489 Mid-Term - Linda Clark-Borre, PMP
Name____________________________
BEST ANSWER, which means the PMI answer – 4 points each. This exam is double-sided.
1.
An asphalt company is demanding a code change to a software module your team is creating to help them generate Safety Data Sheets. The change adds only one week to the Critical Path.
What is your next step as Project Manager? a) Compress the schedule to make up for the lost week b) Modify the project scope c) Advise your client of the change d) Issue a change request
2.
What inputs do you need to develop the project charter? a.
Business case, project statement of work, enterprise environment factors, contract, and organizational process assets. b.
Statement of work, performance reports, work performance information, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. c.
Enterprise environmental factors scope baseline, statement of work d.
Business case, product scope description, enterprise environmental factors, and all organizational assets.
3.
A project manager was assigned to a project as the project charter was being developed.
Which of the following is an input that the PM will utilize to develop the project charter? a.
Project acceptance criteria b.
Organizational process assets c.
Project scope statement d.
Make-or-buy analysis
4.
Develop Project Charter is the process of developing a document that: a.
Provides the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine whether or not the project is worth the required investment. b.
Formally authorizes a project or phase and documents initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders’ needs and expectations. c.
Documents the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary project plans. d.
Identifies stakeholders that can provide information on detailed project and product requirements.

5.
Which of the following is an output of the define scope process? a.
Project scope statement b.
Accepted deliverables c.
Project document updates d.
Change requests
6.
During the Control Scope process, analysis of the Scope performance resulted in a change request to the scope baseline. The change request will be processed for review and disposition in the: a.
Control Quality phase b.
Perform Integrated Change Control phase c.
Validate Scope phase d.
Monitor and Control Project Work Phase
7.
Which of the following processes generates the schedule network diagrams as an output item? a. Schedule management b.
Activity sequencing c.
Activity duration estimating d.
Activity definition
8.
Activity list is an input to all of the following processes except: a.
Activity sequencing b.
Activity resource estimating c.
Activity duration estimating d.
Activity definition
9.
All of the following are tools and techniques used in the schedule development process except: a.
Schedule compression b.
Critical path method c.
Critical chain method d.
Three-point estimates
10.
The amount of time by which an activity can be delayed without changing the project finish date is called which of the following? a.
Lead time b.
Lag time c.
Float time d.
Activity gradient

11.
Which of the following is not true about the critical path method? a) It calculates the early start and early finish dates, and late start and late finish dates, for all schedule activities by factoring in the availability and limitations of resources. b) It uses the forward pass analysis to determine the early start and early finish dates. c) It uses the backward pass analysis to determine the late start and late finish dates. d) This method analyzes the schedule network diagrams.
12.
All of the following are tools and techniques used in the activity sequencing process except: a) Procedural diagramming method (PDM) precedence b) Dependency determination c) Arrow diagramming method (ADM) d) Applying leads and lags
13.
What is the difference between the arrow diagram method (ADM) and the precedence diagramming method (PDM)? a) PDM is more accurate than ADM b) ADM is more accurate than PDM c) Activities are represented by nodes in PDM and by arrows in ADM
ADM is used to represent activities
14. A senior PM advises a first-time PM that identifying risks is just one step. On a continuous basis, new risks must be identified, and existing risks need to be analyzed, tracked, and their status reported. All this is done as part of what process?
a) Perform Integrated Change Control
b) Monitor and Control Project Work
c) Plan Risk Management
d) Direct and Management Project Work
15.
Why are the approved change requests input to the Direct and Manage Work process? a) Approved change requests are sent to the Change Control Board during the Direct and Manage
Project Work phase. b) Approved change requests are implemented by the project team during the Direct and Manage
Work process. c) Approved change requests are reviewed by the project team during the Direct and Manage
Work process. d) Approved change requests may be rejected by the project team during the Direct and Manage
Project Work process.

16.
Which of the following processes will be executed first? a.
Develop the project mgt. plan b.
Develop the preliminary project scope statement c.
Direct and manage project execution d.
Develop project charter
17.
Which of the following is TRUE about the relationships between process groups and process phases? a.
Process groups interact within a project phase and may also cross the project phases. b.
A process group can only be applied in one project phase. c.
Process groups and project phases are unrelated concepts. d.
Process groups and project phases are fundamentally the same.
18.
For the success of a project, the project team must do all of the following except: a.
Apply all the processes within the five process groups. b.
Use a defined approach to adapt the product specifications and plans to meet the project requirements c.
Comply with requirements to meet stakeholder specifications. d.
Balance the competing demands of several factors, such as scope, time, cost, quality, and resources.
19.
All the following are true about the planning process group except: a.
The project management team uses the planning process group to plan and manage a successful project. b.
The planning process group helps gather information from multiple sources. c.
The processes in the planning process group are used to develop the project management plan d.
The planning process group facilitates process planning across multiple processes. e.
Once the project has been planned, and started executing, no process from the planning process group can be re-performed.

20.
The closing process group is used to accomplish all of the following except: a.
Formally close the project. b.
Formally close a project phase. c.
Recommend preventive actions for anticipated problems the customer will face. d.
Hand off the completed project to others for further actions.
21.
A program is a.
Composed of a group of related projects. b.
A project that is fully resourced. c.
A set of activities that don’t fit into a classic project schema. d.
Composed of a group of ongoing operations.
22.
Project Management is characterized by TWO overarching types of activities, as we discussed in class. They are: a.
Project planning and definition activities, and project implementation and control activities. b.
Deciding and controlling. c.
Ignition and Closing. d.
Planning and staffing, and leading and controlling.
23.
All of the following are tools and techniques used in the integrated change control process except: a.
Expert judgment b.
Project management information system c.
Project management methodology d.
Approved change requests
24.
The integrated change control process includes all of the following management activities except: a.
Identifying the change that has occurred b.
Identifying the change that needs to occur c.
Ensuring the scope of the project doesn’t change d.
Reviewing the change requests to approve or reject them over

25.
What is the purpose of the WBS? a.
To show which work elements have been assigned to organizational units b.
To ensure that all work within a project is identified and defined within a common project framework c.
To show the organizational structure of a program d.
All of the above