PMP Mock Exam

This PMP Mock Exam is designed to assess the test taker and determine how prepared he/she is for the PMP exam. Pass Mark is 80%.

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[ Project Management ]

During your 15-minute stand-up meeting, two of your team members start discussing a solution to one of the issues that they ran into the day before. As the Scrum Master or Agile project manager, what should you do?Deselect Answer

A. Extend the meeting and encourage your team to find a solution before going back to work.

B. Invite other experts to the meeting to help create a solution.

C. Make sure you help them resolve the issues after the meeting but not during.

D. Do nothing—a Scrum Master only listens during the stand-up meeting.

[ Project Management ]

You are the product owner and have just started working on a new Agile team. One of the team members want to know what your job entails. What do you tell them?Deselect Answer

“My job is to make sure the team has daily stand-up meetings and continues to embrace Agile methodologies.”

“My job is to coach management on the different aspects of Agile project management.”

“My job is to own the product backlog and make sure customer value is realized.”

“My job is to debate requirements with key stakeholders to make sure we are building the product correctly.”

[ Project Management ]

As an Agile project manager, you want your team to be which of the following?Deselect Answer

Totally dependent on your project plans

Totally dependent on the product backlog

Self-organizing and self-managed

Self-organizing and servant leaders

[ Project Management ]

You are a practicing Agile project manager, and you are explaining to your new team the value of retrospectives. What will the team understand about retrospectives once you have explained it to them?Deselect Answer

Retrospectives are a planned review and reflection point.

Retrospectives are a necessary function of all Agile methodologies.

Retrospectives are when the customer tests the increment.

Retrospectives are for helping to groom the backlog.

[ Project Management ]

As an Agile project manager, you explain to your team that, as their coach, you are there to provide for the team’s needs and remove any roadblocks to their progress. This is also described as which of the following?Deselect Answer

Project management

Agile leadership

Management and leadership

Servant leadership

[ Project Management ]

Which of the following items does your team need to produce a working, viable product or service?Deselect Answer

A definition of done

Approval from the product owner to create user stories

A well-planned strategy to accomplish project goals

A wireframe with a breakdown of the product needs

[ Project Management ]

Your customer is asking you to describe what you mean by self-organizing and self-managing teams. How would you describe them?Deselect Answer

Your team is collocated, which helps with self-organization and self-management.

Your team is a group of experts who don’t need a manager.

Your team can make all project-related decisions.

Your team can make local decisions about how to produce the result of each iteration based on a shared knowledge of the definition of done.

[ Project Management ]

The basics of a stand-up meeting are to achieve which of the following?Deselect Answer

Identify problems and describe what has been accomplished since the last meeting.

Describe accomplishment for motivation.

Coordinate discussions on problems and work on solutions.

Identify opportunities for improvement.

[ Project Management ]

Who is responsible for the product backlog?Deselect Answer

The Scrum Master

The product owner

Everyone

The sponsor

10.

[ Project Management ]

Your new Scrum team is looking forward to practicing the time box methodologies of Scrum and Agile. When asked how long the stand-up meetings will be time-boxed for, what will you say?Deselect Answer

Stand-up meetings are weekly for one hour.

Stand-up meetings are for Waterfall projects.

Stand-up meetings will require15 minutes every day.

Stand-up meetings will require 15 minutes every week.

11.

[ Project Management ]

Which one of the following is an example of defect repair review?Deselect Answer

Adding labour to a project to reduce errors during the installation of hardware

Retraining the project team on how to install a new material so that all future work with the new materials is done correctly

Repairing an incorrectly installed door in a new home construction project

Inspecting work that has been corrected because it was done incorrectly the first time.

12.

[ Project Management ]

This project is chartered to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company's medium-producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department and the team comes from product management and marketing departments. The preliminary project scope statement and project planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of the work packages. They even supply a technical review letter from their department proving that the new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way. The project manager has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting this to happen on this project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?Deselect Answer

Contact the department and complain again about their missing the deadline for submission of scope.

Look for how this schedule change will impact the cost to complete the work package and the quality of the product of the work package.

See if there is a way to change from a matrix environment to a functional organization so as to eliminate all the interference from other departments.

Ask the department if they have any other changes.

13.

[ Project Management ]

You have just informed your project team that each team member will be contributing to the lessons-learned documentation. Your team does not understand this approach and wants to know what the documentation will be used for. Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the lessons-learned documentation?Deselect Answer

Offers proof of concept for management

Offers historical information for future projects

Offers evidence of project progression as reported by the project team

Offers input to team member evaluations at the project’s conclusion

14.

[ Project Management ]

You have just completed the project work and scope verification. You are ready, you believe, to commence administrative closure for your project. You realize that you need to do several things to complete the administrative closure process. Which one of the following is not part of the administrative closure process?Deselect Answer

Transfer the project’s product to operations

Obtain stakeholder approval of the project deliverables

Complete contract closure

Validate that completion and exit criteria have been completed

15.

