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A project with much risk and reward is most likely to be accepted in which of the following?A. An entrepreneurial company B. A heavily regulated company C. A nonprofit organization D. A community
Project team members are most likely to work full time on a project in which of the following organizational structures?A. Functional B. Weak matrix C. Strong matrix D. Projectized
Tracey is the project manager of the KHG Project. Her organization is a classic functional environment. Her level of authority as a project manager can be best described as which of the following?A. Low B. Moderate C. Balanced D. High
A company has hired you as a project manager to lead a new software development project. You have an assigned budget and several milestones in the project. The project is ready to begin its first phase.Which of the following describes the early stages of a project?A. High costs and high demand for
Henry, the project manager of the MHB Project, has allowed a subsequent project phase to begin before the preceding phase is complete. This is an example of which of the following?A. Crashing B. Fast tracking C. Risk management D. Tandem scheduling
Management has asked Nancy to determine whether a project concept is valid and can be completed using a reasonable amount of time and finances. Management is asking for which of the following?A. Kill points B. Cost and time estimates C. A project case study D. A feasibility study
The compilation of all the phases within a project equates to _______________.A. The project life cycle B. The product life cycle C. Project completion D. Project processes
You are the project manager of a multiphase project and you’ll be working with stakeholders throughout the project. At the end of each phase, you’ll need several factors to keep the project advancing. Of the following, which is not an exit criteria?A. Customer sign-offs B. Quality metrics C.
You are the project manager of a new project that is not performing well. Some of the project team members have been late with their assignments, and this has caused cost overruns and delays.Management is recommending a kill point. At what point in a project would a kill point be acceptable?A. When
You are coaching your project team about the project you’re managing and how you’ll be using the predictive life cycle. Some of the team members aren’t familiar with this concept. Which of the following best describes a predictive life cycle?A. The project scope, costs, and schedule are
You are the project manager for the ERP Project. Your organization uses a PMO. The primary purpose of a project management office is to do which of the following:A. Support the project manager B. Support the project sponsor C. Support the project team D. Identify the stakeholders
Which of the following is an example of a deliverable at the end of the requirements-gathering phase in a software design project?A. Responsibility matrix creation B. Detail design document C. Business needs D. Project team assembled
All of the following are examples of stakeholders that have a positive influence on a project, except for which one?A. Business leaders in a community affected by a commercial development project B. Team members who will receive a bonus if the project is successful C. Employees who prefer the older
Bob is the project manager of a project for a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. In Bob’s industry, many standards and regulations affect his projects. What is the difference between a standard and a regulation?A. Standards are mandatory; regulations are not.B. Standards are optional;
Your global project is sabotaged by rumors and gossip about the project deliverable. This is an example of which of the following?A. Cultural achievability B. Cultural influences within the project team C. Project team mutiny D. Ineffective planning
You are the project manager for your organization. Influencing your organization requires which of the following?A. An understanding of the organizational budget B. Research and documentation of proven business cases C. An understanding of formal and informal organizational structures D. Positional
A construction project is allowing the multiple phases of the project to overlap to save time and money, and to allow for better resource utilization. What type of phase relationships are being employed in this scenario?A. Overlapping phase relationships B. Sequential phase relationships C.
You are the project manager of the Server Deployment Project for your company. You’re meeting with the key stakeholders to gather the requirements and review the intent of the project. You know that you’ll have to meet with the stakeholders throughout the project and their influence can help or
Harold is the manager of the manufacturing unit for your company, and he’ll be a key stakeholder on your upcoming project. To get to know Harold better, you’re having lunch with him and discussing some of the goals of the upcoming project. Harold doesn’t quite understand what you do as a
Beth is a new project manager for her company and she’s working with her project team to develop the project management plan. Beth knows that she must rely on several different skills to make her first project successful. Of the following management skills, which will a project manager use
You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. Your project team consists of experts from different companies and contractors from around the world. What type of project team is this?A. Virtual B. Partnership C. Noncollocated D. Dedicated
Marcy, the project manager for the ERP Project, is about to complete the project phase review. The completion of a project phase is also known as which of the following?A. A lesson learned B. A kill point C. Earned value management D. Conditional advancement
You are the project manager for the application deployment project.This project will deploy software to 450 sites throughout North America and in Europe. You’re working with several stakeholders to define the phases of the project life cycle, but some of the stakeholders are confused with the
Which one of the following is an interpersonal skill a project manager must have to be successful?A. Sales and marketing B. Leadership C. Health and safety practices D. Information technology experience
You have an excellent idea for a new project that can increase productivity by 20 percent in your organization. Management, however, declines to approve the proposed project because too many resources are already devoted to other projects. You have just experienced what?A. Parametric modeling B.
