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PMP Certifications Practice Tests 2024 Updated, Project Management Professional Certification | SPOTO

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Question #1
Success is measured by benefits realization for a:
A. strategic plan
B. project
C. portfolio
D. program
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Correct Answer: D
Question #2
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 #3
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: B
Question #4
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 #5
Decomposition, rolling wave planning, and templates are all tools and techniques for which of the following?
A. Define Activities
B. Estimate Activity Durations
C. Develop Schedule
D. Sequence Activities
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Correct Answer: A
Question #6
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: B
Question #7
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: A
Question #8
When closing a project, it is a best practice to______________.
A. Update the project documents
B. Prepare a sustainment plan for the project's benefits
C. Measure product scope against the project management plan
D. Review the scope baseline
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Correct Answer: D
Question #9
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: C
Question #10
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: A
Question #11
Issue change requests and adapt approved changes into the project's scope, plans, and environment is an activity included in which of the following project management processes?
A. Direct and Manage Project Execution
B. Monitor and Control Project Work
C. Perform Integrated Change Control
D. Monitor and Control Risks
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Correct Answer: A
Question #12
The most commonly used type of precedence relationship in the precedence diagramming method (PDM) is:
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 #13
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: B
Question #14
You are managing a project to introduce a new product to the marketplace that is expected to have a very long life. In this situation, the concept of being temporary, which is part of the definition of a project,______________.
A. Does not apply because the project will have a lasting result
B. Does not apply to the product to be created
C. Recognizes that the project team will outlive the actual project
D. Does not apply because the project will not be short in duration
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Correct Answer: B
Question #15
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 #16
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: C
Question #17
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 #18
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: A
Question #19
Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
A. Procurement audit
B. Lessons learned
C. Performance reporting
D. Payment requests
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Correct Answer: B
Question #20
A car company authorized a project to build more fuel-efficient cars in response to gasoline shortages. With which of the following strategic considerations was this project mainly concerned?
A. Market demand
B. Legal requirements
C. Strategic Opportunity
D. Technological advance
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Correct Answer: A
Question #21
A procurement management plan is a subsidiary of which other type of plan?
A. Resource plan
B. Project management plan
C. Cost control plan
D. Expected monetary value plan
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Correct Answer: B
Question #22
The integrative nature of project management requires which Process Group to interact with the other Process Groups?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Project Management
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Correct Answer: C
Question #23
Project management processes describe project work, while product-oriented management processes specify the project's product. Therefore, a project management process and a product-oriented management process______________.
A. Overlap and interact throughout the project
B. Are defined by the project life cycle
C. Are concerned with describing and organizing project work
D. Are similar for each application area
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Correct Answer: A
Question #24
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 #25
You are implementing a project management methodology for your company that requires you to establish a change control board. Which one of the following statements best describes a change control board?
A. Recommended for use on all (large and small) projects
B. Used to review, evaluate, approve, delay, or reject changes to the project
C. Managed by the project manager, who also serves as its secretary
D. Composed of key project team members
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Correct Answer: B
Question #26
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 #27
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: C
Question #28
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: D
Question #29
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: D
Question #30
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: C
Question #31
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: A
Question #32
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: C
Question #33
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: D
Question #34
Which type of dependency used in the Sequence Activities process is sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic?
A. Internal
B. External
C. Discretionary
D. Mandatory
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Correct Answer: C
Question #35
Impacts to other organizational areas, levels of service, and acceptance criteria are typical components of which document?
A. Business case
B. Work breakdown structure
C. Requirements documentation
D. Risk register
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Correct Answer: C
Question #36
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: D
Question #37
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: C
Question #38
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 #39
You have assembled a core team to develop the project management plan for the next generation of fatigue fighting drugs. The science is complex, and the extended team of researchers, clinicians, and patients for trials exceeds 500 people. The content of your project management plan will be directed primarily by two factors. They are______________.
A. Project complexity and the capability of resources
B. Number of resources and project schedule
C. Team member experience and budget
D. Application area and complexity
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Correct Answer: D
Question #40
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 #41
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: B
Question #42
Your cost control specialist has developed a budget plan for your project to add a second surgical center to the Children's Hospital. As you analyze cash flow requirements, you notice that cash flow activity is greatest in the closing phase. You find this unusual because on most projects the largest portion of the budget spent during______________.
