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Question #1
After Define Activities and Sequence Activities, the next process is:
A. Estimate Activity Resources
B. Estimate Activity Durations,
C. Develop Schedule
D. Control Schedule
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Correct Answer: C

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Question #2
Which risk response strategy is common for both positive and negative risks?
A. Share
B. Accept
C. Mitigate
D. Transfer
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Correct Answer: D
Question #3
Which of the following is an output of the Conduct Procurements process?
A. Project statement of work
B. Selected sellers
C. Risk register updates
D. Teaming agreements
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Correct Answer: A
Question #4
The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:
A. a control chart
B. baseline
C. Create WBS
D. decomposition
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Correct Answer: B
Question #5
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
A. majority rule technique
B. nominal group technique
C. Delphi technique,
D. idea/mind mapping technique
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Correct Answer: D
Question #6
At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
A. Forming
B. Storming
C. Norming
D. Performing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #7
Which of the following can be used as an input for Define Scope?
A. Product analysis
B. Project charter
C. Scope baseline
D. Project scope statement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #8
A project manager has created an issue log to document issues communicated by project team members during weekly team meetings. This is an input of:
A. Manage Stakeholder Expectations
B. Monitor and Control Risks
C. Plan Risk Management
D. Report Performance
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Correct Answer: D
Question #9
Approved change requests, approved corrective actions, and updates to organizational process assets are all outputs of which project management process?
A. Risk response planning
B. Manage stakeholders
C. Scope definition
D. Performance reporting
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Correct Answer: B
Question #10
Which of the following buffers protects the target finish date from slippage along the critical chain?
A. Critical buffer
B. Project buffer
C. Duration buffer
D. Feeding buffer
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Correct Answer: B
Question #11
Which of the following is the correct network diagram for the table?
A. Begin-A-C-D-E-End-B-D
B. Begin-A-B-C-D-E-End
C. Begin-A-B-D-E-End A-C-D
D. Begin-A-C-D-E-End-B-C
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Correct Answer: A
Question #12
Which illustrates the connection between work that needs to be done and its project team members?
A. Work breakdown structure
B. Network diagrams
C. Staffing management plan
D. Responsibility matrix
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Correct Answer: D
Question #13
Which tool or technique measures performance of the project as it moves from project initiation through project closure?
A. Resource leveling
B. Parametric measuring
C. Pareto chart
D. Earned value
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Correct Answer: D
Question #14
A risk may be graded into different priorities by which process?
A. Risk monitoring and controlling
B. Risk response planning
C. Qualitative risk analysis
D. Quantitative risk analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #15
What is the tool and technique used to request seller responses?
A. Procurement documents
B. Expert judgment
C. Bidder conferences
D. Contract types
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Correct Answer: B
Question #16
What are assigned risk ratings based upon?
A. Root cause analysis
B. Assessed probability and impact
C. Expert judgment
D. Risk Identification
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Correct Answer: B
Question #17
Which of following could be organizational process assets?
A. Historical information
B. Industry standards
C. Organization infrastructure
D. Marketplace conditions
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Correct Answer: B
Question #18
In which process might you use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
A. Qualitative risk analysis
B. Risk monitoring and control
C. Monitor and control project work
D. Risk response planning
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Correct Answer: A
Question #19
How is scheduled variance calculated using the earned value technique?
A. EV less AC
B. AC less PV
C. EV less PV
D. AC less EV
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Correct Answer: C
Question #20
What is one of the MAJOR outputs of activity sequencing?
A. Responsibility assignment matrix
B. Work breakdown structure update
C. Project network diagram
D. Mandatory dependencies list
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Correct Answer: A
Question #21
Who is responsible for reviewing change requests and approving or rejecting the change requests?
A. Change control board
B. Project manager
C. Project management office
D. Project sponsor
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Correct Answer: C
Question #22
Based on the following metrics: EV=$20,000, AC=$22,000, and PV=$28,000, what is the project CV?
A. -8000
B. -2000
C. 2000
D. 8000
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Correct Answer: A
Question #23
Which stakeholder communicates with higher levels of management to gather organizational support and promote project benefits?
A. Portfolio manager
B. Project sponsor
C. Project manager
D. Project management office
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Correct Answer: A
Question #24
Activities on the critical path have which type of float?
A. Zero free float
B. Zero or negative float
C. Negative and positive float
D. Zero or positive float
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Correct Answer: C
Question #25
Your project has an EV of 100 work-days, an AC of 120 work-days, and a PV of 80 work days. What should be your concern?
A. There is a cost under run
B. There is a cost overrun
C. May not meet deadline
D. The project is 20 days behind schedule
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Correct Answer: A
Question #26
The project manager for XYZ stationers is sequencing the activities for the project to set up a new office. It is known from knowledge of best practices that it is better to wait for the painters to finish painting the walls before the new floors are installed. This is an example of which of the following types of dependency?
A. Precedence
B. Discretionary
C. External
D. Mandatory
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Correct Answer: D
Question #27
Which of the following is an input into the Develop Project Team process?
A. Enterprise environmental factors
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project staff assignments
D. Performance reports
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Correct Answer: D
Question #28
A process is defined as:
A. A set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a certain objective
B. A set of guidelines that explains how to carry out a particular task
C. The inputs for a task and the tools and techniques required to carry out the task
D. A collection of logically related project activities, usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable
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Correct Answer: C
Question #29
Which of the following is an output of the Plan Quality process?
A. Project document update
B. Control chart
C. Cost performance baseline
D. Organizational process asset update
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Correct Answer: C
Question #30
Which of the following methods of performance review examines project performance over time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
A. Earned value performance
B. Trend analysis
C. Cost-benefit analysis
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #31
Which of the following tools will be used to produce performance reports that provide information to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance?
A. Communications methods
B. Reporting systems
C. Forecasting methods
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #32
Which of the following will provide the basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring and controlling project work?
A. Activities
B. Milestone list
C. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
D. Work packages
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Correct Answer: A
Question #33
The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product is known as:
A. Create WBS
B. Verify Scope
C. Collect Requirements
D. Define Scope
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Correct Answer: A
Question #34
Which of the following is a tool or technique for the Plan Procurements process?
A. Bidder conferences
B. Proposal evaluation techniques
C. Contract types
D. Contract change control systems
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Correct Answer: B
Question #35
In which of the following types of organizations is resource availability moderate to high?
A. Weak matrix
B. Balanced matrix
C. Strong matrix
D. Projectized
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Correct Answer: B
Question #36
Which of the following makes changes to formally control documentation to reflect modified or additional ideas or content?
A. Defect repair
B. Updates
C. Corrective action
D. Performance reports
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Correct Answer: D
Question #37
Which of the following are documented directions to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks?
