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Project Management Quiz am PMP, erstellt von abdulaziz zaid am 22/11/2017.
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Frage 1

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Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their projects. Most of the time they are just complaining about how hard projects are to manage in their company. Some complain about the stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about how hard it is to get people to cooperate and perform. One project manager wants to focus on the advantages of the matrix-type organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the following would he mention?
Antworten
  • Improved project manager control over resources
  • More than one boss for project teams
  • Communications are easier
  • Reporting is easier

Frage 2

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Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and that their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expediter and the other realizes he is really a project coordinator. How is a project expediter different from a project coordinator?
Antworten
  • The project expediter cannot make decisions
  • The project expediter can make more decisions
  • The project expediter reports to a higher-level manager
  • The project expediter has some authority

Frage 3

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In a projectized organization, the project team?
Antworten
  • Reports to many bosses
  • Has no loyalty to the project
  • Reports to the functional manager
  • Will not always have a home

Frage 4

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A project manager is trying to complete a software development project, but cannot get enough attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process-related work and the project manager has little authority to properly assign resources. What form of organization must the project manager be working in?
Antworten
  • Functional
  • Matrix
  • Expediter
  • Coordinator

Frage 5

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A project manager has very little project experience, but he has been assigned as the project manager of a new project. Because he will be working in a matrix organization to complete his project, he can expect communications to be
Antworten
  • Simple
  • Open and accurate
  • Complex
  • Hard to automate

Frage 6

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A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that many people are asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the power to give direction to the team member?
Antworten
  • The project manager
  • The functional manager
  • The team
  • Tight matrix

Frage 7

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Who has the MOST power in a projectized organization?
Antworten
  • The project manager
  • The functional manager
  • The team
  • They all share power

Frage 8

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All of the following are characteristics of a project EXCEPT:
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  • Temporary
  • Definite beginning and end
  • Interrelated activities
  • Repeats itself every month

Frage 9

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All of the following are parts of the team's stakeholder management effort EXCEPT:
Antworten
  • Giving stakeholders extras
  • Identifying stakeholders
  • Determining stakeholders' needs
  • Managing stakeholders' expectations

Frage 10

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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:
Antworten
  • Management attention to scope management
  • Management planning
  • A project expediter position
  • A change control system

Frage 11

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The project is in the planning process group when three stakeholders come to the project manager asking for information on the company's new project management methodology. They want to know where it came from and why it is different from the way they currently manage projects. These stakeholders are also friends of the project manager, and the entire group has worked together for years. The project is using some new terms like corrective action that are making some stakeholders nervous, as they are unsure whether the way projects will be managed is going to change along with new terms. What should the project manager do?
Antworten
  • Advise the stakeholders that she will keep them in the communication loop for the project
  • Supply a list of new terms and their definitions
  • Notify the project management office (PMO)
  • Make sure she maintains her authority as the project manager even though the stakeholders are her friends

Frage 12

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A project manager is managing his second project. It started one month after the first and both are ongoing. Though his first project is small, this one seems to be growing in size every day. As each day passes, the project manager is beginning to feel more and more in need of help. The project manager has recently heard that there was another project in the company last year that is similar to his second project. What should he do?
Antworten
  • Contact the other project manager and ask for assistance
  • Obtain historical records and guidance from the project management office (PMO)
  • Wait to see if the project is impacted by the growth in scope
  • Make sure the scope for the project is agreed to by all the stakeholders.

Frage 13

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The project life cycle differs from the product life cycle in that the project life cycle:
Antworten
  • Does not incorporate a methodology
  • Is different for each industry
  • Can spawn many projects
  • Describes project management activities

Frage 14

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Management by objectives works only if:
Antworten
  • It is supported by management
  • The rules are written down
  • The project does not impact the objectives
  • The project includes the objectives in the project charter

Frage 15

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Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as projects and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure that the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from US $100 to US $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?
Antworten
  • Because each individual order is a temporary endeavor:' each order is a project
  • This is program management since there are multiple projects involved
  • This is a recurring process
  • Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management

Frage 16

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The previous project manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is a lack of management control and no clearly defined project deliverables. Which of the following would be the BEST choice for getting your project better organized?
Antworten
  • Adopt a life cycle approach to the project
  • Develop lessons learned for each phase
  • Develop specific work plans for each work package
  • Develop a description of the product of the project

Frage 17

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A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem?
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  • They have not identified the project objectives
  • They are working on a process and not a project
  • The end date has not been set
  • They have not identified the product of the project

Frage 18

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One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities among projects in a company?
Antworten
  • The project manager
  • The project management team
  • The project management office
  • The team

Frage 19

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A market demand, a business need, and/or legal requirement are examples of:
Antworten
  • Reasons to hire a project manager
  • Reasons projects are initiated
  • Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders
  • Reasons to sponsor a project

Frage 20

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Operational work is different from project work in that it is:
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  • Unique
  • Temporary
  • On-going and repetitive.
  • A part of every project activity.

