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Question #1
Which process involves developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities?
A. stimate Costs
B. ontrol Costs
C. etermine Budget
D. lan Cost Management
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Correct Answer: A
Question #2
Most experienced project managers know that:
A. very project requires the use of all processes in the PMBOK® Guide
B. here is no single way to manage a project
C. roject management techniques are risk free
D. here is only one way to manage projects successfully
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Correct Answer: B
Question #3
Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
A. rocurement audit
B. essons learned
C. erformance reporting
D. ayment requests
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Correct Answer: B
Question #4
Administer Procurements is part of which Process Group?
A. lanning
B. xecuting
C. onitoring and Controlling
D. losing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #5
High-level project risks are included in which document?
A. usiness case
B. isk breakdown structure
C. roject charter
D. isk register
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Correct Answer: C
Question #6
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
A. tart-to-start (SS)
B. tart-to-finish (SF)
C. inish-to-finish (FF)
D. inish-to-start (FS)
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Correct Answer: D
Question #7
Which tool or technique is used to manage change requests and the resulting decisions?
A. hange control tools
B. xpert judgment
C. elphi technique
D. hange log
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Correct Answer: A
Question #8
When the business objectives of an organization change, project goals need to be:
A. ealigned
B. erformed
C. mproved
D. ontrolled
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Correct Answer: A
Question #9
Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:
A. ause and effect diagram
B. ontrol chart
C. lowchart
D. istogram
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Correct Answer: A
Question #10
Which technique is used in Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis?
A. ensitivity analysis
B. robability and impact matrix
C. isk data quality assessment
D. isk categorization
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Correct Answer: A
Question #11
When should quality planning be performed?
A. hile developing the project charter
B. n parallel with the other planning processes
C. s part of a detailed risk analysis
D. s a separate step from the other planning processes
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Correct Answer: B
Question #12
How many Project Management Process Groups are there?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Correct Answer: C
Question #13
The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information become available is known as:
A. ontinuous improvement
B. redictive planning
C. rogressive elaboration
D. uality assurance
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Correct Answer: C
Question #14
A project manager is responsible for managing which of the following at the project level?
A. Methodology
B. Standards
C. Constraints
D. Interdependencies
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Correct Answer: C
Question #15
The intent of the risk management process group is to ________.
A. Increase the probability of positive outcomes in the project
B. Announce project risks
C. Not consider risks affecting the company
D. Announce project deliverables
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Correct Answer: A
Question #16
A project has an EV of 100 workdays, an AC of 120 workdays, and a PV of 80 workdays. What should be the concern?
A. here is a cost underrun
B. here is a cost overrun
C. he project may not meet the deadline
D. he project is 20 days behind schedule
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Correct Answer: B
Question #17
Which tool or technique is used in Close Procurements?
A. ontract plan
B. rocurement plan
C. losure process
D. rocurement audits
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Correct Answer: D
Question #18
Which factors should be considered for cross-cultural communication?
A. Background, personality, and communications management plan
B. Personality, background, and escalation process
C. Sponsor relationship, personality, and background
D. Current emotional state, personality, and background
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Correct Answer: A
Question #19
Which of the following Process Groups covers all Project Management Knowledge Areas?
A. xecuting
B. onitoring and Controlling
C. lanning
D. nitiating
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Correct Answer: C
Question #20
Which is a communication method used in the Report Performance process?
A. xpert judgment
B. roject management methodology
C. takeholder analysis
D. tatus review meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #21
One of the tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process is:
A. rganization charts
B. round rules
C. rganizational theory,
D. onflict management
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Correct Answer: D
Question #22
Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A. roject document updates
B. rganizational process assets updates
C. hange requests
D. eliverables
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Correct Answer: A
Question #23
A project team attempts to produce a deliverable and finds that they have neither the expertise nor the time to complete the deliverable in a timely manner. This issue could have been avoided if they had created and followed a:
A. isk management plan
B. uman resource management plan
C. cope management plan
D. rocurement management plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #24
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
A. e = (C0 + 6Cm + Cp)/4
B. e = (6C0 + Cm + Cp)/4
C. e = (C0 + 4Cm + Cp)/6
D. e = (C0 + C„, + 4Cp) /6
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Correct Answer: C
Question #25
The links between the processes in the Process Groups are often:
A. ntuitive
B. terative
C. easured
D. onitored
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Correct Answer: B
Question #26
Types of internal failure costs include:
A. nspections
B. quipment and training
C. ost business
D. eworking and scrapping
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Correct Answer: D
Question #27
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
A. ompromising
B. ollaborating
C. moothing
D. roblem Solving
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Correct Answer: C
Question #28
Which one of the following is not an output of contract closure?
