CHAPTER 1:PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Show Questions: 1. Question: Which of the following is not the feature of a project? 2. Question: In a kick-off meeting for your project, you provided information to your team members about the
different process groups which will be followed during project implementation. As per PMI, what are the project management process groups? 3. Question: You are managing the release of a
new drug in the market. Your role is that of a: 4. Question: As a project manager in the automobile industry, you have to be aware of government regulations about width of vehicles, fuel to be used, safety requirements etc. You should also have knowledge of the guidelines, best practices and standards which are used in the industry. In this context, which of the following statement related to Standards and Regulations is not correct? 5. Question: Your IT company is responsible for making software virus programs. You are responsible for managing both the individual product releases and the co-ordination of multiple releases over time. Your role is that of a: 6. Question: You have reached the end of design phase of your project. You decide to call a "phase end review" for obtaining authorization to close the design phase and initiate the next phase (i.e. execution phase) of your project. Your manager disagrees with your suggestion. He wants a "kill point" to formally end the design phase of the project. In this context, you should: 7. Question: You are working in the Project Office of your organization. What is your job responsibility? 8. Question: In which organization structure does a Project Manager have maximum influence? 9. Question: Which of the following are the most resistant to change? 10. Question: Matrix organizations exhibit features of both projectized and functional organizations. In a Weak Matrix organization, the role of a project manager is that of a: 11. Question: You have recently joined as project manager in a company where they follow a projectized organization structure. All your team members work out of the
same office - and you have a lot of independence and authority. All the following are advantages of a projectized organization structure except: 12. Question: Your project stakeholder has asked you to create a Financial plan for your project. Preparing a financial plan will
require: 13. Question: Collectively, project phases are also referred to as "Project Life Cycle". All the following statements about project life cycles are correct EXCEPT: 14. Question: In your organization, all big technical projects follow six life-cycles ( i.e. Initiate, Analyze, Design, Implement, Test and Closeout). In this context, a project life cycle 15. Question: The project manager has to manage different stakeholder expectations - project sponsor and the customer are two very important stakeholders in any project. In this context, which of the following statement about project customer and project sponsor is incorrect? 16. Question: As a Project Manager for a construction company, you are responsible for Scope Definition, Activity Definition, Schedule Development and Cost Budgeting. These responsibilities are
performed as part of : 17. Question: In the staff meeting the other day, your colleague was mentioning about core processes like Scope Planning, Schedule Development and Cost Budgeting. She told you that these processes have clear dependencies that require them to be performed in essentially the same order on most projects. So, these core processes are more important than other facilitating processes like Organizational Planning, Resource Planning and Staff Acquisition. In the discussion, you suggested to your colleague that: 18. Question: Almost all projects are planned and implemented in social, economic and environmental context, and have intended and unintended positive and/or negative impacts. In this context, the project team should do all the following EXCEPT: 19. Question: As a project manager, you realize that handling Project Stakeholder expectations
is an important priority. Which statement regarding project stakeholders is not correct? 20. Question: In your company, project managers share responsibility with the functional manager for assigning priorities and for directing the work of persons assigned to the project. Which of the following is not the responsibility of project managers in your company? 21. Question: As a project Manager, solving problems is high in your list of priorities. Which statement about problem solving is not accurate? 22. Question: You have been managing
a project to complete a flyover over Interstate 10. You have divided the project into phases to provide better management control. Which of the following is a characteristic of a project phase? 23. Question: An underlying concept for interaction among the project management processes is the: 24. Question: The CEO of ABC bank is concerned about increase in "call answering time" in the bank`s call
center (i.e. customers have to wait longer till their calls are answered by an operator). He wants to improve project management activities to decrease the "call answering time." So, what is the most important thing that the CEO must do? 25
Question: You are in the planning phase of your project and are considering processes which need to be implemented within the planning phase. Which of the following processes should you consider when you are in the planning phase? 26. Question: Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Project Life Cycle? 27. Question: Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. As a project manager, you will often have to contend with conflicting stakeholder demands and
not well-defined or changing requirements. Balancing the different factors which affect a project is going to be critical in determining how successful you are as a project manager. When managing competing project requirements, you should be aware of the "triple constraint" - which of the following is not a factor in the triple constraint? 28. Question: Your company CEO is interested in setting up a project management office (PMO) in the
company. You have been assigned the responsibility of defining the scope of work for the PMO. You are aware that ideally a PMO can: 29. Question: You are one of ten full-time project managers in your organization. You all share two administrative persons. There are generally
30 - 40 projects per year that involve about 30% of the organization employees - however, these employees do not report to you although you are their project manager. Your organization can best be classified as: 30. Question: You are responsible for launch operations of different NASA satellites. Your role is that of a: 31.