Frage 21

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Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned document. Which of the following is the BEST use of lessons learned?
Antworten
  • Historical records for future projects
  • Planning record for the current project
  • Informing the team about what the project manager has done
  • Informing the team about the project management plan

Frage 22

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Lessons learned are BEST completed by:
Antworten
  • The project manager.
  • The team.
  • The sponsor.
  • The stakeholders.

Frage 23

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Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
Antworten
  • Be included as activities to be performed during project closure
  • Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations.
  • Not be viewed as part of a project. A project is temporary with a definite beginning and end.
  • Be viewed as a separate project.

Frage 24

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What is a program?
Antworten
  • An initiative set up by management
  • A means to gain benefits and control of related projects
  • A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way
  • A government regulation

Frage 25

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A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?
Antworten
  • Create project management plans
  • Create lessons learned
  • Create network diagrams
  • Create status reports

Frage 26

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In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Before the project management process
  • Planning
  • Executing

Frage 27

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The project charter is created in which project management process group?
Antworten
  • Executing
  • Planning
  • Closing
  • Initiating

Frage 28

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The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The NEXT thing to do is:
Antworten
  • Identify risks
  • Begin iterations
  • Determine communications requirements
  • Create a bar (Gantt) chart.

Frage 29

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A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
Antworten
  • Project budget
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Project management plan
  • Detailed risk assessment

Frage 30

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The person who should be in control of the project during project planning is the:
Antworten
  • Project manager
  • Team member
  • Functional manager
  • Sponsor.

Frage 31

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The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling

Frage 32

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A project manager does not have much time to spend planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move through planning as effectively as possible. Which of the following would you recommend?
Antworten
  • Make sure you have a signed project charter and then start the WBS
  • Create an activity list before creating a network diagram
  • Document all the known risks before you document the high-level assumptions
  • Finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics

Frage 33

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The BEST time to assign a project manager to a project is during:
Antworten
  • Executing
  • Closing
  • Initiating
  • Planning

Frage 34

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A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the variance warrants a response, he is in what project management process?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Frage 35

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A team member notifies the project manager that the activities comprising a work package are no longer appropriate. It would be BEST for the project manager to be in what part of the project management process?
Antworten
  • Corrective action
  • Integrated change control
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Project closing

Frage 36

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During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to judge performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered in what part of the project management process?
Antworten
  • Closing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Executing
  • Initiating

Frage 37

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Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the initiating process group?
Antworten
  • Create a detailed description of the project deliverables
  • Get familiar with the company culture and structure as it relates to the project
  • Identify the root cause of problems
  • Ensure all project management processes are complete

Frage 38

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Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
Antworten
  • Iterative
  • Unique
  • Unnecessary
  • Standardized

Frage 39

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Which project management process group normally takes the MOST project time and resources?
Antworten
  • Planning
  • Design
  • Integration
  • Executing

Frage 40

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All of the following must be performed during project initiating EXCEPT:
Antworten
  • Identify and document business needs
  • Create a project scope statement
  • Divide large projects into phases
  • Accumulate and evaluate historical information

Frage 41

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Closure includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Antworten
  • Determining performance measures
  • Turning over the product of the project
  • Documenting the degree to which each project phase was properly closed after its completion
  • Updating the company's organizational assets

Frage 42

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The work on the first phase of your project has come to an end. What should you ensure is done BEFORE beginning the next phase?
Antworten
  • Verify that the resources are available for the next phase
  • Check the project's progress compared to its baselines
  • Confirm that the phase has reached its objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted
  • Recommend corrective action to bring the project results in line with project expectations

Frage 43

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In which process group does the team measure and analyze the work being done on the project?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Frage 44

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Which process groups must be included in every project?
Antworten
  • Planning, executing, and closing
  • Initiating, planning, and executing
  • Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing
  • Planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling

Frage 45

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Control Schedule, Report Performance, and Administer Procurements are parts of which process group?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling

Frage 46

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Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of the project?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Closing

Frage 47

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All of the following occur during the planning process group EXCEPT:
Antworten
  • Develop Project Charter
  • Create WBS
  • Estimate Costs
  • Sequence Activities

