CAPM Project Scope Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During project execution, the customer requests adding a new feature. The project manager should FIRST:
- Add the feature immediately to satisfy the customer
- Reject the request to protect scope
- Process the request through the integrated change control process (Correct answer)
- Update the WBS to include the new feature
Correct answer: Process the request through the integrated change control process
All change requests must be processed through integrated change control to evaluate impacts before approval or rejection.
Question 2: Which output of the Validate Scope process formally documents accepted deliverables?
- Change requests
- Work performance data
- Accepted deliverables (Correct answer)
- Scope baseline
Correct answer: Accepted deliverables
Accepted deliverables are the formally documented output when stakeholders or customers approve completed deliverables during Validate Scope.
Question 3: The 100% rule in WBS development means:
- All team members must contribute to creating the WBS
- The WBS must capture 100% of the project scope with no omissions or overlaps (Correct answer)
- Each work package must have a 100% completion criterion
- All deliverables must be completed 100% before moving on
Correct answer: The WBS must capture 100% of the project scope with no omissions or overlaps
The 100% rule states the WBS must represent the entire project scope—no more and no less—to avoid gaps or duplication.
Question 4: Scope validation is primarily concerned with:
- Verifying the correctness of scope documentation
- Obtaining formal acceptance of completed deliverables (Correct answer)
- Ensuring the work meets quality standards
- Confirming the scope baseline has not changed
Correct answer: Obtaining formal acceptance of completed deliverables
Validate Scope focuses on obtaining formal stakeholder acceptance of completed project deliverables.
Question 5: A project manager wants to understand what stakeholders need from the project. Which document captures the conditions or capabilities a product must have to satisfy stakeholder needs?
- Project Charter
- Requirements documentation (Correct answer)
- Scope baseline
- Project Management Plan
Correct answer: Requirements documentation
Requirements documentation records the conditions, capabilities, and characteristics that must be met to satisfy stakeholder needs.
Question 6: Which of the following is NOT a technique used in the Collect Requirements process?
- Brainstorming
- Prototypes
- Decomposition (Correct answer)
- Nominal group technique
Correct answer: Decomposition
Decomposition is a technique used in the Create WBS process, not in Collect Requirements.
Question 7: The scope baseline consists of which THREE components?
- Project Charter, WBS, and WBS Dictionary
- Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary (Correct answer)
- Requirements Documentation, WBS, and Project Charter
- WBS, WBS Dictionary, and Risk Register
Correct answer: Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary
The scope baseline is made up of the approved Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary.
CAPM Project Scope Management 3
During project execution, the customer requests adding a new feature.
The project manager should FIRST: