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Project Scope Management Questions Only

1. On a project to develop an inventory control system, the project manager is working on creating the scope management plan. He realizes that this plan must include items such as how the WBS will be created and how the scope of work will be accomplished and measured. All of the following statements are true about the scope management plan except:

A. It will not change after approval.

B. It may be based on organizational forms or templates.

C. It will be impacted by other parts of project planning.

D. It documents how scope will be iterated and controlled.

2. You are the project manager on an information technology project on which you and the sponsor have already approved the scope. While having lunch with a customer representative working with him on a software project, an information specialist on your team learns a simple alteration in the display would be a great addition to the project. The information specialist installs the change with no negative effect on the project schedule and at no additional cost. What action should be taken?

A. The information specialist should be told that his behavior was unacceptable, as it may have negatively affected the overall project.

B. The project manager should create a change control form and have the customer approve the change since the change has already been made.

C. The information specialist should be recognized for exceeding customer expectations without affecting project cost or schedule.

D. The project manager should add an activity to the project management plan with no associated time.

3. As a project manager, you are using a number of tools and techniques that are part of the Define Scope process. You will be carrying out this process with the help of the customer, the team, and other stakeholders. Which of the following is not part of this process?

A. Product analysis

B. Facilitation

C. Alternatives analysis

D. Inspection

4. Which of the following best describes the Validate Scope process?

A. It ensures the deliverable is completed on time, ensures customer acceptance, and shows the deliverable meets specifications.

B. It is an output of Control Quality, occurs before Define Scope, and ensures customer acceptance.

C. It ensures customer acceptance, shows the deliverable meets specifications, and provides a chance for differences of opinion to come to light.

D. It provides assurances that the deliverable meets the specifications, is an input to the project management plan, and is an output of Control Quality.

5. The cost performance index (CPI) on the project is 1.13, and the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) is 1.2. The project scope description was created by the team and stakeholders. Requirements have been changing throughout the project. No matter what the project manager has tried to accomplish in managing the project, which of the following is he most likely to face in the future?

A. Having to cut costs on the project and increase benefits

B. Not being able to measure completion of the product of the project

C. Making sure the customer approved the project scope

D.

Having to add resources to the project

6. During project planning, it becomes apparent that factions within the client's company have significantly different views on how the project should be structured and how the deliverables should be defined. Which of the following is the best thing to do?

A. Ask the client when they will be in agreement on the project requirements.

B. Work with leadership from each area to collaboratively engineer a mutually acceptable solution.

C. Make sure the terms and conditions of the contract are clear.

D. List the consequences of changes in the requirements section of the contract.

7. The call center’s response time has increased in recent months, resulting in numerous complaints from dissatisfied customers. Several employees have quit their jobs in the call center, as they were tired of dealing with disgruntled callers. You have been working with the business analyst and stakeholders on a project chartered to understand the problem and to determine a solution. There are diverging opinions, but through facilitation and analysis work you have a clear picture of what is desired, and have balanced and prioritized stakeholders’ needs. Which of the following would be the best place to record this information?

A. Project scope statement

B. Affinity diagram

C. Issue log

D. Requirements documentation

8. On an agile software development project, the project manager asks business stakeholders to create user stories, which will be used in the development and testing of the new application. The main purpose of writing a user story is:

A. To document features or functions required by stakeholders

B. To communicate progress

C. To perform what-if analysis

D. To create a record of issues encountered on the project

9. Alternatives analysis occurs in which parts of the scope management process?

A. Initiating and scope definition

B. Scope definition and scope control

C. Initiating and scope verification

D. Scope planning and scope definition

10. During acceptance testing on a customized scheduling software project, it is determined that, in order to provide value to the customer, several additional features and functions must be added. This change in scope will also impact the estimated time and cost to complete the project. You conclude that to facilitate these additions, the project baseline must be adjusted. Which of the following best describes when the baseline can be changed?

A. When the project sponsor determines it is appropriate

B. Only under emergency conditions

C. With approved changes

D. The original baseline is always maintained throughout the project

11. During acceptance testing on a customized software project, it is determined that, in order to provide value to the customer, several additional features and functions must be added. This change in scope will be assessed in integrated change control to determine possible impacts on other aspects of the project. As a result of this change in scope, any of the following are likely to change except:

A. Project charter

B. Cost baseline

C. Requirements traceability matrix

D. Schedule baseline

12. You are working to identify all of the points where your project scope requirements interact with existing system components so that you can develop requirements. Which tool are you using?