What is the difference between a standard and a regulation?A. Standards and regulations are the same.B. Standards are regulated by specific industries; regulations are laws.C. Standards are optional; regulations are required.D. Standards are required; regulations are laws.
You are a new project manager in a company that uses a project management office. Which project management office has the most control over your role as a project manager?A. Supportive B. Controlling C. Directive D. Authoritative
Which one of the following describes the physical environment for a construction project?A. The terrain where the construction will take place B. The approval of the blueprints for the building C. The demographics of the community where the construction will take place D. The laws that govern where
Of the following, which one is not part of project integration management?A. The creation of the project plan B. The interaction between project teams C. The execution of the project plan D. The documentation of changes to the project plan
Which of the following is likely to be part of an operation?A. Providing electricity to a community B. Designing an electrical grid for a new community C. Building a new dam as a source for electricity D. Informing the public about changes at the electrical company
Where can a project manager expect software, templates, and standardized policies?A. A project management office B. With the stakeholders C. Human resources D. The project budget
You are the project manager of a large project to install 1900 kiosks throughout college campuses in North America. The kiosks will collect applications for credit cards, phone services, and other services marketable to college students. The bulk of your project is focused on the information
Which one of the following statements best defines the difference between a program and portfolios in regard to scope?A. Programs do not have scopes because they are made up of projects. Portfolios have an organizational scope.B. Programs have larger scopes than projects. Portfolios have an
Smith Construction has won a contract to build a 77-story condominium building in downtown Chicago. The building will have 650 condos, a parking garage, indoor and outdoor pools, two floors for retail, two floors of offices, and several shared community rooms.Mary Anne Kedzie has elected to create
Which one of the following is not a general management skill?A. Motivating the project team B. Purchasing and procurement C. Sales and marketing D. Contracts and commercial law
You and your project team are located in Des Moines, Iowa, but your project execution will take place in Mexico. You have valid concerns about the interactions with the stakeholders, including time zone differences, language barriers, the different laws that could affect your project, and the
You are the project manager for a large software development project.You have concerns that one of the components of the Iron Triangle is slipping. Your project sponsor, Jim Bob, is not familiar with the Iron Triangle, so you explain the concept to him. What will be affected if any angle of the
You and William, a project stakeholder, are discussing risks within your project. Which one of the following best describes risk?A. Any event that can cause your project to fail B. Any event that may have a positive or negative effect on your project’s team C. An uncertain event that may have a
Project managers are not responsible for which one of the following in most organizations?A. Identifying the project requirements B. Selecting the projects to be initiated C. Balancing demands for time, cost, scope, and quality D. Establishing clear and achievable project objectives
You are the project manager for your company, Mark Manufacturers.Your company has a large client that has requested a special component be created for one of their test engines. Your organization agrees and creates a standard contract with the customer, and your manager assigns you to manage this
You are explaining to a junior engineer the difference between a project and operations. Which one of the following is true only of operations?A. They are performed by people.B. They are constrained by limited resources.C. They are ongoing.D. They are planned, executed, and controlled.
Nancy is the project manager of the INCORP1 Project. She and the stakeholders created a scope two months ago, but since then, the scope has evolved and now provides much more detail about the project. The process of the scope evolving is also known as which one of the following terms?A.