A. c'ose contracts
B. Lessons learned documentation
C. Deliverable acceptance
D. Scope statement
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Correct Answer: D
Question #29
Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique used to shorten the project schedule without changing project scope. Which of the following can result from fast tracking?
A. he risk of achieving the shortened project time is increased
B. he critical path will have positive total float
C. ontingency reserves are released for redeployment by the project manager
D. uration buffers are added to maintain a focus on planned activity durations
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Correct Answer: A
Question #30
A company must implement sales software because it is opening a new branch in a foreign market. Although this software is used in every domestic branch, multiple changes are expected during the implementation because it is a foreign location.Which type of life cycle would the project manager use in this case?
A. Predictive life cycle
B. Waterfall life cycle
C. Hybrid life cycle
D. Product life cycle
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Correct Answer: A
Question #31
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
A. nfluencing
B. eadership
C. otivation
D. oaching
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Correct Answer: A
Question #32
Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?
A. stimate Costs
B. stimate Activity Resources
C. ontrol Costs
D. etermine Budget
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Correct Answer: D
Question #33
The process of identifying specific actions to be performed to produce project deliverables is:
A. efine Activities
B. reate WBS
C. efine Scope
D. evelop Schedule
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Correct Answer: A
Question #34
A weighting system is a tool for which area of Conduct Procurements?
A. lan contracting
B. equesting seller responses
C. electing seller's
D. lanning purchase and acquisition
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Correct Answer: C
Question #35
Which of the following outputs from the Control Schedule process aids in the communication of schedule variance (SV), schedule performance index (SPI), or any performance status to stakeholders?
A. erformance organizations
B. chedule baselines
C. ork performance measurements
D. hange requests
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Correct Answer: C
Question #36
The ability to influence cost is greatest during which stages of the project?
A. arly
B. iddle
C. ate
D. ompletion
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Correct Answer: A
Question #37
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
A. lanning
B. xecuting,
C. onitoring and Controlling
D. losing
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Correct Answer: C
Question #38
__________ is providing detailed plans for tasks that are about to start in the near future using the most current information and revisiting future activities when they near their starting dates.
A. Rolling wave planning
B. Progressive elaboration
C. Milestone detail planning
D. Expert judgment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #39
A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
A. lan
B. rocess
C. rogram
D. ortfolio
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Correct Answer: D
Question #40
What happens to a stakeholder's project influence over time?
A. ncreases
B. ecreases
C. tays the same
D. as no bearing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #41
Which tool or technique is used in Manage Stakeholder Expectations?
A. takeholder management strategy
B. ommunication methods
C. ssue log
D. hange requests
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Correct Answer: B
Question #42
Which quality tool incorporates the upper and lower specification limits allowed within an agreement?
A. ontrol chart
B. lowchart
C. hecksheet
D. areto diagram
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Correct Answer: A
Question #43
The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, and reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan is known as:
A. evelop Project Team
B. anage Project Team
C. cquire Project Team
D. lan Human Resource Management
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Correct Answer: D
Question #44
Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
A. ottom-up
B. hree-point
C. arametric
D. nalogous
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Correct Answer: C
Question #45
When closing a project or phase, part of the process may require the use of which type of analysis?
A. eserve analysis
B. egression analysis
C. ocument analysis
D. roduct analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #46
Which cost estimate technique includes contingencies to account for cost uncertainty?
A. endor bid analysis
B. hree-point estimates
C. arametric estimating
D. eserve analysis
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Correct Answer: D
Question #47
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
A. cope baseline
B. cope management plan
C. hange management plan
D. ost baseline
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Correct Answer: A
Question #48
An output of the Create WBS process is:
A. cope baseline
B. roject scope statement
C. rganizational process assets
D. equirements traceability matrix
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Correct Answer: A
Question #49
Which input provides suppliers with a clear set of goals, requirements, and outcomes?
A. rocurement statement of work
B. urchase order
C. ource selection criteria
D. idder conference
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Correct Answer: A
Question #50
Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
A. andatory
B. iscretionary
C. nternal
D. xternal
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Correct Answer: A
Question #51
An input to the Collect Requirements process is the:
A. takeholder register
B. roject management plan
C. roject scope statement
D. equirements management plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #52
Which items are an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A. ork performance reports
B. ccepted deliverables
C. roject management plan updates
D. rganizational process assets
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Correct Answer: C
Question #53
Which is an example of Administer Procurements?
A. egotiating the contract
B. uthorizing contractor work
C. eveloping the statement of work
D. stablishing evaluation criteria
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Correct Answer: B
Question #54
The scope management plan and scope baseline are contained in:
A. rganizational process assets
B. requirements traceability matrix
C. he project charter
D. he project management plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #55
Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?
