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Chapter 1-3: Project Framework Review

Questions

1. What is the primary role of the portfolio manager?

A. To deliver the unique product, service, or result of the project

B. To provide project governance and sponsorship

C. To assess all potential projects against known organizational strategic goals

D. To directly manage people assigned to several different projects

2. What is the primary purpose of the PMBOK® Guide?

A. To provide a flexible methodology for all projects, no matter how large or small

B. To identify a project management framework based on what is generally

recognized as good practice

C. To define a prescriptive approach to managing projects

D. To present all the known project management information in a concise manner

3. What is the best description of rolling wave planning?

A. Project management planning activities that become more detailed as you move

through the project

B. Only planning the first phase of a project

C. Planning the entire project before starting execution

D. Only planning the next phase in a project

4. What is the relationship between successful projects and an organization’s strategic

goals?

A. There is no relationship between the two, because they are separate and distinct

parts of an organization.

B. The successful delivery of projects can be a strategic enabler and deliver strategic

goals.

C. The project selection methodology will determine what an organization’s strategic

goals are.

D. Projects deliver programs, which in turn deliver portfolios, which in turn deliver

strategy.

5. What is the best role for a project management office in an organization with a low

level of project management maturity?

A. Directive

B. Controlling


C. Supportive

D. Enabling

6. What is the name for a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to

obtain a synergy not found by managing them individually?

A. Multi projects

B. Portfolio

C. Program

D. Strategy

7. The PMBOK® Guide process groups are based upon which life cycle model?

A. The Check-Plan-Do-Act cycle

B. The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle

C. The Plan-Check-Act-Do cycle

D. The Do-Check-Act-Plan cycle

8. How many processes are there in the Risk Management knowledge area?

A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Seven

9. How many processes are there in the Monitoring and Controlling process group?

A. 9

B. 10

C. 12

D. 13

10. Which knowledge area only has a Closing process?

A. Cost Management

B. Initiating

C. Resource Management

D. Integration Management


Chapter 1-3: Project Framework Review

Answers

1. Correct answer: C

A. Incorrect: The project manager takes responsibility for delivering the product,

service, or result of a project.

B. Incorrect: It may be that on occasion a portfolio manager may provide some

governance and sponsorship advice, but it is not the portfolio manager’s primary

role.

C. Correct: The portfolio manager operates at a strategic level within the organization.

D. Incorrect: It would be the program manager or even a functional manager who

would take responsibility for managing people on several projects, depending on

the type of organizational structure in place.

2. Correct Answer: B

A. Incorrect: The PMBOK® Guide does not provide a methodology. You are able to

build a methodology from the contents of the PMBOK® Guide via the process of

tailoring.

B. Correct: The PMBOK® Guide collects and presents what is generally considered to

be good practice across a wide range of industries and presents this information as

a framework rather than a methodology.

C. Incorrect: The PMBOK® Guide emphasizes in several places that, through the

process of tailoring, you should only take from the PMBOK® Guide what is

appropriate to your project.

D. Incorrect: The PMBOK® Guide does not claim to present all known project

management information, only that which is generally considered good practice

across a wide range of industries.

3. Correct Answer: A

A. Correct: Rolling wave planning acknowledges that you will iteratively plan the

project as you move along the project life cycle.

B. Incorrect: Only planning the first phase of a project is typical for phased projects,

because there may be an important milestone between phases that prevents

further planning.

C. Incorrect: Planning the entire project before starting is a very rare occurrence and


probably only suitable for small, easily defined projects.

D. Incorrect: Iteratively planning a phase of a project is not an example of rolling

wave planning.


A. Incorrect: There is a strong relationship between successful projects and an

organization achieving its strategic goals.

B. Correct: By selecting projects that deliver strategic goals and then successfully

delivering these projects, an organization can achieve its strategic goals.

C. Incorrect: It is the organization’s strategy that dictates which projects get selected.

D. Incorrect: There is not always a direct linear connection between projects,

programs, portfolios, and strategy.


A. Incorrect: Directive project management offices are generally best in an

organization with a high level of project management maturity.

B. Incorrect: Controlling project management offices are generally a sign of an

organization improving its organizational project management maturity.

C. Correct: Supportive project management offices are generally a sign of a low level

of project management maturity, because they do not support a lot of complexity.

D. Incorrect: This is a made-up term and is not from the PMBOK® Guide.

6. Correct Answer: C

A. Incorrect: Multi projects is a made-up term that does not describe a coordinated

approach to interrelated projects.

B. Incorrect: Portfolios are groups of projects related only by the fact that they are

being performed by a single organization.

C. Correct: A program is a group of projects related in some way and that are

managed to achieve benefits not gained by managing them independently.

