PMP Question Series: Scope Management

(1) How to resolve competing requirements
The priority should be given to requirements that
a) comply with business case
b) comply with project charter
c) comply with project scope statement
d) comply with project constains

(2) To manage a project effectively, work should be broken down into small pieces. Which of the following does not describe how far to decompose the work?
a) Until it has a meaningful conclusion
b) Until it can not be logically subdivided further
c) Until it can be done by one person (x)
d) Until it can be realistically estimated

(3) You are managing a project which is on schedule and budge. But the stakeholders are not satisfied with the deliverables. The situation will delay the project completion by one month. The most important process that could have prevented this situation is:
a) Monitor and control risks
b) control schedule
c) define scope (x)
d) control scope

(4) One of the stakeholders contacts the PM to add scope. The PM asks for details in writing and then works through the control scope process. What should the PM do when the evaluation of the scope is complete?

a) complete integrated change control (x)
b) make sure the impact of the change is understood by the stakeholder
c) find out the root cause of why the scope was not discovered during project planning.

5) The preparation of project scope baseline can best be described as involving

a) functional managers
b) project team (x)
c) all the stakeholders

6) who determines the project scope requirement for a project?
--> a) The customer b ) The stakeholders (x)

7) product verification is different than that of scope verification in that product verfication

a) occurs during the executing process group
b)make sure all the work is completed satisfactorily (x)

8) Scope verification (verify scope) focuses on customer acceptance while product verification focuses on making sure all the work is completed satisfactorily

9) The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical path. which of the following is the best thing for the PM to do?

a) compress the schedule
b) cut scope
c) advise the client of the impact of the change
d) consult with the sponsor about the options (x)
-> Generally,
you need to first evaluate the impact,
then find options,
then get the change request approval internally,
then get customer buy-in

10) A PM receives a deliverable from a team member to provide to the customer. While looking at the deliverable, the PM notes that the document is smaller than what he expected and does not contain what he thought it should. The PM should first:

a) discuss it with the team member
b) complete the verification of scope process (x)

NOTE: The PM might have misunderstood and it would be best to check before talking to the team member

(11) During a review, it is discovered that the software application is missing functionality required to complete a key business process. however, the product scope never specified this functionality. What should the project manager do?
a) reject the functionality as out of scope
b) assess the impact on the project of including the functionality, and inform the sponsor. (x)

(12) You have a signed project charter, and are in the process of creating a project scope statement. You have asked the team for input to ensure that the project scope statement is complete. However, the team is struggling with defining the scope. Which of the following best describes the problem?

a) The project objectives were not identified before the project scope statement was begun
b) The team is working on the project scope statement without the benefit of organizational process assets (x)

Note: the project objectives should be available in project charter