PMBOK Guide 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which PMBOK 7th edition performance domain focuses on how a project team establishes its culture, environment, and ways of working?
- Stakeholder Performance Domain
- Team Performance Domain (Correct answer)
- Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain
- Planning Performance Domain
Correct answer: Team Performance Domain
The Team Performance Domain addresses the activities and functions associated with project team leadership and culture.
Question 2: In PMBOK 7th edition, what are the 12 Project Management Principles intended to guide?
- The sequence of processes in a project
- Behaviors, decision-making, and approaches of project practitioners (Correct answer)
- The specific outputs required for each knowledge area
- The structure of the project management office
Correct answer: Behaviors, decision-making, and approaches of project practitioners
The 12 principles serve as foundational guidelines for the behavior and decision-making of project practitioners.
Question 3: A project manager discovers midway through a project that the original scope no longer aligns with organizational strategy. Which PMBOK principle is MOST relevant?
- Foster team accountability
- Optimize risk responses
- Navigate complexity
- Focus on value (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Focus on value
Focusing on value ensures project outcomes remain aligned with organizational goals even when circumstances change.
Question 4: According to PMBOK 7th edition, which model describes how teams typically move through forming, storming, norming, and performing stages?
- Cynefin Framework
- Tuckman Ladder (Correct answer)
- Salience Model
- ADKAR Model
Correct answer: Tuckman Ladder
The Tuckman Ladder describes the stages of team development recognized in the PMBOK as a useful team model.
Question 5: What does 'tailoring' mean in the context of the PMBOK 7th edition?
- Customizing the project schedule to fit the budget
- Adapting the project approach, processes, and governance to fit the specific context (Correct answer)
- Reducing scope to meet a deadline
- Selecting only the knowledge areas relevant to the project type
Correct answer: Adapting the project approach, processes, and governance to fit the specific context
Tailoring involves deliberately adapting the approach, governance, and processes to suit the project environment and needs.
Question 6: In PMBOK terminology, what is a 'deliverable'?
- Any approved change request
- A unique and verifiable product, service, or result produced during a project (Correct answer)
- The final project report submitted to the sponsor
- A risk response action item
Correct answer: A unique and verifiable product, service, or result produced during a project
A deliverable is any unique, verifiable product, service, or result that is produced to complete a process, phase, or project.
Question 7: Which PMBOK 7th edition performance domain is MOST concerned with ensuring that work is performed efficiently and produces the expected outcomes?
- Measurement Performance Domain
- Delivery Performance Domain
- Project Work Performance Domain (Correct answer)
- Uncertainty Performance Domain
Correct answer: Project Work Performance Domain
The Project Work Performance Domain focuses on establishing processes and performing the work needed to deliver value.
PMBOK Guide 2
Which PMBOK 7th edition performance domain focuses on how a project team establishes its culture, environment, and ways of working?