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PMP Question Bank - 400 PMP Sample Questions 1st Edition M Fahad Usmani - Solutions
You have been supplying engines to an auto-production company. During inspection at the client’s facility, a few of your engines failed testing. Therefore, they send you those engines for replacement. What kind of cost of quality is this? (a) Internal (b) External (c) Variable (d) Damaged Go to
You are in the process of estimating the number of working days needed to complete activities. There are many techniques available to do this. Which of the following is not a technique that you will use for this purpose? (a) Analogous (b) Parametric (c) Three point (d) Monte Carlo Go to the Answer
Validate scope is the process which helps increase the chances that the client will accept the deliverable. Here, the client reviews the verified deliverable from the control quality process. Which of the following statements is true about validate scope process?(a) You complete this process with
Interpersonal skills are also known as soft skills, which are behavioral competencies that help you develop your project management team. Which of the following is not an interpersonal skill which is required to manage the project team? (a) Leadership (b) Rewards (c) Influencing (d) Decision making
You are discussing strategies to be used to manage and engage stakeholders in your project. Which process are you in? (a) Plan stakeholder engagement (b) Develop stakeholder management strategy (c) Manage stakeholders engagement (d) Plan communication management Go to the Answer
During your project execution, some spare parts did not arrive and you need them urgently. This risk was not previously identified. What will your next step be? (a) Implement the mitigation plan (b) Implement the fallback plan (c) Create a workaround (d) Inform the management Go to the Answer
During the project execution, a stakeholder comes to you and tells you that she suspects that some team members are not doing their tasks and are busy with other activities. You discuss her concerns with her and show her a document. After seeing it, she agrees with that the team members are doing
During the review of a control chart, you observe that the limit for one deliverable is below the lower control limit but above the specification limit. What will your next step be? (a) As it is within the specification limits, no action will be taken (b) You will take corrective action (c) You
Your project is 90% completed, the cost performance index is 1.2 and the schedule performance index is 0.8. Management is concerned about the delay and asks you to utilize schedule compression so the project can be completed on time. Which of the following statements is true about the schedule
Activity A has ES-5, EF-10 and Activity B has ES-7, and the duration is 4 days. What kind of relationship exists between these two activities? (a) Finish to Start (b) Finish to Finish (c) Start to Finish (d) Start to Start Go to the Answer
Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the best practice to be used for lessons learned? (a) You will note all lessons learned (b) You will note down only the important lessons learned, otherwise the lessons learned process will be messy (c) All incidents should be noted
The client has given you a project to install a new kind of elevator, so you start designing it from scratch. The planning phase is completed and you are now about to install the elevator. Suddenly a team member comes to you and asks for a change in the quality management plan as he has identified
You are working in a country where people are used to giving bribes to get work done faster. You also need some work done quickly so one of your team members told you to give a bribe to the official responsible for this job. What will you do now? (a) You will not give the bribe (b) You will give
Identify stakeholders is a process where you identify stakeholders for your project. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this process? (a) This process happens throughout the project (b) This process happens in the planning phase (c) This process happens in the executing phase
You are in the process of developing procurement contracts for your project for which the scope is not very clear. You know that you will be very busy with other activities and will not have the time to monitor contractor work and audit the payment details. In this case, what kind of contract will
You identified a risk in your project that is difficult for you to manage, therefore, you give the responsibility to manage this risk to an outside source. What kind of risk response strategy is this? (a) Accept (b) Avoid (c) Transfer (d) Exploit
During the project execution, a very influential stakeholder comes to you and asks for a change. He tells you that this change will not impact any baseline or project objectives. You agree with him and implement the change. What went wrong here? (a) You should have consulted with your team members
Your management is concerned about the performance of their employees. They feel that their employees are not motivated enough to perform better and that they lack enthusiasm. Therefore, they ask you come up with ways to motivate them. Which of the following can be a motivating factor? (a) Salary
