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Q2. A collection of formally documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation are controlled, changed, and approved is:

1. An authorization system
2. Project documentation
3. A change control board
4. A change control system

Q3. Your project team is having a dispute with a vendor about whether a specific task is within the project’s scope. The scope statement does not provide implementation-level details that could resolve this dispute. There is no WBS, however, because the project sponsor insisted that the project be started right away without pausing to create standard project planning documentation. Who is at fault?

1. The project manager
2. The project sponsor
3. The project stakeholders
4. The project vendor

Q4. Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to influence the factors that create changes to the cost baseline?

1. Review the project scope with the functional manager responsible for the greatest number of requested changes.
2. Explain to those requesting changes the negative impact of change to the project.
3. Eliminate the scope causing the most changes
4. Notify all stakeholders that no more changes will be allowed.

Q5. Kate’s project is in execution. During an internal project review meeting, Kate learns that the stakeholder engagement plan needs an update. The last update was done two weeks earlier. According to the stakeholder engagement plan, the plan must be reviewed and updated on a monthly basis. The nature of the required update does not require following the formal change control process. What should Kate do?

1. Wait for a couple of weeks to do the required update
2. Update the plan review procedure first before making the required update
3. Go ahead and do the required update
4. Seek the project sponsor‘s guidance

Q6. Large variations in the periodic expenditure of funds are undesirable for organizational operations. Therefore, the expenditure of funds is frequently reconciled with the disbursement of funds for the project. According to the PMBOK, this is known as:

1. Disbursement Reconciliation
2. Expenditure Reconciliation
3. Budget Reconciliation
4. Funding Limit Reconciliation

Q7. As the project manager of a large project, you have just completed the Estimate Costs process. As you begin the Determine Budget process, which of the following would you require as inputs to the process from the Estimate Costs process?

1. Activity cost estimates, basis of estimates
2. Activity cost estimates, activity resource estimates
3. Resource breakdown structure, agreements
4. Activity cost estimates, staff management plan

Q8. Which of the following best describes the Validate Scope process?

1. Validating that the project quality requirements are met
2. Controlling changes to the scope of the project
3. Obtaining the stakeholders' formal acceptance of the project deliverables
4. Validating that all of the project's objectives are met

Q9. Which of the following would generally lead to the LEAST amount of quality improvement?

1. TQM
2. Quality planning
3. Implementing an ISO 9000 standard
4. Increasing inspection

Q10. The client needs a small modification in the project scope, and he discusses it with you. He has told you that this may not increase the cost and may actually save some money. What will your next step be?

1. Approve it
2. Reject it
3. Review it
4. Discuss it with the management