A. Recommended corrective actions
B. Recommended preventive actions
C. Risk audits
D. Risk reassessments
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Correct Answer: B
Question #38
Which type of team can be defined as a group of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles although spending little or no time meeting face to face?
A. Co-location team
B. Virtual team
C. Departmental team
D. Consultant team
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Correct Answer: C
Question #39
Design of experiments (DOE) should be used during which of the following processes?
A. Perform Quality Assurance
B. Total Quality Management
C. Perform Quality Control
D. Plan Quality
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Correct Answer: B
Question #40
Overlooking negative stakeholders can result in a/an:
A. decreased likelihood of conflicting interests between stakeholders
B. decreased likelihood of the projects progress being impeded
C. increased likelihood of project failure
D. increased likelihood of project success
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Correct Answer: A
Question #41
Outputs from constituent processes might be used as:
A. Inputs to other processes
B. Proof of process completion
C. Identification of project tasks
D. Indicators to eliminate project redundancies
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Correct Answer: B
Question #42
Which document describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services, or results?
A. Procurement management plan
B. Procurement statement of work
C. Request for proposal
D. Request for quote
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Correct Answer: B
Question #43
A project manager needs to deliver the project 2 weeks before the planned date without changing the scope. Which of the following techniques may be applied to reevaluate the schedule?
A. What-if scenario analysis
B. Critical chain method
C. Schedule crashing
D. Resource leveling
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Correct Answer: A
Question #44
Which of the following is a tool and technique used in all processes within Project Integration Management?
A. Records management system
B. Expert judgment
C. Project management software
D. Issue log
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Correct Answer: D
Question #45
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
A. Issue log
B. Change log
C. Expert judgment
D. Change requests
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Correct Answer: D
Question #46
A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:
A. Product analysis
B. Variance analysis
C. Document analysis,
D. Decomposition
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Correct Answer: C
Question #47
Scope, schedule, and cost parameters are integrated in the:
A. Performance measurement baseline
B. Analysis of project forecasts,
C. Summary of changes approved in a period,
D. Analysis of past performance
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Correct Answer: C
Question #48
Which item is an input to the Define Activities process?
A. Schedule data
B. Activity list
C. Risk register
D. Scope baseline
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Correct Answer: B
Question #49
Which process involves monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline?
A. Estimate Costs
B. Control Costs
C. Determine Budget
D. Plan Cost Management
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Correct Answer: A
Question #50
Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?
A. Project team
B. Focus group
C. Change control board
D. Project stakeholders
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Correct Answer: B
Question #51
Plan Schedule Management is a process in which Knowledge Area?
A. Project Scope Management
B. Project Human Resource Management
C. Project Integration Management
D. Project Time Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #52
An output of the Validate Scope process is:
A. A requirements traceability matrix
B. The scope management plan
C. Work performance reports
D. Change requests
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Correct Answer: C
Question #53
The Perform Integrated Change Control process occurs in which Process Group?
A. Initiating
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Planning
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Correct Answer: A
Question #54
Which input may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a system for configuration management?
A. Work performance data
B. Project documents
C. Scope baseline
D. Requirements documentation
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Correct Answer: B
Question #55
The review of a sellers progress toward achieving the goals of scope and quality within cost and schedule compared to the contract is known as:
A. Work performance information
B. Inspections and audits
C. Payment systems
D. Procurement performance reviews
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Correct Answer: B
Question #56
The iterative and interactive nature of the Process Groups creates the need for the processes in which Knowledge Area?
A. Project Communications Management
B. Project Integration Management
C. Project Risk Management
D. Project Scope Management
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Correct Answer: B
Question #57
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
A. Scope baseline
B. Organizational process assets
C. Enterprise environmental factors
D. Risk register
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Correct Answer: B
Question #58
An output of the Develop Project Team process is:
A. Organizational process assets
B. Enterprise environmental factors updates
C. Project staff assignments
D. Organizational charts and position descriptions
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Correct Answer: B
Question #59
Reserve analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?
A. Plan Risk Management
B. Plan Risk Responses
C. Identify Risks
D. Control Risks
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Correct Answer: A
Question #60
Which type of dependency is established based on knowledge of best practices within a particular application area or some unusual aspect of the project in which a specific sequence is desired, even though there may be other acceptable sequences?
A. External
B. Internal
C. Mandatory
D. Discretionary
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Correct Answer: A
Question #61
Which Control Quality tool is also known as an arrow diagram?
A. Matrix diagram
B. Affinity diagram
C. Tree diagram
D. Activity network diagram
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Correct Answer: B
Question #62
An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:
A. smooth/accommodate
B. force/direct,
C. collaborate/problem solve,
D. compromise/reconcile
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Correct Answer: B
Question #63
Which tool or technique is used in validating the scope of a project?
A. Facilitated workshops
B. Interviews
C. Inspection
D. Meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #64
Configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and audit are all activities in which process?
A. Perform Quality Assurance
B. Direct and Manage Project Work
C. Monitor and Control Project Work
D. Perform Integrated Change Control
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Correct Answer: A
Question #65
Which tool or technique is used in the Estimate Costs process?
A. Acquisition
B. Earned value management
C. Vendor bid analysis
D. Forecasting
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Correct Answer: D
Question #66
Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A. Decomposition
B. Modeling techniques
C. Resource optimization
D. Meetings
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Correct Answer: A
Question #67
A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished is known as:
A. Start-to-start (SS)
B. Start-to-finish (SF)
C. Finish-to-start (FS)
D. Finish-to-finish (FF)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #68
Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
A. Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF)
B. Fixed Price Incentive Fee (FPIF)
C. Cost Pius Award Re (CPAF)
D. Time and Material (T&M)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #69
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is known as its risk:
A. Analysis
B. Appetite
C. Tolerance
D. Response
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Correct Answer: B
Question #70
An output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process is:
A. Deliverables
B. Validated changes
C. The change log
D. The requirements traceability matrix
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Correct Answer: B
Question #71
During which process does the project team receive bids and proposals?
A. Conduct Procurements
B. Plan Procurements
C. Estimate Costs
D. Control Budget
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Correct Answer: D
Question #72
The process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope as well as managing the changes to the scope baseline is known as:
A. Validate Scope
B. Plan Scope Management
C. Control Scope
D. Define Scope
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Correct Answer: C
Question #73
Which output is the approved version of the time-phased project budget?
A. Resource calendar
B. Scope baseline
C. Trend analysis
D. Cost baseline
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Correct Answer: A
Question #74
The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
A. Monitor and control communications throughout the entire project life cycle
B. Maintain an optimal flow of information among all project participants
C. Develop an appropriate approach for project communications
D. Ensure timely and appropriate collection of project information
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Correct Answer: B
Question #75
Processes in the Initiating Process Group may be completed at the organizational level and be outside of the project's:
A. Level of control
B. Communication channels
C. Scope
D. Strategic alignment
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Correct Answer: C
Question #76
Specification of both the deliverables and the processes is the focus of:
A. Change control
B. Configuration control
C. Project monitoring and control
D. Issue control
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Correct Answer: D
Question #77
Which output of Project Cost Management consists of quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to complete project work?
A. Activity cost estimates
B. Earned value management
C. Cost management plan
D. Cost baseline
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Correct Answer: B
Question #78
While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:
A. ends
B. begins
C. delays
D. deviates
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Correct Answer: B
Question #79
Which item is a cost of conformance?
A. Training
B. Liabilities
C. Lost business
D. Scrap
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Correct Answer: B
Question #80
Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?
A. Collaboration
B. Negotiation
C. Decision making
D. Influencing
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Correct Answer: A
Question #81
Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?
A. Estimate Costs
B. Control Costs
C. Plan Cost Management
D. Determine Budget
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Correct Answer: A
Question #82
Which change request is an intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan?
A. Update
B. Preventive action
C. Defect repair
D. Corrective action
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Correct Answer: D
Question #83
Using parametric estimating, if an assigned resource is capable of producing 120 units per hour, how many hours are required to produce 12,000 units?
A. 100
B. 120
C. 1,000
D. 1,200
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Correct Answer: B
Question #84
When painting a bedroom, preparing the walls can be done while the paint is being chosen. This is an example of a:
A. lead
B. lag
C. mandatory dependency
D. internal dependency
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Correct Answer: C
Question #85
Which action is included in the Control Costs process?
A. Identify how the project costs will be planned, structured, and controlled
B. Determine policies, objectives, and responsibilities to satisfy stakeholder needs
C. Develop an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
D. Monitor cost performance to isolate and understand variances from the approved cost baseline
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Correct Answer: D
Question #86
An element of the modern quality management approach used to achieve compatibility with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is known as:
A. Forecasting,
B. Brainstorming
C. Historical databases
D. Cost of quality
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Correct Answer: D
Question #87
An input to the Control Quality process is:
A. Activity attributes
B. Quality control measurements
C. Enterprise environmental factors
D. Deliverables
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Correct Answer: C
Question #88
The chart below is an example of a:
A. Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
B. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
C. RACI chart
D. Requirements traceability matrix
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Correct Answer: B
Question #89
Which Perform Quality Assurance tool or technique is used to identify a problem, discover the underlying causes that lead to it, and develop preventative actions?
A. Inspection
B. Quality audits
C. Design of experiments
D. Root cause analysis
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Correct Answer: D
Question #90
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the cost performance index (CPI) for Task 2?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 1
D. 1
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Correct Answer: D
Question #91
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?
A. -2,000
B. -1,000
C. 1,000
D. 2,000
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Correct Answer: B
Question #92
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the cost variance (CV) for Task 6?
A. -2,000
B. 0
C. 1,000
D. 2,000
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Correct Answer: C
Question #93
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project. Based on the chart, what is the schedule performance index (5PI) for Task 4?
A. 0
B. 0
C. 1
D. 1
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Correct Answer: B
Question #94
Which type of analysis is used to determine the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance?
A. Schedule network analysis
B. Reserve analysis
C. Alternative analysis
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #95
Which items are an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A. Work performance reports
B. Accepted deliverables
C. Project management plan updates
D. Organizational process assets
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Correct Answer: D
Question #96
Which term describes an assessment of correctness?
A. Accuracy
B. Precision
C. Grade
D. Quality
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Correct Answer: D
Question #97
The cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of which process in Project Cost Management?
A. Estimate Costs
B. Control Costs
C. Plan Cost Management
D. Determine Budget
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Correct Answer: C
Question #98
At the start of a typical project life cycle, costs are:
A. low, peak as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end
B. low, become steady as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end
C. high, drop as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end
D. high, become low as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end
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Correct Answer: D
Question #99
Success is measured by benefits realization for a:
A. strategic plan
B. project
C. portfolio
D. program
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Correct Answer: C
Question #100
Organizational process assets, a lessons-learned database, and historical information are all inputs to which process?
A. Plan Cost Management
B. Plan Scope Management
C. Plan Stakeholder Management
D. Plan Schedule Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #101
A project team member agrees to change a project deliverable after a conversation with an external stakeholder. It is later discovered that the change has had an adverse effect on another deliverable. This could have been avoided if the project team had implemented:
A. Quality assurance
B. A stakeholder management plan
C. Project team building
D. Integrated change control
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Correct Answer: D
Question #102
Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?
A. Functional managers
B. Business partners
C. Customers or sponsors
D. Subject matter experts
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Correct Answer: C
Question #103
A project requires a component with well-understood specifications. Performance targets are established at the outset, and the final contract price is determined after completion of all work based on the seller's performance. The most appropriate agreement with the supplier is:
A. Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF)
B. Fixed Price Incentive Fee (FPIF)
C. Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF)
D. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment (FP-EPA)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #104
Which enterprise environmental factors may influence Plan Schedule Management?
A. Cultural views regarding time schedules and professional and ethical behaviors
B. Historical information and change control procedures
C. Risk control procedures and the probability and impact matrix
D. Resource availability and organizational culture and structure
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Correct Answer: C
Question #105
When the business objectives of an organization change, project goals need to be:
A. realigned
B. performed
C. improved
D. controlled
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Correct Answer: B
Question #106
The approaches, tools, and data sources that will be used to perform risk management on a project are determined by the:
A. Methodology
B. Risk category
C. Risk attitude
D. Assumption analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #107
An input of the Plan Procurement Management process is:
A. Make-or-buy decisions
B. Activity cost estimates
C. Seller proposals
D. Procurement documents
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Correct Answer: C
Question #108
Outputs of the Control Communications process include:
A. expert judgment and change requests
B. work performance information and change requests
C. project management plan updates and work performance information
D. issue logs and organizational process assets updates
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Correct Answer: A
Question #109
A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:
A. budget at completion (BAC)
B. earned value management (EVM)
C. to-complete performance index
D. cost performance index
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Correct Answer: C
Question #110
A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
A. plan
B. process
C. program
D. portfolio
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Correct Answer: D
Question #111
Which Process Group's purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Initiating
C. Planning
D. Executing
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Correct Answer: D
Question #112
Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?
A. Estimate Costs
B. Plan Cost Management
C. Determine Budget
D. Control Costs
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Correct Answer: A
Question #113
An output of Control Schedule is:
A. A project schedule network diagram
B. A schedule management plan
C. Schedule data
D. Schedule forecasts
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Correct Answer: A
Question #114
What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?
