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pmp® exam practice test and study guide
PMP Exam Cram: Project Management Professional (Exam Cram (Pearson)) 1st Edition Michael R. Solomon - Solutions
Which of the following is an accurate statement? ❍ A. Qualitative risk analysis occurs prior to quantitative risk analysis. ❍ B. Quantitative risk analysis occurs prior to qualitative risk analysis. ❍ C. Qualitative risk analysis is performed on risks that have been prioritized during
With respect to small organizations, project managers and functional managers are ❍ A. Never the same person ❍ B. Generally the same person ❍ C. Sometimes the same person ❍ D. Always subordinate to the project initiator
Historical records collected during closing are useful to _____ and _____ for future projects. ❍ A. Predict trends, highlight issues ❍ B. Analyze successes, shortfalls ❍ C. Analyze strengths, document results ❍ D. Justify results, set standards
The most important decision for the sponsors to make during the close project or phase process is ❍ A. Allocating budget allocations for the next phase ❍ B. Authorizing scope changes for the next phase ❍ C. Authorizing budget increases for the next phase based upon scope changes ❍ D.
You are the project manager for a project with a very tight schedule. Because the project is running late, you feel that you do not have time to consider all the possible solutions due to a disagreement between two team members. You quickly decide to side with the team member that has the largest
While managing a project, you find that the project customer and a team member are in conflict over the level of quality needed on a sample. You decide to split the difference between what the two stakeholders want. This is an example of which of the following? ❍ A. A win-win solution ❍ B. A
Which of the following is an example of coercive power? ❍ A. A project manager that has lunch with the project team on the same day each week ❍ B. A project manager that will openly punish any team member who is late with an activity ❍ C. A project manager that has worked with the technology
The procurement closing of a project dictates that ❍ A. All project monies have been spent ❍ B. No budget category amounts have been exceeded ❍ C. No other work from this client will be considered ❍ D. No further charges can be made against the project
The complete review of a seller’s technical performance, cost performance, and delivery schedule is referred to as ❍ A. Project or phase evaluation ❍ B. Contract evaluation ❍ C. Post mortem ❍ D. Seller performance evaluation
Project communication planning includes which of the following tasks? ❍ A. Determining and limiting who will communicate with whom and who will receive what information ❍ B. Combining the type and format of information needed with an analysis of the value of the information for communication
A Pareto chart is a type of ❍ A. Cause and effect diagram ❍ B. Control chart ❍ C. Histogram ❍ D. Scatter diagram
Ishikawa diagrams are also known as ❍ A. Cause and effect diagrams ❍ B. Scatter diagrams ❍ C. Fishbone diagram ❍ D. Both A and C
Which of the following techniques is the best for most project management situations? ❍ A. Confronting ❍ B. Compromising ❍ C. Forcing ❍ D. Avoidance
You are the project manager for a project requiring that quality maps to federal guidelines. During a quality audit, you discover that a portion of the project work is faulty and must be done again. The requirement to re-do the work is an example of which of the following? ❍ A. Cost of quality
Monitoring project activities and results to evaluate if the findings comply with applicable quality standards as well as identifying mitigation strategies is a _________ activity. ❍ A. Quality assessment ❍ B. Quality assurance ❍ C. Quality control ❍ D. Quality improvement
You’re managing a project using the earned value technique (EVT) for cost management. The project planned value (PV) is $200,000. The project earned value (EV) is $100,000. The actual value (AV) is $150,000. What is the schedule performance index (SPI) for the project? ❍ A. 0.5 ❍ B. 1.5 ❍
You’re managing a project using the earned value technique (EVT) for cost management. The project planned value (PV) is $200,000. The project earned value (EV) is $100,000. The actual value (AV) is $150,000. Calculate the cost performance index (CPI) for the project. What is the cost-efficiency
Which of the following is a business philosophy to find methods to continuously improve products, services, and business practices? ❍ A. TQM ❍ B. ASQ ❍ C. QA ❍ D. QC