You are a project manager for Johnson Keyboards, Inc. Your organization has adapted the PMBOK Guide as a standard tool for how projects should operate, and you are involved in shaping the standardization for all future projects. In light of this information, what is the recommended course of action
As a PMP candidate you must have a firm grasp on what constitutes a project. Which one of the following is not an attribute of a project?A. Definite starting date B. Has no definite end date C. Creates a product, service, or result D. Requires resources
20. Large Scale Scrum, or LeSS, can best be described as which one of the following?A. LeSS is a product development framework that extends some of the confines of Scrum but doesn’t allow for scaling guidelines.B. LeSS is a product development framework that extends some of the confines of Scrum
19. Your team practices a Kanban approach to project management and prefers to use lead time rather than velocity to track performance. You are explaining this to a key stakeholder who isn’t well versed in Agile. How would you explain the difference between lead time tracking and velocity
18. Your team is attempting to calculate their throughput. So far, they have completed three iterations.Iteration 1: 17 story points were completed.Iteration 2: 15 story points were completed.Iteration 3: 19 story points were completed.What is your team’s current throughput?A. 19 B. 17 C. 15 D. 53
17. Any one of the team members can suggest that a meeting of the minds might be necessary to switch gears in the middle of an iteration. This is known as what type of meeting?A. Retrospective B. Review C. Stand-up meeting D. Intraspective(s)
16. Jim is new to your team of developers and has a small amount of Agile experience. You have been tasked with explaining how your team is using a process flow called ScrumBan.How might you explain ScrumBan to Jim?A. ScrumBan is more Scrum based.B. ScrumBan is a hybrid approach that incorporates
15. Constraints are often called bottlenecks in production systems. Once the bottlenecks are removed, flow improves. This is an example of which of the following?A. The Theory of Constraints B. The theory of cumulative experience C. The theory of bottlenecks D. The theory of limiting WIP
14. Which of the following is the German term for pace or rhythm, and it is also used to help track performance on an Agile team?A. Lead time B. Velocity time C. Cycle time D. Takt time
13. Which of the following diagram types can show areas where issues have occurred, or may occur, and allow the team to adapt and adjust as needed?A. Cumulative diagram B. Kanban diagram C. Burn down diagram D. Cumulative flow diagram
12. The Project Management Institute collaborated with which of the following organizations when developing its Agile Practice Guide?A. The Scrum Alliance B. The Agile Alliance C. The eXtreme Programming Alliance D. Project managers globally
11. Your team is meeting during the early stages of the iteration to discuss some of the items that may go wrong in the iteration. Which of the following meetings are you conducting?A. Retrospective meeting B. Premortem meeting C. Kickoff meeting D. Sprint planning meeting
10. Which of the following hybrid models of Agile is most common?A. Scrum and ASD B. XP and Crystal C. Scrum and Lean D. Scrum and XP
9. During your retrospective, what is the most important thing that you as a coach can do to help your team reflect on the iteration?A. The team is encouraged to express their negatives as well as their positives of the iteration if it is well facilitated.B. The team is encouraged to express their
8. What is the goal of a retrospective regardless of the techniques used?A. The goal of a retrospective is reflection.B. The goal of a retrospective is solutions.C. The goal of a retrospective is venting.D. The goal of a retrospective is formal closure of an iteration.
