Question 1

Who Creates The Project Charter?

Accepted Answer

The project initiator or sponsor should be at a level that is appropriate to funding the project. They will either create the project charter or delegate that duty to the project manager. Projects are authorized by someone external to the project such as a sponsor, PMO or portfolio steering committee.

Question 2

An important tool for project scope management is

Accepted Answer

Work breakdown structure is an important tool for project scope management. Project Scope Management refers to the set of processes that ensure a project’s scope is accurately defined and mapped. Scope Management techniques enable project managers and supervisors to allocate just the right amount of work necessary to successfully complete a project—concerned primarily with controlling what is and what is not part of the project’s scope.

Question 3

The organizational form in which the project manager has informal authority over team members and little or no input to team member’s performance appraisal is called

Accepted Answer

“Weak matrices maintain many of the characteristics of a functional organization, and the project manager role is more that of a coordinator or expediter than that of a true project manager.”

Question 4

A process that specifies how formal verification and acceptance of the completed project deliverables will be obtained is a part of which plan?

Accepted Answer

“The work involved in performing the five processes of Project Scope Management is preceded by a planning effort by the project management team. This planning effort is part of the Develop Project Management Plan process, which produces a scope management plan that provides guidance on how project scope will be defined, documented, verified, managed, and controlled. The scope management plan may be formal or informal, highly detailed, or broadly framed, based upon the needs of the project.”

Question 5

Your company has a policy of having every software project reviewed and approved by the Architecture Review Board prior to the construction phase of a project. you are currently in the process of activity sequencing. This is a example of what?

Accepted Answer

The approval by the Architecture Review Board is a milestone you want to include in activity sequencing so that you can ensure the requirements for meeting the review board's approval are met. Answer A is tempting because the question references phase-end activities; however, it is not an example of gatekeeping because the project is not being authorized to continue based only on the architecture review.Gatekeeping often involves the review of other factors as well. Answer C is incorect because the requirement of a review board approval does not afect scope. Answer D is incorrect because project integration planning involves project plan development, execution, and integrated change control, which are not related to a review board.

Question 6

Decomposing tasks into smaller activities can be helpful in reducing the amount of stress associated with overwhelmingly large milestones. What is a feature of the hierarchical nature of the WBS?

Accepted Answer

Answer A is incorrect because the WBS hierarchy does not prevent duplication by itself. Answer C is incorrect because a WBS is focused on deliverables and components or work packages and not on tasks. Answer D is incorrect because a WBS can be sized appropriately to the project size with as many levels as necessary.

Question 7

Sensitivity analysis is used to

Accepted Answer

“Sensitivity analysis helps to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project.”

Question 8

Ambiguous jurisdiction is more common in a functional or weak matrix organization than a strong matrix or projectized organization. Why?

Accepted Answer

Answer A is incorect because it is not a correct statement and has nothing to do with ambiguous jurisdiction. Answer C is incorrect because ambiguous jurisdiction is not related to legal issues at a company. Answer D is incorrect because the statement is incorrect and is not related to ambiguous jurisdiction.

Question 9

Integration is primarily concerned with

Accepted Answer

Answers A, B and D all result from effectively integrating the work of the project management process groups. PMBOK [4.0]

Question 10

Which of the following is usually not considered a goal of portfolio management?

Accepted Answer

There is not necessarily a relationship between projects in a portfolio. Answer D is actually one of the goals of PROGRAM management. PMBOK Guide [1.4]

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