1.
Organizations can be categorized according to their operations style. Which two types of organizational systems are recognized by the PMBOK?
Correct Answer
A. Project -based and Non-project based
Explanation
A - Project-based organizations are those whose operations consist primarily of projects. Non-project based organizations often may lack management systems designed to support project needs efficiently and effectively.
2.
Fill in the blank: _______________ means developing in steps and continuing by increments.
Correct Answer
D. Progressive elaboration
Explanation
D - Progressive elaboration is a characteristic of projects that allows a project management team to manage it to a greater level as the project evolves.
3.
Defining the requirements for a new product is what type of activity?
Correct Answer
A. Initiating process group
Explanation
A - The Initiating process group consists of the processes performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project of phase.
4.
Project scope, time, and cost are often referred to as the:
Correct Answer
B. Triple constraint
Explanation
B - Project quality is affected by balancing project scope, time, and cost. High quality projects deliver the required product, service, or result within scope, on time, and within budget.
5.
Which of the following is NOT one of the most common sources of project conflict?
Correct Answer
D. Costs
Explanation
D- It’s important to know that resources, schedules, and priorities cause 50% of project problems
and conflicts.
6.
Which document describes the project's deliverables and the work required to create those deliverables?
Correct Answer
B. Project scope statement
Explanation
B - The project scope statement is the correct response. This document describes the project's deliverables in details and the work that is required to create those deliverables. It also forms the baseline for evaluating whether requests for changes are within or outside the project's boundaries.
7.
During a presentation to management, you want to display the project schedule with only the key deliverables displayed. What is the correct tool for this purpose?
Correct Answer
C. Milestone chart
Explanation
C - A milestone chart displays only the key deliverables and is simple and easy to understand.
8.
Project risks should include impacts to project:
Correct Answer
D. Schedule, cost, quality or performance
Explanation
D - Schedule, cost, quality and performance are often the key factors that risks can impact for a project.
9.
Which of the following statements is not true about a subproject?
Correct Answer
B. A subproject is the smallest unit of a project and cannot be broken down further.
Explanation
B - A subproject is not necessarily the smallest unit. On very large projects, the subproject can further consist of a series of even smaller projects.
10.
Why is it important to have a staff release plan for people within the project team?
Correct Answer
D. The project saves money by releasing people from the project at the right time and morale is also improved.
Explanation
D - A staff release plan provides a clean break point for an individual and saves the project money in the process.
11.
Which of the following is inaccurately represented by the term Progressive elaboration?
Correct Answer
A. Changes to project scope
Explanation
A - The distinction between Progressive elaboration and Scope Creep needs to be understood since the two terms are different. The changes to scope (especially in an uncontrolled manner) are called scope creep. In contrast, Progressive elaboration involves building on, or elaborating the output of a previous phase.
12.
Which of these is an input to the Collect Requirements process?
Correct Answer
D. Project charter
Explanation
D - The project charter is an input to the Collect Requirements process. The other choices are not valid. Requirement management plan is an output of the Collect Requirements process. [Project Integration
13.
During lunch with a project manager from another department, you are given to understand that it is sufficient to adhere to the applicable Standards for the project. Regulations are not necessarily applicable to projects since they are guidelines and you as PM have the option to decide whether they are applicable or not. Your understanding is that :
Correct Answer
A. Standards are guidelines established by consensus and approved by a recognized body whereas Regulations are mandatory, government-imposed requirements.
Explanation
A - Standards are seen more as guidelines, developed by a recognized body, established by consensus. In contrast, regulations are government imposed requirements. Ex: Building codes are an example of regulation
14.
The date through which the project has provided actual status and accomplishments is called:
Correct Answer
A. Data Date (DD)
Explanation
A - The date through which the project has provided actual status and accomplishments is called as Data Date. It is also known as as-of Date or status Date
15.
Which of these is NOT a risk diagramming technique?
Correct Answer
C. RACI chart
Explanation
C - Risk diagramming techniques can include: cause and effect diagrams (also known as fishbone diagrams), flowcharts, and influence diagrams.
16.
A hierarchical structure of resources organized by resource type category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules is known as:
Correct Answer
D. Resource Breakdown Structure
Explanation
D - The Resource Breakdown Structure is a hierarchical structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource-limited schedules. This may also be used to identify and analyze project human resource assignments.
17.
A project manager's primary professional responsibility is towards:
Correct Answer
C. All stakeholders
Explanation
C - The project management team's professional responsibilities are not limited to any one of the stakeholders. The other choices are correct but not complete by themselves.
18.
What does a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of more than 1.0 indicate?
Correct Answer
C. The project is under budget.
Explanation
C - The CPI is calculated as the earned value divided by the actual cost. An index of greater than one indicates that you have spent less than you forecasted to this point.
19.
Which of the following statements is correct?
Correct Answer
A. A collection of unrelated programs can constitute a portfolio.
Explanation
A - A portfolio refers to a collection of projects of programs that are grouped together to facilitate their effective management. The projects or programs need not be directly related or interdependent.
20.
What is the advantage of preparing an estimate of costs by an outside professional estimator?
