Question 5 You are preparing the Project Charter for your new project and you need to consider the type of project organization that will best suit this project. The project is to develop a new product for the company and you know it will involve many of the companys functional units. You also expect the project to be about two years in duration and staffed primarily with full time staff. Select the best organization structure for this project:

a. Pure Project b. Functional c. Balanced Matrix d. Weak Matrix e. Strong Matrix Question

6 Before moving to the Planning Phase, you know you must complete all elements of the Initiation Phase. What should you ensure you have completed?

a. Verify that you have the project objectives, description, requirements, milestones, resources, risks, and Stakeholders confirmed. Obtain approval for the Project Charter from the Sponsor and customer.

b. Verify that the Quality, Communication, and Procurement plans are confirmed. Obtain approval from the Sponsor and customer on these plans.

c. Verify that you have the Project Scope Statement, Requirements Traceability Matrix, budget, and schedule confirmed. Obtain approval from the Sponsor and customer for the baseline.

d. Verify that you have the project team in place and Team Plan is confirmed. Obtain approval from the Sponsor and customer.

Question 7 Your manager calls you into their office to let you know you have been assigned as a Project Manager to run the assembly line in the manufacturing plant. Select the best response.

a. "Thank you for your confidence in me to run this important project. Ill get started right away."

b. "I appreciate the opportunity to work on this important project. Who is the Project Sponsor so that I can get more information about the project purpose and objectives so that I can document the Project Charter?"

c. "That sounds like a big important project for the company. Will I be given enough time and money to get it done effectively?"

d. "This sounds like an exciting opportunity. Does this project have a start and end date with the purpose to produce a unique product, service, or result?"

Question 8 You have approval for your Project Charter, so you have assembled your project planning team. Select the best next step to begin the Planning phase.

a. Define the scope of work for the project

b. Identify the risks for the project

c. Document the Activity List

d. Define the project schedule

Question 9 You are in the Planning Phase of a new product development project. You need to build a project schedule so that you know how long it will take to complete the project. You have already identified all the work required, as well as identified predecessor relationships and activity durations. How should you build the project schedule? Select the best response.

a. Identify the risks associated with the project

b. Ask your manager when the project has to be done by and work backwards from that date to figure out when all the work has to be done

c. Create a Network Diagram, and perform a forward and backward pass to find the critical path and the slack

d. Use a project scheduling tool to load the WBS and activity details to create your initial schedule

Question 10 You are near the end of the Planning Phase of your project and you need to baseline the project. Select the best next step:

a. Obtain approval for the scope, schedule, and budget developed in the Planning Phase

b. Obtain approval for the Project Charter

c. Implement a change control process

d. Enter the project and baseline information into a project scheduling software package