01
True or false
1 point
True or false: A project sponsor is responsible for managing the project team’s daily work.
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2 Governance Roles and Accountability Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
02
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the first step of the governance escalation path: The raises an issue or decision with the project manager.
03
Written response
1 point
In the RACI convention described here, what role identifies the owner who is answerable for a result?
04
Choose one
1 point
Which responsibility best fits the project team’s usual role?
- A
Approve changes to the project mandate as a routine team responsibility
- B
Perform project work and raise risks, dependencies, and problems promptly
- C
Take over the project manager’s operational decisions
- D
Accept every project output on behalf of the organization
05
True or false
1 point
True or false: The project manager is automatically accountable for the business benefits the organization expects after the project.
- A
True
- B
False
06
Fill in the blank
1 point
After an authorized governance decision is made, the decision and its rationale should be .
07
Choose one
1 point
A project manager is considering an operational decision. Which condition means the manager may generally decide without escalation?
- A
Any decision affecting project scope, regardless of its impact
- B
Only decisions explicitly approved by the steering committee
- C
Operational decisions within agreed scope, budget, schedule, and other tolerances
- D
All decisions about business benefits after project completion
08
Written response
1 point
Name one type of document that should state specific governance role titles and authority arrangements.
09
Choose all
1 point
Which activities may other stakeholders perform when assigned? Select all that apply.
- A
Advise on the project
- B
Become accountable for overall project success solely by participating
- C
Review project work or outputs
- D
Provide resources or adopt the resulting change
10
Choose one
1 point
A project faces a cross-functional conflict requiring a governance decision. Which role is designed to provide oversight and make such a decision when assigned that authority?
- A
The project manager, who coordinates daily delivery
- B
The steering committee (or project board), which provides oversight and makes decisions assigned to it
- C
The project team, which performs all specialist project work
- D
Other stakeholders, who automatically approve every deliverable
11
Choose all
1 point
When documenting decision rights, which details should be recorded? Select all that apply.
- A
Decision limits
- B
The project manager’s preferred outcome in every case
- C
Required evidence
- D
The decision forum and how quickly the decision is needed
12
Open ended
1 point
A proposed change would increase project funding beyond the project manager’s authority. Describe the appropriate decision and escalation process, including what should happen after the decision is made.
13
Choose one
1 point
Users have tested a proposed system and reported defects. Who should be identified as accountable for accepting the result on the organization’s behalf?
- A
The users who tested the system, because participation makes them accountable
- B
The sponsor or designated business authority formally assigned accountability for acceptance, with the exact approval authority recorded
- C
The project team collectively, without any assigned accountable owner
- D
The project manager in every organization, regardless of delegated authority
14
Written response
1 point
A group is assigned project tasks and contributes specialist knowledge to produce the project's outputs. Which governance role does this group fill? Enter the role title.
15
True or false
1 point
A user tests a proposed system and reports defects. Because the user contributed to testing, the user is automatically accountable for accepting the result on the organization's behalf.
- A
True
- B
False
16
Written response
1 point
In the RACI convention described here, which term identifies the person or people who carry out the work? Enter the RACI term.
17
Choose one
1 point
A project needs continued organizational support and resources, but its routine work is already being coordinated. Which action best fits the sponsor's role?
- A
The sponsor secures organizational support and resources while maintaining the case for investment.
- B
The sponsor coordinates the team's routine tasks and manages daily project work.
- C
The sponsor performs the specialist work needed to produce project outputs.
- D
The sponsor automatically accepts every deliverable without a documented authority.
18
Choose one
1 point
A team proposes a small technical adjustment that stays within the project's approved scope, budget, schedule, and other tolerances. What should the project manager do?
- A
Escalate every technical adjustment to the steering committee, regardless of its effect.
- B
Authorize the adjustment if it remains within the approved tolerances and delegated authority.
- C
Ask the project team to approve a change to the project's mandate.
- D
Defer the adjustment until the sponsor takes over daily project management.
19
Choose one
1 point
Two affected business areas disagree about a project decision, and the governance plan assigns cross-functional conflict resolution to the steering committee. What is the committee's appropriate role?
- A
Take over the project manager's daily coordination of tasks.
- B
Perform all specialist project work on behalf of the team.
- C
Resolve the conflict if that decision is within the committee's assigned authority.
- D
Approve the conflict resolution automatically, even if the committee has no such authority.
20
Choose one
1 point
A team member identifies an issue that may need a decision. Under the stated escalation path, who should receive it first?
- A
The team raises it with the project manager.
- B
The team refers it directly to a higher organizational authority.
- C
The team asks the steering committee to manage the project manager's daily work.
- D
The team records it as resolved before identifying who has authority.
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