0.206 New Basic PMP Concept Testing Q&A

MOHAMED NAZ DOHA QATAR
1) If a stakeholder has any questions about project deliverables, as the PM, you should direct him to the:
a) WBS
b) Project plan
c) Preliminary Scope statement
d) None of the above
2) Your construction project was damaged by an earthquake. Your contractor says that he cannot fulfil
the terms of the contract due to a specific clause you both had signed in the contract. He is referring to
the:
a) Force majeure clause
b) Fixed price clause
c) Contract obligation terms
3) Your vendor has confirmed in writing that he will not be able to provide the products contracted to
him, in the time mentioned in the contract. You can terminate the contract and sue for damages. This is
a type of:
a) Minor breach
b) Anticipatory breach
c) Material breach
d) Fundamental breach
4) As a PM, you manage multiple projects. One of your projects is over budget while the other is under
budget. You decide to transfer money from the latter to the former and report both projects as within
budget. This is against the PMI code of ethics and is called:
a) Unethical management
b) Budget tampering
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c) Fraudulent reporting
d) Cost leveling
5) Your brother can influence bids in the vendor company that has been contracted for your project. You
should:
a) Disclose the bid price that is most likely to make him win
b) Reject other vendors and award him the contract
c) Refrain from the decision-making process and make a full disclosure to stakeholders and wait for their
decision before you proceed
d) Pretend during meetings that you don't know your brother
6) A project you are managing is about to be completed. But there is a minor defect in the work
produced by the contractor. You should:
a) Neglect the defect if it is trivial
b) Ask the contractor to fix according to SOW
c) Submit a change request
7) As a PM, you have identified some low priority risks. You should:
a) Neglect them as they will mostly not occur
b) Add them to a watch list and add to the risk register
c) Plan detailed response plans
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8) One of your team members' A's father was sick when you were in the planning stage of your project.
A had informed you that he might have to leave to visit his father if the situation arose. You had planned
for this and spoke to the functional manager of your group to provide a back-up resource, B to be used if
necessary.
Now, A has left to see his father and B is filling in for him. But B is taking more than expected time to get
up to speed and this impacts project cost and schedule.
This is an example of a:
a) Residual risk
b) Secondary risk
c) Contingency plan
9) To motivate your team, you decided to reward a team member who performed well. This hurt
cohesion in the team. You should:
a) Reset award criteria
b) Modify reward strategy to be win-win for the team
c) Award only two people
d) Declare that there will be no rewards going forward
10) Your project uses a vendor who has completed 50% of the contracted work. You are unsure of how
much to pay the vendor. You should refer to the:
a) Request for proposal
b) Contract
c) Response to bid
d) Statement of work
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11) When estimating time for activities, a PM should:
a) Use random guessing and estimate for all activities as there will be changes anyways
b) Involve people who will be doing the work to get estimates
c) Estimate for what the cost will allow and not include buffers
12) When there are people from different countries and cultures in a team, the PM should:
a) Neglect the cultural differences
b) Deal with everyone with an iron hand
c) Recognize that there are cultural differences
d) Mentor each person
13) If your business sponsor has an important but minor change to the scope, and he requests that you
make the change without having to process a change request:
a) Accomodate the change
b) Refuse to make the change
c) Sneak the change in when no one is looking
d) Request the client that the change management process has to be followed
14) If a stakeholder directly asks a team member to make changes and the team member accomodates
it:
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a) Admonish the team member during the team meeting so that other team members are also aware
b) Inform the stakeholder that he should not talk to your team member
c) Talk to the stakeholder and team member in private, and emphasise gently that the Integrated
Change Control process should be followed
d) Pretend to not know about the change and let it happen
15) When your client is ready to accept the product your project has produced, you should:
a) Refer to the quality plan to see if the product meets specifications
b) Refer to project management plan
c) Obtain client sign off and follow administrative closure process
d) Let go off the project resources and assign them to other projects
16) Appreciating a team member's good work in front of the team results in:
a) Jealousy among other team members and should be avoided
b) Encouragement for the team member and motivation for other team members
c) Shouldn't be done as it shows preference
17) As the project manager of an important project, you learnt many helpful tools and tips. What should
you do?
a) Keep them to yourself
b) Archive your learning in the project folder and share with other PMs
c) Sign a non-disclosure agreement
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18) You just found out that the company that you were planning to use in your project is known for
