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pmpĀ® exam practice test and study guide
PMP Exam Prep Questions Answers And Explanations 5th Edition Christopher Scordo - Solutions
Two of your team members played the Mega Millions lottery and won! As much as they like working on your team, they have decided to retire. What plan should be updated?A. Retirement Plan B. Resource Availability Document C. Communications Plan D. Staffing Management Plan
A change request that is issued to bring the performance of the project back in line with the project management plan is related to:A. Corrective action B. Defect repair C. Proactive action D. Preventive action
A buyer has just received a final set of deliverables from the seller and finds that they do not conform to the specifications that were originally planned for. Ideally, where would the buyer expect to find documentation on how to handle non-conforming deliverables?A. Communication Plan B. The
Several of your resources report to another manager. You need them to participate in a series of project meetings over the next two weeks. How should you handle this?A. Send meeting invitations to the project resources.B. Provide a copy of the project charter to the other manager, showing that the
The process of auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is the definition of:A. Quality assurance B. Quality planning C. Quality control D. Scope validation
Which of the following Perform Quality Assurance techniques relates to root cause analysis and is used to identify a problem, discover the underlying causes, and develop preventive actions?A. Sensitivity Analysis B. Expected monetary value analysis C. Earned Value Analysis D. Process Analysis
The WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the project objectives. This is created as part of:A. Project Integration Management B. Project Scope Management C. Project Procurement Management D. Project Time Management
A process that states how formal validation and acceptance of the completed project deliverables will be obtained is documented in the:A. Scope Management plan B. Procurement Management plan C. Risk Management Plan D. Communications Management Plan
A project team is currently assessing the project stakeholder management plan for its validity. The project documents are essential inputs to this process. Which of the following project documents must be used by the project team during this process?A. All project documents prepared during the
A technique that calculates multiple project durations with different sets of activity assumptions and variables is called:A. Process analysis B. Theoretical Analysis C. Simulation D. Effect Analysis
PMBOK recognizes five process groups typical of almost all projects. Which of the following is not one of them?A. Executing B. Monitoring and Controlling C. Planning D. Pre-Inception
You are in the initiation phase of your project and believe the project can be completed for $100,000. However, you are an experienced project manager and know that many things can happen between the initiation phase and the closure of the project. You have provided an estimate in the project
You are in the execution stage of your project and you have been informed that "corporate" will be sending in a team of consultants to review whether your project activities comply with company's and PMI's policies, standards and procedures. This is an example of?A. Quality Audit B. Organizational
You have taken over the management of a project from another project manager, who is a certified PMP. This project has been completed and is in the process of closing. You discover that there is no project schedule. What do you do?A. Add this issue to the lessons learned database.B. Do nothing.C.
Body language plays an important role in effective communications. This relates to which of the following communications dimensions?A. Nonverbal B. Informal C. Verbal D. Formal
You are working with your team and are looking at the cost risks in the project. You are your team are currently creating a tornado diagram for the project risks. This is done as a part of which of the following processes?A. Qualitative Risk Analysis B. Risk Response Planning C. Quantitative Risk
You have your project team members record the time they spend on different activities during the day such as: programming, electrical, HVAC, etc. This is an example of a tool and technique in what process?A. Manage Communications B. Direct and Manage Project Work C. Monitor and Control Project Work
During your weekly status reports you are reporting the earned value for the project. This information is important for you and the stakeholders to gauge the progress of the project. What process group are the cost and schedule control part of?A. Closing B. Planning C. Executing D. Monitoring and
You have just been assigned a project with an unrealistic deadline. What do you do?A. Do the best you can to deliver the project on time.B. Ask for more resources C. Insist that the deadlines for the project be changed.D. Ask for a larger budget.
You just found out that a major subcontractor for your project consistently provides deliverables late. The subcontractor approaches you and asks you to continue accepting late deliverables in exchange for a decrease in project costs. This offer is an example of:A. Forcing B. Smoothing C.
There are two activities on your schedule, which are: 1) Install server in lab 2) Move server into the data center. However, the second task can't start until the server has run in the lab for 5 days without failure. This is an example of what?A. Fast Track B. Lead C. Crashing D. Lag
You have just returned from the weekly change control board meeting where you presented the requested changes to the employee move project. You had five change requests approved, however one rejected request. These are outputs of what process?A. Control Quality B. Control Scope C. Control Risks D.