[ Project Management ]

You are working with the project team to create the WBS. There are some elements in the WBS that can’t be broken down yet. You and the team elect to break down these items later in the project as more details become available. This approach to creating the WBS is also known as what?Deselect Answer

Decomposition

8/80 Rule

Parkinson’s law

Rolling wave planning

16.

[ Project Management ]

What is the only tool and technique used during scope verification?Deselect Answer

Inspection

Quality control

Stakeholder analysis

Defect repair review

17.

[ Project Management ]

David, one of your project team members, has been making changes to his work, which, as a result, changes the project scope. David’s changes are also known as what?Deselect Answer

Gold plating

Scope control defect

Scope creep

Improvised scope composition

18.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for the GAMAC Project. Your project is to create a new product for your industry. You have recently learned that your competitor is also working on a similar project, but their offering will include a computer aided program and Web-based tools, which your project does not offer. You have implemented a change request to update your project accordingly. This is an example of which of the following?Deselect Answer

A change due to an error and omission in the initiation phase

A change due to an external event

A change due to an error or omission in the planning phase

A change due to a legal issue

19.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager of a large project. Your project sponsor and management have approved you to outsource portions of the project plan. What must be considered if a change request affects the procured work?Deselect Answer

Project sponsor

Contractual agreement

Vendor(s)

Cause of the change request

20.

[ Project Management ]

You are using a three-point estimate for your project. Howard reports that his optimistic estimate is 16 hours, his most likely estimate is 24 hours, and the pessimistic estimate is 65 hours. What is the estimated duration for Howard’s activity?Deselect Answer

You won’t know until Howard actually does the work

105 hour

24 hours and 30 mins

29 hours and 30 mins

21.

[ Project Management ]

You can purchase pea gravel for your project at $437 per metric ton. You need four tons of the pea gravel, so you predict your costs will be $1,748. This is an example of which cost estimating approach?Deselect Answer

Parametric

Analogous

Bottom-up

Top-down

22.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for the KOY Project, which requires quality that maps to federal guidelines. To ensure that you can meet these standards, you have elected to put the project team through training specific to the federal guidelines your project must adhere to. The costs of these classes can be assigned to which of the following?Deselect Answer

The cost of doing business

Cost of quality

Cost of adherence

Cost of non-conformance

23.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager of the JKL Project, which currently has some production flaws. Which analysis tool will allow you to determine the cause and effect of the production faults?Deselect Answer

A flowchart

A Pareto diagram

An Ishikawa diagram

A control chart

24.

[ Project Management ]

You are an IT project manager and are working with the project team to determine the best computer system for the project. You and the project team decide to measure the performance of both systems to determine which one performs best. This is an example of which one of the following?Deselect Answer

Cost-benefit analysis

Benchmarking

Design of experiments

Determining the cost of quality

25.

[ Project Management ]

Your organization uses total quality management as part of its quality assurance program. Maria, a leader in your organization’s quality assurance program, informs you that she will be reviewing your project to determine if your project management activities comply with the total quality management program. This is an example of which one of the following?Deselect Answer

Process analysis

Quality control mechanism

Enterprise environmental factors

Quality audit

26.

[ Project Management ]

Your project requires an electrician at month eight. This is an example of which of the following?Deselect Answer

Organizational interfaces

Staffing requirements

Contractor requirements

Resource constraints

27.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for the LMG Project. Your project will have several human resource issues that must be coordinated and approved by the union. Which of the following statements is correct about this scenario?Deselect Answer

The union is considered a resource constraint.

The union is considered a management constraint.

The union is considered a project stakeholder.

The union is considered a project team member.

28.

[ Project Management ]

Which problem-solving technique is the best for most project management situations?Deselect Answer

Confronting

Compromising

Forcing

Avoiding

29.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for the GBK Project. This project affects a line of business, and the customer is anxious about the success of the project. Which of the following is likely not a top concern for the customer?Deselect Answer

Project priorities

Schedule

Cost

Personality conflicts

30.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for Industrial Lights Project. You have been hired by your organization specifically because of your vast experience with the technology and with projects of this nature. The project team is aware of your experience. You likely have what type of power on this project?Deselect Answer

Formal power

Coercive power

Expert power

Referent power

31.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for the JGI Project. You have 32 stakeholders on this project. How many communication channels do you have?Deselect Answer

Depends on the number of project team members

496

32.

[ Project Management ]

What percentage of a message is sent through nonverbal communications, such as facial expressions, hand gestures, and body language?Deselect Answer

Greater than 50 percent

30 to 40 percent

20 to 30 percent

10 to 20 percent

33.

[ Project Management ]

When does lessons-learned identification take place?Deselect Answer

At the end of the project

At the end of each project phase

Throughout the project life cycle

Whenever a lesson has been learned

34.