being late in delivering their products that can lead to losses to the project. You decide to go with a
different company to ______ the risk.
a) Mitigate
b) Reject
c) Transfer
d) Avoid
19) You are the project manager of a project that involves sensitive information. You are inviting bids
from vendors for some tasks on this project. Since the winning vendor will have access to the sensitive
information, you should:
a) Decide to drop the vendor and instead do the tasks using an internal team
b) Swear the vendor to secrecy
c) Ask the vendor to sign a non-disclosure agreement
d) Threaten to take the vendor to court
20) A project is behind schedule. Two senior resources are added to help speeden work. The result is:
a) Project will be completed on time
b) Project cost will not increase
c) Project may not be completed on time due to increased number of communication channels
21) Project scope statement is the output of:
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a) Scope planning
b) Scope definition
c) Both a and b
22) Requested changes to scope and recommended corrective action belong to which process:
a) Scope verification
b) Scope definition
c) Scope control
d) All of the above
23) Scope planning takes place:
a) After requirements are gathered
b) Early in the project
c) After scope is finalized
24) Project charter is
a) An output of Scope planning
b) Input to scope planning
c) Created after preliminary project scope statement
d) All of the above
25) An example of organizational process asset is:
a) Company policy document
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b) Organizational culture
c) Organization structure
d) Organization type
26) Qualitative risk analysis is a process that belongs to which process group in Risk Management:
a) Planning
b) Executing
c) Monitoring
d) Controlling
27) Quantitative risk analysis is a process that belongs to which process group in Risk Management:
a) Planning
b) Executing
c) Monitoring
d) Controlling
28) Risk register is an output of:
a) Risk identification
b) Qualitative risk analysis
c) Quantitative risk analysis
d) Risk response planning
29) Risk register update is a primary output of:
a) Quantitative risk analysis
b) Qualiitative risk analysis
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c) Risk monitoring and control
d) All of the above
30) Risk monitoring and control produces the following outputs:
a) Risk register updates
b) Recommended corrective actions
c) Recommended preventive actions
d) All of the above
31) Risk monitoring and control produces the following outputs:
a) Risk register updates
b) Risk management plan
c) Risk register
d) All of the above
32) A risk is a bad event that will adversely impact the project. This statement is:
a) Always true
b) Always false
c) Sometimes true
33) The triple constraints in project management are:
a) Scope, Time, cost
b) Time, scope, performance
c) Scope, Time, plan
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d) Scope, Time, quality
34) Any changes to the project after the plan is prepared:
i) Have to be processed according to the Integrated Change Control process
ii) Have to be assessed for impact
iii) Can be done without impact analysis if the impact is zero or minimal
iv) Should not be done as they were not in the original plan
a) i, ii
b) i, ii, iii
c) i, ii, iv
35) Schedule development produces the following output:
a) Project schedule
b) WBS
c) Activity time
d) Project plan
36) Critical path is:
a) The time it takes to finish the project completing only the critical activities
b) Difference between end time and start time of project
c) The longest time it takes to complete all project activities
d) The shortest time it takes to complete all project activities
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37) When there are multiple critical paths in a project:
a) The risk is less as it is divided between the paths
b) The risk is more as the risk of delay is more
c) Risk depends on how the critical path is calculated
d) There is no risk as the paths cancel it out
38) Dummy activities are used in:
a) Activity on arrow diagram
b) Activity decomposition
c) Activity list
d) Activity duration estimates
39) Software Project A took 5 months to complete. Project B, very similar to Project A will probably take
about 5 months to complete. This expert judgement technique is:
a) Analogous estimating
b) Critical path
c) Expert estimation
d) Compression
40) Crashing:
a) Is a schedule compression technique
b) Increases cost
c) Is achieved by adding resources
d) All of the above
41) Fast tracking:
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a) Is a schedule compression technique
b) Does sequential activities in parallel
c) Increases risk of rework
d) All of the above
42) Quality audit:
i) Is a tool in Perform quality assurance
ii) Checks the efficiency of the quality process
iii) Tries to improve product acceptance
iv) Reduce overall cost of quality
a) i, iii, iv
b) None of the above
c) All of the above
d) ii, iii
43) Ishikawa diagrams are also called:
a) Fishbone diagrams
b) Causal diagrams
c) Stick diagrams
d) Bone diagrams
44) Some managers believe that people do not work willingly and must be watched and managed
continuosly. They are of type:
a) Theory X
b) Theory Y
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c) Theory XY
d) Theory V
45) When an individual's lower level needs are met, the next level's needs are his motivation. This forms
the basis of:
a) Theory Y
b) Maslow's hierarchy
c) Theory X
46) Locating all team members in the same location is called:
a) War room
b) Collocation
c) Teleconferencing
d) Telecommuting
47) Noise is:
a) Any interference in sending or comprehending a message
