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1) A project manager analyzed the project’s communication requirements and
decided that 10 out of the 30 stakeholders in the project would only need
voicemail updates of certain information. This type of communication is:
A. Push communication
B. Pull communication
C. Interactive communication
D. On-demand communication
A - Use of voicemail is push communication. In this type of communication,
information is distributed to specific recipients who need to know the
information. However, this method does not certify that the information actually
reached, or was received by, the intended audience. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page
374]
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2) A project involved development of a high-speed, hard disk drive. As part of its
testing, the hard disk was subjected to continuous operation at a high speed and
an elevated temperature. At the end of the test, the hard disk was destroyed
beyond use. The cost of such testing is usually classified as:
A. Appraisal costs
B. Internal failure costs
C. Cost of nonconformance
D. Prevention costs
A - This type of testing is called destructive testing, and it is classified under
appraisal costs. Along with other tests and inspections, it helps in assessing the
quality of the product. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 282]
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3) You and your team are documenting requirements on your project to control
fatigue as people need to work more hours to keep up with the competition. You
decided to set up categories for the requirements on your project. Temporary
capabilities are an example of—
a. Stakeholder requirements
b. Transition requirements
c. Project requirements
d. Business requirements
B. Transition requirements, there are a number of different ways to categorize
requirements. This question is an example of transition and readiness
requirements. They are temporary capabilities needed to transition from the
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current or as is stated to the desired future state. Examples include data
conversion and training requirements. [Planning] PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 148]
4) Identification of new risks, reassessment of old risks, and closing of outdated
risks are part of the Monitor Risks process. How often should project risk
reassessment be scheduled?
A. It depends on how the project progresses relative to its objectives.
B. Reassessment is necessary at the 50 percent and 75 percent stages of project
completion.
C. Reassessment is necessary at the 25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent stages
of project completion.
D. Reassessment is necessary at the 20 percent, 40 percent, 60 percent and 80
percent stages of project completion
A -The Monitor Risks process is performed throughout the project. The number of
project risk reassessments scheduled depends on the progress of the project
relative to its objectives. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 453]
5) Which of the following is the process of communicating and working with
stakeholders to meet their needs and expectations, address issues as they occur,
and foster appropriate stakeholder involvement?
A. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
B. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
C. Manage Communications
D. Monitor Communications
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A - Manage Stakeholder Engagement is the process of communicating and
working with stakeholders to meet their needs and expectations, address issues
as they occur, and foster appropriate stakeholder involvement. [PMBOK 6th
edition, Page 523]
6) Rick has just been assigned as the project manager of a project to develop a
complex product. The project is in the Define Scope phase. Which of these tools
and techniques will Rick not use in this phase?
A. Systems analysis
B. Process analysis
C. Product breakdown
D. Value engineering
B - Process Analysis is a tool and technique used in the Manage Quality process
and not in the Define Scope process. The other choices are valid Product Analysis
techniques used during the Define Scope process. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 153]
Answer
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7) You are working to collect the requirements for your project to eliminate the
possibility of later scope creep. You have a variety of tools and techniques you can
use. Assume you want to obtain early feedback on the requirements, and you
have decided the most appropriate tool and technique is—
a. Interviews
b. Prototypes
c. Brainstorming
d. Requirements management plan
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B. Prototypes are useful to obtain early feedback on requirements. They provide a
model of the expected product before it is built. Then, stakeholders can
experiment with the model for the final product instead of discussing abstract
requirements for it. This approach supports progressive elaboration with iterative
cycles of mock-ups, user experiments, feedback, and prototype revision.
[Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 147
8) Teams go through various stages of development. According to the Tuckman
ladder of development, the stage during which the least amount of work gets
done is usually the:
A. Storming phase
B. Forming phase
C. Norming phase
D. Performing phase
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B - The forming phase is the phase where the team gets to know each other and
learns about the project. Teams are usually on their "best behavior" and little
tangible work gets accomplished. The project manager needs to guide the team
and move them through this phase into the performing phase. [PMBOK 6th
edition, Page 338
9) During which stage of risk planning are risks prioritized based on their relative
probability and impact?
A. Perform Qualitative risk analysis
B. Identify Risks
C. Perform Quantitative risk analysis
D. Plan Risk Responses
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A - Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis assesses the impact and likelihood of
identified risks. During this process, the risks are prioritized based on their relative
probability and impact. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 419]
01) With high levels of uncertainty and unpredictability in a fast-paced and highly
competitive global marketplace, where long-term scope is difficult to define, it is
becoming even more important to have a ____ for effective adoption and
tailoring of development practices to respond to the changing needs of the
environment.
A. Rigid management approach
B. Predefined detailed scope
C. Contextual framework
D. Black box approach
Answer
C - With high levels of uncertainty and unpredictability in a fast-paced, highly
competitive global marketplace where long term scope is difficult to define, it is
becoming even more important to have a contextual framework for effective
adoption and tailoring of development practices to respond to the changing
needs of the environment. Traditional, predictive and rigid methods are not
suitable for projects operating in an environment with a high degree of
uncertainty. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 177
10) At the beginning of the project, a project manager realized the technical
expertise of the team was limited, a risk to the project. Midway through the
project, the project manager decided that this was no longer a risk and
considered it outdated. As part of which process would he do the risk
reassessment?
A. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
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B. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
C. Perform Risk Assessment
D. Monitor Risks
Answer
D - Risk reassessment is performed as part of the Monitor Risks process. Such
project risk reassessments should be regularly scheduled and may result in the
closure of outdated risks. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 453]
12) As part of a strategy to handle negative risk, a project manager decided to
adopt less complex processes, conduct more tests, and choose a more stable
supplier. What strategy would this be classified as?
A. Acceptance
B. Transference
C. Mitigation
D. Avoidance
Answer
C - Actions such as adopting less complex processes, more testing, or choosing a
more stable supplier would be considered mitigation. These actions reduce the
probability and impact of risks. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 443]
13) Bill is the project manager of an external project for a customer. The project is
expected to take about a year to complete. Six months into the project, the
customer informs Bill that he or she needs to scrap the project. During which of
the following processes would procedures be developed to handle early
termination of a project?
A. Develop Project Charter
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B. Close Project or Phase
C. Define Scope
D. Monitor Risks
Answer
B -The Close Project or Phase process establishes the procedures to investigate
and document the reasons for actions taken if a project is terminated before
completion. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 123]
14) During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager,
was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are
synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would
you comment on this situation?
A. The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the
process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
B. The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the
process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
C. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about
keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.
D. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about
keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.
