Overview of the Project Management Process Groups – Final Exam

What is the purpose of the initiating process group?

The business case will typically include a preliminary schedule that identifies major milestones.

What business case driver results when codes or laws are driving a project?

What document contains the details regarding all project stakeholders?

Which of the following processes is the process that is primarily concerned with gathering project records and documents in order to verify that all project activities are completed and the project has achieved the published objectives?

Which process group is responsible for the creation and refinement of project goals and objectives?

Which of the following skills can be used to develop the project management plan?

All of the following are specific elements of the scope management plan except:

Which of the following is the process of defining and documenting stakeholders’ needs to meet the project objectives?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a voting technique that can be used for the collect requirements process?

Which group decision making technique is where all participants agree?

Which of the following tools and techniques for the define scope process analyzes the various approaches or methods that can be used for defining the project scope?

What is the process of subdividing project deliverables into smaller work packages?

Which of the following provides a description of the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions and constraints?

The work breakdown structure dictionary will typically include all of the following elements except:

Which of the following is NOT one of the specific elements of the schedule management plan?

Which of the following is a technique of planning current activities in greater detail than activities that will be performed in the future?

The milestone list will define significant activities and the scheduled dates for completing these activities.

Which is the process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities?

Which is the logical relationship defined by the precedence diagramming method where the beginning of a successor activity depends on the beginning of the predecessor activity?

Which of the following processes in the planning process group estimates the amount of work needed to complete all project activities defined in the project scope baseline with resources that are being estimated?

___________ is an estimating technique where activities are broken down and the resources for each work segment are estimated, and then all of the individual estimates are aggregated to create the overall resource estimate for the project activities.

Which of the following is a comprehensive list of project resources organized by resource type?

Which of the following is the process of estimating the amount of work needed to complete all project activities defined in the project scope baseline?

Three-point estimates is an activity duration estimating technique that uses all of following estimates is an activity durations except:

Which of the following tools and techniques involves calculating early and late start dates, as well as early and late finish dates for project activities?

Resource leveling is a schedule optimization technique that is used for a schedule created using the critical path method. This technique focuses on resource availability and their impact on the schedule.

____________ is a modeling technique that analyzes the schedule based on different scenarios in order to predict their effect on the project objectives.

__________ is a schedule compression technique where activities that are normally completed sequentially or normally done one after another, instead are performed at the same time

Which of the following is a cost estimating technique that is often used in the early stages of a project when there is a limited amount of detailed information known about the project?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five steps for bottom-up estimating?

__________ is the process of taking all of the cost estimates for each of the activities for the project and summing them together and creating the project budget.

Which of the following is used to mitigate project risk by planning for contingency reserves into a project schedule to account for unplanned delays or inaccuracy in activity duration estimates?

The cost baseline is made up of _______ plus _______.

________ is a technique that is used to mitigate project risk by planning for contingency allowances into the project budget to account for unplanned costs or inaccuracy in cost estimates, known as cost uncertainty.

Which of the following is an executing process that involves putting the project management plan into action?

Which of the following is NOT an input for the direct and manage project work process?

All of the following are tools and techniques for the manage quality process except:

Which of the following processes is the executing process group of verifying that quality standards defined in the project quality management plan are being achieved on the project?

Which of the following is the executing process of obtaining the project team members so the activities of the project can be completed on schedule?

________ is the process of assigning members to the project before the project starts

Which of the following documents lists resource duration requirements or how long the resources are needed to complete the project activities?

Which of the following is the executing process of improving the skills and competencies of project team members?

Which of the following tools and techniques for the develop team process is sometimes called soft skills?

Dr. Bruce Tuckerman devised a model that defines how teams develop and evolve.  What is the stage where the project team is productive because there is a high level of trust within the project team?

Which of the following is the executing  process of tracking the performance of individual project team members and providing feedback on their performance?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five recognized techniques for resolving conflicts?

Which of the following is a conflict resolving technique where both parties in the conflict retreat from the conflict or any potential conflict situations?

Project communications will vary by project and are influenced by the urgency and impact of the message, the chosen method of delivery and the required level of confidentially.

All of the following are documents that are used to solicit bids from prospective sellers except:

Which is the process that will give the project manager and the project team current information on the health of the project?

Which of the following is NOT an input for the monitor and control project work process?

All of the following are data analysis techniques for the monitor and control project work process except:

Which is the process of gathering and reviewing any change requests that have been received by either the project team or project stakeholders and approving changes?

___________ are the change requests that have been approved by the change control group.

Which monitoring and controlling process is the formal acceptance of completed project outputs and deliverables?

___________ is the process of checking, examining, measuring and verifying that deliverables meet the defined acceptance criteria for the project.

Which is the monitoring and controlling process that monitors the project scope and actively manages any changes to the scope baseline?

What is the one tool and technique for the control scope process?

What process in the monitoring and controlling process group is where project activities have start and end dates assigned to them and activity sequences are finalized and published?