Correct Answer
D. To serve as a comparison point for incoming estimates
Explanation
D - An estimate of costs will serve as a benchmark on proposed responses. Any significant differences in cost estimates can be an indication that the procurement statement of work was deficient, ambiguous or the prospective sellers failed to understand the work.
21.
You are initiating project that has a virtual team. Half of your team members will be located in another country,
where they are working for a subcontractor. The subcontractor’s team members speak a different dialect of
English than your team does. After a conference call to review the project charter, two of your team members
make jokes about the way your subcontractor’s team members speak. What is the BEST way to handle this
situation?
Correct Answer
A. Inform the subcontractor that they must adopt a non-discriminatory policy or you will be forced to terminate the contract and find a subcontractor that does not discriminate against anyone.
Explanation
A- Sexism, racism, or other discrimination should never be tolerated, no matter what the circumstances.
22.
When do you perform stakeholder analysis?
Correct Answer
A. When managing communications on your project
Explanation
A- Stakeholder Analysis is one of the tools and techniques of the Identify Stakeholders process.
23.
When are the most expensive defects most likely to be introduced into a product?
Correct Answer
B. When the product is being designed
Explanation
B- The most expensive defects are the ones introduced when the product is being designed.
24.
Which of the following BEST describes the main purpose of the project charter?
Correct Answer
A. It authorizes the project manager to work on the project
Explanation
A- The project charter does several important things: it lays out the project requirements, describes
an initial summary milestone schedule, documents the business case, and identifies initial risks, assumptions, and constraints. But the most important thing that a project charter does is that it identifies the project manager, and assigns him or her the authority necessary to get the job done.
25.
You are developing the project scope statement for a new project. Which of the following is NOT part of
creating a project scope statement?
Correct Answer
A. Verify Scope
Explanation
A- Verify Scope is the Monitoring & Controlling process for the Scope Management knowledge area. It doesn’t have anything to do with planning out the scope of the project—you do it as you complete
each project phase to make sure that your team has completed all of the project work.
26.
When is the BEST time to have project kickoff meetings?
Correct Answer
C. At the start of each pHase
Explanation
C- If your project is broken up into phases, you should have a kickoff meeting at the start of each phase.
27.
You are managing a construction project that is currently being initiated. You met with the sponsors, and have started to work on identifying stakeholders. You’ve documented several key stakeholders and identified their needs. Before you can finish initiating the project, your company guidelines require that you make a rough order of magnitude estimate of both time
and cost, so that the sponsor can allocate the final budget.
What’s the range of a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate?
Correct Answer
B. -50% to +50%
Explanation
B- A rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate is an estimate that is very rough. According to the PMBOK® Guide, you should expect a ROM estimate to be anywhere from half (-50%) to one and a half times (+50%) the actual result. That means that if your ROM estimate for a project is six months, then you should expect the actual project to be anywhere from three months to nine months.
28.
You have just been authorized to manage a new project for your company. Which of the following BEST
describes your first action?
Correct Answer
D. Figure out who has a stake in the project
Explanation
D- Since the project charter is what authorizes a project manager to work on a project, it means that the Develop Project Charter process has just been performed. So which of the processes in the list comes next? The other Initiating process: Identify Stakeholders.
29.
While creating a project charter, you discover a new project management software tool has come onto the market. You spend the weekend taking an online tutorial to learn about it. This is an example of:
Correct Answer
D. Enhancing personal professional competence
Explanation
D- The PMP Code of Professional Conduct tells us that an important part of any project manager’s career is enhancing personal professional competence. This means increasing your knowledge and applying it so that you can improve your ability to manage projects.
30.
A notice sent to a subcontractor about the contract is an example of which kind of communication?
Correct Answer
B. Formal written
Explanation
B- Anytime you have any communication having to do with the contract, it’s always formal written communication.
31.
Which of the following is NOT a type of communication ?
Correct Answer
D. Noise
Explanation
D- Noise is something that interferes with communication. It’s not a communication type.
32.
A company is about to begin work on a large construction project to build four new buildings for a bank that wants to open new branches. The sponsor is writing a project charter. She recalls that a previous project the company performed for another bank ran over budget because the team had underestimated the effort required to install the reinforced walls in the vault. The previous project manager had documented the details of the lessons learned from this project. Where should the sponsor look for these lessons learned?
Correct Answer
B. The company’s organizational process assets
Explanation
B- Lessons learned from past projects are always part of a company’s organizational process.
33.
Which of the following is NOT found in a project charter?
Correct Answer
C. Procedures for managing changes to contracts
Explanation
C- The procedure for managing changes to a contract is found in the Contract Management Plan.
The other three answers are all things you typically find in a project charter.
34.
Which is the BEST description of project scope?
Correct Answer
D. All of the work you will do to build the product
Explanation
D- Product scope means the features and functions of the product or service being built.
35.
You’re managing an industrial design project. Your project is currently in the Initiating phase. The project charter has been created, and you are working on identifying the stakeholders. Which of the following is NOT something that you should do?
