Answers and Explanations for Lessons 1-3 Practice Questions

1. Which Project Management Knowledge Area listed below has the largest number of sections? Integration. This Project Management Knowledge Area has six sections. 2. What of the following characteristics DO NOT relate to progressive elaboration? Spontaneous. At the top of page 7 in the PMBOK Guide, it states that elaborated means worked out with care and detail (it is not spontaneous). 3. How do a project life cycle and product life cycle relate? They overlap. You typically introduce a project and begin the project life cycle during the decline stage of the product life cycle. 4. Which of the following choices IS NOT an element of a project? Produces continuous output for stakeholders. Ongoing operations produce continuous output for stakeholders. See section 1.2 in the PMBOK Guide. 5. As a project manager, you need to be considered with all of following except: Delivering project outputs before they are due. If you deliver project outputs before they are due, stakeholders may not expect them and could be caught off guard. 6. What is the primary purpose of fast-tracking a project? Reduce project lead time. The most common way to fast-track a project is to overlap project activities and phases. 7. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Project Management Knowledge Areas described in the PMBOK Guide? They include project integration, scope management, and risk management. The Project Management Knowledge Areas include six other elements including project time management, project cost management, project quality management, project human resource management, project communications management, and project procurement management. 8. Which elements form the Standard for Project Management of a Project? The Project Management Process Groups. The five Project Management Process Groups describe the multi-dimensional nature of project management. See section 1.7 in the PMBOK Guide. 9. How does a project differ from a program? A project is smaller in scope to a program. Since programs are greater in scope than a project, a project, by definition, make up of shorter-term activities.

10. Which organizational structure gives a project manager the most control over major project activities? Projectized. A projectized organizational structure gives a project manager a high degree of power due to reporting to the CEO. 11. Which of the following best describe a project deliverable? Any output of a project. This is the most universal definition of a deliverable. 12. Which statement describes the relationship between the PMBOK Guide and the Project Management Body of Knowledge? The former is a subset of the latter. See page 4 in the PMBOK Guide . 13. How do projects and ongoing operations relate to an organization's strategic plan? Both support a strategic plan. A strategic plan cannot be eliminated without the support of both projects and ongoing operations. 14. Which of the following examples best highlight the unique nature of a project? A new product that enables a remote controlled vehicle that motorists can ride in while they sleep. This would definitely be a unique project. 15. What terms describes an organizational unit to centralize and coordinate projects? Project Management Office. A Project Management Office (PMO) oversees the management of projects, programs, or both. 16. How are projects iterative? They include activities that you may do more than once. The iterative nature of a project relates to its progressive elaboration nature. See section 1.3 in the PMBOK Guide. 17. How do standards and regulations relate to each other? Standards are advanced by private organizations and regulations set by the government. For example, ISO publishes standards and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration creates regulations. 18. Which activities form the Project Integration Management section of the Project Management Knowledge Area? Develop project management plan and perform integrated change control. The other pieces of Project Integration Management are develop project charter, direct and manage project scope execution, monitor and control project work, and close project or phase. 19. Which of the following choices IS NOT part of Project Time Management? Close procurements. Close procurements are part of Project Procurement Management.

20. As manager for a project concerning employee recognition in your organization, you form a team to create a special plaque during the next few weeks to be given out quarterly. How does the term Temporary relate to your project? It relates to your project but not your product. All projects are temporary. See page 5 of the PMBOK Guide.