[ Project Management ]

Performance reporting should generally provide information on all of the following, except for which one?Deselect Answer

Scope

Schedule

Labor issues

Quality

35.

[ Project Management ]

George is the project manager of the Dagogo Project. In this project, George considers the relation between himself and the customer to be of utmost importance. Which one of the following is a valid reason for George’s belief in the importance of this relationship?Deselect Answer

The customer will complete George’s performance evaluation. A poor communication model between George and the customer will affect his project bonus.

The customer is not familiar with project management. George must educate the customer about the process.

The customer is always right.

The communication between the customer and George can convey the project objectives more clearly than can the language in the Project Contract.

36.

[ Project Management ]

Frances is the project manager of the Lambat Project. Which of the following techniques will she use to create the risk management plan?Deselect Answer

Risk tolerance

Status meetings

Planning meetings

Variance meetings

37.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager of the Gerony Project. You and the manufacturer have agreed to substitute the type of plastic used in the product to a slightly thicker grade should there be more than 7 percent error in production. The thicker plastic will cost more and require the production to slow down, but the errors should diminish. This is an example of which of the following?Deselect Answer

Threshold

Tracking

Budgeting

JIT manufacturing

38.

[ Project Management ]

Which one of the following best describes the risk register?Deselect Answer

It documents all of the outcomes of the other risk management processes.

It’s a document that contains the initial risk identification entries.

It’s a system that tracks all negative risks within a project.

It’s part of the project’s project management information system (PMIS) for integrated change control.

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[ Project Management ]

When should risk identification happen?Deselect Answer

As early as possible in the initiation process

As early as possible in the planning process

Throughout the product management life cycle

Throughout the project life cycle

40.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for a project that will create a new and improved Web site for your company. Currently, your company has over eight million users around the globe. You would like to poll experts within your organization with a simple, anonymous form asking about any foreseeable risks in the design, structure, and intent of the Web site. With the collected information, subsequent anonymous polls are submitted to the group of experts. This is an example of _________________________________.Deselect Answer

Risk identification

A trigger

An anonymous trigger

The Delphi Technique

41.

[ Project Management ]

Which risk analysis technique provides the project manager with a risk ranking?Deselect Answer

Quantifiable

Qualitative

The utility function

SWOT analysis

42.

[ Project Management ]

Why is using the MoSCoW Approach in DSDM so important?Deselect Answer

To make sure that the least important features are finished last

It incorporates the Pareto principle.

It allows for timeboxing the approach.

To make sure that the most important features are in the ultimate solution no matter what

43.

[ Project Management ]

The Pareto principle is seen in many project management and quality methodologies. Why is the principle so important to use when determining cause and effect?Deselect Answer

Eighty percent of all effort produces 20 percent of the result.

Improving to 80 percent productivity will produce better results.

Roughly 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes.

Twenty percent of the defects are created by 80 percent of the effort.

44.

[ Project Management ]

Which of the following is a correct statement?Deselect Answer

Lean is the opposite of value.

Haste makes waste.

There are ten forms of waste.

Waste is the opposite of value.

45.

[ Project Management ]

Other than defects, which of the following is included in the seven wastes of Lean software development?Deselect Answer

Handoffs

Poorly designed backlog

Too many meetings

Lack of pair programming

46.

[ Project Management ]

Using Kanban methodology, which of the following is the best way to show performance and WIP to the team and to the customer?Deselect Answer

Scrum board

Kanban board

Work radiators

Status reports

47.

[ Project Management ]

Why is a pull system so important in the practice of Kanban?Deselect Answer

To limit work in progress

To protect the quality

To use the team wisely

To update progressively

48.

[ Project Management ]

Why was Feature-Driven Development created?Deselect Answer

To accommodate larger teams

To create features that are developed

To incorporate many stakeholders in the process

To complement Scrum

49.

[ Project Management ]

Which of the following is the best way to complete the sentence: In Crystal methods, increases with team size.Deselect Answer

The number of stakeholders

The framework

Criticality

Output

50.

[ Project Management ]

Mission focused, feature based, iterative, timeboxed, risk-driven, and are all characteristics of an ASD life cycle.Deselect Answer

Plan-driven

Adaptive

Rule-oriented

Change-tolerant

51.

[ Project Management ]

Your team is currently a bit behind schedule, and it is worried that it won’t complete the work before the iteration ends. If you are practicing good servant leadership, what should you do first?Deselect Answer

Hold stand-up meetings.

Communicate with stakeholders.

Coach them on Agile principles.

Take on administrative work as needed.

52.

[ Project Management ]

One of your team members comes to you with a problem about something that they are experiencing with key stakeholders on the project. They seem upset and are looking for you to provide some feedback. If you are actively listening to your team member, what thoughts should be running through your mind?Deselect Answer

“I need to handle this very carefully.”