D. Incorrect: Strategy is the organization’s future direction and how it is going to

achieve this.


A. Incorrect: The correct order requires planning to come first and checking to come

after doing.


B. Correct: The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle by Shewhart and Deming describes an

iterative approach to management.

C. Incorrect: The correct order requires checking to come after doing and before

acting.

D. Incorrect: The correct order requires planning to come first.

8. Correct Answer: D

A. Incorrect: There are seven processes, not three, in the Risk Management

knowledge area.

B. Incorrect: There are seven processes, not four, in the Risk Management knowledge

area.

C. Incorrect: There are seven processes, not five, in the Risk Management knowledge

area.

D. Correct: The seven processes in the Risk Management knowledge area are Plan Risk

Management, Identify Risks, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative

Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses, Implement Risk Responses, and Monitor Risks.

9. Correct Answer: C

A. Incorrect: There are 12 processes, not 9, in the Monitoring and Controlling process

group.

B. Incorrect: There are 12 processes, not 10, in the Monitoring and Controlling process

group.

C. Correct: The 12 processes in the Monitoring and Controlling process group are

Monitor and Control Project Work, Perform Integrated Change Control, Validate

Scope, Control Scope, Control Schedule, Control Costs, Control Quality, Control

Resources, Monitor Communications, Monitor Risks, Control Procurements, and

Monitor Stakeholder Engagement.

D. Incorrect: There are 12 processes, not 13, in the Monitoring and Controlling process

group.

10. Correct Answer: D

A. Incorrect: The Cost Management knowledge area does not have any Closing

process.

B. Incorrect: The Initiating process group is not a knowledge area.


C. Incorrect: The Resource Management knowledge area does not have any Closing

process.

D. Correct: The Integration Management knowledge are has the Close Project or

Phase process in the Closing process group.


Chapter 4: Integration Management Review

Questions

1. Which of the following answers best describes a key benefit of the Develop

Project Charter process?

A. Assess and manage all change requests

B. Define the project start, and create a formal record of the project

C. Iteratively prepare plans for execution throughout a project

D. Ensure all projects are closed

2. Spending time with your team to understand how effective the project is at

delivering towards its goals is an integral part of continuous improvement.

Capturing Lessons learned occurs during which part of the project?

A. Within the strategic plan

B. At the end of a major milestone, during the Close Project of Phase process.

C. Smaller reviews once every 3 months, and a larger review workshop once per year.

D. Continuously throughout delivery

3. Which of the following answers best describes the main purpose of the project

management plan?

A. To initiate and approve the project

B. To define both project and product scope

C. To describe how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled

D. To assess which projects should be done

4. Which project change requests must go through the approved change control

process?

A. Only those that have an impact on project scope

B. Any change request that affects scope, time, cost, or quality

C. Only those change requests that the project managers decides should go through

the process

D. All change requests must go through the change control process


5. What is the name of the group of people responsible for reviewing, evaluating,

and deciding on changes to the project?

A. Change control board

B. Project steering group

C. Project team

D. Stakeholders

6. Which of the following is not an organizational process asset that would be

updated as a result of completing project closure?

A. Historical information

B. Project files

C. Project charter

D. Project closure checklist

7. Consulting stakeholders and project team members, and using your own

knowledge, are all examples of what sort of tool or technique used in the Project

Integration Management knowledge area?

A. Stakeholder engagement

B. Meetings

C. Expert judgment

D. Analytical techniques

8. What is the correct order of project activities?

A. Develop project management plan, execute project, develop project charter,

conduct project selection

B. Conduct project selection, develop project charter, execute project, develop

project management plan

C. Conduct project selection, develop project charter, develop project management

plan, execute project

D. Develop project charter, develop project management plan, execute project,

conduct project selection

9. Which process in the Project Integration Management knowledge area deals

with making decisions on change requests?


A. Monitor and Control Project Work

B. Develop Project Charter

C. Direct and Manage Project Work

D. Perform Integrated Change Control

10. What are the existing change control processes, policies, and templates referred

to as?

A. Organizational process assets

B. Enterprise environmental factors

C. Project documents

D. Project management plan

11. The final product, service, or result is an output of the Close Project or Phase

process. Where does it go after this process?

A. The Monitor and Control Project Work process

B. The customer

C. The Perform Integrated Change Control process

D. The Direct and Manage Project Work process

12. The document that authorizes the project is called what?

A. Project management plan

B. Project document

C. Organizational process asset

D. Project charter


Answers

1. Correct answer: B

A. Incorrect: The Perform Integrated Change Control process assesses and manages

change requests.

B. Correct: The Develop Project Charter process does result in outputs that define the

start of the project and does create a formal record of the project with the project

charter.

