Scope Management – Practice Questions

Q1: As a Project Manager, under what process group do you work on defining the project scope?
A. Integration Management
B. Planning
C. Initiating
D. Scope Management

Q2: When decomposing the work in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which of the following is NOT true?
A. Decompose until the WBS element cannot be logically decomposed further
B. Decompose until the WBS element can be estimated accurately
C. Decompose until the WBS element can be accomplished by a single project team member
D. Decompose until the WBS element has a meaningful conclusion

Q3: After a significant amount of time and effort dedicated to the creation of the Work Breakdown Structure, it is finally ready. Now you have distributed the WBS to all the relevant stakeholders. You receive an email from John complaining that the WBS isn’t detailed enough. For detailed descriptions of each WBS element, where should John look,
A. Scope Statement
B. WBS Dictionary
C. Stakeholder Register
D. Project Charter

Q4: While working as the Project Manager of a highway construction project, you are visited by the Project Sponsor. The Sponsor asks you to lay 12” thick asphalt and not the 9” which has been mentioned in the scope statement and WBS. What should be your next step?
A. Ask the team to accommodate the request as soon as possible
B. Look for cheaper suppliers so that the cost impact can be minimized
C. Set up an emergency team meeting
D. Refuse the request and ask the sponsor to use the change management system

Q5: The goal of the validate scope process is,
A. To gain formal acceptance of the project deliverables from the sponsor and stakeholders
B. To get everyone in the project working together towards a common goal
C. To inspect scope management documents for defects
D. To verify all the processes in the PMBOK guide are being complied with

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ANSWERS

Q1: B. Planning
Q2: C. Decompose until the WBS element can be accomplished by a single project team member
Q3: B. WBS Dictionary
Q4: D. Refuse the request and ask the sponsor to use the change management system
Q5: A. To gain formal acceptance of the project deliverables from the sponsor and stakeholders

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