Questions from Chapter Nine


1.

The features and functions of a product or service are considered ________, and the work that must be done to deliver a product/service as the output of the project is considered ________.

A.

Product development, project development

B.

Marketing oriented, management oriented

C.

Product scope, project scope

D.

Used to differentiate, a management system


2.

Completion of the project scope is measured against the ________.

A.

Charter

B.

SOW

C.

Scope Statement

D.

Project plan


3.

Completion of the product scope is measured against ________.

A.

Project requirements

B.

Charter requirements

C.

Technical requirements

D.

Product requirements


4.

Completion of the product scope is measured against ________, and completion of the project scope is measured against the ________.

A.

Charter requirements, Scope Statement

B.

Technical requirements, schedule

C.

Product requirements, project plan

D.

Project plan, project execution plans


5.

The process of formally authorizing that an existing project should continue into its next phase is part of ________.

A.

Project authorization

B.

Project control

C.

Initiation

D.

Management decision-making


6.

Formal authorization of advancement to the next project phase is generally not found in:

A.

Great Britain

B.

Small projects

C.

The project plan

D.

Large projects


7.

Some type of authorization is needed on ________ projects.

A.

All

B.

Big

C.

Special

D.

Small


8.

A market demand, a technological advance, or a legal requirement are all examples of:

A.

Incredible amounts of hard work

B.

Reasons for authorizing a project

C.

Management concerns in terms of corporate strategy

D.

Reasons to become a project manager


9.

When should detail about the product of the project be given?

A.

Before anything else happens in the project

B.

Before the project plan is put under version control

C.

As soon as possible in the project planning

D.

Whenever the sponsor requires it


10.

A connection between the product being created and the overall strategy of the organization is created by the ________.

A.

Sponsor requirements

B.

Project plan

C.

Quality plan

D.

Product description


11.

The responsibility for a clear product description in a project where the project manager will be supplied by a vendor lies with the:

A.

Buyer

B.

Seller

C.

General management

D.

Project manager


12.

________ considerations are always important to the sponsoring organization.

A.

Risk

B.

Financial

C.

Procurement

D.

Scope


13.

Contribution, scoring models, and economic models are all examples of:

A.

Management models

B.

Benefit measurement models

C.

Execution measurement

D.

Project models


14.

The most complex type of project selection method is called the:

A.

Random choice method

B.

Constrained methodology method

C.

Optimistic random method

D.

Constrained optimization methods


15.

Technical associations and consultants are two examples of:

A.

Expert judgment

B.

Internal resources

C.

Expensive additions

D.

Scope managers


16.

The project manager is assigned in the ________ section of scope management.

A.

Scope planning

B.

Initiation

C.

Scope definition

D.

Scope verification


17.

The first document produced on a project should be the:

A.

Scope Statement

B.

Risk management plan

C.

Charter

D.

Quality plan


18.

ROI and payback period are examples of ________ project analysis.

A.

Financial

B.

Management

C.

Professional

D.

Quantitative


19.

If you are asked to think "outside the box," what type of identification are you being asked to do?

A.

Financial

B.

Quantitative

C.

Qualitative

D.

Alternatives


20.

Function analysis is best done by:

A.

The project manager

B.

Professional engineers

C.

The project sponsor

D.

The project team


21.

The project justification is found in the Charter, which is a part of the:

A.

Scope Statement

B.

Planning cycle

C.

Management plan

D.

Stakeholder guide


22.

References to documents that give detail about the product of the project can be found in the:

A.

Stakeholder guide

B.

Sponsor plan

C.

Scope Statement

D.

Management plan


23.

A list of the summary-level subproducts whose full and satisfactory delivery marks completion of the project describes:

A.

Project scope

B.

Project Charter

C.

Project management

D.

Project deliverables


24.

All deliverables are important, but the deliverable that will be the one that helps you finish the project is the ________________ deliverable.

A.

Big

B.

Important

C.

Final

D.

Best


25.

When looking at historical information, it is important to note ________ made in previous projects.

A.

Project decisions

B.

Tactical considerations

C.

Errors and omissions

D.

Strategic decisions


26.

________ is the breaking down of the WBS.

A.

Scope definition

B.

Decomposition

C.

Scope verification

D.

Scope management


27.

Generally, the largest unit that you can mange in the WBS is ________ hours.

A.

10

B.

20

C.

50

D.

40


28.

When you decompose a WBS, you should have ________ results to measure.

A.

Verifiable, tactical

B.

Tactical, concrete

C.

Verifiable, tangible

D.

Tangible, tactical


29.

Scope verification deals with ________ of the scope while quality control deals with the ________ of the scope.

A.

Acceptance, correctness

B.

Correctness, acceptance

C.

Acceptance, quality

D.

Quality, correctness


30.

Work results, product documentation, WBS, Scope Statement, and the project plan are all ________ of scope verification.

A.

Tools

B.

Techniques

C.

Outputs

D.

Inputs


31.

Specifications and technical documentation are part of ________.

A.

Product documentation

B.

Process documentation

C.

Scope definition

D.

Formal planning


32.

You can determine whether requirements have been met by using ________.

A.

Templates

B.

Inspection

C.

WBS

D.

Scope Statement


33.

The tool that defines the procedures by which project scope may be changed is ________.

A.

The project plan

B.

Scope change control

C.

WBS

D.

Scope methodology


34.

The process that includes managing the actual changes if and when they occur is known as:

A.

The project plan

B.

Scope change control

C.

WBS

D.

Scope methodology


35.

If you change scope in a project to make the final output less than the original baseline, you have _______ the project.

A.

Rewritten

B.

Crashed

C.

Truncated

D.

Descoped


36.

As a project manager, one of your jobs is to determine whether variances between the plan and the actual execution are large enough to take ________.

A.

Extra time

B.

Time off

C.

Corrective action

D.

A vacation


37.

The letters RBS stand for both Resource Breakdown Structure and the ________ Breakdown Structure.

A.

Ratified

B.

Real

C.

Risk

D.

Random


38.

The scope management plan lists ________.

A.

Details

B.

Processes

C.

Definitions

D.

Overviews


39.

Detailed information about the tasks and components found in the WBS can be stored in a ________.

A.

Scope Statement

B.

WBS dictionary

C.

Scope database

D.

Schedule database




Passing the PMP Exam. How to Take It and Pass It
Passing the PMP Exam: How to Take It and Pass It: How to Take It and Pass It
ISBN: 0131860070
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 167
Authors: Rudd McGary

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