Project Integration Management Quiz! Trivia

1. You are a project manager for your organization. Management has asked you to help them determine which projects should be selected for implementation. In a project selection model, which of the following is the most important factor?

Business needs

The type of constraints

The budget

The schedule

Projects are selected based on business needs first.

Explanation

Projects are selected based on business needs first.

2. On any project, the lessons-learned document is created by which of the following?

The customers

The project sponsor

The project team

The stakeholders

The project team contributes to the lessons-learned document. The project manager also contributes, if not leads, the creation, but this is not a choice in the question.

Explanation

The project team contributes to the lessons-learned document. The project manager also contributes, if not leads, the creation, but this is not a choice in the question.

3. You have just informed your project team that each team member will be contributing to the lessons-learned documentation. Your team does not understand this approach and wants to know what the documentation will be used for. Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the lessons-learned documentation?

Offers proof of concept for management

Offers historical information for future projects

Offers evidence of project progression as reported by the project team

Offers input to team member evaluations at the project conclusion

Lessons learned is a document that offers historical information.

Explanation

Lessons learned is a document that offers historical information.

4. You are the project manager for your organization. Management would like you to use a tool that can help you plan, schedule, monitor, and report your findings on your project. This tool is which one of the following?

PMIS

EVM

Status review meetings

Project team knowledge and skill set

The PMIS is the best answer, since it helps the project manager plan, schedule, monitor, and report findings.

Explanation

The PMIS is the best answer, since it helps the project manager plan, schedule, monitor, and report findings.

5. You are the project manager for the HALO Project. You and your project team are preparing the project plan. Of the following, which one is a project plan development constraint you and your team must consider?

The budget as assigned by management

Project plans from similar projects

Project plans from similar projects that have failed

Interviews with subject matter experts (SMEs) who have experience with the project work in your project plan

The project sponsor can help the project manager and the stakeholders resolve issues during project execution.

Explanation

The project sponsor can help the project manager and the stakeholders resolve issues during project execution.

6. All of the following are true about change requests except:

They happen while the project work is being done.

They always require additional funding.

They can be written or verbal.

They can be requested by a stakeholder.

Change requests do not always require more money. Approved changes may require more funds, but not always. The change request may be denied, so no additional funds are needed for the project.

Explanation

Change requests do not always require more money. Approved changes may require more funds, but not always. The change request may be denied, so no additional funds are needed for the project.

7. You are the project manager for a pharmaceutical company. You are currently working on a project for a new drug your company is creating. A recent change in a law governing drug testing will change your project scope. Since the project must be completed within two years, what's the first thing you should do as a project manager?

Create a documented change request.

Proceed as planned, since the project will be grandfathered beyond the new change in the law.

Consult with the project sponsor and the stakeholders.

Stop all project work until the issue is resolved.

A formal, documented change request is the best course of action for a change request stemming from a law or regulation.

Explanation

A formal, documented change request is the best course of action for a change request stemming from a law or regulation.

8. Which of the following is the primary purpose of the project management plan?

To define the work to be completed to reach the project end date

To define the work needed in each phase of the project life cycle

To prevent any changes to the scope

To define how the project is executed, monitored, controlled, and then closed

Of all the choices presented, D is the best choice. Project management plans communicate to the project team, the project sponsor, and stakeholders how the entire project will operate.

Explanation

Of all the choices presented, D is the best choice. Project management plans communicate to the project team, the project sponsor, and stakeholders how the entire project will operate.

9. Which one of the following is a formal document to manage and control project execution?

WBS

The project management plan

The organizational management plan

The work authorization system

The project management plan is the formal document used to manage and control project execution.

Explanation

The project management plan is the formal document used to manage and control project execution.

10. The project plan provides a baseline for several things. Which one of the following does the project plan not provide a baseline for?

Scope

Cost

Schedule

Control

Control is not a baseline.

Explanation

Control is not a baseline.

11. Which one of the following represents the vast majority of a project's budget?

Project planning

Project plan execution

Labor

Cost of goods and services

The project plan execution represents the majority of the project budget.

Explanation

The project plan execution represents the majority of the project budget.

12. During project execution activities, a project sponsor's role in a functional organization can best be described as doing which one of the following?

Acting as a sounding board for the project stakeholders

Helping the project manager and stakeholders resolve any issues ASAP

Deflecting change requests for the project manager

Showing management the project progress and status reports

The project sponsor can help the project manager and the stakeholders resolve issues during project execution.

Explanation

The project sponsor can help the project manager and the stakeholders resolve issues during project execution.

13. What is the difference between a project baseline and a project plan?

Project plans change as needed, while baselines change only at milestones.

