Project Scope Management

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Why is value analysis done?
- To identify less costly way to do the same work
- To achieve more value from cost analysis
- To analyze planned versus actual costs
- To ensure that management buy-in is obtained
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Which of the following defines the term ‘Assumptions’ with reference to scope management?
- Assumptions define the description of items, tasks, or works that are not included in the project scope.
- Assumptions define the description of tasks, items, and works that are specifically included in the project scope
- Assumptions are the statements that are real, certain and true at the given moment of time
- Assumptions are the factors that limit teams' options
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WBS provides a structured vision of what has to be delivered. Creating WBS involves decomposing project deliverables into smaller components. The lowest level of components are known as work packages. All of the following is true about decomposition EXCEPT …
- The degree of decomposition needs to be checked for adequacy and efficiency
- All the project deliverables must be decomposed to the work package level in planning stage only
- Decomposition subdivides the project deliverables into smaller components
- Identification codes shall be assigned to the WBS components
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In the project context, scope can refer to Project scope and Product Scope. Project Scope is defined as …
- A narrative description of the work to be performed under contract
- The work that needs to be performed to deliver a product, service or result with the specified features and functions
- The features and functions that characterize a product, service or result
- The subdividing of the deliverables into smaller manageable components
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During the initial phases of a project there is a need to use data gathering techniques to collect the stakeholder requirements. Which of the following tool could help you to collect requirements?
- Questionnaires and surveys
- Affinity diagrams
- Mind maps
- Flow charting
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Poor Scope definition would cause all of the following EXCEPT …
- Lower Productivity
- Reduced Cost
- Rework
- Schedule Delay
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A Pharma Company has sent out press release that it is coming out with a wonder drug in December, as a cure for cancer. It has obtained the necessary clearances from various government agencies. It has to be market ready by end November. The fact that the product must be ready by end November is an example of ……
- Assumption
- Constraint
- Product description
- Exclusion
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What is the best way to describe the project scope?
- All the requirements of the project
- All features and deliverables your project will deliver
- All the work to be done to deliver the product of the project
- All the products to be built by the project
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The car should give a mileage of 10 miles per litre of fuel. This is an example of ……
- Product acceptance criteria
- Project constraint
- Project deliverables
- Project assumptions
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Which of the following defines the term ‘Constraints’ with reference to scope management?
- Constraints define the description of items, tasks, or works that are not included in the project scope.
- Constraints define the description of tasks, items, and works that are specifically included in the project scope
- Constraints are the statements that are real, certain and true at the given moment of time
- Constraints are the factors that limit teams' options
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The Airport Authority last week conducted the final contract signing for the airport’s new IT system for baggage handling. The project will follow an iterative life-cycle. How is scope definition carried out in the iterative life-cycle?
- A high level vision is prepared up-front but the detailed scope is prepared one iteration at a time
- The detailed scope is prepared up-front and delivered iteratively
- The product vision is elaborated iteratively and detailed scope is not formally documented
- The team carries out detailed scope definition independently where the project manager focuses on vision
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All the following statements about a WBS are true EXCEPT that it …
- Provides a framework for organizing a project's deliverables
- Can be similar in appearance to an organizational chart
- Breaks down a project into successively greater detail by level
- Is a resource optimization technique
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During planning it is observed that some part of scope is not defined. The project manager should ……
- Complete the project without considering the undefined portion
- Get the scope clarified immediately before proceeding
- Complete the planning, then wait for clarification
- Issue a change request to incorporate that scope
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Project scope management includes processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. In the project context, scope can refer to Project scope and Product Scope. Product Scope is defined as ……
- The work that needs to be accomplished to deliver a product, service or result with the specified features and functions
- A narrative description of the work to be performed under contract
- The features and functions that characterize a product, service or result
- The subdividing of the deliverables into smaller manageable components
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A project manager is reviewing the statement of work. What information is most unlikely to be contained in the document?
- Business drivers
- Strategic need
- Scope description
- Performance baseline
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A team member says that there has been a scope creep in the project. All of the following is true regarding scope creep EXCEPT?
- It is an incremental expansion of project scope
- The requirements were part of initial plan but failed to be implemented
- Unapproved changes form part of scope creep
- Schedule and budget are not adjusted effectively
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The project team is preparing the Work Breakdown Structure for the project scope. One of the team member has just joined the organization. He is not able to decide as to what should be the size of a work package. What advice will the project manager NOT give him regarding the level of detail in the WBS?
- The lowest level of WBS should contain a work package that can be attempted by him alone
- It may contain a work package that can be outsourced
- It is a top down effort where lowest level is realistic and can be estimated
- It follows the 100% rule
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Mr. John has taken over a project during planning stage and observes that the scope definition is not done properly. What will be the major consequence if it is not corrected …
- The frequency of review meetings will increase
- Rework will be needed
- Project team will have to work overtime
- Variance analysis can not be performed
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Due to budget constraints, the senior management of an organization decided to prematurely terminate a project. What should be the first step for the project manager to do?
- Organize a lessons learned meeting
- Ascertain the current status of the deliverables and benefits delivered
- Release the team's resources
- Inform the project's contractors and initiate contract closure with them
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The quality assurance team working on a large project asked for permission to appoint a virtual assistant to help compile audit reports and performing routine follow ups. The team claims that these tasks are taking away valuable bandwidth and affecting their productivity. The project is already tight on budget. How should the project manager respond?
- Tell the team the request can be approved only after the project finances improve
- Ask the team to quantify the productivity improvements possible and prepare a business justification
- Suggest that the team perform the reporting and follow up tasks in rotation
- Ask the organization to provide a team member to the QA team to perform these functions instead of hiring a contractor
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Which of the following defines the term ‘Exclusions’ with reference to scope management?
- Exclusions define the description of items, tasks, or works that are not included in the project scope.
- Exclusions define the description of tasks, items, and works that are specifically included in the project scope
- Exclusions are the statements that are real, certain and true at the given moment of time
- Exclusions are the factors that limit teams' options
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Which of the following is correct about making changes to project scope?
- While making changes to the scope it should be ensured that customer gets more than what he has asked for.
- Changes may be implemented without any formal change control if they can be accomodated within agreed schedule
- While making changes to the scope it should be ensured that they are within the project boundaries
- Changes to the scope should be made based on stakeholders influence and interest
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Which of the following statement is TRUE about WBS?
- WBS templates from previous projects can be referred to even if every project is unique
- While decomposing ensure that the lowest level deliverables should be of a size as small as possible
- Outsourced deliverables are not included in WBS
- WBS should not be created if there is ambiguity in requirements of some deliverables
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Which of the following is NOT a part of scope management?
- Collecting requirements from stakeholders
- Creating a WBS
- Defining the activities and resources required
- Inspection of completed deliverables
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During the Collect requirements process, the project manager was interviewing stakeholders. In the process, she became aware of a set of “expectations” that the stakeholders had which were not explicitly mentioned in the requirements documentation. What should be done about such implicit expectations?
- Document these expectations as Exclusions in the scope statement
- Include these expectations also in the scope of the project
- Analyze those expectations and try to meet them to the extent possible
- Ask senior management to reset expectation with the stakeholders

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