Level 1 exam — Project management

Exam — fresh questions

12 questions to validate framing: scoping note, SMART objectives, scope, stakeholders and charter.
Answer everything, then click Check: your score and explanations will appear.

1.1 · Recall

1. What is the scoping note for?

Formalizing the need and aligning (the why) Closing the project and archiving files Costing the project's final budget Scheduling project team tasks

It aligns stakeholders on the “why” and avoids the initial misunderstanding.

1.1 · Application

2. Bilal gets “we need software, sort it out”. His first reflex?

Question the need, then write a scoping note Quickly order the cheapest software Urgently hire an in-house IT person Wait for the owner to clarify by himself

Clarify the problem before the solution, then get the note validated.

1.2 · Recall

3. What does the “T” of SMART mean?

Transversal (it covers all departments) Tested (everything must be tested) Time-bound (bounded by a deadline) Total (it covers the whole project)

Time-bound: every objective is bounded by a deadline.

1.2 · Application

4. Which of these objectives is SMART?

Clearly improve stock management Do your best all year long Cut stockouts by 30% by June 30 Become the sector's best one day

Precise, quantified, dated: we'll know whether it is met.

1.2 · Arbitration

5. The owner wants to add “modernize the image” to the objective, with no schedule or means change. What does Bilal do?

Accept as-is to please the sponsor Flatly refuse, with no explanation Quietly add the objective, saying nothing Get the objective rewritten and schedule and means reassessed

A stable objective is the course: any change = formal sponsor decision.

1.3 · Application

6. What must Bilal write to protect against scope creep?

Inclusions, exclusions and assumptions, validated A very detailed schedule of all tasks The full CVs of the whole project team Only the precise list of what is included

The written boundary (included/excluded/assumptions), validated, is the bulwark.

1.3 · Application

7. A client asks for “a small addition, it takes 5 minutes”. Reflex?

Do it without logging it, to go faster Orally accept to keep the good relationship Systematically refuse any client request Assess it via the change process before accepting

Cumulated “small” additions explode schedule and budget.

1.3 · Arbitration

8. The “items file provided on the 15th” assumption fails. What to do?

Blame the accountant before the whole team Alert, reschedule and get a new date confirmed Silently wait, hoping it arrives Drop the file from the project with no warning

An assumption is validated and monitored; if it falls, reassess.

1.4 · Application

9. The accountant (high power, low interest): which strategy?

Monitor from afar, with no contact Keep satisfied: brief info, covered expectations Manage closely, daily, in detail Ignore until the whole project ends

High power + low interest = keep satisfied, without drowning in detail.

1.4 · Arbitration

10. An influential warehouse worker opposes the project in a meeting. What does Bilal do?

Firmly contradict them before the whole team Pretend they said strictly nothing Remove them from upcoming project meetings Hear their fear, involve them, seek compromise

A heard opponent often becomes an ally — or a neutralized obstacle.

1.5 · Application

11. What must the owner sign to give the “go”?

The software vendor's invoice The project charter (objectives, scope, mandate) An internal project meeting minutes The detailed forecast project schedule

Signed by the sponsor, the charter mandates the project manager.

1.5 · Arbitration

12. The vendor slips and Bilal can no longer arbitrate alone. Where does he escalate?

To the project committee alone, never mentioning it Nowhere: he silently endures To the steering committee, the project's decision body To the coffee machine, among colleagues

Steering decides and arbitrates; the project committee tracks operations.

What's next?

Score ≥ 80%: move on to Level 2 — V3 (WBS, estimation, Gantt, PERT, resources and budget).
Score < 80%: reread the explanations above — each one re-explains the concept — then redo the 48h challenges of the 5 sections before retaking.