Petrina sets up a timeline for the financial project she has been assigned. In her timeline, she includes benchmarks and milestones for her team to help keep the project on track. Petrina is establishing good project:

Jeff is a science teacher and Celeste is a computer programming teacher at a high school. The school they work in allows them to co-teach lessons based on their area of expertise. Their students are creating a program to anticipate the temperature based on measurements taken for an ecosystem prediction project. Jeff and Celeste work in which type of organizational structure?

Renovating a kitchen, planning a vacation, and starting a school club are all examples of:

Andrew is the prom committee chairman. He is at the prom and realizes that the meal delivered to the attendees was steak and not chicken. Andrew makes the catering manager aware immediately that the chicken meal was agreed upon, so the steak meal is outside the project scope. Which project management process stage is Andrew in?

Andrew is the prom committee chairman. He is on-site at the prom to ensure all vendors show up at the event and that all vendors' activities fall within the scope of work contracted. Which process stage is Andrew in?

The organizational structure in which the project manager has the greatest amount of authority is:

Joe holds a team meeting to discuss lessons learned. He is in which process stage?

In the first week of soccer practice, two players got into an argument over how a play should be run. Both players returned the next day and worked out a compromise with their coach. The argument over how the play should be run represents which stage of group development?

Lauren is a fashion director who is leading a magazine styling project. She assigns roles to her team of stylists, makeup/hair artists, and photographers. Lauren is considered the:

Tony, a member of a project team, has been noticing that the team's members have been establishing specific roles for each other, and the team is starting to achieve consensus about the group objective. Which stage of group development is Tony's team experiencing?

Kacie and Sarah both work at the same high school. Kacie works in the CTE department and Sarah works in the Science department. Both Kacie and Sarah work only within their respective departments, and each has a vice-principal to whom she reports. Kacie and Sarah work in a:

The organizational structure where the project manager has the least amount of authority is a:

An organization uses an assembly line to ensure that the execution of each project's activities produces a quality product. The organizational function that supports this work would be:

Prom, senior picnic, and graduation are examples of:

David is planning an outdoor college soccer tournament and is expecting one hundred teams to attend. On the morning of the tournament, he evaluates the weather to determine whether the tournament might need to be moved to the next day. David is evaluating the project:

Jenna is in charge of planning and leading a community blood drive. Jenna is considered the:

Highly skilled and capable employees can be shared between projects in which type of organization structure?

A project manager facilitates a two-way process that reaches a mutual understanding by the participants. The facilitating function the project manager is using is:

Sierra is working with her sisters to determine how much money they have spent on their parents' anniversary party to calculate the funds remaining in their budget. What process stage is she in?

Sierra is visiting and calling venues to see who is available to host her parents' anniversary party. What process stage is she in?

Senior graduation commencement ceremonies close the large project of high school coursework. The group development stage when the class is broken apart is called:

Lisa is working with her school's FBLA club to create a budget for the upcoming dance. She recently took classes in Accounting and Personal Finance. Which facilitating function is Lisa exhibiting?

The manufacturing of a smartphone, taking notes in class, and working out daily are all examples of:

Karen is a mechanical engineer who reports to the mechanical engineering department lead, Mike. Nadine is a project manager in the company who needs a mechanical engineer to assist with certain tasks on her project. Mike transfers Karen to Nadine's team for two months to complete the mechanical engineering tasks, and then Nadine transfers Karen back to Mike's team. Which type of organization structure do Karen, Mike, and Nadine work in?

Paul is contacting a list of potential suppliers to request price quotes for a key project material. He is in which process stage?

Andrew is deciding on the details of a community service event for his career technical service organization. He will lead his organization through all stages of the life cycle by the end of this school year. Andrew is assuming the role of a:

After a wedding, Christina meets with the newlyweds to deliver the photographs she took and to obtain the customer's signature and payment for the work done. Which process stage is Christina in?

John and Steve work in a software development company. John is the project manager, and Steve is a staff member who reports to Tracy. John sends all project tasks for Steve through Tracy in a:

Amy and Diane work for an organization where the assigned project manager has total authority over the project. Amy and Diane work in a:

Bobby negotiated a discount on the delivery fees when he ordered additional tables and chairs for his event. Which facilitating function has Bobby exhibited?

Tara is meeting with her stakeholders to determine the scope of work. What process stage is she in?

Amy recently opened a business and realizes that she needs assistance with the multiple projects that her business is completing. Amy hires an accountant to manage all financial aspects of her projects. Which project management facilitating function is Amy practicing?

Linda is a project manager who works in an organization where her functional manager controls her budget and Linda has no authority over her projects. In which organizational structure does Linda work?

Johnny is organizing all the specifics for his parents' 50th anniversary party. He has made contact with all the vendors, secured the location, and created a weather contingency plan. Johnny is participating in:

After the prom, the student planning committee meets to discuss what activities went well and what activities would need to be changed next time. What project management process stage is the committee in?

What type of organizational structure utilizes full-time project support staff?

The ability of stakeholders to influence the project is typically highest at which stage?

Alison holds weekly project team meetings to determine whether she needs to crash any project activities to help keep the project on track. What process stage is she in?

Rhonda was just assigned to be a project manager over a five-year data management project that started last year. What document will help her become familiar with how the project is being executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?

Louise is signing off on the sale agreement paperwork so she can receive payment for the real estate project. What process is Louise undergoing?

Which activity must happen before a project can officially close?

A project manager has discovered that a project is outside the original scope. The project manager has requested a change to bring expected future performance of the project work back in line with the project management plan. What type of change implementation has the project manager requested?

Jen's company requires her to close out any contracts with outside vendors and perform a lessons learned activity with her team before releasing all resources for other projects. This output is commonly referred to as:

Christian is a project manager and would like to gain an understanding of the customer's needs, the budget, and the milestones needed to achieve the project objectives. Which should he review?

A team is developing the project charter and is determining the valuable inputs used for completing the project. The input(s) that the team should least likely consider when developing the project charter would be:

Rodney is trying to prove to his parents that a college degree will be worth the investment. To justify the cost of the college degree, he prepares a document highlighting why the college degree is needed and the benefits to him once he completes the degree. The document Rodney is preparing is a:

Jen is a construction project manager. Her current project has been halted due to a shortage in the demand for housing. The impact of the housing shortage on the success of the project can be referred to as:

Luke and his team have been working on a new home construction project. The project scope statement originally included a three-bedroom and two-bathroom ranch-styled home. The customer called and asked to have a small shed built in the backyard with extra materials left from the home construction. This uncontrolled expansion without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is referred to as:

Stephanie is documenting the successes and failures of her team's project. This information will be used to inform future projects and is referred to as:

Mary would like to add extra windows to the sunroom project she is having built onto her home. The extra windows were left out of the description she provided when the project began. What should Mary do next?

A couple is planning a wedding. They begin to discuss and write down the details of the wedding project. They determine a price they are willing to pay for the invitations, photographer, and food. They also write down that they would like an outdoor wedding ceremony. What is the couple creating for their wedding project?

John is planning his wedding. He has never been married and seeks input from his sister, Lauren. Lauren owns her own wedding planning business. John is using which tool and technique to guide his wedding project?

As a construction company's project manager, Elizabeth leads a team that is painting a house. She agreed with the homeowner to apply two coats of paint to each room. After the second day of the project, the homeowner pulls Elizabeth aside and asks her to instead put one coat of paint on the walls and a third coat of paint on the trim work. This is an example of what type of project change?

A customer wishes that her website could display a Twitter feed based on the user login, an option excluded from the project scope. Glenn, the project manager for the website team, works extra hours outside his normal schedule to add this feature without charging more money. He is doing this to impress the customer, because she will renew the contract funding next month. The extra functionality that Glenn is adding outside the project scope is:

Trey creates a project charter for a birthday party he is hosting. In his catering order, he requests three items: a two-layer chocolate cake with raspberry filling and buttercream frosting, a dozen sugar cookies, and a carafe of French roast coffee. The catering manager would refer to the cake, cookies, and coffee as the project:

A customer calls the project manager and informs her of a minor change to a requirement on the project. What is the first thing that the project manager should do?

Amy has recently completed her newest graphic novel that has taken more than two years to write. The only deliverable included in the project scope statement was a twelve-chapter illustrated novel. Her publisher was so excited about the story that he has asked for Amy to convert the book into a screenplay. This uncontrolled expansion without adjustments to time, cost, and resources is referred to as:

Petrina is the sponsor of a time-sensitive project that must deliver the expected output on a specific date or her organization will face severe penalties. Her expectation at the initiation of the project is to have a detailed report of the project status every Friday throughout the project. On the third status check, the project manager lacks that information. What output is the project manager missing?

Carol develops a detailed description of the project objectives, assumptions, deliverables, and cost for her construction project charter. The narrative description of the project deliverables that she is developing is a/an:

Which tool or technique would be useful when developing the project charter?

"The magazine will feature 10 items and will be completed over six months. The cover will be printed in color. The bound pages will be printed in black and white." This description belongs in the graphic design project:

An employee has been asked to evaluate a project that is experiencing some performance challenges. She asked the project manager to call a meeting with the project sponsor. The project manager replies that he does not know who the project sponsor is. The employee decides to review the initial project document. Which document should she request?