PMP Exam Questions 2024 Updated: Get Ready for Exams, Project Management Professional Certification

Question #1

Your company is evaluating two projects for consideration. Project A has a 40% probability of $69,000 US and a 60% probability of -$10,000 US. Project B has a 60% probability of $56,000 US and a 40% probability of -$15,000 US. Which of the projects would you select based on the greatest expected monetary value?

A. Project A

B. Project B

C. Project A and B are of even value

D. The expected monetary value is not high enough on either to make a selection

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Correct Answer: B

Question #2

The project scope baseline should be used in the identify risks process because it______________

A. Identifies project assumptions

B. Identifies all work that must be done; therefore, it includes all risks on the project

C. Helps organize all work that must be done on the project

D. Contains information on risks from prior projects

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Correct Answer: C

Question #3

Two team members on your current construction project are engaged in a major argument concerning the selection of project management software. They refuse to listen to each other. The most appropriate conflict resolution approach for you to use in this situation is______________

A. Accommodating

B. Compromising

C. Collaborating

D. Forcing

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Correct Answer: C

Question #4

In defining a milestone, which of the following is correct?

A. It is used to define the phase of a project

B. It has a duration of no more than one day

C. It has a duration of zero (0)

D. It has value in the charter but not in the plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #5

When determining the message that you will deliver to stakeholders, knowing both the content (what you want to say) and your audience is important. Which of the following helps you to understand how others may interpret your message?

A. Sender-receiver models

B. Facilitation techniques used in delivery

C. Negotiation skills

D. Presentation skills used in the development of the message

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Correct Answer: A

Question #6

Work completed, key performance indicators, technical performance measures, start and finish dates of schedule activities, number of change requests, number of defects, actual costs, and actual decisions are examples of work performance data are an output of______________

A. Project plan development

B. Risk control

C. Monitor and control project work

D. Direct and manage project work

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Correct Answer: D

Question #7

Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?

A. External

B. Lead

C. Discretionary

D. Mandatory

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Correct Answer: D

Question #8

Within a matrix organization, dual reporting of team members is a risk for project success. Who is responsible for managing this dual reporting relationship factor?

A. Functional manager

B. Project manager

C. Functional manager supported by the project manager

D. Project management office

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Correct Answer: B

Question #9

Consider a company that sells products to consumers: as one product begins the deterioration and death phases of its life cycle (or the divestment phase of a system), new products or projects must be established. This means that______________

A. The company requires a continuous stream of projects to survive

B. The company is not at a high level of maturity

C. The company is in a period of overall decline

D. The company definitely lacks a balanced portfolio

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Correct Answer: D

Question #10

You are pleased to be the project manager for a new video conferencing system for your global organization. You want it to be one that is easy to use and is state of the art. As the project manager, you also are the project leader. You realize leadership is critical throughout the phases of the project and its key elements are______________

A. Respect and trust

B. Political and cultural awareness

C. Negotiation and influencing

D. Decision making and conflict management

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Correct Answer: B

Question #11

A watch list of low priority risks is documented in the______________

A. Work performance information

B. Risk register

C. Fallback plans

D. Risk response plan

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Correct Answer: A

Question #12

Your company has been awarded a contract for project management consulting services for a major government agency. You were a member of the proposal writing team, are PMP certified, and you are the project manager. You are now working to prepare your project management plan, which is to be submitted in one week. You decided to use some facilitation techniques to help develop your plan. While a number are possible, you selected______________

A. Conflict resolution

B. Checklist analysis

C. SWOT analysis

D. Assumptions analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #13

Crosswind Custom Homes is building a customer's dream house. However, rain has delayed the finish by two weeks. The schedule shows that the next activity is to install the roof, then that is followed by the shingles. This is an example of what?

A. Mandatory dependencies

B. Lag

C. Discretionary dependencies

D. Crashing

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Correct Answer: D

Question #14

Which of the following is an example of contract administration?

A. Negotiating the contract

B. Authorizing contractor work

C. Developing the statement of work

D. Establishing evaluation criteria

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Correct Answer: B

Question #15

Assume you have been working with your sponsor to prepare you charter, and you plan to present it to your Steering Committee on Friday. You are managing a software project, and the business need stated that you should use agile for the first time in our company rather than waterfall. In the Develop Project Charter process, this is then______________

A. Tool and technique

B. Part of the enterprise environment factors as an input to this process

C. A high-level requirement

D. Stated in the strategic plan as a tool and technique in this process

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Correct Answer: C

Question #16

Validate scope works hand-in-hand with control quality and generally follows control quality. A tool and technique used in validate scope that is not used in control quality is______________

A. Group decision-making techniques

B. Inspection

C. Statistical sampling

D. Variance analysis

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Correct Answer: D

Question #17

Who is responsible for initiating a project?