Project plans and baselines do not change—they are amended.

Project plans change as needed, while baselines are snapshots of the project plan.

Baselines are control tools, while project plans are execution tools.

A project baseline serves as a control tool. Project plan execution and work results are measured against the project baselines.

Explanation

A project baseline serves as a control tool. Project plan execution and work results are measured against the project baselines.

14. Which one of the following is not beneficial to the project manager during the project plan development process?

Gantt charts

PMIS

The project management methodology

Stakeholder knowledge

Gantt charts are excellent tools to measure and predict the project progress, but they are not needed during the project plan development process.

Explanation

Gantt charts are excellent tools to measure and predict the project progress, but they are not needed during the project plan development process.

15. Of the following, which one is an input to project plan development?

The project scope statement

Project planning methodology

EVM

Business needs

Of the choices, the project scope statement is the only input to the project plan development.

Explanation

Of the choices, the project scope statement is the only input to the project plan development.

16. Which of the following can best help a project manager during project execution?

Stakeholder analysis

Change control boards

PMIS

Scope verification

A PMIS can assist the project manager the most during project execution. It does not replace the role of the project manager.

Explanation

A PMIS can assist the project manager the most during project execution. It does not replace the role of the project manager.

17. You are the project manager for the DGF Project. This project is to design and implement a new application that will connect to a database server. Management of your company has requested that you create a method to document technical direction on the project and to document any changes or enhancements to the technical attributes of the project deliverable. Which one of the following would satisfy management's request?

Configuration management

Integrated change control

Scope control

The change management plan

configuration management, is the documentation of the project product, its attributes, and its changes to the product.

Explanation

configuration management, is the documentation of the project product, its attributes, and its changes to the product.

18. Baseline variances, a documented plan to management variances, and a proven methodology to offer corrective actions to the project plan are all part of which process?

Change management

The change control system

The scope change control

Integrated change control

Integrated change control is a system to document changes, their impact, the response to those changes, and performance deficits.

Explanation

Integrated change control is a system to document changes, their impact, the response to those changes, and performance deficits.

19. Configuration management is a process for applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance of the project implementation. Which activity is not included in configuration management?

Controlling changes to the project deliverables

Scope verification

Automatic change request approvals

Identification of the functional and physical attributes of the project deliverables

Hopefully, in no project are there automatic change approvals. C is not a part of configuration management.

Explanation

Hopefully, in no project are there automatic change approvals. C is not a part of configuration management.

20. You are the project manager for your organization. When it comes to integrated change control, you must ensure that which one of the following is present?

Supporting detail for the change exists

Approval of the change from the project team

Approval of the change from an SME

Risk assessment for each proposed change

Integrated change control requires detail for implementing the change. Without evidence of the need for the change, there is no reason to implement it.

Explanation

Integrated change control requires detail for implementing the change. Without evidence of the need for the change, there is no reason to implement it.

21. Your project is moving ahead of schedule. Management elects to incorporate additional quality testing into the project to improve the quality and acceptability of the project deliverable. This is an example of which one of the following?

Scope creep

Change control

Quality assurance

Integrated change control

Additional quality testing will require additional time and resources for the project. This is an example of integrated change control.

Explanation

Additional quality testing will require additional time and resources for the project. This is an example of integrated change control.

22. Which set contains parts of the project plan execution?

PMIS, WBS, and EVM

General management skills, status review meetings, and EVM

Project management methodology and the PMIS

General management skills, status review meetings, and interpersonal skills

Only the project management methodology and the PMIS are the tools and techniques used for project execution.

Explanation

Only the project management methodology and the PMIS are the tools and techniques used for project execution.

23. The project plan provides what in regard to project changes?

A methodology to approve or decline CCB changes

A guide to all future project decisions

A vision of the project deliverables

A fluid document that may be updated as needed based on the CCB

The project plan serves as a guide to all future project decisions.

Explanation

The project plan serves as a guide to all future project decisions.

24. EVM is used during the

Controlling processes

Executing processes

Closing processes

Entire project

EVM, earned value management, is used throughout the project processes. It is a planning and control tool used to measure performance.

Explanation

EVM, earned value management, is used throughout the project processes. It is a planning and control tool used to measure performance.

25. One of the requirements of project management in your organization is to describe your project management approach and methodology in the project plan. You can best accomplish this requirement through which one of the following actions?

Establishing a project office

Establishing a program office

Compiling the management plans from each of the knowledge areas

Creating a PMIS and documenting its inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs

The management approach is best described as a compilation of the individual plans in the project plan.

Explanation

The management approach is best described as a compilation of the individual plans in the project plan.