You draw a scatter diagram and all points are scattered and look like that they lie in a circle. What does this mean? (a) No correlation (b) Circular correlation (c) Positive correlation (d) Axial correlation
The budget of your project is 350,000 USD and you have spent 200,000 USD. However, upon analyzing the project’s performance you find that you are over budget and may need 200,000 USD to complete the remaining work. This 200,000 USD is known as: (a) BAC (b) ETC (c) TCPI (d) EAC
You have joined an ongoing project which is 25% completed. As the project is big, to understand its activities you started reviewing a network diagram. The network diagram is complex and contains many dummy activities. Which network diagram technique is used to draw this chart? (a) PERT (b) Pareto
To demonstrate your product, you develop a small functional model of your real product and show to your stakeholders to get their feedback. This model is known as: (a) Simulation (b) Sampling (c) Prototype (d) None of the above
To demonstrate your product, you develop a small functional model of your real product and show to your stakeholders to get their feedback. This model is known as: (a) Simulation (b) Sampling (c) Prototype (d) None of the above
You are working in an organization where you have a full-time role, authority over the budget, and a full-time project team. Which of the following statements is not true about this type of organization? (a) Decision making is faster (b) Team members are flexible and versatile (c) There is a fast
Your company has terminated you for acts which you did not perform. After your termination, one of your old company’s competitors contacts you and asks for some inside information in return for some financial favors. What will you do now? (a) You will pass on the information (b) You will not pass
You have been assigned as project manager to conduct a study to find the impact of pollution on the environment. After the project charter is signed, you have completed the identify project stakeholders process and are now about to classify them. Which of the following models of classifying the
Your company is a supplier of chemicals used by paint industry, and you see that a big painting manufacturer is requiring a chemical that you can provide them with at a lower cost. You try to get this contract but you are facing difficulties because you are not on their qualified seller list. What
During risk planning, a team member comes to you and informs you about a risk. This risk was not important; therefore, you tell him to just note down the risk and you will manage this risk if it occurs. What risk response strategy you are using here? (a) Mitigate (b) Accept (c) Avoid (d) Exploit
You are in the process of creating, collecting, distributing, storing, retrieving, and the ultimate disposition of project information in accordance with the communications management plan. What is the output of this process? (a) Project management plan update (b) Communication management plan (c)
Jijo and Stefan are two employees of your organization. Jijo is working in an office and Stefan is on a site so their working conditions are different. During the project execution, both of them have some kind of conflict and come to you. You listen to them and solve the conflict. Which of the
Your company wants to get ISO 9001 certified. Therefore, they call some experts from a lead consultancy to come and certify the company as ISO 9001. These experts come and review your documents and verify each and every detail. What process is this? (a) Manage quality (b) Quality control (c)
Your project is 10% complete when due to a sudden change in market conditions, management analyzes whether to proceed with the project or not. In one such discussion, a stakeholder says that you have already spent a lot of money so they will have to consider this point as well. However, you tell
Crashing helps you bring the project back on schedule if it is late. Which of the following statements is true about crashing? (a) Crashing should be done on the critical path (b) Crashing does not increase the cost (c) In crashing, you don’t start activities in parallel (d) All of the above
The project charter is a document which initiates the project, establishes your authority and contains some high-level information. Which of the following information will not be included in the project charter? (a) Project purpose (b) High-level requirements (c) High-level risks (d) Name of the
During the risk response process, you find a risk which would be difficult for you to manage. You discuss the issue with management and a decision is taken to transfer the management of this risk to your portfolio manager. What risk response strategy is this? (a) Mitigate (b) Escalate (c) Transfer
While browsing the internet you find a website offering real PMP exam questions to students. What will your next step be? (a) You will pass this website on to your friends preparing for the PMP exam (b) You will ignore it (c) You will inform the PMI (d) You will report to the police
A need arises to extend the office building to accommodate more employees. Your organization has all necessary capabilities to build it on your own. You have been assigned as project manager for this project, and you have immediately started identifying the project stakeholders. Which of the
You are constructing an office building for your client. You decide to outsource painting and electric work from a third party. You create a detailed work description and ask bidders to apply for this part of the project. The document you just prepared is known as: (a) Procurement SOW (b) RFQ (c)
