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At your company’s annual corporate meeting, you discover that one initiative for the upcoming year is the development of a new project management office (PMO). Since you have been project manager for the company for the last five years, you know that the PMO can provide you with support that you have not had. Most likely, these PMO responsibilities could mean that the company’s project managers will:

A. Report to the new PMO
B. Receive consistent guidance and training across departments
C. Be forced to use templates for their project documents
D. Rely on the PMO to approve project changes

Answer: B. Receive consistent guidance and training across departments
Although it is possible that the other choices come true, the answer that will most likely be the outcome of the new PMO is every project manager in the organization getting the same type of support, leadership and training.

PMI expects project managers to use the PMBOK® Guide by:

A. Following it uniformly to all projects
B. Determining what knowledge is appropriate for any given project
C. Using the same methodologies and tools all the time
D. Applying the skills, tools, and techniques since they guarantee success over time

Answer: B. Determining what knowledge is appropriate for any given project
PMI expects project managers to use the PMBOK® Guide as a reference. It is subject to project managers deciding what areas are useful for their own projects. PMI does not condone project managers to blindly apply any knowledge.

Projects and operations have similarities and differences. Which of following is true?

A. Projects are performed by teams, operations are performed by individuals
B. Projects are temporary, operations are ongoing
C. Projects are planned, operations are executed
D. Projects are limited by constraints, operations are not

Answer: B. Projects are temporary, operations are ongoing
Projects and operations are both performed by teams, are both planned, executed, and monitored and controlled, and are both limited by constraints. However, projects must have an end and operations will not.

While developing a charter, you are asked to consider enterprise environmental factors. These may include all of the following except:

A. Historical information
B. Marketplace conditions
C. Government standards
D. Industry standards

Answer: A. Historical information
Enterprise environmental factors can include government standards, industry standards, organization infrastructure, and marketplace conditions. Historical information is an organizational process asset.

You are a project manager for a new client. To help you get acclimated more quickly, she directs you to their organizational process assets in the company archives. You know that when you locate that directory, you will likely find:

A. Industry standards
B. Historical information
C. Financial data
D. Market conditions

Answer: B. Historical information
Organizational process assets typically include processes, policies, templates, and historical information. They are essential inputs and outputs for many processes.

According to PMI®, a project is a(n) __________ endeavor undertaken to create a __________ product, service, or result.

A. special, permanent
B. temporary, unique
C. approved, capable
D. organized, needed

Answer: B. temporary, unique
That definition has been associated with the term since the first version of the PMBOK®.