PMP exam the popular credential offered by Project Management Institute aka PMI is often considered crown certification among employers, project management aspirants and job seekers. The essential credential many employers, recruiters look for while hiring project managers is the PMP. It is to be noted that now the scope of PMP certification has gone beyond project management, PMO office. Even for developers, Qa professionals, DBA's, infrastructure professional, Devops professional, business analysts and individuals who are involved in the project are expected to have good knowledge on project management. Some Sample Practice Exam Questions:
What is the meaning of the acronym CSOW?
A. A Statement of work on project level that accumulates statements of work on Cost
account level
B. A Statement of work that is currently valid;this contrasts with the scope baseline, a
formerly valid SOW.
C. A Statement of work that is part of a Contingency plan; it is commonly linked with
Contingency reserves.
D. A Statement of work that has been formally agreed upon by both parties and is
therefore part of a Contract.
Answer: D
What are the cost types in modern quality management?
A. Prevention costs - appraisal costs - failure costs
B. Planning costs - assurance costs - control costs
C. Planning costs - doing costs - checking costs - acting costs
D. Costs of good quality - costs of bad quality
Answer: A
You need a batch of 100 identical valves which will be custom made for your project to
build a food processing plant. There is a risk of deterioration of victuals during
processing; therefore you placed requirements on the quality of the raw materials for the
valves, which will make production very costly.
Unfortunately, in order to test the valves against these requirements, you would have to
destroy them. And you have no experience with the vendors at all. What should you do?
A. Do 100% inspection on delivery to your premises,then order another batch of 100
valves.
B. Require the seller to supply the valves together with appropriate certificates from their
raw materials suppliers.
C. Negotiate a contract over more than 100 items and perform acceptance sampling for
the surplus of the batch on delivery.
D. Do 0% inspection. You have to trust the selected supplier that they will use the
materials according to your specification.
Answer: C
What is true for the process of Scope verification?
A. The project team members must achieve acceptance of the deliverables. This process
is coordinated and documented by the project management team.
B. Insufficient documentation is not a reason to reject deliverables, as long as in all other
respects they are built according to specifications agreed upon.
C. Formal acceptance will finally reconcile all inconsistencies among deliverables and
documents that where caused by bad change control and scope creep.
D. It is the project management team's responsibility to obtain stakeholder's formal
acceptance of the completed project scope and deliverables.
Answer: D
What should you avoid when you are organizing documents as Lessons learned?
A. Writing lessons learned should be an exercise enhancing your personal learning
experience. Make sure you grasp what you are writing down.
B. Devise the lessons learned documentation in a wording which is easy to understand
for a reader who is not familiar with the project.
C. Keep lessons learned documents at a place where they are easy to access and to
retrieve for those who may later need the information.
D. Lessons learned must detail how certain groups or persons caused failures and delays,
especially if they are inside the own organization.
Answer: D
In an organization, project managers report directly to the head of a Project management
office (PMO). In this case, which statement is probably not true?
A. Projects will be run by the functional organization and project managers are
expediting change control.
B. The head of the project management office can strengthen the matrix as a manager of
project managers.
C. The project management office will actually be responsible for direct management of
the projects.
D. It will be easier for the PMO to ensure that the organizational process assets provided
are being used.
Answer: A
You gathered a lot of knowledge on project management in your business life. What is an
appropriate use for that?
A. Your job is managing projects for your customers. You should not worry about other
project managers.
B. There are better project managers somewhere in this world. They should help
developing the professional community.
C. It is your knowledge, and it has a high market value. You may consider it you
intellectual property, which you keep secret.
D. Share your knowledge with the professional community in form of books, articles,
lectures, seminars etc.
Answer: D
What is the job title of the person who is primarily responsible for the quality of
deliverables?
A. The quality control inspector.
B. The quality controller.
C. The design engineer.
D. The project manager.
E. The quality manager.
Answer: D
Which of the following is NOT an essential regarding a project close-out?
A. Documenting formal acceptance of the product.
B. Documenting the final risk assessment.
C. Documenting the lessons learned.
D. Documenting the final project scope
E. None of the above.
Answer: B
Which of the following is the distinguishing characteristic between the network
diagram and the Gantt chart?
A. Few resources
B. Key milestones
C. Critical dates
D. Critical dependencies
Answer: D
Which of the following are indicative of duration estimates?
A. How many hours a resource will work on an activity.
B. When an activity is expected to start.
C. How many work periods an activity is expected to last.
D. When an activity is expected to finish.
Answer: C
Certain resources have been added to tasks on the critical path so as to reduce the
project duration. As a result the plan should then be reviewed for the:
A. Possible lag time on other paths.
B. Resource assigned to other tasks on the critical path.
C. The most time consuming task remaining in the plan.
D. Emergence of a new critical path.
Answer: D
Under which of the following circumstances would project management is the NOT
be the preferred management approach?
A. Cross functional tasks.
B. Unique operations.
C. Product manufacturing environment.
D. Time-constrained deliverables.
Answer: C
Which of the following should be done by the project manager upon completion of
the project?
