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Table of Contents
1. PMBOK® GUIDE 5TH EDITION 200 SAMPLE QUESTIONS PMP EXAM ......................... 4
2. PMBOK® GUIDE 5TH EDITION 200 SAMPLE PMP EXAM - ANSWERS ........................ 47
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6. You have been working under a Cost Plus Incentive contract, with a 75/25 share. The target
cost and target fee in the contract are $150,000 and $25,000, respectively. The contract ceiling
amount is $195,000. Over the course of the contract, the seller incurred $180,000 in actual
documented costs. What is the total payout for the procurement?
A. $180,000
B. $197,500
C. $195,000
D. $175,000
7. Which of the following is true of a definite estimate (also called grassroots or engineering
estimate):
A. It is generally accurate within plus or minus 10%
B. It is usually based on analogous information
C. It can be prepared quickly
D. B and C
9. A project management plan is a series of plans and baselines. Which of the following is not
one of the baselines included in the project management plan?
A. Schedule
B. Scope
C. Quality
D. All of the above are baselines
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12. Costs that the project manager has the least influence on are:
A. Direct and variable
B. Direct and fixed
C. Indirect and variable
D. Indirect and fixed
14. Organizational charts and position descriptions are tools used during:
A. The Develop Human Resource Plan process
B. The Define Roles process
C. The Develop Project Team process
D. The Manage Project Team process
15. According to the PMBOK, in a decision tree diagram, a triangle is used to identify:
A. A decision node
B. A chance node
C. End of Branch
D. The PMBOK does not use triangles in decision trees
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16. Your team has been having difficulty controlling a manufacturing process so that data points
fall within the specification limits and the control limits. The specification limits are 31.9 liters to
32.1 liters. The following readings are captured:
17. PMPs have an obligation to avoid conflicts of interest. Nevertheless, such conflicts can be
unexpectedly encountered. In the event of a conflict of interest, the PMPs refrain from the
decision-making process until all of the following are true EXCEPT:
A. The manager has made full disclosure to the affected stakeholders.
B. The manager has an approved mitigation plan.
C. The manager has obtained the consent of the stakeholders to proceed.
D. The manager has written approval from all stakeholders.
18. Your project CPI has dropped from 1.0 to .5 in the last past 2 weeks. You should
communicate this information to the customer in the following manner:
A. Formally and in writing
B. Formally and verbally (so you have the opportunity to actively manage emotions and
expectations in person)
C. Informally and verbally (to downplay bad news and ensure the customer remains
calm)
D. Informally, but in writing (to minimize concern, but to ensure the message has been
received)
19. When acquiring a project team, a project manager should consider that:
A. Getting the right staffing is rarely the cause of project failure
B. Negotiation and influencing skills are paramount
C. Constraints may dictate use of alternate resources
D. B and C
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22. In conducting procurements, a tool to bring the buyer and potential sellers together to
proposal submittals is a(n):
A. Proposal pre-evaluation
B. Independent estimate gathering
C. Procurement negotiation
D. Bidder conference
23. Assuming that your team is one that has begun to work together well, has developed a
trusting relationship, but has not yet reached its peak output, what stage of development have
they reached?
A. Forming
B. Storming
C. Performing
D. Norming
25. You are about to undertake identification of stakeholders. What items would you consider as
you begin this process?
A. The project management plan
B. The communications plan
C. Procurement documents
D. The risk management plan
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28. The cost performance baseline has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
30. The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as
greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available is called:
A. Quality function deployment (QFD)
B. Agile project planning method
C. Progressive elaboration
D. Sequential planning method (SPM)
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37. Communication activities have many potential dimensions that generally include all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Written, oral, and non-verbal
B. Internal and external
C. Conceptual and definitive
D. Formal and informal
38. As an output of Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process, the risk register is updated.
These updates generally include:
A. Prioritized list of quantified risks.
B. Qualitative analysis of the threads to ignore and opportunities to accept.
C. Checklists, corrective actions, and qualified decision trees.
D. Direction, resources, and contingency costs.
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39. Classification of an engagement level of stakeholders includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Resistant
B. Neutral
C. Supportive
D. Manipulative
40. You are using a classification model for stakeholder’s analysis that groups the stakeholders
based on their level of authority and their level or concern regarding the project outcomes. This
in known as:
A. Power/influence grid
B. Influence/impact grid
C. Power/interest grid
D. Salience model
41. Cost plus fixed fee contracts (CPFF) have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
A. Seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work.
B. Seller receives a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the actual project
costs.
C. Seller receives a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated
project costs.
D. The fee is paid only for completed work and does not change due to seller
performance unless the project scope changes.
42. An activity in a project network has the following characteristics: ES = 5, EF = 10, and
LF = 14. Therefore, LS = ______.
A. 9 weeks
B. 10 weeks
C. 11 weeks
D. 12 weeks
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45. Lessons learned documentation generally includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. The causes of issues.
B. Updates of the statement of work to reflect training and learning requirements.
C. Reasoning behind the corrective action chosen.
D. Other types of lessons learned about communications management.
46. Quality and grade are not the same. A fundamental distinction is that:
A. Quality as a delivered performance or result is the degree to which a set of inherent
characteristics fulfill requirements; grade as a design intent is a category assigned to
deliverables having the same functional use but different technical characteristics.