7. During the retrospective of your current sprint, your team seems to be all over the map in how they think things went. What is something that you can recommend to get to the bottom of the emotional reactions of the team?A. Brainstorming B. The 5 whys C. Mad, sad, glad D. Pair programming
6. Which of the following is the best way to answer the following questions?What should we stop doing? Start doing? Keep doing?A. Introspective B. Reviews C. Iteration reviews D. Retrospectives
5. Your Agile team is in a scheduled timeboxed meeting and is asking questions like, “What should our product do?” “How could it fail?” “Why would it fail?” In what kind of meeting is your team participating?A. Retrospective B. Review C. Premortems D. Sprint planning
4. You are working on a Lean project. You have determined that you spend 50 minutes putting together a presentation that will last 20 minutes. What is the current calculated process cycle efficiency?A. 70 minutes B. 30 percent C. 50 minutes D. 28 percent
3. Your team is working on a visual representation of their current process to determine if there is a better way to perform the process. With which of the following visual items are they working?A. Value analysis B. Value maps C. Story maps D. Value stream maps
2. As an Agile project management expert, you know that the difference between lead time and cycle time is which one of the following?A. Lead time is the total amount of time that the process takes, and cycle time is the total amount of time that an iteration takes.B. Lead time is the total amount
1. After working through two iterations with your Agile team, you’ve noticed that velocity is a bit lower than anticipated. During a daily stand-up meeting, one of the impediments that your team identifies is that the process seems bulky and more time-consuming than it needs to be. What would you
26. You may be asked on the exam to calculate the percentage of process efficiency. To do so, you would use basic math to calculate the information presented in the question. Don’t worry, you will have access to a calculator, and even though the PMI-ACP exam isn’t formula-focused, you may see a
25. A risk event has just happened on your project. You work to implement the agreed-upon solution for mitigation and create a whole other risk event. This is known as which one of the following?A. Residual risk B. Secondary risk C. Risk avoidance D. Risk backlog adjustment
24. A defect has been identified in the program you have worked on for the past three iterations. You aren’t sure when the defect was created, but you know that the influencing factor was that someone else worked on earlier strings of the code while you were gone on vacation, which is a very
23. You’ve just finished working on a long string of code, and as you review it, you realize that you have created the simplest thing that works but not necessarily the best solution. What are you creating for yourself?A. Tech debt B. Refactoring C. Risk D. Scope creep
22. At the end of the day on Friday, you are attempting to wrap up your work and head home.Right in the middle of finishing a string of code, your computer crashes without saving all of your work. This is considered to be which one of the following?A. A common cause; it happens.B. A special cause;
21. Your team is working together to brainstorm potential risk events on a project, and they are using a technique that allows them to focus on what is going well now versus what isn’t going so well now. Which of the following tools are they using?A. The 5 whys B. Risk burn down charts C. SWOT D.
20. Three new risk events have been identified in your current iteration. Your analysis shows that two of the risk events’ expected monetary value are higher than the features on which you are working, and one is not very impactful at all. What should you do if you are the product owner?A.
19. Sally is performing expected monetary value analysis on a newly identified risk. She has determined the probability is 30 percent and the impact is $10,000. What is the expected monetary value?A. $3,000 B. $10,000 C. $300,000 D. $30,000
18. As a product owner, you are reviewing the expected monetary value of identified risks and determining how to place the mitigation efforts into the backlog. Which of the following would go at the top of the list in a risk-adjusted backlog?A. Feature A: $15,000 B. Risk B: $5,000 C. Feature C:
17. Which of the following is a brainstorming technique designed to get to the bottom of something and provide a clearer solution to the issue?A. Ishikawa diagram B. The 5 whys C. Sailboat D. Triple Nickels
16. Your Agile team is working on the fifth iteration of their project, and the sponsor is reviewing their risk burn down chart. How will the sponsor know if risk is being managed on the project?A. As the team mitigates or avoids risk, the chart should trend up.B. As the team mitigates or avoids
15. Your team is analyzing risk events and trying to determine what the “price tag” is going to be based on probability and impact. Which of the following techniques will provide that information?A. Expected money value B. Expected monetary value C. Expected severity value D. Expected priority
14. Gail is in the process of restructuring existing computer code without changing its behavior. Peter asks her what she is working on. How will Gail answer that question?A. I’m cleaning up tech debt.B. I’m trying to build in lead time.C. I’m refactoring the code.D. I’m building software.
