CPMS Exam

Which of the following describes the difference between scope creep and feature creep?

The requirements breakdown structure (RBS) is created by the project team without input from other stakeholders.

What is the purpose of using the condition of satisfaction tool?

Which of the following is the result of the project scoping meeting?

Of the listed methods for identifying requirements, which is least likely to result in well-documented requirements?

Prototyping is an iterative project management lifecycle model.

The requirements breakdown structure is NOT:

There are six process groups: 1.) scoping, 2.) planning, 3.) launching, 4.) monitoring and controlling, 5.) closing, and 6.) executing.

Which of the questions does the scoping process answer? (Select all that apply)

Match the business process symbol to the process:

Which of the following best describes a swim-lane business process diagram format?

The task is the lowest level of the work breakdown structure (WBS).

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of a well-defined project objective?

The work breakdown structure (WBS) can:

Identify the 3 approaches to building a work breakdown structure (WBS):

The top-down approach to creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) begins with the project goal

In what situations would you considering decomposing activities beyond the normal completion criteria?

Project using agile methods and an agile lifecycle release fully-supported versions of the project is complete.

There are three agile project management lifecycles: incremental, iterative and adaptive.

Which implementation strategy is best when resources are limited?

Which implementation strategy is best when the project hasn’t been fully tested in the production environment?

Which of the following lists of process groups is included in every traditional project management life cycle?

Clarity of project goal and clarity of project solution are the two primary factors used to determine the best project management lifecycle (PMLC). What other factors should be considered?

An activity is a type of task.

Which of the following do NOT match the advocacy decision making process?

The cut-over approach to implementing a project should be used when the project has been tested in an environment that is almost identical to the work environment.

Which of the following management practices DO NOT affect creativity?

Extreme Project Management fits research and development projects.

In which ways do managers mismanage a team’s freedom?

When possible, R& D project teams should be kept together for 6 months after the product is introduced into the market.

Match the business process symbol to the process:

Creativity is primarily a function of people’s ability to put existing ideas together in new combinations.

Which of the following may not be a factor in team learning?

The planning process defines all of the work of the project.

Adopting new technology always goes faster if there is high-level management support for the new technology.

Symptoms of over commitment to a project include:

Executives fail to recognize that a project should be terminated because:

Equipment and facilities are types of project resources.

The only way to be objective about a project is to be outside of the project. Therefore, exit champions should not be directly involved with the project.

Which of the following risks should the risk management plan address? (Select all that apply)

Project classification systems should only be applied to larger projects.

All project management methodologies can be reduced to answering six basic questions.

A major objective of practicing project management should be to develop process that can be applied to all projects.

Which of the following best describes the role of the exit champion?

The incremental project management lifecycle produces value early in the project.

Complete the following paired comparison ranking table.

Which is the preferred vendor?

Which is NOT a characteristic of properly defined task?

Physical decomposition and functional decomposition are two noun-based approaches to creating a work breakdown structure (WBS).

Integration is the only knowledge area that maps to all the project management process groups?

It is the project manager’s job to deliver what the client wants.

Of the listed methods for identifying requirements, which is the quickest?

The agile projects require frequent and project-long client involvement.

A project management life cycle (PMLC) model is a sequence of one or more of the project management process groups.

Which of the following should be contained in the objective statement?

Project vendors are external to the project and do not need to be involved in team activities.

The requirements breakdown structure (RBS) is a hierarchical description of client needs.

Variance is NOT:

Use cases should not be used to model project requirements.

Project management methodologies can be reduced to answering which of the following questions?

Decomposition of project work by project objectives is a verb-based is a valid way to create a work breakdown structure (WBS).

Rapid-results initiatives are:

Rapid-result initiatives are mini-projects inserted into a larger project.

Which of the following is the list of tools, templates, and processes used to close a project?

Exit champions need to hesitant before making decisions.

Which of the following is a weakness of the traditional linear project management lifecycle?

The communications knowledge area maps to which 3 process groups?

A project portfolio management system establishes a project investment strategy.

Which is NOT characteristic of projects that fit the traditional linear project management lifecycle?

The purpose of the Scope Triangle is to bring Scope, Quality, Cost, Time and Resources constraints into equilibrium by the end of the project.

Assumption testing is a vital component of project management and decision making.

Which of the following is NOT a reason to consider using vendors or contracts for your project?

The incremental project management lifecycle is a type of traditional project management.

First and foremost, the work breakdown structure (WBS) is a thought process tool.

Which of the following lists of process groups is included in every agile project management life cycle?

Inertia is a major reason organizations do not stop failing projects.

Which of the following best describes the Break-Even-Time metric of the Return Map?

A primary benefit of the post-implementation audit is to improve project management practices.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the scope triangle?

The problem or opportunity statement in the project overview statement (POS) does not need to be defined or defended.

Bad projects are easy to stop.