To maintain the customer’s schedule, substantial overtime will be required during a traditional holiday season. Many team members have requested vacation during this time. You should ❍ A. Let the schedule slip and inform the customer ❍ B. First give the team members the choice of working
EVM is used during which process groups ❍ A. Controlling ❍ B. Executing ❍ C. Closing ❍ D. Entire project
You are managing a project using the earned value technique (EVT) for cost management. The project planned value (PV) is $200,000. The project earned value (EV) is $100,000. The actual value (AV) is $150,000. What is the schedule variance (SV) for the project? ❍ A. 100,000 ❍ B. –100,000 ❍
Which of the following requires a concise definition of the end users’ needs? ❍ A. Work breakdown structure ❍ B. Budget estimate ❍ C. Functional requirements ❍ D. Risk register
A cost performance index (CPI) value less than 1.0 indicates a project has which of the following? ❍ A. A cost overrun of the cost estimates ❍ B. A cost underrun of the cost estimates ❍ C. Neither a cost overrun nor a cost underrun ❍ D. None of the above
Planned value (PV) is ❍ A. The budgeted cost for work scheduled to be completed on an activity up to a specific time ❍ B. The budgeted cost for the work actually completed on the schedule activity during a specific time period ❍ C. The total cost for work on the schedule activity during a
You are the project manager for a performance analysis project for a client’s database application. Your client provides you with a test database to use for your analysis. The IT director for your organization disagrees with the database provided by the client and tells you to use a different
Which of the following activities is not included in configuration management? ❍ A. Controlling changes to the project deliverables ❍ B. Scope verification ❍ C. Automatic change request approvals ❍ D. Identification of the attributes of the project deliverables
Cost control of a project entails determining and evaluating which of the following factors? ❍ A. The cause of a cost variance ❍ B. The magnitude of a cost variance ❍ C. Both A and B ❍ D. Neither A nor B
You have been assigned two concurrent projects. Because of the nature of the projects, you have a conflict of interest. You should ❍ A. Do the best you can and tell no one ❍ B. Ask to be removed from one of the projects ❍ C. Ask to be removed from both of the projects ❍ D. Inform your
When a scheduled activity cannot be estimated with an adequate degree of certainty, the work within the activity can be decomposed. The resource requirements for each lower, more detailed work package can be estimated and aggregated to form a basis for estimating the overarching scheduled
Which of the following is not a type of dependency available in activity sequencing? ❍ A. Discretionary dependencies ❍ B. External dependencies ❍ C. Internal dependencies ❍ D. Mandatory dependencies
As the project manager for a project with an international team, you are about to enter negotiations with foreign vendors. Where do you find what business practices are allowed and discouraged? ❍ A. The project charter ❍ B. The project plan ❍ C. Organizational process assets ❍ D. The PMP
What is the most common precedence relationship used in the precedence diagramming method (PDM)? ❍ A. Finish-to-start ❍ B. Finish-to-finish ❍ C. Start-to-finish ❍ D. Start-to-start
One type of progressive elaboration occurs when the work to be performed within the near term is planned in detail while work scheduled for further out is defined at only a high level in the work breakdown structure (WBS). As the task draws nearer, the amount of detail for the task is further
An organization comprised by a full-time project manager with moderate project authority and a full-time project management administrative staff is an example of what type of structure? ❍ A. Functional ❍ B. Weak matrix ❍ C. Strong matrix ❍ D. Projectized
Project cost and project staffing resources follow a typical pattern during the life cycle of a project. Which of the following is common? ❍ A. Cost and staffing levels are high at the beginning of the project, stabilize during the middle phases of the project, and drop rapidly toward project
The cost of changes to project scope generally _________ over the life cycle of a project. ❍ A. Increase ❍ B. Decrease ❍ C. Stabilize ❍ D. None of the above
The risk of project failure is highest during which phase of a project? ❍ A. Initiating ❍ B. Planning ❍ C. Executing ❍ D. Controlling
You are the project manager for a project to design and implement a new accounting application. Management has requested that you document any changes or enhancements to the technical attributes of the project deliverable. Which one of the following would satisfy management’s request? ❍ A.
