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Question 1

What is the definition of a project?
A) Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive
outputs
B) Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a
unique product, service, or result
C) Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive
outputs
D) Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a
temporary business process or product

Answer 1

B) Temporary endeavor
undertaken to create a
unique product, service,
or result

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Question 2

Name the two processes in the

Initiating Process Group.

Answer 2

Develop Project
Charter and Identify
Stakeholders

Question 3

The Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK) Guide is best described as:
A) A methodology for managing projects
B) A guide to project management
processes, tools, and techniques
C) A guide for project, portfolio, and
program management
D) A standard for project, portfolio, and
program management

Answer 3

B) A guide to project
management processes,
tools, and techniques

Question 4

Which document describes the necessary
information to determine if a project is
worth the required investment?
A) Service level agreement
B) Cost baseline
C) Memorandum of understanding
D) Business case

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Answer 4

D) Business case

Question 5

Who is the person assigned by the
performing organization to be responsible
for achieving the project’s objectives?
A) Program manager
B) Project manager
C) Functional manager
D) Portfolio manager

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Answer 5

B) Project manager

Question 6

Power, urgency, and legitimacy are
attributes of which stakeholder
classification model?
A) Salience
B) Influence-impact
C) Power-interest
D) Power-influence
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Answer 6

A) Salience

Question 7

Without approval from the project
sponsor, there is no project.

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Answer 7

True

Question 8

The business case is used to record all assumptions and
constraints known at any point during the project. T or F

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Answer 8

False
The assumption log is used to
record all assumptions.

Question 9

It is critical to identify all stakeholders as early as possible. T or F

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Answer 9

T

Question 10

The stakeholder register is rarely updated throughout the life of a project.

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Answer 10

F

Question 11

What is the definition of the
project charter?

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Answer 11

A project charter formally
documents the high-level details
of a project as well as several
key elements that structure and
organize the formation of a project.

Question 12

What is the assumption log and in
which process is it created?

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Answer 12

The assumption log is used to
record all assumptions and
constraints known at any
point during the project. The
assumption log is one of the two
major outputs of the Develop
Project Charter process.

Question 13

What is the stakeholder register and
in which process is it created?

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Answer 13

The stakeholder register is a
document used to record pertinent
information on every stakeholder,
including each stakeholder’s
function, title, level of interest
in the project, and level of
influence. 

The stakeholder register
is created during the Identify
Stakeholders process.

Question 14

What is the difference between a
project charter and a business case?

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Answer 14

The project charter formally documents
the high-level details of a project and,
after approval by the sponsor, formally
authorizes the project.

The business case helps define the
objectives, purpose, and assumptions of a
project. It’s used prior to starting a project
to determine if the benefits of achieving the
objectives are worth the investment.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a goal of
the Initiating Process Group?
A) Define the project
B) Obtain project approval
C) Define the scope
D) Identify and start to understand
the stakeholders

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Answer 15

C) Define the scope
The scope is defined in the
Planning Process Group

Question 16

What is the main goal of the Develop
Project Charter (4.1) process?

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Answer 16

The Develop Project Charter
process focuses on developing
and gaining sponsor approval of
the project charter.

Question 17

What is the main goal of the Identify
Stakeholders (13.1) process?

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Answer 17

The Identify Stakeholders
process identifies, analyzes, and
classifies all stakeholders that
could impact, or be impacted by,
the project.

Question 18

Which of the following is not an input to
the Develop Project Charter process (4.1)?
A) Business case
B) Project management plan
C) Agreements
D) EEFs and OPAs

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Answer 18

b

Question 19

Early in the project, what are
two important inputs to identify
stakeholders?

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Answer 19

Project charter and

business case

Question 20

As a project progresses, which two
plans act as inputs to the Identify
Stakeholders process (13.1)?

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Answer 20

Communications management plan

and stakeholder management plan

Question 21

If a project requires procurements, which
of the following would act as an input to
the Identify Stakeholders process (13.1)?
A) Agreements
B) Project charter
C) Project documents
D) OPAs

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Answer 21

A) Agreements
During procurement,
agreements could become
a course of new or changing
stakeholders.

