Sample Questions Chapter 4
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which statement about scope management is best? 1) _______
A) Scope management can begin once a project hits operational level.
B) Scope management must take place during the conceptual development, full definition,
execution, and termination phases.
C) Project goals don't matter in scope management as long as the budget is not exceeded.
D) Scope management is accomplished in a single step by any one project team member.
2) The cat-skinning project management team considers the many ways to accomplish their 2) _______
objective before settling on one technique as part of their:
A) need statement step. B) alternative analysis step.
C) information gathering step. D) project objectives step.
3) Which statement about conceptual development is best? 3) _______
A) It is vital that a best approach to solving a problem be locked in as soon as possible to save
analysis time downstream.
B) A project goal of "significantly increase computer performance" is better than "improve
processing speed 20%" because the team may exceed 20%.
C) Conceptual development begins with the process of reducing the project's overall
complexity to a more basic level.
D) Project goals should be optimistic to the point of excess.
4) Which of the following is NOT a project goal criteria? 4) _______
A) review and approval gates B) cost
C) schedule D) team membership
5) The new Magic Pan coming soon to your area usually serves 20,000 customers in the first year of 5) _______
operation. Construction plans include site selection, foundation, framing, finishing, egg-laying,
and chicken acquisition. The scope statement step that determines relationships among these
steps, e.g. does the chicken acquisition come before the egg laying, etc., is the:
A) work breakdown structure. B) project goal criteria.
C) scope baseline D) management plan.
6) What are work breakdown structure elements that must be completed to conclude the project 6) _______
deliverables?
A) milestones B) work packages C) tasks D) activities
7) In order to allocate costs more precisely, a company will assign: 7) _______
A) activity codes to each subdeliverable. B) WBS codes to each activity.
C) bar codes to each activity. D) level 4 codes to each package element.
8) When work is organized into cost control accounts: 8) _______
A) these are assigned to the units performing project activities.
B) the work no longer needs to be tracked by the project manager.
C) these budgets can then be assigned back to the project manager's department.
D) the subdeliverables become cost centers instead of profit centers for the project.
9) The step that reflects the formal "go ahead" given to the project to commence once the scope 9) _______
definition, planning documents, and other contractual documents have been prepared and
approved is the:
A) work release. B) send off.
C) go ahead. D) work authorization.
10) The section of the contractual documentation that identifies what are the excusable delays, 10) ______
allowable costs, and criteria for inspection is called the:
A) dissolution factors. B) contracted terms.
C) bylaws. D) amendments.
11) The reporting frequency, report recipients, and content required during project execution is laid 11) ______
out by:
A) the information system architecture. B) the organizational breakdown structure.
C) a need-to-know basis. D) scope reporting.
12) Procedures that monitor emerging project scope against the original baseline scope are called: 12) ______
A) configuration control. B) design control.
C) document control. D) trend monitoring.
13) The framing crew would never know when it was time to order more $400 hammers without 13) ______
their fancy new:
A) acquisition control system. B) configuration control system.
C) specification control system. D) design control system.
14) All pieces of a project must be developed and assembled to produce the final product 14) ______
functionality. Designing, making, and assembling these components is the role of:
A) systematic management. B) baseline scope control.
C) configuration management. D) baseline configuration.
15) Closeout documentation that follows a formal reporting structure, including analysis and 15) ______
documentation of the project's performance in terms of cost, schedule adherence, and technical
specification performance, is:
A) financial closeout. B) historical records.
C) hierarchy reporting. D) post-project analysis.