A. Failure modes and effects analysis
B. Design of experiments
C. Quality checklist
D. Risk analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #115
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
A. Cost aggregation
B. Trend analysis
C. Forecasting
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #116
What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
A. Scope
B. Quality
C. Specification
D. Grade
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Correct Answer: A
Question #117
Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
A. Human resource planning
B. Fast tracking
C. Critical chain method
D. Rolling wave planning
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Correct Answer: D
Question #118
Which of the following is an output of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?
A. Change requests
B. Performance reports
C. Organizational process assets
D. Project management plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #119
Which estimating technique uses the actual costs of previous similar projects as a basis for estimating the costs of the current project?
A. Analogous
B. Parametric
C. Bottom-up
D. Top-down
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Correct Answer: D
Question #120
What is the difference between the critical path and the critical chain?
A. Scope changes
B. Resource limitations
C. Risk analysis
D. Quality audits
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Correct Answer: A
Question #121
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during Estimate Costs?
A. Market conditions and published commercial information
B. Company structure and market conditions
C. Commercial information and company structure
D. Existing human resources and market conditions
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Correct Answer: A
Question #122
An input of the Control Schedule process is the:
A. resource calendar
B. activity list
C. risk management plan
D. organizational process assets
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Correct Answer: A
Question #123
Which Develop Schedule tool and technique produces a theoretical early start date and late start date?
A. Critical path method
B. Variance analysis
C. Schedule compression
D. Schedule comparison bar charts
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Correct Answer: D
Question #124
Perform Quality Control is accomplished by:
A. Identifying quality standards that are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them
B. Monitoring and recording the results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
C. Ensuring that the entire project team has been adequately trained in quality assurance processes
D. Applying Monte Carlo, sampling, Pareto analysis, and benchmarking techniques to ensure conformance to quality standards
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Correct Answer: D
Question #125
Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
A. Bottom-up
B. Three-point
C. Parametric
D. Analogous
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Correct Answer: D
Question #126
Cost baseline is an output of which of the following processes?
A. Control Costs
B. Determine Budget
C. Estimate Costs
D. Estimate Activity Resources
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Correct Answer: D
Question #127
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
A. Direct and Manage Project Execution
B. Develop Project Management Plan
C. Close Project
D. Develop Project Charter
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Correct Answer: D
Question #128
The CPI is .92, and the EV is US$172,500.What is the actual cost of the project?
A. US$158,700
B. US$172,500
C. US$187,500
D. US$245,600
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Correct Answer: C
Question #129
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
A. Control chart
B. Earned value
C. Variance
D. Trend
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Correct Answer: B
Question #130
Which is one of the major outputs of Sequence Activities?
A. Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
B. Work breakdown structure (WBS) update
C. Project schedule network diagram
D. Mandatory dependencies list
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Correct Answer: D
Question #131
When does Monitor and Control Risks occur?
A. At project initiation
B. During work performance analysis
C. Throughout the life of the project
D. At project milestones
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Correct Answer: C
Question #132
Which process occurs within the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?
A. Control Costs
B. Plan Quality
C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
D. Determine Budget
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Correct Answer: D
Question #133
Which of the following processes audits the quality requirements and the results from quality control measures to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used?
A. Perform Quality Control
B. Quality Metrics
C. Perform Quality Assurance
D. Plan Quality
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Correct Answer: C
Question #134
How is the schedule variance calculated using the earned value technique?
A. EV less AC
B. AC less PV
C. EV less PV
D. AC less EV
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Correct Answer: A
Question #135
Which is a communication method used in the Report Performance process?
A. Expert judgment
B. Project management methodology
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Status review meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #136
Which technique helps to determine the risks that have the most potential impact on a project?
A. Cost risk simulation analysis
B. Expected monetary value analysis
C. Modeling and simulation
D. Sensitivity analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #137
Labor, materials, equipment, and supplies are examples of:
A. Resource attributes
B. Resource types
C. Resource categories
D. Resource breakdown structures (RBS)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #138
Analogous cost estimating relies on which of the following techniques?
A. Expert judgment
B. Project management software
C. Vendor bid analysis
D. Reserve analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #139
A tool and technique used during the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process is:
A. risk data quality assessment
B. variance and trend analysis
C. data gathering and representation techniques
D. risk audits
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Correct Answer: D
Question #140
In the Estimate Activity Durations process, productivity metrics and published commercial information inputs are part of the:
A. enterprise environmental factors
B. organizational process assets
C. project management plan,
D. project funding requirements
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Correct Answer: C
Question #141
The purpose of inspection in Perform Quality Control is to keep errors:
A. in line with a measured degree of conformity
B. out of the hands of the customer
C. in a specified range of acceptable results
D. out of the process
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Correct Answer: B
Question #142
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
A. Scope baseline
B. Organizational process assets
C. Project schedule
D. Resource calendars
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Correct Answer: D
Question #143
The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:
A. establish and manage project communication channels, both external and internal to the project team
B. influence the stakeholders that want to circumvent integrated change control so that their changes are implemented
C. monitor the ongoing project team against the team performance assessments and the project performance baseline
D. observe and measure project performance regularly and consistently to identify variances from the project management plan
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Correct Answer: C
Question #144
Which written document helps monitor who is responsible for resolving specific problems and concerns by a target date?
A. Project Plan
B. Responsibility Matrix
C. Issue Log
D. Scope Document
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Correct Answer: A
Question #145
Who provides the inputs for the original estimates of activity durations for tasks on the project plan?
A. Project sponsor
B. Project manager
C. Person responsible for project scheduling
D. Person who is most familiar with the task
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Correct Answer: A
Question #146
Control charts, flowcharting, histograms, Pareto charts, and scatter diagrams are tools and techniques of which process?
A. Perform Quality Control
B. Perform Quality Assurance
C. Plan Quality
D. Report Performance
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Correct Answer: B
Question #147
A given schedule activity is most likely to last four weeks. In a best-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last two weeks. In a worst-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last 12 weeks. Given these three estimates, what is the expected duration of the activity?
A. Three weeks
B. Four weeks
C. Five weeks
D. Six weeks
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Correct Answer: B
Question #148
What is the primary benefit of meeting quality requirements?
A. Quality metrics
B. Less rework
C. Quality control measurements
D. Benchmarking
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Correct Answer: C
Question #149
Testing falls into which of the following categories of cost of quality?
A. Internal failure costs
B. Prevention costs
C. Appraisal costs
D. External failure costs
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Correct Answer: D
Question #150
Which of the following events would result in a baseline update?
A. A project is behind schedule and the project manager wants the baseline to reflect estimated actual completion
B. A customer has approved a change request broadening the project scope and increasing the budget
C. One of the risks identified in the risk management plan occurs, resulting in a schedule delay
D. One of the key project team resources has left the team and no replacement is available
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Correct Answer: A
Question #151
Which of the following schedule network analysis techniques is applied when a critical path method calculation has been completed and resources availability is critical?