A. Planning a turnover meeting.
B. Obtaining a sign-off from the customer.
C. Team celebration.
D. Project evaluation.
E. Performance evaluation of team members.
Answer: B
Which of the following is the MAIN reason for including incentive clauses in a
contract?
A. Reducing costs to the buyer.
B. Controlling contractor costs.
C. Aligning contractor and buyer goals.
D. Reducing production costs.
E. Reducing contractor risk.
Answer: C
In which of the following circumstances is it BEST to make use of the project
management approach? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Cross functional tasks.
B. Unique operations.
C. Product manufacturing environment.
D. Time-constrained deliverables.
E. Production-line environment.
Answer: A, B, D
Which of the following represents the pinnacle of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
A. Survival.
B. Self-actualization.
C. Safety.
D. Esteem.
E. Physiological satisfaction.
Answer: B
Which statement describes best the term Sink node?
A. It is a node in a WBS, where several branches are brought back together.
B. It is a node in a Conditional network diagram, at which it becomes deterministic.
C. It is a node in a Decision tree, showing various branches with the same chance.
D. It is a node in a Network logic diagram which has multiple predecessors.
Answer: D
Situational leadership as defined by Hersey and Blanchard consists of the stages
A. Must-be requirements, one-dimensional requirements, attractive requirements
B. Acquisition stage, learning stage, performance stage, exhaustion stage
C. Directing, supporting, coaching, delegating.
D. Direct style, instrumental style, relational style.
Answer: C
The use of scarce resources must be decided upon with functional managers before it
causes delays in your project. Which is probably your most important skill right now?
A. Negotiating
B. Facilitating
C. Documenting
D. Planning
Answer: A
You are project manager for a project with a multi-million value assigned by a company
that is listed at a US stock exchange.
Recent Earned value analysis after app. 25% completion told you that your project has a
CPI of 0.76. What should you do right now?
A. It is still early in the project and data are yet inaccurate. Wait a while and allow
numbers from the project to stabilize.
B. The variance is a signal of a sound project which is well under budget. There is no
need for action.
C. You should immediately inform your management, which should then assess whether
this CPI constitutes a material financial issue.
D. A project that much under budget may be a problem for negotiating future budgets.
Try to spend money somewhere else.
Answer: C
The ___________ can be used to assess outlays and funding requirements.
A. Cost variance analysis.
B. Cost assignment matrix
C. Cost control plan
D. Cost baseline
Answer: D
___________ are not necessarily used to establish the Cost baseline of a project?
A. The Risk breakdown structure and the Risk register.
B. The Project schedule and Resource calendars.
C. Schedule activity or work package cost estimates.
D. The Work breakdown structure and WBS dictionary.
Answer: A
Which statement describes best handling of assumptions during the Initiating processes?
A. Risks are a sign of uncertainty.Avoiding all uncertainties means that a project should
have no risks at all.
B. Managing and organizing assumptions means avoiding risks right from the start of the
project.
C. It is the responsibility of the sales person in charge to identify all risks related to a
customer project.
D. Organizational, environmental and external assumptions should be addressed by the
project charter.
Answer: D
You have recently been named as the project manager of a new project under contract.
The sponsor of the project gave you the contract which has been signed by the customer
and a document Statement of work. He asked you to go on with initiation. Which
document should you develop next?
A. Scope statement
B. Preliminary scope statement
C. Project charter
D. Project schedule
Answer: C
Which question is not appropriate for a weighting system to evaluate seller's performance
according to weighted criteria?
A. Has a CV of the prospective project manager been sent with the proposal?
B. What financial status and reputation in the market place could be assessed?
C. What is the yearly investment in development of personnel per year and employee?
D. How many reference customers have been verified by the seller in the specific field?
Answer: A
The Communications management plan is a document, which includes descriptions of6
A. Responsibility assignments
B. Stakeholder communication requirements
C. Activity level status reports
D. Project level performance reports
Answer: B
What is the benefit of a Weighting system over a Screening system when used for
selection among sellers?
A. A weighting system is faster and easier to use.
B. A weighting system is less prone to subjective prejudice.
C. Criteria for a weighting system are easier to define.
D. A weighting system allows prioritization of selection criteria.
Answer: D
Crashing describes a technique to speed up a project by...
A. ...overlapping activities which were originally planned to be done in sequence.
B. ...reallocating existing resources or assigning additional resources to the project.
C. ...reducing the number of features of the product in order to reduce development work.
D. ...reducing the duration estimates for activities to increase the pressure applied to the
staff.
Answer: B
What are extrinsic motivators?
A. Motivators derived from within the individual
B. Incentives such as money, gifts, and rewards.
C. Hygiene factors of the work environment
D. Motivators specific to an individual.
Answer: D
As a project manager you can assign any one of two team members to a highly coveted
task. Both are equally capable, but one of them is a member of your in-group. To the
other one, you have far more distance.
How should you behave?
A. You take the person not in your group to avoid misunderstandings.
B. You delegate the decision to a third team member to avoid the conflict.
C. Chose the group person. The trustful relation will benefit the project.
D. You disclose the situation to stakeholders and solicit a joint decision.
Answer: D
Which is a technique often used for Quality assurance?
