Objective Assessment Actual Exam
2026/2027 | Verified Questions
Western Governors University (WGU) | Verified Q&A |
Professional Business and IT Management Students
Comprehensive 70-Question Original Actual Exam Set | 2026/2027
Introduction
This 2026/2027 comprehensive 70-question actual exam set provides original University-Level project
management questions covering Project Initiation and Planning, Project Execution and Monitoring, Project
Closing and Procurement, and Professional Responsibility and Agile Methodologies. The content is designed to
reinforce official WGU C722 course objectives for actual exam readiness and professional competency by
strengthening charter development, scope planning, scheduling, risk management, earned value interpretation,
change control, procurement selection, closing activities, ethical responsibility, and Agile delivery concepts. Each
item includes Verified Questions with concise rationales grounded in WGU C722 materials, the PMBOK
framework, and current Project Management Institute standards.
Domain: Project Initiation and Planning
1. Which document formally authorizes a project and gives the project manager authority to apply
organizational resources?
A. Project charter
B. Risk register
C. Issue log
D. Lessons file
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The project charter authorizes the project, names major objectives, and establishes the project
manager’s authority.
2. Which item is most appropriate to include in a project charter?
A. Daily task time sheets
B. High-level business need and success criteria
C. Every vendor invoice
D. Detailed code comments
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A charter summarizes business purpose, high-level scope, objectives, assumptions, and success
criteria without replacing detailed planning.
3. Which planning output breaks project deliverables into smaller, manageable components?
A. Stakeholder register
B. Change log
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Team calendar only
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The work breakdown structure decomposes deliverables into work packages for planning,
estimating, and control.
WGU C722 Project Management Objective Assessment Actual Exam 2026/2027 | Verified Questions
,4. Which statement best describes a work package?
A. A project sponsor’s biography
B. A vendor’s marketing flyer
C. A meeting room reservation
D. The lowest level of work defined in the work breakdown structure
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: A work package is the lowest WBS component that can be estimated, assigned, and controlled.
5. Which technique uses prior similar project data to estimate duration or cost quickly?
A. Analogous estimating
B. Monte Carlo simulation only
C. Scope validation
D. Quality inspection
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Analogous estimating uses historical information from similar work and is useful when detail is
limited.
6. Which estimate type uses statistical relationships, such as cost per square foot or hours per
unit?
A. Bottom-up stakeholder mapping
B. Parametric estimating
C. Critical chain crashing
D. Qualitative acceptance
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Parametric estimating multiplies a measured parameter by a rate or model based on historical
data.
7. Which schedule method identifies the longest path through dependent activities?
A. Stakeholder engagement grid
B. Procurement scoring method
C. Critical path method
D. Risk audit
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent activities and determines the shortest
possible project duration.
8. Which term describes the amount of time an activity may slip without delaying the project
finish date?
A. Cost variance
B. Risk proximity
C. Scope baseline
D. Total float
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Total float measures schedule flexibility before the overall project completion date is affected.
9. Which baseline combines approved scope, schedule, and cost plans for performance
comparison?
A. Performance measurement baseline
B. Communications matrix
C. Procurement statement
D. Team charter only
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The performance measurement baseline is used to compare planned performance with actual
project results.
10. Which planning document identifies who needs project information, what they need, when,
and by what method?
A. Procurement contract
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, B. Communications management plan
C. Change request
D. Resource histogram only
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The communications plan defines information needs, frequency, format, sender, receiver, and
channels.
11. Which tool helps identify stakeholders by power, interest, influence, or impact?
A. Schedule compression
B. Variance calculation
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Control chart only
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Stakeholder analysis classifies interested parties so engagement strategies can be planned.
12. Which risk response strategy changes the plan to eliminate a threat entirely?
A. Accept
B. Enhance
C. Share
D. Avoid
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Avoidance removes the threat or protects the project objective from its impact.
13. Which risk response is appropriate when the team decides to take no proactive action but
monitors the risk?
A. Passive acceptance
B. Transfer
C. Exploit
D. Escalate always
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Passive acceptance acknowledges a risk without active response unless it occurs.
14. Which planning document describes how changes will be requested, examined, approved, and
tracked?
A. Resource calendar
B. Change management plan
C. Quality checklist only
D. Benefits register
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The change management plan defines governance for controlling modifications to baselines or
project documents.
15. Which plan defines standards, metrics, and activities used to meet project quality
requirements?
A. Stakeholder directory
B. Closeout memo
C. Quality management plan
D. Procurement invoice
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The quality plan describes how quality will be planned, assured, controlled, and measured.
16. Which planning activity determines needed roles, skills, reporting relationships, and staffing
approach?
A. Acceptance signing
B. Benefits measurement only
C. Contract closure
D. Resource management planning
Correct Answer: D
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