A. eserve analysis and expert judgment
B. acilitation techniques and meetings
C. xpert judgment and analytical techniques
D. erformance reviews and meetings
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Correct Answer: C
Question #56
Correlated and contextualized information on how closely the scope is being maintained relative to the scope baseline is contained within:
A. roject documents updates
B. roject management plan updates
C. hange requests
D. ork performance information
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Correct Answer: D
Question #57
Stakeholders can be identified in later stages of the project because the Identify Stakeholders process should be:
A. ontinuous
B. iscrete
C. egulated
D. rbitrary
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Correct Answer: A
Question #58
Which type of risk diagram is useful for showing time ordering of events?
A. shikawa
B. ilestone
C. nfluence
D. ecision tree
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Correct Answer: C
Question #59
The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:
A. bjectives
B. chedule
C. roduct
D. pproach
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Correct Answer: C
Question #60
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. roject team
B. ocus group
C. hange control board
D. roject stakeholders
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Correct Answer: C
Question #61
Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?
A. ecognized by every project manager
B. onstantly evolving
C. he sum of all knowledge related to project management
D. sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project
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Correct Answer: B
Question #62
PMI discusses procurement focusing on the ______ relationship.
A. Buyer or seller
B. Vendor or seller
C. Purchasing
D. Sellino-
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Correct Answer: A
Question #63
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
A. ontrol chart
B. arned value
C. ariance
D. rend
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Correct Answer: D
Question #64
Change requests are processed for review and disposition according to which process?
A. ontrol Quality
B. ontrol Scope
C. onitor and Control Project Work
D. erform Integrated Change Control
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Correct Answer: D
Question #65
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
A. ominal group technique
B. dea/mind mapping
C. ffinity diagram
D. rainstorming
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Correct Answer: C
Question #66
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
A. oaching
B. voidance
C. onsensus
D. nfluencing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #67
The output that defines an approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders is the:
A. takeholder management strategy
B. ommunications management plan
C. takeholder register
D. erformance report
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Correct Answer: A
Question #68
Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?
A. dentify Risks
B. erform Qualitative Risk Analysis
C. lan Risk Management
D. erform Quantitative Risk Analysis
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Correct Answer: B
Question #69
Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
A. ndependent estimates
B. arket research
C. nalytical techniques
D. idder conferences
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Correct Answer: B
Question #70
Which Define Activities tool or technique is used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts?
A. ecomposition
B. nspection
C. roject analysis
D. ocument analysis
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Correct Answer: A
Question #71
Which of the following is a project constraint?
A. wenty-five percent staff turnover is expected
B. he technology to be used is cutting-edge
C. roject leadership may change due to volatile political environment
D. he product is needed in 250 days
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Correct Answer: D
Question #72
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. esult
B. roduct
C. ervice
D. mprovement
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Correct Answer: A
Question #73
In the Define Activities process, the schedule management plan is used to:
A. apture the lessons learned from other projects for comparison
B. ontain the standard activity list
C. ocument and support the project change requests
D. rescribe the level of detail needed to manage the work
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Correct Answer: D
Question #74
Which Knowledge Area is concerned with the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?
A. roject Integration Management
B. roject Communications Management
C. roject Information Management System (PIMS)
D. roject Scope Management
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Correct Answer: B
Question #75
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
A. imited
B. ow to moderate
C. oderate to high
D. igh to almost total
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Correct Answer: C
Question #76
Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?
A. stimate Costs
B. lan Cost Management
C. etermine Budget
D. ontrol Costs
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Correct Answer: D
Question #77
In which phase of team building activities do team members begin to work together and adjust their work habits and behavior to support the team?
A. erforming
B. torming
C. orming
D. orming
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Correct Answer: C
Question #78
What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?
A. isk register
B. isk breakdown structure (RBS)
C. isk management plan
D. isk category
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Correct Answer: B
Question #79
Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?
A. xecuting Process Group and Project Time Management
B. xecuting Process Group and Project Cost Management
C. lanning Process Group and Project Time Management
D. lanning Process Group and Project Cost Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #80
Which output of Project Cost Management consists of quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to complete project work?
A. ctivity cost estimates
B. arned value management
C. ost management plan
D. ost baseline
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Correct Answer: A
Question #81
The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
A. xecuting
B. nitiating,
C. onitoring and Controlling
D. lanning
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Correct Answer: C
Question #82
Which estimating technique uses the actual costs of previous similar projects as a basis for estimating the costs of the current project?
A. nalogous
B. arametric
C. ottom-up
D. op-down
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Correct Answer: A
Question #83
Tools and techniques used in Direct and Manage Project Work include:
A. rocess analysis and expert judgment
B. nalytical techniques and a project management information system
C. erformance reviews and meetings
D. xpert judgment and meetings
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Correct Answer: D
Question #84
What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type?