The credibility of your risk management depends on the unbiased probability and impact of identified risks. If these parameters are not correctly assessed, your risk management is not worth following. In which of the following process do you define the definition of probability of risks?(a) Plan
As per the PMBOK Guide, which of the following is not a communication method that you use to share information among project stakeholders? (a) Online communication (b) Interactive communication (c) Push communication (d) Pull communication
You have been given a project to develop some gaming software for the client. You have developed many similar games in the past and possess the knowledge and skills that are needed to build the game. You have recruited your team and many of them are new, however all of them respect you a lot. What
During an inspection, you are reviewing a chart and notice that a particular process is outside the below specification limit. You instruct your team member to take corrective action. What chart have you reviewed here? (a) Cause and effect diagram (b) Scatter diagram (c) Run chart (d) Control chart
You are managing a project whose budget is 150,000 USD. To date, you have spent 25% of your budget and have earned 28,000 USD of the project, though according to the schedule you should have earned 42,000 USD. What is the percentage of work completed? (a) 25% (b) 18.7% (c) 28% (d) 46.7%
You are sequencing activities to develop the schedule using a precedence diagram method. To do this you need to identify the type of dependency between the activities. Which of the following is not a type of dependency used in a precedence diagram method? (a) Mandatory dependency (b) Linear
The work breakdown structure provides you with a structured vision of what has to be delivered, and the WBS dictionary provides you with detailed deliverables, activities, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS. Which of the following information cannot be found in the WBS
You are managing a multi-year, multi-billion dollar, highly complex project. The project is very critical for your organization. Therefore, you need better control and management. How will you achieve these objectives? (a) Divide the project into milestones (b) Divide the project into phases (c)
You have been transferred to a country where it is a local custom to give a gift to guests when meeting for the first time. Therefore, during your first meeting they have offered you a gift. What will you do now? (a) You will not accept the gift at any cost (b) You will accept the gift and inform
You have been assigned as project manager for a large project. This project has a very large numbers of stakeholders and you have to identify and analyze each of them. What is the best time to identify the project stakeholders? (a) Before developing the project management plan (b) After developing
You have signed a contract to have a customer care support system built for your company. In this contract, you have mentioned that you will pay all costs incurred plus a monetary benefit if you are happy with the work and the contractor fulfills some conditions set in the contract. What type of
Which of the following helps the project team to look at many sources from which project risks may arise in a risk identification exercise? (a) Work Breakdown Structure (b) Risk Breakdown Structure (c) Risk register (d) Issue log
The communication model helps you communicate information to stakeholders smoothly. Which of the following is not a basic step in the communication model? (a) Encode (b) Transmit message (c) Remove noise (d) Decode message
In which of the following is the process where you define the objectives so that management and employees understand it and understand how to work together to achieve these objectives? (a) JIT (b) KAIZEN (c) TQM (d) Management by objective
Your company is having problems delivering the finished product from the factory to the warehouses, which are located in different geographical areas. To smooth out the process, you have identified all critical stages for this procedure. What will be your next step?(a) You will use a Tornado
Your project is ahead of schedule but over budget. Therefore, you ask your team member to collect data and compare it with the cost baseline. Which of the following is not included in the cost baseline? (a) Contingency reserve (b) Activity cost estimation (c) Management reserve (d) Activity
For your project, you have broken down the work package into activities and just now completed the network diagram. Which process is this? (a) Develop schedule (b) Sequence activities (c) Define schedule (d) Create WBS
Your client comes to you during the project execution. He tells you about a minor requirement that he forgot during the collect requirement process. He assures you that there will be no effect on the cost if you implement his request. What will your next step be? (a) You will accept his request (b)
You have been hired as a consultant for a project that is in trouble. You meet the project manager and ask several questions regarding the project budget, the project end date, etc. The project manager was not able to answer some of these questions properly, so you decided to verify them yourself.
