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The project charter is important for which of the following reasons?A. It authorizes the sponsor.B. It names the project manager and provides the project manager with the authority to use organizational resources to run the project.C. It interfaces between the project and the organization’s
What document is not the result of the project initiation process group?A. Statement of work B. Project charter C. Stakeholder register D. Assumption log
You are the project manager of a project named Teach the Congress. Your friend Cosmo is a project manager of a project that shares some resources with your project.What kind of influence does Cosmo have on project Teach the Congress?A. Upward B. Outward C. Sideward D. Downward
A data presentation model that presents a stakeholder’s influence, impact, and interest in one plot is called a:A. Salience model B. Stakeholder cube C. Influence/impact/interest grid D. Three-dimensional model
Which of the following stakeholders can authorize the closure of a project?A. Project manager B. Customer C. Project sponsor D. Functional manager
Which of the following is true about assumptions in the project initiation?A. Because assumptions are a part of the project charter that you did not write, you don’t need to validate them. Just assume the assumptions are true, and if the project fails, it’s not your fault.B. Because assumptions
You have been named the project manager for a project in your company codenamed Kill the Bill. The project must be completed before Thanksgiving Day this year. This represents which of the following project characteristics?A. Assumption B. Constraint C. Schedule D. Risk
Which of the following is not included in the project charter?A. High-level risks B. High-level product requirements C. Budget summary D. Project schedule
The project charter is important for which of the following reasons?A. It authorizes the sponsor.B. It names the project manager and authorizes the project manager to use the organization’s resources for the project.C. It identifies all the stakeholders.D. It analyzes the stakeholders.
What document is the result of the integration management process in the project initiation process group?A. Business case B. Project charter C. Project benefit management plan D. Preliminary scope statement
Which of the following issues the project charter document?A. The performing organization’s higher management B. Any stakeholder C. The customer D. The project manager
Who authorizes the project?A. Functional manager of the department where project will be performed B. CEO of the organization C. Project sponsor D. Project sponsor and project manager
Which document is issued to authorize a project?A. Project business case B. Project benefit management plan C. Project charter D. Both project charter and project business case
Which of the following are the project management business documents?A. Project charter B. Project business case C. Project benefit management plan D. Business need analysis
Select the internal enterprise environmental factors:A. Code of conduct within the performing company B. Code of conduct that people in the city where the company is are expecting you to follow C. Standardized cost estimate data on the company computer system D. Project team members who are living
Technical project management skills include the abilities to: (Check all that apply.)A. Manage IT-related aspects of project only B. Focus on the critical elements of each project, such as critical success factors, and schedule.C. Tailor tools, techniques, and methods according to the need of the
You have just joined an organization as a project manager and are studying the enterprise environmental factors of the organization to find out how you can leverage them for the success of your upcoming projects. Enterprise environmental factors may have what kind of influence on the projects?A.
The project manager is responsible for achieving project objectives in an organization with the following structure(s):A. Project-oriented only B. Strong matrix and project-oriented only C. PMO and projectized only D. All structures
The project resource availability is at maximum in organizations with the following structure(s):A. PMO B. Hybrid C. Multi-divisional D. Organic
Strategic and business management skills include all of the following except:A. Understanding organization’s business strategy B. Ability to draw project delivery strategy from organization’s business strategy C. Ability to align project strategy with organization’s strategy D. Ability to
Check each that is the correct representation of PMI talent triangle:A. Leadership skills, strategic and business management skills, and IT part of project management skills B. Technical project management skills, leadership skills, and knowledge of business strategy of the organization C.
In which of the following organizational structures does the project manager have the lowest authority?A. Functional B. Project-oriented C. Matrix D. Virtual
In which of the following organizational structures does the project manager have the greatest authority?A. Functional B. Project-oriented C. Matrix D. Virtual
As you have decided to outsource a piece of your project, you will conduct procurements using a process belonging to which process group?A. Executing B. Planning C. Monitoring and Controlling D. Initiating
What is not true about the project management processes?A. The same document may be an input to more than one process.B. The same tool or technique may be used in more than one process.C. The output of one process cannot be an input to another process.D. It’s possible that a process will be
What is not true about the project management processes?A. Each process must be performed at least once in a project.B. A process belongs to a knowledge area and also to a process group.C. A process can be performed more than once in the same project.D. A process is performed to accomplish a
Select each of the following that is a project management knowledge area.A. Project integration management B. Project scope management C. Project communication management D. Project time management
Your company runs a website that makes digital music downloads available to end users. You have been assigned a project that involves adding parental guidance warnings to various downloads. This project originated due to which category of factors?A. Social, regulatory, or legal requirements B.
You are being interviewed by a functional manager, who says, “We have this huge undertaking of launching an online education website that contains different components, such as designing the website, developing the content, developing the administrative system including registration and payment,
Both projects and operations share all the following characteristics except:A. Performed by individuals B. Planned, executed, monitored, controlled, and closed in a preplanned way C. Limited by constraints D. Performed to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization
Your project depends on two business partners, On The Fly Inc. (OTF) and The Sure Thing Inc. (ST), delivering their products to you on time. The chances are three out of four that OTF will make the delivery in time and two out of three that ST will not make the delivery on time.The probability that
Which of the following is the best definition of progressive elaboration?A. Taking the project from concept to project management plan B. Taking the project from conception to completion C. Taking the project from initiating to closing D. Decomposing the project objectives into smaller, more
Which of the following is not a project management knowledge area?A. Project procurement management B. Project risk management C. Project quality management D. Project team management
Which of the following are the process groups?A. Starting, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing B. Initiating, organizing and preparing, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing C. Initiating, planning, implementing, monitoring and controlling, and closing D.
Which of the following is a project?A. Running a donut shop B. Building another library in your area, which might take a long time C. Keeping a network up and running in a university department D. Running a warehouse
Which of the following are the essential characteristics that make a group of activities a project?A. It takes multiple individuals to perform these activities, and it creates a new product.B. The work is managed by a project manager.C. The group has a plan and a budget.D. The group has a start
Your project depends on two business partners: On The Fly Inc. (OTF) and The Sure Thing Inc. (ST) delivering their products to you on time. The chances are 3 out of 4 that OTF will make the delivery on time and 2 out of 3 that ST will not make the delivery on time. The probability that OTF and ST
Your supervisor often says that until the basic living needs of the employees are met, they cannot be motivated to perform better at the workplace.Which management theory does your supervisor most likely believe in?A. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory B. Socialism C. Herzberg’s motivation
Bhupinder Daler, the engineering manager, sits with the engineers to explain to them their assignments in greater details. Then he backs off and encourages them to take ownership of their assignments. Most of the engineers agree that he trusts his engineers.Which management theory Bhupinder is
You read the PMP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct before applying for the PMP credential. The four values that make the foundation of the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct by the PMI are the following:A. Fairness, charity, respect, and responsibility B. Fairness, honesty, respect, and
Which of the following is not an output of the Define Scope process?A. Project scope statement B. Product acceptance criteria C. List of project constraints D. WBS
Which of the following is a correct statement about project management?A. It guarantees maximum profit with minimum efforts.B. It is the application of knowledge, skills, and tools and techniques to perform project activities in order to meet project requirements.C. It consists of the processes
You have planned your project and determined the performance baseline, which has been approved. You are all set to go for execution. The approved baseline should be changed when:A. You spent more than planned on a number of activities.B. An activity on the critical path has taken longer than
You have been appointed the project manager for a project that is already being planned. The project sponsor has handed you the WBS and asked you to come up with a project schedule. Which of the following processes don’t you need to perform before you can develop the project schedule?A. Define
Which of the following will be performed first?A. Qualitative risk analysis B. Quantitative risk analysis C. Directing and managing project execution D. Risk monitoring and control
You are trying to put together a plan for a project. You have just prepared a list of activities. What is the next process that you should perform?A. Develop Schedule B. Control Schedule C. Sequence Activities D. Create WBS
Which of the following is not the purpose of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?A. Ensure, if possible, that no changes are made to the project scope.B. Influence the factors that cause change.C. Approve or reject a change request.D. Identify whether a change has occurred.
