CAPM Project Closing Processes 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which process involves finalizing all activities across all project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase?
- Close Procurements
- Close Project or Phase (Correct answer)
- Validate Scope
- Control Quality
Correct answer: Close Project or Phase
Close Project or Phase is the process that finalizes all activities across all process groups to formally complete the project, phase, or contractual obligations.
Question 2: What is the PRIMARY output of the Close Project or Phase process?
- Accepted deliverables
- Final product, service, or result transition (Correct answer)
- Lessons learned register
- Project charter
Correct answer: Final product, service, or result transition
The final product, service, or result transition is the primary output of Close Project or Phase, representing the formal handover of the project's deliverable.
Question 3: During project closure, lessons learned documentation is BEST used to:
- Justify cost overruns to the sponsor
- Update organizational process assets for future projects (Correct answer)
- Replace the final project report
- Reassign team members to new projects
Correct answer: Update organizational process assets for future projects
Lessons learned are captured and stored as organizational process assets so they can improve processes and outcomes on future projects.
Question 4: Which of the following is an INPUT to the Close Project or Phase process?
- Project management plan (Correct answer)
- Work performance reports
- Change requests
- Resource calendars
Correct answer: Project management plan
The project management plan is an input to Close Project or Phase because it contains all subsidiary plans and baselines needed to verify closure criteria are met.
Question 5: Administrative closure procedures during project closing typically include:
- Developing the project charter
- Archiving project documents and releasing project resources (Correct answer)
- Identifying project stakeholders
- Decomposing deliverables into work packages
Correct answer: Archiving project documents and releasing project resources
Administrative closure includes collecting and archiving project records, documenting lessons learned, and formally releasing team members from project assignments.
Question 6: A project manager is closing a project and needs to formally accept the final deliverable from the team. Which earlier process should have already produced 'accepted deliverables' as an output?
- Validate Scope (Correct answer)
- Control Scope
- Define Scope
- Collect Requirements
Correct answer: Validate Scope
Validate Scope produces accepted deliverables when the customer or sponsor formally signs off that scope requirements have been met, which then feeds into project closure.
Question 7: When closing a project that was terminated early, a project manager should:
- Skip closure activities since the project did not complete
- Document lessons learned and archive all project documents (Correct answer)
- Transfer all incomplete work to another project automatically
- Retain all team members until a restart decision is made
Correct answer: Document lessons learned and archive all project documents
Even when a project is terminated early, proper closure requires documenting lessons learned and archiving project information, as these assets benefit the organization.
CAPM Project Closing Processes 1
Which process involves finalizing all activities across all project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase?