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1During the initiating stage, which of the following elements will be
identified to meet the project goals?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Key deliverables
Stakeholders
Quality
Vendors
2A car manufacturing company conceptualized a new car that will
be more fuel efficient, ergonomically designed, and that satisfies the
latest safety regulations. This car was recently launched and has now
moved into full-fledged production. This is an example of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Operation, as the company is into car manufacturing, which is an ongoing
process
B. Project, as this car was conceptualized, designed, and has now been
C.
D.
launched
Project, as it has clear scope and requirements in terms of safety compliance,
fuel efficiency, etc.
Operation, as this activity didn't create a unique product
3When is the cost highest in the project life cycle?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
At the initiating phase
During planning
Midway during the project
During closure
4As a part of Stakeholder Management, a Project Manager can
follow all of these management practices, EXCEPT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Identify all the stakeholders and capture them in the project team directory
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B. Ensure that stakeholders' expectations are met and gain support for the
project
C. Give preference to stakeholders over customers in case of conflict of interest
D. Communicate all relevant information about the project to stakeholders
5After a high-level management meeting, the manager chairing the
meeting asks the Project Manager to document and communicate
the action items to all the stakeholders. The Project Manager is part of
a ______________ organization structure.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Balanced Matrix
Weak Matrix
Strong Matrix
Tight Matrix
6Which of the following activities is part of the initiating phase?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Develop stakeholder management plan
B. Conduct benefit analysis with stakeholders to validate project alignment with
organizational strategy and expected business value
C. Validate Scope
D. Conduct kick-off meeting
7A Project Manager has just been assigned to a project. He is
involved in creating a document that would formally authorize the
project and capture initial requirements of the stakeholders. What is
the output of this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project Management Plan
Project Statement of work
Project Charter
Business case
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8Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe the essence of
Integration Management in the context of Project Management?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Balancing of competing objectives and the exploration of alternative actions
B. The processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and
C.
D.
coordinate process and project management activities within the Project
Management Process Group
Integrating different components from the development cycle to create the
final deliverable
Managing interdependencies among Project Management knowledge areas
9A Project Manager is going through the Project Statement of Work
provided by the project sponsor. Which of the following will NOT be a
part of this document?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Business Need
Product Scope Description
Strategic Plan
Performance Measurement Baseline
10You are the Project Manager of a project for which a prototype
was recently delivered. The sponsor of the project calls you and gives
you an overall estimate for the project. This form of estimate is known
as ____
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Analogous Estimate
Parametric Estimate
Heuristic Estimate
Three Point Estimate
11A Project Manager who has just been assigned to a new project
has been asked by his sponsor to come up with an initial cost estimate
called a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM). This would typically fall in
which range?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
-50% to +100%
-25% to +75%
-10% to +15%
-100% to +50%
12In a meeting, the Sponsor has discussed three projects with you:
Project A with Net Present Value of $55,000 and a payback period of
5 years; Project B with Net Present Value of $95,000; and Project C
with payback period of 10 years. He provides you with additional
information about the projects and intends to assign you as the
Project Manager for the selected project. As a Project Manager, you
are NOT expected to:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Conduct project selection methods to select one of the three projects
B.
C.
D.
discussed with you by the sponsor to evaluate feasibility of new products and
services
Proceed to select the project with higher NPV
Engage in deceitful practices
Participate in the project selection method
13There are three projects A, B, and C. NPV for projects A, B , and C
are $50,000, $ 80,000, and $ 40,000 respectively. In a meeting, the
management unanimously has chosen projects A and C. What is the
opportunity cost of the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
80000
130000
90000
0
14A project is in the initiating stage, and the Project Manager is
identifying project communication constraints. Which of the following
could be a valid constraint?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project could face high attrition rate
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B. Management and customer expect detailed formal status reports on the
project
C. Project team members would be required to work from different geographical
D.
locations
Many stakeholders of the project would not be able to attend the planned
project kick-off meeting
15A Project Manager is responding to a business proposal from an
overseas company. Which of the following should he refer to as a
guide to understand the business practice(s) that are allowed and
discouraged?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Procurement documents, including contract statement of work
Organization policies and procedures
Project Charter
PMI code of Professional Conduct
16Which of the following is NOT a project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Campaigning for an election
Family Weekend drives to sea coast
Writing an autobiography about project management experience
Preparing for PMP® examinations
17You have been assigned to a large construction project, and you
are in the "Initiating" process group. You have identified the project
stakeholders using a stakeholder analysis tool and defined the highlevel scope of the project. During these activities, you have identified
a key project limitation regarding the project location. What is the
BEST option for you in this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Document the project limitation as a project constraint
B. Discuss the project constraint with the project sponsor and the customer
C. Document the project limitation as a project constraint and propose an
D.
implementation approach to the sponsor and customer, if required
Ignore the project constraint and work toward getting approval for the
project charter
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18The Project Manager is participating in the development of a
project charter by gathering and analyzing the stakeholders'
requirements and ensuring that the project scope, milestones, and
deliverables are documented correctly. Which of the following is NOT
achieved by the sponsor's approval of the project charter?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Formalizing the authority assigned to the Project Manager
Gaining commitment of the stakeholders
Gaining acceptance for the project by the stakeholders
Ensuring formal acceptance of the deliverables by the customer
19Which of the following is NOT an input to the "Plan Stakeholder
Management" Process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project Management Plan
Stakeholder Register
Stakeholder Management Plan
Enterprise Environmental Factors
20John has been assigned to a project recently, and he is in the
process of documenting the project charter with the project sponsor.
Which of the following MUST he include in the Project Charter?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project purpose or justification
Positive risks
Budget estimates
Risk analysis
21As a Project Manager of a large project with hundreds of
stakeholders, which of the following is the BEST course of action?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Incorporate needs of only important stakeholders
B. Incorporate needs of all stakeholders
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C. Ask your manager to manage the stakeholders
D. Eliminate some of the stakeholders
22As part of Stakeholder Analysis, it is important to prioritize the needs
of key stakeholders to ensure efficient use of effort to communicate
with them and manage their expectations. Which of the following is
NOT a classification model?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Power/Influence grid
Power/Impact grid
Power/Interest grid
Influence/Impact grid
23You are the Project Manager of a software telecom development
project. You and your team are working together to create a billing
software. Which quadrant of the Power/Influence Grid will the
person(s) be responsible for sign-off of the deliverables?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Keep Informed
Monitor
Manage Closely
Keep Satisfied
24You are the Project Manager of a project in which team members
have dual reporting structure. In addition to reporting to you, they
also report to their functional manager. Also, the team members are
expected to do the project work along with department work. You
are working in which form of organization?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Functional
B. Projectized
C. Tight Matrix
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D. Matrix
25You are a Project Manager of an ambitious project in an
organization. Although you have successfully managed many critical
projects before, this is a new organization and you are working on this
technology for the first time. However, you hear that the company
has proven expertise on the technology and has also done a similar
project in the past. In this situation, what is the BEST option available to
you?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Approach the Project Manager from the earlier project and take his inputs
B. Obtain historical records and guidance from the Project Management Office
(PMO)
C. Involve Stakeholders and take their opinion and expertise on the project
D. Continue to manage the project by your instincts until there is a major issue
26You are managing a large and complex project which is in the
planning stage. After assessing the detailed project requirements with
the stakeholders, you ask the team to create a Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS). However, since most of the team is new, you decide
to brief them on some rules of creating a WBS. Which of the following
statements is INCORRECT about a Work Breakdown Structure?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. WBS is a list of specific activities used to accomplish the deliverables
B. WBS includes only work needed to create deliverables. Hence, work not in
WBS is not part of the project
C. Lower-level WBS components are a decomposed result of the upper-level
D.
WBS components
WBS allows better estimation of cost, risk, and time
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27You are a Project Manager for an infrastructure development
project, and the project involves building a multi-storey building. You
have submitted your project estimates for cost and duration to the
client. You also inform the buyer that the estimates would be true
provided there is an 8ft foundation built on the site already. What
does this statement describe in your project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Risk
Constraint
Assumption
Mandatory Dependency
28You are the Project Manager of a large and complex project. Your
project team has finished creating a Work Breakdown Structure for
the project. However, some of the team members are still not sure of
the kind of work included in each of their work packages. Which of
the following documents would you suggest they go through?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project scope statement
Project Management Plan
Work Break Structure (WBS) Dictionary
The Product Scope document
29You are a Project Manager. In the process of sequencing activities
for your project, you create a schedule network diagram that uses
boxes called nodes to represent activities and connects them with
arrows to represent logical relationships between them. What is this
popular scheduling diagram known as?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
Program Evaluation and Review technique (PERT)
Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)
30As a Project Manager, you are in the process of identifying and
documenting relationships among project activities. You are using the
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Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM). Which of the following
relationships are you UNLIKELY to use for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Finish to Start (FS)
Finish to Finish (FF)
Start to Start (SS)
Start to Finish (SF)
31As a Project Manager, you are estimating the duration of your
project activities using PERT (Program Evaluation and Review
Technique). For a particular project activity, your Optimistic estimate is
14 days, Pessimistic estimate is 47 days, and Most Likely estimate is 27
days. What should be the expected duration of this activity?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
28.17
31
43
36
32Sub network or fragment network templates are most useful when
the project has MANY:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mandatory Dependencies
Discretionary Dependencies
Undefined Variables
Identical or nearly identical deliverables
33As a Project Manager, you have created a Resource Breakdown
Structure (RBS) for your project. Which of the following statements is
NOT TRUE about Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. It is a hierarchical structure of resources
B. It is used for estimating resource utilization
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C. It is used for organizing and reporting project schedule
D. It has resources grouped by category and type
34A Project Manager is managing a project that has constraints on
the availability of required resources throughout the project. He needs
to rearrange the schedule in such a way that a constant number of
resources are used each month. Which of the following techniques
should the Project Manager use to achieve this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fast Tracking
Crashing
Leveling
Lagging
35A project team is in the process of estimating the types and
quantities of resources required to perform each activity. Which of the
following activities will NOT be done by the team during this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Estimate the type and quantity of resource required to perform each activity
Go through the past data and lessons learned from previous projects
Study the organization policies and procedures regarding staffing
Identify and show network dependency in the project activities
36Which estimate technique does the Program Evaluation and
Review Technique (PERT) use to define the approximate range of
activity costs?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Earned Value Technique
Parametric Estimation Technique
Three Point Estimate Technique
Historical Information
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37Your project team is involved in estimating the cost of the project as
a part of project cost management. Which of the following tools and
techniques will NOT be applicable for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost Benefit Analysis
Reserve Analysis
Cost of Quality
Alternatives Analysis
38The common term for an authorized time-phased budget, which
includes the Budget at Completion (BAC), used to measure cost
performance, and displayed in the form of an S-curve is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Earned Value
Cost Performance Index
Cost Baseline
Project Budget
39A project team is in the process of identifying quality requirements
and standards for the project. It is documenting how the project will
demonstrate compliance. The team has referred to organizational
process assets and is using tools like statistical sampling and control
charts. Which process of Quality Management is the project team
performing?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plan Quality Management
Perform Quality Assurance
Perform Quality Control
Manage Project Team
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40Which of the following is true with respect to Plan Cost
Management?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Develop the high-level budget
Develop the cost management plan
Develop the budget plan
Develop both budget plan and cost management plan
41Which of the following is an example of external failure cost?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost of testing
Cost of training
Cost of documentation
Warranty cost
42A project team is ahead of its schedule, and its SPI and CPI are
currently 1.4 and 1.2 respectively. The Project Manager and the team
are brainstorming about the scope of the next milestone delivery.
They have found that including an additional feature would enhance
the usability of the product and can be compressed in the current
schedule. What should the project team do next?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Add this feature in the next release as long as it doesn't affect the delivery
B.
C.
D.
date
Go through the change management and analyze the impact of this
additional feature
Discuss it with the project sponsor
Drop this feature as it is gold plating and the customer does not need it
43You are the Project Manager of a large team with people from
diversified locations. There are many groups within a project, such as
architects, human resources, legal, quality engineers, etc., with their
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own hierarchy and reporting structure. In order to ensure that each
team member has clarity on their own and other members' reporting
structure, you decide to capture all of this information graphically.
Which of the following documents will you be using for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project Organization Chart
Resource Breakdown Structure
Organization Breakdown Structure
Resource Assignment Matrix
44A Project Manager wants to capture information related to staff
acquisition and release, training needs, resource calendar,
recognition, and rewards. Which of the following documents would
be most appropriate?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project Management Plan
Resource Management Plan
Project Team Assignments
Issue Log
45You are a Project Manager in an organization with a functional
structure; hence, it is important that you negotiate suitable resources
for your project from the functional manager. Which of the following
tools could be a valuable asset to prove your project resource
requirements to the functional manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Staffing Management Plan
Network Diagram and Project Schedule
Resource Assignment Matrix
Project organization chart
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46In a project kick-off meeting, there is utter chaos, with all the
attendees talking simultaneously. The Project Manager is not able to
present his report due to the commotion, and the stakeholders feel
that their expectations are not being met properly. Also, many of the
invited attendees are not present. What must have the Project
Manager done to avoid this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Communicate the agenda of the meeting clearly to all the Stakeholders
Postpone the meeting to ensure availability of all the Stakeholders
Conduct a brainstorming session to reach a consensus with Stakeholders
Establish ground rules for the meeting and communicate the rules to all the
attendees
47You have been assigned as a Project Manager of a newly initiated
project and have 5 team members. There is a project sponsor (Mr.
Smith) and a technical architect who will be involved only during the
planning stage. This project is for an external customer. How many
communication channels are possible in your project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
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28
Cannot be determined since project is in the initiating stage
48Risk Breakdown Structure is an example of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Text-oriented format
Functional chart
Hierarchical representation of risks according to risk categories
Matrix-based organization chart
49A Project Manager is managing a short duration pilot project and
has started with a risk management planning process. He has
identified new risks and arranged them based on probability and the
impact matrix. The Project Manager now proceeds to plan responses
for the risks without analyzing the risks numerically. According to you,
this decision of the Project Manager is:
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Incorrect. It is important to numerically analyze each risk in order to come up
with appropriate responses.
B. Correct. Quantitative Risk Analysis is a waste of time and is not required if risks
C.
D.
are already assessed qualitatively.
Incorrect. Quantitative risk analysis is important. We need to calculate EMV for
each risk and later move on to risk response planning.
Correct. This is a short duration project, and the Project Manager might skip
Quantitative Risk analysis if he feels it does not assist in the Risk Management
process.