A. Quality audit.
B. Code review.
C. Scope verification.
D. Inspection.
Answer: A
Which of the following are not common Barriers to project team building?
A. Differing outlooks, priorities, and interests
B. Excessive team member commitment
C. Role conflicts
D. Unclear project objectives/outcomes
Answer: B
Your project run for a customer is coming to an end. The customer has been contractually
granted a three years warranty period for the product of the project. What should you do
first?
A. There is no additional work to be done. The contract should describe all processes in
sufficient detail.
B. Hand all relevant documentation over to the organizational unit responsible for
handling the warranty.
C. Changes on the product can affect warranty clauses. Ensure that these clauses are
aligned with the final specifications.
D. According to many legislations, you cannot formally close a project before the end of
the warranty period.
Answer: C
During execution in a project to build a major road bridge, your team found a hefty flaw
in the technical drawings. On an ad-hoc base, they had to find and implement a
workaround to avoid delays and mitigate technical problems. What should you do next?
A. It is normal in projects that, during project execution, inconsistencies arise between
planning documents and actual implementation. This is no problem as long as the
functional status of the product is maintained.
B. A formal change request from hind side is not sensible. Create some additional
documents describing the workaround and sign them by yourself, you can present them
during the next regular CCB meeting.
C. Meticulously document the problem and the workaround to create a requested change
to the project management plan, which will then be passed to the body responsible for the
change control decision.
D. The workaround was performed on a technical level only. As long as it does not
influence the function of the bridge or the organizational configuration of the project, a
change request will not be necessary.
Answer: C
What is important for Quality auditors?
A. They must be in-house personnel.
B. They must be third-party staff.
C. They must be properly trained.
D. They must be mandated by theauditee.
Answer: C
Your organization has the choice between several internal projects it could run. In order
to select projects, the organization assessed their strategic importance, investment
requirements, and expected cash inflow from the projects' products, services and results.
What should the organization assess in addition?
A. The assessments done should be sufficient.
B. The frequency of changes to strategic goals.
C. The probability of changes to strategic goals.
D. The probability of the expected cash inflows.
Answer: D
The Contract management plan differs from the Procurement management plan by which
characteristics?
A. The contract management plan is written by the project manager, the procurement
management plan is written by the procurement department.
B. The procurement management plan relates to the project, while a contract
management plan may be written for each individual procurement item.
C. The contract management plan describes the type of contracts to be used. The
procurement management plan describes how the contract will be managed.
D. The contract management plan is output of the Plan contracting and acquisition
process, the procurement management plan is output of the Select sellers process.
Answer: B
What is not true for project deliverables?
A. Once project deliverables have beenidentified, their description should not be changed
any more.
B. The acceptance process for deliverables and how rejection will be addressed should be
described in the contract.
C. Project deliverables may be products, capabilities for services or other kinds of results.
D. Project deliverables should be identified, described and agreed upon as early in the
project as possible.
Answer: A
After a status meeting, one of your team members, John, pulls you aside and tells you
that he was insulted by a comment from another team member. He felt that the comment
was racist. You meet with the team member who made the comment, Suzanne, but she
says that the other team member's performance has been very poor. She has never made a
comment like this before at the company. You review the records, and see that she is
correct - he has consistently delivered lower quality work than any other team member.
What is the BEST way to handle this situation?
A. Get John additional help for his poor performance
B. Reprimand Suzanne in private for her racist comments, and follow any company
policies for reporting racism among employees
C. At the next team meeting, reprimand John for his poor performance and Suzanne for
the racist comment
D. Suzanne has never had this problem before, so she should be given another chance
Answer: B
Which of the following is a defect?
A. A project management plan that does not meet its requirements
B. A change request that's been rejected by the change control board
C. A change that the team needs to make in how they do the work
D. A mistake made by a team member on the job
Answer: A
Your top team member has performed extremely well, and you want to reward her. She
knows that you don't have enough money in the budget to give her a bonus, so she
approaches you and requests an extra day off, even though she is out of vacation days.
She asks if she can take one of her sick days, even though the company doesn't allow
that. Which of the following is correct?
A. You should give her the time off, because Expectancy Theory says that you need to
give people an expectation of a reward in order to motivate them
B. You should give her the time off, because a Theory Y manager trusts the team
C. You should give her the time off, becauseMcLelland's Achievement Theory states that
people need achievement, power, and affiliation to be motivated
D. You should not give her the time off
Answer: D
Your team has identified a risk with some of the chemicals you are using on your
highway construction project. It is really difficult to mix them just right and, based on
past projects, you've figured out that there's a high probability that about 14% of the
chemical supply will be lost in mixing problems. You decide to buy an extra 15% of the
chemicals up front so that you will be prepared for those losses and your project won't be
delayed. Which response strategy are you using?
A. Accept
B. Mitigate
C. Avoid
D. Transfer
Answer: B
An important part of performing stakeholder analysis is documenting quantifiable
expectations. Which of the following expectations is quantifiable?
