Welcome to the Scope Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page
Ques. 1.
Creating a WBS is essential for successful completion of a project. An intangible benefit of the processes involved in creating the WBS is that it:
A Helps in finding out the critical path
B Improves confidence level of the sponsor and customer
C Ensures shared ownership for the project
D Clearly illustrates time-dependence between the tasks
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Creating a WBS is essential for successful completion of a project. An intangible benefit of the processes involved in creating the WBS is that it:
A Helps in finding out the critical path
B Improves confidence level of the sponsor and customer
C Ensures shared ownership for the project
D Clearly illustrates time-dependence between the tasks
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Ques. 2.
Completion of a product scope is measured against:
A.Product Management Plan
B.Project Management Plan
C.WBS & WBS Dictionary
D.Product Requirements
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Completion of a product scope is measured against:
A.Product Management Plan
B.Project Management Plan
C.WBS & WBS Dictionary
D.Product Requirements
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Ques. 3.
Which of the following is not a major step of decomposition?
A. Identify major deliverable s.
B. Identify Resources
C. Identify components
D. Verify correctness of decomposition.
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Which of the following is not a major step of decomposition?
A. Identify major deliverable s.
B. Identify Resources
C. Identify components
D. Verify correctness of decomposition.
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Ques. 4.
Your client has terminated your project before it is complete. Which of the following is true?
A. You must stop all work and release the team immediately
B. You must work with the team to document the lessons learned
C. You must keep the team working on the project to give your senior management time to talk to the client
D. You must update the project management plan to reflect this change
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Your client has terminated your project before it is complete. Which of the following is true?
A. You must stop all work and release the team immediately
B. You must work with the team to document the lessons learned
C. You must keep the team working on the project to give your senior management time to talk to the client
D. You must update the project management plan to reflect this change
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Ques. 5.
After the kickoff meeting, two team members engage in a casual conversation about the project objectives and deliverable's. It is clear they heard different messages during the meeting. One member is so adamant that the other member gives up arguing the point. After talking to the project manager, the second member confirms that the first member is mistaken. At this point, what is the BEST course of action?
A. The second team member should send the other team member an e-mail describing what he discovered.
B. At the next project meeting, the team member should ask the mistaken team member to describe his interpretation so the project manager can get everyone on the same page.
C. The project manager should send out an e-mail to the team restating the project objectives and deliverables.
D. At the next project meeting, the project manager should spend time reviewing a documented scope statement with the goal of identifying this and other false assumptions.
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After the kickoff meeting, two team members engage in a casual conversation about the project objectives and deliverable's. It is clear they heard different messages during the meeting. One member is so adamant that the other member gives up arguing the point. After talking to the project manager, the second member confirms that the first member is mistaken. At this point, what is the BEST course of action?
A. The second team member should send the other team member an e-mail describing what he discovered.
B. At the next project meeting, the team member should ask the mistaken team member to describe his interpretation so the project manager can get everyone on the same page.
C. The project manager should send out an e-mail to the team restating the project objectives and deliverables.
D. At the next project meeting, the project manager should spend time reviewing a documented scope statement with the goal of identifying this and other false assumptions.
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Ques. 6.
The Olympic Flame Torch lights the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium, starting the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
The Olympic Flame Torch is lit from the sun's rays at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, in a ceremony in the ruins of the home of the Ancient Games in Greece.
This year the Olympic Torch shall start it journey on 19 May 2012 from Olympia and will reach London Olympic on 27 July 2012 and 8,000 Torchbearers will carry it during the Olympic Torch Relay. Which one of the following dependency relationship is followed in Olympic Torch Relay example
A. Start to Finish (SF)
B. Start to Start (SS)
C. Finish to Finish (FF)
D. Finish to Start (FS)
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The Olympic Flame Torch lights the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium, starting the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
The Olympic Flame Torch is lit from the sun's rays at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, in a ceremony in the ruins of the home of the Ancient Games in Greece.
This year the Olympic Torch shall start it journey on 19 May 2012 from Olympia and will reach London Olympic on 27 July 2012 and 8,000 Torchbearers will carry it during the Olympic Torch Relay. Which one of the following dependency relationship is followed in Olympic Torch Relay example
A. Start to Finish (SF)
B. Start to Start (SS)
C. Finish to Finish (FF)
D. Finish to Start (FS)
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Ques. 7.