A project manager colleague of yours is currently working under contract on a short term project. He has expressed some concerns about finding work after the project ends. The project he is working on is currently ahead of schedule and he expects they will finish a month sooner than initially
Rosemary is the project manager at a pharmaceutical company. She begins her day by analyzing her team's work requirements. She then assigns daily tasks to her team members over a centralized project management information system that then generates automatic task assignment notifications for the
5 hours B. 8 hours C. 21 hours D. 7 hours
You are in charge of constructing the Ferris wheel in each town a carnival visits. However, this is something you have never done before and you are getting different opinions from others on how long it takes. Joe, is new and has given you what you believe to be an optimistic estimate of 3 hours,
You are assigned to prepare the Procurement Management Plan for a project that involves setting up an org-wide supply chain management system. You are looking for a guideline on what type of contracts you can use and what type of contract forms are to be used for this project. Which source will
You are meeting with your team, early in the project, and would like to address all the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats the project is facing. What tool should be used?A. SWOT Analysis B. Interviewing C. Delphi Technique D. Brainstorming
The paint on the exotic cars that are manufactured in your plant is bubbling after about a year of application. What would be the BEST tool for your team to use to find potential causes of the peeling paint?A. Defect Repair Review B. Ishikawa Diagram C. Control Chart D. Inspection
Sharon has recently been asked to manage the deployment of an enterprise resource planning system for her organization. Sharon has sent her project sponsor a meeting request to discuss her project's stakeholder management plan. The sponsor believes that the stakeholder management planning is not
One of the configuration management activities in the project involved capturing, storing and reporting configuration information needed to manage products and product information. This is known as:A. Configuration status accounting B. Configuration auditing C. Configuration verification D.
You are currently leading a project and performing the work defined in the project management plan. This activity relates to which of the following processes?A. Direct and Manage Project Work B. Validate Scope C. Control Scope D. Monitor and Control Project Work
The Control Procurements process ensures that the seller's performance meets contractual requirements and that the buyer performs according to the terms of the contract. This process is part of which process group?A. Executing B. Closure C. Planning D. Monitoring & Controlling
Which process group corresponds to the "do" part of the plan-do-check-act cycle?A. Closing B. Monitoring and Controlling C. Planning D. Executing
Nancy has recently taken over a website development project. The project is already in execution and half of the project work has been completed. Nancy finds out that the stakeholder register does not contain any information about key stakeholders from the buyer of the product. What is the
As part of the Define Scope process, a project manager documented the specific project assumptions associated with the project scope in the project scope statement. While reviewing this document, an experienced project manager pointed out that the project manager should also document:A. The date on
Which of the following is not accurate about the initial phase of a project?A. The highest uncertainty is at this stage of the project B. The cost associated at the beginning of the project is highest C. Stakeholders have maximum influence during this phase D. Staffing levels are the highest at
Accepted deliverables are an input to the Close Project or Phase process. These deliverables would have been accepted through which of the following processes?A. Validate Scope B. Control Quality C. Control Scope D. Perform Quality Assurance
While having lunch with another project manager, he tells you that he underestimated the number of staff resources needed for his project by nearly 50%, but says he has plenty of reserves to cover the costs. During the next staff meeting, the same project manager says he has nothing new to report
During a work breakdown structure meeting you have decomposed the deliverables into work packages and created your WBS dictionary. However, you now want to decompose the work packages to assist you in estimating, executing and control the project. These decomposed work packages are called?A. Work
Organizations strongly influence the project framework. The PMBOK Guide recognizes which of the following types of organizations?A. Projectized, Functional B. Strong Matrix, Organic C. Weak Matrix, Pre-existing D. Functional, Transactional
A project is contracted as a Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) type of contract. The project is negotiated such that if the final costs are less than expected costs, the sharing formula for cost savings is 75:25. The targeted cost is US$ 100,000 with an 8% incentive fee on the targeted cost. If the
A project is contracted as a Time & Material (T&M) type of contract. The service provider initially estimates that the total effort involved would be about 1000 hours of effort. The project is contracted at a rate of US$ 75 per hour of effort. If the project ended up with 1200 hours of effort, what
You are attempting to estimate the resources required to put the server racks together in the new data center you are building. It has occurred to you that you may be able to compress the schedule if you look at using power tools vs. hand tools to build the racks and use individuals who have worked
A Probability and Impact Matrix contains risks prioritized according to their potential implications for meeting the project's objectives. The typical approach is:A. To use a look-up table or Probability and Impact Matrix with specific combinations of Probability and impact that lead to a risk
You have been assigned a project where you are responsible for building a condo complex in a resort town. The project is expected to take 2 years to complete. During your work breakdown structure meeting you have decomposed many deliverables into work packages and schedule activities, however there
The Manage Project Team process is part of what process group?A. Planning B. Executing C. Monitoring and Controlling D. Closing
You are the project manager responsible for building a 100,000 sq. ft. data center. One of the schedule activities in your plan is to install the Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units, however in order to start the installation of the units the raised floor in the data center must be
When a project is performed under contract, the contractual provisions will generally be considered as _____________ for the project.A. Constraints B. Exclusions C. Deliverables D. Provisions
A new CEO has come into your company and has promptly shut down your project because it no longer met the business needs of the company. While not pleased with the decision, you document the level and completeness of the project to date. What activity or process is this part of?A. Close Project or
Which of these is accurate regarding the Develop Schedule process?A. Schedules are optimized such that all non-critical activities have a zero total float.B. The critical path method is a schedule network analysis technique that is performed using the schedule model C. Schedule compression shortens
