1. A project manager receives a change request from the customer. The change requires adding a new filtration system to the project in place of a cleaner bag. When the project manager evaluates the change, it is most important that she consider the impact on the:

1. Sponsor
2. Project constraints
3. Communications management plan
4. Subsequent work packages

2. Conduct Procurements is a part of which process group?

1. Monitoring and controlling
2. Planning
3. Initiating
4. Executing

3. A project manager is completing the WBS with the project team, but the session is hard to manage. There are 200 people in the room representing four different departments. Some of the people who will be working on the project later are talking about other things while earlier work is discussed. Which of the following best describes the real problem?

1. There are too many departments involved in the project.
2. They are not following the project communications management plan.
3. The project sponsor should be leading this kind of meeting.
4. The project manager is really managing a program.

4. The project life cycle differs from the project management process in that the project management process:

1. Is different for each industry
2. Is the same for every project
3. Can spawn many projects
4. Does not incorporate a methodology

5. At the start of the new project, a project manager spends time identifying constraints he must consider in planning efforts. Constraints are:

A. Assumptions

B. Baselines

C. Processes

D. Limitations

6. Which of the following is the most appropriate thing to do in the initiating process group?

1. Remove roadblocks.
2. Ensure continued understanding of the work.
3. Review bids and select sellers.
4. Ensure the product scope is as final as practical.

7. Two project managers have just realized they are in a weak matrix organization and their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expediter and the other realizes she is really a project coordinator. How is a project expediter different from a project coordinator?

1. The project expediter reports to a higher-level manager.
2. The project expediter can make more decisions.
3. The project expediter cannot make decisions.
4. The project expediter has some authority.

8. The ongoing definition of a project as more information becomes available to the team is called:

1. Progressive elaboration
2. Quantitative elaboration
3. Scope validation
4. planning

9. Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:

1. Be included as activities to be performed during project closure
2. Not be viewed as part of a project
3. Be a separate phase in the project life cycle because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations
4. Be viewed as a separate project

10. You are managing two projects and have been assigned to a third project that has just been approved. You begin the new project, and are able to manage it well along with the others you are managing. During initiating, you are focused on accomplishing a number of activities. Which of the following are you not concerned with at this time?

1. Accumulating and evaluating historical information
2. Identifying and documenting business needs
3. Dividing a large project into phases
4. Creating a project scope statement

11. A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make the change. This is an example of:

1. Management planning
2. Management attention to scope management
3. A project expediter position
4. A change control system

12. Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?

1. Unnecessary
2. Standardized
3. Unique
4. Iterative

13. Which of the following is correct?

1. The product description is created in project executing, and the WBS makes use of the knowledge gained while creating the product description.
2. The WBS must be completed before one creates a project charter, and the communications management plan is included in the project management plan.
3. The project sponsor creates the product description, which contains the sponsor's requirements, and includes it as part of the documents he sends to the customer.
4. There must be an attempt to gain a complete product description before the project is initiated. The product description can be progressively elaborated as the project progresses.

14. All the following are characteristics of a project except:

1. It has a definite beginning and end.
2. It has interrelated activities.
3. It repeats itself every month.
4. It is temporary.

15. In planning your project, which would generally have the highest priority; quality, cost, or schedule?

1. It should be decided for each project.
2. Cost is most important, quality next, and then schedule.
3. Schedule is most important, quality next, and then cost.
4. Quality is more important than cost or schedule.

16. You and your team are working with cost estimates, the resource management plan, and the project schedule to determine a cost baseline for your project. Which process group are you in?

1. Planning
2. Initiating
3. Executing
4. Closing

17. The difference between a project, program, and portfolio is:

1. A project is a contracted endeavor with a beginning and an end, a portfolio is a group of projects with more open-ended completion dates, and a program combines two or more portfolios.
2. A project is a lengthy endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program combines two or more unrelated projects, and a portfolio combines two or more programs.
3. A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program may include other nonproject work, and a portfolio is all the projects in a given department or division.
4. A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of related projects, and a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific strategic organizational objective.

18. Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of the project?

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Closing
4. Executing

19. Which of the following is a true statement?

1. Organizations generally adopt one project life cycle and one project management process, which are used throughout all projects.
2. The project life cycle and the project management process vary based on the type of product, service, or result being developed, the industry, and the organization
3. The project management process varies based on the type of product, service, or result being developed, the industry, and the organization.
4. The project life cycle varies based on the type of product, service, or result being developed, the industry, and the organization.

20. A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:

1. Project management plan
2. Project budge
3. Work breakdown structure
4. Detailed risk assessment

21. The best time to assign a project manager to a project is during:

1. Planning
2. Integration
3. Project selection
4. Initiating

22. The project manager and team are working to ensure that policies and procedures for how work will be performed to meet high-level strategic goals are incorporated into project plans. The source of these processes and policies is most likely:

1. Project governance
2. The project sponsor
3. Government or regulatory sources
4. Organizational governance