3.01 Project Scope vs. Product Scope
The project manager is using group decision-making techniques in establishing requirements for the food refrigeration project. Which are the techniques she could use?
a) autocracy, majority, plurality, and unanimity
b) dictatorship, majority, plurality, and unanimity
c) dictatorship, majority, and plurality
d) majority, plurality, and unanimity
b) dictatorship, majority, plurality, and unanimity
Steve is in charge of building a house, and he is currently working on the project scope statement. Steve has a budget of $250,000 and six months to finish building the house. These components would be listed under what section in the project scope statement?
a) project acceptance criteria
b) project constraints
c) project deliverables
d) project exclusions
b) project constraints
Jen's team is creating the WBS for their home restoration project. Which best describes the layers that would likely be included?
a) activity packages, planning packages, and work packages
b) control accounts, planning packages, and activity packages
c) control accounts, planning packages, and work packages
d) work packages, milestone packages, and control accounts
a) activity packages, planning packages, and work packages
Sarah is in charge of a charity event, and she is currently communicating with the catering company and requesting work performance information regarding their progress to compare to her scope baseline. Sarah is working on which process?
a) collect requirements
b) control scope
c) define scope
d) verify scope
d) verify scope
Tammy is a construction project manager and is currently working on the project scope statement. The stakeholders for this neighborhood project refuse to have a community clubhouse and pool. This requirement would be listed under what section in the project scope statement?
a) project acceptance criteria
b) project constraints
c) project deliverables
d) project exclusions
d) project exclusions
Carol is managing a construction project and is considering relocating her team closer to the project construction worksite. She asks the stakeholders to vote on this decision and will make the move only if they all agree to it. Carol is using which tool or technique to collect requirements?
a) dictatorship
b) majority
c) plurality
d) unanimity
d) unanimity
Steve is in charge of building a house, and he is currently working on the project scope statement. Steve has collected all necessary requirements from the stakeholders. He has determined that he needs to provide three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car garage in a 1,700-square-foot house. These components would be listed under what section in the project scope statement?
a) project acceptance criteria
b) project constraints
c) project deliverables
d) project exclusions
c) project deliverables
Mary and Bill are planning a wedding. Bill is a project manager, so they worked together to break down the wedding project into more manageable tasks, called work packages, consisting of invitations, location, flowers, catering, and the honeymoon. Next, the couple is going to create tasks for each group that they can assign family members to manage. Which tool or technique(s) is the couple using to break down their wedding project?
a) decomposition
b) focus groups
c) group creativity techniques
d) product analysis
a) decomposition
Brian is determining the process for handling scope change requests. Which process is Brian conducting?
a) collect requirements
b) control scope
c) define scope
d) verify scope
b) control scope
Dave's team is breaking down a computer science project into work packages so they can determine milestones. Which process is Dave's team participating in?
a) collecting requirements
b) creating the WBS
c) defining scope
d) verifying scope
b) creating the WBS
Kacie is working on a new car design for an automotive company. She is currently working on a way to analyze, document, and manage all the stakeholder requirements for the new design. Kacie is working on the:
a) requirements management plan.
b) requirements documentation.
c) requirements traceability matrix.
d) work breakdown structure.
a) requirements management plan.
Steve is in charge of building a house, and he is currently working on the project scope statement. Steve has listed the following:
1. We will have good weather on all workdays, so there will be no delay in the building of the house.
2. All contractors will work efficiently with each other and cause no problems or delays on the house.
These would be listed under what section in the project scope statement?
a) project acceptance criteria
b) project assumptions
c) project constraints
b) project assumptions
Carmine is a wedding planner. He has created a WBS to subdivide a project into more manageable tasks. To highlight the details of the event for all vendors who are fulfilling deliverables for the wedding, he is preparing a document that describes the cost estimates, quantity requirements, description of the work, and contract information. Carmine is working on the:
a) project scope statement.
b) requirements documentation.
c) work breakdown structure.
d) work breakdown structure dictionary.
d) work breakdown structure dictionary.
Del is a catering project manager in charge of a charity event. He taste tests the cupcakes made by Angela, a member of his catering team. Del determines that Angela over blended the cupcakes because the tops have risen. He asks Angela to fix the cupcakes according to the project scope before moving the cupcakes to production. Del is using which tool or technique?
a) decomposition
b) estimating
c) inspection
d) variance analysis
c) inspection
The Work Breakdown Structure can BEST be thought of as an effective aid for __________ communications.
a) Project Manager
b) Team
c) Stakeholders
d) Customer
c) Stakeholders
Peter is working on a respiration project for firefighters. Before finalizing the product requirements, he would like to show a working model to the firefighters at the local station to gather feedback. The technique that Peter should use to test the working model would be a/an:
a) facilitated workshop.
b) observation.
c) prototype.
d) survey.
c) prototype.
Jo Anne is meeting her curriculum team to break down pieces of the project. At the meeting, she leads her team through the process of decomposing to encompass all of the work on the project. This allows Jo Anne's team to track, define, and manage each activity. Jo Anne's team is participating in:
a) collecting requirements.
b) creating the WBS.
c) defining the scope.
d) verifying the scope.
c) defining the scope.
Albert's team is planning an annual conference. His team has broken the conference down to registration, food, guest speakers, and venue location. Next, his team is going to create tasks for each member of the group. Albert is currently working on the:
a) project scope statement.
b) requirements documentation.
c) work breakdown structure.
d) work breakdown structure dictionary.
c) work breakdown structure.
Peter, a project manager, meets with his client to get the client's signature at the completion of a phase of work. Which phase is the project in?
a) planning
b) executing
c) monitoring and controlling
d) closing
c) monitoring and controlling
During what process is work decomposition performed?
a) collecting requirements
b) creating WBS
c) defining scope
d) verifying scope
b) creating WBS
Kristi is in charge of planning a charity event for the hospital. She wants to review the requirements of each of the stakeholders. Kristi should be reviewing which document?
a) requirements documentation
b) requirements management plan
c) requirements traceability matrix
d) work breakdown structure
c) requirements traceability matrix
What should be done by the project manager to ensure that all work in the project is included?
a) Create a scope statement
b) Create a contingency plan
c) Create a WBS
d) Create a risk management plan
a) Create a scope statement
Once Jim has established a project scope baseline, he can use it to inform the development of the:
a) requirements, scope statement, and WBS.
b) requirements, scope statement, and WBS dictionary.
c) scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary.
d) WBS and WBS dictionary.
c) scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary.
Mark meets with the conference project stakeholders to determine and document that the number of rooms and meals needed for the conference aligns with the conference project objectives. Which process is Mark conducting?
a) collect requirements
b) control scope
c) define scope
d) verify scope
a) collect requirements
Hollie is a financial project manager. Tina asks Hollie's team to produce a financial report at the end of the year that includes her company's income statement and balance sheet. When Hollie's team completes the work and the deliverables are presented to Tina, Hollie asks Tina to sign off to formally accept the project deliverables. Which process is Hollie conducting?
a) collecting requirements
b) controlling the scope
c) defining the scope
d) verifying the scope
d) verifying the scope