With respect to integrated change control, what must the project manager ensure is present? ❍ A. Supporting detail for the change ❍ B. Approval of the change from the project team ❍ C. Approval of the change from an SME ❍ D. Risk assessment for each proposed change
Which of the following can best assist a project manager during project execution? ❍ A. Stakeholder analysis ❍ B. Change control board ❍ C. PMIS ❍ D. Verify scope
A project is a(n) __________ endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. ❍ A. Permanent ❍ B. Temporary ❍ C. Ongoing ❍ D. None of the above
One component of the scope baseline for a project is ❍ A. The preliminary project scope ❍ B. The approved preliminary project scope ❍ C. The project scope statement ❍ D. The approved project scope statement
Applying sound project management techniques will guarantee ❍ A. Budget will be met. ❍ B. Schedule will be met. ❍ C. The project will be a success. ❍ D. None of the above.
You are the project manager for a research organization and have just been alerted that new legislation will affect your project and change your project scope. What should you do? ❍ A. Create a documented change request ❍ B. Proceed as planned, assuming the project will be grandfathered beyond
____________ is the subdivision of project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components. The final product categorizes project deliverables at the work package level. ❍ A. Baselining ❍ B. Critical path mapping ❍ C. Decomposition ❍ D. Resource leveling
Your project is ahead of schedule. Management decides to incorporate additional quality testing into the project to improve the quality and acceptability of the project deliverable. What activity does this action exhibit? ❍ A. Scope creep ❍ B. Change control ❍ C. Quality Assurance ❍ D.
Which of the following is the best long-lasting approach to settling project conflict? ❍ A. Problem solving ❍ B. Compromise ❍ C. Withdrawal ❍ D. Smoothing
In the communications process, which of the following is described as “assimilate through the mind or senses (as in new ideas)”? ❍ A. Understanding ❍ B. Communicating ❍ C. Receiving ❍ D. Decoding
The ________ is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be performed by the project team. ❍ A. Organizational breakdown structure (OBS) ❍ B. Milestone schedule ❍ C. Work breakdown structure (WBS) ❍ D. Master schedule
The earned value technique (EVT) measures project performance from project initiation through which of the following phases? ❍ A. Planning ❍ B. Executing ❍ C. Monitoring controlling ❍ D. Closing
As a project manager, you direct the performance of all planned project activities and manage the technical and organizational resources available to and interacting with your project. Your work is performed in conjunction with whom? ❍ A. The external project sponsor ❍ B. The project
What does a statement of work (SOW) identify? ❍ A. The business need for the project ❍ B. The project or product requirements ❍ C. The strategic plan ❍ D. All of the above
Your project team is working with a vendor to correct some programming errors found during user acceptance testing. The decision is made to work through lunch and order take-out. When the food is delivered, the vendor says the bill has been taken care of. What do you do? ❍ A. You accept and thank
Work performance information is considered as ❍ A. A necessary process to enter a contract ❍ B. Required as part of the vendor performance evaluation ❍ C. Only needed for contracts in distress ❍ D. An output from the direct and manage project execution process
What is the main reason to make sure all procurements are closed at the end of the project? ❍ A. Materials must be returned ❍ B. Contractors need to return all excess materials ❍ C. Contracts are legally binding ❍ D. You would like to avoid any penalties
When can conflict be beneficial? ❍ A. A diversion is needed ❍ B. Conflict situations are in their early stages and emotional involvement is low ❍ C. Conflict situations are in their late stages and emotional involvement is high ❍ D. Conflict might cause a loss of status or position power
You have been assigned as the project manager for a project that takes place in a country that is not where you are from. The project leader from the other country presents a team of workers that are only from his family. What should you do? ❍ A. Reject the team leader’s recommendations and
Which of the following is most likely to become a source of conflict among members of a project team? ❍ A. Performance tradeoffs ❍ B. Ambiguity of roles ❍ C. Administrative procedures ❍ D. Determining earned value
The difference between the Earned Value (EV) and the Planned Value (PV) is referred to as the ❍ A. Schedule variance ❍ B. Cost variance ❍ C. Estimate at completion ❍ D. Actual cost of the work performed
The main goal of having lessons learned is to ❍ A. Keeping the names of the team for prosperity ❍ B. Close all open contracts ❍ C. Record variances and the mental state behind corrective and preventive actions taken ❍ D. Record all the qualitative reasoning behind corrective and preventive
Product verification pertains to ❍ A. All the activities that verify that the products and services delivered are in line with quality requirements ❍ B. All the activities that verify that the products and services delivered are in line with project deliverables and sponsor and client
Administrative closure is the process that ❍ A. Includes all the activities needed to validate the project products and services ❍ B. Collects user acceptance of the project product or service ❍ C. Closes all activities pertaining to a specific project or phase ❍ D. None of the above
During which phase in a project life cycle are most of the project expenses generally incurred? ❍ A. Initiating phase ❍ B. Planning phase ❍ C. Executing phase ❍ D. Closing phase
Quality assurance ❍ A. Is the prevention of product defects ❍ B. Is an auditing function that provides feedback about the quality of output being produced ❍ C. Is the technical process that results in control charts that specify acceptability limits for conforming output ❍ D. Both A and B
What is the impact to the project if an activity is crashed by two weeks? ❍ A. The project’s schedule will be reduced by 2 weeks. ❍ B. The available slack on the noncritical paths will increase. ❍ C. A new critical path might appear after the crash. ❍ D. All of the above.
