Part 1A

The project life cycle where the majority of the project work is conducted in iterations (sometimes called sprints) is called:

Agile project life cycle

Which of the following roles and attributes do NOT describe the core team members on a project?

Core team members join the project on a temporary basis to perform specific project

All of the following factors should be assessed to determine an organization's ability to perform projects EXCEPT:

Do teams and individuals follow instructions well?

Which of the following statements concerning strategic analysis is true?

External analysis focuses on the threats and opportunities facing the organization.

Several factors can contribute to building relationships among project team members. Which of the following is NOT a contributor to relationship building within the core team?

Foster a closed environment of secrecy.

All of the following statements accurately describe a project management plan EXCEPT:

It serves as an informal contract between the project team and the sponsor

All of the following are advantages associated with managing projects in a projectized organization EXCEPT:

New assignment is guaranteed after the project ends

Team operating principles are sometimes included in a project charter to enhance team performance. Which of the following statements accurately describes the value of establishing team operating principles?

Operating principles that address the conduct of meetings and how decisions are made are especially useful in helping the team get off to a good start.

Which of the following statements correctly describes a weakness associated with the financial project selection model?

Payback period models do not consider the profit to be realized after the costs are paid.

All of the following statements concerning project portfolios are true EXCEPT:

Portfolios cannot include operations and programs.

Which of the ten knowledge areas defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge includes the activities of purchasing or acquiring products, services or results from outside the project team?

Procurement management

7. Which of the following statements correctly describes project management?

Project management applies knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities.

Which of the ten knowledge areas defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully?

Project scope management

From an agile project management perspective, which of these constraints are considered to be fixed?

Resources and schedule

Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with a functional organization?

Resources are easily shared between departments and projects.

Which of the following is an advantage associated with the matrix organization?

Resources can be shared between departments and projects.

Which of the following executive roles is responsible for overall priority setting, project selection and prioritization, general guidance and encouragement?

Steering Team

Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with managing projects in a projectized organization?

Team members assigned to a project are often underutilized.

Which of the following statements regarding project life cycles is most accurate?

The project life cycle is the same regardless of the type of projects managed by an organization.

Subject matter experts often perform specific project activities when necessary. Which of the following statements regarding subject matter experts is accurate?

The subject matter experts may not relate strongly with a project due to the temporary nature of their involvement.

Which of the following statements best describes the contemporary use of financial models and scoring models for project selection?

These methods are often used together to ensure financial and non-financial factors are both considered.

Which of the following are among the challenges faced by project managers?

They must determine how networks of people function in the organization

Which of the following is an advantage associated with managing projects in a functional organization?

Unity of command - one clear supervisor for each worker.

In the project communications matrix, all of the following "who" items are typically included EXCEPT:

Who take the minutes at the next status meeting?

A project communications matrix includes all of the following information EXCEPT:

Why

In agile projects, overall planning is at a high level, and only the near-term work is planned in detail. The project work is conducted in iterations (sprints) that are normally:

a fixed length of two or four weeks

Which of the following statements accurately describes a project management plan?

a formal document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored and controlled

Portfolios deal with all of an organization's projects, while programs deal with:

a specific group of related projects

Project managers and teams should consider risks and include them in the project charter for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

all project risks should be eliminated before the project charter is signed.

Which of these is not one of the primary types of information captured in a project meeting?

assumptions and constraints.

According to PMI's "Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct", project managers should exhibit all of the following behaviors EXCEPT:

authority - exert economic and political power

Once projects are completed, they will typically yield all of the following results EXCEPT

b. make or buy decisions

The document that describes why the project is needed, and may include estimated costs and benefits, is called a:

business case

Which of the following charter elements defines the project purpose and justifies the necessity of the project?

business case

Project management plans generally include all of the following elements EXCEPT:

business case and recommendations

Which of the following statements most accurately identifies the typical contents of the project charter?

business case, milestone schedule, resource estimates and team operating principles

Projects are considered successful for all of the reasons below EXCEPT:..

c. the team has demonstrated heroics to meet project objectives

During project execution, the project sponsor's responsibilities include all of these EXCEPT:

charter the project

Projectized organizations often adopt which of the following techniques where project team members are physically placed close to one another to improve communications and working relationships?

co-location

A project communications management plan generally includes all of the following information EXCEPT:

communication cost

Which of the following examples is NOT a typical or appropriate situation to employ project management?

conducting a routine, standard customer service operation

The project charter grants the project team the right to:

create a detailed project plan

By identifying stakeholders and their needs, project managers can be more effective in all the following ways EXCEPT:

derive the final budget

The project charter serves all of the following purposes EXCEPT:

describes skill sets needed for the project

Project charters typically include all of the following elements EXCEPT:

detailed resource requirements

6. In an adaptive or change - driven project life cycle:

early results lead into planning later work.

Through shared values, organizational cultures can informally do all the following EXCEPT

eliminate politics in the workplace

All of the following factors influence the opportunities and threats an organization must consider when performing a strategic analysis EXCEPT:

employees

Typically, the senior customer representative is responsible for which of the following project roles?

ensures the needs of the customer's organization are identified and prioritized

Project planning teams use project life cycle models because various types of projects have differing demands. Which of the following sequences of stages is most appropriate for a life cycle model for research and development (R & D) projects?

idea generation - idea screening - concept development - validation - transition

Within the project charter, the scope overview accomplishes all of the following EXCEPT:

identifies the major schedule milestones for the project

Project stakeholders can be prioritized based on a number of factors, including one of the following:

impact

All of the following criteria serve as a valid basis for identifying potential projects in most organizations EXCEPT:

internal politics

Achieving project success is determined by all of the following EXCEPT:

involving only important key stakeholders

The milestone schedule in the project charter:

is a summary-level schedule that identifies significant points or events in the project.