Answer
A - The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the
process, whereas inspection is about keeping errors out of the hands of the
customer. This is an important distinction, which the project management team
needs to be aware of. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 274]
15) Mark is managing an airport construction project. He is currently identifying
his project stakeholders, and he has compiled a long list of stakeholders already.
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Managing expectations of every project stakeholder is not practical. What should
he do in this situation?
A. Project stakeholders should be prioritized based on their influence and
interest.
B. Stakeholder analysis should be outsourced.
C. Non-key stakeholders should be dropped from the stakeholder register.
D. Stakeholder management processes should not be followed for such complex
projects.
Answer
A - When the stakeholders list becomes unmanageable, the project stakeholders
should be prioritized to ensure the efficient use of effort and time to manage
their expectations. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 512]
16) While preparing a resource management plan, a project manager designated
one of the senior programmers on the team to make decisions on whether the
quality of deliverables met the project's documented standards. Which of the
following aspects of a resource management plan does this address?
A. Competency
B. Responsibility
C. Authority
D. Role
Answer
C - Authority is the best choice. Authority is the right to apply project resources
and make decisions within the project. These decisions could include quality
acceptance, selection of the method for completing an activity, and how to
respond to project variances. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 318]
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17) LA project manager uses the precedence diagramming method (PDM) for
constructing a project schedule network and creates a network diagram for the
purpose. He decides to use the most common type of precedence relationship for
all activities. Which of the following relationships would he use?
A. Start-to-finish (SF)
B. Finish-to-finish (FF)
C. Start-to-start (SS)
D. Finish-to-start (FS)
Answer
D - Finish-to-start (FS) is the most common type of precedence relationship. In
contrast, the start-to-finish (SF) relationship is rarely used. [PM 6th, Page 190]
18) Sally, a project manager, was reconciling expenditure of funds with funding
limits on the commitment of funds for the project. She found a large variance
between the funding limits and planned expenditures. As a result, she decided to
reschedule work to level out the rate of expenditures. This is:
A. Funding limit reconciliation
B. Funding limit constraints
C. Funding limit expenditure
D. Funding limit appropriation
Answer
A - This is known as funding limit reconciliation. It can be accomplished by placing
imposed date constraints for work into the project schedule. [PMBOK 6th edition,
Page 253]
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19) A project manager used the services of a trained moderator during the Collect
Requirements process. Which of the following is likely to have required the
services of a trained moderator?
A. Interviews
B. Prototypes
C. Questionnaires
D. Focus groups
Answer
D - Focus groups bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter
experts to learn about their expectations for, and attitudes toward, a proposed
product, service or result. Typically, a trained moderator is employed to guide the
group through an interactive discussion. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 142]
21) Kelly is part of a project management office (PMO). Her office is responsible
for the centralized and coordinated management of 18 projects. Each project has
its own project manager. Which of the following will not typically be a
responsibility of her PMO?
A. Coaching, mentoring, training, and oversight
B. Development of a detailed description of each project and the product it
produces.
C. Managing shared resources across all the projects administered by the PMO
D. Developing and managing project policies
Answer
B - The primary function of a PMO is to support project managers in a variety of
ways. This may include developing and managing project policies, coaching,
mentoring, training, and oversight. This may also include management of
resources that are shared across the projects. However, development of a
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detailed description of each project would be a responsibility of the project
manager handling the project, not of the PMO. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 48]
20) Jessica is managing an office refurbishment project. All the project
stakeholders are identified and classified. The stakeholder engagement plan is
also approved. Jessica is managing a project for the first time, and she is relying
on the PMBOK guide as a reference to deliver an excellent project. Which of the
following processes would provide guidance to Jessica regarding how to execute
the approved stakeholder engagement plan?
A. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
C. Identify Stakeholders
D. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Answer
B - The question is asking about the Stakeholder Management process from the
executing process group. The Manage Stakeholder Engagement process executes
the stakeholder engagement strategy developed during the Plan Stakeholder
Engagement process. The Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process deals with
making the necessary adjustments to the stakeholder engagement strategy.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 523
22) Which of the following statements accurately describes how the completion
of project scope and the completion of product scope are measured?
A. The completion of project scope and product scope are both measured against
the product requirements.
B. The completion of project scope is measured against the project management
plan, and the completion of product scope is measured against the product
requirements.
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C. The completion of project scope is measured against the product requirements,
and the completion of product scope is measured against the project
management plan.
D. The completion of project scope and product scope are both measured against
the project management plan.
Answer
B - The completion of project scope is measured against the project management
plan, whereas the completion of product scope is measured against the product
requirements. The work of the project results in delivery of the specified product
scope. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 131]
23) Bill and Jake are two team members in a project. They do not get along well
and are constantly involved in verbal conflicts. The project manager understands
the characteristics of conflict and the conflict management process and tries to
resolve the situation. Which of the following is not a correct statement?
A. Openness resolves conflict
B. Conflict is natural and forces a search for alternatives
C. Conflict is inevitable in a project environment.
D. The project manager is not responsible for conflict management.
Answer
D - Project team members are initially responsible for resolution of them conflicts.
If conflict escalates, the project manager should help resolve it. [PM 6th Page 348
24) You are planning to conduct the team-building portion of your new project
management training curriculum out-of-doors in the local park. You are limited to
scheduling the course at certain times of the year, and the best time for the
course to begin in mid-July. You are using the precedence diagramming method
for your schedule. In it, you can show relationships between tasks in four ways,
and the most common is—
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A. Finish-to-start
B. Finish-to-finish
C. Start-to-start
D. Start-to-finish
Answer
A. Finish-to-start. While many schedules use all four approaches, especially on
complex projects, the most common approach is finish to start. In it a successor
activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished. The start-to-finish
approach is rarely used, but you should recognize it could be used in case you
have an exam question about it. [Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK ®️ Guide, 2017, 190
25) Project schedule development is an iterative process. If the start and finish
dates are not realistic, the project probably will not finish as planned. You are
working with your team to define how to monitor any schedule changes. You
documented your decisions in which of the following?
A. Schedule change control procedures
B. Schedule management plan
C. Schedule risk plan
D. Service-level agreement
Answer
B. Schedule management plan is part of the overall project management plan.
Whether it is formal or informal, highly detailed or broadly framed, it is based on
specific project needs. It is the output of the Plan Schedule Management process.
It Includes appropriate control thresholds. It establishes criteria and activities to
develop, maintain, and control the schedule. [Planning] PMBOK®️, 2017, 151
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26) You can use various estimating approaches to determine activity durations.
