Project Management Study Questions: Project Management 2nd Edition and PMBOK Guide 6th Edition
The project management process group includes which of the following?
All of these are included in the project management process.
Administrative activities (e.g., archiving project files, closing out contracts, documenting lessons learned, and receiving formal acceptance of the delivered work as part of the phase or project) are often involved in the process known as which of the following?
Closing
______ is/are performed to finalize all activities across all process groups to formally end the project or phase.
Closing
Which of the following is a type of planning associated with project scope management?
Collecting requirements
Which of the following is performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications? Which statement is related to definition of a planning process?
Define and refine project objectives
Directing and managing the project belongs to which project management process group?
Executing
In which process group should you spend the most time and money?
Executing
This process includes acquiring and developing the project team, performing quality assurance, distributing information, managing stakeholder expectations, and conducting procurements.
Executing
Which process group contains the process of conducting procurements?
Executing
Your project team has been assembled. In which process group will you perform team building?
Executing
Monitoring and controlling the project includes work required to introduce any new hardware, software, and procedures into normal operation.
False
The ideal outcome of the Initiating process group is to complete a project successfully by delivering the agreed-upon project scope within time, cost, and quality constraints.
False
Which of the following is not a process group in the project management life cycle?
Feedback
In which process group the project stakeholder management knowledge area maps by identifying stakeholders?
Initiating
This process includes defining and authorizing a project or project phase.
Initiating
Which of the following is the correct order for the five project management process groups?
Initiating > planning > executing > monitoring and controlling > closing
Which project management plan is the output of the planning process?
Integration management
This process involves reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track.
Monitoring and Controlling
To which process group does the project time management knowledge area map to through the activity of schedule control?
Monitoring and Controlling
______ is/are required to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes.
Monitoring and Controlling
In which process group does the project cost management knowledge areas maps through the activities of estimating costs and budget determination?
Planning
The project life cycle is documented in which process group?
Planning
This process includes devising and maintaining a workable scheme to ensure that the project addresses the organization's needs.
Planning
Which project management process group(s) include(s) activities from every single knowledge area?
Planning
______ is/are required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to achieve the project objectives.
Planning
This person is responsible for the business value of the project and for deciding what work to do and in what order.
Product Owner
Requirements are collected as part of this knowledge area.
Scope
Which of the following is not one of the three initiating process outputs?
Stakeholder management strategy
______ are involved in or affected by project activities and include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents to the project.
Stakeholders
A common monitoring and controlling process is reporting performance, where project stakeholders can identify any necessary changes that may be required to keep the project on track.
True
Deliverables are an output of the executing process of project integration management.
True
Developing a project management plan is a planning process that occurs in the project integration management knowledge area.
True
The creation of a work breakdown structure (WBS) is a planning process that falls within the project scope management knowledge area.
True
The process closing involves gaining stakeholder and customer acceptance of the final products and services and bringing the project, or project phase, to an orderly end.
True
The project integration management knowledge area maps to the initiating process group through the activities of developing project charters.
True
The project scope management knowledge area maps to the monitoring and controlling process group through the activities of scope validation and scope control.
True
The work breakdown structure provides a basis for creating the project schedule and performing earned value management for measuring and forecasting project performance.
True
The monitoring and controlling process group contains an output called "accepted deliverables." Which process is this output from?
Verify scope
The ______ includes the roles, names, organization affiliations, and contact information for key parties affected by the project.
stakeholders register
One of the main outputs of the initiating process is ______.
the project charter