You are the project manager of a project that has just been cancelled by the sponsor.What should you do?A. Write an email to the manager of the sponsor telling him how unfair it was to cancel the project.B. Put this project behind you and focus on the next project.C. Close the project following the
Which of the following processes is included in the planning process group?A. Identify Stakeholders B. Develop Project Charter C. Collect Requirements D. Acquire Project Team
You are managing a project in a country foreign to you. The CEO of the performing organization asks you to write a check to a city official to get some paperwork required for the project moving forward. Such an activity in your home country would be considered bribery, which is illegal.What will
Which of the following is the document that is produced in the initiating stage of a project?A. The project charter B. The preliminary project scope statement C. The project management plan D. The project schedule
Which of the following is not expected by the PMP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?A. Satisfy the scope and objectives of your professional services.B. Respect the confidentiality of sensitive information obtained in the course of professional activities.C. Take courses to learn about
You have just been appointed the project manager of the ABC project. You have started identifying the project stakeholders. You must do all of the following except:A. Identify all the stakeholders.B. Manage stakeholder expectations.C. Create conflicts among the stakeholders whenever possible in
You are on the committee that makes the final selection for sellers for procurement.You have just noticed that in the procurement for a current project, the Everest Consultant Group is on the list of sellers. This company is run by your brother.What will you do?A. It’s unnecessary to say
Which of the following is not included in the mathematical models used to select projects?A. Linear programming B. Nonlinear programming C. Integer programming D. Project-oriented programming
You are the project manager of a project that is about to be completed. You get a call from the customer to add a feature to the project product that is not part of the project scope, but without it the product will not be very useful, according to the customer.What is the first action you will
You are the project manager of a project that is executing. The project is making progress in accordance with the baseline, and the project team morale is quite high as a result. A member of the project management team who has returned from a meeting tells you that the customer is very disappointed
You are the project manager of the Multiple Voices project, which is already executing.You have just discovered that there are differences among the stakeholders over what the project objectives are and what the stakeholders’ expectations of the project are. Which of the following is true about
You are the project manager of Mind the Gap project, which involves providing Internet access to an underprivileged community in your city. You have to get some of the schedule activities of the project finished by an external vendor. You have written the statement of work and gathered or prepared
Which of the following is not an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?A. Approved change requests B. Rejected change requests C. Postponed change requests D. Implementation of changes
Which is not a characteristic of a program?A. Projects in a program are related to each other.B. Projects in a program are managed in a coordinated fashion.C. A program can include work that is not part of any individual project in the program.D. A program is a sophisticated project that is broken
You are the project manager of the Go Johnny Go project, which will generate a software product for farmers. An unpredicted risk event has happened during the executing stage of the project. You meet with the experts and determine a workaround for this risk. Which process are you performing to make
In which of the following project process groups is a project manager assigned to the project?A. Monitoring and controlling B. Initiating C. Planning D. Human resource planning
Which of the following processes is included in the initiating process group?A. Identify Stakeholders B. Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement C. Develop Project Management Plan D. Collect Requirements
You have just received an approval for a change request made by the customer. Which process have you performed to get this change request approved?A. Approve Changes B. Control Schedule C. Perform Integrated Change Control D. Control Quality
You have just been appointed the project manager of the Go Get Them project. You have started identifying the project stakeholders. Which of the following is not a true statement about the project stakeholders?A. Individuals and organizations directly involved in the project are the project
Which of the following is not included in the benefit measurement methods for project selection?A. Scoring models B. Comparative approaches C. Dynamic programming D. Economic models
You have been appointed project manager for a project that is already executing. The previous project manager handed you the risk register. Which of the following do you not expect to see in this document?A. List of identified risks B. Risk probability and impact matrix C. List of potential
Which of the following is not an input to the Close Project or Phase process?A. Product verified through the Verify Scope process B. Project management plan C. Product accepted by the customer D. Transition criteria
You are in the process of closing a completed project. Which of the following is not an output of the Close Project or Phase process?A. Lessons learned B. Implementation of recommended actions C. Transition of product D. Final product
The Close Project or Phase process belongs to which of the following knowledge areas?A. Time management B. Human resource management C. Monitoring and controlling D. Integration management
A CPI value of 1.20 and an SPI value of 1.30 for a project mean which of the following?A. The project is making faster progress and costing less than planned.B. The project is making slower progress and costing more than planned.C. The project is making slower progress and costing less than
You are a project manager for the construction of a 30-mile road. Assume that the work is uniformly distributed over 12 weeks. The total approved budget for this project is $600,000. At the end of first three weeks of work, $150,000 has been spent, and 10 miles of road have been completed.What is
You are using a Pareto diagram to rank the importance of each error in the product of your project. Which quality process are you performing?A. Quality control B. Quality planning C. Quality assurance D. Auditing
You are about to release the project resources. Which process are you performing?A. Release Resources B. Administrative Closure C. Close Project or Phase D. Monitor and Control Project Work
When should the administrative part of the project closure be performed?A. Before the product is accepted by the customer B. When there are risks involved in the project C. At the end of each project or each phase of a project D. At the time of signing the contracts for a procurement
Negotiation is a tool in which of the following processes?A. Develop Schedule B. Acquire Project Team C. Manage Stakeholder Expectations D. Develop Project Team
Which of the following processes does not belong to integration management?A. Develop Project Charter B. Manage Project Team C. Close Project D. Monitor and Control Project Work
You are managing the execution of a Department of Defense project. The organizational environment is very well structured, and the management is very authoritarian.Which of the following is not an output item of the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?A. Implementation of corrective and
You are the project manager of a government project Uncle Sam Wants You, and you want to procure a few items. You are looking at the possibility of advertising for this procurement.Which of the following is not true about using advertising as a tool in the Conduct Procurements process?A.
