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PMP Project Management Professional Practice Exams 1st Edition Haner, James L - Solutions
30. You are creating your WBS. You realize that a generally accepted business practice is to:A. Structure it so product scope and project scope are easily managed B. Set it up so that it shows the complete scope of the work to be carried out on the project C. Use it to define the management control
29. In developing project scope, one approach is to:A. Describe scope in user stories B. Determine scope through a high-level infrastructure C. Use the project’s budget to set a financial baseline D. Include nonfunctional requirements for products, services, or results
28. Because the WBS is used to capture all project and nonproject work, this means that project management office support deliverables should be considered a(n):A. Top-level milestone B. External deliverable C. Work package D. Project management artifact
27. On your project, you prepared a detailed stakeholder analysis.Realizing there was not a mutual understanding of the project’s direction, you should prepare a:A. Feasibility study B. Stakeholder engagement plan C. Governance plan D. Project scope statement
26. Having been a PM for three years, you realize that a collective understanding of the success of the project among the project stakeholders can assist you in managing stakeholder expectations.Such a mutual understanding is best documented as part of the:A. Stakeholder management plan B. Project
25. When you prepare your project schedule, you focus on identifying those activities that are on your critical path and that you intend to manage aggressively. As a part of the project schedule, it is also important for you to:A. Perform level-of-effort estimating for summary activities B. Use the
24. As you develop the project scope statement as the foundation for work your company is performing for a very demanding client, you should:A. Ask the project team to list the major deliverables to tie to major milestones B. Identify any new job seekers for open positions C. Use the resource
23. On a buying and selling closed big-box stores project, you acknowledge the desire to control risk through planning and therefore conclude that your scope management approach should be:A. Predictive B. Adaptive C. Iterative D. Lean
22. You have a team of 12 people who are working on various parts of a project whose purpose is to facilitate the buying and selling of bigbox stores that have closed. You have a WBS, and now you are developing your scope baseline. Which of the following should you include in your project
21. As you prepare your project’s risk management plan, and since the project involves setting up a new production line for innovative gadget gifts for techies, you should review the:A. Occupational safety and health issues B. Business case C. Potential suppliers on the prequalified sellers list
20. You understand that positive and negative risks may affect your project, and you have set up risk categories to help as you work on your risk management plan. One obvious category of opportunities and threats is associated with resource availability. Which type of risk is this?A.
19. You are the project manager setting up a new production line for innovative gadget gifts for techies. You and your team are preparing the risk management plan. You first need to define:A. Your organization’s risk appetite B. The functional requirements document you plan to use to identify
18. As you prepare your quality plan, it is important to understand:A. Quality is a variable cost in projects B. Quality is cost based C. Quality activities tend to be about equal from a QA and QC perspective D. Quality should be determined after test cases are complete
17. The PMO is recommending that you use fixed price (FP, or lump sum, or firm fixed price) contracts on all vendor contracts because you will have the least cost risk. The contract information should be:A. Included in the contract management plan B. Part of the procurement management plan C. Part
16. Your project will include the hiring of multiple third-party vendors, and you are considering the elements to include in the procurement management plan for the project. Before completing the procurement management plan, you should first:A. Review project assets on procurement B. Develop
15. Given the planning data for your project, SEMAJ, you have identified the need to use several contractors for three parts of the multiyear project. As you determine specific procurement strategies after analyzing the involved WBS elements, your next step is to:A. Analyze the project scope
14. You are working as a project manager on a project that involves protecting grizzly bears in Alaska. Not everyone is onboard with this effort, including several external stakeholders. In developing your communications management plan, you should consider:A. Updating the communications issues log
13. You are a construction project manager working on a new office building in the outskirts of your city. You are developing your project management plan that assumes a dedicated project team. The plan for the project forecasts a two-year schedule. As part of the plan, you need to consider:A.
12. You are the lead project manager on a government contract, and you are preparing the cost management plan for the project. Given that your project is for a government agency, which of the following should you be sure to consider?A. Policy compliance and audit procedures B. Annual nature of
11. Having been a project manager before, you were pleased to be selected to manage a software upgrade project on a nuclear power plant and have set up specific team ground rules for your project, including that:A. The steering committee members are part of the staffing management plan B. The
10. An effective project management practice is to enable contractors assigned to your project to have access to information in your Project Management Information System (PMIS) such as:A. Project budget information B. Buy or lease decision rules C. Change control/revision tools D. Requirements
9. As you prepare your project management plan, you decide to attach your subsidiary plans, one of which is the:A. Benefits management plan B. Contract management plan C. Schedule management plan D. Stakeholder involvement plan
8. As you plan your project’s resources, you should emphasize the:A. Quality metrics to be collected to evaluate the product, service, or result B. Costs for each resource C. Desirability of having a dedicated team for each phase of the project D. Need to allocate and account for all resources
7. You will be using earned value management (EVM) on your current project because it is mandated by the project management office(PMO). This means you will need to use:A. A PMO member on your team B. A project management information system C. A dedicated EVM specialist within your team D.
6. Your project charter has been approved. You are seeking approval of your project management plan. You have a meeting coming up with your project management team next week. They will be most interested in:A. Needed project team members B. The overall approach you will use to manage the project C.
5. How is secondary risk assessed?A. E = (a + 4m +b) / 6 B. EMV plus 10%C. Determine probability and multiply by impact D. The same way as original or residual risks
4. A residual risk is assessed to have a probability of 0.1 and an impact value of $50,000. What is the EMV of the residual risk?A. $1,000 B. $5,000 C. $50,000 D. EMV does not apply to residual risk.
3. If the EMV of a risk is $200,000 and this risk exposure has been documented in the project business case, what is the maximum you could spend to remove the risk completely and be better off?A. $20,000 B. $100,000 C. $2,000,000 D. $200,000
2. Risk A has a 50% chance of happening. Unrelated Risk B has a 20%chance of happening. What is the chance they will both happen?A. 10%B. 30%C. 70%D. 100%
1. Calculate EMV for a risk event that has a 40% chance of occurring and that, if it occurred, would cost the project an additional$100,000.A. $4,000 B. $40,000 C. $100,000 D. $400,000
52. Which of the following is a data gathering technique used in the Identify Stakeholders process?A. Blamestorming B. Brain writing C. Prioritization D. Mind-mapping
51. You are reviewing a list of high-level product characteristics for your new project. Accompanying the list is a set of approvals for the project requirements. What document are you likely reviewing?A. Business case B. Solution requirements C. Project charter D. Feasibility study
50. You are the project manager for a local painting contractor who paints interiors and exteriors of residential houses. You’ve learned that there are always multiple projects going on. For each project, you use a template to create a customized communications management plan and stakeholder
49. You are managing the project to move the company from one database platform to another. There are business stakeholders and information technology (IT) stakeholders, and each stakeholder group seems to have different goals. Which of the following is critical to ensure that you can create a
48. What two outputs are created in the Develop Project Charter process?A. Project charter and constraint list B. Project charter and business documents C. Project charter and organizational process assets D. Project charter and assumption log
47. What two things does a project charter link together?A. The sponsor and the project manager B. The objectives and the timeline C. The project and the strategic objectives of the company D. The funding and the deliverables
46. You have been hired as the project manager for a homeowners’association for an upcoming renovation. The association consists of 104 one- and two-bedroom condos. Following best practices, you have decided to involve the sponsor, customers, and all other stakeholders during the initiation phase
45. Which of the following are documents that are generally originated outside of the project but are used as input to the project?A. Business requirements document B. Business documents C. Stakeholder requirements document D. Project change control process
44. Which process has the key benefit of enabling the project team to know the right focus for engaging each stakeholder or group of stakeholders?A. Identify Stakeholders B. Plan Stakeholder Engagement C. Plan Communications Management D. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
43. A couple is building a house and working with a general contractor who interacts with the builder and all other stakeholders. The house is framed and the water lines connected; however, the couple was just told that the cost to connect to the municipality’s sewer system is not a task
42. As the general contractor for a homeowner, the project has kicked off and you need to ensure that all departments in the municipal government are on board with the plans to build a house on the beach. The house may be in a flood zone, and it is in a coastal preservation zone. To ensure that all
41. You are working as a general contractor on behalf of a sweet old couple building a beach house with their life savings. As the general contractor, you have residential construction experience and have helped the couple decide what kind of house to build given their budget, and you found them a
40. In which process group does the stakeholder identification start in a project?A. Initiating B. Planning C. Executing D. Monitoring and Controlling
39. You are taking your first pass at identifying stakeholders for your current project. Which project document should you consult as a source of information about this project’s stakeholders?A. Project charter B. Business case C. Stakeholder register D. RACI chart
38. In addition to academic research, which of the following most likely highlights the importance of a structured approach to working with project stakeholders?A. Company research B. Analyses of high-profile project disasters C. The increase in project successes in the past ten years D. Program
37. The project charter is an input into which two Project Stakeholder Management processes?A. Identify Stakeholders and Plan Stakeholder Engagement B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement and Monitor Stakeholder Engagement C. Identify Stakeholders and Manage Stakeholders D. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
36. You were just asked to lead a project that many people are calling a stakeholder nightmare. You will be dealing with multiple stakeholders, both inside and outside the company, and the stakeholders are all very vocal. In addition, the project is regulatory in nature. In which of the following
35. The training division in your company has started a new project they believe will be a best-seller, and they have brought you on board as the project manager. The project will create a series of new webbased courses to be sold external to the company targeting the health care sector. Which of
34. For your current project, you have determined that the probability of meeting the schedule objective is 80% and the probability of being on budget is 70%. You inherited this project from a previous manager and are disappointed that a better effort wasn’t made in this forecasting when the
33. You are a project manager carrying out the first adaptive project for the company. For each iteration, you will need to ensure your team carries out all the following except:A. Collect Requirements B. Define Scope C. Create WBS D. Develop Project Charter
32. While working for a secret government agency, you discover that a previous project that was very successful had a stakeholder, Winston, who was unhappy with the benefits received. Winston can have a significant impact on your project. What should you do next?A. Review the stakeholder register
31. You are attempting to identify and map your project’s stakeholders.Which representation technique can you use?A. Sender-receiver model B. Stakeholder cube C. Probability/impact grid D. Code-decode model
30. You are preparing your project charter. You plan to have a close working relationship with the client. In the project charter, you decided to enhance your resource requirements section so you could ensure everyone understood why you need the requested resources.You decided to:A. Prepare a
29. You have identified specific resource requirements in your project charter, but your company’s resources are already constrained; you only need a small core team. A best practice in this situation is to include with your project charter:A. An estimate of the resources required for the various
28. You have an active stakeholder that can directly affect your project’s success. This stakeholder is a positive supporter, but is concerned about the inferior performance of previous projects. Based on your stakeholder analysis, the best way to handle this stakeholder is to:A. Do nothing but
27. An ongoing endeavor to produce repetitive results with resources doing the same set of tasks is known as:A. Project management B. Stakeholder analysis C. Program management D. Operations
26. You are creating a matrix that includes all the stakeholders on the project. On your first pass at it, you decide that it’s important to know each stakeholder’s power (ability to impose will), urgency(need for immediate attention), and legitimacy (their involvement)within the project. What
25. Expert judgment is a tool and technique of which process?A. Identify Resources B. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement C. Manage Stakeholder Engagement D. Manage Stakeholder Management
24. Which project role is generally accountable for the development and maintenance of the business case associated with a project?A. Project sponsor B. Project manager C. Business stakeholder D. IT stakeholder
23. Which two knowledge areas are involved in the Initiating process group?A. Project Integration Management and Project Scope Management B. Project Scope Management and Project Schedule Management C. Project Integration Management and Project Stakeholder Management D. Project Scope Management and