During the cost review, you noticed that, due to a mistake, you over calculated the cost of a work package that led to an increase in the cost of the project. No one noticed it and the budget is already approved. What will your next step be? (a) You will keep quiet (b) You will inform your
You have been given a project to clean an area where hundreds of families are living and to develop residential flats for them. Since there so many stakeholders involved, how will you manage them? (a) Ignore low-power stakeholders (b) Pick the dominating stakeholders (c) Find a way to manage them
You have made John responsible for painting a certain portion of the building you are constructing. John completes the painting and submits his bills to you. You review his invoices, pay him and close the contract. What process is this? (a) Close project(b) Conduct procurement (c) Close procurement
During the execution phase, some equipment fails; the risk owner implements the contingency plan and brings in new equipment immediately from an identified supplier. This is an example of: (a) Unknown risk (b) Known risk (c) Secondary risk (d) Residual risk
You call your team member on his cell phone and ask for the current status of the project. What kind of communication is this? (a) Formal verbal (b) Informal verbal (c) Para-lingual (d) None of the above
Two very important stakeholders are having a conflict which may affect your project. They come to you but you are very busy. In this case what kind of conflict resolution technique should you select? (a) Problem solve (b) Force (c) Avoid (d) Smooth
You are asked to produce a 10-meter long tube, and you are producing tubes within the range of 12.1 m, 11.98 m, 12.12 m, 12.08, etc. This means that: (a) Your process is accurate (b) Your process is precise (c) Your product is high grade (d) Your product is of high quality
Which of the following gives you the cost estimate of your project if you continue to perform with the same cost performance? (a) ETC (b) VAC (c) EAC (d) BAC
In which network diagrammatic technique do you assume that the resources will always be available whenever they are needed? (a) CPM (b) PERT (c) CCM (d) All of the above
You are collecting requirements for your project. For a few requirements you are having difficulty reaching a consensus, so you decide to vote and select the choice which has the largest number of votes. What voting technique is this? (a) Minority (b) Unanimity (c) Majority (d) Plurality
You open a new hotel in Malaysia. You are new to this area and do not have experience in catering services. You are discussing whether you should provide your own catering service for your customers or to outsource it from another caterer who is experienced. They are guaranteeing their service and
You are a part of a tendering committee and are going to review the tenders from a few contractors. While reviewing the tenders, you noticed that one contractor is your wife’s distant cousin. What will your next step be? (a) Do nothing (b) Give inside information to him (c) Ask your relative to
Mike is an important stakeholder in your project. You have worked with him in a previous project and know that he frequently changes his requirements and creates trouble if those requirements are not met. How will you manage him? (a) Ignore him (b) Involve him from the very beginning of the project
Your company is managing a large project and they are finding it difficult and risky to do on their own, so they want to outsource some tasks to a third party. What kind of contract will have a minimal risk for your company? (a) Firm fixed price (b) Time and material (c) Cost plus incentive fee (d)
You are developing the project management plan. Management asks you to provide them with information on the chances of completing the project under different circumstances. The project is important and so management does not want to delay the schedule. You compile the data and use a tool and tell
Interpersonal skills are important for a project manager as they help him or her to manage stakeholders properly. Which of the following is not an interpersonal skill? (a) Communication style assessment (b) Political awareness (c) Work environment (d) Cultural awareness
Michael and John are having some conflicts and they come to you. Since you are too busy and the problem is complex, you go with the midway of both parties and partially satisfy both of them. What conflict resolution technique are you using here? (a) Accommodate(b) Withdraw (c) Collaborate (d)
You join an organization where you notice that a lot of inventory is lying idle and wasted, because as some inventory is underutilized or it is expired. Therefore, you suggest that your management follow a methodology which focuses on keeping less inventory and the reduction in wastage to improve
The authorized time phased budget which you use to monitor and control the cost of the project is known as: (a) Funding limit reconciliation (b) EAC (c) Cost baseline (d) Schedule baseline
Your project is delayed and you have another project to start as soon as possible. You are also having a problem with resource allocating, so you started reviewing activities to find which activities can be started late and which cannot. On a network diagram, what kind of activities can have the
You have a large, multi-year project. Because of the large scope and duration, you decide that you will plan near term work in detail, and for the rest, you will make a high-level plan. Once you move ahead you will plan, in detail, for that work. This is an example of: (a) Rolling wave planning (b)
Your organization has received two projects. One project is to design a call center for the client, and the other is research work in pollution control. How are you going to manage these two projects? (a) Under project management (b) Under portfolio management (c) Under program management (d) None
Which chapter of the PMI Code of Ethics talks about disclosing a conflict of interest? (a) Fairness (b) Respect (c) Honesty (d) Responsibility
A stakeholder register contains all the information about the stakeholders. Which of the following is not included in the stakeholder register? (a) List of stakeholders (b) Stakeholders’ classification (c) Responsibility of assignments (d) None of the above
You are constructing a big mall for a client. During the execution phase, the client requests additional work and you agree. The scope of work is clear but you are lacking expertise and time, so you decide to procure this part of the work. What kind of contract will you select considering you can
You are working in a big organization. Due to a change in market conditions your organization needs to raise a small project to accommodate the current change in the organization’s processes. The initiating phase is complete and now you are in the planning phase and developing the project plan.
