Developing an agreement between the project manager and the organization that formally authorizes the project manager to utilize the budget as stated in the project management plan.

Answer 1

Developing a document that formally authorized the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

Question 2

Which two project management processes belong to the initiating process group?
A. Develop project charter and identify stakeholders.
B. Develop project charter and define scope.
C. Define scope and estimate cost.
D. Identify stakeholders and define scope.

Answer 2

Develop project charter and identify stakeholders.

Question 3

The initiating process group contains which of the following?
A. The project management processes that occur when the project is being organized and prepared
B. The project management processes that occur when the project is started
C. The project management processes that occur when the project is being closed.
D. The project management processes that occur when the work is carried out.

Answer 3

The project management processes that occur when the project is started

Question 4

What is the purpose of the initiating process group?
A. Complete the procurement and stakeholder management plans so that the project is officially authorized.
B. Begin all components of the project management plans so that they may be completed as project work is carried out.
C. Develop and complete the preliminary documentation so that the project may commence
D. Align the stakeholders’ expectations and the project purpose, inform stakeholders of the scope, and objectives and discuss how their participation in the project and its associated phases can help to ensure their expectations are met.

Answer 4

Align the stakeholders’ expectations and the project purpose, inform stakeholders of the scope, and objectives and discuss how their participation in the project and its associated phases can help to ensure their expectations are met.

Question 5

Select the best description of the Initiating Process Group
A. The process is performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by outlining the first draft of the project management plan
B. The process is required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.
C. The process is performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase.
D. The processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, higher resources, and define the course of action required to attain authorization to start the project or phase.

Answer 5

The process is performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase

Question 6

Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the Planning process group?
A. Estimate cost.
B. Identify stakeholders
C. Plan, schedule management.
D. Define scope.

Answer 6

Identify stakeholders

Question 7

What is the key benefit of the Planning Process group?
A. Illustrates the final project deliverables.
B. Generates the project charter
C. Dictates which stakeholders will be involved with the project and at what capacity.
D. Defines the course of action to successfully complete the project or phase.

Answer 7

Defines the course of action to successfully complete the project or phase.

Question 8

How many project management processes belong to the Planning process group?
A. 7
B. 23
C. 13
D. 24

Answer 8

24

Question 9

The Planning Process group contains which of the following
A. The project management processes that occur when the project is being organized and prepared
B. The project management processes that occur when the work is carried out
C. The project management processes that occur when the project is being closed
D. The project management processes that occur when the project is started

Answer 9

The project management processes that occur when the project is being organized and prepared

Question 10

Select the best description of the Planning Process Group.
A. The process is required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives and define the course of action required to include in the Project Charter
B. The process is required to plan how the project will take place. Through meetings and project stakeholders
C. The process is performed. To define new project or a new phase in the existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
D. The process is required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to obtain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.

Answer 10

The process is required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to obtain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve.

Question 11

How many project management processes belong to the executing process group?
A. 10
B. 7
C. 13
D. 5

Answer 11

10

Question 12

Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the executing process group?
A. Validate Scope
B. Direct and Manage Project Work
C. Manage Communications
D. Acquire Resources

Answer 12

Validate Scope

Question 13

Select the best description of the Executing Process Group.
A. The process is required to track, review, and regulate the process and performance of the project, identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required, and initiate the corresponding changes.
B. The processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the group.
C. The process is performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project requirements.
D. And the process is performed to complete the work as defined by stakeholders.

Answer 13

The process is performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project requirements.

Question 14

What is the key benefit of the Executing Process Group?
A. It illustrates the final project deliverables.
B. The work needed to meet the project requirements and objectives is monitored for quality
C. The work needed to meet the project requirements and objectives is performed according to plan
D. The effort needed to meet the project requirements and objectives is tracked and reviewed against the baseline.

Answer 14

The work needed to meet the project requirements and objectives is performed according to plan

Question 15

As the project manager, which of the following is not your responsibility as part of this process group?
A. Build team cohesiveness and relationships to both external and internal stakeholders
B. Sign off on all legal agreements and documents
C. Ensure stakeholder needs are being met in relation with the approved scope.
D. Integrate the various parts of the project work into a cohesive whole.

Answer 15

Sign off on all legal agreements and documents

Question 16

How many project management processes belong to the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?
A. 20
B. 2
C. 12
D. 13

Answer 16

12

Question 17

As the project manager, which of the following is your responsibility as part of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?
A. Ensure stakeholder needs are being met in relation to the approved scope
B. Continuously monitor the work being completed.
C. Build team cohesiveness and relationships to both external and internal stakeholders
D. Integrate the various parts of the project work into a cohesive whole.

Answer 17

Continuously monitor the work being completed.

Question 18

Select the best description of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group.
A. The processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.
B. The processes performed to complete the work as defined by stakeholders.
C. The processes required to oversee, review, and make changes to the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas of delay; and initiate a plan for future performance.
D. The processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project.

Answer 18

The processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.

Question 19

What is the key benefit of the monitoring and controlling process group?
A. Relevant enterprise environmental factors can be reviewed and adjusted as needed, as the factors external to the organization fluctuate.
B. Project procurement activities are reviewed and analyzed at regular intervals, appropriate events, or when exceptional conditions occur in order to identify and correct variances from the project management plan.
C. Project performance is measured and analyzed at regular intervals, appropriate events, or when exceptional conditions occur in order to identify and correct variances from the project management plan.
D. Project performance is measured and analyzed one time in order to create a baseline.

Answer 19

Project performance is measured and analyzed at regular intervals, appropriate events, or when exceptional conditions occur in order to identify and correct variances from the project management plan.

Question 20

Which of the following project management processes do not belong in the Monitoring and Controlling process group?
A. Quality control.
B. Monitor communications.
C. Control Procurements.
D. Direct and manage project work.

Answer 20

Direct and manage project work.

Question 21

As a project manager, which of the following is not your responsibility as part of the closing process group?
A. Transition resources to their next assignments
B. Finalize all project activities to ensure that resources are released
C. Update and archive documents
D. Complete performance metrics and reports.

Answer 21

Transition resources to their next assignments

Question 22

What is the key benefit of the closing process group?
A. Transfers the responsibility of the next project to the next project manager
B. Ensures the project budget has been exhausted
C. Project documentation is completed and filed according to your organization’s specifications.
D. Phases, projects, and contracts are closed out appropriately.

Answer 22

Phases, projects, and contracts are closed out appropriately.

Question 23

Which of the following project management processes belongs to the closing process group?
A. Close project or phase
B. Define activities
C. Implement risk responses
D. Control quality

Answer 23

Close project or phase

Question 24

Select the best description of the closing process group.
A. The processes required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project.
B. The processes performed to complete the project management plan
C. The processes performed to formally abandon an unfinished project.
D. The processes performed to formally complete or close a project, phase, or contract

Answer 24

The processes performed to formally complete or close a project, phase, or contract

Question 25

How many project management processes belong to the Closing Process Group?
A. 13
B. 10
C. 1
D. 7

Answer 25

1