| 1. | Which phase of a project has the least risk? 
| A. | Closing |
| B. | Controlling |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Execution |
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| 2. | The document that describes the objectives, work content, deliverables, and end product of a project is the:
| A. | Project charter |
| B. | WBS |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Scope Statement |
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| 3. | Which one of these comes first in the project plan?
| A. | Scope Statement |
| B. | WBS |
| C. | Risk Management Plan |
| D. | Quality Plan |
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| 4. | Which of these plans is not done during the writing of a project plan?
| A. | Risk Management |
| B. | Quality Management |
| C. | Procurement Management |
| D. | Executive Communication |
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| 5. | Who is responsible for the formation of the final project plan?
| A. | Project Team |
| B. | Sponsor |
| C. | Project Manager |
| D. | Team Leader |
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| 6. | What is another name for functional structure?
| A. | Matrix |
| B. | Strict |
| C. | Line |
| D. | Developmental |
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| 7. | Which of these types of matrix structure gives the project manager the most control?
| A. | Strong |
| B. | Weak |
| C. | Product focused |
| D. | Balanced |
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| 8. | Three types of organizational structure discussed in PMBOK are:
| A. | Matrix, line, departmental |
| B. | Functional, matrix, product driven |
| C. | Matrix, functional, projectized |
| D. | Projectized, departmental, functional |
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| 9. | The type of organization where the project manager has the least authority is:
| A. | Developmental |
| B. | Matrix |
| C. | Functional |
| D. | Projectized |
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| 10. | You can use project management skills in which of the following structural organizations?
| A. | Functional |
| B. | Projectized |
| C. | Matrix |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 11. | The title of a manager who is responsible for more than one project is:
| A. | Team Leader |
| B. | General Manager |
| C. | Project Manager |
| D. | Program Manager |
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| 12. | Communication in a matrix environment is usually classified as:
| A. | Simple |
| B. | Direct |
| C. | Complex |
| D. | Relational |
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| 13. | A project team member working in a functional organization reports to:
| A. | The Project Manager |
| B. | The Team Leader |
| C. | The Functional Manager |
| D. | Anyone he can contact |
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| 14. | The person or group having the responsibility for the outcome of a project is:
| A. | The Project Team |
| B. | The Project Manager |
| C. | The Executive Management |
| D. | The Sponsor |
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| 15. | Which one of these types is generally not a stakeholder?
| A. | Project Manager |
| B. | Sponsor |
| C. | Project Observer |
| D. | Project Team Member |
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| 16. | Stakeholders are important because:
| A. | Their intense interest in the workings of the project gives the project energy. |
| B. | Their interests may be positively or negatively affected by the project. |
| C. | Their knowledge of important product information helps the project manager. |
| D. | They know whom to talk to in order to get things done. |
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| 17. | What is the difference in the number of channels between 5 people and 8 people?
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| 18. | What is the difference in communication channels between 6 and 9 people?
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| 19. | What are you measured against during the Execution phase of the project?
| A. | Statement of Work |
| B. | Project Baseline |
| C. | Management Objectives |
| D. | Engineering Design |
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| 20. | Who should go to status meetings?
| A. | The project team |
| B. | The people in the communication plan |
| C. | The project team and sponsor |
| D. | Stakeholders |
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| 21. | Status meetings should be held at least:
| A. | Once a year |
| B. | Once a week |
| C. | Every day |
| D. | As little as possible |
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| 22. | The most important document for running a status meeting professionally is:
| A. | The WBS |
| B. | The Scope Statement |
| C. | An Agenda |
| D. | SOW |
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| 23. | The person writing down meeting notes for a project status meeting is called a:
| A. | Bookkeeper |
| B. | Secretary |
| C. | Scribe |
| D. | Project Manager |
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| 24. | What are the actions called that are done in response to unexpected problems?
| A. | Stopgaps |
| B. | Patches |
| C. | Hail Marys |
| D. | Workarounds |
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| 25. | Which is more important, Planning or Execution?
| A. | Neither |
| B. | Both |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Execution |
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As we go through the phases, topics will be discussed that also belong in the knowledge areas of the PMBOK. We will revisit them when we discuss the topic area later in the book, but I think it is important to put several topics in the phases in which they occur in addition to describing them as separate entities in the knowledge areas part of the book. The questions at the end of the chapter need to be learned in random order, they are not separated by knowledge area. Learn them this way and the sections on knowledge areas should be much easier.
