PPQA focuses on which areas during process adherence checks?

• A. The project budget
• B. Customer satisfaction
• C. Processes and products to ensure compliance with defined practices
• D. Marketing strategy

Answer: (C)

PPQA is about making sure the project follows defined processes and that the produced work products meet those defined practices and quality criteria. In practice, it involves planned evaluations, audits, and reviews to verify conformance to the process descriptions and to ensure the outputs satisfy quality standards. This dual focus on both the way work is done (the process) and what is produced (the product) is what PPQA aims to assure, so it helps prevent defects and supports ongoing process improvement.

Choices about the project budget, customer satisfaction, or marketing strategy do not capture this process-and-product conformity focus, which is why they’re not the right fit for what PPQA checks during process adherence.