When you have a limited amount of information available about your project,
especially when in the early phases, the best approach to use is—
A. Bottom-up estimating
B. Analogous estimating
C. Reserve analysis
D. Parametric analysis
Answer
B. Analogous estimating is a tool and technique in Estimate Activity Durations.
Although limitations exist with all estimating approach, analogous estimating is
often used when there is a limited amount of information for the project. It uses
historical information from a similar activity or a project. It uses data from a
previous but similar project such as duration, budget, size, weight, and complexity
to estimate the same data or measure for a future project. It is considered as a
gross value estimating approach, which often is adjusted for known differences in
project complexity. [Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 200
27) You are working on identifying possible risks to your project to develop a
nutritional supplement. You want to develop a comprehensive list of risks that
can be addressed later through qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. A data
gathering technique used to identify risks is—
A. Documentation reviews
B. Probability and impact analysis
C. Prompt lists
D. Brainstorming
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D. Brainstorming is a frequently used data gathering technique for identifying risk.
It enables the project team to develop a list of potential risks relatively quickly.
Project team members, often with invited experts, possibly under the direction of
a facilitator, participate in the session. Traditional brainstorming sessions are free
form, or other approaches may be used. Categories of risks, such as in a RBS, can
be used as a framework. The identified risks should be described as brainstorming
may result in ideas that may not be completely formed. It is part of several data
gathering approaches as data gathering is a tool and technique in Identify Risks.
[Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2013, 324
28) Assume you have prepared your risk management plan, identified possible
risks, analyzed them, and determined possible responses if they occur. Now it is
time to Implement Risk Responses. The benefit of this process is to—
A. Present a sequence of decision choices to decision makers
B. Ensure agreed-upon risk response are executed as planned.
C. Ensure actions to implement risks are only taken from people who are on the
team
D. Help take into account the attitudes of the decision makers toward risk
Answer
B. Ensure agreed-upon risk response are executed as planned the purpose of the
Implement Risk Response process is to implement agreed-upon risk responses.
The key benefit is it ensures these responses are executed as planned such that it
addresses overall project risk exposure, minimizes individual potential threats,
and maximizes project opportunities. [Executing] PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 449
29) The Identify Risks process involves determining which risks may impact a
project. It is considered an iterative process. What is the frequency of the
iteration?
A. Every month
B. Every two weeks
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C. The frequency of iteration will vary based on the situation.
D. Every week
Answer
C - Identify Risks is an iterative process as risks become known or evolve. The
frequency of iteration, and who participates in each cycle, will vary by the
situation. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 411]
31) You are using an RBS to manage your risk categories. What process are you
performing?
A. Plan Risk Management
B. Identify Risks
C. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
D. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Answer
A - You use an RBS to figure out and organize your risk categories even before you
start to identify them. Then you decompose the categories into individual risks as
part of Identify Risks. Pmbok pg. 405
31) A new project manager has just taken over a project that is 50 percent
complete. As part of the hand-over process, the outgoing project manager
provided the new project manager with a list of stakeholders that needed to be
managed. The list had been compiled at the start of the project. Which of the
following is true about stakeholders?
A. Stakeholder identification is usually performed when there are problems with
the project.
B. Stakeholder identification needs to happen at the start of each new phase of a
project
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C. Stakeholder identification is a continuous process and needs to happen all
through the project.
D. Stakeholder identification needs to happen at the start of the project
Answer
C - Stakeholder identification is a continuous process and can be quite difficult.
Failure to identify stakeholders can result in project overruns. The new project
manager can use the list of stakeholders provided by the outgoing project
manager as a starting point, but he or she will still need to perform his or her own
analysis to identify stakeholders during the rest of the project. [PMBOK 6th
edition, Page 507]
32) Working with your team to provide the basis for measuring and reporting
schedule progress, you agree to consider the—
a. Schedule data
b. Network diagram
c. Schedule baseline
d. Technical baseline
Answer
C - The schedule baseline is a key input to the Control Schedule process. It is
compared with actual results to determine if a change requires corrective or
preventive action. [Monitoring and Controlling] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ 224
33) Acceptance is a strategy adopted because it is not possible to eliminate all
risks from a project. This strategy indicates that the project management team
has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk. What
action does passive acceptance require?
A. Passive acceptance is no longer adopted in projects and is a poor project
management practice.
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B. Passive acceptance requires no action except to document the strategy and
come up with a risk management strategy.
C. Passive acceptance requires no action.
D. Passive acceptance requires no proactive action except periodic review of the
threat.
Answer
D - Acceptance is a strategy adopted because it is not possible to eliminate all
risks from a project. This strategy indicates that the project management team
has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk.
Passive acceptance requires no action except performing periodic review of the
threat. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 443]
34) A buyer and seller set the rates for junior engineers, senior engineers,
architects, and other predefined roles. In what type of contract would this be
applicable?
A. Fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract
B. Fixed-price incentive contract
C. Fixed-price contract
D. Time and material contract
Answer
D - In time-and-materials contracts, the buyer and seller agree on unit labor rates
and the actual cost of materials. Both parties agree on specific hourly rates for
such categories as junior or senior engineers. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]
35) “I cannot test the software until I code the software.” This expression
describes which of the following dependencies?
a. Internal
b. Rational
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c. Preferential
d. Mandatory or hard
Answer
D - Mandatory or hard dependencies may be required contractually or may be
inherent in the nature of the project work. Dependency determination and
integration is a tool and technique in the Sequence Activity process. They describe
a relationship in which the successor activity cannot be started because of
physical constraints until the predecessor activity has been finished. For example,
software cannot be tested until it has been developed (or coded). They may be
called hard logic or hard dependencies; however, technical dependencies may not
be mandatory. This distinction is important to remember. The project team
determines the dependencies that are mandatory as it sequences the activities.
However, these dependencies should not be confused with assigning constraints
in the scheduling tool. [Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 191
36) Your project schedule was approved. Management has now mandated that
the project be completed as soon as possible. However, you do not think it is
possible given resource constraints. In order to convince your management of
your need for additional resources, you decide to use—
a. Resource manipulation
b. Resource breakdown structure
c. Critical chain scheduling
d. Resource leveling
Answer
D - While resource leveling will often result in a project duration that is longer
than the preliminary schedule as the original critical path probably will change
and increase, it can also be used to get a schedule back on track by reassigning
activities from noncritical to critical path activities. It is a resource optimization
technique in the Develop Schedule process. Start and finish dates are adjusted
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based on resource constraints, and the goal is to balance demand with the
available supply of resources. It is used when scarce or critically required
resources are only available at certain times or in limited quantities, are over
allocated if the resource is assigned to two activities at the same time, or to keep
resource use at a constant level. [Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 211
37) The project manager for a construction project discovers that the local city
council may change the building code to allow adjoining properties to combine
their sewage systems. She knows that a competitor is about to break ground in
the adjacent lot and contacts him to discuss the possibility of having both projects
save costs by building a sewage system for the two projects. This is an example of
which strategy?