b) False information
c) Introduced in electronic signals
48) A project manager manages a team of 5. The number of communication channels is:
a) 15
b) 10
c) 5
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49) Email communication is:
a) Formal style, written
b) Informal style, written
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
50) A technique used to identify root causes of issues is:
a) Fish bone diagram
b) Quality check
c) Issue list
d) Defect review
51) A bar graph that shows resource assignments over time is:
a) Resource leveling
b) Resource histogram
c) Resource chart
d) Gantt chart
52) Resource leveling:
i) Is the allocation of resources to resolve overallocation issues
ii) Helps resolve resource conflicts
iii) Can impact cost of project
iv) Can only be done with project management software
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a) i, ii, iii
b) i, iv
c) ii, iii, iv
d) iii, iv
53) An activity on the critical path has:
a) Non-zero float
b) Negative free float
c) Zero free float
54) If CPI=1.3, SPI=.8, what's the status of the project?
a) Over budget and behind schedule
b) Under budget and behind schedule
c) Under budget and ahead of schedule
d) Over budget and ahead of schedule
55) Project Scope management plan is an output of:
a) Scope planning
b) Scope definition
c) Both a and b
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56) Earned value=100, Planned value=110, the schedule performance index is:
a) 1.1
b) 0.91
c) -10
d) 10
57) Earned value=100, Actual cost=120, the cost performance index is:
a) 0.01
b) 20
c) 0.833
d) -20
58) The four stages in team development are:
a) Forming, storming, norming, performing
b) Forming, storming, norming, reforming
c) Forming, norming, reforming, performing
d) Planning, forming, storming, performing
59) Theory Y assumes employees:
a) Are self-motivated
b) Have to be micro-managed
c) Work only for money
d) Are not ambitious
60) Low-priority risks should be:
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a) Added to a watch list and the risk register updated
b) Removed from the watch list
c) Removed from the risk register
d) Informed to the customer
61) A technique used in Expert Judgement to determine probability of risk is:
a) Interviews with experts
b) Risk ranking
c) Risk register updates
d) Risk response plan
62) Monte Carlo simulation is a technique used to perform:
a) Qualitative risk analysis
b) Quantitative risk analysis
c) Decision tree analysis
d) Risk response
63) Inputs to Perform Quantitative Risk analysis process are:
a) Risk register
b) Risk management plan
c) Cost management plan
d) All of the above
64) Inputs to Perform Quantitative Risk analysis process are:
a) Organizational process assets
b) Schedule management plan
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c) Cost management plan
d) All of the above
65) Tools/techniques to perform quantitative risk analysis are:
a) Expert judgement
b) Decision tree analysis
c) Modeling
d) All of the above
66) 'Plan risk responses' process involves:
a) Planning to decrease threats to the project
b) Planning to benefit from possible opportunities
c) Both of the above
d) Only A
67) Examine the statement-"A detailed risk response plan should be prepared no matter how huge or
trivial the risk is, irrespective of whether the effort is cost-effective or not, as this is the process." This
statement is:
a) Always true
b) Always false
c) Sometimes true
d) Sometimes false
68) Positive risks are also called:
a) Good risks
b) Opportunities
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c) Advantages
d) Project plusses
69) The four strategies used to deal with negative threats are:
a) Avoid, transfer, mitigate, accept
b) Avoid, transfer, mitigate, reject
c) Accept, transfer, mitigate, reject
d) Accept, analyze, avoid, mitigate
70) Scope verification and Scope control belong to:
a) Planning process group
b) Initiating proces group
c) Executing process group
d) Monitoring and Control process group
71) In a fixed price contract, the risk:
a) lies more with the vendor
b) lies more with the buyer
c) is the same for vendor and buyer
d) Can't say
72) In a time-materials contract, the risk:
a) lies more with the vendor
b) lies more with the buyer
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c) is the same for vendor and buyer
d) Can't say
73) Purchasing insurance is a form of ______ risk:
a) Avoiding
b) Transferring
c) Mitigating
d) Working around
74) The only output of the Identify Risks process is:
a) Risk analysis
b) Risk register
c) Risk monitor
d) Risk response plan
75) The four strategies used to deal with positive threats are:
a) Exploit, share, enhance, accept
b) Exploit, share, enhance, adjust
c) Exploit, simulate, enhance, accept
d) Exploit, share, prototype, accept
76) How to define, monitor and control risks in a project is documented in:
a) Expert judgement interview results
b) Risk register
c) Risk management plan
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d) Workshops
77) Tools/techniques used in Plan Procurements process are:
a) Make or buy analysis
b) Expert judgement
c) Contract types
d) All of the above
78) Unclear scope definition in a project using Fixed price contract can lead to losses for:
a) the buyer
b) the vendor
c) both buyer and vendor
d) Neither as these are sunk costs
79) Request for proposal, Request for Information, Invitation for bid are broadly called:
a) Procurement documents
b) Vendor documents
c) Bidding documents
d) Contract documents
80) Create WBS belongs to:
a) Initiating
b) Executing
c) Closing
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81) Closing a Project involves:
a) Updating organization process assets
b) Closing contract
c) Creating documentation, archives, and lessons learned
d) All of the above
82) Administrative closure is an output of:
a) Project Administration process
b) Close Project process
c) Monitor project process
d) Risk management process
83) 'Gold plating' is
a) Beating customer expectations
b) Producing excellent deliverables
c) Setting higher than possible expectations that introduce risk to the project
d) All of the above
84) CPPC and fixed-price contracts are used in:
a) PO with standard item
b) PO with variable item
c) Request for proposal
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d) Price-free contracts
85) WBS is created in:
a) Scope management process
b) Risk management process
c) Planning process
d) Monitor and control process
86) A tool/rechnique used in the Develop Human Resource plan process is:
a) Political factors
b) Organization chart
c) Personnel policies
d) Interpersonal factors
87) RBS stands for:
a) Resource breakdown structure
b) Risk breakdown structure
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
88) Which of the following is true?
a) RACI (Responsible-Accountable-Consult-Inform) is a type of RAM (Responsibility Assignment matrix)
b) RAM shows the resources' responsibilities on the project
c) RAM and RACI are matrix-based charts
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d) All of the above
89) 'Scope' of project is:
a) Any work committed to orally with customer
b) Only work that has to be completed to successfully finish project
c) Any work that customer requires to be completed
d) Only work that can be completed within project duration
90) Tools for Plan Quality are:
a) Cost-benefit analysis
b) Control charts
c) Benchmarking
d) All of the above
91) Crosby's cost of quality theory of 'zero defects' is based on:
a) Prevention
b) Correction
c) Conformance
d) Fitness for use
92) Juran's fitness for use theory of cost of quality can be summarized as:
a) Continuous improvement
b) Making a product that meets or exceeds customer expectations
c) Making a product that is easy to use
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d) Making a product with zero defects
93) 'Budget at Completion' is also called:
a) Actual cost
b) Budgeted cost of work performed
c) Earned value
d) Planned value for the project
94) Which of the following are examples of cost reimbursable contracts:
a) Cost plus incentive fee
b) Cost plus fixed fee
c) Cost plus fee
d) All of the above
95) A critical activity is something that:
a) Is crucial for the project to be completed successfully
b) Needs to be signed of by the stakeholder
c) An activity on the critical path in the project schedule
d) An activity that cannot be substituted by a different activity
96) A dummy activity has:
a) Infinite duration
b) Zero duration
c) No importance
d) All of the above
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97) Residual risk is a risk:
a) Found in reserve analysis
b) That remains after all risk responses have been implemented
c) That will be eliminated after applying the appropriate risk response
98) Scope planning and Scope definition belong to:
a) Planning process group
b) Initiating proces group
c) Executing process group
d) Monitoring and Control process group
99) A room used for project planning, and where team members work on issue resolution is called:
a) Conference room
b) Resolution room
c) War room
d) Video conferencing room
100) 'Estimate to Completion' can be calculated as:
a) EAC-AC
b) BAC-EAC
c) Both a and b
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d) Neither a nor b
101) An average PM spends 50% of her time on:
a) Meetings
b) Issue resolution
c) Managing stakeholders
d) Risk analysis
102) The cost of a contractor is $25 per hour. Two contractors working for 10 hours will cost $500. This
is an example of:
b) Parametric estimating
c) Three-point estimating
d) Bottom-up estimating
103) Using PERT, calculate the time it takes for a task with the following information:
Pessimistic time=5 hours, Optimistic time=2 hours, Most likely time=5 hours. The answer is:
a) 4.5 hours
b) 3 hours
c) 5 hours
d) 1.5 hours
104) The cost management plan can establish:
a) Control thresholds
b) Organizational procedure links
c) Earned value rules
d) All of the above
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105) The revenue earned from doing a project is $1000. The costs involved sum to $500. The benefit
cost ratio is:
a) 2
b) 0.5
c) 500000
106) If the Benefit cost ratio is > 1, then:
a) Costs are greater than benefits
b) Benefits are greater than costs
c) Cannot be determined
d) Depends on other factors
107) Budgeted cost of work performed=$1000, Budgeted cost of work scheduled=$2000. The schedule
performance index is:
a) 0.5
b) 2
c) 1000
108) Earned value=$2000. Planned value=$2500. The schedule performance index is:
a) 0.8
b) 1.25
c) 500
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109) Budgeted cost of work performed=$1000, Actual cost of work performed=$2000. The cost
performance index is:
a) 0.5
b) 2
c) 1000
110) Budgeted cost of work performed=$1000, Actual cost of work performed=$2000. The cost variance
is:
a) -1000
b) 2
c) 1000
111) Actual cost=$1000, Budget at completion=$800, cost performance index=0.5, Earned value= $600,
the variance can occur again. The estimate at completion is:
a) $1000
b) $1400
c) $800
112) Actual cost=$1000, Budget at completion=$800, cost performance index=0.5, Earned value= $600,
the variance will not occur again. The estimate at completion is:
a) $1000
b) $1200
c) $800
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113) Phase-end reviews are called:
a) Phase exits
b) Stage gates
c) Kill points
d) All of the above
114) The following is true about risk of failing:
a) It is higher inthe beginning as uncertainty is high and gets lesser as the project continues
b) It remains the same thoughout the project
c) It is lesser inthe beginning as uncertainty is high and gets better as the project continues
115) In a functional organization structure, the PM's authority is:
a) Little or none
b) Limited
c) Low
d) Moderate
116) In a strong matrix organization structure, the PM's authority is:
a) High to almost total
b) Limited
c) Low to moderate
d) Moderate to high
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117) In a projectized organization structure, the PM's authority is:
a) High
b) Limited
c) High to almost total
d) Moderate to high
118) In a balanced matrix, the project budget is controlled by:
a) Functional manager
b) Project manager
c) Mixed
119) Deming's cycle is used for continuous improvement of processes. The four-step management
method is:
a) Plan-Do-Check-Act
b) Plan-Act-Check-Do
c) Plan-Act-Do-Check
120) 'Perform quality control' belongs to:
a) Monitoring process group
b) Executing process group
c) Controlling process group
d) Monitoring and controlling process group
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121) Administer procurements belongs to:
a) Initiating process group
b) Executing process group
c) Controlling process group
d) Monitoring and controlling process group
122) Which of these is a reason to start a project:
a) Problem
b) Market
c) Opportunity
d) All of the above
123) Which of the following is true about project charter:
a) Authorizes a project
b) Gives project manager authority
c) It is issued by the sponsor with the authority to fund
d) All of the above
124) The project charter contains:
a) Business needs
b) Risks
c) Quality plan
125) Scope baseline includes:
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a) WBS
b) WBS dictionary
c) Project scope statement
d) All of the above
126) Which of the following is true about project closure:
a) Contract closure is for each contract
b) Contract closure includes product verification and administrative closure
c) Administrative closure happens to close the project or each phase
d) All of the above
127) Administrative closure:
a) Happens once to close the project or each project phase
b) Needed to confirm that all deliverables have been provided
c) Ensures that official acceptance document has been obtained
d) All of the above
128) Which of the below are project selection methods:
a) Cost-benefit analysis
b) Payback period
c) Net present value
d) All of the above
129) WBS:
a) Prevents work from slipping through the cracks
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b) Is the basis for estimates
c) Provides the team with an understanding of where their pieces fit in the project plan
d) All of the above
130) Principal sources of project failure:
a) Poorly identified customer needs
b) Poor planning
c) Poor control
d) All of the above
131) Most change requests are because of:
a) An omission in defining product/project scope
b) A value-adding change
c) An external event
d) All of the above
132) Which of the following is an example of a group creativity technique:
a) Brainstorming
b) Risk identification
c) Stakeholder creative communication
d) Powerpoint presentations
133) WBS includes all project work. Which of the following is also true about WBS?
a) It doesn't include product work
b) It does not include PM work
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c) Total of work at lowest levels need not always roll up to higher levels as some extra work may be
completed
134) Critical chain method and critical path method are tools and techniques used in which process of
the Project TIme management area?
a) Estimate activity resources
b) Control schedule
c) Develop schedule
d) Estimate activity durations
135) Resource leveling is a tool/technique used in which process in Project Time Management
overview?
a) Develop schedule
b) Control schedule
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
136) Project Time Management is a process needed to:
a) Ensure timely completion of project
b) Track time taken for each activity
c) Bill the client for each hour of work done
137) The outputs of 'Activity Definition' and 'Create WBS' respectively are:
a) Activities and WBS
b) Components and Work pieces
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c) Schedule activity and deliverable
138) Arrow diagramming method does not use:
a) Float
b) Finish to start relationship
c) Lag
d) Activities
139) Which of the following is a discretionary dependency for schedule:
a) Preferential logic
b) Soft logic
c) Preferred logic
d) All of the above
140) Lead allows _____ of successor activity:
a) Acceleration
b) Deceleration
c) Tracking
d) Regression
141) Lag results in _____ of successor activity:
a) Acceleration
b) Delay
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c) Tracking
d) Regression
142) Contingency reserve is for:
a) Known unknowns
b) Remaining risk after risk response planning
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
143) Management reserve is for:
a) Unknown unknowns
b) Covered by cost budget
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
144) Outputs of Monitor and control project work are:
a) Recommended corrective actions
b) Recommended preventive actions
c) Requested changes
d) All of the above
145) Crashing and Fast tracking are techniques used for:
a) Project management
b) Cost reduction
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c) Schedule compression
d) Schedule estimation
146) Cost baseline is:
a) Used to monitor cost performance on the project
b) A time-phased budget
c) Used to measure cost performance on the project
d) All of the above
147) The difference between maximum funding and the end of cost baseline is:
a) Management reserve
b) Cost baseline
c) Cost overrun
148) Identifying quality standards relevant to the porject and determing how to satisfy them is:
a) Quality planning
b) Quality assurance
c) Quality control
d) Quality management
149) Applying planned, systematic quality activities to ensure that proejct employs all processes needed
to meet requirement is:
a) Quality planning
c) Quality control
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150) Monitoring specific project results to determine whether they comply with relevant quality
standards and identifying ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance is:
a) Quality planning
c) Quality control
151) Choosing a part of a population of interest for inspection is:
a) Scatter diagram
b) Statistical sampling
c) Inspection
d) Defect repair
152) Inspections are also called:
a) Product reviews
b) Audits
c) Walkthroughs
d) All of the above
153) Staff Management Plan contains:
a) Staff acquisition
b) Release criteria
c) Training needs
d) All of the above
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154) Tannenbaum and Schmidt continuum proposes:
a) Five stages of team development
b) Model-telling
c) Offering more freedom as the team matures
155) Autocratic, consultative, Directing and Facilitating are examples of:
a) Leadership styles
b) Team building style
c) Planning style
156) Which of the following can result in conflicts:
a) Schedule
b) Project priorities
c) Resources
d) All of the above
157) Power that a PM has on the basis of the special skills he possesses is:
a) Referent
b) Expert
c) Reward
d) Penalty
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158) A conflict management technique that involves incorporating viewpoints from everyone is?
a) Smoothing
b) Collaborating
c) Recognizing
d) Withdrawal
159) Which is the best technique to resolve conflicts in a team:
a) Confrontation
b) Accomodation
c) Compromise
d) Smoothing
160) The motivational theory that focuses onteam, lifetime employment and collective decision making
is:
a) Theory X
b) Theory Y
c) Theory Z
d) Maslow's hierarchy of needs
161) Expectancy theory is based on motivation in terms of expectations people have about:
a) Their ability to perform effectively on the job
b) The rewards they expect if they perform well
c) Satisfaction they will obtain from rewards
d) All of the above
162) In a communication model, the method used to convey the message is:
a) Email
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b) Medium
c) Language
d) Decoding
163) Notes and memos are examples of communication type:
a) Formal written
b) Informal written
c) Formal verbal
d) Informal verbal
164) Some barriers to communication channels are:
a) Lack of clear communication channels
b) Physical distance
c) Environmental factors
d) All of the above
165) The management style that cultivates team spirit, rewards good work, and encourages team to
realize their potential is:
a) Facilitating
b) Promotional
c) Conciliatory
d) Authoritarian
166) A management skill that establishes direction, aligns people, motivates and inspires team is:
a) Communicating
b) Leading
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c) Influencing the organization
d) Problem solving
167) Tools used in risk identification are:
a) Delphi technique
b) Brainstorming
c) Interviewing
d) All of the above
168) Risk register as an output of risk identification contains:
a) Identified risks and responses
b) Risk categories
c) Root causes of risks
d) All of the above
169) Most of the project manager's time is spent on:
a) Project Planning
b) Communication
c) Risk management
d) Tracking
170) Most of a project's resources are spent on:
a) Direct and manage Project execution process
b) Project planning
c) Quality control
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d) Risk management
171) Output of Direct and manage project execution process is:
a) Project plan
b) Preliminary scope statement
c) Preliminary cost estimate
d) Deliverables
172) At what stage of your current project should you use the techniques you learnt on your previous
projects as PM?
a) Executing phase
b) Planning phase
c) Throughout the project
d) Monitoring and controlling phase
173) Administrative closure:
a) Can be omitted sometimes
b) Should always be done
c) Is the same as contract closure
174) If you are implementing the risk response plan, you are in:
a) Planning phase
b) Initiating phase
c) Implementation phase
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d) Closing phase
175) Interpersonal skills and Management skills are tools to:
a) Manage stakeholder expectations
b) Report performance
c) Distribute information
d) Plan communications
176) The tool that assigns a numeric weight, rates sellers based on total weight is:
a) Weighting system
b) Independent estimates
c) Screening system
d) Expert judgement
177) Bidder conferences are a tool to:
a) Meet with prospective sellers and ensure there is a clear understanding of procurement needs
b) Screen contractors
c) Award contracts to the winning bidder
178) You send a formal request to each vendor for a service. This is used as the basis upon which the
vendor prepares a bid for the requested service. The formal request you sent is called:
a) Contract
b) Purchase Order
c) Procurement Document Package
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179) Monitor and control project work is essential to
a) Ensure project is being executed to plan