Correct Answer
D. Create the change control system
Explanation
D- You don’t create the change control system in the Initiating phase—that’s something that you do as part of your project planning activities.
36.
Which of the following is NOT a stakeholder?
Correct Answer
B. An attorney from your company’s competitor
Explanation
B- A stakeholder is anyone who is affected by the cost, time, or scope of your project. And that includes Unions
37.
If you want to have multiple vendors bid on your contract, what is the best way to ensure that all vendors have the same information before bidding?
Correct Answer
B. Hold a bidder's conference
Explanation
B - A bidder's conference is a good way to ensure all bidders have the same information at the same time and to ensure fairness and equity within the bidding process.
38.
You have recently been assigned to be the project manager for a project that is already underway (the previous project manager has been moved to a different project). As you begin to learn about the project, you realize that a project charter was never established. What should you do?
Correct Answer
C. Establish a project charter at the point when you enter the project.
Explanation
C - Even if done late, a project charter can help establish the legitimacy of a project and should be completed as soon as possible.
39.
You have been asked to establish a project charter for your new project. According to PMBOK, who normally has the responsibility to authorize the charter?
Correct Answer
B. Project initiator or sponsor
Explanation
B - The project initiator or sponsor external to the project authorizes the project charter. However, a project manager should be involved in the process as early as possible.
40.
Where would you find a detailed list and description of specific project assumptions associated with the project?
Correct Answer
B. Project scope statement
Explanation
B - The Project scope statement lists and describes the specific project assumptions associated with project scope and the potential impact of those assumptions if they prove to be false. The assumptions listed in the detailed project scope statement are typically more numerous and detailed than the project assumptions listed in the project charter.
41.
On obtaining the project charter, the project manager of a project immediately put together the project team to execute the project. Is this correct?
Correct Answer
D. No. Acquisition of the project team is primarily an Executing Process Group activity.
Explanation
D - No, the project team is not acquired immediately after signing of the project charter. Acquisition of a project team starts with HR planning in the Planning process group, followed by the Acquisition of the team in the Execution phase. The other answers are wrong because the Acquisition of the project team is mentioned in the wrong phase. It is also not the responsibility of the Project Sponsor to provide the team for execution.
42.
In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?
Correct Answer
D. Communications Management Plan
Explanation
D- The Communications Management Plan defines all of the processes that will be used for communication on the project.
43.
Which enterprise environmental factor defines how work is assigned to people?
Correct Answer
D. Work authorization system
Explanation
D- The work authorization system is a part of your company’s Enterprise Environmental Factors, and it’s generally part of any change control system.
44.
Tom is the project manager of an accounting project. He has just finished defining the scope for the project and is creating the WBS. He goes to his organizational process asset library and finds a WBS from a past project to use as a jumping off point. Which of the following describes the asset that Tom is using?
Correct Answer
D. Templates
Explanation
D- Tom is using a Template. As your company completes projects, the documents created along the way are stored in an Organizational Process Asset library.
45.
You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with performance problems for your team.
Which is the BEST response to this situation?
Correct Answer
B. Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable skills and interests for your team
Explanation
B- You need to figure out the root cause of the problem if you are going to find a lasting solution to it.
46.
Which of the following contracts has the MOST risk for the buyer?
Correct Answer
B. Time and Materials (T&M)
Explanation
B- Of all of the contract types listed in the question, the Time & Materials (T&M) contract is the riskiest kind of contract for the buyer, because if the cost of the materials gets really high then they’re passed along to the buyer—and the seller doesn’t have any incentive to keep them down!
47.
While identifying risks for a new construction project, you discover that a chemical you are using on your building cannot be applied in rainy conditions. You also learn that your project will be ready for the chemical application around the time when most of the rainfall happens in this part of the country. Since the project can’t be delayed until after the rainy season and you need to make sure the building gets the chemical coating, you decide that your team will just have to allow enough time in the schedule for non worked rain days.
This is an example of which strategy?
Correct Answer
C. Accept
Explanation
C- This is an example of accepting a risk. The team can’t do anything about the weather, so the project manager has accepted the fact that they could end up being delayed by it.
48.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Project Management Plan?
Correct Answer
C. A bar chart that shows the order of tasks and their resource assignments
Explanation
C- The Project Management Plan is not a bar chart (or a Gantt chart). It’s the collection of all of the planning documents you create through all of the knowledge areas within the five process groups.
49.
Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique of Estimate Costs?
Correct Answer
C. Cost aggregation
Explanation
C- Cost Aggregation is used to build your budget, but it is not a tool for cost estimation. Bottom-up,
Parametric, and Analogous estimation techniques are used for both cost and time estimates.
50.
Joe is a project manager on an industrial design project. He has found a pattern of defects occurring in all of his projects over the past few years and he thinks there might be a problem in the process his company is using that is causing it. He uses Ishikawa diagrams to come up with the root cause for this trend over projects so that he can make recommendations for process changes to avoid this problem in the future. What process is he doing?
Correct Answer
B. Perform Quality Assurance
Explanation
B- Joe is doing root-cause analysis on process problems: that’s Perform Quality Assurance.