“I’ll have to make sure to handle it in the appropriate manner because the team member clearly needs me to help them through this problem.”

“My team member is upset about something and needs to express him- or herself and gain support.”

“I should tell the team member to bring this issue up at the next stand-up meeting as a description of the impediments that stand in their way.”

53.

[ Project Management ]

If you are leading an Agile team and spend most your time focusing on inspiring and collaborating with your team, what kind of leadership are you practicing?Deselect Answer

Effective leadership

Leadership by management

Agile leadership

Adaptive leadership

54.

[ Project Management ]

The team space is key in Agile projects. What is the one thing that is recommended above all others for Agile teams?Deselect Answer

Scrum boards

Colocation

Caves and common rooms

Information radiators

55.

[ Project Management ]

On a collocated team, what is one of the major benefits of everyone sitting together in the same work space?Deselect Answer

The Scrum Master can find everyone.

Daily stand-up meetings are easier to organize.

Osmotic communication is enhanced.

It builds relationships and trust.

56.

[ Project Management ]

Your team has been working together for several iterations now, and they seem to be working well together. They are making decisions as a team and determining what work they should do and when. This is an example of which of the following?Deselect Answer

A storming team

An Agile team

A self-directed team

An adjourning team

57.

[ Project Management ]

As an Agile team member, you are working with the product owner and the customer on several of the user stories and requirements the customer is requesting. You witness the product owner suggesting that the customer choose one requirement over another because it will function better with their result, and the customer agrees that it is win-win for everyone. What did the product owner do effectively?Deselect Answer

Negotiation

Requirement gathering

User story development

Servant leadership

58.

[ Project Management ]

Stakeholder engagement means that you will need to establish collaborative behaviors among the members of the organization by fostering group decision making and conflict resolution in order to improve decision quality and reduce the time required to make decisions. If there is a conflict and you have an option, which of the following is the best conflict resolution strategy?Deselect Answer

Compromise

Smoothing

Collaboration

Avoiding

59.

[ Project Management ]

Your team has reached the performing phase. What types of management and leadership do they need?Deselect Answer

A lot of feedback and interactions

Feedback, coaching, and help only when they ask for it

Help with conflict resolution and expectation settings

Helping getting to know each other and building trust

60.

[ Project Management ]

The team space is key in Agile projects. What is the one thing that is recommended above all others for Agile teams?Deselect Answer

Scrum boards

Colocation

Caves and common rooms

Information radiators

61.

[ Project Management ]

On a colocated team, what is one of the major benefits of everyone sitting together in the same work space?Deselect Answer

The Scrum Master can find everyone.

Daily stand-up meetings are easier to organize.

It enables improved communication.

It builds relationships and trust.

62.

[ Project Management ]

Your newly formed team is experiencing some conflict in the way they estimate time. Several team members have withdrawn from the conversations, while others are still arguing about the best ways to do things. This is an example of what team stage?Deselect Answer

Forming

Norming

Storming

Adjourning

63.

[ Project Management ]

Project management

Agile leadership

Management and leadership

Adaptive leadership

64.

[ Project Management ]

Mary is the project manager of the Condo Project. She has created a contract statement of work (SOW) for a vendor. All of the following contribute to the creation of the contract statement of work, except for which one?Deselect Answer

Project scope statement

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Risk register

WBS dictionary

65.

[ Project Management ]

You are the project manager for a seller and are managing another company’s project. Things have gone well on the project, and the work is nearly complete. There is still a significant amount of funds in the project budget. The buyer’s representative approaches you and asks that you complete some optional requirements to use up the remaining budget. You should do what?Deselect Answer

Negotiate a change in the contract to take on the additional work.

Complete a contract change for the additional work.

Gain the approval of the project stakeholder for the requested work

Deny the change because it was not in the original contract.

66.

[ Project Management ]

A tornado has wrecked your construction project. The tornado is known as what?Deselect Answer

Force majeure

Risk transference

Direct costs

Unknown unknown

67.

[ Project Management ]

Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as "projects" and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, resolving issues and ensuring that the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from U.S. $100 to U.S. $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?Deselect Answer

Because each individual order is a "temporary endeavour," each order is a project.

This is program management since there are multiple projects involved.

This is a recurring process.

Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management.

68.

[ Project Management ]

The project has been going well, except for the number of changes being made. The project is being installed into seven different departments within the company and will greatly improve departmental performance when operational. There are 14 project management processes selected for use on this project. The project manager is a technical expert as well as having been trained in communications and managing people. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the project problems?Deselect Answer

The project manager was not trained in understanding the company environment.

The project should have more management oversight since it will result in such great benefits to the company.

The project should have used more of the project management processes.

Some stakeholders were not identified.

69.

[ Project Management ]

The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The NEXT thing to do is:Deselect Answer

begin risk identification.

begin iterations.

determine communications requirements.

create a bar (Gantt) chart.

