C722- PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WGU (PRE),
TERMINOLOGY, EQUATIONS UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business model that will allow
the firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its customers. To accomplish this, the firm initiates
a business management project. Which aspect of project management applies to this firm's project?
Answer:
Interdependent Tasks
Question:
2. A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business model to enhance its
competitiveness. What can be identified as a strategic business initiative for this firm?
Answer:
Improvement in product design
Question:
3. A firm begins a strategic business initiative of developing a new business model that will allow the
firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its customers.
Answer:
Project sponsor
Question:
4. What does PRINCE2 stand for?
Answer:
PRojects IN a Controlled Environment
Question:
5. Which PMBOK process group is described as the delivery part of project management where the
main activity happens?
Answer:
Executing
Question:
6. Which advantage does the functional (departmentalized) organizational structure provide for a firm
with multiple projects?
Answer:
Lines of authority are clear.
Question:
7. Which two organizations are examples of organizations with the functional organizational
structure?
Answer:
(1) The U.S. Department of State and (2) The U.S Department of Energy
,Question:
8. An organization expects to use a project management office (PMO) to support multiple projects
that will be implemented within a projectized organizational structure. Which implied effect is a
benefit to this organization?
Answer:
Project team members gain access to historical data from other projects.
Question:
9. Regardless of the organizational structure used to manage a project, an organization elects to use a
project management office (PMO). Which benefit will this organization gain?
Answer:
Projects will coordinate resource usage by monitoring the status of shared resources.
Question:
10. During a certain project phase, specific blueprints are drawn and approved, materials and labor
costs are estimated, prototypes are created, and work activities and tasks are identified. Also, quality
expectations, measurements, and costs are defined. During which project phase do these activities
occur?
Answer:
Planning
Question:
11. Place the project activities in order of occurrence from first (1) to last (5).
Answer:
(1) Collecting customer requirements (2) Developing the work breakdown structure (3) Working to
produce project deliverables (4) Customers evaluating the project outcomes (5) Capturing lessons
learned
Question:
12. During which life cycle phase is the vast majority of the actual work to produce the project's
deliverables completed?
Answer:
Executing
Question:
13. What is the correct term for an intermediate outcome of project work, such as a signed contract or
obtaining a construction permit?
Answer:
Deliverable
Question:
14. Which deliverable from a work breakdown structure (WBS) is not specific enough to measure its
completion at project closure?
Answer:
User training
Question:
15. The following table shows the Level 1 work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project A.
, Answer:
Sequence of project phases
Question:
16. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project A 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasiblity 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed Which approach did the project manager
use to structure the WBS?
Answer:
Question:
17. For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the project manager
must complete the scope baseline. In addition to the WBS, the scope baseline will contain two
additional documents.
Answer:
WBS dictionary and project scope statement
Question:
18. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project O 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasibility 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed What are the other two documents that
belong in the scope baseline?
Answer:
Question:
19. For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the project's steering
committee held a phase gate review of the Feasibility results. That review determined that the
project's proposed design would be obsolete before it would reach the marketplace.
Answer:
Terminating the project as soon as possible and releasing the project's resources
Question:
20. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project O 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasibility 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed Which action should the project manager
initiate?
Answer:
Question:
21. A project is an operational necessity to repair a design flaw in the date field that constrains the
year number to two digits, instead of permitting the year to be indicated with four digits. If the project
is not completed before December 31, 1999, many legacy programs are expected to fail or produce
unpredictable outcomes. The marketing department wants to upgrade its existing computer equipment
and have the costs included in the budget for this project. The project team implemented the
marketing department's request without completing the formal change control procedures.
Answer:
Scope creep has caused a scope variance.
Question:
22. What has happened to the scope baseline in this scenario?
TERMINOLOGY, EQUATIONS UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business model that will allow
the firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its customers. To accomplish this, the firm initiates
a business management project. Which aspect of project management applies to this firm's project?
Answer:
Interdependent Tasks
Question:
2. A firm begins its strategic business initiative of developing a new business model to enhance its
competitiveness. What can be identified as a strategic business initiative for this firm?
Answer:
Improvement in product design
Question:
3. A firm begins a strategic business initiative of developing a new business model that will allow the
firm to deliver an efficient, tailored service to its customers.
Answer:
Project sponsor
Question:
4. What does PRINCE2 stand for?
Answer:
PRojects IN a Controlled Environment
Question:
5. Which PMBOK process group is described as the delivery part of project management where the
main activity happens?
Answer:
Executing
Question:
6. Which advantage does the functional (departmentalized) organizational structure provide for a firm
with multiple projects?
Answer:
Lines of authority are clear.
Question:
7. Which two organizations are examples of organizations with the functional organizational
structure?
Answer:
(1) The U.S. Department of State and (2) The U.S Department of Energy
,Question:
8. An organization expects to use a project management office (PMO) to support multiple projects
that will be implemented within a projectized organizational structure. Which implied effect is a
benefit to this organization?
Answer:
Project team members gain access to historical data from other projects.
Question:
9. Regardless of the organizational structure used to manage a project, an organization elects to use a
project management office (PMO). Which benefit will this organization gain?
Answer:
Projects will coordinate resource usage by monitoring the status of shared resources.
Question:
10. During a certain project phase, specific blueprints are drawn and approved, materials and labor
costs are estimated, prototypes are created, and work activities and tasks are identified. Also, quality
expectations, measurements, and costs are defined. During which project phase do these activities
occur?
Answer:
Planning
Question:
11. Place the project activities in order of occurrence from first (1) to last (5).
Answer:
(1) Collecting customer requirements (2) Developing the work breakdown structure (3) Working to
produce project deliverables (4) Customers evaluating the project outcomes (5) Capturing lessons
learned
Question:
12. During which life cycle phase is the vast majority of the actual work to produce the project's
deliverables completed?
Answer:
Executing
Question:
13. What is the correct term for an intermediate outcome of project work, such as a signed contract or
obtaining a construction permit?
Answer:
Deliverable
Question:
14. Which deliverable from a work breakdown structure (WBS) is not specific enough to measure its
completion at project closure?
Answer:
User training
Question:
15. The following table shows the Level 1 work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project A.
, Answer:
Sequence of project phases
Question:
16. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project A 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasiblity 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed Which approach did the project manager
use to structure the WBS?
Answer:
Question:
17. For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the project manager
must complete the scope baseline. In addition to the WBS, the scope baseline will contain two
additional documents.
Answer:
WBS dictionary and project scope statement
Question:
18. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project O 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasibility 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed What are the other two documents that
belong in the scope baseline?
Answer:
Question:
19. For the following collapsed work breakdown structure (WBS) for Project O, the project's steering
committee held a phase gate review of the Feasibility results. That review determined that the
project's proposed design would be obsolete before it would reach the marketplace.
Answer:
Terminating the project as soon as possible and releasing the project's resources
Question:
20. WBS ID Description 0.0 Project O 1.0 Project started 2.0 Feasibility 3.0 Design 4.0 Development
5.0 Manufacturing 6.0 Distribution 7.0 Project completed Which action should the project manager
initiate?
Answer:
Question:
21. A project is an operational necessity to repair a design flaw in the date field that constrains the
year number to two digits, instead of permitting the year to be indicated with four digits. If the project
is not completed before December 31, 1999, many legacy programs are expected to fail or produce
unpredictable outcomes. The marketing department wants to upgrade its existing computer equipment
and have the costs included in the budget for this project. The project team implemented the
marketing department's request without completing the formal change control procedures.
Answer:
Scope creep has caused a scope variance.
Question:
22. What has happened to the scope baseline in this scenario?