22. You are part of an expert committee deciding which project should be implemented by your company. Your committee asks tough questions and helps decide which projects your company should select. Only the worthiest projects get through the tough scrutiny.Which project selection technique is being
21. Select the process that assigns the project manager to a project.A. Develop Project Charter B. Develop Project Management Plan C. Develop Business Case D. Develop Strategic Plan
20. What document formally authorizes a project?A. Business case B. Project charter C. Project statement of work (SOW)D. Project management plan
19. You work for a large organization that offers risk management, quality management, and change management consulting services to other companies. Recent projects have produced disappointing results; therefore, the organization has added you to the steering committee to assist the solution
18. You are collecting and examining qualitative and quantitative information to ascertain whose interests should be considered throughout the project. In which activity are you engaging?A. Stakeholder analysis B. Communications planning C. Risk analysis D. Organizational structure analysis
17. You are a newly hired project manager working on your first project at a law firm with the goal of upgrading information security. The two managing partners at the law firm are used to getting their way and are pressuring you to meet only their needs and not to involve the remaining 30 lawyers
16. A key stakeholder is complaining to several of your project team members about the ineffectiveness of some of the risk responses.This is having a negative impact on team morale. What is the best method for handling this situation?A. Arrange to meet with the stakeholder to clarify any concerns
15. Which of the following is an output of the Identify Stakeholders process?A. Stakeholder register B. RACI chart C. Stakeholder management strategies D. Stakeholder engagement
14. Project sponsors have the most influence on the scope, quality, time, and cost of the project during:A. Initiating B. Planning C. Executing D. Closing
13. At which point in a project should the project manager ensure that the organizational process assets are first available?A. At the end of the Initiating process group B. Before the Initiating process group starts C. During the Planning process group D. At the end of the Planning process group
12. The project statement of work that includes the business needs and high-level product requirements for the new hydroelectric plant has just been agreed to and completed. Which deliverable should be created next for this project?A. Scope statement B. Management plan C. Charter D. Requirements
11. Which of the following is an output of the Identify Stakeholders process?A. Stakeholder register B. Enterprise environmental factors C. Change control process D. Communication models
10. You are preparing an initial stakeholder list for a project to replace the company’s email system, and you believe your list is too short and is therefore likely not complete. To ensure that you take a comprehensive approach to identifying stakeholders, you decide to seek the expert judgment
9. You have been provided a document that contains the market demand and cost-benefit analysis that justifies the go-ahead for the project.What is this document called?A. Contract B. Statement of work C. Business case D. Organizational asset
8. You have been asked to analyze a project charter that has been developed by another part of your business. Which of the following would you consider essential for the project charter to be approved?A. Detailed work and schedule estimates B. A list of all the resources required C. The business
7. The project you have been asked to develop a charter for is complex and has many inputs that are beyond your direct knowledge. Which of the following tools and techniques would best help you proceed with the project chartering process?A. Matrix management structure B. Available project templates
6. The project charter you have developed has not yet been approved by the project sponsor though you submitted it two weeks ago. Your direct line manager insists that you start work on the project immediately because he needs you on another project in a few months’ time. What is the best course
5. You have been given a brief time to write a project charter for a project that has been fast tracked. The project will develop an IT system to help the sales team close external leads. Which of the following would be least likely to help you clarify the influences on the project when writing the
4. As a project manager, you have been given a statement of work for a project you are assigned to manage. This project is internal to your organization. Who will have provided you with this statement of work?A. The end-user group B. Your line manager C. The project director D. The project sponsor
3. You are developing the project charter for a project for an external customer. To complete the project charter, which of the following should be in place?A. The detailed features list to be delivered B. The not-to-exceed price for the project C. The agreed-upon contract for the project D. The