70.

[ Project Management ]

The WBS and WBS dictionary are completed. The project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of U.S. $100,000 and is taking place in three countries using 14 human resources. There is little risk expected for the project and the project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is the next thing to do?Deselect Answer

Understand the experience of the sponsor on similar projects.

Create an activity list.

Make sure the project scope is defined.

Complete risk management and issue the responsibility assignment matrix.

71.

[ Project Management ]

You are a new project manager who has never managed a project before. You have been asked to plan a new project. It would be BEST in this situation to rely on what during planning in order to improve your chance of success.Deselect Answer

your intuition and training

stakeholder analysis

historical information

configuration management

72.

[ Project Management ]

A new project manager is being mentored by a more experienced certified project management professional (PMP). The new project manager is finding it difficult to find enough time to manage the project because the product and project scope are being progressively elaborated. The PMP mentions that the basic tools for project management, such as a work breakdown structure, can be used during project executing to assist the project. For which of the following can a work breakdown structure be used?Deselect Answer

Communicating with the customer

Showing calendar dates for each work package

Showing the functional managers for each team member

Showing the business need for the project

73.

[ Project Management ]

The degree to which a particular stakeholder may be able to positively or negatively affect a project is their:Deselect Answer

Level of engagement

Level of interest

Level of commitment

Level of influence

74.

[ Project Management ]

As a project manager, you overhear you three of your agile team members debating the best way to design the acceptance test for a user story. They have reached a stalemate and can’t decide how to proceed. What should you do?Deselect Answer

Join the conversation and explain the requirements needed for the test

Gather the rest of the team to discuss the issue and come up with a collective solution

Since this has become an impediment to progress, evaluate the options and identify the best design

Tell the team you will meet with the customer and let them know the answer.

75.

[ Project Management ]

In an effort to identify stakeholders who may be affected by your project, you’re looking over the organizational structure of your client’s company. As you identify stakeholders on the organizational chart, you request meetings with each stakeholder. You’ll document the information you learn about each stakeholder in the stakeholder register. The register can be used as input to which of the following processes?Deselect Answer

Plan Risk Management and Collect Requirements

Perform Integrated Change Control and Plan Communication

Plan Risk Management and Identify Risk

Identify Risks and Develop Project Charter

76.

[ Project Management ]

A Project Manager has a project team consisting of people in four countries. The project is very important to the company, and the project manager is concerned about its success. The length of the project schedule is acceptable. What type of communication should he use?Deselect Answer

Informal verbal communication.

Formal written communication.

Formal verbal communication

Informal written communication

77.

[ Project Management ]

You have just been assigned as a project manager for a large manufacturing project. This one -year project is about half-way done. It involves five different sellers and 20 members of your company on the project team. You want to quickly review where the project now stands. Which of the following reports would be the most helpful in finding such information?Deselect Answer

Work Status

Progress

Forecast

Communications

78.

[ Project Management ]

A team member is visiting the manufacturing plant of one of the suppliers. Which of the following is the most important thing to be done in any telephone calls the project manager might make to the team member?Deselect Answer

Ask the team member to repeat what the project manager says.

Review list of contact information for all stakeholders.

Ask the team member to look for change requests.

Review the upcoming meeting schedule.

79.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager overhears a conversation between two stakeholders who are discussing how unhappy they are with the impacts of the projects on their own departments. Stakeholder A asks if the project is on time, and stakeholder B replies that the SPI is 1.05. Stakeholder A asks if the project manager for the project knows of stakeholder B’s concern. Stakeholder B responds that he is not sure. What is the best thing for the project manager to do?Deselect Answer

Make sure the stakeholders are aware that the project manager overheard. Then ask them to direct any questions to the project manager in writing.

Make a presentation to all stakeholders regarding the status of the project.

Send both stakeholders a copy of the issue log, and ask for additional comments.

Arrange a meeting with both stakeholders to allow them to voice any concerns they may have.

80.

[ Project Management ]

Things have been going well on the project. The work authorization system has allowed people to know when to start work, and the issue log has helped keep track of stakeholders’ concerns. The sponsor has expressed his appreciation for the team members’ efforts by hosting a milestone party. The project manager gets a call from a team member saying the results from the completion of her activity’s predecessor are two days late. Which of the following reasons would best describe why this occurred?Deselect Answer

The project manager was focusing on the sponsor’s needs.

Functional management was not included in the communications management plan.

The successor activities should have been monitored, not the predecessors.

The right people were not invited to the milestone party.

81.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager has been assigned a team comprised of team members from many countries including Brazil, Japan, the United States and Britain. What is her best tool for success?Deselect Answer

The responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

The teleconference

Team communication with the WBS

Well-developed interpersonal skills

82.

[ Project Management ]

What’s the best way to handle knowledge sharing on the agile projects you are managing?Deselect Answer

Encourage knowledge sharing, if possible, where the team shows an interest.

