| 1. | The processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are coordinated are called: 
| A. | Work breakdown methodology |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Project Integration Management |
| D. | Tactical planning |
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| 2. | The document that begins the process of integrating the project with organizational goals is called the:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | Schedule |
| C. | Scope Statement |
| D. | SOW |
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| 3. | The methodology that is used to measure variance in projects is:
| A. | Earned Value (EV) |
| B. | Accounting |
| C. | Scheduling |
| D. | Earned Value Management (EVM) |
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| 4. | EVM is generally not seen in:
| A. | Big projects |
| B. | Schedules |
| C. | Small projects |
| D. | General Management |
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| 5. | EVM is a methodology that deals with ________ management.
| A. | Natural |
| B. | General |
| C. | Variance |
| D. | Customer |
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| 6. | The first planning that occurs when doing the organizational process of choosing projects is:
| A. | Project planning |
| B. | Tactical planning |
| C. | Scheduling |
| D. | Strategic planning |
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| 7. | Assumptions are factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be:
| A. | True, real, or certain |
| B. | Certain and defensible |
| C. | Easy to use |
| D. | True, real, or interesting |
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| 8. | Assumptions in the project plan should be:
| A. | Copious |
| B. | Understandable |
| C. | Easy to defend |
| D. | Written down |
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| 9. | The final choices about how to execute the project are found in the:
| A. | Scope Statement |
| B. | Project Plan |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Charter |
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| 10. | The project plan helps to facilitate:
| A. | Camaraderie |
| B. | Good will |
| C. | Communication |
| D. | Strict discipline |
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| 11. | The project plan determines what you will communicate, when you will communicate, how much you will communicate, and:
| A. | Why you will communicate |
| B. | With whom you will communicate |
| C. | The language you will use to communicate |
| D. | Correct grammar |
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| 12. | Each project phase is marked by completion of one or more:
| A. | Task oriented objectives |
| B. | Deliverables |
| C. | Inputs |
| D. | Product life cycles |
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| 13. | You will show the ____________ as a part of the project plan.
| A. | Baseline |
| B. | Project scope |
| C. | Schedule |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 14. | Past project plans should not be followed exactly because each project is:
| A. | A mess |
| B. | Unique |
| C. | Typical |
| D. | Hard |
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| 15. | Which of the following is useful in your current planning?
| A. | Contact with former project managers |
| B. | Utilizing databases from past projects |
| C. | Reviewing WBSs from other projects |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 16. | Which of these is an example of an organizational policy?
| A. | The project schedule |
| B. | Hiring and firing guidelines |
| C. | Scope statement |
| D. | Company address book |
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| 17. | A ________ is an example of a constraint.
| A. | SOW |
| B. | RFP |
| C. | Contract |
| D. | Sponsor |
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| 18. | Risk plans, quality plans, and procurement plans are all ________ to the project plan.
| A. | Agendas |
| B. | Assumptions |
| C. | Contingent |
| D. | Inputs |
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| 19. | Project management software is an example of a ________ tool for project management methodology.
| A. | Special |
| B. | Hard |
| C. | Soft |
| D. | Pliable |
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| 20. | Templates and forms are a part of an organization's ________ for project plan development.
| A. | Constraints |
| B. | Assumptions |
| C. | Methodology |
| D. | Software |
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| 21. | An engineer on a project participates in the Planning phase and makes considerable contributions to the technical planning. What type of skill/knowledge is this?
| A. | Stakeholder |
| B. | Technical analysis |
| C. | Convergent thinking |
| D. | Sponsor |
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| 22. | The PMIS has both ________ and ________ systems that are useful in project plan development.
| A. | Manual, automated |
| B. | Small, large |
| C. | Hard, easy |
| D. | Strange, wonderful |
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| 23. | The supporting detail, which consists of requirements, designs, and specifications, is part of:
| A. | The Scope Statement |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Technical documentation |
| D. | Charter |
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| 24. | Anything that reduces the probability of potential consequences of risk events is:
| A. | A hassle |
| B. | Interesting |
| C. | Corrective action |
| D. | Preventive action |
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| 25. | You are working on a project, and the status reports you are getting indicate that the project is slipping schedule. You bring the necessary parts of the project team together and map a course that you can use to bring the schedule back in line with the baseline of the project plan. This is an example of:
| A. | A hassle |
| B. | Preventive action |
| C. | Corrective action |
| D. | Interesting action |
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| 26. | Risk management, quality management, and scope management are examples of ________ skills.
| A. | Project management |
| B. | General management |
| C. | Team management |
| D. | Executive management |
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| 27. | Communication, leadership, and negotiation are examples of ________ skills.
| A. | Project management |
| B. | General management |
| C. | Team management |
| D. | Executive management |
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| 28. | Product skills and knowledge are brought to the project team by:
| A. | Having the project manager go to school for 30 years so he or she knows everything about the project. |
| B. | Incredible good luck. |
| C. | Going through an incredibly long learning curve. |
| D. | Finding resources that bring the necessary skills and knowledge to the project. |
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| 29. | The value of a work authorization system should be balanced with the ________ of the work authorization system.
| A. | Length |
| B. | Size |
| C. | Cost |
| D. | Complexity |
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| 30. | After you have written an agenda, the next step is to ________ it.
| A. | Time |
| B. | Burn |
| C. | Correct |
| D. | Publish |
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| 31. | "The outcomes of the activities performed to accomplish the project" are:
| A. | Change requests |
| B. | Important |
| C. | Varied |
| D. | Work results |
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| 32. | Ensuring that changes to the project are agreed upon, determining that a change has occurred, and managing changes when they occur is the definition of:
| A. | Project management |
| B. | Integrated risk management |
| C. | Integrated Change Control |
| D. | Scope management |
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| 33. | If you make changes in product scope, these changes should be reflected in your:
| A. | Project scope |
| B. | Schedule |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Quality baseline |
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| 34. | Changes should be reflected across other ________ areas.
| A. | Project |
| B. | Scheduling |
| C. | Standard |
| D. | Knowledge |
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| 35. | The baseline for the project and the standard against which all changes will be measured is the:
| A. | Scope Statement |
| B. | Charter |
| C. | Project Schedule |
| D. | Project Plan |
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| 36. | "Legally mandated" and "optional" are types of:
| A. | Legal problems |
| B. | Change requests |
| C. | Scheduling options |
| D. | Management styles |
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| 37. | If a change can be approved by only the project manager, this is still a part of the:
| A. | Project plan |
| B. | Charter |
| C. | Change control system |
| D. | Scope statement |
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| 38. | Which of the following identifies the functional and physical characteristics of a system used on the project?
| A. | SOW |
| B. | Engineering plans |
| C. | Technical outlines |
| D. | Configuration management |
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| 39. | Additional planning occurs when:
| A. | Any change request is approved |
| B. | The project manager feels like it |
| C. | The sponsor says something |
| D. | A change is made in the project manager |
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| 40. | Marketplace conditions are an example of ________ enterprise environmental factors.
| A. | Tactical |
| B. | Strategic |
| C. | External |
| D. | Internal |
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