A. Project sponsor

B. Project manager

C. Program manager

D. Project management office (PMO)

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Correct Answer: A

Question #18

A conflict resolution approach that is NOT considered to be very effective when more than a few players are involved and their viewpoints are mutually exclusive is______________

A. Forcing

B. Avoiding

C. Compromising

D. Collaborating

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Correct Answer: C

Question #19

The team of Project Managers works in their company with a variety of projects. Typically they are involved in assigning Project Managers, creating and maintaining documentation and policies. What is the name of the place they work at?

A. Project Management Office

B. Tight matrixed

C. Functional

D. Projectized

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Correct Answer: C

Question #20

Procurement documents are used in the identify stakeholder process because they______________

A. Are an enterprise environmental factor and an input to the process

B. Are an organizational process asset and an input to the process

C. Note key stakeholders as parties in the contract

D. Serve as a way to prioritize and classify stakeholders

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Correct Answer: A

Question #21

All the following are examples of project document updates from the manage project team process EXCEPT______________

A. Issue log

B. Roles description

C. Project staff assignments

D. Personnel skills

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Correct Answer: A

Question #22

The project is progressing well but has begun to experience resource conflicts with people who are being pulled from the project by functional management for other work. What role will typically help resolve these resource issues?

A. Senior management

B. Functional management

C. Project management

D. Sponsor

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Correct Answer: B

Question #23

The schedule management plan is a key document. It is______________

A. An output of the develop schedule process

B. A tool and technique used in the develop schedule process

C. The first time management process

D. A separate planning effort completed in conjunction with the time management processes

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Correct Answer: D

Question #24

Which of the following is an input to the Develop Project Charter process?

A. Work performance information

B. Project management plan

C. Business case

D. Change requests

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Correct Answer: C

Question #25

Which of the following is not a regulation?

A. The building code for a city

B. The documented way to dispose of old paint

C. The average number of losing lottery tickets in a week

D. The zoning for an industrial area

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Correct Answer: D

Question #26

When managing projects, one important technique is capturing lessons learned from previous projects to improve the organization's project management process. Therefore, in planning the project, it is important to plan the closing procedures, particularly to review the______________

A. Risk responses that were used

B. Checklists for risk identification

C. WBS and scope documents

D. Team members' performance feedback

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Correct Answer: B

Question #27

If you apply the configuration management system along with change control processes project wide, you will achieve all but one of the which following objectives?

A. Provide the basis for which the product configuration is defining

B. List the approved configuration identification

C. Document the specific responsibilities of each stakeholder in the perform integrated change control process

D. Ensure the composition of a project's configuration items is correct

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Correct Answer: B

Question #28

The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?

A. Project

B. Scope

C. Contract

D. Program

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Correct Answer: A

Question #29

Prototype development may be used as a tool for which of the following risk response strategies?

A. Avoid

B. Accept

C. Mitigate

D. Exploit

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Correct Answer: C

Question #30

Managing five contractors on your project for a new stadium in your City that can be used for baseball and for football and can be easily converted for either sport is a challenge along with managing your 15 person project team. You decided to conduct an audit of one of your contractors and are______________

A. Using it as a baseline for improvements to the other contracts under way

B. Verifying compliance in the seller's work processes

C. Accompanying it with a project quality audit

D. Using it for lessons learned documentation

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Correct Answer: D

Question #31

Which of the following roles controls resources and manages a business unit?

A. Functional management

B. Senior management

C. Sponsor

D. Project management

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Correct Answer: C

Question #32

The Project Manager is ordering cables for the video board he is developing. He can only order these cables from one company that has a patent on the design. Which of the following describes the type of procurement he is performing?

A. Sole source

B. Open source

C. Source selection

D. Qualified sellers list

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Correct Answer: B

Question #33

The lessons learned documentation is an output from the______________

A. Identify stakeholders process

B. Develop project management plan process

C. Manage communications process

D. Plan communications management process

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Correct Answer: A

Question #34

Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?

A. Mitigate

B. Transfer

C. Exploit

D. Avoid

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Correct Answer: C

Question #35

As the buyer is involved in creating request for proposals (RFP). for an infrastructure project, they will provide these to sellers of services. All of the following are names used for a seller except?

