CAPSTONE PROJECTS 210 FINAL
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
1.1. You are brought into a planning meeting with senior management at your company where you are
being informed that you have been selected to be the Project Manager for a project that will help the
company create a new product line. The new product line will set the tone of where the company sees
itself at the time of the product line introduction. This project is the result of what type of planning?
A Strategic planning
B Product life cycle
C Program planning
D Portfolio planning - ✔ ✔ A
1.10. What is the main output of the closing process group? Hint: Use Table 1-4 to identify the
corresponding process es and then consult the flow diagram s of the identified processes .
A Final product, service, or result transition, and documentation updates.
B Verification that the project deliverables perform according to specifications.
C Customer signoff on project deliverables.
D Verification that the product life cycle is completed. - ✔ ✔ A
1.11. The most important skill needed by a Project Manager?
A The knowledge of, and expertise in, the industry and organization that enhance performance and
better delivers business outcomes.
B The knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of the project.
C The knowledge, skills and behaviors related to guide, motivate and direct a team.
D Anyone of the a , b or c , depending on the nature of the project. - ✔ ✔ D
1.12. Within the context of the project management lexicon established by the PMI, the person s who
may affect or be affected by a project outcome is referred to as a...
,A project stakeholder
B project customer
C product stockholder
D product life cycle manager - ✔ ✔ A
1.13. Which process group s has the highest number of processes associated with it?
A Executing
B Initiating and Closing
C Planning
D Monitoring and Controlling - ✔ ✔ C
1.14. The Project Life Cycle...
A framework assists in managing the project and applies regardless of the specific project work involved.
B can be divided into four generic phases.
C phases may be sequential, iterative or overlapping. D All of the above. - ✔ ✔ D
1.15. What is the output of the Initiating Process Group? Hint: Use Table 1-4 to identify the
corresponding process es and then consult the flow diagram s of the identified process es .
A A project charter
B A project plan
C Corrective action
D A project charter and an assumption log - ✔ ✔ D
1.16. A business analyst has a career path that has been very important to her throughout the 10 years
of her career. She is put on a high-priority project with a projectized organizational structure. Which of
the following is likely viewed as a negative of being on the project?
,A Running the risk of being laid off after the project is completed
B Working with people who have similar skills
C Working on a project that is of high priority
D None of the above - ✔ ✔ A
1.17. Which knowledge area s has at least one process in each process group?
A Project Resource Management
B Project Integration Management
C Project Scope Management
D All of the above - ✔ ✔ B
1.18. Who is responsible for executing the result of the Planning process group?
A The functional manager
B The project sponsor
C The project customer
D The Project Manager and the project team - ✔ ✔ D
1.19. Which of the following is an advantage of a projectized organization?
A Having to get approval from a functional manager.
B Enjoying an opportunity of progressive promotion through a well-defined career path.
C Optimizing a single focus on the project.
D Getting an opportunity to contribute towards a business unit's competency. - ✔ ✔ C
1.2. What is a management structure that standardises the project-related governance processes and
facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools and techniques called?
, A Project Management Office
B Functional organizational structure
C Projectized organizational structure
D Standardized management structure - ✔ ✔ A
1.20. Project management processes are...
A performed continuously throughout the project.
B used once or at predefined points in the project.
C performed periodically as needed. D All of the above - ✔ ✔ D
1.3. The Functional Manager is planning the billing system replacement project with the newest Project
Manager at the company. In discussing this project, the Functional Manager focuses on the cost
associated with running the system after it is created and the number of years the system will last
before it must be replaced. What best describes what the Functional Manager is focusing on?
A Program life cycle
B Product life cycle
C Project life cycle
D Portfolio life cycle - ✔ ✔ B
1.4. Which of the following is an advantage for a project team member in a functional organizational
structure?
A Not retaining a position within the organization once a project is completed.
B Having more than one boss.