50Which of the following elements are to be considered while
developing the project schedule? Pick the best answer.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project deliverables
Project timeline
Quality
Cost
51As part of Quantitative Risk Analysis, a Project Manager has derived
four packages with the following probability and impact. Using EMV
(Expected Monetary Value), which one should he use in the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Work package I: Probability 15% and Impact $20,000
Work package II: Probability 7 % and Impact $10,000
Work package III: Probability 7 % and Impact $15,000
Work package IV: Probability 15% and Impact $10,000
52A Project Manager is in the planning stage and is evaluating risks in
the project. He wants to improve the project's chances of success by
evaluating all possible risks. As a part of risk management planning
and identification, he has used a standard questionnaire to identify
risks and has identified about 20 risks in the project. What should he do
before moving to the next process, "qualitative risk analysis"?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Prioritize risk by determining each risk's probability and impact
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B. Update project management plan and other project documents based on
inputs from these risks
C. Communicate the status of identified risks to stakeholders
D. Continue to identify more risks using other tools and techniques
53A project team in a software project started with risk management
planning and identified new risks. Next, it conducted qualitative risk
analysis using a probability and impact matrix and thereafter
completed the 'plan risk response' process. What is an important step
that the team needs to complete before moving to risk monitoring
and control?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Evaluate risks quantitatively using any of the tools of Quantitative Risk Analysis
Identify risk owners among stakeholder and project team
Evaluate the amount of contingency time and cost reserve needed
Communicate the status of identified risks and response strategy to
stakeholders
54A project team is working on a risk response strategy by evaluating
every risk and coming up with suitable response strategies. However,
one particular risk with a negative impact cannot be avoided or
mitigated. Furthermore, there is no way to transfer risk by outsourcing
or buying insurance. What is the best the team can do about the risk?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Treat it as a secondary risk and update it in the Risk Register
Share the risk by allocating ownership to a third party
Accept the risk and put it in the watch list
Revisit the Risk Response Strategy
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55You are a Project Manager in a construction company and
urgently require some expert welders for a short duration. You
checked their availability internally with the functional manager, but
the functional manager is not able to match the skills required. You
decide to acquire these resources on contract. Which of the following
is the BEST type of contract for your requirements?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost Reimbursable
Fixed Price
Time and Material
Cost Plus Incentive Fee
56A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs
for performing the contract work and receives a predetermined
incentive fee based on achieving certain performance incentives is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract
Cost Plus Award Fee Contract
Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract
57A Project Manager is in the process of preparing a plan that
documents how the procurement process will be managed: from
developing procurement documents to contract closure. She is also
going through project requirements and scope documents with the
team and discussing different contract types to decide the one most
suitable for the project. According to you, which process of
procurement management is the Project Manager in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plan Procurement Management
Conduct Procurements
Control Procurements
Close Procurements
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58A Project Manager has used a popular cost estimating model to
come up with cost estimates for his upcoming project. However, the
sponsor asks him to add 15% to the total cost estimate as the
customer always negotiates and asks the prices to be reduced by
10% to 15%. What is the BEST option for the Project Manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Do as the sponsor says as she is your senior and project sponsor
B. Recalculate the cost estimates using a more suitable technique and check
the difference between the estimates
C. Provide the sponsor with details on cost estimation and suggest that she share
D.
this with the customer
Refuse to make any changes or increase the estimated cost
59A large project with a team of 150 people is in the planning stage. It
will span over a duration of 3 years and is under strict budget. A
Project Manager is using the project charter to assess the detailed
project requirements in consultation with the stakeholders and to
establish the key project deliverables. He sets his project quality
objective based on the organization capability baseline set by the
quality policy. However, one of the stakeholders refuses to accept this
and asks him to reduce the quality objective as it will help cut down
cost of quality of the project. He also refuses to approve the project if
the Project Manager does not agree to his suggestion. What should
the Project Manager do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Explain to the stakeholder that Cost of Quality is less than cost of project
B. Explain to the stakeholder that if Quality objectives are set lower than
C.
D.
expected, they will be highlighted during Quality Audit
Explain to the stakeholder that the quality policy is used to set quality
objectives for all the projects in the organization and they need to abide by it
Agree to the stakeholder's suggestion and reduce the metric as he will not
approve the project otherwise
60After a project management plan is prepared and approved, a
project stakeholder asks the Project Manager to correct some syntax
and grammatical errors in the project document as they could be
misleading. What should the Project Manager do?
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A. Refuse as these are trivial changes and can be ignored
B. Refuse as the project management plan has already been discussed and
C.
D.
approved
Refuse and ask the stakeholder to meet the project sponsor
Refuse and ask the stakeholder to raise a change request that can be
considered by the change control board
61You are a Project Manager, and your project sponsor has asked
you to come up with the total funding requirements of the project.
What will be the total funding requirements for your project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
The total approved budget by time period
The total project budget plus anticipated liabilities
The total funds, including the cost baseline and any management reserves
The total individual cost estimates
62A project has a project manager, a sponsor, a human resource
specialist, a quality analyst, and seven team members. How many
communication channels are possible in the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
50
110
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115
63A Project Manager has submitted a formal document that
describes the procurement item in sufficient detail. This document
allows prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of
providing the product and details methodology and results that will
be provided to the buyer. What is this called?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Invitation for Bid
Request for Proposal
Request for Quotation
Contract Statement of Work
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64Which of the following is NOT true about the human resource plan
created by the Project Manager during the planning process group?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Defines the roles and responsibilities of the project team members
Includes an effective project organization structure
Provides guidance about how resources will be utilized and managed
Defines the work breakdown structure
65You are a Project Manager for a big project, and quality is a top
priority. You have devoted a lot of the project time to the creation of
the quality management plan. What is the advantage of the quality
management plan?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prevents defects from reaching the customers
Guarantees improvement in project quality
Provides a systematic approach to meet the project's quality goals
Conforms to customers' testing methodology
66A Project Manager is trying to successfully complete a project, but
her role in the organization is limited and she has no control over
project budget. Although she has some power to authorize decisions,
she needs to seek approval on most of the major decisions. Also, her
team members work only part-time on the project. The Project
Manager is in a _______ organization.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Functional
Projectized
Composite
Strong Matrix
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67How is the role of project expeditor different from project
coordinator?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Project coordinator has some power to make decisions
Project coordinator acts primarily as Staff assistant
Project coordinator acts as a communication coordinator
Project coordinator can control project budget
68You are working on a critical project for a large enterprise. The
project has a major milestone delivery next week and is in the final
testing phase. The project team is working on two critical showstopper
bugs that are affecting the project. One of the senior members of the
project has resigned, and the outsourced component that was
scheduled for delivery next week may be delayed. Additionally, the
current performance indices are 1.09 (CPI) and 1.90 (SPI). What is the
MOST critical issue faced by the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost and Schedule
Delay in third party component
Resource movement
Testing defects
69Which of the following is NOT an enterprise or environmental factor
that can influence, direct, and manage project work?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stakeholder risk tolerance
Organizational culture and structure
Project Management Information System (PMIS)
Standardized guidelines and work instructions
70A work authorization system is a:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Part of change control system in a project
B. A privately created software tool to submit and track changes and monitor
and control project activities from project initiation to closure
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C. Tool used to notify team or contractors that they may begin work on a project
or work package
D. Tool that helps the team create a Work Breakdown Structure
71Which of the following processes does not have defect repair as
one of the outputs?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Perform Integrated Change Control Process
Control Procurements
Monitor and Control
Control Schedule
72You are a Project Manager of a software project that is in a critical
phase of testing and bug fixing. An enthusiastic test engineer working
on the project tells you that he found a major bug the previous night
during testing. He assures you that there is nothing to worry about as
he has 'patched' the code and it is working fine now. What should be
your main concern about this incident?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. There is nothing to be concerned about; the incident shows the proactive
approach of the team member, and he should be appreciated
B. It can be a case of scope creep
C. It shows disrespect to the project management authority as the team
member didn't ask his opinion
D. The patch or bug fix may not work correctly in all scenarios.
73You are a Project Manager in an oil company and have joined a
project midway. You want to understand how requirement activities
and configuration management activities such as changes to the
product requirement will be initiated. You want to know how impacts
will be analyzed, tracked, and reported. You also want to know the
authorization levels required to approve these changes. Which of the
following documents will provide this information?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Requirements Management Plan
Integrated Change Control
Project Charter
Project Scope Statement
74To acquire and manage the project team, which of the following
plan or documents should be referred to?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Human Resource management plan
Procurement management plan
Project charter
Human Resource management plan and Procurement management plan
75An instrument that has a screw of 15 mm diameter gives the
following readings: 16.001 mm, 16.00015 mm, 16.0003 mm, and 15.900
mm. Assuming that the instrument is capable of measuring up to the
third place decimal, what BEST can be concluded about the
performance of the instrument?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
The instrument is accurate and precise
The instrument is not accurate but is precise
The instrument is accurate but is not precise
The instrument is neither accurate nor precise
76You are a Project Manager in a leading manufacturing company,
and you are managing a critical project for the company. Your
project is facing severe cost constraints, and you cannot delay the
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delivery date of the product. After consulting stakeholders and the
customers, you decide to lower both the quality and grade of the
product. The decision to lower the quality and grade of the product is
_______.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wrong, as grade and quality should never be compromised in a product.
Wrong, as grade can be compromised but not quality
Wrong, as quality can be compromised but not grade
Correct, as both grade and quality can be compromised according to
project need
77A project is in the execution stage. The customer comes back with
an additional feature to be added in the forthcoming milestone
delivery. The project team has assessed the impact of the change by
performing Integrated Change Control. The Project Manager should:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Hold a meeting with the customer to explain why it is not a good option to
incorporate change requests during project execution
B. Create a change request and proceed for review by the Change Control
C.
D.
Board
Review Quality Management Plan and evaluate the effect of the additional
feature on quality
Notify stakeholders affected by change
78According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what comes at the
BOTTOM of the pyramid?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Physiological
Social
Esteem
Self Actualization
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79A project is in the final testing stage and is approaching a critical
deadline. Two senior members of the team who have already had
disagreements throughout project execution are caught up in a
deadlock. The Project Manager has earlier tried his best to sort out
their differences but it hasn't worked. What is the BEST the Project
Manager can do in this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Talk to the project sponsor since they are senior members of the project
B. Give them a final warning and make it clear that such behavior is not
C.
D.
encouraged
Talk face-to-face with each of them individually to sort out their differences
Use an Autocratic approach and make a decision that is best for the project
80Which of the following is the MOST COMMON reason for conflict?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Schedules
Personalities
Technical Beliefs
Administrative policies and procedures
81In order to achieve the project deliverables, the project manager
has to manage task execution based on project management plan.
In doing so, which of the following elements should be considered?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Budget and schedule
Leading and developing the project team
Quality and cost
Acquiring the team
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82You are managing a large diversified project team. In the initial
days of the project, the team members behaved like independent
individuals and seemed reserved, learning about their roles and
responsibilities. Then, as the team began to work on the project and
participate in technical decisions, their trust level grew. The team
members now support each other's needs and work together.
According to you, which stage of team development is the team in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Norming
Performing
Forming
Adjourning
83Which of the following is NOT a technique used in "develop project
team" process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Training
Interpersonal Skills
Co-Location
Observation and Conversation
84You have delivered many complex and technically challenging
projects in the past and have won respect and appreciation for your
work from the customers and senior managers in the organization.
Which form of power are you using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Formal (Legitimate)
Reward
Expert
Referent
85A new Project Manager takes over a project during the execution
phase. One of the main issues faced by the project is that the
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customer complains of poor visibility on the project. What should be
his first step toward resolving the issue?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Have a discussion with the customer to understand why he feels the project
lacks visibility
B. Have a discussion with the team members who have been in the project since
C.
D.
the beginning to understand customer-specific communication needs
Go through the communication management plan to understand customer
communication requirements and assess whether they are being addressed
properly
The Project Manager should first understand the project and go through
project management plan to understand the project properly
86You are managing a large project that has many stakeholders
across various departments in the organization. During the planning
stage, you created a communication management plan based on
the project organization structure and external stakeholder
requirements in order to manage the flow of project information.
During project execution, one of the stakeholders contacts you and
informs you that his expectations have not been completely
accounted for in the project. What should be your BEST response to
the situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Understand his expectations and update project documents accordingly,
starting with stakeholder register
B. Since the stakeholder analysis has already been completed and all the other
C.
D.
stakeholders have been agreed to the project deliverables, the process
cannot be repeated for this particular stakeholder
Go through the stakeholder analysis with the team as there might be more
unidentified stakeholders in the project
Inform the stakeholder that he will be included in all project communications
and he can raise his concerns whenever he feels his requirements are not
being addressed
87A software project run in an IT company has 14 stakeholders and is
in the final testing stage. At this point, the technical architect leaves
the project and two new test engineers join. What is the change in the
potential communication channels of the project?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Communication channel would remain unaffected by change in team
members.
B. Number of communication channels will increase by 13.
C. Number of communication channels will increase by 26.
D. Number of communication channels will increase by 14.
88Which of the following types of organizations would have the most
complex communication management ?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Functional Organization
Projectized Organization
Matrix Organization
Ad hoc Organization
89You are a Project Manager of a software project that has finished
the design stage and is moving to the implementation stage. At the
end of the design phase, you got the document reviewed and you
tracked and closed the defect logs. Also, as part of the design stage
review and kick-off for the implementation phase, you checked
current SPI and CPI and revisited the risks. What did you forget to do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Identify new risks for the next stage and update risk register
B. Take corrective and preventive actions from design review so that defects
C.
D.
can be minimized
Conduct an impact analysis of the defects found during the design review
Communicate project stage review findings to all the stakeholders
90In which of the following types of contracts does the buyer have
the MAXIMUM cost risk?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cost Reimbursable
Fixed Price
Time and Material
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
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91A cost reimbursable contract has an estimated cost of $20,000. If
the seller beats the cost, 80% of the savings will go to the buyer and
20% will go to the seller. If the actual costs come in at $18,000, what is
the final price?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
$18,000
$18,200
$18,400
$18,600
92A project team is in the process of obtaining seller responses,
selecting a seller, and awarding a contract. For this purpose, the team
is using some predefined selection criteria to evaluate the bids and
select the most appropriate seller. Which process of project
management is the project team working on?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plan Procurement Management
Conduct Procurements
Control Procurements
Proposal Evaluation
93A Project Manager is involved in a procurement management
process in a centralized contracting environment. He is assigned a fulltime contract manager who reports to him for the project. In this
scenario, which of the following is usually NOT the role of the Project
Manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Provide increased expertise in contracting and also guide the team on
standardized company practices
B. Make sure the contract contains all project management requirements
C. Identify risks and incorporate mitigation and allocation of risks into contracts
D. Help tailor the contract to the unique needs of the project
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94A Project Manager is forced to give a contract to a preferred
supplier as he has a strict deadline to meet. What could be the
BIGGEST risk in this situation for the Project Manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The seller has not proven that he has required expertise and resources to take
this assignment
B. The Project Manager didn't get a chance to evaluate other vendors who
C.