You realize that you have made an error in your monthly status meeting. Therefore, you send stakeholders the correct report by email. What kind of communication method are you using here? (a) Push (b) Pull (c) Interactive (d) None of the above
You are planning resources for your project and the team charter has been established. This charter provides a clear guideline of the acceptable behavior of team members. Which of the following is not included? (a) Communication guidelines (b) Decision making criteria (c) Conflict resolution
You have set the control limits for your control chart as 5-30, and the mean is at 16. While reviewing the chart, you see that some consecutive points are: 6, 8, 5, 11, 14, 12, 13, 9. What does this mean? (a) All data are within the limits, so no action will be taken (b) You will readjust the mean
You are estimating the cost for your project by using historical data and applying it to your project, such as the cost of painting per square foot. Which technique are you using here? (a) Bottom up (b) Top down (c) Analogous (d) Parametric
In your project, you have two activities, D and E. These two activities have a common successor, Activity F. Activity D will be completed on the 10th and activity E will be completed on the 15th. Therefore, Activity D can be delayed by 5 days without affecting the early start of Activity F. This
You are in the process of dividing work into smaller components so you can get a structured vision of what has to be delivered. What process is this? (a) Create WBS (b) Create RBS (c) Rolling wave planning (d) Progressive elaboration
While reviewing the project parameters a team member tells you that due to an incorrect activity duration estimate, the current schedule is no longer valid and you must update the schedule baseline. You listen to him and analyze the issue. You agree with him and ask him to start the process for a
Which chapter of the PMI Code of Ethics says that “We negotiate in good faith”? (a) Responsibility (b) Fairness (c) Respect (d) Honesty
You are gathering all the information about the stakeholders and discussing with your team members what changes they can make to the project objective. Which technique are you using here? (a) Information gathering technique (b) Stakeholders analysis (c) Stakeholders management strategy (d)
You have floated a tender for your project, and to clarify some issues raised by bidders you are conducting a bidder conference. What will not be done in a bidder conference? (a) Award the contract (b) Clarify the doubt (c) Explain the bid terms and conditions (d) None of the above
You are in the identifying risks process. You are meeting with your team members and stated that the project may be delayed because of the late delivery of certain consumables for your project. Now you ask the team members to find ways in which this problem can occur. What technique are you using
You are managing a large project with many contractors working on it. A stakeholder comes to you and informs you that he never received the status report from one of your contractors. What will your next step be? (a) Stop the payment and ask for clarification (b) Call the contractor (c) Review the
During the project execution, due to excessive hot weather some of your equipment has started showing signs of malfunctioning. This problem was brought to you by a team member so you decided to deal with it. Which of the following is not a methodological step to solve the problem? (a) Identify the
You are reviewing the lessons learned from previous projects and you notice a process error that might cause a defect in the project deliverable. You review your project’s process and make sure that this error does not occur with your project deliverable. This is an example of: (a) Defect repair
You have been assigned as project manager for a project. You are in the planning phase when management asks you to provide them with all activities showing logical relationships. You draw the network diagram and use dummy activities to make logical relationships more clear. Which of the following
If you want to complete your project on schedule and with minimal obstruction, you must pay close attention to the critical path. The duration of the critical path is the shortest duration in which you can complete the project. Which of the following statements is not true about the critical path?
The create WBS process is where you create the work breakdown structure. The WBS helps you immensely in developing the schedule and other project management activities. Which of the following is the highest element in the hierarchical breakdown of the work breakdown structure? (a) Control account
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