A pharmaceutical company recently terminated a research project because it no longer seems commercially viable for the company. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?
A. Release the team members
B. Document the lessons learned
C. Conduct Scope Validation
D. Discuss with senior manager the reason for abrupt project termination
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A pharmaceutical company recently terminated a research project because it no longer seems commercially viable for the company. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?
A. Release the team members
B. Document the lessons learned
C. Conduct Scope Validation
D. Discuss with senior manager the reason for abrupt project termination
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Ques. 8.
What is the primay use of work authorization system?
A. To Manage who does each activity.
B. To Manage the sequence of work to be done.
C. To see when each activity is done.
D. T ensure who does each activity and when it is done.
What is the primay use of work authorization system?
A. To Manage who does each activity.
B. To Manage the sequence of work to be done.
C. To see when each activity is done.
D. T ensure who does each activity and when it is done.
Ques. 9.
What document do you need to create in order to organize and define the total scope of your project?
A. WBS
B. Project Calendar
C. Requirements Management plan
D. Scope management plan
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What document do you need to create in order to organize and define the total scope of your project?
A. WBS
B. Project Calendar
C. Requirements Management plan
D. Scope management plan
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Ques. 10.
You are the project manager for your company’s upcoming move. Several departments in your company are moving to a new building. You’ve completed the Initiation process for this project and know that the next set of processes for this project will occur in which order?
A. Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Executing, Closing
B. Monitoring and Controlling, Planning, Executing, Closing
C. Executing, Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
D. Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
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You are the project manager for your company’s upcoming move. Several departments in your company are moving to a new building. You’ve completed the Initiation process for this project and know that the next set of processes for this project will occur in which order?
A. Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Executing, Closing
B. Monitoring and Controlling, Planning, Executing, Closing
C. Executing, Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
D. Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
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Ques. 11.
You are PM for Construction Project and reviewing some invoices, You observed that some materials not required for your project have been included on the invoice. After investigating you identify one of your project resources asked vendor to add a few extra items to one part of the building. This change was never approved through Change Control Board, What do you do?
A. Call a team meeting to determine how this will impact the project, then inform stakeholders of the impacts
B. Inform stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change, then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.
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You are PM for Construction Project and reviewing some invoices, You observed that some materials not required for your project have been included on the invoice. After investigating you identify one of your project resources asked vendor to add a few extra items to one part of the building. This change was never approved through Change Control Board, What do you do?
A. Call a team meeting to determine how this will impact the project, then inform stakeholders of the impacts
B. Inform stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change, then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.
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Ques. 12.
You are managing a civil engineering project.You are using approved change requests and project management plan to create work performance information.What process are you performing?
A. Perform Integrated Change Control
B. Execute Change
C. Direct & Manage project execution
D. Controlling project aspects
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You are managing a civil engineering project.You are using approved change requests and project management plan to create work performance information.What process are you performing?
A. Perform Integrated Change Control
B. Execute Change
C. Direct & Manage project execution
D. Controlling project aspects
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Ques. 13.
The Creation of WBS may be enhanced by using?
A. Affinity diagrams
B. Process decision program charts
C. Tree diagrams
D. Interrelationship digraphs
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The Creation of WBS may be enhanced by using?
A. Affinity diagrams
B. Process decision program charts
C. Tree diagrams
D. Interrelationship digraphs
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Ques. 14.
Which of the following is an example of a constraint associated with the project scope that limits the team’s options in scope definition?
A. A predefined budget.
B. The threat of a strike by a subcontractor.
C. Existing relationships with sellers, suppliers, or others in the supply chain.
D. The method used to measure project performance.
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Which of the following is an example of a constraint associated with the project scope that limits the team’s options in scope definition?
A. A predefined budget.
B. The threat of a strike by a subcontractor.
C. Existing relationships with sellers, suppliers, or others in the supply chain.
D. The method used to measure project performance.
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Ques. 15.
you have replaced a project manager in an ongoing project. You were not able to find the WBS while reviewing the project documents. The earlier project manager informs you that it has not been created. as per scope management plan of the project, WBS should be there. How do you handle this situation:
A. Create a change request to create WBS.
B. Document tin the lesson learned so that it does not happen in future.
C. Put all project work on hold until WBS is created.
D. Increase communication so that the lack of WBS does not affect the work.
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you have replaced a project manager in an ongoing project. You were not able to find the WBS while reviewing the project documents. The earlier project manager informs you that it has not been created. as per scope management plan of the project, WBS should be there. How do you handle this situation:
A. Create a change request to create WBS.
B. Document tin the lesson learned so that it does not happen in future.
C. Put all project work on hold until WBS is created.
D. Increase communication so that the lack of WBS does not affect the work.
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Ques. 16.