A. Mitigate
B. Share
C. Accept
D. Exploit
Answer
B - Sharing is when a project manager figures out a way to use an opportunity to
help not just her project but another project or person as well. Examples of
sharing actions include forming risk-sharing partnerships, teams, special-purpose
companies, or joint ventures PMBOK Pg. 444
38) An Agile team is working on Project XYZ. They encountered a critical problem
and are brainstorming to resolve the problem. What will be the most effective
way in resolving the problem?
a. Create an environment where mistakes are allowed
b. Create rewards program to the one solving the problem
c. Ask experts in the concerned field
d. Create environment where individuals can work on their own
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Answer
A - When we are allowed to make mistakes then we don’t feel threatened by the negative outcome. This helps in encouraging trying out different approaches to solve the problem.
39) In Agile, velocity helps to know how much team can accomplish in future
iterations. Which of the following is NOT true about velocity?
a. It measures team’s capacity for work per iteration
b. It varies the most during the first few iterations
c. It stabilizes after few iterations
d. It always increases with time as the team members get habitual of working with each other.
Answer
D - Velocity gets stabilized with time as team needs to maintain, refactor, and support already developed and deployed solutions. Moreover, sometimes team adds some improvement activities decided in retrospective meetings in the iteration which also let team pick up fewer story points for the iterations.
41) Project manager was setting up the agenda for the next project meeting. Few
members argued over one feature. Some said it should be included for detailed
discussion while others said it would be too early to go for detailed discussion.
Project manager decided to include it but mentioned that only high level
discussion would be done for this feature. Which conflict resolution technique is
being used by project manager?
a. Smoothing
b. Withdrawal
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c. Compromising
d. Forcing
Answer
C - Project Manager included viewpoints of both the parties but didn’t include it completely to satisfy both the parties up to a certain extent. This is an example of compromise.
41) Team is working on the project ABC. It encountered problem in an activity
with the free float. Due to this, its duration got extended by the project manager.
What is MOST likely to be affected in this situation?
a. Resource schedules
b. Project duration
c. Start date of the successor activity
d. Scope management plan
Answer
A - Since an activity with float will not affect the project duration as long as any delay is not greater than the float, choice B could not be best. Choice D cannot be best as this situation is not related to scope, just time. An activity with free float means it has time where it can be delayed without impacting the next activity. Therefore, choice C cannot be best. Any delay in when an activity is to be completed will most likely impact resources schedules.
41) A project manager is estimating project costs and needs to decide whether
the estimates will include direct costs only or include indirect costs, as well. In
which of the following phases does this decision need to take place?
A. Define Scope
B. Estimate Costs
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C. Plan Expenses
D. Determine Budget
Answer
B - This is done in the Estimate Costs process. The project manager works in
accordance with the organization's guidelines and decides whether the estimates
will be limited to direct project costs only or whether the estimates will also
include indirect costs. Indirect costs are those that cannot be traced to one
specific project, and are usually allocated equitably over multiple projects.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page246]
42) Joe is the project manager of a large software project. When it’s time to
identify risks on his project, he contacts a team of experts and sends them a list of
questions to help them all come up with a list of risks and send it in. What
technique is Joe using?
A. SWOT
B. Ishikawa diagramming
C. Interviews
D. Brainstorming
Answer
C - Using the Interview technique, experts supply their opinions of risks for your
project so that they each get a chance to think about the project. Interview is a
formal or informal approach to elicit information from stakeholders by talking to
them directly. It is typically performed by asking prepared and spontaneous
questions and recording the responses. Interviews are often conducted on an
individual basis between an interviewer and an interviewee, but may involve
multiple interviewers and/or multiple interviewees. Interviewing experienced
project participants, sponsors, other executives, and subject matter experts can
aid in identifying and defining the features and functions of the desired product
deliverables. Interviews are also useful for obtaining confidential information.
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43) After conducting a bidder conference, you receive an email from one of the
bidders requesting additional information. The information was neither included
in your request for proposal, nor did anyone ask for it during the bidder
conference. You realize the answer to this question is critical to understanding the
scope of the project. If the answer is not communicated to bidders, they cannot
size their teams accurately or estimate the total duration of the project. The
answer also greatly affects cost. However, the answer contains some proprietary
information that, if disclosed to a competitor, may reveal the future product
strategy of your company. Such a disclosure could be disastrous for a major
product launch you are planning next year. You decide to send the answer to all
the bidders, but you realize one of the bidders is also working closely with one of
your competitors on a similar project. What should you do?
A. Don’t send this information in writing; instead, telephone each bidding
company.
B. Send this information to all bidders except the bidder working with your
competitor.
C. Send this information to only the supplier who requested it.
D. Require all bidders to sign a nondisclosure agreement. You may then send the
information to each company that signed the NDA.
Answer
D - The best choice is to require all bidders to sign a non-disclosure agreement
(NDA) before sending them this additional information, and then provide the
additional information to each bidder that has signed an NDA. Project managers
are required to act fairly and provide equal access to information to all authorized
parties. Sending the information to only some of the bidding companies would
represent a violation of the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. [PMI
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]
44) During a project status meeting, a project manager presented sensitive
information related to the project. However, this information was not intended to
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be available to the audience. Which of the following processes was done
incorrectly, resulting in the project manager communicating sensitive information
to the wrong audience?
A. Monitor Communications
B. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
C. Plan Communications Management
D. Identify Stakeholders
Answer
C - Deciding what information is relevant to an audience is an activity done in the
Plan Communications Management process. Improper communication planning
will lead to problems such as delays in message delivery or communication of
sensitive information to the wrong audience. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 366
45) A project manager created a resource histogram. On the histogram, some
bars extended beyond the maximum available hours. What does this usually
signify?
A. This means that the resources on those bars are being underused.
B. This means that a resource optimization strategy needs to be applied.
C. This means the resources are producing outputs at a rate faster than the
average rate.
D. This means that resources need to be reduced from the project.
Answer
B - If the bars in a resource histogram extend beyond the maximum available
hours, it means that a resource optimization strategy needs to be applied, such as
adding more resources or modifying the schedule. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 220]
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46) A project manager needs team members that report to a functional manager.
What technique is the project manager most likely to use to obtain these
resources?
A. Pre-assignment
B. Authority
C. Negotiation
D. Coercion
Answer
C - Staff assignments are negotiated on many projects. The project manager will
negotiate with functional managers to ensure that the project receives
competent staff in the required time frame. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 332]
47) Which of the following statements about project teams is incorrect?
