Quality management
1) Which project role provides resources or support for the project, promotes and protects the project at
higher levels of management, and takes an active role in the project from the chartering stage through
project closure?
a) Functional manager
b) Project manager
c) Project team member
d) Project sponsor
2)Which PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Area includes those processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully?
a) Cost management
b) Scope management
c) Risk management
d) Quality management
3) In order to be successful, the project team must be able to assess the needs of stakeholders and manage their expectations through effective communications. At the same time they must balance competing demands among project scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and resources, which are also known as project _____?
a) Plan elements
b) Deliverables
c) Constraints
d) Targets
4) Projects pass through a series of phases as they move from initiation to project closure. The names and number of these phases can vary significantly depending on the organization, the type of application, industry, or technology employed. These phases create the framework for the project, and are referred to collectively as the ________.
a) project life cycle
b) project management information system (PMIS)
c) product life cycle
d) Talent Triangle
5) Based on PMI’s definition, which of these is a good example of a project?
a) manufacturing a standard commodity
b) following policies and procedures for procuring an item
c) designing and launching a new website
d) using a checklist to perform quality control
6) When would a predictive project life cycle be the preferred approach?
a) when the high-level vision has been developed, but the product scope is not well defined
b) when the environment is changing rapidly
c) when the product to be delivered is well understood
d) when the product will be created through a series of repeated cycles
7) To be effective, a project manager needs to possess all of the following competencies except ____.
a) personal effectiveness—attitudes, core personality traits, leadership