You are analyzing the risk in a project and decide to do sensitivity analysis to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. You look at a tool to help compare the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty to those that are more stable. One
Robert wants to assign a risk owner for every project risk for which a risk response action has been planned. Where must he update this information?A. Human resource management plan B. Risk register C. Stakeholder register D. Project charter
You the project manager responsible for building a 100,000 sq. ft. data center. One of the schedule activities in your plan is to install the Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units, however in order to start the installation of the units the raised floor in the data center must be completely
A co-worker mentions that another project manager regularly takes certain project resources to expensive dinners and expenses it to the company. However, this project manager does not recognize or reward the contributions of any other project resources. What should you do?A. Do nothing.B. Confront
The Risk Register contains details of all identified risks and current status. It is a document containing the results of:A. Plan Risk Responses B. Identify Risks C. Control Risks D. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Responses
Which of the following processes produces a Risk Register?A. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis B. Plan Risk Management C. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis D. Identify Risks
Which of these statements is accurate regarding quality management?A. Modern quality management complements project management B. Overworking the team to meet requirements is not likely to increase attrition and rework C. Quality and grade are essentially the same D. Project requirements are turned
You are the Project Manager for a large petroleum company and are in the process of writing the project charter for your sponsor. You have used the following as inputs except:A. Business case for the project B. Project statement of work C. Work breakdown structure (WBS)D. Project contract
A project team is required to prepare a monthly project update report for the project key stakeholders. This report must contain the current status of the deliverables, information related to the recently approved change requests, project's health and the forecasted estimates. This report is an
You work at a software company that authors Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for chemical companies. Prior to releasing the MSDS to the company you have created a list of items to be reviewed to see that they appear on the document such as: chemical name, CAS#, protection required, what to do an
You have just sat through an exhausting change control meeting discussing a change in scope to the project you have been working on for the last 7 months. After lengthy discussion the change in scope was approved. As the Project Manager you should now update all of the following documentation,
Your Vice President has asked you what the Estimate at Completion is going to be for a small project you are working on. You were given a budget of $30,000, and to date you have spent $20,000 but only completed $10,000 worth of work. You are sure that the future work will be accomplished at the
An organization wishes to ensure that the opportunity arising from a risk with positive impact is realized. This organization should:A. Exploit the risk B. Mitigate the risk C. Accept the risk D. Avoid the risk
Your company will receive a large bonus payment for completing a customer's project by a certain date. However, as the project manager, you know the project will complete approximately 2 weeks after that date as it is currently scheduled. Your manager is insisting that you to do whatever it takes
Which of the following is not an example of a procurement document?A. Tender Notice B. Risk Register C. Request for Proposal (RFP)D. Invitation for Negotiation
The project management plan can best be described as:A. A list of tasks, activities, durations and resources in a software program (e.g., Microsoft Project)B. Coordinating changes across the entire project C. Integrating and coordinating all project plans to create a consistent, coherent document
Alan is the project manager of a project with 6 stakeholders. If the number of stakeholders goes up to 8, how many additional channels does he have to manage?A. 2 B. 14 C. 13 D. 28
You have successfully passed your PMP exam and are leading a project to replace the storage devices in a data center. In the following week, you and your team of experts will be meeting with a storage device vendor to discuss the status of their deliverables that are due at week's end. What
While performing an audit on a project run by another project manager, a certified PMP, you find that project processes have not been followed, and that company procurement policies have been repeatedly violated. What do you do?A. Develop a plan to deal with the associated problems.B. Ask the
Which of the following is a control tool that helps the project management team quantify and categorize defects according to sources?A. Scatter chart B. Pareto diagram C. Control chart D. Cause and effect diagram
As part of your staffing management plan, you have developed a chart indicating the # of hours (Y axis) a senior programmer will be working over the months (X axis) of the project. This is an example of what?A. Pareto Chart B. Ishikawa Diagram C. Resource Histogram D. Staff Acquisition Chart
As the Project Manager on the construction of a new hotel you have developed a project management plan that you believe is realistic and will be formally approved. The organizational assets that influenced the development of the plan may include all of the following except:A. Project management
The Project Managers have maximum authority in which type of organization?A. Weak Matrix B. Strong Matrix C. Functional D. Balanced Matrix
Jonathan is managing a computer network deployment project at a university campus. Jonathan wants to involve the key project stakeholders in the scheduling of the major work packages. He sends out a meeting invitation to all key stakeholders for this brainstorming session. Which of the following
You are an expatriate working in a foreign country and have been asked to offer a cash payment gift to the procurement manager at a company you are bidding on work for. How BEST should you interpret this request?A. Agree to provide the cash payment because the procurement manager controls whether
John, a project manager, for Code Crashers Inc. has been assigned a project where he must lead a group of inexperienced programmers in developing a software package that creates Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for a chemical company. This is very similar to a project that his colleague, Peter,
You are the sponsor of a project that is designed to record phone calls for quality control purposes. You are in the process of writing the charter, what is NOT an input into this document?A. Organizational standard processes B. Marketplace conditions C. Government or industry standards D. Project
As an experienced PMP, you have found that running a WBS meeting is tricky because you need to find a balance between decomposition and excessive decomposition. When items are excessively decomposed it leads all of the following, EXCEPT:A. It breaks the 100% rule.B. Inefficient use of resources C.