b) Prepare project plan
c) Prepare scope statement
d) Prepare WBS
180) Correspondence, Payment Schedules and Requests, Seller performance evaluation documentation
are examples of:
a) Organizational Process Assets
b) Request for proposal
c) Project management plan
181) Project charter
i) Includes preliminary project budget at summary level
ii) Is created during the Develop Project Charter process
iii) Includes a milestone-level schedule
iv) Includes high level project requirements
a) None of the above
b) All of the above
c) a, b
d) a, b, c
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182) A contract can end by:
a) Successful performance
b) Mutual agreement
c) Breach of contract
d) All of the above
183) A procurement audit is:
a) An evaluation of vendor's performance on contract
b) Evaluation of procurement process
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
184) A type of 'Breach of Contract' is:
a) Material
b) Minor
c) Fundamental
d) All of the above
185) Project charter is created based on:
i) Business need
ii) Customer request
iii) Market force
iv) Project manager's requirements
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a) All of the above
b) i, ii, iii
c) i, ii
d) ii only
186) With regard to Opportunity cost:
a) The smaller the cost, the better
b) The larger the cost, the better'
c) It depends on cost of materials
d) It depends on economic conditions
187) Preliminary project scope statement:
i) Is final and needs a change request to be changed
ii) Contains high-level cost estimates
iii) Sets an initial direction for the project
iv) Contains high-level scope estimates
a) All of the above
b) iii only
c) iv only
d) ii, iii, iv
188) The hygiene factors in Herzberg's motivation theory are:
a) Pay, Working conditions, Attitude of supervisor
b) Pay, Working conditions, Job satisfaction
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c) Pay, Promotion, Job satisfaction
d) Pay, Promotion, Food
189) Variance analysis compares actual results to planned results. This can be done for:
a) Cost
b) Schedule
c) Quality
d) All of the above
190) Active listening is:
a) Being attentive when the speaker is talking
b) Asking questions when the speaker is not clear
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
191) The longest path through the network that shows the shortest duration in which the project can be
completed is:
a) Critical path
b) Project schedule
c) Least possible time
192) Who is responsible for identifying and managing risk?
a) Project manager
b) Team members
c) Project sponsor
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d) Functional manager
193) Pareto principle is also known as:
a) 80-20 rule
b) Law of vital few
c) principle of factor sparsity
d) All of the above
194) Pareto efficiency states that:
a) 80% of effects come from 20% of causes
b) 20% of effects come from 80% of causes
c) 80% of causes come from 20% of effects
d) 20% of causes come from 20% of effects
195) Regarding control limits, which of the following is true:
a) If a point lies outside of the control limits, or seven consecutive points are on one side of the mean
but within control limits, the process is out of control
b) If a point lies outside of the control limits, or seven consecutive points are on either side of the mean
but within control limits, the process is out of control
c) If all but seven points lie within the control limits, and seven consecutive points are on one side of the
mean but within control limits, the process is in control
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196) Projects can end due to:
a) Addition, Starvation, Integration, Extinction
b) Deletion, Starvation, Integration, Extinction
c) Addition, Starvation, Disassociation, Extinction
d) Addition, Starvation, Integration, Promotion
197) The tools used in Develop Project Plan are:
i) Project Management methodology
ii) Project Management Information System
iii) Expert Judgement
iv) Project Plan
a) All of the above
b) None of the above
c) i, ii, iii
d) ii, iii, iv
198) Risk mitigation is:
a) Preventing the risk from occuring
b) Sharing the risk with another person/organization
c) Making someone else responsible for the risk
d) Reducing the impact or probability of occurrence of the risk
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199) Using which of the below can you predict future performance of team:
a) Trend analysis
b) EMV
c) Control limits
d) Risk analysis
200) Salary of full-time employees and cost of hardware bought specially for your project count as:
a) Direct costs
b) Indirect costs
c) Project costs
201) A Request for Proposal:
a) May invite suppliers to submit a proposal for a product
b) Indicates what product/service is required
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b
202) Top-down estimating is another name for:
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b) Parametric estimating
c) Three-point estimating
d) PERT estimating
203) Payback period is the time it takes to get back money invested in a project. Hence:
a) The longer the payback period, the better it is for the project
b) The shorter the payback period, the better it is for the project
c) Not enough information to decide
d) Depends on the present value of money invested
204) Change control board is:
a) Board of directors
b) Group of stakeholders, team leads, executives who decide on which changes to accept/reject
c) Team of project managers
205) Variance/trend analysis is done during:
a) Risk monitoring and control
b) Risk response
c) Risk analysis
d) Risk mitigation plan
206) Budget at completion=$1000, Earned value=500, Cost performance index=0.5. Estimate to

