1. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), project management is defined as “the application of knowledge, _____, _____, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements”. a. skills, analysis Answer: d skills, tools 2. As a project manager, Tyler is so happy that all expected project deliverable have been accomplished by his project team. What is the next step for his project to proceed in order to verify the project scope by his project client? a. Ask his client to pay for the completed project deliverables. Answer: d Ask his client to conduct an inspection on all of the completed project deliverables 3. What is the first step in project planning? a. Establish the objectives and scope. Answer: a Establish the objectives and scope 4. While assessing your project processes, you have identified some uncontrolled process variations. Which of the following would be the appropriate chart you may use for this purpose? a. Pareto diagram Answer: c Control chart 5. Once the project is approved and moves into the planning stage, what happens in the next phase of the project life cycle? a. Agreements for risk sharing need to be concluded. Answer: d Risks are identified with each major group of activities. 6. Fill in the blank. Risk must be considered in the _____ phase and weighed against the potential benefit of the project’s success in order to decide if the project should be chosen. a. completion Answer: e initiation 7. Due to the rapid expansion of your company, your boss decides to establish a project management office (PMO) within the company and asks you to take the lead. According to the PMBOK guide, to be the ideal PMO you can do which of the following? a. Speed up a specific ongoing project. Answer: b Find opportunities for collaborative project management 8. Why does the creation of processes for developing teams, establishing priorities, and distributing work and tasks require different sets of skills? a. Because resources on the project management team may view it as permanent Answer: b Because resources on the project management team may view it as temporary 9. According to Bruce Tuckman’s five stages of team development, project team members compete for control at which stage? a. Forming Answer: b Storming 10. The project management office (PMO) handles all of the following functions EXCEPT: a. maintaining the organization’s project management policies and procedures. Answer: c assigning project managers from other departments but not procuring contract project managers. 11. Under which of the following conditions would teams be more effective than individuals? a. When speed is important Answer: d When innovation is required 12. Which of the following is the process of understanding the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to manage a task and then matching the team members with the right skills to do that work? a. Benchmarking Answer: d Delegation 13. Which of the following defines what tasks the project resources are expected to accomplish and, just as importantly, what is not part of the project team’s responsibilities? a. Punch list Ans – e. Scope document 14. After Marta obtained her PMP certificate, her boss assigned her to be in charge of a long-term project, which a recently resigned project manager, Todd, had been working on for three years. When Marta looks at historical information that Todd achieved for this project, which of the following is deemed most critical for Marta to manage her project team? a. Project contract Answer: b Detailed activity lists and WBS dictionary 15. Fill in the blank. There is _______ correlation between project complexity and project risk. a. an unknown Answer: b a positive 16. As a new project manager, Karen was worried about a statement from her client: “your project deliverable is in low quality with low grade”. According to PMBOK, how can you help Karen distinguish the differences between “quality” and “grade”? a. Quality and grade represent the same thing. Answer: c Low quality represents a true problem, but low grade might not be the case 17. Complete the following statement. As a project manager, Darrell is excited that he is assigned to be in charge of the most important project this year. After being chartered for the project, he analyzes the information in the project charter and the stakeholder register to: a. decide how to draft a scope statement. Answer: b start to define and develop the stakeholder needs and requirements. 18. After Ling finished drafting a new project charter, she sent a copy of the charter to all key project parties including the project sponsor, senior management and key stakeholders, and scheduled a kick-off meeting with them. What will be the most important goal for Ling to complete the project charter? a. Make a professional looking project charter to impress the key project parties. Answer – e. Obtain officially signed project charters from the key parties. 19. Fill in the blank. During the _________ of a project, the project manager focuses on developing the project infrastructure needed to execute the project and developing clarity around the project charter and scope. a. completion Answer: b start-up 20. A project budget estimate that is developed with the least amount of knowledge is known as which of the following? a. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate Answer: c Conceptual estimate 21. What is the first step in developing a risk management plan? a. Analyze the risks. Answer: c Identify potential project risks 22. According to the PMBOK guide, which of the following statements is right in terms of using reserve analysis to determine a project budget? A. Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs, which are part of your project budget. Answer: a Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs, which are part of your project budget. 23. Complete the following statement. As the project progresses into the execution phase: a. risks need to be checked off on activities that have been performed. Answer: a risks need to be checked off on activities that have been performed. 24. Which of the following statements about achieving a common understanding of the project purpose is true? a. A common understanding means building a consensus and disagreement regarding a project’s purpose is often fatal to project execution. Answer: b Developing a common understanding involves defining project success, determining potential barriers to success, establishing milestones, and identifying decision-makers. 25. Which of the following is typically a written document that defines what work will be accomplished by the end of the project? a. Scope of work (SOW) Answer: a Scope of work (SOW) 26. What is considered to be the most useful skill for a project manager who works in a matrix environment in order to achieve project goals? a. Leadership skill Answer: b Influencing 27. Marco is an investor, and Jon is a project team member. Both have intensive technical background for the project that you are managing. However, recently they have disagreed on the next step to take for the project. They both decide to defer to whoever has the authority to make this decision. Who has the authority to decide which direction should be taken for the project? a. Project manager Answer: c The project team 28. As a project manager, while Kathy was trying to categorize all potential risks for her new construction project M based on levels of probability and impact on the project, she identified a potential risk, regarding a schedule conflict with another project to obtain critical equipment for a short time period. Overall, because this risk is probable and might impact her project M, Kathy wants to record this risk; however, she is confused about where she should document this type of risk. According to the PMBOK guide, where should Kathy document this risk? a. Watch list Answer: d WBS 29. Which of the following is a quality management system that gives titles to specialists and requires a cost-benefit analysis? a. Lean accounting Answer: d Six Sigma 30. Which one of the following is the last step of project closings? a. The client has accepted the product. Answer: b Archives are complete. 31. As a project manager of Project Cool at the company, Samira is responsible for monitoring and controlling two project management processes: process A and process B. She recently noticed a high priority risk X has been imposed on her project process A in Project Cool. While she tried to control the risk X, she also noticed that a new potential risk Y will be added to process B. Which of the following best explains this situation? a. If risk Y happens, then it is all Samira’s fault, because she did not do a good job of carefully monitoring the risks for Project Cool. Answer: b This is common in practice. Risk Y is a secondary risk caused by Risk X. 32. Roberto is in charge of a new project to help Company A upgrade its old HR system to a cutting-edge, cross-platform system with the most recent mobile technologies. After his project team assessed the available system documentations, the team found the existing documentations too large and complicated to implement the system updates. Roberto advised his team to decompose the major project deliverables into more executable components. In this project process, Robert advised his team to do which of the following? a. Document requirements Answer: b Create WBS 33. Complete the following statement. In a weak matrix environment, the project manager, Eric, has to constantly make an effort to influence his project team and stakeholders to ensure project success. This is because: a. Eric has a lot of authority. Answer: b Eric has no or little authority. 34. Jack is in charge of a project team. Due to an unexpected project change, some issues with the project have come up. Two key team members, Samantha and Felix, are arguing their solutions to the project problems. They cannot convince each other, and their conflict is creating a negative impact on the project’s progress. As a PMP, which of the following would be the best advice for Jack to manage this conflict? a. Confront the problem early, and invite both Samantha and Felix to private meetings. Answer: a Confront the problem early, and invite both Samantha and Felix to private meetings. 35. Ahmed is actively initiating a project, so he plans to invite all relevant internal and external stakeholders including sponsors, customers, project teams, etc. for a kick-off meeting. To ensure all of them are covered in the stakeholder register, which document is the most helpful for Ahmed to look at? a. Project team activities Answer: c Project charter 36. Which of the following is a personal characteristic that reflects the truthfulness of an individual that can be checked against observable facts? a. Objective credibility Answer: a Objective credibility 37. When a project manager starts to plan a new project budget, the cost of which project management process group is expected to be lowest? a. Initiating Answer: d Closing 38. CV = $70,000; AC = 90,000; Budget = $200,000. What percent of the project is complete? b. 53% c. 45% d. 35% Answer: a 80% 39. As a project manager, John was finally relieved because a major project led by him was just announced a success. According to the PMBOK, which of the following has likely happened in order to consider John’s project a success? a. John’s project has met all of the stakeholders’ expectations. Answer: c John’s client has paid off the project. 