A. The project management team is usually a team external to the project team.
B. The project management team is a subset of the project team.
C. For smaller projects, the entire team can share the project management
responsibilities.
D. For smaller projects, the project manager can solely administer project
management responsibilities.
Answer
A - The project management team is a subset of the project team.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 86]
48) You’re performing Identify Risks on a software project. Two of your team
members have spent half of the meeting arguing about whether or not a
particular risk is likely to happen on the project. You decide to table the
discussion, but you’re concerned that your team’s motivation is at risk. The next
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item on the agenda is a discussion of a potential opportunity on the project in
which you may be able to purchase a component for much less than it would cost
to build. Which of the following is NOT a valid way to respond to an opportunity?
A. Exploit
B. Transfer
C. Share
D. Enhance
Answer
B - You wouldn’t want to transfer an opportunity to someone else! You always
want to find a way to use that opportunity for the good of the project. That’s why
the response strategies for opportunities are all about figuring out ways to use
the opportunity to improve your project (or another, in the case of sharing).
PMBOK Pg. 443
49) Risks that are caused by the response to another risk are called:
A. Residual risks
B. Secondary risks
C. Cumulative risks
D. Mitigated risks
Answer
B - A secondary risk is a risk that could happen because of your response to
another Risk. Pmbok pg. 722
50) What’s the main output of the Risk Management processes?
A. The Risk Management plan
B. The risk breakdown structure
C. Work performance information
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D. The risk register and project documents updates
Answer
D - The processes of Risk Management are organized around creating the risk
register, and updating it as part of project documents updates.
51) A company is undergoing some changes due to which it decided to do some
new type of projects. However, it got request from one of its old customers for
the project which doesn't match with the new type of projects. What would be
the best way for the Project Manager in this case?
a. Decline the request
b. Consult PMO
c. Ask management for the project charter
d. Conduct cost-benefit analysis
Answer
B -The PMO determines whether a project supports the organization’s strategy and can authorize exceptions to projects.
52) Sara is working as the scrum master for her team. During her absence, senior
management asked team about the current project schedule and future plans.
Team prepared detailed task status and plans and shared with the senior
management. Senior Management liked it very much and asked team to share
these reports on regular basis. Sara got to know about it when she joined back.
What should she do in such scenario?
a. Appreciate the team and continue reporting the same way as senior
management liked it
b. Discuss with senior management and revoke the detailed plans
c. Track team performance against the plan and make necessary changes
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d. Display the detailed plan to the whole team so that everyone is aware of the
status
Answer
B - Agile projects are change-driven. They do not follow detailed plans. Having detailed plans restrict agility and restrict necessary changes required.
53) Sheila is the project manager of a website development project. After a
detailed discussion with the project management team, she decides to create an
informal, broadly framed quality management plan. What would your comment
on this be?
A. This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be formal but broadly
framed.
B. This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be formal and highly
detailed.
C. This is fine. The project requirements determine the style and detail of the
quality management plan.
D. This is incorrect. A quality management plan should be informal and highly
detailed.
Answer
C - The quality management plan may be formal or informal, highly detailed or broadly framed. Its style and detail are determined by the requirements of the project as defined by the project management team. [PMBOK 6th Page 286]
54) A project manager was involved in preparation of the project charter for an
external project. One of the inputs to the project charter was a statement of work
(SOW). The SOW may have been received from the customer as part of any of the
following except:
A. As part of a request for information
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B. As part of the business case
C. As part of a request for proposal
D. As part of a contract
Answer
B - The statement of work (SOW) is a narrative description of products or services
to be delivered by the project. For an external project, the SOW may be received
as part of a bid document such as the request for proposal, request for
information, request for bid or as part of a contract. It is usually not part of the
business case. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 477]
55) Team has been working on difficult issues 9n a critical project. During the
discussion, few members disagreed on how the work has to be done. Project
sponsor had to intervene to resolve the issue. During later phase, project
manager discovered that a particular task was not completed as it was intended
to be done. What did the project manager NOT do?
a) Ask team members responsible for the work to describe how the task would be
done
b) Ensure functional managers should be involved during development
c) Provide training to team members
d) Organize team building sessions
Answer
A - When the work is not straightforward and team members disagrees on how
the work should be done then it became very much important that after
agreement ask members responsible for the work to describe how they would
complete the work or resolve the issues in detail. This helps to make sure whole
team is on the same page.
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56) To define the logical relationship among dependencies accurately, a project
manager is determining which ones require a lead or a lag. Which of the following
correctly describes leads or lags?
A. A lead allows a successor activity to be delayed.
B. A lag directs a delay in the predecessor activity.
C. A lag allows acceleration of the successor activity.
D. A lead allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
Answer
D - To define the logical relationship among dependencies accurately, the project
management team determines which ones require a lead or a lag. A lead allows
an acceleration of the successor activity. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 192]
57) While working on your project, you identify a new risk at 50 percent project
completion. There is a very high probability the risk will occur on the project,
while at the same time, it is expected to have a low impact. Which of the
following mitigation strategies would you use?
a) You will add risk to the watch list
b) You will get insurance to cover the risk
c) You will eliminate the risk and impact
d) You will avoid the risk
Answer
A - Since the risk has a low impact, it is best to add the risk to the watch list and
see if it's impact will be greater down the road. Risks will always present
themselves on projects, you need to decide which one of them are important
enough to stop you from creating the final deliverable as required within the cost
and schedule. This is why you have a list of prioritized risks which you need to
address. It is not worth spending time and money on a risk with low impact.
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58) Currently, there are 7 people in the project team. 2 more resources are added
later on in the project's life. What is the number of the additional channels of
communication?
A.21
B.15
C.36
D.9
Answer
B - Formula = [N (N-1)/2] First there were 7 members of the project team [7(7-
1)/2] = 21 Channels of Communication Then there were 9 members of the project
team [9(9-1)/2] = 36 Channels of Communication 36-21 = 15 additional channels
of communication.
59) Dina, the project manager of a hardware project, is performing a structured
review of the procurement process. She would like to examine each document
from the Plan Procurement Management process through the Control
Procurements process to identify failures. What tool should Dina use?
A. Procurement audits in the control procurements process
B. Performance reports in the conduct procurements process
C. Negotiated settlements in the control procurements process
D. Procurement audits in the conduct procurements process
Answer
A - A procurement audit is a tool in the Control Procurements process.