A. Initiating
B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Controlling
D. Executing
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Correct Answer: D
Question #43
You plan to hold a series of meeting as you execute the project plan. While different attendees will attend each meeting, a best practice to follow is to:
A. Group stakeholders into categories to determine which ones should attend each meeting
B. Not mix the types of meetings on your project
C. Be sensitive to the fact that stakeholders often have very different objectives and invite them to determine the meeting's agenda
D. Recognize that roles and responsibilities may overlap so focus on holding meetings primarily for decision making
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Correct Answer: B
Question #44
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 #45
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: B
Question #46
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: B
Question #47
Which characteristic is unique to project work and does not apply to operational work?
A. Performed by individuals
B. Limited by constraints
C. Temporary
D. Performed to achieve organizational objectives
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Correct Answer: C
Question #48
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: D
Question #49
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 #50
When would resource leveling be applied to a schedule model?
A. Before constraints have been identified
B. Before it has been analyzed by the critical path method
C. After it has been analyzed by the critical path method
D. After critical activities have been removed from the critical path
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Correct Answer: C
Question #51
Change requests are processed for review and disposition according to which process?
A. Control Quality
B. Control Scope
C. Monitor and Control Project Work
D. Perform Integrated Change Control
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Correct Answer: D
Question #52
A weighting system is a tool for which area of procurement?
A. Plan contracting
B. Request seller responses
C. Select sellers
D. Plan purchase and acquisition
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Correct Answer: C
Question #53
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: B
Question #54
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: B
Question #55
Reserve analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?
A. Plan Risk Management
B. Plan Risk Responses
C. Identify RisksD
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Correct Answer: D
Question #56
An automated tool, project records, performance indicators, data bases, and financials are examples of items in______________.
A. Organizational process assets
B. Project management information systems
C. Project management planning approaches
D. The tools and techniques for project plan development
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Correct Answer: B
Question #57
Ideally, a project manager should be selected and assigned at which point in the project life cycle?
A. During the initiating processes
B. During the project planning process
C. At the end of the concept phase of the project life cycle
D. Prior to the beginning of the development phase of the project life cycle
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Correct Answer: A
Question #58
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 #59
Which process group contains the processes performed to finalize all activities?
A. Planning Process Group
B. Executing Process Group
C. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
D. Closing Process Group
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Correct Answer: D
Question #60
A project manager who communicates to the project team though email is using which type of communication?
A. Formal
B. Informal
C. Horizontal
D. Unofficial
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Correct Answer: B
Question #61
When you established the change control board for your avionics project, you established specific procedures to govern its operation. The procedures require all approved changes to baselines to be reflected in the______________.
A. Performance measurement baseline
B. Change management plan
C. Quality assurance plan
D. Project management plan
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Correct Answer: D
Question #62
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
A. Coaching
B. Avoidance
C. Consensus
D. Influencing
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Correct Answer: B
Question #63
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 #64
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: C
Question #65
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
D. 1
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Correct Answer: A
Question #66
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: B
Question #67
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: D
Question #68
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: B
Question #69
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 #70
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: B
Question #71
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: D
Question #72
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: A
Question #73
An output of the Plan Quality Management process is:
A. A process improvement plan,
B. Quality control measurements
C. Work performance information,
D. The project management plan
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Correct Answer: A
Question #74
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: C
Question #75
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: B
Question #76
You work for a software development company that has followed the waterfall development model for more than 20 years. Lately, a number of customers have complained that your company is taking too long to complete its projects. You attended a class on agile development methods and believe that if the company used the agile approach, it could provide products to clients in a shorter time period. However, it would be a major culture change to switch from the waterfall methodology to the agile approach and to t
A. Business need
B. Product scope description
C. Project charter
D. Business case
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Correct Answer: D
Question #77
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: C
Question #78
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 #79
A project manager requesting industry groups and consultants to recommend project intervention is relying on:
A. Communication models
B. Stakeholder participation
C. Expert judgment
D. Enterprise environmental factors
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Correct Answer: C
Question #80
Within project integration management, the statement of work (SOW) references which aspects of the project?
A. Strategic plan, business need, and product scope description
B. Contract, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
C. Business plan, project management plan, and project schedule
D. Product lifecycle, business objective, and management strategy
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Correct Answer: A
Question #81
Team performance assessments is an output of which of the following processes?
A. Develop Human Resource Plan
B. Perform Quality Control
C. Develop Project Team
D. Manage Project Team
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Correct Answer: C

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