Frage 48

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The project kick-off meeting should ideally occur when?
Antworten
  • After the project scope statement is completed
  • Once the scope management plan is approved
  • Before you begin creating the WBS
  • After the project charter is signed

Frage 49

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In which of the following structures can managers plan and evaluate project implementation but not have any actual authority over the workers?
Antworten
  • Traceability matrix
  • Strong matrix
  • Coverage matrix
  • Weak matrix

Frage 50

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Which of the following is a time-phased budget that is used to measure and monitor cost performance throughout the project life cycle?
Antworten
  • Cost estimating
  • Cost variance
  • Change control
  • Cost baseline

Frage 51

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The ongoing definition of a project as more information becomes available to the team is called:
Antworten
  • Strategic planning
  • Progressive elaboration
  • Scope validation
  • Quantitative elaboration

Frage 52

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Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their projects. Most of the time they are just complaining about how hard projects are to manage in their company. Some complain about the stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about how hard it is to get people to cooperate and perform. One project manager wants to focus on the advantages of the matrix-type organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the following would he mention?
Antworten
  • More than one boss for project teams
  • Communications are easier
  • Improved project manager control over resources
  • Reporting is easier

Frage 53

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The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Executing
  • Planning

Frage 54

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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:
Antworten
  • Subsequent work packages
  • Communications management plan
  • All Project aspects
  • Sponsor

Frage 55

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Which project management process group generally takes the MOST project time and resources?
Antworten
  • Integration
  • Design
  • Planning
  • Executing

Frage 56

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in project closing?
Antworten
  • Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria
  • Collect historical information from previous projects
  • Confirm all the requirements in the project have been met
  • Gain formal approval of the management plans.

Frage 57

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Which of the following is NOT a Project Management Knowledge Area? A. B. C. D.
Antworten
  • Project Integration Management
  • Project Procurement Management
  • Project Configuration Management
  • Project Communications Management

Frage 58

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The project charter is created in which project management process group?
Antworten
  • Planning
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Closing

Frage 59

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Project management can be thought of as a start-_______-do-check-act cycle.
Antworten
  • Control
  • Execute
  • Initiate
  • Plan

Frage 60

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All of the following must be performed during project initiating EXCEPT:
Antworten
  • Divide a large project into phases
  • Accumulate and evaluate historical information
  • Identify and document business needs
  • Create a project scope statement.

Frage 61

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In which process group does authorization to start a new phase of the project occur?
Antworten
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Frage 62

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In which process group does Close Procurements occur?
Antworten
  • Closing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Initiating
  • Planning

Frage 63

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To complete the project initiating processes, a project manager needs the project charter and:
Antworten
  • A scope management plan
  • A project scope statement
  • The stakeholder register
  • A work breakdown structure

Frage 64

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in the monitoring and controlling process group?
Antworten
  • Implement recognition and reward systems
  • Obtain sign-off of the product of the project
  • Keep everyone focused on completing the project to the charter
  • Create work performance reports.

Frage 65

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A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the variance warrants a response, he is in which part of the project management process?
Antworten
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing
  • Executing
  • Initiating

Frage 66

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A project manager measures the project against the project management plan to determine if the project is in control. Which of the following is also done in project monitoring and controlling?
Antworten
  • Validate scope
  • Manage communications
  • Implement quality assurance procedures
  • Continuous improvement

Frage 67

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Which of the following BEST describes formal acceptance of a project?
Antworten
  • Final payment is made
  • Final deliverables are sent to the customer
  • Substantial completion is reached
  • Customer sign-off of the product is documented

Frage 68

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in the planning process group?
Antworten
  • Hold a meeting of all parties to make certain everyone is familiar with the details of the project
  • Perform Quality Assurance
  • Implement approved process improvements
  • Determine high-level stakeholders

Frage 69

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Lessons learned are BEST gathered from:
Antworten
  • The team
  • The project manager
  • The sponsor
  • The stakeholders.

Frage 70

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Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role during project planning?
Antworten
  • Creating a bar chart and getting management to approve it
  • Determining what can get in the way and how to prevent it
  • Making a list of activities the team members are required to perform
  • Managing the creation of a document that can be used to guide the project

Frage 71

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While the project is being completed, management requests a change. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?
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  • Tell the customer that a change will be coming
  • Comply with the request if possible.
  • Ask the team to accept the change
  • Obtain an understanding of the scope of the change.

