PMP Project Management Test Answers

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What is the definition of an SOW?
Sign of Weakness
Statement of Work
Signature of Workmanship
Statement of Writing


You are managing a project that is in process. A large and unexpected problem occurs that will cause a delay in the schedule in excess of the contingency schedule for the project. What should you do?
Require mandatory overtime for the project team
Reduce testing on the completed tasks
Speak to the stakeholders about getting additional time and budget for the project
Look at other tasks in the schedule and see which ones should be reduced to allow time for this problem to be worked out


What is the term for a histogram that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause?
A Pareto Diagram
A Key Event Schedule
A Parametric Graph
An Earned Value Diagram


Which one of these is NOT a stage of the phase-gate model?
Launch
Research
Development
Scoping


You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:
Socially active team
Virtual team
War room
Common area


Which of these is NOT one of the Five Performance Domains?
Initiating the project
Budgeting the project
Executing the project
Planning the project


What is a management style that is used for breaking down projects into small components?
Project breakdown structure
Work breakdown strategy
Project breakdown strategy
Work breakdown structure


A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a new product or service is called a:
Project
New product development
Program
Enterprise


Some members of your project team have come to you and asked that they be permitted to work on a flexible schedule. Others feel it is important that all team members be on site at all times unless they are absent for business reasons. What should you do?
Arrange a meeting of the project team members and allow them to decide
Turn down the request for flexible time schedules
Discuss this problem with your manager and act on the results of the meeting
Accept the request for flexible time schedules


The stakeholder analysis should be done in which stage of the project management?
Production and execution
Initiation
Monitoring and controlling
Planning and design


True or False? The closing stage of a project consists of 2 sub-stages?
False
True


Which of the following is an example of a conflict of interest?
You are the owner of a company that is supplying parts to a project that you are managing
A supplier tells you sensitive information, in confidence, that allows you to select another supplier for your project
You receive a gift from a supplier of parts for your project
You are the fourth cousin of a vendor supplying parts to a project in your company


A project manager makes a narrative description of the work that must be done for her project. This is called a:
Project plan
Control chart
Project objective
Statement of work


A graphic display of cumulative costs, labor hours, percentage of work etc. plotted against time is known as:
A Target Frame
An S-Curve
A Curve Graph
A Risk Graph


What is WBS typically used for:
To define the level or reporting the seller provides the buyer
Organizing and defining the total scope of the project
To identify the logical person to be project sponsor
As a record of when work elements are assigned to individuals


A Change Control Board is:
A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for ensuring that only a minimal amount of changes occur on the project
An informal group which has oversight of project implementation
The project manager and several key team members working to ensure cost and schedule control during the life of the project
A formal constituted group of stakeholders responsible for approving or rejecting changes to the project baselines


A type of project management that is typically used in technology and software development is:
Lean project management
Agile project management
Process-based project management
Tech project management


What is the purpose of a project charter?
Primary sales document
All of these
Focal point of the project
Authorization of the project


A group of related projects that are managed in a coordinated way that usually include an element of ongoing activity is called a:
Group of projects
Project office
Program
Major project


What happens at each gate when using the phase-gate model?
The project is moved to a new location
A new commitee reviews eash stage
Continuation of the project is reviewed by a committee
A new idea is implemented to the project


What must a project manager do to create clear boundaries for project completion?
Complete a scope statement
Complete a stakeholder management plan
Create a communications plan
Complete a risk management plan


A contract to deliver has been signed for the current project you are working on. The customer who has signed the contract has telephoned you to request additional work to be done on the project, which will affect the budget, but not the schedule of the project. What should you do next?
Refuse the request and send a memo to your management explaining the situation
Respond to the customer’s request by explaining the change procedure and asking that he or she submit a request for change
Arrange to meet with the project team to discuss this change
Do what the customer asks you to do and add the additional requirements to the original contract


What is the total float of a project?
Time spent by the project manager between team members
Idle time when project members are not fully occupied
Amount of time a task can slip without affecting the project end-date
Sum of the time spent on critical tasks