A particular project in the domain of civil construction requires that every on-site worker be insured. Which of the following inputs BEST conveys this requirement to the Estimate Costs process so that the insurance cost is estimated and subsequently budgeted:
A. Enterprise Environmental Factor
B. Organizational Process Assets
C. Project Scope Statement
D. Project Management Plan
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A particular project in the domain of civil construction requires that every on-site worker be insured. Which of the following inputs BEST conveys this requirement to the Estimate Costs process so that the insurance cost is estimated and subsequently budgeted:
A. Enterprise Environmental Factor
B. Organizational Process Assets
C. Project Scope Statement
D. Project Management Plan
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Ques. 17.
You are project manager for hybrid car development project. You collected the requirements from most stakeholders except two key stakeholders who were reluctant to articulate their requirements. What is the BEST tool you should use to collect requirement from these key stakeholders?
A. Focus Group
B. Facilitated workshop
C. Job shadowing
D. Benchmarking
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You are project manager for hybrid car development project. You collected the requirements from most stakeholders except two key stakeholders who were reluctant to articulate their requirements. What is the BEST tool you should use to collect requirement from these key stakeholders?
A. Focus Group
B. Facilitated workshop
C. Job shadowing
D. Benchmarking
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Ques. 18.
The project plan has been developed. A project end date has been established. The customer later requests additional work to be included in the project, but will not renegotiate the end date. Cost is not a factor. The project team should immediately.
A. Invoke the change control process.
B. Initiate contingency plans.
C. Modify the original project scope to include the additional work.
D. Commit to original project scope and open a new project to handle additional work.
E. Request project team to work overtime to meet end date
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The project plan has been developed. A project end date has been established. The customer later requests additional work to be included in the project, but will not renegotiate the end date. Cost is not a factor. The project team should immediately.
A. Invoke the change control process.
B. Initiate contingency plans.
C. Modify the original project scope to include the additional work.
D. Commit to original project scope and open a new project to handle additional work.
E. Request project team to work overtime to meet end date
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Ques. 19.
A project has experienced significant delays due to equipment problems, staff attrition, and slow client reviews. The project is 40% complete and has used 60% of the available calendar time. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
A. Re-baseline the schedule to reflect the new date
B. Analyze the critical path activities for potential to fast track or crash the schedule
C. Document the lack of progress and associated issues to management
D. Identify tasks that have required more time than planned
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A project has experienced significant delays due to equipment problems, staff attrition, and slow client reviews. The project is 40% complete and has used 60% of the available calendar time. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
A. Re-baseline the schedule to reflect the new date
B. Analyze the critical path activities for potential to fast track or crash the schedule
C. Document the lack of progress and associated issues to management
D. Identify tasks that have required more time than planned
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Ques. 21.
One of the performance requirements of a Company Website development project is that the home page should load in 1 second. Such performance requirements are usually part of:
A. Customer requirements
B. Business requirements
C. Project requirements
D. Product requirements
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One of the performance requirements of a Company Website development project is that the home page should load in 1 second. Such performance requirements are usually part of:
A. Customer requirements
B. Business requirements
C. Project requirements
D. Product requirements
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Ques. 22.
Which of the following state the status of a requirement in the requirement traceability matrix?
A. Aligned
B. Active
C. Passive
D. Mitigated
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Which of the following state the status of a requirement in the requirement traceability matrix?
A. Aligned
B. Active
C. Passive
D. Mitigated
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Answers:
1: C
2: D
3: B
4: A
5: C
6: A
7: C
8: B
9: D
10: D
11: A
12: D
13: A
14: A
15: C
16: C
17: C
18: A
19: B
20: D
21: D
22: B
1: C
2: D
3: B
4: A
5: C
6: A
7: C
8: B
9: D
10: D
11: A
12: D
13: A
14: A
15: C
16: C
17: C
18: A
19: B
20: D
21: D
22: B