A. The project must yield a 15% reduction in part cost
B. The project should be higher quality
C. All stakeholders' needs must be satisfied
D. The project must improve customer satisfaction
Answer: A
Joe is an excellent programmer. He was promoted to a role of Project Manager because
he understands technology better than anyone else in the company. Unfortunately, he is
having trouble doing the project management job and his projects are failing. What is this
an example of?
A. Ground rules
B. Gold plating
C. Halo effect
D. Pre-assignment
Answer: C
You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into
a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of
community. This is referred to as a:
A. Common area
B. War room
C. Socially active team
D. Virtual team
Answer: B
When you look at a control chart that measures defects in the product produced by your
project, you find that seven values are showing up below the mean on the chart. What
should you do?
A. Look into the process that is being measured. There's probably a problem there.
B. This means that the mean is too high.
C. You should adjust your lower control limit - the values indicate a problem with where
the limits have been set.
D. Ignore the anomaly. This is the rule of seven, so statistically the data doesn't matter.
Answer: A
You are the project manger of a software project. Two developers, Bill and Alfredo, are
having an argument about how to implement a feature. Bill thinks that it's more important
that the project get done quickly, so he's suggesting that you re-use some work that's been
done on a previous project to get started. Alfredo thinks that that work doesn't apply to
this project and will just waste time. Bill is almost always right about these things and
he's very influential on the team, so it's important that you keep him happy. What should
you do?
A. Since you do want to get the project done quickly, you side with Bill.
B. Side with Alfredo. It could end up taking longer in the end.
C. Call a meeting to hear both sides of the situation and decide in favor of the solution
that is best supported by objective evidence.
D. Call a meeting in private with Bill to hear more about his position.
Answer: C
Administrative closure procedure for a project phase does not include
A. Analyzing success or failure
B. Gathering lessons learned
C. Collecting project records
D. Approving the next phase
Answer: D
You are assigned as a project manager for an internal project. During cost planning and
budgeting you found out, that there are peak times of costs during the project and other
times when costs are fairly low. What could this mean for the project?
A. You may find another project manager with a project which has a different rhythm of
high and low costs. Then, you may be able to move budget during one project's low cost
periods to the other project.
B. You are a project manager and work with a lifecycle budget for your project. Fiscal
budgets are a matter of the functional organization, and you have generally not to care
about them.
C. You can silently create budget contingencies during low-cost periods and re-use them
later during those periods when you have to cover peak levels in project costs.
D. The fiscal budget mechanism which is used by the performing organization may not
allow for cost peaks in your project, and you may have to smooth expenditures over time.
Answer: D
What is commonly the purpose of the Manage stakeholders process?
A. Resolving issues.
B. Ensuring stakeholder value.
C. Identifying stakeholders.
D. Ensuring the order of phases.
Answer: A
Which is not an activity included in the Integrated change control process?
A. Performing Milestone trend analysis (MTA)
B. Documenting the allover impact of Requested changes
C. Reviewing and approving Change requests
D. Maintaining the integrity of Baselines
Answer: A
The members of your project team have been assigned to your project with general
availability levels of 50%.
Yesterday, they reported to you that significant variances occurred during project
execution. You observed that the team members are spending less than 50% of their time
working for your project. Your project schedule is on the way to become heavily delayed
and deadlines are in jeopardy. What should you do?
A. Talk to your sponsor and try to get more resources assigned on similar conditions as
the existing ones.
B. Ignore the difficulties, adjust your schedule and negotiate new deadlines according to
the slower progress.
C. Talk with the line managers. Negotiate clear and written assignments with predictable
levels of effort.
D. Focus on internal charges. Make sure that your project is not getting charged for more
than the actual work.
Answer: C
You are defining evaluation criteria for your project. The procurement item is readily
available from a number of acceptable sellers. On which criterion may you focus on in
such a situation?
A. Seller's management approach
B. Price offered by the seller
C. Seller's financial capacity
D. Understanding of your need
Answer: B
Which is generally not regarded as one of the three categories of culture that managers
should master?
A. National culture
B. Organizational culture
C. Functional culture
D. Project culture
Answer: D
You are the manager of a major project to develop a system of barriers to prevent a
seaside city from flooding. Together with your team you created a Code of conduct
stating that the Change control board must be immediately notified of gifts when the
value exceeds $90. The same applies to invitations when the value exceeds $150.
Today, a contractor executive sent you an invitation for a night at an opera with a value
of $95. It is a one-time event and you tried to obtain tickets by yourself without success.
The person told you that he would so much wish to join you, but he will not be available
on that day, and he could get hold of only one ticket anyway.
What do you have to do?
A. One may regard the ticket as a gift, but it is just at the limit: You do not have to notify
the CCB.
B. The ticket is a gift and over of the limit. You have to notify the CCB who will make
the decision.
C. You are allowed to accept invitations with a value of up to $150, so there should be no
problem.
D. You are the project manager. The rules are in place to strengthen your position. They
do not apply to you.
Answer: B
When should the Project schedule be developed?
A. As early in the project as possible. A stable schedule should be there before
performing any other planning processes.