Procurement audits are carried out to identify successes and failures that warrant
recognition. When this tool is used, all procurement processes are thoroughly
checked, and corresponding documents are checked for problems. Therefore, the
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correct answer is procurement audits in the Control Procurements process.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 498]
60) Erica is managing a kitchen tools manufacturing project, which is intended to
produce modern cooking ovens. This project is hugely important for the company
as well as for Erica‘s career. Although the project scope statement was well-
defined and requirements were gathered from stakeholders in the planning
phase, many design change requests have come in from customers during project
execution. Which of the following tasks must Erica perform to avoid scope creep
caused by uncontrollable changes?
A. Perform validate scope process and process all changes through the plan risk
responses process
B. Perform integrated change control process and process all changes through the
control quality process
C. Perform scope control and process all changes through the integrated change
control process
D. Perform scope control and process all changes through the validate scope
process
Answer
C - All scope changes must be controlled in a project through the Control Scope
process. However, scope control must also ensure that all changes requested by
customers go through the Perform Integrated Change
Control process. This way, scope creep can be avoided, and project changes can
be managed. Hence, Erica must perform scope control and process all changes
through the Integrated Change Control process. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 168
61) Decomposition is a technique used for both WBS development and activity
definition. However, in Define Activities, decomposition—
a. The final output is described in terms of work packages in the WBS.
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b. The final output is described as deliverables or tangible items.
c. The final output is described as activities.
d. Is used the same way in scope definition and activity definition.
Answer
C. The final output is described as activities, In the Create WBS process, the work
package is defined as the lowest level of the WBS to then estimate and manage
cost and duration. In the Define Activities process, the final output is described as
activities. It is a tool and technique in both processes as it divides and subdivides
the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts. Activities
represent the effort to create the work package in Create WBS. The best
approach is to involve team members in decomposition in both processes.
[Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 185
62) A schedule performance index of less than 1.0 indicates that the—
a. Project is running behind the monetary value of the work it planned to
accomplish
b. Earned value physically accomplished thus far is 100%
c. Project has experienced a permanent loss of time
d. Project may not be on schedule, but the project manager need not be
concerned
Answer
A. Project is running behind the monetary value of the work it planned to
accomplish, The SPI represents how much of the originally scheduled work has
been accomplished at a given period in time, thus providing the project team with
insight as to whether the project is on schedule. It is a measure of schedule
efficiency and is calculated by EV/PV. A SPI of 1 means the project is on schedule,
and the work that has been done to date is exactly the same as the work that was
planned. Other values show how much costs are over or under [as in this
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example] the budgeted amount for the work planned. [Monitoring and
Controlling] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 226
63) You recently joined a new organization where you have been given the
responsibility of leading the project management office. What is the FIRST thing
you should do?
A .Talk to the main stakeholders to develop an understanding of the organization
and its projects.
B. Develop strong communication with your senior management
C. Review the historical documents
D. Immediately get involved in the projects so as not to waste time
Answer
A - Speaking directly to the stakeholders first will allow you to come up to speed
with the nature of the organization and a better understanding of the
stakeholder’s requirements.
64) Which of the following can include information such as: Source of the
requirements, Requirement identification number, and person assigned for
managing the requirement
A. Work Breakdown Structure
B. Project Scope Baseline
C. Requirements Traceability Matrix
D. Pareto Chart
Answer
C - The traceability requirement matrix includes all this information. It links the
objectives of the project with the requirements.
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65) Assume you are working to sequence the activities in your schedule. You have
focused on the need for predecessors and successors for your tasks. Now, you
have finished, and you realize—
a. You have a fragment.
b. There can be multiple predecessors for some tasks.
c. Several identical or nearly identical series of activities are repeated throughout
the project.
d. There are too many successors.
Answer
B. There can be multiple predecessors for some tasks. The main output in
Sequence Activities is a project network diagram of the logical relationships or
dependencies in the schedule activities. A summary narrative can accompany th
diagram. You also may have multiple predecessors for a task or activity, which is
known as path convergence. Activities with multiple successors are known as path
divergence. In both of these situations, these activities or tasks are at greater risk.
[Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 194
66) Which of the following is so important that they should always be included on
the list of items under discussion at all team meetings.
A. Discussing project deadlines
B. Discussing project activities
C. Discussing the risks on the project
D. Devising ways to engage stakeholders on the project
Answer
C - It is of utmost importance to discuss risks at project meetings
67) One of your key suppliers for an important deliverable is constantly making
delays in submitting his work to your project. You decide to deal with the
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situation when you have more time available from your current workload. You are
using the conflict resolution technique known as:
A.Compromising
B. Withdrawing
C. Smoothing
D. Postponing
Answer
B - This technique would be considered as Withdrawing since you are not dealing
with the situation directly at that time.
68) While working on your construction project, you come across environmental
risks that could negatively affect the project. It would be best to hire a consultant
to share insights and advice on tackling the challenges. Which contract type
should be used for hiring the consultant?
A. Cost plus Fixed Fee
B. Time and Material
C. Fixed Price
D. Cost plus Incentive Fee
Answer
B - The most appropriate contract type is the Time and Material contract since the
project is already under way and you have to hire someone in the middle of the
project without a procurement statement of work.
69) You’re managing a project to fulfill a military contract. Your project team is
assembled, and work has begun. Your government project officer informs you
that a supplier that you depend on has lost the contract to supply a critical part.
You consult your risk register and discover that you did not plan for this. What’s
the BEST way to handle this situation?
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A. Consult the Probability and Impact matrix
B. Perform Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Analysis
C. Recommend preventive actions
D. Look for a new supplier for the part
Answer
D - You’ve got an unplanned event that’s happened on your project. Is that a risk?
No. It’s a project problem, and you need to solve that problem. Your Probability
and Impact matrix won’t help, because the probability of this happening is
100%—it’s already happened. No amount of risk planning will prevent or mitigate
the risk. And there’s no sense in trying to take preventive actions, because there’s
no way you can prevent it. So the best you can do is start looking for a new part
supplier.
70) The scope of work in a project could not be clearly defined. There was also a
strong possibility that the scope would change during the course of the project.
Which type of contract would suit this type of situation?
A. Fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract
B. Fixed-price contract
C. Cost-reimbursable contract
D. Fixed-price incentive contract
Answer
C - A cost-reimbursable contract gives the project flexibility to redirect a seller
whenever the scope of work cannot be precisely determined at the start of the
project and needs to be altered, or when high risks may exist in the effort.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]
71) A member of your team informs you that she does not know which project is
the most important one out of the several projects she is working on. In a large
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organization, who is responsible for determining the priorities between the
different projects?
A. The Team itself
B. The Project Manager of the team
C. The Project Management Team
D. PMO (Project Management Office)
Answer
D -The PMO is responsible for determining the priorities between projects.