Completion is:
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b) 500
c) 2000
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c) Preliminary Scope statement

d) None of the above

a) Force majeure clause

b) Fixed price clause

c) Contract obligation terms

d) None of the above

b) Reject other vendors and award him the contract

d) Pretend during meetings that you don't know your brother

a) Neglect the defect if it is trivial

b) Ask the contractor to fix according to SOW

c) Submit a change request

d) None of the above

a) Neglect them as they will mostly not occur

b) Add them to a watch list and add to the risk register

c) Plan detailed response plans

d) None of the above

d) None of the above

a) Reset award criteria

b) Modify reward strategy to be win-win for the team

c) Award only two people

d) Declare that there will be no rewards going forward

a) Request for proposal

b) Involve people who will be doing the work to get estimates

d) None of the above

a) Neglect the cultural differences

b) Deal with everyone with an iron hand

c) Recognize that there are cultural differences

d) Mentor each person

a) Accomodate the change

b) Refuse to make the change

c) Sneak the change in when no one is looking

d) Pretend to not know about the change and let it happen

a) Refer to the quality plan to see if the product meets specifications

b) Refer to project management plan

c) Obtain client sign off and follow administrative closure process

a) Jealousy among other team members and should be avoided

c) Shouldn't be done as it shows preference

d) None of the above

a) Keep them to yourself

c) Sign a non-disclosure agreement

b) Swear the vendor to secrecy

c) Ask the vendor to sign a non-disclosure agreement

d) Threaten to take the vendor to court

a) Project will be completed on time

b) Project cost will not increase

d) None of the above

21) Project scope statement is the output of:

d) None of the above

d) All of the above

23) Scope planning takes place:

a) After requirements are gathered

b) Early in the project

c) After scope is finalized

d) None of the above

24) Project charter is

a) An output of Scope planning

b) Input to scope planning

c) Created after preliminary project scope statement

d) All of the above

25) An example of organizational process asset is:

a) Company policy document

28) Risk register is an output of: