CAPM - SCOPE

Which of the following is TRUE about a work breakdown stucture?

• It contains work packages that are descibed in a linear, unstuctured list.

• Each item in the WBS represents a feature in the product scope

• The WBS represents all of the work that must be done on the project.

• The WBS is created by the product sponsor and stakeholders.

Which is NOT an output of a Scope Management process?

• Business case

• WBS dictionay

• Change requests

• Accepted deliverables

What is the corect order of the Scope Management processes?

• Plan Scope Management, Define Scope, Create WBS, Collect Requirements, Validate Scope, Control Scope

• Plan Scope Management, Collect Requirements, Control Scope, Create WBS, Validate Scope

• Plan Scope Management, Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Validate Scope, Control Scope

• Plan Scope Management, Collect Requirements, Baseline, Define Scope, Control Scope, Validate Scope

The goal of Validate Scope is:

• To inspect the scope statement for defects so that it is corect

• To gain fomal acceptance of the project deliverables from the sponsor and stakeholders

• To get eveyone in the project working together toward a common goal

• To veify that all PMBOK Guide processes are complied with

Histoical infomation and lessons leaned are pat of

• Organizational process assets

• Enterpise environmental factors

• Project management infomation system PMIS

• Work pefomance infomation

You’ve taken over as a project manager on a highway constuction project, and the execution is already under way. Your sponsor tells you that moving foward, all asphalt should be laid down with a 12” thickness. The scope statement and the WBS call for 9” thick asphalt. What is the BEST course of action?

• Look for a cheaper supplier so the cost impact is minimized.

• Tell the sponsor that the work is already under way, so you can’t accommodate his request.

• Refuse to alter the plans until the change control system has been used.

• Tell the team to accommodate the request immediately.

Which of the following BEST descibes the purpose of a requirements traceability matix?

• It descibes how WBS dictionay enties are traced to work packages, and how work packages are decomposed from deliverables.

• It’s used to make sure that all of the subplans of the Project Management plan have been created.

• It helps you understand the source of each requirement, and how that requirement was veified in a later deliverable.

• It’s used to trace the source of evey change, so that you can keep track of them through the entire Control Scope process and veify that the change was properly implemented.

It’s the end of execution for a large highway constuction project. The work has been done, and the workers are ready to pack up their equipment. The project manager and project sponsor have come by with specialists to check that each requirement has been met, and that all of the work in the WBS has been pefomed. What process is being done?

• Control Scope

• Validate Scope

• Scope Testing

• Define Scope

You have just been put in charge of a project that is already executing. While reviewing the Project documentation, you discover that there is no WBS. You check the Scope Management plan and discover that there should be one for this project. What is the BEST thing for you to do:

• Immediately alet the sponsor and make sure the project work doesn’t stop

• Stop project work and create the WBS, and don’t let work continue until it’s created.

• Make sure you closely manage communications to ensure the team doesn’t miss any undocumented work.

• Mark it down in the lessons leaned so it doesn’t happen on future projects.

You have just stated work on the project scope statement. You are analyzing the expected deliverables when you discover that one of them could be delivered in three different ways. You select the best method for creating that deliverable. What is the BEST way to descibe what you are doing?

• Altenatives analysis

• Decomposition

• Define scope process

• Stakeholder analysis