The Scope Management Exam Quiz! Trivia

1. You have finished the project scope according to plan. For the customer to accept the project, what must happen next?

Nothing. The plan is complete, so the project is complete.

Scope verification should be conducted.

Lessons learned should be finalized.

Proof-of-concept should be implemented.

Scope verification concerns itself with the formal acceptance of the product.

Explanation

Scope verification concerns itself with the formal acceptance of the product.

2. A project team member has asked you what project scope management is. Which of the following is a characteristic of project scope management?

It defines the baseline for project acceptance.

It defines the requirements for each project within the organization.

It defines the processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required—and only the work required—to complete the project successfully.

It defines the functional managers assigned to the project.

Project scope management defines the processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required—and only the work required—to complete the project successfully.

Explanation

Project scope management defines the processes to ensure that the project includes all the work required—and only the work required—to complete the project successfully.

3. You are the project manager for the JHG Project. Your project is to create a new product for your industry. You have recently learned your competitor is also working on a similar project, but their offering will include a computer-aided program and web-based tools, which your project does not offer. You have implemented a change request to update your project. This is an example of which of the following?

A change due to an error or omission in the initiation phase

A change due to an external event

A change due to an error or omission in the planning phase

A change due to a legal issue

The change is requested to remain competitive with the competition—an external event. Change is inevitable and requires a change control process to manage.

Explanation

The change is requested to remain competitive with the competition—an external event. Change is inevitable and requires a change control process to manage.

4. One of the stakeholders of the project you are managing asks why you consider the scope statement so important in your project management methodology. You answer her question with which of the following?

It is mandatory to consult the plan before authorizing any change.

Project managers must document any changes before approving or declining them.

The project scope statement serves as a reference for all change requests to determine if the change is in or out of scope.

The project plan and EVM work together to assess the risk involved with proposed changes.

The scope statement serves as a point of reference when considering if change requests are in or out of scope

Explanation

The scope statement serves as a point of reference when considering if change requests are in or out of scope

5. You are the project manager for the JKL Project. This project has more than 45 key stakeholders and will span the globe when implemented. Management has deemed that the project's completion should not cost more than $34 million. Because of the global concerns, the final budget must be in U.S. dollars. This is an example of which of the following?

Internationalization

Budget constraint

Management constraint

Hard logic

This is an example of a budget constraint. The budget must not exceed $34 million. In addition, the metric for the values to be in U.S. dollars can affect the budget if most of the product is to be purchased in a foreign country.

Explanation

This is an example of a budget constraint. The budget must not exceed $34 million. In addition, the metric for the values to be in U.S. dollars can affect the budget if most of the product is to be purchased in a foreign country.

6. You are the project manager for your organization. You need to ensure the customer formally accepts the deliverables of each project phase. This process is known as

Earned value management

Scope verification

Quality control

Quality assurance

Scope verification is the process of formally accepting the deliverable of a project or phase.

Explanation

Scope verification is the process of formally accepting the deliverable of a project or phase.

7. You are the project manager for the HGD Project and will need as many inputs to the scope planning as possible. Of the following, which one is not an organizational process asset?

Organizational procedures

Organizational policies

WBS

Historical information

The WBS is not an organizational process asset.

Explanation

The WBS is not an organizational process asset.

8. Which of the following is an output of scope verification?

WBS template

Rework

Formal acceptance

SOW acceptance

Scope verification results in one thing: formal acceptance.

Explanation

Scope verification results in one thing: formal acceptance.

9. You are the project manager for an airplane manufacturer. Your project concerns the development of lighter, stronger material for commercial jets. As the project moves towards completion, different material composition is considered for the deliverable. This is an example of which of the following?

Program management

Alternatives identification

Quality assurance

Regulatory guidelines

Alternatives identification is the technique to consider different approaches, materials, and solutions for the project work.

Explanation

Alternatives identification is the technique to consider different approaches, materials, and solutions for the project work.

10. Which of the following is an output of scope control?

Workarounds

Recommended corrective action

Transference

Risk assessment

Recommended corrective actions are outputs of change control. Poor performance leads to corrective actions to bring the project back in alignment with the project plan. Recall that a corrective action is a change request.

Explanation

Recommended corrective actions are outputs of change control. Poor performance leads to corrective actions to bring the project back in alignment with the project plan. Recall that a corrective action is a change request.

11. You are the project manager for the NBG Project. This project must be completed within six months. This is an example of which of the following?

Schedule

Assumption

Constraint

Planning process

A project that must be completed by a deadline is dealing with time constraints.

Explanation

A project that must be completed by a deadline is dealing with time constraints.

12. You are the project manager for a technical project. The project product is the complete installation of a new operating system on 4,500 workstations. You have, in your project cost and time estimates, told the customer that the estimates provided will be accurate if the workstations meet the hardware requirements of the new operating system. This is an example of which of the following?

Risk

Assumption

Constraint

Order of magnitude

This is an example of an assumption since the workstations must meet the hardware requirements.

Explanation

This is an example of an assumption since the workstations must meet the hardware requirements.

13. You are the project manager for the JHN Project. Mike, a project manager you are mentoring, does not know which plan he should reference for guarding the project scope. Which of the following plans does Mike need?

The scope management plan

The scope change control system

The scope verification

The scope charter

The scope management plan provides details about how the project scope may be changed.

Explanation

The scope management plan provides details about how the project scope may be changed.