Give the team many tools and opportunities to share knowledge.

Facilitate a team meeting if there is time left at the end of an iteration.

Make sure the team is holding regular stand-up meetings.

83.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager at a large consulting firm is asked to report on the actual project results versus planned results. The project is going well, and the marketing department wants to see if the current results can be used in a future marketing campaign. This project manager should prepare a:Deselect Answer

Trend report

Forecasting report

Status report

Variance report

84.

[ Project Management ]

The project has 13 team members and affects more than 15 departments in the organization. Because the project is 20 percent complete to date and the team has had successful performance reports from five of the affected departments, the project manager holds a party to celebrate. The project manager invites key stakeholders from all the departments to the party in order to give those providing good reviews an informal opportunity to communicate good things to those departments that have not yet been affected by the project. At the party, the project manager walks around to try to discover any relevant information that would help her make the project even more successful. She happens to hear the manager of one of the departments talking about setting up more regular meetings on the project. The best thing for the project manager to do would be to first:Deselect Answer

Record the effectiveness of the party in the project lessons learned.

Review the effectiveness of the project’s communications management plan.

Hold a meeting of all the stakeholders to discuss their concerns

Make sure the manager has a copy of the communications management plan so that he is reminded that such concerns should be sent to the project manager.

85.

[ Project Management ]

The requirements of many stakeholders were not approved for inclusion in your project. Therefore, you had a difficult time gaining formal approval of the project management plan. The stakeholders argued and held up the project while they help meeting after meeting about their requirements. The project was finally approved and work began six months ago. All the following would be good preventive actions to implement except:Deselect Answer

Keep a file of what requirements were not included in the project.

Make sure the change control process is not used as a vehicle to add the requirements back into the project.

Maintain an issue log.

Hold meetings with the stakeholders to go over the work that will not be added to the project.

86.

[ Project Management ]

A good project manager always gathers and documents lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle rather than delaying the effort until the project closure. Which of the following is not a risk associated with postponing the lessons-learned gathering effort until the very end of the project?Deselect Answer

The project manager has fewer resources available.

The project’s earned value decreases.

Not all lessons learned might get captured.

The effort might seem boring and non-value-adding.

87.

[ Project Management ]

Laurence is the PMO manager at ANZ Company. The CEO of the company asked Laurence to review the business requirements and develop the current year’s capital management plan. The capital management plan will outline the key business deliverables (capital projects) and will go to the board for final approval. Which of the following organizational artifacts should Laurence review to analyze the business requirements for the current fiscal year?Deselect Answer

Lessons Learned

Capital budget for the current year

Organizational Process Assets

Organizational Strategy

88.

[ Project Management ]

Maintaining good supplier relationships should be important to all project managers. A good buyer-seller relationship is a partnership that results in a win-win situation that nurtures both parties. Which of the following is both a short- and long-term benefit of treating a supplier with courtesy, honesty, and fairness?Deselect Answer

There is no need to have formal contracts in place

Delivery of quality products and services at the best price

The buyer can delay the payments without jeopardizing the relationship

The supplier can charge a price higher than the market price

89.

[ Project Management ]

James is managing a shopping mall construction project. During the project execution, he learns the project communications management plan is not effective and requires a major update. Which of the following processes will issue a change request for the required update?Deselect Answer

Plan Communications Management

Manage Communications

Perform Integrated Change Control

Monitor Communications

90.

[ Project Management ]

With a growing awareness of so-called unknowable-unknowns, the existence of emergent risk is becoming clear. These are risks that can only be recognized after they have occurred. Emergent risks can be tackled through developing:Deselect Answer

Project resilience

Project charter

Project management plan

Project risk management plan

91.

[ Project Management ]

Change control tool selection should be based on the needs of the project stakeholders, including organizational and environmental considerations and/or constraints. Which of the following is not a key change management consideration while selecting an appropriate change control tool for a project?Deselect Answer

Identifying and selecting a change item

Configuration item verification and audit

Documenting the change into a proper change request

Tracking change requests

92.

[ Project Management ]

On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile projects. This type of scheduling relies on:Deselect Answer

A schedule that was developed previously for the development of the project increments.

Discretionary dependencies that cannot be changed by the project team.

Skills of the project manager rather than the skills of the team.

A backlog or intermediate queue of work to be done.

93.

[ Project Management ]

Midway through a project, a project manager determined the project was running far behind schedule. If the project manager needs to shorten the project schedule without changing the project scope, which of the following schedule compression techniques could he use?Deselect Answer

Crashing

Reserve Analysis

Forecasting

Last Tracking

94.

[ Project Management ]

At the end of a project, what will your schedule variance be equal to?Deselect Answer

Zero

Equal to the total PV

One

Equal to the total EV

95.

