PM Test Center

As a project progresses, the cost of making changes will:

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Depend on other factors
D. Stay the same

Answer: A. Increase
Making changes cost more as projects progress through the life cycle. For example, typically changing a requirement is easy during the planning stage but once a prototype has been built, changing a requirement might unravel some work already performed.

Processes in the Initiating process group are:

A. Develop Project Charter, Identify Stakeholders
B. Develop Project Charter, Develop Preliminary Scope Statement
C. Develop Project Management Plan, Identify Stakeholders
D. Develop Project Management Plan, Plan Communications, Identify Stakeholders

Answer: A. Develop Project Charter, Identify Stakeholders
Develop Project Charter from the Integration knowledge area and Identify Stakeholders from the Communications knowledge area are the only two processes in the Initiation process group.

One advantage of a functional organizations is:

A. Being part of a functional team provides team members with peer support.
B. The project manager has full control over the budget.
C. The functional manager reports to the project manager.
D. Team members have two bosses.

Answer: A. Being part of a functional team provides team members with peer support.
Since team members usually work side-by-side with their respective peers, they have valuable resources readily available to them. In functional organizations, team members have one functional boss and the project manager usually has no control over the budget.

One advantage of a projectized organization is:

A. The project manager reports to the functional manager.
B. Team members have two bosses.
C. Team members are usually responsible with only one project at a time.
D. The project manager has no control over the budget.

Answer: C. Team members are usually responsible with only one project at a time.
Since team members are assigned to a project, they can typically focus on work within that particular project. In projectized organizations, team members have one project boss and the project manager usually has full control over the budget.

Which of the following organization types does the project manager have the least power?

A. Functional
B. Weak matrix
C. Strong matrix
D. Projectized

Answer: A. Functional
Projectized organizations grants project managers with total control of their projects. That means team members report directly to the project manager. Functional organizations, conversely, provides project managers with the least amount of power since the team members report to a functional, or line of business, manager.