Which of the following best describes a kill point in the project life cycle?

The project life cycle is comprised of which of the following?A. PhasesB. MilestonesC. Estimates

D. Activities

Marci Koening, the project manager for the ERP Project, is about to complete the project phase review. Thecompletion of a project phase is also known as which of the following?A. Lessons learnedB. Kill pointC. Earned value management

D. Conditional advancement

Which of the following best describes a project deliverable?A. The resources used by the project to complete the necessary workB. The resources exported from the project as a result of the project workC. The end result of a project planning session

D. A verifiable, measurable work product

The compilation of all the phases within a project equates to the ____________________.A. Project life cycleB. Product life cycleC. Project completion

D. Project processes

Which of the following describes the early stages of a project?A. High costs and high demands for resourcesB. A high demand for changeC. A high demand for project team time

D. Low costs and low demands for resources

At which point is the risk of failure the lowest, but the consequence of failure the highest?A. During the early stagesB. During the middle stagesC. During the final stages

D. Risk of failure is even across all project phases

Project team members are most likely to work full-time on a project in which of the following organizationalstructures?A. FunctionalB. Weak matrixC. Strong matrix

D. Projectized

Why would an organization divide a project into phases?A. To provide better management and control of the projectB. To identify the work that will likely happen within a phase of the projectC. To identify the resources necessary to complete a phase of the project

D. To define the cashflow requirements within each phase of the project

All of the following are true statements about the project life cycle, except for which one?A. The project life cycle defines the work to be done in each phase of the projectB. The project life cycle defines the deliverables that each phase will createC. The project life cycle defines who is involved in each phase

D. The project life cycle defines how much each phase will cost

You are the project manager of a new project. When is the level of failing to achieve the objectives thehighest within your project?A. There is not enough information provided to know for certainB. At the start of the projectC. At the end of the project

D. During the intermediate phases of the project

Which one of the following is an example of a positive stakeholder?A. The comptroller within your organizationB. A customer who is eager for your project's deliverableC. An environmental group that has claims against your project

D. A union

None of the following are key project stakeholders, except for which one?A. UnionB. InfluencerC. Technical interface

D. Inspector

You are a project manager acting in a functional organization. The functional manager and you disagreeabout several deliverables the project will be creating. The functional manager insists that you begin theproject work now. What must you do?A. Begin workB. Resolve all of the issues with the functional manager before you begin workingC. Continue planning, as you are the project manager

D. Begin work as long as the issues don't affect the project deliverables

You are a project manager working under a PMO. Your project resources are shared among severalprojects. To whom will the project team members report?A. The project manager of each projectB. The functional managersC. The PMO

D. The project manager of their primary project

At what point in the project may stakeholders most cost-effectively recommend changes to the projectdeliverable?A. Before the project charter is createdB. At the start of the projectC. During the intermediate phases

D. During the final phase of the project

An organization has elected to kill a project. When is this decision most likely made?A. At the end of a phaseB. At the start of a phaseC. When the project is not meeting its financial requirements

D. When technology has superseded some of the technology used within the project

Nancy is a project manager for the NHG Corporation. She has identified several positive stakeholders for herconstruction project and a few negative stakeholders. Nancy and the project team have been meetingregularly with the positive stakeholders, but have not met with the negative stakeholders. What can happen ifNancy ignores negative stakeholders?A. Her project will likely succeed without any objectionsB. Her project may suffer poor political capital from the negative stakeholdersC. Her project will risk failure to bring the project to a successful end

D. The negative stakeholders will not have an opportunity to communicate with the project manager

All of the following are cultural attributes of an organization, except for which one?A. Policies and proceduresB. Work ethicsC. View of authority relationships

D. Experience of the project management team

The project management plan defines which one of the following?A. Who the project manager will beB. How the project manager will use the project management systemC. When the project team will be assembled and released

D. How the deliverable will be shipped to the customer

Who has full authority over project funding in a weak matrix?A. The project managerB. The functional managerC. The PMO

D. The project sponsor