Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
a. Close Procurement
b. Conduct Procurements
c. Control Procurements
d. Close Project or Phase
a. Close Procurement
Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
a. Payment requests
b. Lessons learned
c. Procurement audit
d. Performance reporting
b. Lessons learned
Which of the following tools and techniques are utilized in the Close Project or Phase process?
a. Inspection
b. Expert judgment
c. Project management information system
d. Product analysis
b. Expert judgment
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
a. Validate Scope.
b. Close Project or Phase.
c. Control Quality.
d. Verify Scope.
a. Validate Scope.
The project management processes presented in the PMBOK Guide should:
a. be selected as appropriate by the project team.
b. be applied based on ISO guidelines.
c. be selected as appropriate by the sponsor.
d. always be applied uniformly.
a. be selected as appropriate by the project team
In the Develop Project Team process, which of the following is identified as a critical factor for a project’s success?
a. Teamwork
b. Subcontracting teams
c. Virtual teams
d. Team meetings
a. Teamwork
Procurement audits, negotiated settlements, and a records management system are tools and techniques used in which Procurement Management process?
a. Conduct Procurements
b. Plan Procurements
c. Administer Procurements
d. Close Procurements
d. Close Procurements
Which of the following is a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a prespecified product, result, or service?
a. Program
b. Process
c. Portfolio
d. Project
b. Process
When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
a. Free
b. Negative
c. Zero
d. Positive
a. Free
Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
a. business partners
b. sellers
c. product users
d. Buyers
b. sellers
If the most likely duration of an activity is five weeks, the best-case duration is two weeks, and the worst-case duration is 14 weeks, how many weeks is the expected duration of the activity?
a. Five
b. Seven
c. One
d. Six
d. Six
Which Knowledge Areas include processes from the Closing Process Group?
a. Project Stakeholder Management and Project Cost Management
b. Project Scope Management and Project Risk Management
c. Project Integration Management and Project Procurement Management
d. Project Quality Management and Project Time Management
c. Project Integration Management and Project Procurement Management
Which of the following is an example of the simplest fixed-price contract?
a. Purchase requisition
b. Purchase order
c. Verbal agreement D. Request for quote
b. Purchase order
At the end of the project, what will be the value of SV?
a. Positive
b. Zero
c. Negative
d. Greater than one
b. Zero
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
a. 16
b. 8
c. 7
d. 14
b. 8
During which process would stakeholders provide formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
a. Verify Scope
b. Perform Quality Control
c. Develop Schedule
d. Control Scope
a. Verify Scope
The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:
a. Conduct Procurements.
b. Close Procurements.
c. Control Procurements.
d. Plan Procurements.
b. Close Procurements.
When sequencing activities, what does the common acronym FF stand for?
a. Fixed Fee
b. Free Float
c. Finish-to-Finish
d. Fixed Finish
c. Finish-to-Finish
During which process would you obtain stakeholders’ formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
a. Quality control
b. Close project
c. Scope control
d. Scope verification
d. Scope verification
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
a. Nominal group technique
b. Brainstorming
c. Idea/mind mapping
d. Affinity diagram
d. Affinity diagram