PROJECT MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which project management methodology is organized in sequential phases
(including initiative, planning, executing and closing)? - ✔✔Waterfall methodology
✔✔As a project manager, your team is launching a new product. Each step to launch
the product includes clearly defined tasks. A task won't begin until another task ends.
Also, once the project starts, any changes to the product will be expensive. Which
project management methodology is best for this project? - ✔✔Waterfall methodology
✔✔The Lean Six Sigma approach includes which of the following phases? - ✔✔Define,
measure, analyze, improve, control
✔✔Before moving into the planning phase, a project manager needs to receive
_______ from the decision maker(s) - ✔✔Project approval
✔✔Which of the following are project manager responsibilities during the execution
phase? - ✔✔Make adjustments to the schedule, budget, and resources
Manage the projects progress
Handle communication for the team
✔✔In which project phase does it help to ask questions such as: "who are the
stakeholders?", "what skills and resources will the project require?" And "what are the
client's or customer's goals?" - ✔✔Initiate the project
✔✔Which project management uses the 5S quality tool, the DMAIC process and
Kanban boards? - ✔✔Lean Six Sigma
✔✔Why is it important for a project manager in a Matrix organization to clearly define
roles and responsibilities? - ✔✔Project managers must get approval from their direct
superiors for any decisions they make about day to day project activities
✔✔What are some ways that organizational structure can impact the role of a project
managerV - ✔✔Their access to resources
Their approach to getting approvals
Their level of authority
✔✔What are some key functions of a project management office (PMO)? -
✔✔Implementing project management best practices
Strategic planning and governance
Creating project documentation, archives and tools
, ✔✔Organizational culture refers to a company's ___________. - ✔✔Values and
personality
✔✔A project manager can learn about an organization's culture in which of the following
ways? - ✔✔Ask employees about workplace rituals and traditions.
Observe employees within the organization
Ask management questions to better understand what they expect.
✔✔What are three reasons that it is important for project managers to understand a
company's organizational culture? - ✔✔It can affect many aspects of their projects.
It can help them avoid bumps in the road when their projects disrupts the status quo.
✔✔What are three core concepts of the change management process? -
✔✔Communicate effectively
Create a sense of ownership and urgency around the project
Select the right combination of skills and personalities for the team
✔✔Which of the following project outcomes will most likely require change management
in the organization? - ✔✔Adopting a new supply ordering system
Installing a new scheduling software on employees computers.
✔✔Which three best practices can help a project manager approach change
management on their projects? - ✔✔Use tools to help implement a change
Communicate about upcoming changes
Practice empathy
✔✔How does an organization align its project governance with its corporate
governance. - ✔✔By considering the long-term and short-term interests of the
organization.
By providing stakeholders with timely, relevant and reliable information.
By making thoughtful decisions about which projects to take on and avoiding projects if
they don't have sufficient resources.
✔✔Which of the following best describes organizational structure? - ✔✔How members
of the organization relate to and interact with one another
✔✔Which answer best describes a Classic organizational structure? - ✔✔It refers to the
traditional, top-down reporting structure with a clear chain of command.
✔✔Which of the following accurately describe how organizational structure impacts
project management? - ✔✔It affects the project manager's level of authority and heir
ability to make decisions that impact the larger organization.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which project management methodology is organized in sequential phases
(including initiative, planning, executing and closing)? - ✔✔Waterfall methodology
✔✔As a project manager, your team is launching a new product. Each step to launch
the product includes clearly defined tasks. A task won't begin until another task ends.
Also, once the project starts, any changes to the product will be expensive. Which
project management methodology is best for this project? - ✔✔Waterfall methodology
✔✔The Lean Six Sigma approach includes which of the following phases? - ✔✔Define,
measure, analyze, improve, control
✔✔Before moving into the planning phase, a project manager needs to receive
_______ from the decision maker(s) - ✔✔Project approval
✔✔Which of the following are project manager responsibilities during the execution
phase? - ✔✔Make adjustments to the schedule, budget, and resources
Manage the projects progress
Handle communication for the team
✔✔In which project phase does it help to ask questions such as: "who are the
stakeholders?", "what skills and resources will the project require?" And "what are the
client's or customer's goals?" - ✔✔Initiate the project
✔✔Which project management uses the 5S quality tool, the DMAIC process and
Kanban boards? - ✔✔Lean Six Sigma
✔✔Why is it important for a project manager in a Matrix organization to clearly define
roles and responsibilities? - ✔✔Project managers must get approval from their direct
superiors for any decisions they make about day to day project activities
✔✔What are some ways that organizational structure can impact the role of a project
managerV - ✔✔Their access to resources
Their approach to getting approvals
Their level of authority
✔✔What are some key functions of a project management office (PMO)? -
✔✔Implementing project management best practices
Strategic planning and governance
Creating project documentation, archives and tools
, ✔✔Organizational culture refers to a company's ___________. - ✔✔Values and
personality
✔✔A project manager can learn about an organization's culture in which of the following
ways? - ✔✔Ask employees about workplace rituals and traditions.
Observe employees within the organization
Ask management questions to better understand what they expect.
✔✔What are three reasons that it is important for project managers to understand a
company's organizational culture? - ✔✔It can affect many aspects of their projects.
It can help them avoid bumps in the road when their projects disrupts the status quo.
✔✔What are three core concepts of the change management process? -
✔✔Communicate effectively
Create a sense of ownership and urgency around the project
Select the right combination of skills and personalities for the team
✔✔Which of the following project outcomes will most likely require change management
in the organization? - ✔✔Adopting a new supply ordering system
Installing a new scheduling software on employees computers.
✔✔Which three best practices can help a project manager approach change
management on their projects? - ✔✔Use tools to help implement a change
Communicate about upcoming changes
Practice empathy
✔✔How does an organization align its project governance with its corporate
governance. - ✔✔By considering the long-term and short-term interests of the
organization.
By providing stakeholders with timely, relevant and reliable information.
By making thoughtful decisions about which projects to take on and avoiding projects if
they don't have sufficient resources.
✔✔Which of the following best describes organizational structure? - ✔✔How members
of the organization relate to and interact with one another
✔✔Which answer best describes a Classic organizational structure? - ✔✔It refers to the
traditional, top-down reporting structure with a clear chain of command.
✔✔Which of the following accurately describe how organizational structure impacts
project management? - ✔✔It affects the project manager's level of authority and heir
ability to make decisions that impact the larger organization.