40. As a project manager, Neel has a team member, Kate, who has not been performing well. Due to many repeated mistakes, she has significantly delayed the whole project progress. Neel tried to offer relevant trainings for Kate to improve her performance, and he was not able to see any progress in two months. However, Kate is a single mom with three kids, and she needs this job to support her family. Based on what you know about conflict management, in this situation, how should Neel proceed? a. Neel should fire Kate and look for a more qualified team member. Answer: a Neel should fire Kate and look for a more qualified team member 41. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the scope statement should address all of the following issues EXCEPT: a. project constraints. Answer: d code of conduct for the team members working on the project 42. Fill in the blank. The _____ is the difference between the additional money spent on prevention and the corresponding reduction in the cost of failure. a. cost-benefit analysis Ans- c. cost of quality 43. Which of the following project baselines provides the basis for measurement of the expected cash flow against requirements over time and is often displayed as an S curve? a. Schedule baseline Answer: b Cost performance baseline 44. The conceptual estimate is developed with the least amount of knowledge. When more information is known, the project team can develop a: a. work breakdown structure Answer: c rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate 45. Petri is working for Nokia in Finland. He has completed 10 months of his 12-month project, budgeted at $800,000. His earned value analysis shows that variance at completion is $75,000. What is the estimate at completion value for this project? a. 725,000 Answer: d $875,000 46. Which of the following statements about flowcharts is true? a. Most flowcharts use one width of column to represent a category, while the vertical axis represents the frequency of occurrence. Answer: e Flowcharting is useful for communicating responsibility for work processes. 47. During the project meeting, the project manager had to leave earlier due to a family emergency. Afterwards, a few team members started to argue, so the project meeting took very long without producing outcomes. What is the possible reason that resulted in the inefficient project meeting in this scenario? a. No project team ground rules were set up. Answer: a No project team ground rules were set up. 48. Fill in the blank. Work breakdown structure (WBS) is a ______________ of the work with increasing detail in each layer. a. layered description Answer: a layered description 49. According to the PMBOK guide which of the following statements is right in terms of using reserve analysis to determine a project budget ? a. Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs, which are part of your project budget. Answer: a Reserve analysis always plans contingency reserves for unexpected project scope and project costs, which are part of your project budget. 50. Fill in the blanks. It is during the ______________ phase that the decision should be made regarding whether the project should continue. During this phase, ____________ must be considered and weighed against the potential benefit of the project’s success. a. completion, cost Answer: e initiation, risk 51. What is the most critical aspect in developing a project plan that meets project specifications within the timeframe and at the lowest costs? a. Assessing risk management Answer: e Developing a project execution plan that matches the complexity level of the project 52. Fill in the blank. Risk represents the likelihood that an event will happen during the life of the project that will negatively affect the ________________ of project goals. a. scope creep Answer: b achievement 53. What should be done by the project manager to ensure that all the work in the project is included? a. Create a contingency plan. Answer: c Create a WBS 54. Fill in the blank. During the _________ of a project, the project manager focuses on developing the project infrastructure needed to execute the project and developing clarity around the project charter and scope. a. completion Answer: b start-up 55. After the celebration of the successful milestone completion, a project manager will often do which of the following? a. Continue to increase the intensity of the project to achieve the next milestone. Answer: c Allow the team to reflect on finding new ways of approaching the project work. 56. Once the project is approved and moves into the planning stage, what happens in the next phase of the project life cycle? a. Agreements for risk sharing need to be concluded. Answer: d Risks are identified with each major group of activities 57. What is the first step in project planning? a. Establish the objectives and scope. Answer: a Establish the objectives and scope. 