13. Jamal is writing code that is easy to implement in the short run instead of applying the best overall solution at the time to get the code completed in time. What could be the outcome of this technique?A. Jamal is getting the work done quickly and creatively meeting deadlines.B. Jamal may be
12. Chris identified a new risk early in the first iteration. This is due to the use of the newest technologies and not much is known about how to solve it. What is the best thing for Chris to suggest in order to manage the situation?A. Document the risk in the risk-adjusted backlog, and wait for
11. You are working with your team on a complicated software design. You really aren’t sure if it is going to work, and at this point you aren’t even sure if you can work it out in time to prove that you’ve determined the fix. What would be the best thing that you could suggest as their Agile
10. Your current project has both value and risks to consider. In what order would the risk compared to value be placed to have a completed risk-adjusted backlog?A. Highest-impact risk first B. Highest-value items first C. A review of both risk and value would be considered, and the one with the
9. During a meeting with your sponsor, they bring up the fact that on your new Agile project your reporting has dropped off to the point where they barely have any information compared to Waterfall projects. How will you explain this to your sponsor?A. You will spend time doing the reports since
8. During your daily stand-up meeting, Karen has pointed out a new impediment that is in her way. She is concerned that it may evolve into a risk event. After the meeting, Karen works with Peter to develop a story to reduce the impact of the risk event and wants to perform a risk-based spike. Which
7. A risk event has been identified that will affect your current iteration. To investigate and determine ways to mitigate the risk, what will your team do?A. Perform expected monetary value assessments.B. Discuss the risk in their stand-up meeting and try to find a solution.C. Discuss it with the
6. Jim is new to your Agile team, and he is interested in how your team will be tracking scope of work completed and risk on the project. Which of the following type of chart or graph will you explain that you are using for both?A. Velocity charts B. Cumulative-flow diagrams C. Kanban board D. Burn
5. A key stakeholder is asking what the overall risk situation is for the iteration. Which of the following will you show them to help answer that question?A. Risk burn down chart B. Burn up chart C. Burn down chart D. Velocity tracking charts
4. A risk has been identified in the first iteration. It’s expected monetary value is projected at $45,000, and the value of the first feature is $23,000. If the risk can’t be mitigated effectively and for less money, what could occur on the project?A. A risk meeting to determine what to do
3. Utilizing decision delays in an Agile environment allows teams to do all of the following except .A. Mitigate risks B. Adapt to changes C. Implement based on the most up-to-date information D. Have “fine-grained requirements” until they can become “course-grained”
2. Agile teams incorporate rolling wave planning to do which one of the following?A. Schedule activities.B. Incorporate high-level plans with the knowledge that they will be updated.C. Assign tasks.D. Complete the personas for the project.
1. Which of the following best describes progressive elaboration?A. It allows teams to pull new information into plans when it becomes available.B. It engages stakeholders in project decisions.C. It determines expectations.D. It allows documentation of all stakeholder needs across the project.
25. Your team is holding a facilitated event in which the entire team will be given red and green stickers. The team will place red stickers on features that they don’t want or like and green stickers on what they do want and like. This type of team event for decision making could be called which
24. When determining return on investment (ROI) at the beginning of a project, most organizations use which of the following techniques to help build a business case?A. Earned value B. Net present value C. Monopoly Money D. Cost performance index
23. When you’re reviewing constraints on an Agile project, which of the following are considered not as flexible as others?A. Scope and quality B. Time and quality C. Cost and scope D. Cost and time
22. According to Kano analysis, what do exciters typically become once substantial time has passed?A. They become demotivators.B. They become satisfiers.C. The become dissatisfiers.D. They remain exciters.
21. If you were going to calculate the schedule performance index for your sponsor, which of the following variables would you need to do that?A. Earned value and actual cost B. Planned value and earned value C. Planned value and actual cost D. None of the above
20. Carol is writing down a goal she wants to meet. She starts with a very specific road map of what the result should be. She knows that she can get it done and has tracking mechanisms documented. Carol knows the goal is realistic as well. Which of the following is missing from her goal setting
19. Jamal is the Agile project manager in charge of a new development project to create an app that can track how many times employees go to websites that are non–work related. Jamal is reporting to the sponsor that they have gone a bit over budget in the last iteration. Which of the following
18. The mnemonic acronym SMART applies to which of the following project areas?A. Schedule improvement B. Cost improvement C. Goal setting improvement D. Team performance improvement
17. Brenda is sitting down with you for some one-on-one coaching because she is having trouble setting goals that she can meet. You are working through the goals that she has set and notice that they seem rather vague, and it’s hard to determine what the end result should be.What would you
16. Your project sponsor is asking for performance information on how your team is working in a new Agile environment, and you explain to them that your team is performing well together, that they have a good grasp on estimation techniques, and that their velocity has stabilized. These are all

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