B. When most planning processes from scope and time management have been finished.
This will be iterated when necessary.
C. During initiating. The project schedule should be developed concurrently with the
preliminary scope statement.
D. Scheduling should be avoided. Agile approaches with a backlog and a 4 to 8-weekly
meeting cycle are sufficient.
Answer: B
Understanding of _________________ characteristics of people is not part of
understanding the cultural and social environment.
A. economic
B. ethnic and religious
C. individual
D. educational
Answer: C
You are managing a large construction project that's been broken down into sub-projects
(or phases). Each of these sub-projects is scheduled to take between three and six months
to complete. At the end of each subproject, you plan to go through the closing processes
and document lessons learned. Which of the following BEST describes what you must do
at the beginning of each sub-project or phase?
A. Use the Earned Value Technique to decide whether or not to finish the project
B. Make sure you don't involve the team, to avoid introducing too much project
management overhead
C. Develop the preliminary scope statement for the phase
D. Release all resources from the project and contact sellers to renegotiate all contracts
Answer: C
Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique of Risk Monitoring and Control?
A. Revisiting your risk register to review and reassess risks
B. Using Earned Value analysis to find variances that point to potential project problems
C. Bringing in an outside party to review your risk response strategies
D. Gathering information about how the work is being performed
Answer: D
What is the main output of the Scope Definition process?
A. Preliminary Scope Statement
B. Scope Dictionary
C. Project Scope Statement
D. Scope Definition
Answer: C
A company uses a management technique that employs quality assurance techniques to
continuously improve all processes. This is called:
A. Ishikawa Diagrams
B. Kaizen
C. Inspection
D. Just In Time Management
Answer: B
At the beginning of the project, you hold a meeting with all of the stakeholders in your
project in order to figure out how everyone will communicate as the work goes on.
Which of the following terms best describes that meeting?
A. Qualitative Analysis
B. Communication Plan meeting
C. Kick-off meeting
D. Status meeting
Answer: C
You have been asked to select between three projects. Project A has a net present value
of $54,750 and will take six months to complete. Project B has a net present value of
$85,100 and will take two years to complete. Project C has a net present value of $15,000
and a benefit-cost ratio of 5:2. Which project should you choose?
A. Project A
B. There is not enough information to decide
C. Project B
D. Project C
Answer: C
Project Management Framework is comprised of set of Processes and Knowledge areas.Processes can be grouped under five major process groups namely :
1) Initiation /Initiating Process group
2) Planning Process Group
3) Executing/Execution Process Group
4) Monitor And Control Process Group
5) Closing/Closure Process Group
It is comprises of 9 major Knowledge Areas :
1) Integration Management
2) Scope Management
3) Time Management
4) Cost Management
5) Quality Management
6) Human Resources (HR) Management
7) Communication Management
8) Risk Management
9) Procurement Management
Which of the following is NOT included in the quality management plan?
A.Definitions.
B.Assurance.
C.Control.
D.Planning.
Answer: A
Which of the following actions are irrelevant when the critical path needs to be reduced by 35% on a project?
A.Crashing time schedule.
B.Paralleling activities.
C.Adding resources.
D.Eliminating float.
E.All of the above.
Answer: D
Which of the following concepts refers to a response to a risk event that was not defined in advance and is currently happening?
A.Risk mitigation response.
B.Incidence response.
C.Workaround response.
D.Corrective action response.
E.Contingency response.
Answer: C
Which of the following should be archived upon completion of a project that involved significant procurement?
A.Project specifications.
B.Progress charts.
C.Financial records.
D.Project charter.
E.Inspection reports.
Answer: C
Which of the following represents the reason why post-contract evaluations are important?
A.The contract fee is contractor performance related.
B.It establishes a historical base for contractor selection.
C.It acts as a point of reference for making legal procurements.
D.Most contracts make them a necessity.
E.They are legally required in many jurisdictions.
Answer: B
Which of the following does not form part of Project Procurement Management?
A.Administration.
B.Planning
C.Stakeholder analysis
D.Work statement
E.Solicitation
Answer: C
Where is work packages described?
A.Work charter.
B.Work schedule.
C.Work breakdown structure.
D.Work project plan.
E.Statement of work.
Answer: C
Which of the following represents the BEST way to organize project activities for scheduling?
A.By the critical path.
B.By the task start date.
C.By the date of commencement of project.
D.By work breakdown structure.
E.By the responsible organization.
Answer: D
The process to change a contract clause is __________ the project change control system.
A.Integrated within.
B.Unrelated to.
C.The same as.
D.An input to.
E.None of the above.
Answer: A
Which of the following is NOT necessary when developing a detailed project cost estimate?(Choose all that apply.)
A.Management plan
B.Resource requirements
C.Cost plan
D.Project character
E.All of the above.
Answer: A, C, D
What is necessary to check whether the scope of the project is being met?
A.Omit problems from the conference report.
B.Ensure that changes to the project character are reflected in the definition.
C.Verify the project schedule is on track.
D.Define causes and symptoms of identified problems.
E.Conduct periodic inspections, reviews, and walk-throughs.
