MBA 616 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED A+ GRADED
___________ is the Company Culture and existing systems (internal & external) that the
project will have to deal with or can make use of - ANSWER Enterprise Environmental
Factors
The existing company processes, procedures, and historical information - ANSWER
Organizational Process Assets
The ongoing definition of a project as more information becomes available to the team -
ANSWER Progressive elaboration
Which of the following statements BEST describes the rule that has been ignored when
a project which was originally scheduled for completion in six months has been ongoing
for two years? - ANSWER A project is something that is temporary
A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty
creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem? - ANSWER
They are working on a process and not a project
You are a project manager in a large organization that uses a matrix structure. You have
been asked to investigate what organizational structures your competitors use and how
the choice affects their ability to manage projects successfully. Which type of
organizational structure gives the LEAST amount of authority to project managers? -
ANSWER Functional
How are stakeholders involved on a project? - ANSWER They help to determine the
project constraints and deliverables
Major constraints of a project - ANSWER scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, and
customer satisfaction
,people who may have a positive or negative influence on a project - ANSWER
Stakeholders
In a projectized organization, the project team: - ANSWER will not always have a "home"
Role of the Project Management Office (PMO) - ANSWER their role can vary from an
advisory capacity to full authority over projects
Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and
that their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a
project expediter, and the other realizes he is really a project coordinator. How is a
project expediter different from a project coordinator? - ANSWER the project expediter
cannot make decisions
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products
of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should: - ANSWER not be viewed as
part of a project
Characteristics of a project: - ANSWER definite beginning and end, has interrelated
activities, is temporary
A conflict between the requirements is BEST resolved in favor of the: - ANSWER
Customer
A new project manager has just been assigned a project that is in progress and is two
weeks behind schedule. The team members are about to be distributed to another
project based on the original time estimates by the functional manager. What type of
organization is the new project manager in? - ANSWER Functional
A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of
related projects; a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific
strategic objective - ANSWER Difference between a project, program, and portfolio
, Which process groups must be included in every project? - ANSWER Initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling and closing
The first phase of your project has come to an end. What should you ensure is done
BEFORE beginning the next phase? - ANSWER Confirm that the phase has reached its
objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted
In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created? -
ANSWER Planning
A project may end for all of the following reasons: - ANSWER the need for the project no
longer exists, the project objectives have been met, it is determined that the objectives
cannot be met
They are defined at project onset with the input of project stakeholders - ANSWER
Project Deliverables
In which process group does Close Procurements occur? - ANSWER Closing
Which process group authorizes the project? - ANSWER Initiating
Perform Quality Assurance, Aquire Project Team, and Distribute Information are all
parts of which process group? - ANSWER Executing
Inputs to the initiating process group - ANSWER company culture, historical WBSs,
Company processes
In which group is the product scope completed? - ANSWER executing
The executing process group corresponds to what part of the start-plan-do-check-act
100% VERIFIED A+ GRADED
___________ is the Company Culture and existing systems (internal & external) that the
project will have to deal with or can make use of - ANSWER Enterprise Environmental
Factors
The existing company processes, procedures, and historical information - ANSWER
Organizational Process Assets
The ongoing definition of a project as more information becomes available to the team -
ANSWER Progressive elaboration
Which of the following statements BEST describes the rule that has been ignored when
a project which was originally scheduled for completion in six months has been ongoing
for two years? - ANSWER A project is something that is temporary
A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty
creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem? - ANSWER
They are working on a process and not a project
You are a project manager in a large organization that uses a matrix structure. You have
been asked to investigate what organizational structures your competitors use and how
the choice affects their ability to manage projects successfully. Which type of
organizational structure gives the LEAST amount of authority to project managers? -
ANSWER Functional
How are stakeholders involved on a project? - ANSWER They help to determine the
project constraints and deliverables
Major constraints of a project - ANSWER scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, and
customer satisfaction
,people who may have a positive or negative influence on a project - ANSWER
Stakeholders
In a projectized organization, the project team: - ANSWER will not always have a "home"
Role of the Project Management Office (PMO) - ANSWER their role can vary from an
advisory capacity to full authority over projects
Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and
that their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a
project expediter, and the other realizes he is really a project coordinator. How is a
project expediter different from a project coordinator? - ANSWER the project expediter
cannot make decisions
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products
of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should: - ANSWER not be viewed as
part of a project
Characteristics of a project: - ANSWER definite beginning and end, has interrelated
activities, is temporary
A conflict between the requirements is BEST resolved in favor of the: - ANSWER
Customer
A new project manager has just been assigned a project that is in progress and is two
weeks behind schedule. The team members are about to be distributed to another
project based on the original time estimates by the functional manager. What type of
organization is the new project manager in? - ANSWER Functional
A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of
related projects; a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific
strategic objective - ANSWER Difference between a project, program, and portfolio
, Which process groups must be included in every project? - ANSWER Initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling and closing
The first phase of your project has come to an end. What should you ensure is done
BEFORE beginning the next phase? - ANSWER Confirm that the phase has reached its
objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted
In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created? -
ANSWER Planning
A project may end for all of the following reasons: - ANSWER the need for the project no
longer exists, the project objectives have been met, it is determined that the objectives
cannot be met
They are defined at project onset with the input of project stakeholders - ANSWER
Project Deliverables
In which process group does Close Procurements occur? - ANSWER Closing
Which process group authorizes the project? - ANSWER Initiating
Perform Quality Assurance, Aquire Project Team, and Distribute Information are all
parts of which process group? - ANSWER Executing
Inputs to the initiating process group - ANSWER company culture, historical WBSs,
Company processes
In which group is the product scope completed? - ANSWER executing
The executing process group corresponds to what part of the start-plan-do-check-act