14. During the planning phase of your project, your project team has discovered another method to complete a portion of the project scope. This method is safer for the project team but may cost more for the customer. This is an example of:

Risk assessment

Alternative identification

Alternative selection

Product analysis

Alternative identification is a planning process to find alternatives for completing the project scope.

Explanation

Alternative identification is a planning process to find alternatives for completing the project scope.

15. You are the project manager of a large project. Your project sponsor and management have approved you to outsource portions of the project plan. The _______________ must document project scope management decisions.

Project sponsor

Organization's management

Vendor(s)

Project management team

The responsibility to ensure project scope management decisions rests with the project management team.

Explanation

The responsibility to ensure project scope management decisions rests with the project management team.

16. You are the project manager of a large software development project. There are hundreds of requirements that need to be documented, annotated, and communicated to the project stakeholders. Management would also like to report when the requirements should be created and when they're actually created by the project team. What document can help you monitor all of the characteristics of each requirement?

Project management plan

Configuration management plan

Requirements traceability matrix

Project communications management plan

The requirements traceability matrix can help the project manager track and monitor all of the characteristics of each project requirement. It helps to communicate the requirement's status and completion, and it records any notes or comments about each requirement.

Explanation

The requirements traceability matrix can help the project manager track and monitor all of the characteristics of each project requirement. It helps to communicate the requirement's status and completion, and it records any notes or comments about each requirement.

17. Where can the project manager find work package information such as the code of an account identifier, a statement of work, information on the responsible organization, quality requirements, and information on the required resources?

Project plan

WBS

WBS dictionary

Project management plan

The WBS dictionary provides all of this information—along with information on milestones and contract information—and then cross-references each work package with related work package information.

Explanation

The WBS dictionary provides all of this information—along with information on milestones and contract information—and then cross-references each work package with related work package information.

18. You are the project manager of the WIFI Project. You would like to meet with a stakeholder for scope verification. Which of the following is typical of scope verification?

Reviewing changes to the project scope with the stakeholders

Reviewing the performance of the project deliverables

Reviewing the performance of the project team to date

Reviewing the EVM results of the project to date

When it comes to scope verification, the customer is concerned with the performance of the product.

Explanation

When it comes to scope verification, the customer is concerned with the performance of the product.

19. You are a project manager for your organization. Sarah, a project manager in training, wants to know which project documents can stem from templates? Your answer should be what?

Risk policies

Organizational policies

Scope management plans

Historical information

Scope management plans can be based on templates. For the record, so can the WBS and project scope change control forms.

Explanation

Scope management plans can be based on templates. For the record, so can the WBS and project scope change control forms.

20. A project team member has, on his own initiative, added extra vents to an attic to increase air circulation. The project plan did not call for these extra vents, but the team member decided they were needed based on the geographic location of the house. The project team's experts concur with this decision. This is an example of:

Cost control

Ineffective change control

Self-led teams

Value-added change

The project team member did not follow the change management plan's method of incorporating changes into the scope.

Explanation

The project team member did not follow the change management plan's method of incorporating changes into the scope.

21. You are the project manager of the OQH Project and are working with the project stakeholders to determine the project requirements. You and the stakeholders are discussing as many solutions to the project as possible. A recorder documents all of the solutions on a whiteboard so everyone can see the ideas and how they may be related. After the solutions have been documented, you lead the group through a voting process to discuss and rank each idea and requirement that has been proposed. What is this requirements gathering called?

Brainstorming

Nominal group technique

Affinity diagram creations

Mind mapping

This is an example of the nominal group technique. This approach asks for as many ideas and solutions as possible but includes a ranking of the concepts to better guide the requirements development.

Explanation

This is an example of the nominal group technique. This approach asks for as many ideas and solutions as possible but includes a ranking of the concepts to better guide the requirements development.

22. Which of the following best describes the project scope statement?

The description of the project deliverables

The authorizing document that allows the project manager to move forward with the project and to assign resources to the tasks

The process of managing all of the required work—and only the required work—to create the project's deliverables

The process of planning and executing all of the required work in order to deliver the project to the customer

A project scope statement focuses on completing all of the required work, and only the required work, to create the project's deliverables.

Explanation

A project scope statement focuses on completing all of the required work, and only the required work, to create the project's deliverables.

23. You are the project manager for a pharmaceutical company. A new government regulation will change your project scope. For the project to move forward and be in accordance with the new regulation, your next action should be?

Prepare a new baseline to reflect the government changes

Notify management

Present the change to the CCB

Create a feasibility study

Presenting the change to the change control board is the best choice.

Explanation

Presenting the change to the change control board is the best choice.

24. You are a project manager for a large manufacturer. Your current project is to create a new manufacturing assembly line that will allow your organization to create its products with less downtime and faster turnaround time for its clients. A stakeholder has presented a change request for your project, which will likely increase the cost and time needed to complete the project. All of the following components are not part of the change control system except for which one?

Adding more team members to the project to get the project work done faster

Outsourcing portions of the project execution to transfer risk

Tracking systems for the proposed change

Documenting the project and how the manufacturing assembly should work

The only answer that describes a component of the change control system is the tracking system for the proposed change.

Explanation

The only answer that describes a component of the change control system is the tracking system for the proposed change.

25. A WBS serves as an input to many of the project management processes. Of the following, which is not true?

WBS serves as an input to activity sequencing.

WBS serves as an input to activity definition.

WBS serves as an input to resource planning.

WBS serves as an input to cost budgeting.