D.
could be better
The seller may not fulfill the evaluation criteria to bid for the project
The seller may not meet acceptance criteria in the contract, and Project
Manager might have to accept what he gets
95Your company is bidding for a major project from Company X. You
have a friend in Company X, and he requests your help in evaluating
the proposals. What action should you take?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Accept the friend's request and work impartially while helping on the proposal
evaluation
B. Accept the friend's request and take care of your company's interests while
C.
D.
helping on the proposal evaluation
Reject the friend's request
Ask your Manager's opinion
96As a Project Manager of a complex and relatively new technology,
you have asked for an expensive training for yourself and the team
from the project sponsor. Although the sponsor has agreed to your
request, he asks you to start the project in the meantime. Which of the
following is NOT an option for you?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Since you have already asked your sponsor for training, you can do nothing to
enhance your skills in the meantime
B. Visit PMO and Organization project database to go through lessons learned
C.
D.
from previous projects
Talk to fellow Project Managers who have executed similar projects in the
organization
Join an organization or library to gain access to journals featuring the
technology
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97A Project Manager has worked on many challenging projects and
has managed teams across the globe in the last 20 years of his
career. Now, he intends to share his best practices and lessons
learned throughout his professional career. The Project Manager is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enhancing his professional skills by evaluating his experience and strengths
Contributing to the project management knowledge base
Capturing his professional stint in an autobiography
Informing others about project management principles and helping the
profession grow
98You work in a pharmaceutical company, and your client has
shared some confidential information with you. A medical university
requests you to share the information about the client for their
research. What should you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Share the information as it will be used purely for academic purposes
B. Share the information but hide all references that could expose the client
C. Never share any information about the client as you are bound by NonD.
Disclosure Agreement
Contact your client and seek permission to disclose the information
99Which of the following is an example of smoothing as part of
promoting interaction among stakeholders?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The Project Manager keeps himself aloof and uninvolved from team conflicts
and lets the team handle it themselves
B. The Project Manager calls the troublemakers and tries to resolve their
problems through discussion
C. The Project Manager downplays the difference of opinion, saying the
difference lies only in perception
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D. The Project Manager takes the side of the more experienced resource as he is
more valuable to the project
100A Project Manager defines a personal plan for his career and
professional development every year. As a part of this plan, he goes
through his project experiences and lessons learned and decides on
the training needs to help him excel as a Project Manager and
contribute to his organization. In this scenario, the Project Manager is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Contributing to the Project Management knowledge base
Enhancing his Personal Professional Competence
Helping his organization through his project success
Putting the project's need before his own and making decisions in the best
interest of the project
101Team development would be MOST difficult in a _______
organization.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Weak Matrix
Projectized
Tight Matrix
Balance Matrix
102An organization has recently started outsourcing work to a lowcost, high-value engineering center located in a different country.
According to you, which is the BIGGEST value addition a Project
Manager can provide to the team?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
An introduction to the applicable laws in the country
An exposure to cultural differences
Communication management Plan
Competency in speaking foreign language
103One of the high-performing team members from a support group
wants to move on to the technical team as she finds that work more
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challenging. As a Project Manager, you know that she is a valuable
resource and moving her out of the support group can affect group
performance. You decide to give her a hike in salary. However, the
employee is still unhappy and dissatisfied. This is an example of _______
theory
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Maslow's
Herzberg's
McGregor's
Expectancy
104A Project Manager is preparing for the next milestone release
when he realizes that he has missed an important feature in the
project requirements plan. If implemented, this feature would take at
least one person a week of effort. What should he do to address this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Discuss the change with Customer and seek his approval
Evaluate the impact of change on triple constraint
Look for alternatives to reduce the impact of change
Raise a change request to address the change through change control
process
105In negotiations, what is a fait accompli tactic?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Making personal attacks that could be downright insulting
B. Playing the role of a good guy and bad guy in a team
C. Claiming an issue has already been decided and therefore cannot be
D.
changed
Hiding or partially disclosing information
106What does the Kaizen theory state?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Evaluate project performance on regular basis
B. Bring the inventory cost to zero by making inputs available only when required
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C. Use a process of Plan-Do-Check-Act to improve quality
D. Apply continuous small improvements to reduce costs and ensure consistency
107Your customer asks for a small change in the project, which was
not budgeted initially. It is a small effort compared to the total project,
and you need the goodwill of the customer to be successful in a
multi-million dollar gas project. What will you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Implement approved changes according to the change management plan
B.
C.
D.
to meet the project requirements
Since you need to maintain goodwill, you agree to incorporate the change
Speak to the sponsor for his consent
Tell the customer to keep it a secret and not inform the sponsor about the
change to be implemented
108During the project, you and your team discovered that a key
project component was stolen. As this was not planned for, the team
decided to launch the product without the stolen component. This is
an example of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Work around
Risk Transfer
Risk Mitigation
Acceptance
109During the project execution, the status report shows that an
activity on the critical path is delayed. As a Project Manager, what
should you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Deliver incomplete activity
Compress the schedule
Reduce the scope
Stop the project execution
110As a Project Manager, you are assigned to a project that will be
outsourced. The next step is to organize a formal bidding process and
select the vendor for the project. You own stock in one of the vendor
companies that participated in the bidding process. What is the BEST
course of action for you?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Select the vendor company in which you own stock
B. Keep the information to yourself
C. Tell your manager and remove yourself from the vendor selection
committee
D. Ask other members of the selection committee to select your vendor
company
111Which of the following is NOT a tool used in the "conduct
procurements" process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Bidders Conference
B. Independent Estimates
C. Procurement Negotiation
D. Contract Types
112The Project Manager has discovered that two team members
have had a disagreement over the procurement of the project
component. The Project Manager suggests that the team members
compromise. The team members are also willing to resolve the
conflict. Who should decide the best course of action?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Sponsor
B. Customer
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D. Team members
113The primary communication skill the Project Manager will use when
working with the functional manager is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Problem Solving
B. Negotiation
C. Team Building
D. Public Relations
114Performance improvements include all, BUT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Improvements in amount of overtime worked
B. Improvements in individual skills
C. Improvements in team behavior
D. Improvements in team capabilities
115Herzberg divided motivation factors into two classes: satisfiers and
dissatisfiers. Examples of satisfiers are:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Vacation time
B. Work satisfaction, fringe benefit
C. Plush offices space, performance-based salary raise
D. Sense of personal achievement, work satisfaction
116A Project Manager is concerned about team building on her
project. One of the mandatory things that the project manager must
have for good team building is:
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A. Commitment from top-level management
B. Co-location of team members
C. Establishment of clear negotiated goals
D. Open discussion of poor individual performance
117A Project Manager is managing a project where there will be a
number of persons working together. She wants to enhance the ability
of the team to work together and perform as a team. One of the
things she can do to enable this is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cohabitation
B. Co-location
C. Staffing plan
D. WBS
118Tom always delivers his projects on time and within budget. He
believes that his success can be explained by the fact that he makes
all of the project decisions himself and then enforces those decisions
with an iron hand. His management style is best described by:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Force Field Theory
B. Expectation Theory
C. McGregor's Theory X
D. McGregor's Theory Y
119Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the configuration
management system?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensure all the project team members have the latest version of the
project document
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B. Ensure all the relevant changes are communicated to the
stakeholders
C. Maintain consistency of product's performance and its functional
attributes
D. It includes Configuration identification, Configuration status
accounting, and Configuration verification and audit
120A project is in the final stage of testing when it receives a major
change request from the customer. This would delay the final delivery
of the project by 2 weeks. What should the Project Manager do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Create a change request and go through the change
management process
B. Evaluate the impact of the change
C. Communicate the implication of the change to the customer
D. Adjust the project management plan and baseline
121You are a Project Manager, and your team recently encountered
a major change in the project. This change was evaluated for its
impact on the triple constraints and went for approval to the Change
Control Board (CCB). The CCB, which is comprised of important
stakeholders of the project, approved the change. The project
documents were updated through the configuration management
system. What should the project team do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Explore options to reduce the effect of change
B. Adjust the project management plan and baselines
C. Notify the stakeholders affected by the change
D. Prevent the root cause of change
122A Project Manager working on a critical deliverable encounters a
major change that affects the schedule baseline and the next
milestone deliverable. This change cannot be accommodated within
the current project management plan. What is the BEST option for the
Project Manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Avoid the change as it gravely affects the project deadline
B. Explore options to reduce the effect of change
C. Communicate the implication of this change request to the
customer
D. Seek approval from change control board or project sponsor
123Measuring project performance using appropriate tools and
techniques in order to identify and quantify variances and corrective
actions is part of _______ process group.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
124A Project Manager is in the process of comparing actual
performance to the scope statement to determine variances,
evaluate possible alternatives, and take the appropriate action.
