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Your organization would like to create a new product based on market
research. This new product will be created by a project. This is an example
of which one of the following reasons to launch a new project?
A. Organizational need
B. Customer request
C. Market demand
D. Legal requirement - ANS ✓C. Projects can be created for a number of reasons,
and this example supports the market demand choice. A, an organizational need,
is a project to satisfy an internal need. B is incorrect because no specific customer
asked for this new product. D is incorrect because there is no legal requirement
to create the new product.
A program is which one of the following?
A. A very large, complex project.
B. A collection of small projects with a common goal.
C. A collection of projects with a common objective.
D. A collection of subprojects with a common customer. - ANS ✓C. best
describes a program. A program is a collection of projects working together to
gain benefits by managing the projects as a group rather than on an individual
basis. A, B, and D are not attributes of programs, as projects within a program
neither are necessarily small nor are they subprojects.
Who manages programs?
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A. Management
B. Project sponsors
C. Project managers
D. Program managers - ANS ✓D. Programs are managed by program managers.
A, B, and C are incorrect choices.
You have an excellent idea for a new project that can increase productivity
by 20% in your organization. Management, however, declines to approve
the proposed project because too many resources are already devoted to
other projects. You have just experienced what?
A. Parametric modeling
B. Managed by exception
C. Project portfolio management
D. Management reserve - ANS ✓C. Project portfolio management is the
management, selection, and assignment of projects that support an organizations
business objects. A, B, and D are not valid answers.
Of the following, which is not part of the Iron Triangle?
A. Quality
B. Time
C. Scope
D. Cost - ANS ✓A. Quality, while important, is not part of the Iron Triangle of
Project Management. B, C, and D make up the Iron Triangle.
Of the following, which statement is correct?
A. A project manager must use every process identified within the PMBOK
on every project.
B. A project must use every tool and technique as identified within the
PMBOK on every project.
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C. A project manager must use the most appropriate processes on every
project.
D. A project manager must agree that he will use all of the project
management tools and techniques on every project. - ANS ✓C. A project
manager does not have to use all of the processes within the PMBOK, only the
most appropriate. A, B, and D are incorrect statements, as the project manager
does not use every process or tool and technique within the PMBOK.
Projects are temporary endeavors to create a unique product, service, or
result. Which one of the following does not relate to the concept of
"temporary" in project management?
A. The project team
B. The market window status on which the project is capitalizing
C. The project deliverables
D. The project manager - ANS ✓C. Most projects create a deliverable that will
outlive the project itself. A, B, and D are incorrect, as these attributes are
temporary in nature.
A project creates a unique product, service, or result. Which one of the
following is a result?
A. A new piece of software
B. A new airplane
C. A feasibility study
D. A call center - ANS ✓C. The PMBOK classifies the concept of creating
feasibility as a result. A, B, and D describe products and services.
What is the difference between a standard and a regulation?
A. A standard is optional; regulations are not.
B. A standard is not optional; a regulation may be.
C. A standard is rarely optional; regulations are never optional.
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