A. rganizational breakdown structure (OBS)
B. esource breakdown structure (RBS)
C. ork breakdown structure (WBS)
D. roject breakdown structure (PBS)
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Correct Answer: B
Question #85
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: C
Question #86
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
A. efine Activities
B. stimate Activity Durations
C. stimate Activity Resources
D. equence Activities
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Correct Answer: D
Question #87
Which input will be used when tasked with developing the human resource plan?
A. roject management plan
B. ctivity resource requirements
C. esource calendar
D. roject staff assignments
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Correct Answer: B
Question #88
What should a project manager use to determine how much money is needed to complete a project?
A. arned value management (EVM)
B. stimate at completion (EAC)
C. arned value analysis (EVA)
D. udget at completion (BAC)
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Correct Answer: C
Question #89
In complex projects/ initiating processes should be completed:
A. ithin a work package
B. n each phase of the project
C. o estimate schedule constraints
D. o estimate resource allocations
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Correct Answer: B
Question #90
Regression analysis, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and trend analysis are examples of which tool or technique?
A. xpert judgment
B. orecasting methods
C. arned value management
D. nalytical techniques
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Correct Answer: D
Question #91
Which Process Group contains those processes performed to define a new project?
A. nitiating
B. lanning
C. xecuting
D. losing
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Correct Answer: A
Question #92
"Tailoring" is defined as the:
A. ffort of addressing each process to determine which are appropriate and their appropriate degree of rigor
B. ct of creating a project team with the specialized skills required to produce a required product or service
C. ction taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
D. djustment of the respective influences of time, cost, and quality in order to most efficiently achieve scope
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Correct Answer: A
Question #93
An output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process is:
A. eliverables
B. alidated changes
C. he change log
D. he requirements traceability matrix
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Correct Answer: C
Question #94
One of the key benefits of the Plan Human Resource Management process is that it:
A. utlines team selection guidelines and team member responsibilities
B. stablishes project roles and responsibilities
C. mproves teamwork, interpersonal skills, and competencies
D. rovides an accurate appraisal of team member performance
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Correct Answer: B
Question #95
Which statement about identification and engagement of stakeholders during a project is correct?
A. Project stakeholders should be identified and engaged in every phase of the project to influence the success of the project directly
B. Project stakeholders should be identified and engaged once the prototype is completed to provide their feedback but refrain from making inputs during the project
C. Project stakeholders should be identified when the project charter is being completed and engaged during requirements gathering
D. Project stakeholders should be identified and engaged during requirements elicitation but not during the Define Scope process
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Correct Answer: A
Question #96
Company A is launching a new communications satellite system. Resource B was assigned combined projects of design, construction, integration, and launch of the satellite.Resource B's role is that of a:
A. Project manager
B. Portfolio manager
C. Work breakdown manager
D. Program manager
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Correct Answer: D
Question #97
Which item is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
A. hange request
B. equirements documentation
C. cope baseline
D. isk urgency assessment
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Correct Answer: A
Question #98
An element of the project scope statement is:
A. cceptance criteria
B. stakeholder list
C. summary budget
D. igh-level risks
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Correct Answer: A
Question #99
Which of the following is an input to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
A. isk register
B. isk data quality assessment
C. isk categorization
D. isk urgency
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Correct Answer: A
Question #100
Which provides the basic framework for managing a project?
A. roject life cycle
B. ork breakdown structure (WBS)
C. nterprise environmental factors
D. roject initiation
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Correct Answer: A
Question #101
Which action is included in the Control Costs process?
A. dentify how the project costs will be planned, structured, and controlled
B. etermine policies, objectives, and responsibilities to satisfy stakeholder needs
C. evelop an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
D. onitor cost performance to isolate and understand variances from the approved cost baseline
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Correct Answer: D
Question #102
The following is a network diagram for a project.What is the critical path for the project?
A. -B-C-F-G-I
B. -B-C-F-H-I
C. -D-E-F-G-I
D. -D-E-F-H-I
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Correct Answer: A
Question #103
Which Knowledge Areas include processes from the Closing Process Group?
A. roject Quality Management and Project Time Management
B. roject Scope Management and Project Risk Management
C. roject Stakeholder Management and Project Cost Management
D. roject Integration Management and Project Procurement Management
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Correct Answer: D
Question #104
Reserve analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?
A. lan Risk Management
B. lan Risk Responses
C. dentify Risks
D. ontrol Risks
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Correct Answer: D
Question #105
Which is one of the determining factors used to calculate CPI?
A. V
B. PI
C. V
D. TC
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Correct Answer: A

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