72) A project manager is considering risk in a project. When does risk come into
play in a project?
A. During the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) Analysis
B. During the Identify Risks phase
C. As soon as the Plan Risk Management phase begins
D. As soon as a project is conceived
Answer
D - Project risk exists in a project from the moment the project is conceived. The
risks are identified as part of specific processes, but the risks always exist.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 397]
73) Jackie is the project manager of a large project. During the Determine
Budget process, she identifies that contingency reserves need to be set up for
unplanned but potentially necessary changes that could result from realized risks
identified in the risk register. Which of the following is true about reserves?
A. Management Reserves are not a part of project cost baseline, but will be
included in the total budget for the project.
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B. Contingency Reserves are not a part of project cost baseline, but will be
included in the total budget for the project
C. Both the Management Reserves and the Contingency Reserves are part of
project cost baseline, and they are also not included in the total budget for the
project
D. Both the Management Reserves and the Contingency Reserves are not part of
project cost baseline, but they are included in the total budget for the project
Answer
A - Management Reserves are not a part of the project cost baseline but will be
included in the total budget for the project. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 252]
74) You are meeting with your stakeholders to gather requirements for your
project. You are well aware that requirements to be gathered include both
product and project requirements. All the following tools can be used to gather,
define, and analyze project requirements from stakeholders except:
A. Surveys
B. Focus Groups
C. Decomposition
D. Prototypes
Answer
C - Both product and project requirements are gathered from stakeholders during
the Collect Requirements process. This effort is undertaken during project
planning. Focus groups, surveys, and prototypes are some of the tools used to
define and analyze requirements. Decomposition is used only to break down the
work and not to gather requirements. Therefore, decomposition is the correct
answer. [PMBOK 6th edition, Pages 138, 158]
75) At the recent meeting, you discover that the customer is not satisfied with a
certain deliverable of the project. What is the Best thing to do?
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A. Discuss with the team on what changes can be implemented
B. Develop another variation of the deliverable and present it to the customer
immediately
C. Tell the customer the deliverable is exactly in line with the scope defined for
the project
D. Ask the customer why they are not satisfied with the deliverable
Answer
D - You need to discover why the customer is not satisfied, the rest of the options
can be implemented after you determine the cause of dissatisfaction.
76) An activity has an early start date of the 10th and a late start date of the 19th.
The activity has a duration of four days. There are no non-workdays. From the
information given, what can be concluded about the activity?
a. Total float for the activity is nine days.
b. The early finish date of the activity is the end of the day on the 14th.
c. The late finish date is the 25th.
d. The activity can be completed in two days if the resources devoted to it are
doubled.
Answer
A - Total float for the activity is nine days, Total float or slack is computed by
subtracting the early start date from the late start date, or 19 – 10 = 9. To
compute the early finish date given a duration of 4, we would start counting the
activity on the morning of the 10th; therefore, the activity would be completed at
the end of day 13, not 14 (10, 11, 12, 13). If we started the activity on its late start
date on the morning of the 19th, we would finish at the end of day 22, not 25.
Insufficient information is provided to determine whether this activity can be
completed in 2 days if the resources are doubled. [Planning] PMI®️, PMBOK®️
Guide, 2017, 210–211
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77) A project manager is highly Skeptical of his team members. He constantly
monitors their every move and doubts their performance. The project manager
can be considered to be a:
a. Functional Manager
b. Theory Y Manager
c. Maslow's motivational theory proponent
d. Theory X Manager
Answer
D - Theory X managers exhibit such behavior while Theory Y managers give more
empowerment and decision making authority to employees.
78) What is your analysis of a situation whereby the Earned Value of your project
is lesser than Planned Value and if the performance of the project were to
continue the same way?
A. The project will be behind schedule when it completes
B. The project will end up costing lesser than the original planned cost
C. The estimate at completion will be low compared to what was originally
planned
D. The project will perform ahead of the originally planned schedule
Answer
A - If EV is lesser than PV, the project will finish behind schedule.
79) The project team identifies a risk and shares information on it with the Project
Manager. After extensive discussions with the management, a strategy is
developed to deal with it. It is decided that it is in the best interest of the project
to allow the risk to happen. Which type of Risk Response Strategy is being used?
A. Share
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B. Accept
C. Exploit
D. Enhance
Answer
C - Since the risk is an opportunity, it has been decided by the stakeholders that
they will exploit it, which refers to making changes to the project to ensure that
the risk occurs and the benefit from the opportunity is gained.
80) Regina the sponsor of a large publishing project, meets with all of the
stakeholders on the project to ask for their support in an upcoming testing event.
Which engagement level is he displaying?
A. Unaware
B. Resistant
C. Supportive
D. Leading
Answer
D -Since Regina is working to bring other stakeholders to support the project, he’s
in a leading engagement role.
81) You are the project manager of ABC project. Mid-way through the project a
key component was found defective. This was not planned for. The team met
after the event and managed to make the product work without the defective
component. This is an example of -
A. Risk mitigation
B. Transfer of risk
C. Workaround
D. Accepting the consequences passively.
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Answer
C - This was an unplanned event that happened. Workaround refers to handling
of risk that has occurred but was not planned for workarounds are unplanned
responses developed to deal with the occurrence of unanticipated events or
problems on a project (or to deal with risks that had been accepted because of
unlikelihood of occurrence and/ or minimal impact.
82) A stakeholder in your company has a regular habit of requesting multiple
changes on projects. What is the ideal approach a project manager can take to
handle this situation at the beginning of the project?
A. Involve the stakeholder on the project as early as possible
B. Deny the stakeholders change requests since they could be harmful for the
project costs and schedule
C. Request the stakeholder’s manager to allocate him to a different project
D. Request the stakeholder to make fewer change requests
Answer
A - Most problems on projects arise because certain stakeholder’s requirements
were not fully taken into account at the beginning of the project. To avoid such a
situation, involve the stakeholder as soon as possible and get their requirements
so as to avoid changes later on during the projects life.
83) You are part of an expert committee deciding which project should be
implemented by your company. Your committee asks tough questions from the
project teams and helps decide which project your company should select. Which
project selection technique are you using?
A. Scoring Model
B. Committee Selection
C. Murder Board
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D. Defined Benefit
Answer
C - Murder board is a process where a committee asks questions from project
representatives as part of the project selection process.)Murder Board ( It is a
panel of people who try to shoot down a new project. Participants in the panel
act as the devil’s advocate and try to claim negative aspects that will come with
the implementation of the project. Based on the results of the panel, if a project
can defend these negative aspects, it is selected for initiation.