2. You’ve just joined the company as a project manager for a new project. You’ve worked on projects at your prior company and are looking to ensure that you have the authority needed to carry out your roles and responsibilities. Which project document should you ask to see first?A. Work
1. You have been asked to create an end-to-end manufacturing process for your company’s next-generation semiconductor fabrication line.This new fabrication line is time critical, and industry competition is fierce. Many of the older employees who have traditionally worked on the fabrication lines
25. Andrew is a functional manager who regularly attends your retrospective meetings to check up on “his people” from the Real Estate Division who are on the project. Andrew likes to “play PM”and attracts attention to the fact that he is well liked by the project sponsor. Andrew is seen as
24. Recent research suggests three key skill sets are needed by project managers. The talent triangle focuses on all of the following competencies except:A. Knowledge transfer and integration B. Leadership C. Strategic and business management D. Technical project management
23. You have been asked by the project management team to determine the best development life cycle for the new microwave cooking devices project. Customer value and quality will be incorporated in real time during development. Your most appropriate response to this request is to:A. Indicate that
22. You have been assigned as project manager for a project to develop a new line of microwave cooking devices. You understand that projects drive change in organizations. The project seems to be a clever idea.What is the next thing you should do?A. Determine the link to the strategic objectives of
21. To ensure that projects enable business value creation, you must consider tangible and intangible benefits. Which of the following are examples of intangible elements of business value?A. Monetary assets B. Utility C. Market share D. Trademarks
20. You have been asked by the project sponsor to ensure that the seller’s performance meets the contractual requirements and that your organization, as the buyer, performs according to the contract. This process is called:A. Control Procurements B. Plan Procurement Management C. Conduct
19. The process of project planning that involves developing options, determining actions to enhance opportunities, and reducing threats to project objectives is called:A. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis B. Plan Risk Responses C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis D. Develop Probability and
18. The set of project management activities that includes identification, analysis, planning responses, and monitoring and controlling risks in the project is of which knowledge area?A. Project Risk Identification Management B. Project Risk Analysis Management C. Project Risk Management D. Project
17. When leading project teams, your role involves making use of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are related to the specific domain of the project. These are examples of which key skill set?A. Communication skills B. Leadership C. Strategic and business management D. Technical aspects of
16. Tracking team performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and coordinating changes to enhance project performance are all part of which process?A. Recognition and Reward Systems B. Team Performance Assessment C. Manage Team D. Build Team
15. Which of the following organizational structures can complicate the management of the project team?A. Functional B. Matrix C. Project D. Hierarchical
14. You are identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships for a project, as well as creating a staffing management plan for a project. In terms of project management, these activities are known as:A. Plan Resource Management B. Develop Project Management
13. You have delegated the task of identifying which quality standards are relevant to your current project to Sally, who is an experienced team member whom you have worked with on prior projects. You’ve also asked Sally to determine how to satisfy any identified quality standards. In which of
12. A new team member is monitoring and recording the results of executing quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes. He asks for clarification on what his activities are related to. Which of the following is the best answer to his question?A. Control Quality B.
11. Calculating the cost of the resources needed to complete the planned schedule of activities on a project is called:A. Project Risk Management B. Project Schedule Management C. Project Cost Management D. Project Resource Management
10. As you plan a project assigned to your team, you identify the activities, dependencies, and resources needed to produce the project deliverables. What is this knowledge area you are working in called?A. Project Schedule Control Management B. Project Risk Management C. Project Schedule
9. You have been working on defining the procedures by which the project scope and product scope can be changed. In which process is your team engaged?A. Validate Scope B. Plan Configuration Management C. Initial Scope Definition D. Control Scope
8. You are discussing your project roles with a colleague. She states that she is working on developing a process that ensures all scope changes go through integrated change control. What project process is she performing?A. Define Change Control B. Control Scope C. Develop Risk Register D.
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