A. Contractor

B. Service provider

C. Supplier

D. Acquiring organization

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Correct Answer: D

Question #36

You are planning a project and want to account for how the project will be managed in the future. While building your cost performance data, you want to provide guidance for when the project is later executed, because you know that different responses are required depending upon the degree of variance from the baseline. For example, a variance of 10 percent might not require immediate action, whereas a variance of 20 percent will require more immediate action and investigation. You decide to include the det

A. Cost management plan

B. Change management plan

C. Performance measurement plan

D. Variance management plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #37

A project you have been managing is falling behind schedule. You have received approval to crash the project by adding an additional programmer. The cost you have negotiated is $60 US per hour. The programmer will work on the project until it is complete, then the contract will end. What type of contract is this?

A. Cost-plus

B. Purchase order

C. Time and materials

D. Fixed-price

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Correct Answer: C

Question #38

Identify Stakeholders is the process of identifying all of the people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests in, involvement in, and impact on the project:

A. manager

B. success

C. deadline

D. scope

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Correct Answer: B

Question #39

One of the objectives of a quality audit is to:

A. highlight the need for root cause analysis

B. share the process documentation among stakeholders

C. offer assistance with non-value-added activities

D. identify all of the gaps or shortcomings

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Correct Answer: D

Question #40

Which of the following Process Groups covers all Project Management Knowledge Areas?

A. Executing

B. Monitoring and Controlling

C. Planning

D. Initiating

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Correct Answer: C

Question #41

You are the finance controller with your company. Your job is to analyze projects when they close. This could be the result of when a project is complete or by any other means. When would you expect to close a project?

A. When a project is canceled

B. When a project runs out of money

C. When a project completes Scope Verification

D. All of the answers

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Correct Answer: A

Question #42

You are trying to determine whether or not to conduct 100% final system tests of 500 ground-based radar units at the factory. The historical radar field failure rate is 4%; the cost to test each unit in the factory is $10,000; the cost to reassemble each passed unit after the factory test is $2,000; the cost to repair and reassemble each failed unit after factory test is $23,000; and the cost to repair and reinstall each failed unit in the field is $350,000. Using decision tree analysis, what is the expecte

A. $5

B. $5

C. $6

D. $7 million

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Correct Answer: B

Question #43

If a team member, when facing schedule delays and cost overruns, develops several alternatives for completing the project successfully on schedule and within budget and asks questions such as, "Can we do it?," "If we do it what are the consequences?," and "Is it really worth the effort involved?," he or she is primarily motivated by the______________

A. Contingency Theory

B. Expectancy Theory

C. Reinforcement Theory

D. Equity Theory

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Correct Answer: C

Question #44

You have a conflict on your team but have enough time to resolve it, and you want to maintain future relationships. Thankfully, there is mutual trust, respect, and confidence among the parties involved. You decide to use confronting to resolve this conflict. In using this approach, your first step should be to______________

A. Separate people from the problem

B. Acknowledge that conflict exists

C. Establish ground rules

D. Explore alternatives

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Correct Answer: D

Question #45

Having worked previously as a software project manager, you were pleased to be appointed as the project manager for a new systems integration project designed to replace the existing air traffic control system in your country. You found a requirements traceability matrix to be helpful on software projects, so you decided to use it on this systems integration project. Using such a matrix helps to ensure that each requirement______________

A. Adds quality and supports the organization's quality policy

B. Adds business value as it links to business and project objectives

C. Sets forth the level of service, performance, safety, security, and compliance

D. Shows the impact to other organizational areas and to entities outside of the performing organization

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Correct Answer: A

Question #46

The diagram below is an example of a:

A. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)

B. Project team

C. SWOT Analysis

D. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Correct Answer: A

Question #47

You completed your stakeholder analysis. How do you want to manage those stakeholders that have a high interest in your project and high power over decisions affecting your project?

A. Manage them closely

B. Keep them satisfied

C. Keep them informed

D. Monitor them occasionally

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Correct Answer: B

Question #48

Based on a recent quality audit of your project, your organization's quality assurance department is supportive of your approach as it notes the following characteristics of quality that are being followed consistency. They include all of the follow EXCEPT______________

A. Cost of quality

B. Customer satisfaction

C. Management responsibility

D. High-performing team

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Correct Answer: C

Question #49

On a wireless internet access project, the team is large with 40 people, and controlling communication has been a challenging for the team to make progress. The Project Coordinator has been used to help with this problem. What is one of the main differences between the Project Coordinator and the Project Expeditor?

A. The Project Expeditor is another title for the Project Manager

B. The Project Coordinator has decision-making ability

C. The Project Expeditor is another title for Project Coordinator

D. The Project Expeditor has decision-making ability

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Correct Answer: A

Question #50

Which process involves user cost estimates and the schedule to determine when these costs are expected to occur during the project?