[ Project Management ]

How does time-boxing help minimize scope creep in agile projects?Deselect Answer

It forces the team to create project WBS using the user stories.

It forces the sponsor to allocate a Scrum master who helps in eliminating scope creep.

It forces the team to process essential features first, then other features.

It forces the team to convert the user stories into epics.

96.

[ Project Management ]

While planning the schedule for your project, you frequently refer to the project calendar. The project calendar is:Deselect Answer

A calendar containing the days on which various meetings are scheduled with the project team.

A calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked.

A calendar containing the list of days on which the project team members will be on leave or take an “off.”

A calendar that establishes the dates on which project deliverables go to the customer.

97.

[ Project Management ]

As a project manager, you are in the process of preparing the project schedule for the project. Which of the following accurately depicts the sequence of your activities before you began to prepare the project schedule?Deselect Answer

Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule

Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Define Activities

Estimate Activity Durations, Sequence Activities, Develop Schedule

Define Activities, Estimate Activity Durations, Sequence Activities

98.

[ Project Management ]

The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are:Deselect Answer

Budgetary, ballpark, and Order of Magnitude

Best case scenario, expected scenario, and current scenario

Most likely, likely, and unlikely

Most likely, optimistic, and pessimistic

99.

[ Project Management ]

For projects where a business analyst collaborates with the project managers in managing the project scope, which of the following task is most likely to be performed by the business analyst?Deselect Answer

Acquire project resources

Monitor the change control process

Elicit, document, and manage stakeholder requirements

Control project costs

100.

[ Project Management ]

You are managing a project that involves work on a film shoot. The editing activity can happen only after the film is shot. The best description of the logical relationship between the editing and shooting of the film is:Deselect Answer

Finish-to-Finish (FF)

Start-to-Start (SS)

Start-to-Finish (SF)

Finish-to-Start (FS)

101.

[ Project Management ]

While reviewing your project's performance, you discover a significant variance. If the issue is not fixed before the next customer inspection, your project might be canceled. However, after a further review conducted by the project team, you are glad to hear that bringing the project back on track requires only a minor correction to a configuration element. What should you do first?Deselect Answer

Implement the corrective action

Submit a change request

Consult the project sponsor

Delay the customer inspection

102.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager is leading a process improvement project for a factory operation. Currently, the project manager and the team are performing the Monitor and Control Project Work process. Which of the following activities might be carried out during this process?Deselect Answer

Comparing actual project performance against the project management plan

Implementing approved change requests to achieve the project's objectives

Analyzing change requests and either approving or rejecting them

Gaining formal acceptance of the deliverables by the customer or sponsor

103.

[ Project Management ]

An organization has a policy that a change control board (CCB) must review all change requests for every project in the organization, and that the CCB follows the recommended activities outlined in the PMBOK® Guide. Project managers and the project team do not serve as members of the CCB. Based on this scenario, which of the following activities might be performed by members of the CCB?Deselect Answer

Submitting a change request

Implementing approved change requests

Initiating and closing a project

Monitoring implementation of approved changes

104.

[ Project Management ]

A company has authorized a dedicated change control board (CCB) to review and evaluate all change requests that are submitted for any project. If the project sponsor is a member of the CCB, which of the following best describes an individual or group that can request a change on a project?Deselect Answer

Project manager

Project sponsor

Project team

Any stakeholder

105.

[ Project Management ]

One of your contractors is not performing to the agreed-upon standards. You want to terminate the contract and engage another contractor for the same job. You need to determine the specific legal procedure for the early termination of the contract. What should you do?Deselect Answer

Check the procurement management plan

Look at the scope statement

Review the risk register

Consult the contract

106.

[ Project Management ]

A project is divided into four sequential phases. The second phase of the project has just been completed, and the third phase is about to begin. What should the project manager do first?Deselect Answer

Begin the process of directing and managing the project work

Perform the process of identifying the project stakeholders

Start the process of monitoring and controlling the project work

Begin the process of developing the project management plan

107.

[ Project Management ]

An organization has a project management office (PMO) that ensures all relevant project documents are created, and all project management processes are followed according to established best practices. What should the project manager review first to identify stakeholders for a newly started project?Deselect Answer

The business documents as a source of information about the project's stakeholders

The communications management plan to learn about the project's stakeholders

The stakeholder engagement plan to identify the management strategies and actions required to engage stakeholders effectively

The requirements documentation for information on potential stakeholders

108.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager does most of her communicating with team members, internal project stakeholders, and external project stakeholders via email. The project manager incorporates specific techniques when composing her emails to reduce any misunderstandings. Which of the following is not considered one of these techniques?Deselect Answer

Concise expression

Clear purpose directed to the needs of the reader

Controlled flow of words and ideas

Communications register

109.