On agile projects the first iteration is planned as a milestone with acceptance criteria. However, subsequent milestones and acceptance criteria are determined on a ___:

just in time (JIT) basis

Some organizational culture characteristics make project success more likely. These characteristics include all of the following EXCEPT:

lack of appreciation for project management

All of the following represent appropriate sources to identify new potential projects EXCEPT:

lessons learned from previous projects

Portfolio management helps an organization achieve its strategic goals in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

managing ongoing projects

Which of the following organizational structures is designed to achieve a balance of task focus and technical capability?

matrix organization

Which of the following organizational structures runs contrary to the unity of command principle - that each employee works for a single supervisor?

matrix organization

Many writers have stated that effective objectives should be:

measurable - to track progress

When applied to project management, the human resource management knowledge area typically involves which of the following activities?

organizing, managing and leading the project team

Which of the following is NOT a typical source selection criterion that an organization would use to evaluate potential contractors?

personalities

The final item to be recorded on the project meeting minutes is an evaluation of both good and poor points from the meeting. On agile projects, this evaluation is called the ____:

plus-delta process

Project planning teams use project life cycle models because various types of projects have differing demands. Which of the following sequences of stages is most appropriate for a life cycle model for construction projects?

pre-planning - design - procurement - construction - start up

There are several tasks that a project customer (or sponsor acting in that capacity) can do to enhance the probability of success. Which of the following are generally performed independent of the project contractor who will perform the work?

prioritize project

Which of the following examples is NOT a typical or appropriate situation to employ project management?

processing deposits and withdrawals in a bank

All of the following organizations can effectively use a scoring model to select and prioritize competing projects EXCEPT:

program management office

Projects often require tradeoffs among all of the following EXCEPT:

programs

Which of the following documents serves as an informal contract between the project team and the project sponsor?

project charter

In the PMBOK, the five logical groupings of the project management inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs are called the:

project management process groups

A clear and compelling vision will have all the following characteristics EXCEPT:

provides detailed roadmap for managing a project

Typically, a steering team or leadership team is responsible for all of the following project related roles EXCEPT:

providing rigid policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

Once selected projects have been prioritized, it is time to assign resources to projects based on their order of priority. Resources could include all of the following EXCEPT:

quality metrics

Which of the following activities can be used to build relationships within the core project team?

regularly celebrate small successes

A project sponsor is wise not to sign a project charter authorizing work until the project manager and team show that they have ____:

reviewed lessons learned from previous projects in order to avoid similar mistakes.

A project manager in agile projects who serves and leads in a collaborative, facilitation manner is called a:

scrum master

In agile projects, the individual who leads in a collaborative manner by guiding teams and removing obstacles to their progress is called the:

scrum master

All of the following may be negotiated between a client company and a contractor EXCEPT:

selection criteria for scoring models

Which section of the project charter publicly acknowledges the commitment of the sponsor, managers and team members to the project?

signatures and commitment

The process of "systematically gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information to determine whose interests should be taken into account throughout the project" is called:

stakeholder analysis

Which of the following responses most accurately depicts the correct sequence of activities in the strategic planning process?

strategic analysis - guiding principles - strategic objectives - flow-down objectives

When trying to understand a corporate culture, it is helpful to understand the types of power that are used. In "power cultures":

supervisors exert a great deal of economic and political power.

Project failure can result from all of the following causes EXCEPT:

support of senior management

There are several tasks that a project customer (or sponsor acting in that capacity) can do to enhance the probability of success. All of the following are generally performed jointly with the project contractor who will perform the work EXCEPT:

terminate project if needed

The Chief Projects Officer (CPO) is responsible for the individuals working on a project in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

that they follow the detailed project plan that the CPO has created.

Which of the following charter elements should inspire team members to develop a passion for the project and to work hard on it?

the business case

The addition of acceptance criteria factors to the milestones in a project charter helps the team understand who will judge the quality of the deliverable associated with each milestone, and _____:

the criteria or standards they will use.

All of the following factors have influenced the increased reliance upon project management in recent years EXCEPT:

the decreased demands of ongoing operational work

During iteration planning in an agile project, agreement is reached regarding:

the definition of done.

Which of the following roles is typically associated with the project manager?

the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives

Which of the following statements accurately describes the responsibilities typically associated with the development of the project charter?

the project manager and team typically prepare the majority of the rough draft for the project charter

Stakeholders include all of the following people EXCEPT:

those who will not be impacted by the project

Communications to stakeholders are necessary for which of the following reasons?

to help them take ownership of the project and make timely decisions

A principal idea in agile is that relationships with stakeholders need to be based on collaboration, communications and ____.

trust

Which of the following actions will likely cause a project to fail?

unclear or conflicting stakeholder expectations

The project charter should help the project team and the project sponsor to develop a common understanding of what the project is all about. All of the following items are elements of that common understanding EXCEPT:

understanding the detailed project schedule

Project managers can encourage open communication by employing all of the following tactics EXCEPT:

using group decision making techniques in every case

The sponsor, project manager and team can establish powerful relationships with key stakeholders. This starts with an understanding of what motivates each stakeholder, which can be summarized by the old saying ______:

what's in it for me?