Frage 72

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All of the following are purposes of the project charter EXCEPT:
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  • It gives the project manager authority
  • It identifies the project acceptance criteria
  • It identifies high-level risks and constraints
  • It establishes the project

Frage 73

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In your project, you are in the process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project`s objectives. This is done during:
Antworten
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Create Deliverables

Frage 74

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You are preparing a document using project statement of work, business case, agreements, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. These are valid inputs for:
Antworten
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Develop Project Charter
  • Perform Integrated Change Control

Frage 75

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You are the project manager of a pharmaceutical company responsible for releasing a new drug in the market. While managing the project, you have created several documents (e.g., project management plan; risk registers and other registers; project calendars; change management documentation; etc.). All these documents should be stored in:
Antworten
  • Historical information
  • Project documents
  • Project or phase closure documents
  • Configuration management system

Frage 76

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The director (information systems) in your company is in the process of creating a project charter to formally authorize a new project in your company. In this context, what should be done FIRST?
Antworten
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Assign a project manager for the project
  • Acquire Project Team
  • Integrate the work of the project with the ongoing operations of the performing organization

Frage 77

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Which of the following is part of the integration management process?
Antworten
  • Define Activities
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Create WBS
  • Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Frage 78

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What is the benefit of the closing process if the project has been terminated?
Antworten
  • The benefit of the closing process is to document how much work the project manager did.
  • The benefit of the closing process is to gather lessons learned for the benefit of future projects.
  • There is no benefit to closing a project if the project has been terminated.
  • The benefit of the closing process is to get everyone together and acknowledge that the team did a good job, even though the project was terminated.

Frage 79

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Adhering to legal requirements, satisfying competing needs, providing accurate and truthful representations, and disclosing conflicts of interest are all:
Antworten
  • Examples of the professional and social responsibility of the project manager.
  • Examples of scope management.
  • Examples of the intellectual property requirements of subcontractors.
  • Examples of project closure activities.

Frage 80

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Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role regarding project changes?
Antworten
  • Prevent the addition of profit in sellers' changes.
  • Discover changes as early as possible.
  • Have the sponsor approve all changes.
  • Prevent changes that affect the project scope.

Frage 81

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A software development project has been suffering through many major project changes. Because of this, the project manager has not been able to do much but complete change request forms. Which statement BEST describes the other activities the project manager should be doing?
Antworten
  • Determine that a change has occurred. Notify all stakeholders affected by the change, and list all the changes in the scope management plan.
  • List all changes in the project charter, notify stakeholders affected by changes, and ensure the team signs off on all changes.
  • Determine that changes have been made and whether the changes are beneficial. List all of them in the scope management plan.
  • Determine if a change is needed. Determine whether that change is beneficial, and notify stakeholders affected by the change.

Frage 82

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During the creation of lessons learned for a project, the team determines that the project would have been better if they had a change control board. Which of the following is the BEST description of what a change control board helps the team to do?
Antworten
  • Create procedures
  • Formulate the change
  • Approve or reject changes
  • Create change requests

Frage 83

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Who issues the project charter?
Antworten
  • Project team
  • Sponsor
  • Project manager
  • Stakeholders

Frage 84

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Which of the following is included in a project charter?
Antworten
  • Detailed resource estimates
  • The business case for the project
  • Work package estimates
  • A risk management strategy

Frage 85

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You are a project manager in a large organization that uses a matrix structure. You have been asked to investigate what organizational structures your competitors use and how the choices affect their ability to manage projects successfully. Which type of organizational structure gives the LEAST amount of authority to project managers?
Antworten
  • Functional
  • Profit centers
  • Matrix
  • Projectized

Frage 86

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Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
Antworten
  • Not be viewed as part of a project.
  • Be viewed as a separate project.
  • Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations.
  • Be included as activities to be performed during project closure.

Frage 87

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In a projectized organization, the project team:
Antworten
  • Reports to many bosses.
  • Has no loyalty to the project.
  • Reports to the functional manager.
  • Will not always have a "home."

Frage 88

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You are working in the Project Management Office (PMO) of your organization. Your job responsibility is to:
Antworten
  • Manage the operational activities in the company
  • Manage human resource and risk management issues for individual projects
  • Provide support functions to project managers in the form of training, providing software,standardizing policies, etc.
  • Provide subject matter expertise in the functional areas of the project

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An organization is going through an evolutionary phase of restructuring the way it does projects. In a shift from a weak matrix organization to a strong matrix organization, the power is shifted from the:
Antworten
  • Project manager to the functional manager.
  • Functional manager to the project manager.
  • Functional manager to the sponsor.
  • Expediter to the coordinator.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
Antworten
  • Unique
  • Unnecessary
  • Repeated
  • Standardized
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