A. Applying calendars
B. Resource leveling
C. Resource planning
D. Resource conflict management
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Correct Answer: D
Question #152
The project budget is set at $150,000. The project duration is planned to be one year. At the completion of Week 16 of the project, the following information is collected: Actual cost = $50,000, Plan cost = $45,000, Earned value = $40,000. What is the cost performance index?
A. 0
B. 0
C. 1
D. 1
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Correct Answer: D
Question #153
Which technique is utilized in the Control Schedule process?
A. Performance measure
B. Baseline schedule
C. Schedule network analysis
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #154
What happens to a stakeholder's project influence over time?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. Has no bearing
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Correct Answer: D
Question #155
Which quality control technique illustrates the 80/20 principle?
A. Ishikawa diagram
B. Control chart
C. Run chart
D. Pareto chart
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Correct Answer: D
Question #156
Administer Procurements is part of which Process Group?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #157
The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
A. Plan Quality
B. Perform Quality Assurance
C. Perform Quality Control
D. Total Quality Management
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Correct Answer: A
Question #158
Which process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?
A. Variance Analysis
B. Define Scope
C. Verify Scope
D. Control Scope
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Correct Answer: A
Question #159
The total of the planned value (PV) is also known as:
A. work breakdown structure (WBS)
B. schedule target
C. performance measurement baseline (PMB)
D. earned value baseline
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Correct Answer: B
Question #160
When a permitting agency takes longer than planned to issue a permit, this can be described as a risk:
A. event
B. response,
C. perception
D. impact
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Correct Answer: A
Question #161
Plan-do-check-act is also known as:
A. prevention over inspection
B. statistical sampling
C. management responsibility,
D. continuous improvement
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Correct Answer: D
Question #162
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Determine Budget process?
A. Variance analysis
B. Three-point estimating
C. Bottom-up estimating
D. Historical relationships
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Correct Answer: A
Question #163
Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract (CPFF)
B. Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (CPIF)
C. Firm Fixed Price Contract (FFP)
D. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment Contract (FP-EPA)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #164
Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?
A. Control Costs
B. Determine Budget
C. Estimate Costs
D. Control Budget
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Correct Answer: C
Question #165
The three processes of Project Cost Management are:
A. Estimate Costs, Control Schedule, and Control Costs
B. Estimate Costs, Determine Budget, and Estimate Activity Resources
C. Determine Budget, Control Schedule, and Estimate Activity Resources
D. Estimate Costs, Determine Budget, and Control Costs
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Correct Answer: B
Question #166
Which baselines make up the performance measurement baseline?
A. Scope baseline, cost baseline, and schedule baseline
B. Scope baseline, project management baseline, and quality baseline
C. Cost baseline, schedule baseline, and risk baseline
D. Cost baseline, project management baseline, and schedule baseline
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Correct Answer: A
Question #167
Which index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
A. Estimate at completion
B. Cost performance
C. Schedule performance
D. To-complete performance
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Correct Answer: B
Question #168
The contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:
A. Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (CPIF)
B. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract (CPFF)
C. Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract (FPIF)
D. Time and Material Contract (T&M)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #169
When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:
A. under budget and behind schedule
B. over budget and ahead of schedule
C. on schedule
D. complete; all planned values have been earned
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Correct Answer: D
Question #170
Which of the following is a tool and technique used to monitor risk?
A. Technical performance measurement
B. Cost performance baseline
C. Benchmarking
D. Cost of quality
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Correct Answer: C
Question #171
How is quality control performed?
A. By identifying quality standards that are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them
B. By monitoring specific project results in compliance with relevant quality standards and determining corrective actions as needed
C. By ensuring that the entire project team has been adequately trained in quality assurance processes
D. By applying Monte Carlo, sampling, Pareto analysis, and benchmarking techniques to ensure conformance to quality standards
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Correct Answer: C
Question #172
Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?
A. Cost baseline
B. Cost forecasting
C. Cost variance
D. Cost budgeting
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Correct Answer: A
Question #173
Ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation is a focus of which of the following?
A. Project management
B. Program management
C. Portfolio management
D. Relationship management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #174
On what is project baseline development established?
A. Approved product requirements
B. Estimated project cost and schedule
C. Actual project cost and schedule
D. Revised project cost and schedule
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Correct Answer: C
Question #175
Which knowledge area employs the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?
A. Project Risk Management
B. Project Integration Management
C. Project Communications Management
D. Project Quality Management
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Correct Answer: B
Question #176
Using the following data, what is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)? EV= $500 PV= $750 AC= $1000 BAC= $1200
A. 0
B. 1
C. 0
D. 0
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Correct Answer: D
Question #177
What is the minimum a project schedule must include?
A. Variance analysis
B. A planned start date and a planned finish date for each schedule activity
C. A critical path diagram
D. Critical chain analysis
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Correct Answer: D
Question #178
When does risk monitoring and control occur?
A. At project initiation
B. During work performance analysis
C. Throughout the life of the project
D. At project milestones
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Correct Answer: C
Question #179
What is an objective of the Developing Project Team Process?
A. Feelings of trust and improved cohesiveness
B. Ground rules for interaction
C. Enhanced resource availability
D. Functional managers become more involved
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Correct Answer: A
Question #180
Which of the following are outputs of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?
A. Requested changes, forecasts, recommended corrective actions
B. Forecasts, resources plan, bottom up estimating
C. Recommended corrective actions, cost baseline, forecasts
D. Requested changes, recommended corrective actions, project constraints
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Correct Answer: A
Question #181
Which schedule development technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
A. Human resource planning
B. Fast tracking
C. Critical chain method
D. Rolling wave planning
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Correct Answer: A
Question #182
Which is a tool used in monitoring and controlling project work?
A. Work performance information
B. Project management information system (PMIS)
C. Activity duration estimates
D. Scheduled network analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #183
Forecasts, requested changes, recommended corrective actions, and organizational process asset updates are all outputs of which process?
A. Risk response planning
B. Risk monitoring and control
C. Performance reporting
D. Manage stakeholders
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Correct Answer: D
Question #184
Cost baseline is an output of which of the following processes?
A. Estimate Activity Resources
B. Estimate Costs
C. Determine Budget
D. Control Costs
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Correct Answer: D
Question #185
The cost performance baseline is typically displayed in the form of:
A. An S-curve
B. A normal curve
C. A U-curve
D. A positive slope line
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Correct Answer: D
Question #186
What happens to a stakeholder's project influence over time?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. Has no bearing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #187
Which of the following outputs from the Schedule Control process aids in the communication of SV, SPI or any performance status to stakeholders?
