PMP Exam Prep: Questions, Answers, & Explanations

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Knowledge Area QuizProject Integration Management

Practice Questions Test Name: Knowledge Area Test: Project Integration Management Total Questions: 10 Correct Answers Needed to Pass: 7 (70.00%) Time Allowed: 15 Minutes Test Description This practice quiz specifically targets your knowledge of the Project Integration Management knowledge area. Test Questions 1. What is a recommended method for controlling change within a project? a. Have only the project manager able to initiate change b. Have each change approved or rejected by a board c. Allow each project member ultimate control of changes within their realm of the project without a review process d. Freeze scope and allow absolutely no changes 2. The project manager of a project calls you in as a consultant to provide inputs on developing the Project Charter. Your contribution to the project could be best termed as: a. Professional Consultant b. Expert Judgment c. Charter Consultant d. Expert Consultancy 3. Which process is concerned with providing forecasts to update current cost information? a. Monitor and Control Project Work b. Project Management Information System c. Close Project or Phase d. Direct and Manage Project Execution 4. Which of the following would not be considered as an Enterprise Environmental Factor during the Develop Project Charter process? a. Scope Statement b. Organizational infrastructure c. Governmental standards d. Marketplace conditions 5. Which of these activities would the Close Project or Phase process be applicable to? a. Cancelled projects b. Completed projects c. Completed phases in a multi- phase project

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d. All of the above 6. Which of these tools and techniques are common to all six Project Integration Management processes? a. Project management Information System b. Earned value technique c. Project management methodology d. Expert Judgment 7. You are beginning a new project. When should you use the Perform Integrated Change Control process? a. Throughout the entire project b. Only when closing out the project c. Only after the project is completely funded d. Only after the project scope is clearly defined 8. The project management team has determined that there some changes to the Scope of the project. Who would be responsible for reviewing, evaluating and approving documented changes to the project? a. Change Control Board (CCB) b. Change Configuration Board (CCB) c. Scope Control Board (SCB) d. Configuration Control Board (CCB) 9. What is the difference between the Monitor and Control Project Work process and the Direct and Manage Project Execution process? a. The Monitor and Control Project Work process and the Direct and Manage Project Execution process are the same. b. The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the project performance while the Direct and Manage Project Execution process is concerned with performing the activities to accomplish project requirements. c. The Monitor and Control Project Work process is a sub-process of the Direct and Manage Project Execution process. d. There is no such thing as the Monitor and Control Project Work process. 10. Which of these Direct and Manage Project Execution items is not an output of the process? a. Deliverables b. Work Performance Information c. Project management plan d. Change requests Answer Key and Explanations 1. B - It often works best for all project changes to be reviewed by a consistent group of people so that the changes are integrated and the project deliverables can be appropriately updated. [PMBOK Page 94] [Project Integration Management] 2. B - Expert judgment is the judgment provided, based upon the expertise in an application area, knowledge area, discipline, industry etc. This is available from many sources including consultants. [Project Integration Management] 3. A - The Monitor and Control Project Work process is responsible for keeping track of the project's measures, including cost. [PMBOK Page 89] [Project Integration Management]

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4. A - The Scope statement is clearly not an enterprise environmental factor whereas the other three choices Governmental standards, Organizational infrastructure, and Marketplace conditions are enterprise environmental factors. [Project Integration Management] 5. D - The Close Project or Phase process allows the project manager to close or finish a specific portion of the project. [PMBOK Page 99] [Project Integration Management] 6. D - All six processes of Project Integration Management use Expert judgment as a tool and technique. [PMBOK Page 73] [Project Integration Management] 7. A - Changes can occur in the project at any time, therefore the Perform Integrated Change Control process is valuable for managing and tracking those changes. [PMBOK Page 93] [Project Integration Management] 8. A - The Change Control Board is a group of formally constituted stakeholders responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying or rejecting changes to the project. [Project Integration Management] 9. B - The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the other project processes, including the Direct and Manage Project Execution process, while the Direct and Manage Project Execution process completes the project scope. [PMBOK Page 83, 89] [Project Integration Management] 10. C - The Direct and Manage Project Execution has several outputs, including deliverables, work performance information, change requests, project management plan updates, and project document updates. The project management plan is an input to the process. [PMBOK Page 84] [Project Integration Management]

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