PMP Questions scope knowledge page 2

11.

You are a project manager for Giraffe Enterprises. You've recently taken over for a project manager who lied about his PMI® certification and was subsequently fired. Unfortunately, he did a poor job of defining the project scope. The project scope statement is the last document the previous project manager created. You will need to create the remaining subsidiary project management plans and documents. All of the following could happen if you don't correct this except for which one?

Select one

The stakeholders will require overtime from the project team to keep the project on schedule.

The poor scope definition will adversely affect the creation of the work breakdown structure, and costs may increase.

The project scope statement is used to document the process for defining, maintaining, and managing project scope.

The project costs could increase, there might be rework, and schedule delays might result.

12.

You are working on a project where the requirements and scope are well defined, but you know there will be changes when performing the work of the project. Your stakeholders will need to provide continuous feedback during the development stages of this project. Which of the following are true when determining the deliverables for the project?

Select three

You should use a predictive approach to manage this project. You will document a project scope statement because it describes how the team will define and develop the work breakdown structure.

You should use a hybrid approach for this project. Because the requirements and deliverables are well defined, you may choose to document a project scope statement that further elaborates the deliverables of the project and serves as a basis for future project decisions.

You should document the project scope statement so there is agreement between the project management team and the project customer and everyone knows what the work of the project will produce.

You may choose to document the project scope statement because it assesses the reliability of the project scope and describes the process for verifying and accepting completed deliverables.

You should use a hybrid approach for this project because the stakeholders would like to provide continuous feedback on the deliverables once the work of the project starts. User stories will be used to fulfill the deliverables of the project and will be pulled to the backlog.

13.

You are the project manager for a construction company that is building a new city and county office building in your city. Your CCB recently approved a scope change. You know that scope change might come about as a result of all of the following except which one?

Select one

Schedule revisions

Product scope change

Changes to the agreed-upon WBS

Changes to the project requirements

14.

Select one

Schedule revisions

Product scope change

Changes to the agreed-on WBS

Changes to the project requirements

15.

You are working on a project that was proceeding well until a manufacturing glitch occurred that requires corrective action. It turns out the glitch was an unintentional enhancement to the product, and the marketing people are absolutely crazy about its potential. The corrective action is canceled, and you continue to produce the product with the newly discovered enhancement. As the project manager, you know that a change has occurred to the product scope because the glitch changed the characteristics of the product. Which of the following statements is true?

Select one

Changes to product scope should be reflected in the project scope.

Changes to product scope should be documented in the scope management plan.

Changes to product scope will result in cost changes.

Changes to product scope are a result of corrective action.

16.

The business need or demand that brought about the project, high-level scope description, analysis of the problem or opportunity the project presents, recommendation, and an evaluation statement together describe elements of which of the following?

Select one

Organizational process assets

The feasibility study

The business case

The project charter

Select one

Alternatives analysis is a component of the data analysis tool and technique.

Alternatives analysis is used in the Plan Scope Management process and the Define Scope process.

Alternatives analysis involves unanimity, plurality, majority, and autocratic voting methods.

Brainstorming and lateral thinking are types of alternative analysis.

Select one

Cost–benefit analysis, scope baseline, expert judgment, and facilitated workshops

Product analysis, alternatives generation, and expert judgment

Product analysis, alternatives analysis, expert judgment, multicriteria decision analysis, and facilitation

Alternatives generation, stakeholder analysis, and expert judgment

Select one

The scope management plan describes and documents a scope baseline to help make future project decisions.

The scope management plan decomposes project deliverables into smaller units of work.

The scope management plan describes how project scope will be developed and how scope changes will be managed.

The scope management plan describes how cost and time estimates will be developed for project scope changes.

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