PMP Integration Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A project manager discovers that a critical deliverable will be delayed due to an unexpected technical issue. What should the project manager do FIRST?
- Notify the project sponsor immediately
- Assess the impact on the project schedule and other deliverables (Correct answer)
- Request additional resources from the resource manager
- Issue a change request to extend the project deadline
Correct answer: Assess the impact on the project schedule and other deliverables
The project manager should first assess the full impact of the delay before taking corrective action or escalating.
Question 2: Which document formally authorizes a project and grants the project manager authority to apply organizational resources?
- Project Management Plan
- Project Charter (Correct answer)
- Statement of Work
- Business Case
Correct answer: Project Charter
The Project Charter formally authorizes the project and gives the project manager the authority to use organizational resources.
Question 3: During project execution, the team identifies a better way to achieve a deliverable that differs from the approved plan. What is the correct course of action?
- Implement the change immediately to save time
- Document the change and submit a formal change request (Correct answer)
- Inform the team to proceed without documentation
- Cancel the current approach and restart planning
Correct answer: Document the change and submit a formal change request
Any deviation from the approved plan must go through integrated change control via a formal change request.
Question 4: What is the PRIMARY purpose of the Develop Project Management Plan process?
- To define the project scope in detail
- To create a comprehensive document defining how the project is executed, monitored, and closed (Correct answer)
- To assign roles and responsibilities to team members
- To establish the project budget and schedule baseline
Correct answer: To create a comprehensive document defining how the project is executed, monitored, and closed
The Project Management Plan integrates all subsidiary plans and baselines into a cohesive document guiding project execution.
Question 5: A project manager is closing a project phase. Which activity is MOST important during this process?
- Releasing project team members immediately
- Obtaining formal acceptance of phase deliverables (Correct answer)
- Archiving all project documents in the company database
- Conducting a team performance review
Correct answer: Obtaining formal acceptance of phase deliverables
Formal acceptance of deliverables ensures the phase work meets requirements before proceeding to the next phase.
Question 6: Which of the following BEST describes the role of lessons learned in Integration Management?
- They are documented only at project closure
- They inform future projects and can improve current project performance (Correct answer)
- They are kept confidential within the project team
- They replace the need for a project retrospective
Correct answer: They inform future projects and can improve current project performance
Lessons learned are captured throughout the project and become organizational process assets that benefit current and future projects.
Question 7: A project sponsor requests a major scope addition after the project baseline has been set. What should the project manager do?
- Add the scope immediately since it comes from the sponsor
- Evaluate the impact and process through the Perform Integrated Change Control process (Correct answer)
- Reject the request because the baseline has been set
- Add it to a future project and ignore for now
Correct answer: Evaluate the impact and process through the Perform Integrated Change Control process
All changes, regardless of source, must be evaluated for impact and processed through Perform Integrated Change Control.
PMP Integration Management 2
A project manager discovers that a critical deliverable will be delayed due to an unexpected technical issue.
What should the project manager do FIRST?