Project Management
1) During which process group is the product scope completed?
a. initiating
b. executing
c. monitoring and controlling
d. closing
Competency: Project plan development
2) Which of the following is a key output of scope verification?
a. customer acceptance of project deliverables
b. a more complete project scope management plan
c. improved schedule estimates
d. an improved project management information system
Competency: Project plan development
3) Which of the following items addresses gathering, integrating, and disseminating the
outputs of all project management processes?
a. the project scope management plan
b. the project management information system
c. the WBS
d. the communications management plan
Competency: Effective project management
4) Analogous estimating:
a. uses bottom-up estimating techniques
b. uses actual detailed historical costs
c. is used most frequently during the executing processes of the project
d. uses top-down estimating techniques
Competency: Estimating project times and costs
5) Which of the following best describes the project manager's role as an integrator?
a. to help team members become familiar with the project
b. to get all team members together into a cohesive whole
c. to put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
d. to put all the pieces of the project into a program
Competency: Managing project teams
6) Purchasing insurance is best considered an example of risk:
a. mitigation
b. transfer
c. avoidance
d. acceptance
Competency: Managing risk
7) Administrative closure is different than contract closure in that:
a. contract closures includes an audit while administrative closure does not
b. administrative closure occurs at project end while contract closure occurs during
executing
c. contract closure does not include an audit and administrative closure does not
include lessons learned
d. contract closure involved updating employee skills in their records while
administrative closure does not deal with resources
Competency: Progress and performance measurement and evaluation
8) You are beginning a new project that has been attempted, but has been unsuccessful, several
times in the past few years. Previous projects were cancelled because of 'politics' (differing
views and direction be key stakeholders on the project). This is an example of:
a. risk identification
b. stakeholder analysis
c. scope management
d. historical information
Competency: Project audit and closure
9) Generally, when is the best time to create a contract management plan?
a. after the contract is signed
b. immediately preceding the creation of procurement documents
c. during project initiating
d. when updating the procurement management plan
Competency: Project selection
10) Which of the following is the best thing to do when a project activity will take longer than
planned and the project can no longer be completed on time?
a. ask for an extension of time
b. compress the schedule
c. negotiate for more resources
d. work overtime to make up the time
Competency: Resource scheduling
ANSWER KEY
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
6. b
7. a
8. d
9. a
10. b