Question: Which of the following is not a Project Management Knowledge Area? 32. Question: Which statement relating to "Project Triple Constraint" is not correct? 33. Question: An architectural firm hired to design a new office building is first involved in the owner`s definition phase while doing the design, and in the owner`s implementation phase while supporting the construction effort. The architect`s design project, however, will have its own series of phases from conceptual development, through definition and implementation, to closure. This example illustrates that: 34.
Question: Project Managers have least power in which organization structure 35. Question: All the following are examples of projects EXCEPT: 36. Question: You are a project manager in an Information
Technology(software) company, but you recently got an offer as a project manager in a construction company with 25% salary hike. You have excellent technical knowledge in software field, but do not have much exposure to the Construction Industry. In this context, 37. Question: When you started your six sigma project in ABC Automobile company, the product of your project was initially defined as "Decreasing defects and improving quality of bearings in ABC Automobile company." However, as the project proceeded, the product characteristics were made more explicit and detailed. In this context, all the following statements related to progressive elaboration of projects are true EXCEPT: 38. Question: Organizations performing projects will usually divide each project into several project phases to improve management
control and provide for links to the ongoing operations of the performing organization. Collectively, project phases are also called: 39. Question: You are the project manager in a company which has a balanced matrix organization structure. So, you should report to the: 40. Question: You are a project manager in XYZ company which has a projectized organization structure. So, for your projects, all the following statements are correct EXCEPT: 41. Question: You are working as a Project Manager in an organization where your responsibility is to coordinate activities, but decisions are primarily made by Management. The organization structure you are working in is: 42. Question: Two technical resources in your team have been arguing consistently, and you would like to ensure that personality clashes do not endanger your project. To
resolve this issue, you should use: 43. Question: Webster Dictionary meaning of authority is "power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behavior". As a project manager, your authority is greatly dependent on: 44. Question: Outcome of projects are measurable, verifiable work products, also referred to as : 45. Question: Your Director has appointed you as a Portfolio Manager in the company. Your job will be: 46. Question: Your project sponsor has specified that you have to complete your project within 3 months with a funding limit of $ 250,000. This is an example of: 47. Question: Factors like probability of successfully completing the project, cost of changes, cost of error
correction etc. are highest: 48. Question: A project manager is responsible for managing project costs and human resources. Factors like cost and staffing level for a project : 49. Question: As part of Monitoring and Controlling, project performance must be monitored and measured regularly to identify variances from the plan. All the following are processes involved with controlling EXCEPT: 50. Question: As a project manager, you are aware
that Project Management Process groups are linked by the objectives they produce. The output of one process generally becomes the input to another process or is a deliverable (tangible, verifiable work product) of the project. Planning process group provides Executing process group with a documented project management plan as the project progresses. In this context, all the following statements are accurate EXCEPT: ANSWERS: Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 5 2. Ans: 2 3. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 5 4. Ans: 4 Also, please refer to PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 13 5. . Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 16 6. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 17 7. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 23 notes: Essentially both you are your manager are talking about the same thing (i.e. "phase end reviews" are also referred to as "kill points") 8. Ans: 4 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 28 9. Ans: 3 Reference: Project Management - A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling ; pmstudy.com notes as mentioned above 10. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 30 11. Ans: 2 12. Ans: 4 13. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 22 14. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 19 15. Ans: 4 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 26 Statement 4 is incorrect - sponsor provides the financial resources (in cash or kind) for the project. The customer on the other hand uses the project`s product and does not provide financial resources for the project. Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 16 16. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 70 17. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 302 18. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 14 notes: Look out for words like "Always", "All the time", "Never" etc. which suggest that there cannot be any exceptions - try to find out whether exceptions are application to the particular situation. In this context, please note that several projects do not impact physical surroundings (e.g. several IT projects may not have any impact on physical surroundings) 19. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 25 comments: Negative stakeholders and their impact on the project should always be taken into consideration. 20. Ans: 3 So, effectively, your company follows a matrix organization structure. In a matrix organization, Project Manager does not have authority about doing Personnel Performance Management, this task is done by the Functional Managers. 21. Ans:
4 Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 15 22. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 22 23. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 39 24. Ans: 4 So, in this context, the CEO should not try to handle this issue as a project and do none of the activities mentioned in Choice 1, Choice 2 or Choice 3. Since this is an operation, Choice 4 is the best : i.e. continue with a functional organization structure (which is a good organization structure to use where we are managing operations) and try to streamline activities 25. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 47 26. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 21 27. Ans: 3 28. Ans: 4 Reference:PMBOK 3rd Edition Page 17 29. Ans:
2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 30 30. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 16 notes: Managing launch operations for different NASA satellites will involve multiple projects and operational activities. So, it is a program. 31. Ans: 3 32. Ans: 2 Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 8 33. Ans: 2 Subprojects can also have distinct project life cycles. For example, an architectural firm hired to design a new office building is first involved in the owner`s definition phase while doing the design, and in the owner`s implementation phase while supporting the construction effort. The architect`s design project, however, will have its own series of phases from conceptual development, through definition and implementation, to
closure. 34. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 28 35. Ans: 2 All the remaining examples are projects Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 6, 7 36. Ans: 3 37. Ans:1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 6 comments: When properly defined, the scope of the project - the work to be done - should remain constant even as the product characteristics are progressively elaborated 38. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 19 39. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 30 40. Ans: 2 Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 29 41. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 30 comments: In a Weak Matrix organization, where manager plays role of a coordinator or expediter, decisions are primarily made by Management 42. Ans: 4 Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 15 43. Ans: 4 Also, please refer to PMBOK Page 28 44. Ans:
3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 22 45. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 16 pmstudy.com comments: Project Portfolio Management refers to the selection and support of projects or program investments. These investments in projects and programs are guided by the organization`s strategic plan and available resources 46. Ans: 2 notes: Here, the project sponsor has imposed 2 constraints : a) completion time of 3 months and b) funding of $ 250,000 47. Ans: 2 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 20,21 48. Ans: 3 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 21 49. Ans: 4 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 70 50. Ans: 1 Reference: PMBOK Third Edition, Page Number: 67 Which of the following are considered to be integrative project management process?Project Integration Management consists of the 6 project integration management processes like Initiation, Planning, Execution, project monitoring and control and closing a project.
Which process is included in project integration management Mcq?He is executing which activity of the Project Integration Management Process.. Monitor and Control Project Work.. Perform Integrated Change Control.. Direct and Manage Project Work.. Develop Project Management Plan.. Which of the following is not a process in the project integration management Process Group Mcq?Identify Project Manager Is Not The Integration Management Process because all the processes are handled by the project managers themselves.
What is integration process in project management?Project integration management involves coordinating all project elements, from delegating tasks and managing resources to communicating with stakeholders. By taking a holistic approach to managing projects and their interdependencies, it allows you to execute projects while keeping the big picture in mind.
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