PMP Prep Course - Knowledge Area Quiz
Project Integration Management
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1. What should a project manager do or follow to ensure clear boundaries for project
completion:
B. Complete a scope statement
Explanation: The project team must complete a scope statement for developing a common
understanding of the project scope among stakeholders. This lists project deliverables,
summary level sub-products, whose full and satisfactory delivery marks the completion of the
project. Scope verification is the process of securing formal acceptance of the project scope
by stakeholders. Scope definition is the process of subdividing the major project deliverables
into smaller more manageable components.
2. Which of the following is the BEST method to control changes to the project?
A. Conduct the process from project inception through completion
Explanation: The project manager needs to be aware of the integration of change control
and that it consists of many variables: Review all change requests, approve changes and
managing the changes to the deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents
and the project management plan. Choice A is the best, most proactive choice.
3. What should a PM do FIRST if a team member has added functionality to a product in
the project without impacting time, cost or quality?
D. Ask the team member how they know there is no time, cost or quality impact
Explanation: The team members do not have the same view of the project that the project
manager has. The PM sees the entire project and can better evaluate, with their help, the
impact of changes to the project.
4. When preparing a single document to navigate project execution, monitoring and
control, and closure you are creating:
B. The Project plan
Explanation: This is the definition of a project plan.
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5. A project charter _________
A. Formally authorizes the project
Explanation: A project charter may be created by the project manager, but the sponsor in the
initiating process group issues it. At a minimum, it formally recognizes the existence of a
project or establishes the project. Therefore a project does not exist without a project charter.
Answer A is the best choice.
6. A Project Management Plan includes:
D. A process of documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and
coordinate all plans.
Explanation: For the exam you must assume that a management plan exists since that is a
PMBOK standard. When a question addresses a problem on a project, your management
plan may be able to see you, as the project manager, planned to handle such a problem.
Realistic management plans should include scope, schedule, costs, quality plan, human
resources plan, communications plan, risks, procurement, change management plan,
configuration management plan, requirements management plan and process improvement
plan.
Source: PMBOK5 page 78
7. If a project deviates from a more than nominal variation on its BASELINE, what is the
best course of action the Project Manager needs to take?
D. Review the project’s risk management process
Explanation: Deviations from baselines are often due to incomplete risk identification and risk
management. Baselines as a topic may be on the exam frequently so make certain you
understand the concepts.
8. You have just returned from the weekly change control board meeting where you
presented the requested changes to the Contact Center relocation project. You had (4)
change requests approved, however one request was rejected. These are outputs of
what process?
C. Perform Integrated Change Control
Explanation: Performing Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change
requests, approving changes and the management of changes to project deliverable, project
documents, project management plan, the organization process assets and enterprise
environmental factors.
Source: PMBOK 5 page 94
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9. To date, your project of designing the world’s fastest web search engine has gone
amazingly well for a complex project that has involved a myriad of vendors and
contracts. You have accumulated extensive contract documentation, which should be
used as an input to what process?
C. Close Project or Phase
Explanation: Project closure includes the closure guidelines and requirements, project
audits, project evaluations, and transition criteria. Additionally expert judgment is applied
when performing administrative closure activities.
Source: PMBOK 5 page 102
10. Your company is creating a change control board to review all change requests for a project
that you will be assigned. What is the MOST appropriate selection to include when reviewing
who should be represented on the change control board?
B. The customer, project manager, project team members
Explanation: In addition to the project management teams’ expert judgment, stakeholders may be
asked to provide expertise and to be included on the change control board. Also, consultants,
stakeholders, including customers or sponsors, professional technical association industry groups,
subject matter experts and PMO may be consulted.
(Source: PMBoK 5 page 99)
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Five Additional QUESTIONS #11 – #15
11. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Project Plan?
A. The project plan is a static document such that its list of Tasks will not change
Explanation: Tasks and Resources are added or removed as the project progresses towards
completion. Additionally, the Project Plan requires constant updating as Tasks are completed and
tracked relative to their planned dates.
12. What are some of the reasons for establishing a baseline?
D. Baselines can help keep stakeholders from arguing over competing objectives
Explanation: Baselines are referential and do not factor into the determination of objectives.
13. Project documents that may be updated throughout a project lifecycle include, but
are not limited to:
C. PMIS
Explanation: The Project Management Information System is a tool and not a document.
14. Why should assumptions be documented ?
B.
Assumptions can document a potential hidden risk
Explanation: Very often it is the unique perspective of a stakeholder that will bring to the surface a risk
that most of the team is not aware of.
15. Rebaselining does not offer a way to account for:
D. The Project sponsor changing the terms of the Project’s Business Case
Explanation: The Business Case helps justify funding in order to launch the project. The Business Case
may be evaluated to see verify that it is aligned with the organizational strategy.
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