Which of the following is not true about conflict management?A. Successful conflict management results in an increased productivity and positive working relationships among the team members.B. Communication planning and clarity of roles and responsibilities can reduce the amount of conflict.C.
You are the project manager of the On The Go project. Your company is procuring a part of your project and therefore preparing the procurement documents.Which of the following is true about the procurement documents?A. The documents should have a rigidly fixed format so that there are no variations
You are a project manager of a project that is executing. You need to procure a product that is not well defined. There are many grey areas.Which of the following contract types presents the highest risk?A. Firm fixed price B. Cost plus percentage of cost C. Cost plus fixed fee D. Cost plus
You are a project manager of a project that is executing. You need to procure a well defined product. Which of the following will be the most suitable contract type for this procurement?A. Cost reimbursable B. Fixed price C. Profit shared D. Time and material
Which of the following is not a proper name for a type of contract that can be used in procurement?A. Cost reimbursable B. Fixed price C. Profit shared D. Time and material
To meet severe budget cuts, you have no other choice than to outsource most of the components of your Do More In Less project. So, you are planning for procurements.Which of the following is not a process of project procurement management?A. Select Sellers B. Plan Procurements C. Conduct
Which of the following is not an output of the plan procurements process?A. Selected sellers list B. Procurement documents package C. Make-or-buy decisions D. Source selection criteria
A project team member asks you why you should monitor the activities on the critical path more closely.Which of the following will be your answer?A. Because the activities on the critical path need to be performed before the activities on other paths.B. Because each activity on the critical path
Quality audits are being arranged for the Santana Row project. Quality audits are part of which of the following quality management processes?A. Plan Quality B. Perform Quality Control C. Perform Quality Assurance D. Perform Quality Inspection
The list of risks that could affect the project is created by using which of the following processes?A. Define Risks B. Identify Risks C. Plan Risk Management D. Plan Risk Responses
The activity list that will be used to develop network diagrams is an output of which process?A. Defining activities B. Creating the WBS C. Planning the scope D. Developing the schedule
Which of the following conflict resolution strategies provides a win/win resolution?A. Avoidance B. Collaboration C. Accommodation D. Compromise
Which of the following does not belong to the set of characteristics that makes a good recognition and reward strategy?A. Clear the reward criteria.B. Any member should be able to win the reward.C. Keep the reward standard high so that only the cream of the crop can reach the reward.D. Cultural
You are managing the Go Dinky Town project. In the last meeting, the term “virtual team” was mentioned. A virtual team is a tool for which of the following processes?A. Develop Human Resource Plan B. Acquire Project Team C. Develop Project Team D. Manage Project Team
You are the project manager of the Dream Big project. The project is executing.Which of the following tools and techniques will you not use to manage the project team?A. Observations and conversations B. Bonuses C. Conflict management D. Issue log
Co-location is a technique used in which of the following processes?A. Plan Human Resources B. Acquire Project Team C. Develop Project Team D. Manage Project Team
Conflict management is a technique used in which of the following processes?A. Develop Human Resource Plan B. Acquire Project Team C. Develop Project Team D. Manage Project Team
You are the project manager for a software development project in a matrix organization.You have an influence on making the staff assignments. Which of the following characteristics will you not consider during these assignments?A. Competency B. Availability C. Lifestyle D. Salary requirement
In your Kamagata Maru moviemaking project, you must shoot a scene at a ski resort with many people skiing around. This project activity has which of the following kinds of dependencies?A. External B. Mandatory C. Internal D. Discretionary
You are in the process of documenting all kinds of risks in the Save Route 66 project.Which of the following is a correct statement about secondary risks?A. These are residual risks.B. These are risks that have medium or low priority.C. These are risks that can result from responses to identified

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