Which of the following will NOT be an output of this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Work Performance Information
B. Updates in project management plan
C. Change Requests
D. Change Control Meetings
125During the project lifecycle, a Project Manager can change the
schedule baseline ONLY through:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Customer-defined change in the schedule
B. Formally approved change through the change control process
C. Corrective action based on Performance Report
D. Project showing high deviation from the baseline
126For a project, Earned value = 600, Actual Cost = 400, and Estimate
to Completion= 700. What is the estimate at completion?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 1200
B. 1100
C. 1300
D. 300
127Your project is expected to be delayed by 6 days from the
scheduled final delivery date. Your current CPI is 1.5, and the project
risks are low. You also have many discretionary dependencies on the
project. You don't have access to any more resources for the project.
Which of the following would be the BEST alternative to bring the
project back on schedule?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Reduce the number of resources from an activity
B. Complete activities that involve external dependencies first
C. Remove a few activities from the project
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D. Complete some activities concurrently
128A Project Manager has to discuss project progress and track status
with the project team. Which of the following would be the MOST
relevant format for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Milestone Chart
B. Bar Chart
C. WBS
D. Schedule Baseline
129A project has been severely delayed, and the Project Manager is
trying his best to bring it back on schedule. To expedite the work, he
has added more resources and has asked them to work overtime.
Which of the following could NOT be a possible outcome of crashing
a project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Increase in Project Cost
B. Increase in Project Risk
C. Decrease in morale of team members
D. Increase in rewards and recognition
130The project schedule should be measured against _______ to
recommend corrective and preventive actions.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Schedule Baseline
B. Work Performance Measurement
C. Earned Value Technique
D. Variance Analysis
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131A project has initial budgeted cost, also called Budget at
Completion (BAC), of $100,000. As the project progresses, these are
the current figures: Planned Value (PV) is $20,000, Actual Cost (AC) is
$25,000, and Earned Value (EV) is $15,000. What is the Estimate at
Completion (EAC), assuming the current variances are atypical of the
future?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. $110,000
B. $90,000
C. $100,000
D. $115,000
132You are a Project Manager of a large and complex project that is
partly outsourced to a third party. Under these circumstances, your
planned expenditure sometimes overshoots the funding limits set for
the project. As a Project Manager, how do you best handle the
situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Relook and adjust the scheduling of work to smoothen out or
regulate the expenditure
B. Discuss this situation with your project sponsor or customer to work
out a solution
C. Use Management Reserve allocated for the project
D. Delay the payments of vendor for that phase
133You are working on a highly visible project for which it is critical to
have accurate cost estimates. While reviewing cost estimates for the
project, you notice that one of the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
work packages is estimated at almost 25% higher than two other
similar WBS work packages. What should you do in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Reduce the estimate but add an additional budget in
management reserve
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B. Reduce the estimate but add an additional budget in
contingency reserve
C. Trust your team to come up with accurate estimates as they
already had many team discussions
D. Call the WBS owner to discuss the basis for estimating the work
package
134Your project has current CPI of 1.2 and SPI of 0.86. What does the
figure indicate about the project performance?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project has cost underrun and is delayed
B. The project has cost overrun and is delayed
C. The project has cost underrun and is ahead of schedule
D. The project has cost overrun and is ahead of schedule
135A project with a CPI Index of 0.96 indicates:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project has cost overrun and will not complete within budget
B. The project has cost underrun with respect to performance to date
C. The project has cost overrun for work completed so far
D. The project has schedule overrun
136A project has faced some unforeseen events that have affected
its performance with respect to cost and schedule. However, they are
not bound to continue in the future. What is the value of Estimate at
Completion (EAC)? Here, BAC is Budget at completion, AC is Actual
Cost, CPI is Cost Performance Index, and EV is earned Value.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. BAC/CPI
B. AC + ETC
C. AC + (BAC-EV)/CPI
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D. AC + (BAC-EV)
137A Project Manager is working on a highly visible project in an
organization and is most concerned about project performance and
progress. His cost variance is currently $150 and schedule variance
percentage is -15%. Which of the following statements about the cost
and schedule performance of the project is INCORRECT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project has spent more money on work accomplished than
planned
B. You have overestimated the amount of time needed to complete
the project
C. The Project has faced some unplanned or planned setbacks that
have affected the schedule
D. The project is doing favorably cost-wise but is lagging behind in
schedule
138In a control chart, what does upper specification and lower
specification limit (USL, LSL) signify?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. These are based on requirements of the contract and reflect the
maximum and minimum values allowed
B. They are set by the PM and stakeholders to reflect points for
corrective action
C. These are usually +/- 3 limits based on normal distribution
D. These are used to monitor cost and schedule variances
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139You are heading a software development project team that has
many new members working for the first time. You ensure that the
team diligently gets its work products reviewed by an external
reviewer and closes the defects before moving to the next stage.