58. Fill in the blank. Risk must be considered in the _____ phase and weighed against the potential benefit of the project’s success in order to decide if the project should be chosen. a. completion Answer: e initiation 59. According to PMBOK, project management process groups are iterative, which was originally defined by Walter Shewhart and later modified by Edward Deming. Generally, one outcome from a previous process can serve as input for the next process. Which of the following best identifies with the description of this concept? a. Project life cycle Answer: b Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle 60. Determining the policies that are needed for the smooth execution of a project relates to which of the following agenda items of alignment sessions? a. Developing a common understanding of the project purpose Answer: d Developing role clarification on projects 61. Which of the following is true about management meetings? a. They are short meetings to develop a common understanding of what the short-term priorities are for the project. Answer: e They are oriented toward developing plans, tracking progress of existing plans, and making adjustments to plans in response to new information. 62. Do it because I said to” is the mantra for project managers who use _____ as the default approach to resolve conflict. a. collaborating Answer: d forcing 63. A(n) _ is a review of the quality plan, procedures, data collection, and analysis by an outside group. a. scope document Answer: e quality audit 64. Which of the following is an advantage of including the project manager in the project evaluation process? a. It enables the project manager to have an understanding of the selection criteria that can be used when making decisions about the project during later phases. Answer: a It enables the project manager to have an understanding of the selection criteria that can be used when making decisions about the project during later phases. 65. Which of the following statements is true regarding contracts? a. They are the filters through which project members screen information that is shared. Answer: b They do not lend themselves to create an environment of trust. 66. Role clarification facilitates the development of all of the following, EXCEPT: a. communication planning. Answer: b key milestones. 67. During a new project planning process to sequence activities, the project manager, Nate, decides to use the precedence diagraming method to show the identified activity dependencies. Which of the following logical relationships is Nate’s least favorite choice? a. Finish-to-start Answer: b Start-to-finish 68. In today’s global society, many projects become global. To effectively work together, global virtual teams have been used in practice. As a project manager for a global project, Jim was told by a local team member, Shan, that women are not allowed to hold positions of authority because of the culture of his home country, since Jim hired a female local assistant project manager. How would you respond to this situation as a PMP? a. Inform your local team member that a non-discrimination policy has to be adopted for this global project. Answer: a Inform your local team member that a non-discrimination policy has to be adopted for this global project. 69. Which of the following is true about a project manager? a. Project managers analyze work processes and explore opportunities to make improvements. Answer: d Project managers are goal oriented. 70. Shauna has recently been appointed as a project manager for Project SkyNorth, which is regarded as an important project in her organization. During the project planning meeting, Shauna is capable of allocating key resources and personnel that she needs for this project. Which organizational structure is best for Shauna’s company? a. Balanced matrix organization Answer: d Projectized organization 71. Complete the following statement. The method of incorporating change into project planning and execution processes is called the: a. project logic diagram. Answer: b change management process 72. BCR>1 indicates which of the following? a. Benefits are greater than the costs. Answer: a Benefits are greater than the costs. 73. Which of the following establishes key dates throughout the life of a project that must be met for the project to finish on time? a. Critical path Answer: e Milestone schedule 74. Which of the following statements about risk is true? a. Project risk focuses on identifying, assessing, and eliminating the risks on the project. Answer: d There are no risk-free projects. 75. Why are changes to the project scope necessary? a. To understand reports Answer: b To reflect new information 76. Fill in the blank. Crashing refers to when the task duration’s are __ along the critical path to meet the project completion date. a. scope creep Answer: d compressed 77. An Expected Monetary Value (EMV) of $100000 on a potential project event in the project means which of the following? a. A number that can be ignored Answer: b An opportunity that must be explored 78. Which of the following is a form of trust that is built on the examination of the person’s motives and the conclusion that he or she is not hostile? a. Objective credibility Answer: b Attribution of benevolence 79. When calculating EVM, Peter noticed that the cumulative planned value is 150% of the cumulative earned value. What does this mean? a. SPI<1, so the project is behind schedule. b. SPI>1, so the project is OK to complete on time. d. SPI>1, so the project is behind schedule. Answer: a SPI<1, so the project is behind schedule. 80. Fill in the blank. A __ represents the sequence of the activities needed to complete the project. |