A. Context diagram

B. Bar chart

C. Networking

D. WBS

13. The Collect Requirements process entails the elicitation and documentation of requirements from all stakeholder groups. These requirements may be categorized into subsets, including business requirements, quality requirements, stakeholder requirements, and technical requirements. Business requirements include:

A. Training and rollout plans

B. Why the project was undertaken

C. What stakeholders want to gain from the project

D. Project requirements

14. You are managing a project that is anticipated to have far-reaching impact throughout the organization. It is considered critical that the team capture requirements of all stakeholder groups before the executing processes are begun. You and the team have used document analysis, interviews, surveys, questionnaires, and several facilitated requirements sessions, resulting in an abundance of requirements from stakeholders. Which of the following is the best way to prioritize these requirements for inclusion in the project scope description?

A. Multicriteria decision analysis

B. Affinity diagramming

C. Voting

D. Mind mapping

15. It is critical to define requirements during planning on a project. The greater the number of stakeholders, the more difficult it is likely to be to define all requirements, and to then get agreement from all stakeholders on which requirements should go into the project management plan. As a project manager, you can best resolve the differences between the requirements of one stakeholder and those of another by making which of these statements?

A. There are many points on which we agree. I am certain if we focus on them, we will find a solution.

B. This discussion is getting too heated. Let's regroup to solve the problem tomorrow.

C. I have made the decision to resolve the problem this way.

D. Let's look at why there is a difference of opinion on the requirements.

16. A project has just started the second phase, in which work packages are being created. A new team member has completed his work packages for this phase, and has asked the project manager to validate the scope of his work packages. The team member is anxious to have the customer see his work packages. The project manager, although confident in this new team member, wants the team member to gain confidence after the customer sees his work packages. When should the Validate Scope process be done?

A. At the beginning of the project

B. At the end of the project

C. At the end of each phase of the project

D. During the planning processes

17. The graphic designer on the project recommends a blue background for the marketing materials, while the customer strongly argues for red. The graphic designer explains that, in color psychology, blue is more calming and is likely to generate a better reaction from potential buyers. A decision must be made today. How should this requirements conflict be resolved?

A. Get a consensus of outside experts.

B. Use red.

C. Compromise between the two options and use purple.

D. Use blue.

18. You have a signed project charter and a scope management plan, and are in the process of creating a project scope statement. You have asked the team for input to ensure the project scope statement is complete. However, the team is struggling with defining the scope. Which of the following best describes the problem?

A. The project objectives were not identified before the project scope statement was begun.

B. The team is working on the project scope statement without the benefit of organizational process assets.

C. The team is in the Define Scope process and needs the project scope statement as an input.

D. A WBS was not completed before the project scope statement was begun.

19. To manage a project effectively, work should be broken down into small pieces. Which of the following does not describe how far to decompose the work?

A. Until it can be realistically estimated

B. Until it has a meaningful conclusion

C. Until it can be done by one person

D. Until it cannot be logically subdivided further

20. The project manager and team have finalized the WBS for their bridge construction project. It took a lot of time and many meetings to break the scope of this large project into manageable pieces. As they worked through this process, the team identified additional requirements that were incorporated into the WBS document. All the following are outputs of the Create WBS process except:

A. Updates to the requirements documentation

B. Scope baseline

C. WBS dictionary

D. Change requests

21. All of the following are parts of the scope baseline except the:

A. Scope management plan

B. Project scope statement

C. WBS dictionary

D. Work breakdown structure

22. A project manager is concerned about the amount of gold plating that has occurred on past projects. All the following would not be of use in controlling gold plating except:

A. A risk management plan

B. A project charter

C. A work breakdown structure dictionary

D. A staffing management plan

23. The process of scope definition is key to a successful project. All the following come after the Define Scope process except:

A. Plan Resource Management

B. Estimate Activity Durations

C. Collect Requirements

D. Estimate Costs

24. The scope management processes are generally completed in which order?

A. Validate Scope, Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS

B. Define Scope, Validate Scope, Collect Requirements, Create WBS

C. Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Validate Scope

D. Create WBS, Collect Requirements, Define Scope, and Validate Scope

25. The best way to gain an understanding of how a business process is performed, in order to identify requirements, is to:

A. Read the job description/training manual description of how to perform the work.

B. Ask the manager of employees who perform the work.

C. Observe an employee performing the work.

D. Ask an employee who regularly performs the work.

Answer 1

1st question

Correct answer is A. It will not change after approval.

Scope management plan can change after approval through change management plan

2nd question

Correct answer is A. The information specialist should be told that his behavior was unacceptable, as it may have negatively affected the overall project.

Post approval of scope, no changes should be made without scope validtion process itertion

3rd question

correct answer is D. Inspection

TEchniques involved in Define scope process are Expert judgement, Product analysis, Alternatives analysis and Facilitation

4th question

Correct answer is C. It ensures customer acceptance, shows the deliverable meets specifications, and provides a chance for differences of opinion to come to light.

Scope validation process is obtaining stakeholder acceptance formally

5th question

Correct answer is B. Not being able to measure completion of the product of the project

As Requirements have been changing throughout the project the project manager is not being able to measure completion of the product of the project