However, the last few review reports have captured a high numbers
of defects, including many careless mistakes. According to you, what
is the root cause of the problem?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Since most of the team members are new and inexperienced, a
high number of defects are expected
B. The team has, in all probability, not completely understood the
scope of the work
C. The review is not efficient as most of the defects are not valid
D. The team is not doing proper self-review before submitting the
work
140A popular tool used to monitor project performance, including
cost and schedule variances, and ensure that process operates within
acceptable limits is called:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Control Chart
B. Run Chart
C. Pareto Chart
D. Flowchart
141A project team is analyzing a major, critical defect to determine
the root cause. In order to do this, the team considered various
factors linked to the defect and grouped them into categories such
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as Machine, Method, Material, and Manpower. Which of the
following tools of quality is the team using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Histogram
B. Cause and Effect Diagram
C. Control chart
D. Flowchart
142Which of the following CANNOT be considered an indicator of a
team's effectiveness?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Improvements in skills that allow the team to perform assignments
more effectively
B. Improvements in competency that help the team perform better
C. Increased staff turnover rate
D. Increase in team cohesiveness and trust
143During the testing phase in the project, a senior manager, who is
also an important stakeholder in the project, tells you that he no
longer wishes to receive weekly status reports. Instead, he wants
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periodical project performance reports. What should your response
be to his request?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Make the manager understand that since he is a major
stakeholder and the project is in a critical stage, status reports will
be important to know project progress
B. Continue to send him status reports to keep your project visibility
high
C. Follow communication management plan and send reports as
decided earlier
D. Follow his instructions and update project documents, including
communication management plan, accordingly
144As part of 'Manage Communications' in Communication
Management, which of the following analysis or information would be
most relevant to a sponsor or senior management of the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Work Performance Index
B. Earned Value Management
C. Estimate to Complete
D. Exception Report
145In addition to Work Performance Information, which of the
following is an output of the process 'monitor communications' in
Communication Management?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Budget Forecast
B. Change Request
C. Work Performance Measurements
D. Communication Management Plan
146During an informal gathering with stakeholders of the project, the
Project Manager overhears one stakeholder expressing dissatisfaction
over the project's progress reporting and communication. How should
the Project Manager respond?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ignore the incident as the stakeholder was not directly and
formally addressing the Project Manager
B. Call a meeting of all the stakeholders to address their concerns
about the project
C. Meet face-to-face with the complaining stakeholder to
understand his concern and update it in the issue log
D. Confront the stakeholder and ask him why he never approached
you if he was dissatisfied with project reporting
147A senior technology manager in the organization wants to know
the project status with respect to major deliverables and key external
interfaces. Which format should the project manager use in his
performance report to capture this graphically?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Schedule Network Diagram
B. Milestone Chart
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C. Bar Chart
D. S curve
148During the audit, you realize that many of the risks were not
identified during the planning stage, so you decide to reassess project
risks. Which process are you in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Identify Risks
B. Plan Risk Management
C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
D. Monitor Risks
149As a Project Manager, you have instructed your project team to
update the organizational process assets, including the "lessons
learned" database and risk management template of future projects,
based on project audit findings. You are in _______ process of project
management.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Control Procurements
B. Close Contracts
C. Monitor Risks
D. Perform Quality Assurance
150A project has been delivered according to the contract by the
project team; however, the customer is not happy. The customer feels
that the deliverable has some serious defects and is far below
expectations in terms of quality and functionality. What should the
Project Manager do in this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Talk to the project sponsor to discuss the issue
B. Proceed to project closure activity
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C. Discuss the issues with the customer and find ways to resolve them
D. Brainstorm with technical experts, stakeholders, and team
members to understand issues in the project
151A Project Manager notices that the seller has discontinued sending
the weekly status report, which is part of their contract. The Project
Manager understands that the seller is under tremendous pressure to
meet the next milestone deliverables and has been otherwise
communicating the project status periodically. What should the
Project Manager do in this scenario?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ignore the incident as the seller is updating him about the project
status periodically
B. Give the seller time until next milestone delivery and then bring up
the issue informally
C. Send a formal, written communication regarding the issue of
irregular status reports
D. Terminate the project contract
152A Project Manager has signed a contract with the buyer and
project is moving toward completion. At this stage, the Project
Manager realizes that he has missed an important functionality in the
product and the contract needs to be changed to accommodate
that. How should the Project Manager proceed to resolve this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Since the Project Manager has already signed the contract and
the project is nearing completion, this change need not be
updated in the project
B. The Project Manager shall communicate the change request and
its implication to the seller in a meeting
C. The Project Manager can bring up this deviation during
Procurement Performance Review
D. The Project Manager should raise a formal change order that is
signed by both the parties to incorporate the change
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153A Project Manager has taken up a project midway and is going
through project schedules and status reports. He realizes that the
previous Project Manager has inaccurately calculated the project
status and that the project would definitely miss the next milestone.
What should the Project Manager do in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Call the previous Project Manager and ask him for an explanation
B. Inform the customer and stakeholder about the impeding delay
C. Look at the project schedule again to find alternatives to meet the
schedule
D. Wait for the next milestone date to arrive to report the delay
154A Project Manager wants to qualify for the PMP examination.
However, while going through the eligibility criteria, he finds that he
falls short of the required experience by a small margin. He discusses
this with a certified PMP professional and mentions that he is planning
to lie about his experience as it is a very small margin. The PMP
professional is not convinced and warns him that he should not
provide false information at any point during the PMI Certification
Program as it can result in:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Revocation of your PMI membership
B. Revocation of your PMP certification
C. Both of the above are true
D. No impact
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155You are a Project Manager of a dynamic project team. Recently,
there have been some changes in the team structure, and you don't
know if they would positively or negatively affect the project. What is
the BEST approach to address this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Conduct a risk benefit analysis
B. Conduct a gap analysis
C. Increase project budget
D. Revise project plan
156A Project Manager wants to present project performance reports
of his project. Which of the following formats should he use?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Pareto Chart
B. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
C. Bar Chart
D. Control Chart
157While monitoring and controlling the projects, why is it necessary to
manage changes to the project by following the change
management plan?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. To satisfy the customer
B. To align project goals with business needs
C. To satisfy project requirements
D. To satisfy the sponsor
158Trend analysis is often performed using:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Fishbone diagram
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B. Design of Experiments
C. Run Chart
D. Pareto Chart
159An assembly line in a car manufacturing plant produces 250
components in one shift. The QA randomly picks 10 of them for quality
checking. This is an example of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Quality Audit
B. Inspection
C. Process Control
D. Process Analysis
160As a part of the Monitoring and Controlling process group, you
and your project team have listed and are assessing the corrective
actions in the issue register. What is the NEXT step that you will
perform?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Determine steps to resolve issues by using appropriate tools to
minimize the impact on project cost, schedule, and resources
B. You have already listed the corrective actions and it is now the
customer's responsibility to decide the resolutions
C. Follow the Change control method
D. Communicate the corrective actions to the stakeholders
161What is the key purpose of the Monitoring and Controlling process
group?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Measure project performance in order to identify and quantify any
variances and perform approved corrective actions
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B. Perform preventive actions so that no variances ever occur in the
project lifecycle
C. Conduct daily status meetings
D. None of the above
162A project is terminated unexpectedly by the sponsor midway
during the execution phase. What should the Project Manager do
FIRST?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Update the process and templates based on lessons learned
B. Create and Distribute the final report of project performance
C. Analyze and document success and effectiveness of the project
D. Perform scope verification to verify level of completion
163A Project Manager has just finished a Gantt (bar) chart
representing the project schedule. Which of the following documents
does NOT get updated?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Activity Resource Requirement
B. Risk Register
C. Resource Leveling
D. Calendar
164Documentation of lessons learned is important in any project and
forms the main input to organizational process assets. In fact,
continuous improvement of the project management process cannot
occur without lessons learned. This process is completed by the
project team and is BEST done:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. At the end of project completion stage before contract closure
B. Whenever the project implements any corrective action as part of
Audit closure
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C. As a part of corrective and preventive action, according to
recommendations of the QA
D. Throughout the project, and finalized during project phase closing
165A Project Manager is in the 'Control Procurements' process when
his sponsor asks him to terminate the contract. What should the
Project Manager do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Revisit the Proposal Evaluation technique to understand issues with the
seller
B. Update Records Management System
C. Proceed with Procurement Audit
D. Arrange Vendor conferences to invite new proposals to the contract
166Which of the following is NOT a justifiable reason to terminate a
project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project doesn't fulfill the organization's objective any longer
B. Project funding is in serious trouble due to financial meltdown in the
company
C. There is serious personal conflict between two senior project members,
and this is affecting the work
D. The project is no longer commercially viable
167As part of the project closure, a project team wants to collate the
lessons learned to update the organization's knowledge base. These
records should be updated in:
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Storage Room
B. Database
C. Project Performance Report
D. Project Archive
168The Project Manager has obtained final acceptance of the
project deliverables by the customer. Which of the following is NOT an
activity of the "project closing" process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Collate lessons learned and update the organization's knowledge
base
B. Distribute the final project report to all the stakeholders
C. Transfer ownership of deliverables to assigned stakeholders
D. Assess old risks and update risk register
169Which of the following is NOT an exit criterion?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Lessons learned
B. Customer sign-off
C. Stakeholder analysis
D. Regulatory Inspections
170Procurement documentation is an input to the contract closure
procedure. Which of the following is NOT included in this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Technical documentation
B. Warranties
C. Payment record
D. Contract closure procedure
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171Which of the following statements are true?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Contract closure and administrative closure both involve quality
assurance activities
B. Contract closure and administrative closure both involve product
verification
C. Contract closure and administrative closure both involve benefit cost
analysis
D. Contract closure and administrative closure both involve project
selection
172Customer satisfaction should be measured at the end of the
project to maintain long-term relationships. Which of the following is
NOT always an aspect of customer satisfaction?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The product meets its stated and unstated requirements
B. The project is profitable
C. The product is high quality
D. The customer's needs are met
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173At the close of your project, you measure the customer
satisfaction and find that some customer needs were not fully met.