Answer: E
During which of the following phases is a project's scope statements developed?
A.The initiation phase.
B.The implementation phase.
C.The planning phase.
D.The verification phase.
E.The definition phase.
Answer: C
During a weekly meeting, the IT department states that they are bringing new CRM application system online. Though no problems are anticipated, in the event that a problem does arise, they will work overtime to stay on schedule.How would you react as the project manager operating in a matrix organization?
A.Assess the cost implication of this activity in the implementation phase.
B.Request that the IT department's commitment be in writing.
C.Assess the risk of this activity and develop a response strategy.
D.Note this information in the minutes of the conference report meeting.
E.Request that the IT department delay implementation of the CRM application system until your project is completed.
Answer: C
What is signified when a forward and backward pass indicates total float is equal to - 20 days?
A.The project is estimated to be-20 days ahead of schedule.
B.Two branches converge on a node.
C.The critical path must be evaluated to determine actual slack time.
D.Duration compression may be required to meet the original project scope.
E.None of the above.
Answer: D
Which of the following approaches is likely to lead to the MOST lasting solutions in cases of conflict resolution?
A.Smoothing
B.Problem-solving
C.Communicating
D.Negotiating
E.Compromising
Answer: B
Which of the following can you use to determine an individual's willingness to take a risk?
A.Decision tree modeling.
B.Utility theory.
C.Monte Carlomethod.
D.Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
E.Sensitivity analysis.
Answer: B
Which of the following represents the MAIN function of the change control board?
A.Issue change requests.
B.Assign new team members to increase output.
C.Review the impact of change request.
D.Identify new areas of project work.
E.Represent lop management interests.
Answer: C
Which of the following are technical staffs particularly responsive to?
A.Ad hoc power
B.Referent power.
C.Expert power.
D.Formal power.
E.Functional power.
Answer: C
The determination of conformance with scope requirements is called ____?
A.Quality Planning.
B.Quality Control.
C.Quality Management.
D.Quality Assurance.
Answer: B
In which of the following situations would the PERT method be applied most?
A.When little experience exists on which to base estimated of activity duration.
B.When knowledge of the interrelationships of activities are crucial.
C.When there is limited knowledge regarding the cost estimation related to the project.
D.When resource requirements are well defined.
Answer: A
Consider the following scenario: the contract is a fixed price/lump sum contract. The change control procedure in place states that written authorization for all changes is required. You noticed that there is a 200% budget overrun due to one of the project team members verbally instructing a supplier to perform work outside of its contracted scope of
work.How would you as the project manager address this project team member for the apparent disregard for following directions? What conflict resolution style will you employ?
A.Compromising
B.Problem-solving
C.Forcing
D.Smoothing
E.Withdrawal
Answer: B
Which of the following concepts are associated with the "Cost of Quality" in project management? (Choose all that apply)
A.Appraisal costs
B.Management costs
C.Prevention costs
D.Failure costs
E.Planning costs
Answer: A, C, D
Which of the following represents an example of developing alternative activity sequences?
A.Rolling wave.
B.Contingency planning
C.Risk aversion
D.Rework.
E.All of the above
Answer: B
How many ADDITIONAL lines of communication will be created when the number of team members involved during the project increases from five to ten?
A.10
B.35
C.45
D.50
E.55
Answer: B
Which of the following can be used to measure overall project performance?
A.A work breakdown structure.
B.A Gantt chart.
C.An earned value chart.
D.A PERT chart.
E.A flow chart.
Answer: C
Which of the following represents the final task during project close-out?
A.Reassignment of team member.
B.Verification that contractual obligations were met.
C.Transferring the deliverables to the client.
D.Completion of performance/lessons-learned records.
Answer: C
In which of the following circumstances is it BEST to make use of the project management approach? (Choose all that apply.)
A.Cross functional tasks.
B.Unique operations.
C.Product manufacturing environment.
D.Time-constrained deliverables.
E.Production-line environment.
Answer: A, B, D
Which
of the following should be done by the project manager upon completion of the project?
A.Planning a turnover meeting.
B.Obtaining a sign-off from the customer.
C.Team celebration.
D.Project evaluation.
E.Performance evaluation of team members.
Answer: B
When preparing the probability distribution of cost outcomes for a project, what is the estimate with a 15% probability of being exceeded approximately one standard deviation___________?
A.Above the mean.
B.Below the mean.
C.Below the median.
D.Above the median.
Answer: A
Which technique would you be using if you analyze which sequence of activities has the least amount of flexibility when you need to predict project duration?
A.Critical path
B.Dependency diagramming
C.PERT
D.Gantt chart
E.Monte Carlomethod
Answer: A
Which of the following is NOT an input of the Contract Administration process?
A. Selected Sellers
B. Contract Management Plan
C. Procurement Management Plan
D. Work Performance Information
Answer: C
Which of the following is a "hygiene factor" under Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene
Theory?
A. Self-actualization
B. Recognition for excellent work
C. Good relations with coworkers and managers
D. Clean clothing
Answer: C
Your project has a virtual team. Half of your team members are located in another
country, where they are working for a subcontractor. The subcontractor's team members
speak a different dialect of English than your team does. After a conference call, two of
your team members make jokes about the way your subcontractor's team members speak.
