Quiz 2
All of the following may be included as additional integrative components of the PM Plan EXCEPT:
a) Schedule for management reviews and audits
b) Change
control process to be used
c) Business case
d)
Developmental approach to be used
c) Business case
Cassie's project is coming to an end. The post-project review has concluded and she is finalizing the Lessons Learned Register. The knowledge recorded in this register is an example of:
a) Tacit knowledge
b) Explicit knowledge
c) Subjective
knowledge
d) Implicit knowledge
b) Explicit knowledge
Lorelai is beginning work on her project plan, and starts by reviewing the project charter. The charter states a high-level requirement that the project's benefits to society should outweigh any costs to society. This implies the project needs to include:
a) A regulatory impact assessment
b) An environmental impact
assessment
c) A societal welfare impact assessment
d) A
responsibility impact assessment
a) A regulatory impact assessment
Manage project knowledge is part of which process group?
a) Monitoring and controlling
b) Executing
c)
Planning
d) Initiating
b) Executing
Matt's project is in execution and change control is in place. Which of the following statements is true of controlling change?
a) Configuration control is tied to the lifecycle of the
project
b) Configuration control manages the product
baseline
c) A change to the PM Plan does not need to go through
Change Control
d) Configuration control requires a separate
change control system
b) Configuration control manages the product baseline
Rick is assigned to lead a new project at ACME. He reviews the business case and learns that the key benefit to be realized by the project is lower production cost for a particular product. Rick's new project aims to satisfy what type of business need?
a) Technological
b) Social
c) Market
d) Organizational
d) Organizational
The closing phase of Luke's project includes an audit to evaluate how well his project's impact on the environment was handled. Form this, we can infer:
a) The scope of the project included an environmental impact
analysis
b) The project is being coordinated by a branch of the
federal government
c) The scope of the project included a
regulatory impact analysis
d) The project is being conducted
within the manufacturing industry
a) The scope of the project included an environmental impact analysis
The notion that certain aspects of a project become more detailed and nuanced as the project matures is known as what?
a) Project initiating
b) Project planning
c) Progressive
elaboration
d) Monitoring and controlling
c) Progressive elaboration
What baselines are included in the PM Plan?
a) Scope, Schedule, and Cost Baselines
b) Performance
Measurement Baseline
c) Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Performance
Measurement Baselines
d) Baselines are not a part of the PM plan;
they are separate from the PM Plan
c) Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Performance Measurement Baselines
Which of the following identifies items typically available as input to the development of a project charter?
a) Benefits management plan, Business case, Baselines
b)
Business case, Benefits management plan, Agreements
c) Business
case, Scope statement, Agreements
d) Benefits management plan,
Scope statement, Agreements
b) Business case, Benefits management plan, Agreements
Work performance data are produced by what process(es)?
a) Direct and manage project work
b) Control scope, Control
schedule, Control costs
c) Monitor and control project
work
d) All of the above
a) Direct and manage project work
Janet is an experienced project manager starting a new job at ACME. She sees that ACME uses Primavera software as its project management information system, so Janet spends some time getting familiar with the software. Here, Primavera is an example of:
a) Organizational Process Assets
b) The Integration
process
c) Project Documents
d) Enterprise Environmental Factors
d) Enterprise Environmental Factors
The 5 project management process groups are:
a) Planning, Checking, Directing, Monitoring, Recording
b)
Initiating, Executing, Monitoring, Evaluating, Closing
c)
Planning, Executing, Directing, Closing, Delivering
d)
Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, Closing
d) Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, Closing
The linkages between the process groups are best described by:
a) They are linked by the outputs they produce - the output of one
becomes an input to another
b) They are linked by their planned
objectives - the objective of one becomes the detailed plan for
another
c) The WBS links the process groups
d) There are no
significant links between process groups
a) They are linked by the outputs they produce - the output of one becomes an input to another
Your client has terminated your project before it is complete. Which of the following is true?
a) You should stop all work and release the project team
b)
You should work with the project team to document lessons
learned
c) You should update the project management plan to
reflect this change
d) You should keep the team working on the
project to give your senior management time to talk to the client
b) You should work with the project team to document lessons learned
Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the project charter?
a) It identifies the sponsor and describes his or her role on the
project
b) It authorizes the project manager to work on the
project
c) It provides the requirements for the end
product
d) It contains a list of all activities to be performed
b) It authorizes the project manager to work on the project
Maxwell is managing a million dollar project. The project is about three-fourths done when the site engineer reports that, due to inherent complexities in a certain activity, additional work will be needed to analyze and implement a key deliverable. This is work that was not originally envisioned and it is expected to delay delivery of the end product. The site engineer requests that this work be added to the scope and that the time required be added to the schedule. You agree with the site engineer's recommendation and the two of you estimate the costs associated with doing this additional work. You have written up a change request and submitted it to the change control board. Just today, you received approval from the change control board. What should be your immediate next step?
a) Update the project baselines
b) Direct the site engineer
to start the work immediately
c) Determine the impact to the
project baselines
d) Add the new tasks to the responsibility
assignment matrix
a) Update the project baselines
During the identify stakeholders process, which document may provide some initial idea of who the stakeholder are for a project?
a) Communications management plan
b) Project charter
c)
Responsibility assignment matrix
d) Team charter
b) Project charter
A company is about to begin work on a large construction project to build four new buildings for a bank that wants to open new branches. The sponsor is writing a project charter. She thinks she remembers that a previous project the company performed for another bank ran over budget because the team had underestimated the effort required to install the reinforced walls in the vault. Where should the sponsor look to determine if she is remembering right?
a) The previous project's lessons learned register
b) The
project's lessons learned repository
c) The company's lessons
learned repository
d) The company's lessons learned register
c) The company's lessons learned repository
A change has arisen on your project. You've worked with your team to estimate the impact of the change, filled out a change request, and submitted that request to the change control board (CCB). What's the next thing that must happen on the project?
a) Stakeholders on the CCB use expert judgment to evaluate the
requested change for approval
b) A senior manager decides whether
or not to make the change and informs the project management team of
the decision
c) The project manager meets with the team to
analyze the impact of the change on the project's time, scope, and
cost
d) The project manager informs the CCB whether or not to
approve the change
a) Stakeholders on the CCB use expert judgment to evaluate the requested change for approval