The Identify Stakeholders process has four inputs. Three of them are project charter, enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets. What is the fourth one?A. Procurement documents B. Stakeholder register C. Stakeholder engagement matrix D. Stakeholder management plan
You are about to contract out a project to a service provider. However, at the time of awarding the contract, you are not sure of the total effort involved. Since the scope of work cannot be accurately estimated, you want to agree the per unit rates for difference services. Which of the following
The Manage Communications process requires which of the following inputs to determine which project management information system is available to manage project communications?A. Communications Management Plan B. Enterprise Environmental Factors C. Organizational Process Assets D. Work Performance
You have landed your dream job, as project manager working in an exotic sports car factory. Your project involves coming up with a smoother ride for the car. You have tasked the engineers to determine which type of suspension and what type of tires will provide the best ride and the most reasonable
Project stakeholders are individuals and organizations that are actively involved in the project or have an interest in it. Which of the following is not a stakeholder?A. Customer B. Project Sponsor C. Competitor D. Project Manager
John has been assigned to design a new car model for a well-known car manufacturer. The project has a small number of key stakeholders and John is planning to meet all of them in person in order to understand their requirements and expectations. Which of the following is not a project key
Which of these is not a component of the scope baseline that is contained in the project management plan?A. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)B. Requirements documentation C. WBS Dictionary D. Project Scope Statement
A project's financial management reserve is identified in which process:A. Estimate Costs B. Determine Budget C. Control Costs D. Estimate Activity Resources
When writing the roles and responsibilities for team members, you should document the role, authority, responsibility and competency for each team member. Where must this information be documented?A. Human resource management plan B. RACI chart C. Resource calendar D. Resource Breakdown Structure
You are managing a project to manufacture widgets for a customer. The customer has come to the factory to examine the product, and determines that while the product itself meets its requirements, the manner in which about half the widgets have been packaged does not meet requirements and is
You are managing a project that involves work on a film shoot. The editing activity can happen only after the film has been shot. The logical relationship between the editing and shooting of the film can best be described as:A. Finish-to-Finish (FF)B. Start-to-Start (SS)C. Start-to-Finish (SF)D.
The critical path method (CPM) calculates the theoretical early start and finish dates; and late start and finish dates. The difference between the late and early start of a task is called:A. Free float B. Feeding buffer C. Danger zone D. Total float
A technique that iterates the project schedule many times, to calculate a distribution of possible project completion dates is called:A. Monte Carlo Analysis B. Monteford analysis C. Pareto Cost chart D. Deming Analysis
Bar charts, with bars representing activities, show activity start dates as well as end dates and expected activity durations. For control and management communication, the broader, more comprehensive summary activity that is used between milestones is referred to as:A. Activity bridge B. Milestone
You have decided to apply Resource Leveling to a project due to a critical required resource being available only at certain times. Which of the following will likely be true?A. Resource Leveling can often cause the original critical path to change.B. Resource Leveling will over allocate resources
The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are:A. Budgetary, ballpark, and Order of Magnitude.B. Best case scenario, expected scenario and current
You are the project manager of a project. As part of the planning process, you utilize a planning technique to subdivide the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more manageable components. What is this technique called?A. Unit task analysis B. Decomposition C. Rolling wave planning D.
After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled to be completed on 30th January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to completion of the building. Which of the following relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the
As a project manager, you are in the process of preparing the project schedule for the project. Which of the following accurately depicts the sequence of your activities before you begin preparing the project schedule?A. Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations
While planning the schedule for your project, you frequently refer to the project calendar. The project calendar is:A. A calendar containing the days on which various meetings are scheduled within the project team.B. A calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which
You have been assigned as a project manager of a new project to be executed out of New York. However, you determine that the project requires a Global Positioning Systems Expert who is not available within the company in New York. On doing a little checking, you determine that the company has an
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