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You are a project manager for your organization. Management has asked you to help determine which projects should be selected for implementation. In a project selection model, which of the following is the most important factor?
A. Business needs
B. The type of constraints
C. The budget
D. The schedule
A. Projects are selected based on business needs first.
B is incorrect because project constraints are typically not an issue when a project is selected, but the feasibility of a project to operate within the project constraints may be. C, the project budget, is incorrect, because the project budget is a project constraint. D is incorrect because the project schedule is also a constraint.
Beth is the project manager of a software development project. She and her project team are done with a phase and Beth needs to make certain the lessons-learned documentation is complete before moving the project onto the next phase. On any project, the lessons-learned document is created by which of the following?
A. The customers
B. The project sponsor
C. The project team
D. The stakeholders
C. The project team contributes to the lessons-learned document. The project manager also contributes, or leads, the creation, but this is not a choice in the question.
A is incorrect because the customers do not contribute to the lessons-learned document. B is incorrect because the project sponsor does not contribute to the lessons-learned document. D is incorrect because stakeholders, other than the project manager and the project team, do not contribute.
Your project is moving ahead of schedule. Management elects to incorporate additional quality testing into the project to improve the quality and acceptability of the project deliverable. This is an example of which one of the following?
A. Scope creep
B. Change control
C. Quality assurance
D. Integrated change control
D. Additional quality testing will require additional time and resources for the project. This is an example of integrated change control.
A is incorrect because scope creep includes small, undocumented changes to the project execution. B, change control, is incorrect because change control falls within integrated change control. C is incorrect because QA is an organization-wide program.
You are the project manager of a new website design project. There are 45 stakeholders with this project and you are anticipating change requests in the project. Which of the following is not true about change requests?
A. They happen while the project work is being done.
B. They always require additional funding.
C. They must be documented
D. They can be requested by a stakeholder.
B. Change requests do not always require more money. Approved changes may require more funds, but not always. The change request may be denied, so no additional funds are needed for the project.
A, C, and D are all incorrect choices because these are characteristics of change requests during a project. For more information, see Section 4.6 in the PMBOK.
You are the project manager for a pharmaceutical company. You are currently working on a project for a new drug your company is creating. A recent change in a law governing drug testing will change your project scope. Since the project must be completed within two years, what’s the first thing you should do as project manager?
A. Create a documented change request.
B. Proceed as planned, since the project will be grandfathered beyond the new change in the law.
C. Consult with the project sponsor and the stakeholders.
D. Stop all project work until the issue is resolved.
A. A formal, documented change request is the best course of action for a change request stemming from a law or regulation.
B is incorrect because the law or regulation will likely override any existing project implementation. C is incorrect because the project manager should first document the change through a change request. D is incorrect because all project work shouldn’t stop just because of a change request.
During project execution activities, a project sponsor’s role in a functional organization can best be described as doing which one of the following?
A. Acting as a sounding board for the project stakeholders
B. Helping the project manager and stakeholders resolve any issues ASAP
C. Deflecting change requests for the project manager
D. Showing management the project progress and status reports
B. The project sponsor can help the project manager and the stakeholders resolve issues during project execution.
A is incorrect because the project sponsor is going to have an active rather than passive role in the process of integration management. C is incorrect because the project sponsor will guide changes through the change control system. D is not a valid choice because the project sponsor is part of management and will do more than report the status to other management roles.
You are the project manager for the HALO Project. You and your project team are preparing the project plan. Of the following, which one is a project plan development constraint you and your team must consider?
A. The budget as assigned by management
B. Project plans from similar projects
C. Project plans from similar projects that have failed
D. Interviews with subject matter experts (SMEs) who have experience with the project work in your project plan
A. If management has assigned the project the constraint of a fixed budget, the project manager and the project team must determine how the project can operate within that constraint.
B describes historical information, not a project constraint. C also is historical information and not a project constraint, so it, too, is incorrect. D is a valuable tool to use as input into the project plan development, but it is not a constraint.
You are the project manager of HYH Project for your company, and you’re working with the project team and several key stakeholders to develop the project management plan. Which of the following is the primary purpose of the project management plan?
A. To define the work to be completed to reach the project end date
B. To define the work needed in each phase of the project life cycle
C. To prevent any changes to the scope
D. To define how the project is executed, monitored, controlled, and then closed
D. Of all the choices presented, D is the best choice. Project management plans communicate to the project team, the project sponsor, and stakeholders how the entire project will operate.
A and B are incorrect because they do not define the primary purpose of the project plan. C is also incorrect because the project plan is intended not to prevent changes, but to communicate the project management life cycle.
Of the following, which is an input to project plan development?
A. The project scope statement
B. Project planning methodology
C. EVM
D. Business needs
A. Of the choices, the project scope statement is the only input to the project plan development.
B is incorrect because it describes a tool and technique used to develop the project plan. C is also a tool and technique to develop the project plan and does not serve as input to the plan. D is incorrect because it is an input to the planning processes.
You are examining the project management plan and its components with the project team. The team doesn’t understand why so much information is needed for the project. What is the difference between a project baseline and a project plan?
A. Project plans change as needed, while baselines change only at milestones.
B. Project plans and baselines do not change—they are amended.
C. Project plans change as needed, while baselines are snapshots of the project plan.
D. Baselines are control tools, while project plans are execution tools.
D. A project baseline serves as a control tool. Project plan execution and work results are measured against the project baselines.
A is incorrect, given that baselines are changed with the project plan. B is incorrect because project plans and baselines do change. C is incorrect because baselines are more than snapshots of the project plans—they are expectations of how the work should be performed.
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