Questions on Project Scope Management with Answer keys

1. Completion of a product scope is measured against:

A. Product Management Plan
B. Project Management Plan
C. WBS & WBS Dictionary
D. Product Requirements
2. All of the below are inputs to Define Scope process EXCEPT:
A. Project Charter
B. Requirements Document
C. Organizational process assets
D. Project Management Plan
3. Validated deliverables is an input to which of the following processes?
A. Collect Requirements
B. Define Scope
C. Create WBS
D. Validate Scope
4. Project Charter is an input to all of the following processes EXCEPT:
A. Collect requirements
B. Define Scope
C. Create WBS
D. Develop Project Management Plan
5. Work Performance Measurement is an output of which process:
A. Define Scope
B. Create WBS
C. Validate Scope
D. Control Scope
6. If the project is terminated early, the level and extent of completion should be documented. This is
done as a part of:

A. Define Scope
B. Create WBS
C. Validate Scope
D. Control Scope
7. Validate Scope can be BEST described as the process of
A. Validating that the project quality requirements have been met
B. Obtaining stakeholder's formal acceptance of the project deliverables
C. Controlling changes to the scope of the project
D. Validating that all of the project's objectives have been met
8. Which of the following can be BEST described as a characteristic of Work Package?
A. May or may not be cost estimated
B. Can be scheduled
C. Can be further decomposed into work packages
D. May be monitored subject to nature of the project
9. Youve been put in-charge of a project that is in its first release. Which document should you read
to identify the project constraints and the acceptance criteria?
a) Scope Statement
b) Project Charter
c) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
d) Stakeholder Analysis
10. You are in a workshop with the client. The objective of the workshop is to prioritize scope for the
first release. Since this is a prestigious project, each client stakeholder wants his/her scope items to
be included in the first release. What advise would you give the client stakeholders?
a) Prioritize based on business value
b) Prioritize based on business value and risk
c) Prioritize based on probability of completion
d) Prioritize based on risk and probability of completion
11. What is the correct order of the Scope Management processes?

a) Define Scope, Plan Scope, Verify Scope, Create WBS

b) Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Verify Scope
c) Plan Scope, Define Scope, Verify Scope, Create WBS
d) Scope Planning, Collect Requirements, Scope Definition, Create WBS
12. Your project has eight tracks. Each track has a Track Lead, who engages with a client stakeholder.
The Track Leads have weekly checkpoints with their respective client stakeholders. Since the start
of Release 2, youve noticed that the client stakeholders ask for scope changes. The Track Leads,
consider the changes to be minor, and incorporate the requests. Though most of the time, the Track
Leads are correct in assuming that the scope is minor, sometimes the change requires significant
effort. You want to track the requests that are major. What will you do to achieve this?
a) Train the Track Leads to identify the requests that lead to significant effort.
b) Add an item in the daily team meeting agenda to include scope change requests.
c) Review the project charter.
d) Change the scope statement.
13. Youve just delivered your second release. For both releases so far, the client stakeholders have
applauded your efforts. However, the client stakeholders mention that the business needs are not
being met as per their expectations. What can you do to ensure that expectations are understood in
the same way by each stakeholder?
a) Create a Project Charter for each release.
b) Create a Scope Statement for each release.
c) Document SMART objectives for each release.
d) Train the client stakeholders on the methodology your project is following.
14. After delivering a release, the client is adamant that certain features of the software do not provide
any business value. Which document can you share with the client to show how the features directly
correspond to business needs and requirements stated at the being of the project?
a) Requirements Traceability Matrix
b) Project Charter
c) Scope Statement
d) Scope Baseline
15. You conducted several brainstorming sessions with client stakeholders and used the Delphi
technique. You also intend to conduct focus groups. Which process are you most probably doing?

a) Plan Scope
b) Stakeholder Analysis
c) Collect Requirements
d) Develop Project Charter
16. Youve just completed the Collect Requirements process. Which Scope Management process would
you implement next?
a) Plan Scope
b) Define Scope
c) Create WBS
d) Scope Planning

Answer Key

1) A; The Scope Statement contains scope descriptions, deliverables, acceptance criteria, project
exclusions, and project constraints. The Project Charter includes business needs, high-level risks, and a
summary budget. The Work Break Down Structure is an outcome of the Create WBS process. It contains a
detailed account of the work that needs to be performed. Stakeholder Analysis is a technique that has
nothing to do with acceptance criteria.
2) B; Two factors dictate scope prioritization. These factors are risk and business value. Probability of
completion is very rarely, if ever, used as a parameter for prioritizing scope.
3) B; If you got this wrong then you should go back and make sure you read the Inputs, Tools and
Techniques, and Outputs (ITTOs) in the PMBOK v4.
4) B; Ideally no change should be implemented without making it go through the Change Control Board. In
this case, the question states that the PM wants to track the changes closely. Option B is the only tracking
option.
5) C; Documenting SMART objectives is the only way to ensure that the requirements are not vague.
6) A; The Requirements Traceability Matrix is critical to ensure that the features that will be developed are
directly linked to the requirements. It ensures that whatever is built is directly related to the requirements
and business needs. The Traceability Matrix is commonly used in Six-Sigma processes.
7) C; It is critical for you to know what sort of Tools and Techniques are used in each process. This is an
example of a question that indirectly targets your knowledge of the ITTOs.
8) B; Sequence of processes is another common area that is asked in the exam. Though you wont find too
many questions like this, if you do get a few in the exam, they should be easy pickings.

9. C.
10. D.
11. D. Validated Deliverables are output of Perform Quality Control process and acts as inputs to Validate
Scope process.
12. C. Project Charter is input to all these processes except Create WBS.
13. D. Work performance measurement is an output of Control Scope
14. C
15. B. Validate Scope is the process of obtaining the stakeholders' formal acceptance of the completed
project scope and associated deliverables. [PMBOK Pg. 123]
16. B. Work Package is the lowest level in the WBS, and is the point, at which it can be reliably scheduled,
cost estimated, monitored and controlled.