Chapter 5: Project Scope Management
True / False
1. Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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2. Deliverables are only product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software.
a.
True
b.
False
False
process-related, such as a planning document or meeting minutes.
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3. Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a
project.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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4. The scope management plan can be informal and broad or formal and detailed, based on the needs of the project.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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5. The project’s size, complexity, importance, and other factors do not affect how much effort is spent on collecting
requirements for scope planning.
a.
True
b.
False
False
effort is spent on collecting requirements.
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6. Information from the project charter provides a basis for further defining the project scope.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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7. Project scope statements must include the project boundaries, constraints, and assumptions.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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8. The scope of a project is clear and specific from the start.
a.
True
b.
False
False
Feedback: As time progresses, the scope of a project should become more clear and specific.
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Difficulty: Easy
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9. Many information technology projects also require detailed functional and design specifications for developing
software, which also should be referenced in the detailed scope statement.
a.
True
b.
False
True
developing software, which also should be referenced in the detailed scope statement.
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10. The project scope statement should reference supporting documents, such as product specifications that will affect
what products are produced or purchased, or corporate policies, which might affect how products or services are
produced.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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11. The project scope statement, stakeholder requirements documentation, and organizational process assets are the
primary inputs for creating a WBS.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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12. The scope baseline in a WBS consists of the requirements documentation and enterprise environmental factors.
a.
True
b.
False
False
associated WBS and WBS dictionary.
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13. The WBS is organized solely around project phases.
a.
True
b.
False
False
or the project management process groups.
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14. A work package represents one component of the product that the project aims to deliver.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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15. A work package must always represent less than 80 hours of work.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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16. Given the project management software that is available, it is relatively easy to create a good WBS.
a.
True
b.
False
False
the project and its scope and incorporate the needs and knowledge of the stakeholders.
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17. The tasks in a WBS must be developed as a sequential list of steps.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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18. The executing tasks of the WBS remain constant from project to project.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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19. Many organizations provide different guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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20. Mind mapping allows people to write and even draw pictures of ideas in a nonlinear format.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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21. The format of the WBS dictionary is essentially the same for all projects.
a.
True
b.
False
False
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22. A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.
a.
True
b.
False
True
work should appear at only one place in the WBS.
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23. Scope creep if not managed well can lead to the failure of information technology projects.
a.
True
b.
False
True
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Multiple Choice
24. The term ______ describes a product produced as part of a project.
variance
b.
scope
deliverable
d.
work package
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25. Scope refers to:
a.
each level of work that is outlined in a work breakdown structure.
b.
the end product created as part of a project that is delivered to the client.
c.
tasks that are decomposed into smaller tasks in a work breakdown structure.
d.
the work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them.
processes used to create them.
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26. _____ involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as
well as the processes used for creating them.
Collecting requirements
b.
Defining scope
Controlling scope
d.
Validating scope
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27. _____ involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a
scope statement, adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved.
Creating scope
b.
Defining scope
Controlling scope
d.
Validating scope
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28. _____ involves formalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders,
such as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the deliverables.
Creating scope
b.
Defining scope
Controlling scope
d.
Validating scope
d
formally accept the deliverables during this process.
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29. Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with the _____ process in project scope management.
planning
b.
monitoring and controlling
closing
d.
executing
project scope management.
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30. The ______ documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed.
requirements traceability matrix
b.
requirements management plan
WBS
d.
project scope statement
b
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31. Generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or
products inside or outside the performing organization is known as _____.
variance
b.
benchmarking
prototyping
d.
decomposition
b
organization, can be used to collect requirements.
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32. A(n) _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that
all are addressed.
requirements traceability matrix
b.
Gantt chart
state transition table
d.
entity-attribute-value model
various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed.
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33. A(n) _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the
project.
project charter
b.
business case
project scope statement
d.
work breakdown structure
d
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34. The main technique used in creating a WBS is _____, which involves subdividing project deliverables into smaller
pieces.
conglomeration
b.
accumulation
decomposition
d.
catalyzation
subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.
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35. A(n) ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.
variance
b.
objective
deliverable
d.
work package
d
Feedback: A work package is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.
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36. The _____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project.
project charter
b.
scope statement
WBS
d.
Gantt chart
b
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37. In the _____approach for constructing a WBS, you use a similar project’s WBS as a starting point.
top-down
b.
bottom-up
mind-mapping
d.
analogy
d
Difficulty: Moderate
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38. The _____ approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail.
analogy
b.
bottom-up
top-down
d.
mind mapping
levels of detail.
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39. The _____ approach for constructing a WBS starts with the largest items of the project and breaks them into
subordinate items.
analogy
b.
bottom-up
top-down
d.
mind mapping
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