What is the BEST way to handle this situation?
A. Correct the team members individually, and hold a training session for your team to
help remove communications barriers
B. Immediately correct the two people in front of the rest of the team
C. Report the team members to senior management and recommend that they be punished
D. Remove noise from the communication by contacting the subcontractor and
requesting that the team adjust the way they speak
Answer: A
Which of the following is NOT part of the Contract Closure process?
A. An audit to verify that all of the legal obligations have been met
B. Making sure all invoices have been paid
C. Obtaining formal acceptance of all deliverables from all stakeholders
D. Writing down lessons learned
Answer: C
You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get
staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with
performance problems for your team. Which is the BEST response to this situation?
A. Tell the manager that you know which team members you want for your team and he
needs to give them to you.
B. Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those
candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable
skills and interests for your team.
C. Tell the QA manager that the staffing problems are really no big deal, and you're sure
that the two of you can eventually figure out the right answer together.
D. Stop talking to the QA manager.
Answer: B
Rekha is a project manager on a large construction project. Late in the project, her client
demands a big change. She assesses the impact of the change and tells the client how
much time and money it will cost. But the client won't allow any change to the schedule
and won't pay anything more for change. Rekha explains that the proposed change is well
outside the documented scope of the original work. The client tells Rekha that he doesn't
care what was in the original scope and that she needs to implement the change with no
impact to schedule or budget. What conflict resolution technique is he the client using?
A. Confronting
B. Smoothing
C. Withdrawal
D. Forcing
Answer: D
In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed
throughout the project?
A. Communications Management Plan
B. Staffing Management Plan
C. Schedule Management Plan
D. Project Management Plan
Answer: A
Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?
A. Contract
B. Preliminary Scope Statement
C. Work Performance Information
D. Statement of Work
Answer: C
A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders.
Which form of communication is appropriate?
A. Informal verbal
B. Formal verbal
C. Formal written
D. Informal written
Answer: C
Is a "conference call" informal verbal pmp?
a) Yes
b) No
Answer : b
A project customer and a contractor agreed on regular Quality audits during execution by
a third party audit team, which is working on an assignment for the customer.
What should the contractor have prepared for the audits?
A. Quality documentation
B. Measurements and test results
C. Contract related correspondence
D. Work results
Answer: A
What does the term Best practice often refer to?
A. A standardized set of deliverables, like plans, reports, and checklists.
B. The concept of State of the art applied to project management.
C. A specific sequence of work, described in terms of Soft logic.
D. A set of Tools and techniques that a project manager should master.
Answer: C
You created a Baseline of your System configuration and added several changes to that
as amendments. Meanwhile you are afraid that the big number of Deltas may cause
inconsistencies and make you unable to understand the current system configuration.
What should you do?
A. Create an entirely new configuration.
B. Proclaim a Design freeze.
C. Revise the baseline.
D. Go on with amendments.
Answer: C
During execution of a project, you observe that the performance of some of your team
members is dropping, while others are doing a consistently good job. What should you
try first to bring the team as a whole back to performance?
A. Organize a team meeting and discuss openly the bad performance of the weak team
members. Try to find a joint solution during the meeting.
B. Introduce a system of formal and informal performance appraisals, research causes for
bad performance and solicit mutual feedback.
C. Introduce a competitive incentive system with a bonus for the 20% of your team
which is performing better than the other 80%.
D. Do not interfere, but allow the team some time to organizeitself and sort the problem
out by low-level conflict management.
Answer: B
Which is not a characterizing content of a document referred to as Activity attributes?
A. The person executing the work in a schedule activity
B. Schedule activity identifiers, codes and descriptions
C. Schedule activity predecessors and successors
D. The cost baseline assigned to the schedule activity
Answer: D
Which concept of locating team members can help them best to enhance their ability to
perform as a team?
A. Virtual e-teams
B. Co-location
C. Cross-functional dispersion
D. Global team dispersion
Answer: B
At the beginning of Project execution, you notice different opinions between team
members relating to project work and deliverables and to the level of overall complexity.
What should you do right now?
A. Organize meetings to identify and resolve misunderstandings between team members
in order to early avoid interface problems, disintegration and costly rework.
B. Use interviews in private with each individual team member to inform them of your
expectations and your requirements in an atmosphere of confidence.
C. Give your team members some time to develop a common understanding of the
project scope and product scope. Upcoming interface problems may be resolved later.
D. Use the Risk management processes to identify and assess risks caused by
misunderstandings and develop a plan with measures in order to respond to them.
Answer: A
Which statement describes best the purpose of the Communications management plan?
A. The communications management plan describes the information deliveryneeds
including format and level of detail.
B. The communications management plan focuses on the use of communications
technologies by the project management team.
C. The project management plan is a subsidiary document of the overall communications
management plan.
D. The communications management plan describes rules of behavior and respect for
communications in cross-cultural teams.
