Which of the following strategic considerations often results in project authorization?


A. Customer requests and/or issue resolution
B. Stakeholder expectations and/or strategic opportunity (business need)
C. Technological advancement and/or senior executive request
D. Market demand and/or legal requirements

Which of the following is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within a related contract?


A. Product scope description
B. Procurement statement of work
C. Project schedule
D. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?


A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Perform Quality Control
C. Perform Integrated Change Control

D. Monitor and Control Risks

The project manager at an organization has just realized that some of the engineering staff has been allocated to project Y and will not be available to finish task X. The project manager has also discovered that at the current pace, it will not be possible to
complete the project on time. Due to cost constraints, hiring more work force is not a viable option. Which tools are at the manager's disposal?


A. Resource leveling and fast tracking
B. Fast tracking and crashing
C. Crashing and applying leads and lags
D. Scheduling tools and applying leads and lags

When large or complex projects are separated into distinct phases or subprojects, all of the Process Groups would normally be:


A. divided among each of the phases or subprojects.
B. repeated for each of the phases or subprojects.
C. linked to specific phases or subprojects.
D. integrated for specific phases or subprojects.

The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:


A. Control Schedule.
B. Quality Control.
C. Perform Integrated Change Control.
D. Develop Schedule.

One of the tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process is:

A. organization charts.
B. ground rules.
C. organizational theory.
D. conflict management.

Which type of management focuses on ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation?


A. Project
B. Functional
C. Program
D. Portfolio

A method to manage stakeholder expectations in the scope statement is to clearly:


A. state the guiding principles of the organization.
B. identify alternatives to generate different approaches.
C. state what is out of scope.
D. outline the results of the Delphi technique.

Which process involves identifying and documenting the logical relationships between project activities?


A. Develop Schedule
B. Sequence Activities
C. Create WBS
D. Applying leads and lags