A project is ❍ A. An organized group of activities arranged to fulfill single and multiple objectives ❍ B. Related activities coordinated to accomplish a generic goal ❍ C. Beginning to end activities that are to be accomplished in a specific time frame and utilizes various resources ❍ D. An
You are the project manager of a project that just went into inclusion mode. This means that your project ❍ A. Is still running but missing is resources ❍ B. Will be closed due to lack of resources ❍ C. Has become part of the business processes ❍ D. Has been accepted by the sponsor and the
How do you calculate the earned value (EV) for a task that has just been completed? ❍ A. Multiply the actual hours worked on the project by the budgeted labor rate. ❍ B. Multiply the budgeted hours to complete the task by the budgeted labor rate. ❍ C. Divide the actual hours required to
The customer of your project has requested that you inflate your cost estimates by 25 percent. He tells you that his management always reduces the cost of the estimates so this is the only method to get the budget needed to complete the project. Which of the following is the best response to this
Your customer authorizes and funds a scope change that results in a major change to the schedule. The baseline schedule ❍ A. Now becomes the new schedule, including the changes, and the original baseline is disregarded ❍ B. Is still the original baseline but is annotated to reflect that a
You are the project manager of a project that just went into extinction. This means that your project ❍ A. Is still running but missing resources ❍ B. Will be closed due to lack of resources ❍ C. Resources are been assigned to other areas of the business ❍ D. Has ended before its stated
The project charter includes ❍ A. Measurable project objectives ❍ B. Summary milestone schedule ❍ C. Project approval requirements ❍ D. All of the above
You are the project manager of a project that just went into integration mode. This means that your project ❍ A. Is still running but missing resources ❍ B. Will be closed due to lack of resources ❍ C. Is having resources assigned to other areas of the business ❍ D. Has been accepted by the
The critical path ❍ A. Has the greatest degree of risk ❍ B. Will elongate the project if the activities on this path take longer than anticipated ❍ C. Must be completed before all other paths ❍ D. All of the above
What should a project manager do to determine whether or not a team member correctly understands a message? ❍ A. Reduce the filtering ❍ B. Eliminate barriers ❍ C. Obtain feedback ❍ D. Use more than one medium
You are the project manager for a project and have received overall cost estimates from three vendors. One of the estimates is significantly higher than similar project work in the past. In this scenario, you should do which of the following? ❍ A. Ask the other vendors about the higher estimate
Which of the following activities is not an element of procurement management? ❍ A. Purchasing ❍ B. Expenditure ❍ C. Marketing ❍ D. Inspection
Which style of leadership is a project manager demonstrating by allowing the team to make the majority of the decisions? ❍ A. Laissez-faire ❍ B. Boss-centered ❍ C. Subordinate centered ❍ D. Autocratic
The delay between the start/finish of one activity and the start/finish of another activity is referred to as ❍ A. Slack ❍ B. Free float ❍ C. Lag ❍ D. Total float
One of your project deliverables is to perform a post-implementation review of the water treatment plant you just delivered. You have been asked to do what? ❍ A. Present all the lessons learned ❍ B. Meet with the project sponsor to discuss what could have been improved in your project ❍ C.