Answer: A
Being assigned as a project manager, you noticed during executing that conflicts arise in
the team on both, technical and interpersonal level. What is an appropriate way of
handling conflicts?
A. A conflict should be handled in a meeting so that the entire team can participate in
solution finding.
B. Conflict should be addressed early and usually in private, using a direct, collaborative
approach.
C. Conflicts distract the team and disrupt the work rhythm. You should always smooth
them when they surface.
D. You should use your coercive power to quickly resolve conflicts and then focus on
goal achievement.
Answer: B
A project manager tracks the work of team members using a network logic diagram.
Which effect will the presence of an actual finish date have on the calculation of float for
finished activities?
A. Finished activities have only float left when they have been completed on schedule.
B. When an activity has been finished, float gets often converted to become slack.
C. When an activity has been finished, total float gets often converted to become free
float
D. Calculating free float and total float is generally not reasonable for finished activities.
Answer: D
Which of the following statements BEST describes what project progress reports
are?
A. It is used to predict future status and progress.
B. The project sponsor makes the most use of it.
C. It is an important communications element.
D. It is needed on a weekly basis.
Answer: C
During contract closure, a procurement audit includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Identifying successes and failures that should be recognized
B. Using the payment system to process consideration as per the terms of the contract
C. Reviewing the contract terms to ensure that they have all been met
D. Documenting lessons learned
Answer: B
Information about the project must be distributed to all stakeholders. Which of the
following process outputs is used to report the status and cost of project activities?
A. Work performance information
B. Issue logs
C. Project records
D. Status reports
Answer: A
You have been hired by a contractor, who wants you to manage a construction project for
one of their clients. The project team has been working for six weeks. You need to
determine whether the team is ahead of or behind schedule. Which of the following tools
and techniques is the BEST one for you to consult?
A. Project Management Software
B. Schedule Change Control System
C. Performance Measurement
D. Bottom-Up Estimating
Answer: C
Which is not an output of the Activity definition process?
A. Work breakdown structure
B. Milestone list
C. Activity attributes
D. Activity list
Answer: A
You are the project manager for the development of a new type of power plant. Your
project is making fast progress, and it is getting nearer to the day of product acceptance.
Which technique will be most important for product acceptance?
A. Audit
B. Impact analysis
C. Inspection
D. Team review
Answer: C
A work breakdown structure which has become part of a contract is often referred to as...
A. ...FWBS (Final WBS)
B. ...SWBS (Scoped WBS)
C. ...CWBS (Contract WBS)
D. ...MDBS (Mandatory WBS)
Answer: C
What is true for Statistical sampling?
A. Variables sampling includes collection of quantitative data on the degree of
conformity for each item of a sample.
B. Statistical sampling can be used to verify for each individual item in a lot, whether it
can be accepted or must be rejected.
C. Attribute sampling means collection of quantitative data showing the level of
conformity for each item of a sample.
D. Statistical sampling is commonly used in Quality assurance to examine if items of a
lot conform to quality standards.
Answer: A
Which statement is false? Progressive elaboration of project scope...
A. ... means developing in steps. It not should be confused with scope creep.
B. ...when properly managed, integrates elaboration of project and deliverable
specifications.
C. ...is a characteristic of projects that accompanies the concepts of temporary and
unique.
D. ...signals a weak spot in the scope definition process, caused by incomplete contracts
and specifications.
Answer: D
Integration Management - Monitor And Control Project Work - ITTO Memorization Technique
Monitor And Control Project work is the core job that most project managers are involved in. Monitor and control project work comes under Monitoring and Controlling Process Group.We are going to discuss Monitor and control project work ITTO Memorization techniques. Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs are based on PMBOK latest Edition. Monitor and control Project work is the fourth process in Integration management knowledge area.
4) Integration Management - Monitor and Control Project Work
Inputs :
1) Project Management Plan
2) Performance Reports
3) Enterprise Environmental factors
4) Organizational Process assets
Mnemonic/Easy Memorization Technique - POPE (Remember POPE - Catholic head at ROME). POPE leads the catholics. For easy remembrance, remember that Project Manager is the head and leader of the project. He Monitors and controls the project (leads the project).
Tools and Techniques :
1) Expert Judgement
Output :
1) Change Requests
2) Project Management Plan Updates
3) Project Document Updates
Mnemonic/Easy Memorization Technique - 2P + C ( 2 priests + catholics)
To Summarize Monitor and Control Project Work remember the following story :
POPE (Input) uses his expert judgement (tool) and chooses 2 Priests for the catholic church ( 2P + C - Output).
PMI often conducts review of its exam content in the form of role delineation study that takes into consideration roles, responsibilities of project managers in many different industries, the way they evolve, keep changing to meet current trends. This is included and updated in PMBOK, Project Management Body Of Knowledge the standard that gets updated by PMI on a priodic basis. This update on an average does happen once in two to three years.
PMBOK book is the basis upon which PMP credential is designed. Complete understanding of PMBOK knowledge areas, tasks within each knowledge areas is often expected as an essential skill while choosing project managers who undertake new projects as well as someone who is already well experienced and standardizes himself by understanding PMBOK.
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