Mod 4 Proj Scope Mgmt (49) Flashcards
1) A condition or capability that is required to be present in a product, service, or result to satisfy a contract or other formally imposed document is a
a. Specification
b. Requirement
c. Stakeholder need
d. Metric
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Correct. This is the definition from the PMBOK® Guide Glossary.
b. Requirement
Correct. This is the definition from the PMBOK® Guide Glossary.
2) Gold plating is a term used to define the act of adding additional features to a project’s product. As a project manager, Claude suspects one of his team members is involved in gold plating for the customer. Because it is Claude’s responsibility to remain alert to this possibility in order to reduce or eliminate any scope creep, which of the following documents would provide the information Claude needs to help him determine whether it is occurring?
a. WBS
b. Project charter
c. Roles and responsibility matrix
d. Activity duration estimates
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Correct. The best answer choice is A. The WBS defines the total scope of the work and includes everything required to accomplish the scope of the project.
a. WBS
Correct. The best answer choice is A. The WBS defines the total scope of the work and includes everything required to accomplish the scope of the project.
3) Requirements should be ________ to prove the requirements have been met.
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. Shared with stakeholders
d. Documented
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Correct. While you collect requirements, you should also determine how to prove that they are met. To help you do that, make sure that all requirements are quantifiable.
a. Quantitative
Correct. While you collect requirements, you should also determine how to prove that they are met. To help you do that, make sure that all requirements are quantifiable.
4) Which is also known as value engineering?
a. Scope Management plan
b. Project charter
c. Project requirements documentation
d. Product analysis
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Correct. Depending on the type of project, product analysis might also be referred to as system engineering, product breakdown, requirements analysis, or value engineering.
d. Product analysis
Correct. Depending on the type of project, product analysis might also be referred to as system engineering, product breakdown, requirements analysis, or value engineering.
5) When using multi‐criteria decision analysis, the sum of the criterion weights needs to add to
a. 10
b. 50
c. Depends on the number of requirements
d. 1.0
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Correct. The sum of the criterion weights needs to add to 1.0.
d. 1.0
Correct. The sum of the criterion weights needs to add to 1.0.
6) Cynthia has met with her customer and received a formal verification that all project deliverables are acceptable and meet the requirements. This verification will become an input to which of the following processes?
a. Control Scope
b. Verify Scope
c. Validate Scope
d. Close Project
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Correct. The best answer choice is C. Verified deliverables are an input to the Validate Scope process.
c. Validate Scope
Correct. The best answer choice is C. Verified deliverables are an input to the Validate Scope process.
7) To understand the Validate Scope process, you have to know how deliverables flow through the project. You should also be able to differentiate between validating scope and verifying scope. To accept the deliverables, the customer looks at the scope baseline and the requirements. Which of the following documents does NOT contain all the detailed information about each deliverable?
a. The WBS dictionary
b. The requirements documentation
c. The Requirements Traceability Matrix
d. The integration documents
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Correct. The integration documents do not contain all the detailed information about each deliverable.
d. The integration documents
Correct. The integration documents do not contain all the detailed information about each deliverable.
8) The project management plan, verified deliverables, and requirements documentation are inputs to which of the following processes?
a. Validate Scope
b. Define Scope
c. Control Scope
d. Plan Scope Management
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Correct. The best answer choice is A because the items listed are inputs to the Validate Scope process.
a. Validate Scope
Correct. The best answer choice is A because the items listed are inputs to the Validate Scope process.
9) What information do you need to create a project scope statement?
a. Project charter and requirements documentation
b. Requirements documentation and project management plan
c. Requirements management plan and project charter
d. Project charter and WBS
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Correct. These are the inputs into the Define Scope process.
a. Project charter and requirements documentation
Correct. These are the inputs into the Define Scope process.
10) Jose is managing a hospital emergency care facility remodel project in which several of the stakeholders have submitted a form to request a change in the project scope. After an extensive review with the project team, Jose has compiled a document describing the impact of the change request on the schedule and budget for the project, and he has presented that information to the change control board for their approval. If the change control board approves the scope change, what should Jose’s next step be in implementing the approved change?
a. Implement the change
b. Revise the baselines
c. Do a lessons learned review
d. Get approval from the sponsor
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Correct. The best answer choice is B. When a scope change request is approved, the project manager needs to revise the scope baseline as well as any other baselines that may be affected by the change.
b. Revise the baselines
Correct. The best answer choice is B. When a scope change request is approved, the project manager needs to revise the scope baseline as well as any other baselines that may be affected by the change.
11) Which of the following is NOT an output of the Control Scope process?
a. Organizational process asset updates
b. Change requests
c. Work performance data
d. Project document updates
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Correct. Work performance information, not work performance data, is an input.
c. Work performance data
Correct. Work performance information, not work performance data, is an input.
12) Which of the following acronyms defines the hierarchical decomposition of the project work that is required by the project team?
a. RAM
b. RBS
c. OBS
d. WBS
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Correct. The best answer choice is D because WBS is the acronym for the Work Breakdown Structure and defines a hierarchical decomposition of the work required of the project team.
d. WBS
Correct. The best answer choice is D because WBS is the acronym for the Work Breakdown Structure and defines a hierarchical decomposition of the work required of the project team.
13) Which of the following are inputs to the Validate Scope process?
a. Verified deliverables, project management plan, and requirements documentation
b. Requirements documentation, project management plan, and work results
c. Organizational process assets, project management plan, and WBS dictionary
d. Requirements traceability matrices, product requirements, and work results
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Correct. The best answer choice is B because the inputs listed are inputs to the Validate Scope process.
b. Requirements documentation, project management plan, and work results
Correct. The best answer choice is B because the inputs listed are inputs to the Validate Scope process.
