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Process Groups: Exam Flashcards

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Project Area and Process Group: Acquire human resources

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Project Area: Human Resources

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Analyze processes to identify improvements and opportunities

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Project Area: Quality

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Analyze Schedule Variances

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Project Area: Time

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Archive project documentation

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Assess the team’s performance

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Project Area: Human Resources

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Close contracts

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Project Area: Procurement

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Collect final lessons learned

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Collect product requirements

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Complete the project deliverables

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Decide on whether to advance to the next project phase

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Decompose the work into smaller elements (WBS)

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Define the project scope, identifying and describing the project deliverables

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Define the rules on how the project will be managed

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Describe what, when, and how to procure

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Project Area: Procurement

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Determine communication requriments

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Project Area: Communication

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Determine how stakeholders will be managed

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Project Area: Stakeholders

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Determine quality standards

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Project Area: Quality

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Determine the project actual costs

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Project Area: Cost

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Determine the project business need

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Initiating

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Project Area and Process Group: Develop a high-level schedule and budget

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Initiating

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Project Area and Process Group: Develop a schedule

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Project Area: Time

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Distribute information according to the communications management plane

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Project Area: Communication

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Estimate activity durations

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Project Area: Time

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Estimate costs and determine budget

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Project Area: Cost

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Establish project baselines

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Estimate resource requirements

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Project Area: Time

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Identify, analyze, and respond to risks

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Project Area: Risk

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Identify and sequence activities

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Project Area: Time

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Identify stakeholders and understand their influence over the project

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Project Area: Stakeholders

Process Group: Initiating

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Project Area and Process Group: Manage scope changes

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Manage the involvement and commitment of project stakeholders

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Project Area: Stakeholders

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Manage the project termination before completion

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Monitor and reassess risks

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Project Area: Risk

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Monitor the suppliers’ performance

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Project Area: Procurement

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Obtain the formal acceptance of the project or phase

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Perform quality audits

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Project Area: Quality

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Perform quality inspections

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Project Area: Quality

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Plan roles and responsibilities

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Project Area: Human Resources

Process Group: Planning

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Project Area and Process Group: Prevent the team from completing unplanned work

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Produce a final project performance report

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Respond to changes on communication requirements

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Project Area: Communication

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Project Area and Process Group: Review proposals

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Project Area: Procurement

Process Group: Executing

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Project Area and Process Group: Select the project manager

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Initiating

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Project Area and Process Group: Update organizational process assets with the acquired lessons learned

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Project Area: Integration

Process Group: Closing

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Project Area and Process Group: Validate project deliverables

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Project Area: Scope

Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling

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Which of the following is NOT part of project initiation?

a. Providing formal authority to the project manager

b. Identifying stakeholders

c. Establishing expectations

d. Establishing project baselines

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D - Establishing project baselines is part of planning. All other options are part of initiating.

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A project manager is working with senior management identifying stakeholders’ influence. In which project management process group is the project manager working in?

a. Initiating

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Stakeholder management

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A - Identifying stakeholders’ influence is part of the initiating process group.

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The project manager has just completed a high-level risk identification. What should be done NEXT?

a. Perform a qualitative risk analysis.

b. Plan risk responses.

c. Identify detailed risks.

d. Develop the project management plan.

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D - A high-level risk identification is performed during initiation. Because all available options are performed during planning, select the option that is performed first. The first activity performed in planning is developing the project management plan.

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A project manager is meeting with functional managers to define when and how team members will be acquired. In what project management process group is the project manager working in?

a. Initiating

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Stakeholder management

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B - Meeting with functional managers to define when and how team members will be acquired is part of planning human resource management. Thus answers A and C are not correct. Answer D is not correct, because stakeholder management is not a process group.

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The project manager and the team have just developed a preliminary project schedule. Which of the following should be completed NEXT?

a. Begin iterations.

b. Establish project baselines.

c. Develop the project management plan.

d. Develop the quality management plan.

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D - The project management plan should already have been initiated before developing the schedule (answer C). Beginning iterations (answer A) and establishing baselines (answer B) will always be performed after developing the quality management plan. Thus developing the quality management plan is the best option.

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The project team has just completed a detailed risk identification, analysis, and response. What should be done NEXT?

a. Begin planning iterations.

b. Establish project baselines.

c. Plan communications management.

d. Plan procurement management.

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A - Iterations should only be performed after risk identification, analysis, and response. Project baselines should only be established after completing planning iterations (answer B). Risk identification analysis and response should only be performed once all other knowledge areas have been planned (answers C and D). Thus beginning iterations is the best option.

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Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate definition of planning?

a. Starts the project and authorizes the project manager to use organizational resources in project activities

b. Defines and formalizes objectives and plans the actions required to attain them

c. Compares the actual performance against the plan, identifies potential variances, and issues corrective actions

d. Defines the work required to complete the deliverables

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B - Planning includes all the processes required to define and formalize objectives, as well as determine the actions required to attain them.

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Planning iterations result in updates to the:

a. Project charter

b. Project management plan

c. Change request log

d. Performance reports

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B - Planning iterations frequently results in project management plan updates.

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Which process group spends most of the project’s funds?

a. Integration

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Closing

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C - Most project resources are spent during the executing process group.

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A project manager is working with her team to determine corrective actions to an identified cost variance. Which project management process group is the project manager in?

a. Corrective action

b. Planning

c. Executing

d. Monitoring and controlling

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D - Corrective actions are part of the monitoring and controlling process group.

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The monitoring and controlling process group includes which of the following processes’ sets?

a. Control communications and validate scope.

b. Develop project team and identify stakeholders.

c. Manage communications and control procurements.

d. Manage stakeholder engagement and manage project team.

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A - Developing project team, managing communications, managing stakeholder engagement, and managing project team are all part of the executing process group. Identifying stakeholders is part of the initiating process group.

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All of the following are part of monitoring and controlling EXCEPT:

a. Measure progress.

b. Manage change.

c. Manage stakeholder engagement.

d. Identify corrective action.

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C - Managing stakeholder engagement is part of the executing process group.

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The project has successfully completed all technical deliverables according to the project management plan and is now entering closing. The last activity performed during closing should be:

a. The customer formally accepting the project’s product

b. Documenting lessons learned

c. Archiving project documentation

d. Releasing resources

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D - Resources are required to perform the closing activities. Therefore, releasing resources is the best option.

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All of a project’s technical deliverables have been completed and validated. What is the NEXT step?

a. The customer formally accepting the project’s product

b. Gathering final lessons learned

c. Archiving project documentation

d. Releasing resources

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A - Gather final lessons learned (answer B) should occur after formal acceptance. Archiving documentation (answer C) and releasing resources (answer D) should occur after gathering final lessons learned.

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As a policy, your company checks if the project matches the phase exit criteria before issuing a formal acceptance. Your company policy is performing a activity.

a. Closing

b. Product management

c. Monitoring and controlling

d. Planning

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A - The closing process group verifies if the project or phase acceptance criteria are met before issuing a formal acceptance.

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Which of the following is NOT performed during closing?

a. Archive project records.

b. Obtain sign-off.

c. Hand over the product.

d. Approve the project management plan.

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D - Approving the project management is part of planning. All other options are performed during closing.

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