A. Performance organizations
B. Schedule baselines
C. Performance measurements
D. Change requests
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Correct Answer: D
Question #188
Which technique is commonly used for the Quantitative Risk Analysis activity?
A. Brainstorming
B. Strategies for Opportunities
C. Decision Tree Analysis
D. Risk Data Quality Assessment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #189
Which Activity Duration Estimating technique incorporates additional timing for contingency purposes?
A. Analogous Estimating
B. Expert Judgment
C. Optimistic Estimates
D. Reserve Analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #190
Which type of control tool identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?
A. Cause and effect diagram
B. Control Charts
C. Pareto Chart
D. Histogram
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Correct Answer: B
Question #191
Which technique is utilized in the Schedule Control process?
A. Performance Measure
B. Baseline Schedule
C. Schedule Comparison
D. Variance Analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #192
Which of the following is a schedule network analysis technique that takes limited resources into account?
A. Network reserve analysis
B. Critical chain method
C. Lead and lag adjustment
D. Critical path method
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Correct Answer: C
Question #193
An associate who calculates fees daily to support the department is doing which of the following?
A. Phase work
B. Project work
C. Lifecycle work
D. Operations work
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Correct Answer: B
Question #194
A tool or technique used during the Administer Procurements process is:
A. Expert judgment
B. Bidder conference
C. Procurement negotiation
D. Performance reporting
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Correct Answer: B
Question #195
What is the critical chain method?
A. A technique to calculate the theoretical early start and finish dates and late start and finish dates
B. A schedule network analysis technique that modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources
C. A schedule compression technique that analyzes cost and schedule trade-offs to determine how to obtain the greatest amount of compression for the least incremental cost
D. A technique to estimate project duration when there is a limited amount of detailed information about the project
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Correct Answer: A
Question #196
Schedule milestones and a predefined budget are examples of:
A. Project constraints
B. Requirements documentation
C. Organizational process assets
D. Activity cost estimates
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Correct Answer: D
Question #197
Cost variance (CV) is equal to earned value:
A. Minus actual cost [EV - AC]
B. Minus planned value [EV - PV]
C. Divided by actual cost [EV/AC]
D. Divided by planned value [EV/PV]
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Correct Answer: B
Question #198
Cost of quality (COQ) refers to total cost of/to:
A. All efforts related to quality
B. Product inspection activities
C. Maintain plan quality
D. Perform quality control
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Correct Answer: D
Question #199
Which of the Project Time Management processes analyzes activity sequencing, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints?
A. Estimate Activity Durations
B. ControlSchedule
C. Sequence Activities
D. Develop Schedule
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Correct Answer: C
Question #200
Budgets reserved for unplanned changes to project scope and cost are:
A. Contingency reserves
B. Management reserves
C. Authorized budgets
D. Cost baselines
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Correct Answer: B
Question #201
Projects are authorized by which of the following individuals?
A. Project managers
B. Stakeholders
C. Functional managers
D. Sponsors
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Correct Answer: D
Question #202
The Administer Procurements process is in which of the following Project Management Process Groups?
A. Planning
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Initiating
D. Executing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #203
Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
A. Mandatory
B. Discretionary
C. Internal
D. External
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Correct Answer: A
Question #204
During which process does a project manager review all prior information to ensure that all project work is completed and that the project has met its objectives?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Perform Quality Assurance
C. Close Project or Phase
D. Control Scope
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Correct Answer: D
Question #205
When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
A. Interactive communication
B. Claims administration
C. Conflict management
D. Performance reporting
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Correct Answer: D
Question #206
A reward can only be effective if it is:
A. Given immediately after the project is completed
B. Something that is tangible
C. Formally given during project performance appraisals
D. Satisfying a need valued by the individual
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Correct Answer: A
Question #207
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
A. Nominal group technique
B. Idea/mind mapping
C. Affinity diagram
D. Brainstorming
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Correct Answer: B
Question #208
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Closing
D. Initiating
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Correct Answer: D
Question #209
The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities is known as:
A. Control Schedule
B. Sequence Activities
C. Define Activities
D. Develop Schedule
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Correct Answer: A
Question #210
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
A. Enterprise environmental factors
B. Work performance reports
C. Organizational process assets
D. Context diagrams
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Correct Answer: D
Question #211
Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
A. Close Project or Phase
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Control Procurements
D. Close Procurements
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Correct Answer: A
Question #212
Sensitivity analysis is typically displayed as a/an:
A. Decision tree diagram
B. Tornado diagram
C. Pareto diagram
D. Ishikawa diagram
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Correct Answer: B
Question #213
A project manager builds consensus and overcomes obstacles by employing which communication technique?
A. Listening
B. Facilitation
C. Meeting management
D. Presentation
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Correct Answer: B
Question #214
An input to Close Project or Phase is:
A. Accepted deliverables,
B. Final products or services,
C. Document updates,
D. Work performance information
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Correct Answer: A
Question #215
An output of the Direct and Manage Project Work process is:
A. Deliverables
B. Activity lists
C. A work breakdown structure
D. A scope statement
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Correct Answer: B
Question #216
External organizations that have a special relationship with the enterprise and provide specialized expertise are called:
A. Customers
B. Business partners
C. Sellers
D. Functional managers
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Correct Answer: D
Question #217
Which Knowledge Areas include processes from the Closing Process Group?
A. Project Quality Management and Project Time Management
B. Project Scope Management and Project Risk Management
C. Project Stakeholder Management and Project Cost Management
D. Project Integration Management and Project Procurement Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #218
Which conflict resolution technique searches for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily or partially resolve the conflict?
A. Force/direct
B. Withdraw/avoid
C. Compromise/reconcile
D. Collaborate/problem solve
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Correct Answer: B
Question #219
At the completion of a project, a report is prepared that details the outcome of the research conducted on a global trend during the project. Which item did this project create?
A. Result
B. Product
C. Service
D. Improvement
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Correct Answer: C
Question #220
Retreating from an actual or potential conflict or postponing the issue to be better prepared or to be resolved by others describes which of the five general techniques for managing conflict?
A. Smooth/accommodate
B. Withdraw/avoid
C. Compromise/reconcile
D. Force/direct
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Correct Answer: B
Question #221
Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?
A. Reserve analysis and expert judgment
B. Facilitation techniques and meetings
C. Expert judgment and analytical techniques
D. Performance reviews and meetings
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Correct Answer: A
Question #222
An example of a group decision-making technique is:
A. nominal group technique
B. majority
C. affinity diagram
D. multi-criteria decision analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #223
Which tool or technique used in the Control Procurements process can be conducted during the execution of the project to verify compliance with deliverables?
A. Procurement documents
B. Inspection and audits
C. Estimate budget
D. Risk register
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Correct Answer: C
Question #224
Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
A. buyers
B. sellers
C. business partners
D. product users
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Correct Answer: A
Question #225
When closing a project or phase, part of the process may require the use of which type of analysis?