14) Dave has just joined the project team and is experiencing some degree of difficulty in determining the quality requirements and acceptance criteria for the activity for which he is responsible. Of the documents listed below, which one would provide the information Dave needs to know?
a. Work Breakdown Structure
b. WBS dictionary
c. Project management plan
d. Project scope management plan
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Correct. The best answer choice is B because the WBS dictionary provides details regarding the quality requirements and acceptance criteria for each component of the WBS.
b. WBS dictionary
Correct. The best answer choice is B because the WBS dictionary provides details regarding the quality requirements and acceptance criteria for each component of the WBS.
15) What is the WBS
a. Work Breakdown Structure
b. Weekly benefit survey
c. Work business scope
d. Wideband budget systems
a. Work Breakdown Structure
Correct. The WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.
16) As part of his project management plan, Jaime states that meetings will be held with the client on a weekly basis; the meetings will take place via conference call; and a summary of the meeting notes will be distributed to the client and the project team. This is an example of a ________ requirement.
a. Quality
b. Solution
c. Project
d. Stakeholder
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Correct. Stakeholder requirements include information regarding communication and reporting requirements.
d. Stakeholder
Correct. Stakeholder requirements include information regarding communication and reporting requirements.
17) If you want to prevent scope creep, you should take a number of steps. Of the following steps, which would you do first?
a. Get sign‐off on the scope and baseline it.
b. Meet with stakeholders to affirm you have a common understanding of the scope.
c. Enforce the change control system.
d. Communicate changes.
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Correct. Having a common understanding of the project scope upfront is the first step to preventing scope creep.
b. Meet with stakeholders to affirm you have a common understanding of the scope.
Correct. Having a common understanding of the project scope upfront is the first step to preventing scope creep.
18) What is the difference between project scope and product scope?
a. Product scope refers to all the needs to be addressed in order to create the product, service, or outcome, whereas project scope refers to the features, characteristics, and functions of the product, service, or outcome.
b. Product scope ensures that the project contains all the work that is required to build the product. Project scope refers to everything else.
c. Product scope refers to the features, characteristics, and functions of the product, service, or outcome. Project scope refers to all the needs to be addressed in order to create the product, service, or outcome.
d. Product scope focuses on the supply chains and assembly lines, whereas project scope focuses on the features and functions that characterize a product service or outcome.
c. Product scope refers to the features, characteristics, and functions of the product, service, or outcome. Project scope refers to all the needs to be addressed in order to create the product, service, or outcome.
Correct. Product scope: the features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result.
19) During a review of the project performance, Emily is comparing the schedule baseline to the actual performance. Which of the following activities is Emily performing?
a. Earned Value analysis
b. Monte Carlo simulation
c. Estimate activity durations
d. Variance analysis
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Correct. The best answer choice is D because variance analysis is used to determine the difference between actual performance and the baseline.
d. Variance analysis
Correct. The best answer choice is D because variance analysis is used to determine the difference between actual performance and the baseline.
20) Paula is a new project manager who has just begun planning a complex project. She needs to comprehend the details of the work that is required from the project team members. In order to gain a better understanding, Paula needs to break the work down into smaller pieces in a logical way to manage it more efficiently. Which of the following defines what Paula is doing?
a. Define activity durations
b. Decomposition
c. Progressive elaboration
d. Earned Value management
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Correct. The best answer choice is B. Decomposition is the process of dividing the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts.
b. Decomposition
Correct. The best answer choice is B. Decomposition is the process of dividing the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts.
21) Which of the following processes is defined as formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables?
a. Validate Scope
b. Control Scope
c. Close Project or Phase
d. Define Scope
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Correct. The best answer choice is A because Validate Scope is the process defined in the question.
a. Validate Scope
Correct. The best answer choice is A because Validate Scope is the process defined in the question.
22) A component of the project or program management plan that includes a description of how requirements will be analyzed is called the
a. Scope Management plan
b. Requirements management plan
c. Project charter
d. Project Statement of Work
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Correct. The requirements management plan is a component of the project or program management plan that describes how requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed.
b. Requirements management plan
Correct. The requirements management plan is a component of the project or program management plan that describes how requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed.
23) Yvonne is managing a small project to prepare a printed parts catalog for her company’s line of electronic surveillance systems, including cameras, control systems, and video monitors. She wants to keep printing costs at a minimum, and several key stakeholders have come to her requesting additional ideas be incorporated, including business reply cards, order forms, shipping label blanks, and so on. She knows this can result in scope creep, and she feels it is necessary to create a scope control form that can be used to manage and control project scope changes. She has determined that she needs three status fields to categorize these requests including approved, rejected, and deferred, so that she can take the appropriate actions on these change requests. Once implemented, what action should Yvonne take on any scope change requests with an approved status?
a. Review and discuss with the project team members
b. Review and dispose using the Integrated Change Control process
c. Review and dispose by sending to the project sponsor
d. Review and dispose using the Monitor and Control Project Work process
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Correct. The best answer choice is B. Change requests are processed through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
b. Review and dispose using the Integrated Change Control process
The best answer choice is B. Change requests are processed through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
24) What is acceptance criteria?
a. A narrative description of the product, progressively elaborated from the project charter
b. A description of the conditions or criteria that must be met for the customer to accept the final product or product components
c. A statement of items or tasks that are not within the scope of a project
d. Factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof or demonstration
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Correct. Acceptance criteria are descriptions of the conditions or criteria that must be met for the customer to accept the final product or product components.
b. A description of the conditions or criteria that must be met for the customer to accept the final product or product components
Correct. Acceptance criteria are descriptions of the conditions or criteria that must be met for the customer to accept the final product or product components.