A. Cost Baseline

B. Cost Budgeting

C. Cost Control

D. Cost Estimating

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Correct Answer: C

Question #51

You are the Project Manager of an engineering project for a cellular base station with a one-year schedule as defined by the project management plan. You need a spectrum analyzer. During the procurement process, you have decided to rent this equipment. The rental cost is $506 per month. What type of cost is this?

A. Indirect

B. Direct

C. Fixed

D. Variable

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Correct Answer: D

Question #52

Before considering a project closed, what document should be reviewed to ensure that project scope has been satisfied?

A. Project scope statement

B. Project management plan

C. Project closeout checklists

D. Scope management plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #53

Your project sponsor has asked you, "What do we now expect the total job to cost?" Given that you are using earned value, you should calculate the______________

A. To-complete performance index

B. Estimate to complete

C. Estimate at completion

D. Budget at completion

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Correct Answer: D

Question #54

All of the following are true about a work breakdown structure (WBS) except?

A. The team and the Project Manager should be involved in creating it

B. It will resemble an organizational chart in appearance when complete

C. The Activity Sequencing of the WBS can be done only in parallel

D. It is a decomposition of the work of the project

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Correct Answer: B

Question #55

The internet marketing project is evaluating the size of their market, time limitations for product life cycle, revenue potential, and number of people available for the project. These are examples of what?

A. Assumptions

B. Constraints

C. Economic consumption

D. Strategic planning

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Correct Answer: B

Question #56

Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?

A. Recognized by every project manager

B. Constantly evolving

C. The sum of all knowledge related to project management

D. A sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project

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Correct Answer: B

Question #57

You are developing a project charter and want to ensure that any changes that may occur after the project begins will be controlled rigorously. You have consulted your company's configuration management knowledge base, and it contains versions and baselines of all the following official company documents EXCEPT______________

A. Standards

B. Strategic plans

C. Policies

D. Procedures

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Correct Answer: D

Question #58

A weighting system can be used for all but which one of the following reasons?

A. To select a single seller that will be asked to sign a standard contract

B. To establish a negotiating sequence by ranking all proposals by the weighted evaluation scores that have been assigned

C. To quantify qualitative data to minimize possible bias

D. To establish minimum requirements of performance for one or more of the evaluation criteria

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Correct Answer: A

Question #59

What is the main deliverable from the Planning phase of a project?

A. Charter

B. Work results

C. Project management plan

D. A signed contract

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Correct Answer: C

Question #60

Thinking back to lessons that your company learned from experiences with its legacy information systems during the Y2K dilemma, you finally convinced management to consider systems maintenance from the beginning of the project. However, maintenance should______________

A. Always be included as an activity to be performed during the closeout phase

B. Have a separate phase in the life cycle for information systems project because 60% to 70% of computer systems' life-cycle costs generally are devoted to maintenance

C. Not be viewed as part of the project life cycle

D. Be viewed as a separate project

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Correct Answer: C

Question #61

All of the following can be used in lieu of the term "bidders conferences" EXCEPT ______________

A. Contractor conferences

B. Pre-bid conferences

C. Vendor conferences

D. Project review meetings

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Correct Answer: A

Question #62

Calculate the standard deviation for the following: Pessimistic=20, Optimistic=10, Realistic=17.

A. 6

B. Not enough information

C. 5

D. 1

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Correct Answer: B

Question #63

A structured review of the seller's progress to deliver project scope and quality within cost and schedule is known as a(n)______________

A. Procurement performance review

B. Procurement audit

C. Inspection

D. Status review meeting

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Correct Answer: A

Question #64

The Project Manager is creating an estimate for building a company WAN (wide area network). It is something that is new to the Project Manager and his team, and they want to make sure all the work of the project is covered. They decide to create a bottom-up estimate. All of the following are advantages of this type of estimate except...

A. It provides supporting detail of the estimate

B. It provides team buy-in when they help create it

C. It takes a great amount of time to create

D. It has a greater degree of accuracy because of the detail at which it was created

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Correct Answer: D

Question #65

What is the best reason to create a work breakdown structure?

A. It provides authority for the Project Manager

B. It allows the project budget to be determined

C. It helps attain buy-in from the team doing the work

D. It allows the project completion date to be determined

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Correct Answer: D

Question #66

The team has an approved charter and has started planning, determining potential risks that could occur on the project. Which of the following best describe project risk?