84) Project managers should pay attention to critical and subcritical activities
when evaluating project time performance. One way to do this is to analyze 10
subcritical paths in order of ascending float. This approach is part of—
a. Variance analysis
b. Simulation
c. Earned value management
d. Trend analysis
Answer
A - Performance of variance analysis during Control Schedule is a tool and
technique that can be used. It focuses on variance analysis in planned versus
actual start and finish dates, planned versus actual durations, and variances in
float. Float variance is an essential planning component for evaluating project
time performance. It determines the cause and degree of variance relative to the
schedule baseline, estimates the implications of the variances for future work to
complete the project, and helps decide if corrective or preventive action is
needed. It may not be needed on some activities not on the critical path, but an
activity on the critical path may need immediate attention. [Monitoring and
Controlling] PMI®️, PMBOK®️ Guide, 2017, 227
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85) During the execution of a project, a large number of defects were discovered.
The project manager ensured that the issues, defect resolution, and action item
results were logged into a defects database. What would the defect database be
considered a part of?
A. Expert Judgment
B. Deliverables
C. Change Requests
D. Organizational Process Assets
Answer
D - Issue and defect management databases are considered part of the
organizational process assets. These databases typically contain historical issue
and defect status, control information, issue and defect resolution, and action
item results. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 39]
86) Several types of float are found in project networks. Float that is used by a
particular activity and does NOT affect the float in later activities is called—
a. Extra float
b. Free float
c. Total float
d. Expected float
Answer
B - Free float is defined as the amount of time an activity can be delayed without
delaying the early start of any immediately succeeding activities or violating a
schedule constraint. It is important to know the difference between zero total
float, positive total float, negative total float, and free float and be able to
recognize examples of all four types of float. [Planning]PMI®, PMBOK®, 2017, 210
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87) You have just been made the Project Manager of the ABC project. You are
trying to read the WBS and are unable to understand some of the WBS
components. Which should be your first step to understand this?
A. Refer to the WBS dictionary
B. Refer to the scope statement
C. Refer to the Project charter
D. Contact the previous Project Manager
Answer
A - WBS dictionary is the best option. WBS Dictionary identifies all the
components used in the WBS. PMBOK Pg. 162
88) The scope of work in a project could not be clearly defined. There was also a
strong possibility that the scope would change during the course of the project.
Which type of contract would suit this type of situation?
A. Fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract
B. Fixed-price contract
C. Cost-reimbursable contract
D. Fixed-price incentive contract
Answer
C - A cost-reimbursable contract gives the project flexibility to redirect a seller
whenever the scope of work cannot be precisely determined at the start of the
project and needs to be altered, or when high risks may exist in the effort.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]
89) You are the Project Manager assigned to build a next generation vehicle. You
identify a dependency that the wheels must be designed and developed before
the assembly of the vehicle can be performed. This is an example of which type of
dependency?
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A. External
B. Discretionary
C. Soft Logic
D. Mandatory
Answer
D - Mandatory dependency represents dependencies due to nature of work.
PMBOK pg. 191
90) A project manager is looking at a make-or-buy analysis as part of the
Procurement Management process. What type of costs should the project
manager consider for this analysis?
A. Direct costs
B. Indirect costs
C. Out-of-pocket costs
D. Both direct as well as indirect costs
Answer
D - The make-or-buy analysis needs to be as comprehensive as possible. Hence, it
should consider all possible costs, both direct and indirect. [PMBOK 6th, Page
473]
91) You are planning to use PERT for planning of your project. A task has
pessimistic estimate of 24 days, most likely estimate of 15 days and optimistic
estimate of 12 days. What is the mean using the PERT technique?
A. 18 days
B. 25.5 days
C. 15 days
D. 16 days
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D - Mean for PERT is defined as (P+4M+O)/6 which comes out to be 16 days.
92) John is an excellent engineer. The management assumes that since he is a
good technical performer, he will be a good project manager too. Based upon
this, John was promoted to Project Manager. This is an example of
A. Halo Effect
B. Expectancy Theory
C. McGregor Theory of X and Y
D. Herzberg Theory
Answer
A - The behavior described is an illustration of Halo's effect. In project
management, the wrong perception to rate a team member high or low in all the
knowledge areas, based in a brilliant performance in some specific area is called
the “halo effect”. For example “If you have a good performance in the technical
areas you should be good in management tasks”.
93) You are the Project Manager assigned to build a next generation vehicle. You
identify a dependency that before the vehicle can be sold, it must be approved by
the Government regulatory authority. This is an example of which type of
dependency?
A. External
B. Discretionary
C. Soft Logic
D. Mandatory
Answer
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A - This is an example of dependency to an external (outside) body. External
dependencies involve a relationship between project activities and non-project
activities. These dependencies are usually outside of the project team’s control.
For example, the testing activity in a software project may be dependent on the
delivery of hardware from an external source, or governmental environmental
hearings may need to be held before site preparation can begin on a construction
project. The project management team determines which dependencies are
external during the process of sequencing the activities. Pmbok pg. 192
94) You are required to estimate the time to paint a large wall. You know it takes
two hours to paint one square foot of wall. The wall has an area of 30 square foot.
So you estimate that it will take 60 hours to paint the wall. Which estimation
model are you using?
A. Bottom-up
B. Parametric modeling
C. Analogous
D. Expert judgment
Answer
B - Parametric modeling is the best option. Parametric estimating is an estimating
technique in which an algorithm is used to calculate cost or duration based on
historical data and project parameters. Parametric estimating uses a statistical
relationship between historical data and other variables (e.g., square footage in
construction) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters, such as cost,
budget, and duration. PMBOK pg. 200
95) You are the project manager of ABC project. One of the risks that has been
identifies is attrition of team members. Mid-way through the project you notice
that the morale and motivation of the team members is going down. You think
that this is a precursor to people leaving the organization. For this risk, low
motivation is an example of
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A. workaround
B. trigger
C. risk monitoring
D. risk planning
Answer
B - A risk trigger is an indication that the risk is about to occur or has occurred.
PMBOK pg. 417
96) You are the Project Manager for XYZ project. The scope of the project has
been completed. You receive a request for a new module to be developed as part
of this project. What should you do next?
A. You should approach the Project sponsor and ask her for a new module to be
developed as part of this project.
B. You should approach the Senior Management and ask them for a new module
to be developed as part of this project.
C. You should send the request to Change Control Board for approval.
D. Since the project scope is completed you should inform the customer that this
change cannot be done as part of the project.
Answer
D - As the scope is completed, the project is complete. Additional work should be
done as part of a new project.
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