[ Project Management ]

As the project manager, you are leading a brainstorming session with key stakeholders to identify project risks. Once the project risks are determined, you immediately proceed to nominate different team members as risk owners and assign them the task of developing individual risk response plans. Have you properly conducted risk management planning?Deselect Answer

No, you should be the one developing the risk response plans as you are ultimately responsible for the outcomes of the project.

Yes, the risk response plans are an output of the Identify Risks process and should be developed right after the risks have been identified.

No, before assigning risk responsibility to team members, you need to assess each risk's probability of occurrence and its impact.

Yes, the team members should be assigned responsibility for a risk as soon as possible and tasked with creating a risk response plan.

110.

[ Project Management ]

You are managing a project to build a database and need to acquire information from the stakeholders of the project. The team is using brainstorming, focus groups, interviews, questionnaires, and benchmarking to understand and document the stakeholders' needs. The methods the team is using are representative of which tool and technique?Deselect Answer

Data gathering

Data analysis

Decision making

Data representation

111.

[ Project Management ]

The project is in execution, but your project team is unable to stop arguing about the project milestones and the specific risks associated with them. This on-going conflict puts the project at risk of running behind schedule. What would likely have helped avoid this conflict had it been properly created first?Deselect Answer

A project charter

Physical resource assignments

Quality metrics

A work breakdown structure

112.

[ Project Management ]

During project execution, the team discovers that some of the buttons on the remote control developed by the project for a new product do not work according to the specifications. A change request is submitted and approved to replace the buttons. Which of the following best describes this change request?Deselect Answer

Corrective action

Preventive action

Defect repair

Gold plating

113.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager meets with a customer for initial discussions about an upcoming project. At the end of the meeting, the customer asks the project manager for a rough estimate of the project duration. Based on her experience with three similar projects, the project manager provides an estimate of 8-10 months. What estimation technique does the project manager use?Deselect Answer

Expert judgment

Three-point estimating

Analogous estimating

Bottom-up estimating

114.

[ Project Management ]

A project manager is performing quality assurance for a project whose quality standards are very stringent. In order to meet and exceed the quality requirements, the project manager uses a set of technical guidelines, which were applied during the design phase of the project to optimize quality. What tool or technique is the project manager using in this scenario?Deselect Answer

Design for X (DfX) where the X in DfX represents the quality aspect of the product

Design of experiments (DOE) as a quality improvement methodology

The Manage Quality process to ensure compliance with project quality requirements

Process analysis to identify opportunities for process improvements

115.

[ Project Management ]

During project planning, the project team rigorously defined the project scope. During project execution, a senior engineer calls the project manager and suggests a simpler and more efficient design which could benefit the project. What should the project manager do next?Deselect Answer

Nothing, no changes are needed since the project scope was rigorously defined

Discuss the change with the project sponsor

Evaluate the impact of the proposed change on the project constraints

Ask that the engineer submit a change request

116.

[ Project Management ]

You are working with a team to estimate how much time is required for each activity. You are using a document that contains information on the categories of labor, material, and equipment required to complete the project. You are also interested in the skill levels, required certifications, and the grade levels for supplies. Which of the following documents would you primarily refer to for this purpose?Deselect Answer

Resource breakdown structure

Organizational breakdown structure

Work breakdown structure

Risk breakdown structure

117.

[ Project Management ]

While performing project work, a team member notices that there is a potential new risk, which could impact the project's critical path. What should the team member do immediately?Deselect Answer

Recommend the project be placed on hold for a day to avoid the risk

Document the risk in the risk register

Draft an emergency fallback plan since the critical path is in jeopardy

Generate a risk report using quantitative and quantitative analysis of the identified risk to alert the team of the schedule impacts

118.

[ Project Management ]

You are managing a project that is nearing its end and planning to settle all pending claims with the vendors. In one case, you are not satisfied with the delivery of their final product. All conversations with the vendor have ended in an impasse. What should you do in this situation?Deselect Answer

Pay the vendor as some products were delivered

Take the vendor to court

Discontinue further meetings with the vendor and hold back payment

Identify some form of alternative dispute resolution

119.

[ Project Management ]

Your company was awarded a contract that includes a 10% bonus payment if the project is completed two months early. You consider several options to exploit this opportunity. What is the best course of action for you to increase the chances of receiving the bonus?Deselect Answer

Reduce project scope

Level resources

Crash the schedule

Purchase insurance

120.

[ Project Management ]

The quality management plan specifies the use of a data representation technique to show the strength of relationships between four factors. Which of the following tools or techniques should be used to comply with the plan?Deselect Answer

Affinity diagram

Matrix diagram

Scatter diagram

Quality diagram

121.

[ Project Management ]

You have just taken over a project in which some of the deliverables will be produced by external vendors. You want to familiarize yourself with those who are involved in the project from the sellers' side. Where would you look to obtain this information?Deselect Answer

Bid documents

Stakeholder register

Seller proposals

Stakeholder engagement plan

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