Your supervisor asks you the steps you will take during your next
project to improve customer satisfaction. Which subsidiary plan would
you consult to determine this information?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Quality management plan
B. Communications management plan
C. Staffing management plan
D. Risk management plan
174Your client has terminated your project before it has been
completed. Which of the following is true?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. You must stop all work and release the team immediately
B. You must work with the team to document the lessons learned
C. You must keep the team working on the project to give your senior
management time to talk to the client
D. You must update the project management plan to reflect this change
175Your project team has completed the project work. Which of the
following is NOT done before the project is closed?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensure that the schedule baseline has been updated
B. Get formal acceptance of the deliverables from the customer
C. Make sure that the scope of the project was completed
D. Verify that the product acceptance criteria have been met
176Which of the following Quality Theorists advocated the 80/20
principle ?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. W Edwards Deming
B. Philips Crosby
C. Joseph Juran
D. Walter A Shewhart
177Ongoing project planning is also known as ____.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Rolling Wave Planning
B. Resource Planning
C. Contingency Planning
D. Continual Improvement
178A step-by-step instruction guide on how to complete work or
procedure is called:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Work Breakdown Structure
B. Work Instruction
C. Baseline
D. Control Account Identifier
179The aim of quality is to:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensure fitness to use and conformance to requirements
B. Meet customer requirements
C. Fulfill quality objectives
D. Lower cost of quality
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180A network diagram drawing method that allows loops between
activities is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
B. Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
C. Program Evaluation and Review technique (PERT)
D. Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)
181An organization has created a special project team to handle a
critical project. The team members of this project are dedicated fulltime to the project and are pulled from different functional
departments. They also have their own set of operating procedures.
This organization structure is MOSTLY:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Projectized
B. Functional
C. Composite
D. Matrix
182What is the 100% rule in the Work Breakdown Structure creation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The total work at lowest level adds up to the higher levels, so no work is
left out and no extra work is completed
B. 80% of the problems can be attributed to 20% of the causes
C. WBS must be detailed enough to cover 100% of the work since the
beginning of the project
D. WBS must contain 100% deliverables, both internal and external
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183Which of the following is NOT an example of a facilitated
workshop?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Joint Application Development (JAD)
B. Just in Time (JIT)
C. Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
D. Voice of the Customer (VOC)
184What is the meaning of the term 'management by objective' in
project management?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. A management philosophy that advocates establishing unambiguous
and realistic objectives and conducting periodic reviews to ensure
they are being met
B. Management of projects by a central office that determines
objectives to be met for each project
C. It is PMI's organizational maturity model for project management
D. A project gets better managed over length of the project as
objectives become clearer
185What is the name of PMI's organization maturity model for project
management?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. CMMI
B. Six Sigma
C. OPM3
D. Just in Time (JIT)
186Which of the following is NOT true about a weak matrix
organization?
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A. Communication will be more complex
B. The team members may not always have a home
C. The team members may get directions from multiple people
D. Team members may not report to the Project Manager
187An activity that does NOT require work or time and is inserted
simply to show dependency between activities is called:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Milestone Activity
Critical Activity
Hammock Activity
Dummy Activity
188Which of the following factors is MOST critical to achieving
customer satisfaction?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensure that the project satisfies all the quality-related metrics
B. Ensure that the project is completed within the scheduled timelines
C. Ensure that the project is completed within the allotted budget
D. Ensure that the project satisfies all the requirements given by the
customer
189Which of the following is NOT an example of contributing to the
project management knowledge base?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Writing an article of project management best practices
B. Writing a book on your experiences as a Project Manager and lessons
learned
C. Giving a session on Risk Management methodologies to fellow Project
Managers
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D. Briefing a friend, an aspiring Project Manager about PMP® exam merits
and PMI® organization
190A heuristic is a ____.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Scheduling method
B. Controlling Tool
C. Planning Tool
D. Rule of Thumb
191Halo Effect refers to ____.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The assumption that a person who is good at technology will also be a
good Project Manager
B. Hiring the best
C. Recruiting the best in management
D. Promoting from within
192Voice mail and e-mail are examples of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Interactive communication
B. Pull communication
C. Push communication
D. Push Pull communication
1933 sigma is equal to:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. 99.73%
B. 99.99%
C. 95.46%
D. 68.26%
194Skills such as Performance appraisal, recruitment, retention,
regulatory issues, and labor relations are considered under _______
area.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Administrative
B. Project Management
C. Accounting
D. General Management
195During the closing, final acceptance of the deliverables is one of
the important activities. Who is supposed to give final acceptance?
Choose the best answer.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Customer
B. Sponsor
C. Relevant stakeholders
D. Operation team
196Which of the following statements describes the relationship
between project phases and the project life cycle?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project lifecycle contains the iterative incremental elements of a
project phase
B. Collectively, the project phases are known as the project life cycle
C. The project lifecycle is regarded as a sequence of project activities,
while phases are defined to control the overlapping of activities
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D. The project lifecycle contains the repetitive elements inside a project
phase
197Which of the following is NOT true with regard to ROI (Return on
Investment)?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. It defines the cumulated net income from an investment at a given
point in time or during a defined period.
B. It includes investment and direct and indirect costs and may include
allowances for capital cost, depreciation, risk of loss, and/or inflation
C. It is generally stated in currency units, as a percentage, or as an index
figure.
D. It is the time when cumulated net income is equal to the investment.
198In making an investment in a project, investors require
compensation for:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The risk-free rate of return plus a risk premium plus a premium for
inflation
B. Sacrifice of immediate use of cash for consumption or other
investments and possibility of inflation and risk
C. Payback period in years x investment x (1 + discount rate)periods
D. Inflation and depreciation
199A summary activity in a network logic diagram is often referred to
as a:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hammock Activity
Dangler
Milestone
Subtask
200Completion of project phase is also referred to as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Gold Plating
Kill Point
Scope Creep
Metrics
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