A. Reserve analysis
B. Regression analysis
C. Document analysis
D. Product analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #226
The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:
A. Plan Procurements
B. Control Procurements
C. Close Procurements
D. Conduct Procurements
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Correct Answer: C
Question #227
The links between the processes in the Process Groups are often:
A. Intuitive
B. Iterative
C. Measured
D. Monitored
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Correct Answer: B
Question #228
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
A. Validate Scope
B. Close Project or Phase
C. Control Quality
D. Verify Scope
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Correct Answer: B
Question #229
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
A. Project management information system
B. Work performance information
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Variance analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #230
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 14
D. 16
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Correct Answer: C
Question #231
When is a project finished?
A. After verbal acceptance of the customer or sponsor
B. After lessons learned have been documented in contract closure
C. When the project objectives have been met
D. After resources have been released
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Correct Answer: A
Question #232
Which process documents the business needs of a project and the new product, service, or other result that is intended to satisfy those requirements?
A. Develop Project Management Plan
B. Develop Project Charter
C. Direct and Manage Project Execution
D. Collect Requirements
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Correct Answer: B
Question #233
What type of reward can hurt team cohesiveness?
A. Sole-sum
B. Win-lose
C. Lose-win
D. Partial-sum
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Correct Answer: C
Question #234
What type of planning is used where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while work in the future is planned at a higher level?
A. Finish-to-start planning
B. Rolling wave planning
C. Short term planning
D. Dependency determination
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Correct Answer: C
Question #235
If the most likely duration of an activity is five weeks, the best-case duration is two weeks, and the worst-case duration is 14 weeks, how many weeks is the expected duration of the activity?
A. One
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven
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Correct Answer: D
Question #236
Conflict should be best addressed in which manner?
A. Early, in private, using a direct, collaborative approach
B. Early, in public, using an indirect, collaborative approach
C. Early, in private, using an indirect, cooperative approach
D. As late as possible, in public, using a direct, confrontational approach
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Correct Answer: A
Question #237
The project management processes presented in the PMBOK Guide? should:
A. always be applied uniformly
B. be selected as appropriate by the sponsor
C. be selected as appropriate by the project team
D. be applied based on ISO guidelines
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Correct Answer: B
Question #238
Which type of contract is most commonly used by buying organizations because the price for goods is set at the outset and is not subject to change unless the scope of work changes?
A. Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustments Contract (FP-EPA)
B. Cost-Reimbursable Contract (CR)
C. Firm-Fixed -Price Contract (FFP)
D. Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee Contract (FPIF)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #239
Which schedule compression technique has phases or activities done in parallel that would normally have been done sequentially?
A. Crashing
B. Fast tracking
C. Leads and lags adjustment
D. Parallel task development
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Correct Answer: B
Question #240
In the Develop Project Team process, which of the following is identified as a critical factor for a project's success?
A. Team meetings
B. Subcontracting teams
C. Virtual teams
D. Teamwork
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Correct Answer: D
Question #241
Which of the following is an example of the simplest fixed-price contract?
A. Purchase requisition
B. Purchase order
C. Verbal agreement
D. Request for quote
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Correct Answer: D
Question #242
Which of the following characteristics are found in a functional organizational structure?
A. Little or no project manager authority, little or no resource availability, and the functional manager controls the project budget
B. Limited project manager authority, limited resource availability, and a part-time project manager's role
C. Low to moderate project manager authority, low to moderate resource availability, and a full-time project manager's role
D. High to almost total project manager authority, high to almost total resource availability, and full-time project management administrative staff
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Correct Answer: B
Question #243
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
A. training, testing, and warranty work
B. equipment, rework, and scrap
C. training, document processes, and inspections
D. inspections, rework, and warranty work
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Correct Answer: A
Question #244
Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Define Activities process?
A. Rolling wave planning
B. Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
C. Alternatives analysis
D. Parametric estimating
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Correct Answer: A
Question #245
Which of the following is a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a prespecified product, result, or service?
A. Portfolio
B. Process
C. Project
D. Program
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Correct Answer: B
Question #246
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
A. Limited
B. Low to moderate
C. Moderate to high
D. High to almost total
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Correct Answer: D
Question #247
In which Process Group are lessons learned documented?
A. Planning
B. Closing
C. Executing
D. Initiating
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Correct Answer: B
Question #248
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
A. Compromising
B. Collaborating
C. Smoothing
D. Problem Solving
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Correct Answer: D
Question #249
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
A. Ce = (C0 + 6Cm + Cp)/4
B. Ce = (6C0 + Cm + Cp)/4
C. Ce = (C0 + 4Cm + Cp)/6
D. Ce = (C0 + C,,, + 4Cp) / 6
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Correct Answer: B
Question #250
Lessons learned documentation is gathered during which of the following Project Management Process Groups?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Closing
D. Initiating
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Correct Answer: A
Question #251
Which category of contracts are sellers legally obligated to complete, with possible financial damages if the project objectives are not met?
A. Cost-reimbursable contracts
B. Time and Material contracts (T&M)
C. Fixed-price contracts
D. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contracts (CPFF)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #252
Types of internal failure costs include:
A. inspections
B. equipment and training
C. lost business
D. reworking and scrapping
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Correct Answer: B
Question #253
In a weak matrix, the project managers role is:
A. part-time
B. full-time
C. occasional
D. unlimited
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Correct Answer: C
Question #254
During which process would stakeholders provide formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
A. Perform Quality Control
B. Verify Scope
C. Control Scope
D. Develop Schedule
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Correct Answer: D
Question #255
At the end of the project, what will be the value of SV?
A. Positive
B. Zero
C. Negative
D. Greater than one
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Correct Answer: C
Question #256
The completion of the project scope is measured against the:
A. requirements documentation
B. project scope statement
C. project management plan
D. work performance measurements
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Correct Answer: C
Question #257
The process for performing variance analysis may vary, depending on:
A. scenario building, technology forecasting, and forecast by analogy
B. working relationships among various stakeholders and team members
C. application area, the standard used, and the industry,
D. work to be completed next
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Correct Answer: B
Question #258
The cost benefit analysis tool is used for creating:
A. Pareto charts
B. quality metrics
C. change requests,
D. Ishikawa diagrams
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Correct Answer: A
Question #259
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
A. Activity-on-arrow diagramming
B. Precedence diagramming
C. Project schedule network diagramming
D. Mathematical analysis diagramming
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Correct Answer: D
Question #260
Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?
A. Reserve analysis
B. Three-point estimating
C. Parametric estimating
D. Analogous estimating
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Correct Answer: B
Question #261
Which of the following is an output of Close Procurements?
