PM Test Center

One of the outputs of the close project process is:

A. Verify scope
B. Performance report
C. Final product transition
D. Risk register

Answer: C. Final product transition
Final product, service, or result transition is one of two outputs for Close Project (the other is organizational process assets updates). Verify Scope is a process in the monitoring and controlling process group.

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.

In order to continuously improve, you must have:

A. Procedures
B. Lessons learned
C. Staff management plan
D. Management buy-in

Answer: B. Lessons learned
Without creating lessons learned documents, an organization cannot methodically improve future projects.

An important output of the Close Procurements process is:

A. Ensuring that the seller is satisfied
B. Reporting earned value to the sponsor
C. Negotiating the next contract for the next project
D. Getting formal acceptance of the deliverable

Answer: D. Getting formal acceptance of the deliverable
Deliverable acceptance is a critical piece of organization process assets updates, an output of the Close Procurements process.

Processes in the Closing process group are:

A. Close Project or Phase, Verify Scope, Close Procurements
B. Close Project or Phase, Report Performance
C. Close Project or Phase, Close Procurements
D. Close Project or Phase, Administer Procurements

Answer: C. Close Project or Phase, Close Procurements
Close Project or Phase from the Integration knowledge area and Close Procurements from the Procurement knowledge area are the only two processes in the Closing process group.

Which tool and technique is used throughout the entire Integration process group?

A. Project charter
B. Expert judgment
C. Project management plan
D. Organizational process assets

Answer: B. Expert judgment
Expert judgment is the only tool and technique that spans across every process in Integration. All other choices listed are inputs and/or outputs.

While performing administrative closure, which of the following activities are typically not performed?

A. Monitoring earned value
B. Formalizing deliverable acceptance
C. Analyzing project performance
D. Gathering and archiving project records

Answer: A. Monitoring earned value
Earned value is performed during the monitoring and controlling process group. All other activities are part of project close out in the closing process group.