Project Processes and Domains
1. A project manager has received some help from the team, and she needs help from them again so that she can create a detailed project budget. Which
project management process group is she in?
C. Planning
2. The project charter is created in which project management process group?
D. Initiating
3. A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
B. Work breakdown structure
4. Which of the following is not an input to the initiating process group?
D. Project scope statement
5. Your team is building a website to provide resources for families and childcare providers who want to design their own homeschooling programs. The
site will include many features. As each feature is completed, the product owner reviews it and either accepts it or tells the team what needs to be fixed.
Upon acceptance, the feature is reviewed by QA and then added to the live build. Which life cycle or development approach are you using for this
project?
B. Incremental
6. The project sponsor has just signed the project charter. What is the next thing to do?
D. Start to create management plans
7. The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
A. Initiating
8. The WBS and WBS dictionary have been completed, and the project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project
manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of $100,000 and is taking place in three countries
using 14 human resources. There is little risk expected for the project, and the project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is
the next thing to do?
B. Create an activity list.
9. A project manager does not have much time to spend on planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move through planning
as effectively as possible. What advice would you offer?
A. Make sure you have a signed project charter and then start the WBS.
10. The best time to assign a project manager to a project is during:
C. Initiating
11. Why does the agile approach plan the work continuously throughout the project?
D. Agile projects are subject to uncertainty and high rates of change that make upfront planning inefficient.
12. 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?
C. Monitoring and controlling
13. During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to assess performance. The team member feels
that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The project is most likely in what part of the project
management process?
B. Monitoring and controlling
14. Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
A. Iterative
15. What does a project manager need to do to deliver value in the context of the organization and its business environment?
A. Understand the organizational and project governance and how they may impact the project.
16. Which project management process group generally takes the most project time and resources?
D. Executing
17. You are managing two projects and have been assigned to a third project that has just been approved. You begin the new project and are able to
manage it well along with the others you are managing. During initiating, you are focused on accomplishing a number of activities. Which of the
following are you not concerned with at this time?
B. Creating a project scope statement
18. Which statement about process groups and domains is accurate?
D. The process groups and domains provide a different view of the project depending on the development approach being used.
19. The software development project has progressed according to plan. The team is very enthusiastic about the product they have created. Now they are
looking ahead to finding new projects to work on. You caution them that the current project cannot be considered complete until after the closing
process group. Closure includes all the following except:
A. Determining performance measures
20. What key point about the process groups and domains is important to know in studying for the exam?
A. Being able to correlate these two frameworks with each other will help you understand the project management process.
21. The first phase of your project has come to an end. What is the most important thing to ensure is done before beginning the next phase?
C. Confirm that the phase has reached its objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted.
22. During which process group does the team measure and analyze the work being done on the project?
C. Monitoring and controlling
23. Which of the following is the most appropriate thing to do in project closing?
B. Confirm all the requirements in the project have been met.
24. Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of the project?
C. Executing
25. All the following occur during the planning process group except:
A. Develop Project Charter
26. A market demand, a business need, and a legal requirement are examples of:
B. Reasons projects are initiated