C. Incorrect: The Develop Project Management Plan process iteratively prepares the

different plans to guide project execution.

D. Incorrect: The Close Project or Phase process ensures all projects are formally

closed.

2. Correct answer: D

A. Incorrect: The Strategic Plan is not an appropriate place to review lessons learned

for a project.

B. Incorrect: While there is value in performing a final lesson learned workshop at the

end of a project or phase, there is more value in performing this continuously

throughout delivery.

C. Incorrect: This may the appropriate for some projects, but not all. This is not the best

answer.

D. Correct: The Manage Project Knowledge process sits within the Executing Process

Group. The key output of this process is the Lessons Learned Register.


A. Incorrect: The project charter initiates and approves the project.

B. Incorrect: The scope statement defines both project and product scope.

C. Correct: The project management plan describes how the rest of the project will be

executed, monitored, and controlled.

D. Incorrect: The business case can be used to assess which projects should be done.


A. Incorrect: All change requests, not just those that affect project scope, must go

through the defined change control process

B. Incorrect: All change requests, not just those that affect scope, time, quality, and


cost, must go through the defined change control process.

C. Incorrect: The project manager does play a proactive part in influencing those

factors which may lead to change requests being initiated, but once initiated the

requests must all go through the approved change control process.

D. Correct: All change requests must be considered as per the approved change

control process.

5. Correct answer: A

A. Correct: The change control board is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and

deciding on changes to the project.

B. Incorrect: The project steering group is responsible for providing senior-level advice,

oversight, and project governance.

C. Incorrect: The project team is responsible for carrying out the project work under

the guidance of the project manager.

D. Incorrect: Stakeholders have many roles within the project, and members of the

change control board are certainly stakeholders, but the broadest definition

includes everyone who can affect or be affected by the project.


A. Incorrect: Historical information would be updated as part of project closure.

B. Incorrect: Many types of project files would be updated as part of project closure.

C. Correct: The project charter is an initiating document and would not be updated as

part of project closure, although some historical information may refer to lessons

learned about the project charter.

D. Incorrect: The project closure checklist would be completed and updated as part

of project closure.


A. Incorrect: Stakeholder engagement is the activity carried out as the focus of the

Project Stakeholder Expectation Management knowledge area.

B. Incorrect: Meetings are used to gather groups of stakeholders together to discuss

and make decisions.

C. Correct: The description in the question refers to different categories of experts who

may be consulted for their advice and opinion.


D. Incorrect: Analytical techniques are mathematical techniques used to interpret raw

data.


A. Incorrect: Project selection and development of the project charter must be

carried out before the development of the project management plan.

B. Incorrect: The development of the project management plan must occur before

execution of the work.

C. Correct: Project selection feeds into the project charter, which in turns feeds into

the development of the project management plan. The project management plan

is used as the basis for project execution.

D. Incorrect: Conducting project selection must be done first in the process.


A. Incorrect: The Monitor and Control Project Work process focuses on monitoring the

actual work being done against the planned work. Change requests are an output

from this process.

B. Incorrect: The Develop Project Charter process is focused upon project selection

methods and the development of the project charter.

C. Incorrect: The Direct and Manage Project Work process is focused upon executing

the work contained in the project management plan.

D. Correct: The Perform Integrated Change Control process uses change requests as

an input and with the appropriate tools and techniques makes decisions whether

to accept or reject the change requests.

10. Correct answer: A

A. Correct: The existing change control processes, policies, and templates are all

examples of process assets owned by the organization.

B. Incorrect: Enterprise environmental factors are external to the project, although

they may still be within the performing organization. They can often be seen as

constraining rather than assisting a project.

C. Incorrect: Project documents are produced as part of many processes. Some

documents will be part of the organizational process assets.

D. Incorrect: The project management plan is the overall combination of subsidiary

plans across all the PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas.


11. Correct answer: B

A. Incorrect: The Monitor and Control Project Work process uses forecast information

and the project management plan to check actual against planned work.

B. Correct: The customer receives the deliverables from the project.

C. Incorrect: The Perform Integrated Change Control process uses change requests

and work performance reports as inputs.

D. Incorrect: The Direct and Manage Project Work process uses the project

management plan and approved change requests as inputs.


A. Incorrect: The project management plan combines all subsidiary plans from other

planning processes. The project charter feeds the development of the project

management plan.

B. Incorrect: “Project document” is a generic term for any document used to plan,

record, and store information about the project. The project charter is one example

of a project document.

C. Incorrect: The process to produce the project charter and the blank template

could produce organizational process assets but are not examples of

organizational process assets themselves.

D. Correct: The project charter is the foundation document for any project; it

authorizes resources to be used on the project.

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