The ultimate way to ensure successful quality control is ❍ A. By outsourcing the quality function ❍ B. Making the quality department report to facilities ❍ C. Making quality a priority at the organizational level ❍ D. Playing a movie about quality in the auditorium
Which of the following types of communication is least desirable to explain to a team member why his/her performance is substandard? ❍ A. Project office memo ❍ B. Counseling session ❍ C. Project team meeting ❍ D. Formal letter
You are the project manager for a building project and have just received notice that a vendor is completing a large portion of the project. You have heard a rumor that the vendor is losing many of its workers due to labor issues. With the rumored information, what should you do? ❍ A. Suspend
While in the executing phase of a project, a functional manager informs you that he will not have sufficient resources available next month to support your project and two other projects. How should you handle this situation? ❍ A. Ask the functional manager to make the decision ❍ B. Ask the
Which of the following activities is not part of the acquisition process? ❍ A. Source selection ❍ B. Invitation to bid ❍ C. Contract award ❍ D. Notice to proceed
Who is ultimately responsible for project quality control? ❍ A. The project quality officer ❍ B. The company quality group ❍ C. The plant manager ❍ D. The project manager
A lessons learned session should be held at what point in a project? ❍ A. At the project conclusion ❍ B. When something goes wrong ❍ C. At key milestones ❍ D. When risk events occur
Total project risk is ❍ A. The sum of the probabilities of project risks events times the sum of consequences of those risks ❍ B. The sum of the products of each project risk event times its consequences ❍ C. The sum of the consequences of all project risk events ❍ D. The sum of the
How do you calculate the expected value of an outcome? ❍ A. Divide the value of each outcome by its probability, then add the results ❍ B. Divide the value of the desired outcome by the value all possible outcomes ❍ C. Multiply the value of each outcome by its probability, then add the
Which factor has the greatest effect on the way a project manager sends and receives information? ❍ A. How others relate to the project manager ❍ B. The project manager’s level in the organization ❍ C. The size of the project ❍ D. The project manager’s salary and age
A member of the project team is sabotaging the project because of a basic disagreement with functional processes. As the project manager, what should you do? ❍ A. Fire the project team member ❍ B. Present the problem to the appropriate management ❍ C. Present the problem to the appropriate
Which function audits quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements? ❍ A. Quality control ❍ B. Quality planning ❍ C. Quality assurance ❍ D. Quality improvement
Which of the following is the same as a lump sum contract? ❍ A. Fixed price contract ❍ B. Price fixing contract ❍ C. Purchase order ❍ D. All of the above
Which of the following monitoring/controlling activities would not result in preventive action being applied? ❍ A. Perform integrated change control ❍ B. Control scope ❍ C. Report performance ❍ D. Perform quality control
You have just been assigned as the project manager for a new project. You have collected the necessary input information and delivered the project charter to the stakeholders. What should you do next? ❍ A. Develop the project scope statement ❍ B. Get the project charter signed ❍ C. Start the
You have just completed the collect requirements and define scope processes. What should you do next? ❍ A. Verify scope ❍ B. Define activities ❍ C. Create WBS ❍ D. Control scope
At what point in a project do you have the highest probability that it will fail? ❍ A. The beginning of the project ❍ B. After the initial project plan is published but before work actually begins ❍ C. After the halfway point of the project is reached ❍ D. Just before the end of the project
Smoothing out resource requirements from period to period is ❍ A. Allocation ❍ B. Partitioning ❍ C. Leveling ❍ D. Quantification
Which quality management tool would be used to determine potential causes of a production problem? ❍ A. Control chart ❍ B. Fishbone diagram ❍ C. Scatter diagram ❍ D. Histogram
While building your project team you decide to include a business analyst with extensive experience in implementing, using, and managing tasks with the new chosen accounting software. This individual has managed and participated in other projects that are similar and knows how to work well with
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