A. Accepted deliverables
B. Organizational process assets updates
C. Managing stakeholder expectations
D. Performance reports
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Correct Answer: B
Question #262
Which of the following is a complete set of indexed contract documentation, including the closed contract?
A. Procurement package
B. Negotiated settlements
C. Procurement file
D. Procurement management plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #263
Verification of project deliverables occurs during which process?
A. Develop preliminary project scope statement
B. Close Project or Phase
C. Develop project charter
D. Create WBS
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Correct Answer: A
Question #264
What do composite organizations involve?
A. Functional and project managers
B. Functional managers only
C. Project managers only
D. Technical managers and project managers
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Correct Answer: B
Question #265
What is a technique used in the performance reporting process?
A. Expert judgment
B. Project management methodology
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Status review meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #266
When are deliverables accepted or not accepted?
A. When the project is initiated
B. As an output of the scope verification process
C. When the project is closing
D. In the contract closure process
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Correct Answer: C
Question #267
Which of the following tools and techniques are utilized in the Close Project or Phase process?
A. Project management information system
B. Product analysis
C. Expert judgment
D. Inspection
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Correct Answer: A
Question #268
An output of the Close Project (or Close Phase) process is:
A. accepted deliverables
B. organizational process asset updates
C. work performance information
D. project management plan updates
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Correct Answer: B
Question #269
When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
A. Interactive communication
B. Claims administration
C. Conflict management
D. Performance reporting
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Correct Answer: B
Question #270
Which quality management and control tool is useful in visualizing parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship?
A. Interrelationship digraphs
B. Tree diagram
C. Affinity diagram
D. Network diagram
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Correct Answer: B
Question #271
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
A. Planning
B. Executing,
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #272
Which tools or techniques are used in the Plan Schedule Management process?
A. Benchmarking, expert judgment, and analytical techniques
B. Statistical sampling, benchmarking, and meetings
C. Negotiations, pre-assignment, and multi-criteria decision analysis
D. Expert judgment, analytical techniques, and meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #273
A project manager is appointed full-time to a project and is given full-time administrative staff and full-time project team members. This situation describes which type of organizational structure? A. Projectized
B. Weak matrix
C. Functional
D. Balanced matrix
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Correct Answer: D
Question #274
Which item is an example of personnel assessment?
A. Resource calendar
B. Tight matrix
C. Team-building activity
D. Focus group
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Correct Answer: A
Question #275
The Plan Stakeholder Management process belongs to which Process Group?
A. Executing
B. Initiating
C. Planning
D. Monitoring and Controlling
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Correct Answer: D
Question #276
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
A. Feedback analysis
B. Stakeholder analysis
C. Communication management plan
D. Stakeholder management plan
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Correct Answer: C
Question #277
A method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a working model of the expected product before actually building is known as:
A. Benchmarking
B. Context diagrams
C. Brainstorming
D. Prototyping
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Correct Answer: D
Question #278
Which stakeholder classification model groups stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project?
A. Power/influence grid
B. Power/interest grid
C. Influence/impact grid
D. Salience model
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Correct Answer: D
Question #279
Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
A. Control charts
B. Pareto diagrams
C. Ishikavva diagrams
D. Checksheets
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Correct Answer: A
Question #280
An example of a group decision-ma king technique is: A. Nominal group technique.
B. Majority
C. Affinity diagram
D. Multi-criteria decision analysis
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Correct Answer: C
Question #281
The process of estimating the type and quantity of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity is known as:
A. Collect Requirements
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Estimate Activity Durations
D. Estimate Activity Resources
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Correct Answer: D
Question #282
Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
A. Procurement documents
B. Communications plan
C. Project charter
D. Stakeholder register
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Correct Answer: B
Question #283
The Identify Stakeholders process is found in which Process Group?
A. Initiating
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Planning
D. Executing
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Correct Answer: D
Question #284
An input to Develop Project Charter is a/an:
A. Business case
B. Activity list
C. Project management plan
D. Cost forecast
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Correct Answer: C
Question #285
Which item is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
A. Change request
B. Requirements documentation
C. Scope baseline
D. Risk urgency assessment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #286
A risk response strategy in which the project team shifts the impact of a threat, together with ownership of the response, to a third party is called:
A. mitigate
B. accept
C. transfer
D. avoid
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Correct Answer: A
Question #287
An output of the Plan Quality Management process is:
A. A process improvement plan, B
C. Work performance information,
D. The project management plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #288
A project manager should document the escalation path for unresolved project risks in the:
A. Change control plan
B. Stakeholder register
C. Risk log
D. Communications management plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #289
Which process in Project Time Management includes reserve analysis as a tool or technique?
A. Estimate Activity Resources
B. Sequence Activities
C. Estimate Activity Durations
D. Develop Schedule
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Correct Answer: C
Question #290
Payback period, return on investment, internal rate of return, discounted cash flow, and net present value are all examples of:
A. Expert judgment
B. Analytical techniques
C. Earned value management
D. Group decision-making techniques
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Correct Answer: A
Question #291
The definition of when and how often the risk management processes will be performed throughout the project life cycle is included in which risk management plan component?
A. Timing
B. Methodology
C. Risk categories
D. Budgeting
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Correct Answer: D
Question #292
When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
A. Negative
B. Zero
C. Positive
D. Free
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Correct Answer: C
Question #293
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
A. Nominal group technique
B. Idea/mind mapping
C. Affinity diagram
D. Brainstorming
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Correct Answer: B
Question #294
Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating? A. Bottom-up
B. Parametric
C. Analogous
D. Three-point
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Correct Answer: A
Question #295
Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
A. Direct
B. Interactive
C. Pull
D. Push
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Correct Answer: C
Question #296
Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?
A. Cost variance (CV)
B. Cost performance index (CPI)
C. Budget at completion (BAC)
D. Variance at completion (VAC)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #297
Which process involves defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive plan?
A. Direct and Manage Project Work
B. Develop Project Management Plan
C. Plan Quality Management
D. Monitor and Control Project Work
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Correct Answer: C
Question #298
Inputs to the Plan Schedule Management process include:
A. Organizational process assets and the project charter,
B. Enterprise environmental factors and schedule tools
C. Time tables and Pareto diagrams
D. Activity attributes and resource calendars
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Correct Answer: C
Question #299
The planned work contained in the lowest level of work breakdown structure (WBS) components is known as:
A. Work packages
B. Accepted deliverables
C. The WBS dictionary
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Correct Answer: D
Question #300
In which Knowledge Area is the project charter developed?
A. Project Cost Management
B. Project Scope Management
C. Project Time Management
D. Project Integration Management
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Correct Answer: B
Question #301
The ability to influence cost is greatest during which stages of the project?
A. Early
B. Middle
C. Late
D. Completion
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Correct Answer: B

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