Question 22

The project manager should be identified and assigned
_____ , preferably during charter development.

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Answer 22

early as possible

Question 23

The _______ helps create the charter by determining if the expected outcomes justify the required investment.

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Answer 23

business case

Question 24

___________ development is a collaboration effort led by the project manager or sponsor to deepen
the understanding of the project’s purpose, objective, and benefit.

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Answer 24

charter

Question 25

Stakeholder _______ and ______ helps the team design ways to appropriately engage each stakeholder. Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 25

Identification and | analysis

Question 26

Initially, the ______ and ______ are sources of stakeholder identification. Later, agreements or issues may prompt stakeholder updates. Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 26

Charter and | business case

Question 27

Identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing_________ will help the project team define appropriate engagement levels. Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 27

Stakeholders

Question 28

``` Which output produced by the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process is used by the Identify Stakeholders (13.1) process to create the initial stakeholder list? ``` Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 28

Project Charter

Question 29

Which process is completed at the very beginning of a project? Why? Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 29

``` Develop Project Charter (4.1) The Develop Project Charter process is where the idea of a project becomes a reality. Without the project charter, there is not a project. ```

Question 30

``` Which of the following is not an Organizational Process Asset (OPA) for the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process? A) Organizational policies, processes, and procedures B) Internal reporting methods C) Market demand D) Internal tools, templates, and other resources ``` Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 30

C) Market demand Market demand is an enterprise environmental factor (EEF)

Question 31

Which of the following is not an enterprise environmental factor (EEF) for the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process? A) Organizational policies, processes, and procedures B) Compliance requirement C) Market demand D) Ecological requirement Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 31

``` A) Organizational policies, processes, and procedures Organizational policies, processes, and procedures are examples of organizational process assets (OPAs) ```

Question 32

``` Which output produced by the Identify Stakeholders (13.1) process acts as an input to the Develop Project Charter (4.1) process? A) Change requests B) Project document updates C) Stakeholder register D) None ``` Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 32

``` D) None The project charter does not change after it is created. It’s one of the only processes that is not iterative ```

Question 33

``` Which of the following is a method of eliciting information from groups or individuals, such as team members or subject matter experts? A) Brainstorming B) Data analysis C) Bidder conference D) EEF ``` Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 33

A) Brainstorming

Question 34

What is a mapping technique used to identify where stakeholders are perceived to be relative to their power and interest in the project? Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 34

Power-interest grid

Question 35

What is the difference between an OPA and an EEF? Initiating

Answer 35

``` An EEF can be any factor that could or does impact a project and is outside of the organization’s control. An OPA is any policy, procedure, process, template, method, etc. that is owned by the organization. ```

Question 36

``` Which data gathering technique leveraged commonly in the Develop Project Charter process involves interviewing groups of individuals to learn their expectations and opinions about a proposed product, service, or result? ``` Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 36

Focus groups

Question 37

Charter development by the project manager or sponsor creates a deeper understanding of the project’s ____, ____ , and ____. Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 37

Purposes, objectives, and expected benefits

Question 38

Is the project charter template considered an OPA or EEF? Why? Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 38

``` The project charter template is considered an OPA as it is a template document used on the project that is owned by the organization. ```

Question 39

Are environmental regulations considered to be an OPA or EEF? Why? Initiating • Integration Management • Develop Project Charter

Answer 39

``` Environmental regulations are EEFs. These regulations potentially impact the project and are outside of the project team’s control. ```

Question 40

Why are the detailed identification and analysis of stakeholders important to the success of the project? Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 40

``` Detailed stakeholder identification and analysis helps the project team design customized methods to most appropriately engage each stakeholder. These customized methods and approaches increase the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement activities and communications. ```

Question 41

How should stakeholders with high power and high interest be classified and managed? Initiating • Stakeholder Management • Identify Stakeholders

Answer 41

High-powered and highinterest stakeholders should be managed closely.