PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATIONS Flashcards
If an organization finds that it lacks the necessary skilled resources to create all the deliverables that are required for a project, it may need to implement the Project ________________ Management processes.
a. Stakeholder
b. Scope
c. Schedule
d. Procurement
D
By definition, Project Procurement Management includes the processes necessary to purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team or performing organization.
Your project team has just completed the first phase of a project. Prior to initiating the next phase, you send the client a batch sample of the finished product and receive feedback that some changes will be necessary. This is an example of which project life cycle?
a. Adaptive
b. Iterative and incremental
c. Directive
d. Predictive
A
Adaptive life cycles request customer review and feedback following completion of each project phase. One of the key benefits of an adaptive life cycle is the ability to make changes early during each phase of the project, keeping scrap and rework to a minimum.
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
B
The best answer choice is B because it contains the five process groups.
Which of the following is not considered a project management process group?
a. Planning
b. Integration
c. Initiating
d. Executing
B
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.
The standards, codes, and regulations that a company operates under are all examples of:
a. Enterprise environmental factors
b. Company culture
c. Ethics policies
d. Professional conduct policies
A
The PMBOK® Guide states that enterprise environmental factors are conditions that are not under the immediate control of the team and that influence, constrain, or direct the project, program, or portfolio.
You are assigned an endeavour with many large deliverables to manage and coordinate. After some
consideration, you decide to break the effort down into several components, each with its own manager. This is an example of:
a. Project management
b. Program management
c. Portfolio management
d. Operations management
B
The definition of a program is a group of related projects, subsidiary programs, and program activities that are managed in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually.
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result is the definition of what?
a. Program
b. Project
c. Portfolio
d. Strategic initiative
B
The PMBOK® Guide definition of a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
What is an output?
a. A systematic series of activities directed toward causing an end result
b. A product, result, or service generated by a process, which may be an input to a successor process
c. A defined systematic procedure to perform an activity to product a product, service, or result
d. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
B
The PMBOK® Guide definition of an output is a product, result, or service generated by a process, which may be an input to a successor process.
The Project Management Knowledge Areas include which of the following?
a. Cost management
b. Initiating
c. Executing
d. Planning
A
The best answer choice is A because it is the only option that represents a knowledge area. The other options are process groups.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an organizational process asset?
a. Templates
b. Lessons learned from previously completed projects
c. A change management process
d. Risk tolerance
D
Risk tolerance is an example of an enterprise environmental factor (EEF).
Validate Scope, which is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables, is part of which process group and which knowledge area?
a. Planning; Schedule
b. Planning; Scope
c. Monitoring and Controlling; Scope
d. Monitoring and Controlling; Procurement
C
Validate Scope is a Monitoring and Controlling process and is part of the Scope knowledge area.
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
C
The best answer choice is C because a project is typically defined by the terms temporary and unique.
A newly procured contract requires an aluminum welder, a specialized resource not currently staffed at your company. This EEF is an example of which of the following?
a. Company culture
b. Procurement
c. Availability of resources
d. Weather
C
A specialized resource not readily available within the performing organization is an example of an EEF.
Defining activities, sequencing activities, and estimating activity durations are all part of Project ______________ Management processes.
a. Scope
b. Schedule
c. Cost
d. Quality
B
Project scheduling provides a detailed plan that represents how and when the project will deliver the products, services, and results defined in the project scope.
You are planning a project where you intend to complete one phase and obtain customer sign-off before initiating the next phase. This is an example of which project life cycle?
a. Overlapping
b. Iterative
c. Sequential
d. Fast tracking
C
A sequential life cycle phasing approach requires that you complete one phase of a project before initiating the next.