C Retaining a position within the organization once a project is completed. D Having more than one
project to work on. - ✔ ✔ C
1.5. The most successful project manager usually...
QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED
1.1. You are brought into a planning meeting with senior management at your company where you are
being informed that you have been selected to be the Project Manager for a project that will help the
company create a new product line. The new product line will set the tone of where the company sees
itself at the time of the product line introduction. This project is the result of what type of planning?
A Strategic planning
B Product life cycle
C Program planning
D Portfolio planning - ✔ ✔ A
1.10. What is the main output of the closing process group? Hint: Use Table 1-4 to identify the
corresponding process es and then consult the flow diagram s of the identified processes .
A Final product, service, or result transition, and documentation updates.
B Verification that the project deliverables perform according to specifications.
C Customer signoff on project deliverables.
D Verification that the product life cycle is completed. - ✔ ✔ A
1.11. The most important skill needed by a Project Manager?
A The knowledge of, and expertise in, the industry and organization that enhance performance and
better delivers business outcomes.
B The knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of the project.
C The knowledge, skills and behaviors related to guide, motivate and direct a team.
D Anyone of the a , b or c , depending on the nature of the project. - ✔ ✔ D
1.12. Within the context of the project management lexicon established by the PMI, the person s who
may affect or be affected by a project outcome is referred to as a...
,A project stakeholder
B project customer
C product stockholder
D product life cycle manager - ✔ ✔ A
1.13. Which process group s has the highest number of processes associated with it?
A Executing
B Initiating and Closing
C Planning
D Monitoring and Controlling - ✔ ✔ C
1.14. The Project Life Cycle...
A framework assists in managing the project and applies regardless of the specific project work involved.
B can be divided into four generic phases.
C phases may be sequential, iterative or overlapping. D All of the above. - ✔ ✔ D
1.15. What is the output of the Initiating Process Group? Hint: Use Table 1-4 to identify the
corresponding process es and then consult the flow diagram s of the identified process es .
A A project charter
B A project plan
C Corrective action
D A project charter and an assumption log - ✔ ✔ D
1.16. A business analyst has a career path that has been very important to her throughout the 10 years
of her career. She is put on a high-priority project with a projectized organizational structure. Which of
the following is likely viewed as a negative of being on the project?
,A Running the risk of being laid off after the project is completed
B Working with people who have similar skills
C Working on a project that is of high priority
D None of the above - ✔ ✔ A
1.17. Which knowledge area s has at least one process in each process group?
A Project Resource Management
B Project Integration Management
C Project Scope Management
D All of the above - ✔ ✔ B
1.18. Who is responsible for executing the result of the Planning process group?
A The functional manager
B The project sponsor
C The project customer
D The Project Manager and the project team - ✔ ✔ D
1.19. Which of the following is an advantage of a projectized organization?
A Having to get approval from a functional manager.
B Enjoying an opportunity of progressive promotion through a well-defined career path.
C Optimizing a single focus on the project.
D Getting an opportunity to contribute towards a business unit's competency. - ✔ ✔ C
1.2. What is a management structure that standardises the project-related governance processes and
facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools and techniques called?
, A Project Management Office
B Functional organizational structure
C Projectized organizational structure
D Standardized management structure - ✔ ✔ A
1.20. Project management processes are...
A performed continuously throughout the project.
B used once or at predefined points in the project.
C performed periodically as needed. D All of the above - ✔ ✔ D
1.3. The Functional Manager is planning the billing system replacement project with the newest Project
Manager at the company. In discussing this project, the Functional Manager focuses on the cost
associated with running the system after it is created and the number of years the system will last
before it must be replaced. What best describes what the Functional Manager is focusing on?
A Program life cycle
B Product life cycle
C Project life cycle
D Portfolio life cycle - ✔ ✔ B
1.4. Which of the following is an advantage for a project team member in a functional organizational
structure?
A Not retaining a position within the organization once a project is completed.
B Having more than one boss.
C Retaining a position within the organization once a project is completed. D Having more than one
project to work on. - ✔ ✔ C
1.5. The most successful project manager usually...