A. It can be a negative event only

B. It can be a positive event only

C. It can be either a negative or positive event

D. It can be something that has already happened

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Correct Answer: B

Question #67

Crosswind Custom Homes is building a customer's dream house. However, rain has delayed the finish by two weeks. The Project Manager is evaluating options to make up the lost time. After discussing the various options with senior management, the Project Manager has decided to fast track the project. By doing so, the Project Manager could be adding what to the project?

A. Risk

B. Scope change

C. Responsibility

D. Time change

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Correct Answer: C

Question #68

Which of the following is considered an advantage of a functional organization if you are an accountant?

A. Having a home to go to when the project is complete

B. Not having a home when the project is complete

C. Having more than one project to work on

D. Having more than one boss

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Correct Answer: B

Question #69

You are working on a long-term project that has a number of benefits to its customers and users. Therefore, as the project manager, one of your first steps was to identify the stakeholders that were critical to project success. Because this project will need long-term support by your organization once it is completed, key stakeholders are______________

A. Operations managers

B. Functional managers

C. Sellers

D. Business partners

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Correct Answer: A

Question #70

Which of the following are an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Identify Risks process?

A. Work performance reports

B. Assumptions logs

C. Network diagrams

D. Academic studies

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Correct Answer: D

Question #71

You are the project manager on a project to improve traffic flow in the company's parking garage. You decide to use flowcharting to______________

A. Help anticipate how problems occur

B. Show dependencies between tasks

C. Show the results of a process

D. Forecast future outcomes

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Correct Answer: A

Question #72

In defining a risk trigger, which of the following is most accurate?

A. A trigger is an indicator that a risk event will occur

B. A trigger is the same as a risk

C. A trigger is an indicator that a risk event has occurred

D. A trigger is an indicator that a risk event could occur

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Correct Answer: B

Question #73

What is the definition of project plan execution?

A. Integrating all planned activities

B. Performing the activities included in the plan

C. Developing and maintaining the plan

D. Execution of deliverables

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Correct Answer: B

Question #74

Your project management office implemented a project management methodology that emphasizes the importance of integrated change control. It states that change requests can occur in all the following forms EXCEPT______________

A. Indirect

B. Legally mandated

C. Informal

D. Internally initiated

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Correct Answer: D

Question #75

You are working on a project that management has decided to terminate early, because the product was rendered obsolete by the introduction of new technology by a competitor. You have awarded a contract for part of the project that will be terminated, and fortunately have a clause that enables you to terminate it for convenience at any time. This means that______________

A. Your contractual obligations are complete once you issue the termination for convenience

B. You may need to compensate the seller for seller preparations and for any completed or accepted work

C. You need to compensate the seller only for accepted work that was completed prior to the termination order

D. Specific rights and responsibilities are determined once the termination order is issued

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Correct Answer: D

Question #76

The team has implemented a risk response plan when a vendor was unable to fulfill a contract commitment. The response was to choose another vendor. Because of the short notice, the other vendor cannot fulfill the need of the team. Which best describes what happened with the different vendor?

A. Workaround

B. Secondary risk

C. Risk response plan

D. Avoidance

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Correct Answer: B

Question #77

Your experience has taught you that inappropriate responses to cost variances can produce quality or schedule problems or unacceptable project risk. When leading a team meeting to discuss the importance of cost control, you note that cost control is concerned with______________

A. Influencing the factors that create change to the authorized cost baseline

B. Developing an approximation of the costs of the resources needed to complete the project

C. Allocating the overall cost estimate to individual work items

D. Establishing a cost performance baseline

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Correct Answer: A

Question #78

Assume your project communication management plan has been approved by your sponsor and the members of your Steering Committee. You are managing a global project and have team members working virtually in four continents and stakeholders in numerous locations. Your next step is to______________

A. Set up an information management system

B. Select communications technology

C. Determine performance reporting methods

D. Select a communications model

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Correct Answer: D

Question #79

Which of the following processes includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?

A. Qualitative risk analysis

B. Quantitative risk analysis

C. Risk management planning

D. Risk response planning

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Correct Answer: A

Question #80

The Project Manager is creating an estimate for building a company WAN (wide area network.) As the Project Manager, you have undertaken the make-or-buy decision and determined that the WAN implementation should be outsourced because your company does not have the expertise. After receiving all the vendor proposals, you find that two of the proposals specify cost-plus-fixed-ee, two other of the vendors specify fixed-price, another two specify cost-plus-incentive-fee, and the last two specify time and materia

A. Proposals that use fixed-price

B. Proposals that use cost-plus-fixed-fee

C. Proposals that use time and material

D. Proposals that use cost-plus-incentive-fee

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Correct Answer: D

Question #81

One way to make it more likely practice project risk management on projects is to______________

A. Hold meetings

B. Have the team take an orientation class on risk management early in the project

C. Give one team member the responsibility for risk management working in conjunction with the PMO

D. Assign each team member a risk to own, which is documented in the risk register

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Correct Answer: C

Question #82

Which of the following are examples of non-competitive forms of procurement?

A. Qualified sellers list

B. Single source

C. Screening system

D. Evaluation criteria

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Correct Answer: D

Question #83

Project deliverables are the outputs that include the product, service, or result of the project as well as ancillary results. These ancillary results should be in the______________

A. Requirements management plan

B. Scope management plan

C. Project scope statement

D. Project acceptance criteria

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Correct Answer: C

Question #84

Historical information is used______________

A. To compare current performance with prospective lessons learned

B. To prepare the stakeholder management plan

C. To evaluate the skills and competencies of prospective team members

D. As an input to develop project charter

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Correct Answer: D

Question #85

Configuration management describes procedures for applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance. Which one of the following tasks is NOT performed in configuration management?

A. Identifying functional and physical characteristics of an item or system

B. Controlling changes to characteristics

C. Performing an audit to verify conformance to requirements

D. Allowing automatic approval of changes

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Correct Answer: D

Question #86

Risk exists the moment that a project is:

A. planned

B. conceived

C. chartered

D. executed

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Correct Answer: B

Question #87

The probability and impact matrix is primarily used to:

A. Quantify risk issues for trends during a quality audit

B. Develop a risk register for risk planning

C. Evaluate each risk’s importance and priority during Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

D. Define risk and compare impacts during Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

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Correct Answer: C

Question #88

While many different techniques can be used to rate or score proposals, all will use______________

A. A screening system

B. A weighting system in conjunction with a screening system

C. Expert judgment and some form of proposal evaluation techniques

D. Quality ratings and contractual compliance

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Correct Answer: A

Question #89

Which characteristics do effective project managers possess?

A. Project management knowledge, performance skills, and personal effectiveness

B. Preparedness, project management knowledge, and personality characteristics

C. General management, preparedness, and project management knowledge

D. Assertiveness, collaboration, and performance skills

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Correct Answer: A

Question #90

The team implemented a risk response plan when a vendor was unable to fulfill a contract commitment for a training class. The response was to choose another vendor. However, in this type of training, it's hard to find a good company, and the one selected doesn't have a much better reputation. The new company is somewhat better at meeting the terms of the contract, but still has some issues from time to time, which is no surprise. What best describes these issues?

A. Secondary risk

B. Workaround

C. Residual risk

D. Risk response plan

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Correct Answer: C

Question #91

The software development company has recently been awarded a large contract to create a new animation software program. This will require the company to move into a new office complete with production facilities twice their current size. The schedule is tight for this new project. The new facility is behind schedule with the cubicles and network wiring on pace to finish three weeks late. If this can't be done on time and will slip three weeks, the company has decided there is nothing it can do, and it will

A. Accept

B. Avoid

C. Mitigate

D. Transfer

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Correct Answer: D

Question #92

Which of the following is a project constraint?

A. Twenty-five percent staff turnover is expected

B. The technology to be used is cutting-edge

C. Project leadership may change due to volatile political environment

D. The product is needed in 250 days

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Correct Answer: D

Question #93

All the following are processes in project procurement management EXCEPT______________

A. Terminate procurements

B. Control procurements

C. Plan procurement management

D. Close procurements

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Correct Answer: D

Question #94

Research has shown that during the execution phase of the project, the majority of conflicts involve______________

A. Personalities

B. Project priorities

C. Cost

D. Schedule

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Correct Answer: D

Question #95

You are the owner of a house painting company. You occasionally have the need for an automated paint sprayer. This tool sells for $1250 US and would cost $20 a day to maintain. You can rent one for $150 a day with maintenance included. How many days would you need to use this tool before it would make sense to buy the tool instead of rent?

A. Twelve days

B. Six days

C. Ten days

D. Eight days

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Correct Answer: A

Question #96

The project charter is an input to which process?

A. Develop Project Charter

B. Develop Project Management Plan

C. Monitor and Control Project Work

D. Perform Integrated Change Control

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Correct Answer: B

Question #97

The team on the router and switch upgrade project is involved in planning the project. They are performing Risk Response Planning. They are assigning risk owners. What is the main responsibility of the risk owner?

A. Watching for additional risks on the project

B. Watching for risk triggers and telling the Project Manager if they happen

C. Letting the Project Manager know that the risk has happened

D. Implementing a risk response plan if the risk event occurs

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Correct Answer: D

Question #98

The Crosswind broadcasting has recently been awarded a large contract to create a new children's television show. This will require the company to move into a new office complete with production facilities 300% larger than what it presently has. The schedule is tight for this new project, and there can be no delay. The new facility is behind schedule with the sets and production facilities on pace to finish two months late. The company is trying to use an incentive fee to motivate the provider of these serv

A. Avoid

B. Accept

C. Transfer

D. Mitigate

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Correct Answer: D

Question #99

Within your company's portfolio, your project is ranked in the top five in terms of importance of the 60 projects under way; however, the number of resources available to you is still limited. You have decided to pilot test the use of critical chain on your project. You have calculated your critical path. You want to ensure that your target finish date does not slip in the critical chain method. To do so you should______________

A. Add a project buffer

B. Put in three feeding buffers

C. Determine the drum resource

D. Manage the total float of the network paths

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Correct Answer: A

Question #100

Which of the following would a Contract Administrator use if they are using a unilateral contract?

A. Statement of work

B. Purchase order

C. Time and material

D. Cost-plus

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Correct Answer: A

Question #101

The project management plan contains all of the following except?

A. The schedule

B. Team development

C. The change control system

D. Staffing management plan

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Correct Answer: D

Question #102

Two people at work are discussing roles and responsibilities as they relate to the company and the projects it has. They are discussing the role of the Project Manager and the Functional Manager. What is the main role of the Functional Manager?

A. To control resources

B. To manage the project when the Project Manager isn't available

C. To define business processes

D. To manage the Project Managers

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Correct Answer: C

Question #103

You are working on a project that needs approval from your City Council and the courts, because the project is one with significant environmental and social impacts. Although many consumer groups are advocates of this project, others are opposed to it. Hearings are scheduled to resolve these issues and to obtain the needed permits to proceed. In preparing your human resource plan, you decide to designate a person as the court liaison, which is an example of a______________

A. Role

B. Responsibility

C. Required competency

D. Ability of the team member to make appropriate decisions

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Correct Answer: A

Question #104

All of the following are typically part of the project management plan except?

A. Schedule management plan

B. Budget management plan

C. Risk management plan

D. Scope management plan

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Correct Answer: B

Question #105

The project is in a balanced matrix environment. There are significant challenges with the schedule and resource constraints of the project. Project personnel have been complaining to the Project Manager about the environment. In this type of environment, who controls the resources?

A. Functional Manager

B. Project Manager

C. Project Coordinator

D. Senior management

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Correct Answer: B

Question #106

Working in the control procurements process since your project is using five contractors, you need to update a number of organizational process assets. An example is______________

A. Procurement management plan

B. Procurement documentation

C. Correspondence

D. Warranties

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Correct Answer: B

Question #107

Of the following, which one is NOT true concerning a contract?

A. It is a legal relationship subject to remedy in the courts

B. It can take the form of a complex document or a simple purchase order

C. It is a mutually binding legal relationship that obligates the seller to provide specific products, services, or results and obligates the buyer to pay the seller

D. It includes a specific contract management plan

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Correct Answer: D

Question #108

You work for an electrical utility company and will be managing a project to build a new substation that will serve a new industrial park. This project was authorized because of a______________

A. Business need

B. Market demand

C. Technological advance

D. Customer request

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Correct Answer: A

Question #109

You are finalizing all the contracts and ensuring that they are closed. The close procurements process involves all the following administrative actions EXCEPT______________

A. The procurement administrator is reassigned

B. Finalizing open claims

C. Updating the project records to show the final contract results

D. Archiving the contracts and contract records for future use

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Correct Answer: A

Question #110

Project contracts generally fall into which of the following three broad categories?

A. Fixed-price, cost reimbursable, time and materials

B. Make-or-buy, margin analysis, fixed-price

C. Time and materials, fixed-price, margin analysis

D. Make-or-buy, lump-sum, cost-plus-incentive

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Correct Answer: A

Question #111

Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?

A. Affinity

B. Scatter

C. Fishbone

D. Matrix

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Correct Answer: D

Question #112

The project will be using a company to provide the technicians for a national network upgrade project. Presently, the team is meeting with potential vendors, showing them more details associated with the work of the project, as well as answering any questions they have about the work before their proposals are submitted. What is this called?

A. Request Seller Responses

B. Bidders conference

C. Select Sellers

D. Request for information

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Correct Answer: D

Question #113

During the closing phase of the project, the top-ranked source of conflict is______________

A. Schedule

B. Administrative procedures

C. Cost

D. Human resources

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Correct Answer: B

Question #114

The project will be using a company to provide the technicians for a national network upgrade project. Presently, the team is receiving proposals to select the vendor that will do the work. In what process is the team involved?

A. Plan Contracting

B. Plan Purchases and Acquisitions

C. Select Sellers

D. Request Seller Responses

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Correct Answer: B

Question #115

The contract is expected to cost $280K US. Actual costs are $240K US. There is a 50/50% share for any cost savings. What is the total value of the contract?

A. $260K US

B. $240K US

C. $280K US

D. $300K US

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Correct Answer: C

Question #116

What is the typical role of senior management on a project?

A. Support the project

B. Pays for it

C. Supports the project and resolves resource and other conflict

D. Resolves resource and other conflicts

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Correct Answer: B

Question #117

You are managing a major international project that involves multiple performing organizations. To establish the guiding rules for the project regarding quality, you and your project team must develop a______________

A. Improvement management plan

B. Configuration management plan

C. Quality policy

D. List of quality metrics for the project

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Correct Answer: B

Question #118

A retail expansion project is going relatively well, but the people doing work on the project are complaining that it seems as though they answer to two bosses on the project, each with conflicting agendas. This is an example of what type of project environment?

A. Functional

B. Matrix

C. Tight matrix

D. Projectized

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Correct Answer: B

Question #119

You learn that a former boss of yours who is a PMP has committed to his boss that 100% of the PMO that he manages at their company will be certified. They also don't have any training budget, and can?t send anyone to training to qualify for the training requirement for the exam. The other problem is that one of the people who passed the test is 22 years old and going to junior college. You know that this person has been working in this area for only two years at most. When asked about it, you are told that

A. Contact your former boss and let him know it's not appropriate

B. Contact PMI to report the name(s) of the person(s_

C. Tell your old boss to hire you back or you will turn them into PMI

D. Ignore it because you don't work there anymore

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Correct Answer: B

Question #120

Which of the following best relates to unknown unknowns?

A. Schedule reserves

B. Risk management

C. Contingency reserves

D. Management reserves

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Correct Answer: D

Question #121

The risk shared between the buyer and seller is determined by the:

A. assumption log

B. quality checklist

C. risk register

D. contract type

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Correct Answer: D

Question #122

What can a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) eliminate?

A. Confusion on what order activities come in

B. Confusion on who is responsible for doing what

C. Confusion on how long the activities are

D. Confusion on who is on the team

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Correct Answer: D

Question #123

Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?

A. Networking

B. Training

C. Negotiation

D. Issue log

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Correct Answer: C

Question #124

One key interpersonal skill used to manage stakeholder expectations is______________

A. Negotiation skills

B. Building trust

C. Compromise

D. Conversation

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Correct Answer: D

Question #125

You are the Project Manager for a national satellite rollout project. You are required to purchase and integrate reporting software for all the retail stores. As the Project Manager, you want one price from the vendors for the purchase and implementation of this product. What type of document should be used?

A. Invitation for bid

B. Request for quote

C. Request for proposal

D. Request for information

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Correct Answer: C

Question #126

Which of the following is an input to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?

A. Risk register

B. Risk data quality assessment

C. Risk categorization

D. Risk urgency

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Correct Answer: A

Question #127

Team building should be ongoing throughout the project life cycle. However, it is hard to maintain momentum and morale, especially on large, complex projects that span several years. One guideline to follow to promote team building is to______________

A. Consider every meeting a team meeting, not the project manager's meeting

B. Conduct team building at specific times during the project through off-site meetings

C. Engage the services of a full-time facilitator before any team-building initiatives are conducted

D. Develop the project schedule using the services of a project control officer and then issue it immediately to the team

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Correct Answer: C

Question #128

A Project Manager has been assigned to manage a project that requires two development teams. One team will create the server software and is local, and the other team will create the client software and resides in a foreign country. For the most recent 10 conference calls with the foreign country, the foreign team is consistently 15 minutes late to the meeting. How should the Project Manager handle this problem?

A. Report this to senior management

B. Review the customs and traditions of the foreign country

C. Call the development manager of the foreign country

D. Ignore the problem

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Correct Answer: B

Question #129

You are a project manager leading the construction project of a new garbage incinerator. Local residents and environmental groups are opposed to this project because of its environmental impact. Management agrees with your request to partner with a third party that will be responsible for providing state-of-the-art "air scrubbers," to clean the exhaust to an acceptable level. This decision will delay the project but will allow it to continue. It is an example of which following risk response?

A. Passive acceptance

B. Active acceptance

C. Mitigation

D. Transference

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Correct Answer: A

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