What must a project manager do to ensure clear boundaries for project completion?
Complete a communications plan
Complete a risk management plan
Complete a scope statement
Complete a stakeholder management plan


What should the project manager do to ensure that all work is included in the project plan?
Create a risk management plan
Create a contingency plan
Create a WBS
Create a quality plan


One of the members of your project team comes to you and says that he heard that one of the suppliers to the project had given a substantial gift to one of the project team members in hopes that the team member would favor his company with a purchase order. This team member then ordered the parts from this company. What should you do?
Investigate the matter completely
Cancel the purchase order with the supplier
Talk to the person and get him or her to give back the gift
Do nothing and hope things will blow over


What are the 5 basic Phases of Project Management
Planning, Insights, Ideation, Prototyping, and Presenting
Initiation, Planning, Development, Budgeting, and Presenting
Customer Insights, Ideation, Visual Thinking, Prototyping, and Storytelling
Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, and Close


A project management triangle is a model of the constraints of project management.
True
False


Which is the BEST definition of quality?
A product that satisfies all of the requirements of the people who pay for it.
A product made of very expensive materials.
A product that stays within budget.
A product that passes all of its tests. made with a lot of care by the team who built it.


True or False? One side of the project management triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others.
False
True


The margin on the project you are working on is low, and it is extremely important that the cost estimates for the work to be accurate. While reviewing the cost estimates for it, you notice that one for an element in the WBS is 10% higher than two previous projects for very similar work. What should you do?
Reduce the estimate and add the additional budget to the management reserve
Ask the person responsible for the estimate to explain the difference and bring supporting information to you
Reduce the estimate and add the additional budget to the contingency reserve
Accept the estimate because you trust all of the people on your project team, and they are responsible for estimates


A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?
Formal verbal
Informal verbal
Informal written
Formal Speech
Formal written


The Triple Constraint Model of a project consists of:
Resistance to change, Lack of support, and Team management
Scope, Schedule, and Cost
Budget, Time, and Knowledge
No Specification, Difficult users, Political intervention


At the middle of the project you calculate CPI = 1 of your project. What does it mean ?
Project's is exactly running as per the plan. That is Actual Cost and Planned Cost is equal.
Project is under budget.
Project is over budget.
Project's actual cost is lower than the planned cost.


What is "KPI"?
Key Performance Indicator
Key Project Implementation
Key Project Indicator
Key Project Idea


Which one of these is part of the execution stage?
All of these
Quality assurance
Distribution of information
Conduct procurement


What are the steps for defining the scope of a project?
Obtain budget approval, assign tasks, manage outsourcing.
Define project goals, outcomes, stakeholders, and hire junior PM's.
Define project objectives, goals, sub-phases, tasks, resources, budget, and schedule.
Create SOW, get stakeholder contracts, hire staff.


A person who is involved in, has something to gain or lose, or may be affected by the activities of the project is called a:
Team member
Supporter
Stakeholder
Customer


Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?
Managing project constraints
Sponsoring the project
Gathering product requirements
Managing stakeholder expectations


Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverable, tasks, and deadlines.
False
True


The original approved plan plus or minus approved scope changes is called the:
Assumption analysis
Baseline
Budget for completion
Buffer


The process of establishing clear and achievable objectives, measuring their achievement, and adjusting performance in accordance with the results of the measurement is called?
Strategic planning
Contingency planning
Detailed planning
Management by objectives


Your manager wants you to prepare a presentation for him to present at a conference. Most of the material in the presentation will be facts that are the results of your project. He intends to present the material under his own name. Your name will not appear. What should you do?
Do the work as you were told by your manager
Refuse to work on the presentation unless you are listed as a coauthor
Meet with your manager’s manager and discuss the problem
Present your own presentation


During the full life cycle of the project, a plot of the project’s expected expenditure will usually follow a characteristic “S” shape. This indicates that:
There are high expenditure during closeout
The bulk of the project budget will be spent in the execution phase
There is a cyclic nature to all projects
Problems will always occur in the execution phase


A control shows seven data points on a row on one side of the mean. What should be done?
Adjust the chart to reflect the new mean.
Perform a design of experiments.
Find an assignable cause.
Nothing. This is the rule of seven and can be ignored.


What kind of a relationship is it when completion of a successor is dependent on initiation of its predecessor?
FF (finish-to-finish)
SF (start-to-finish)
FS (finish-to-start)
SS (start-to-start)


What are examples of project stakeholders?
Project leader, project team members, upper management.
(all of these)
Google, Facebook, Android, GoogleGlass, Google AdWords
Community leaders & government officials
Vendors, Procurement, junior project managers.


PRINCE2 focuses on:
Short-term projects
Long-term projects
Controlled environments
Fluctuating environments


Taking action to decrease the total project duration after analyzing a number of alternatives to determine how to get the maximum duration compression for the least cost is known as:
Crunching
Consolidating
Crashing
Compressing


How many phases are there in a phase-gate model?
7
3
4
6


Any numbering system that is used to monitor project costs by category such as labor, supplies, or materials is called a:
Code of Accounts
Universal accounting standard
Standard accounting practices
Work breakdown structure


In a current project, you use earned value calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if the project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?
Performance
Knowledge
Personal
None of these


As a direct result of the successful completion of a project, your manager approves a bonus of $25,000 for you. There are fifteen members of the project team. One of the people in the project team has been a very low contributor to the project; the other fourteen have all been above standard. What should you do with the money?
Divide the money equally among the team members except for the substandard team member
Ask the team members how they would divide the money
Divide the money equally among all the team members
Keep the money yourself; you deserve it


You are managing a project and the customer’s engineer visits your facility on an inspection and general getting acquainted tour. During the tour they make the comment that the parts that are being designed should be in stainless steel instead of plain steel with enamel. What should you do?
Authorize the change in design to your engineers
Ask the visiting engineers to submit a change proposal to the change system
Continue with the present design
Speak to the visiting engineers and discuss having an informal meeting between your engineers and the visiting engineers


What does "PRiSM" stand for?
Projects Integrating Systematic Methods
Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods
Project Recovery in Situation Mess
Project Restore in Systematic Methods


Which of the following is NOT a Project Management Knowledge Area?
Procurement
Scope
Initiating
Integration


Managing projects that are uncertain and complex are often called:
Complex Project Management (CPM)
Intense Project Management (IPM)
Ambiguous Project Management (APM)
Extreme Project Management (XPM)


A project coordinator may typically be found in a ____________ organization
Balanced matrix
Weak matrix
Strong matrix
Projectized


Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:
Contingency plans, project management plan updates, and change requests
Secondary risks, process updates, and risk response owners
Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves
Risk triggers, contracts, and a risk list


The focus on how time and resources are invested into making changes that people want to see happen is known as:
Benefits Realisation Management
Outcome Management
Benefits Outcome Management
Benefits Strategy


Your project management team includes two external consultants each from a different company. You found that repeated conflicts between the two consultants already slow down project progress and jeopardize achievement of objectives. Which stage of team development can be difficult to overcome in such a situation?
Kickoff from Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating
Frustration from Direction, Frustration, Cooperation, Collaboration
Panic from Enthusiasm, Panic, Hope, Solution
Storming from Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing


An example of scope verification is:
Reviewing the performance of an installed software module
Managing changes to the project schedule
Performing a benefit-cost analysis to determine if we should proceed
Decomposing the WBS to a work package level


An unintended break in a network path, usually caused by missing activities or logical relationships, is called a:
Free floater
Fragnet
Hammock
Hanger


Decomposing the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to provide better control is called:
Scope verification
Scope planning
Scope baselining
Scope definition


You hire a person from a competing company who has a great deal of expertise in your industry. During conversation with the person you determine that many of this person’s ideas were developed by the competing company. What do you do?
Tell the person that he or she should not mention that the ideas came from another company
Accept the new ideas
Investigate the employee for security reasons
Sign a nondisclosure agreement with this person before he or she leaves your company


What is a risk owner?
The person who monitors the watchlist that contains the risk.
The person who meets with stakeholders to explain the risk.
The person who makes a risk happen.
The person who is responsible for the response plan for the risk.


True or False? A hammock must have an internal sequence
False
True

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