B. A quality level that fails to meet quality requirements may not be a problem; a low
grade of quality is always a problem.
C. Delivering the required levels of quality is not included in the responsibilities of the
project manager and the project team.
D. Delivering the required levels of grade is not included in the responsibilities of the
project manager and the project team.
47. Which of the following cumulative measures indicates that your project is about 9% under
budget?
A. The cumulative AC was 100, and the cumulative EV was 110.
B. The cumulative PV was 100, and the cumulative AC was 110.
C. The cumulative was AC 110, and the cumulative EV was 100.
D. The cumulative EV was 100, and the cumulative PV was 110.
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48. In which type of contracts do buyers need to precisely specify the product or services being
procured?
A. Cost plus award fee contracts
B. Fixed-priced contracts
C. Cost-reimbursable contracts
D. Partnership contracts
49. All of the following are tools and techniques of the Conduct Procurements process
EXCEPT:
A. Proposal evaluation techniques
B. Independent estimates
C. Procurement negotiations
D. Resource distribution system
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52. You are managing a $10 million project. Which of the following is an acceptable cause for
“re-baselining” this project?
A. The client has approved an addition to the scope of the project with a $150,000
budget increase and a 2 week extension of the scheduled completion.
B. The contractor’s company has instituted a Quality Assurance Program in which it has
pledged to spend one million dollars during the next year.
C. The productivity in the Design Department is lower than estimated, which has
resulted in 1,100 additional hours over what was budgeted and a forecasted 2 week
delay of the scheduled completion.
54. Which of the following is NOT true about tools and techniques of Perform Integrated
Change Control?
A. They include expert judgment
B. They include change control meetings
C. A change control board (CCB) is responsible for meeting and reviewing the change
requests and approving, rejecting, or other disposition of those changes.
D. They include project plan updates
55. All of the following are characteristics of the Project Management Information System
(PMIS) EXCEPT:
A. It is part of the environmental factors
B. It provides access to tools, such as a scheduling tool, a work authorization system, a
configuration management system, an information collection and distribution system, or
interfaces to other online automated systems.
C. It is used as part of the Direct and Manage Project Work.
D. It is used by the project manager and the project management team primarily to
generate presentations to key stakeholders.
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56. The Delphi Technique has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
A. It is a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject such as project risk.
B. It is a technique in which project experts participate anonymously.
C. It helps reduce bias in the data and keeps any one person from having undue
influence on the outcome.
D. It is based on an ancient Greek technique to ensure that actions of subordinates are
aligned with the vision of senior executives.
58. All of the following are true about the project scope statement EXCEPT:
A. It is an output of the Validate Scope Process.
B. It describes =, in detail the project’s deliverables and the work required to create
those deliverables.
C. It provides a common understanding of the project scope among project
stakeholders.
D. It may contain explicit scope exclusions that can assist in managing stakeholder
expectations.
59. The project manager has the greatest level of independence and authority in a
__________________ organization.
A. Strong Matrix
B. Weak Matrix
C. Projectized
D. Functional
60. The collection of generally sequential and sometimes overlapping project phases, whose
name and number are determined by the management and control needs of the organization or
organizations involved in the project, is known as the:
A. Project waterfall
B. Project life cycle
C. Project life stages
D. Project Management Process Groups
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61. Your team is having trouble estimating the duration of a coding activity for a software
project. The developers seem more comfortable providing estimates in terms of lines of code
than in terms of hours required to write those lines. You decide to make use of some data from
a previous project that is analogous to your current project. On the previous project it took 1 day
to write 50 lines of code. Based on the information, it appears as though the duration of the
coding task on this new project will take 5 days. This is an example of the PMBOK technique
known as:
A. Analogous estimating
B. Parametric estimating
C. Comparable estimating
D. Equivalent estimating
62. Which of the following diagrams are used to determine root causes?
A. Ishikawa
B. Fishbone
C. Pareto charts and the 80/20 principle
D. Scatter diagrams
64. You are constructing a new office building for your company. You have determined that if
the structure is constructed on lot 7 (rather than the originally lot 6), property taxes are
guaranteed to be reduced by 4%. Moreover, by keeping the structure below two stories, you
increase the likelihood that the structure will be classified as environmental friendly. And the
company will qualify for an additional .5% property tax decrease. Placing the structure on lot 7 is
a _____________risk response strategy, while confining the building to two stories is a
______________ risk response strategy.
A. Exploit and Share
B. Transfer and Exploit
C. Exploit and Enhance
D. Enhance and Share
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66. More content has been added to Activity F, extending its duration to 2 days, and your critical
path by one day. To make things worse, your boss has told you that the work must be
completed in 6 days, at the lowest possible cost. Looking at the table below, which tasks would
you crash, in what sequence, and what would your crashing cost be?
A. D, E & F; $ 4,000
B. F, E & B; $ 7,000
C. F, A & C; $ 13,000
D. F, B & C; $ 16,000
67. When using an agile vs. traditional/waterfall approach, Control Schedule is about:
A. Conducting prospective views in order to correct problems
B. Analyzing the prioritization of work that has been completed
C. Reprioritizing the work backlog
D. Presiding work velocity for the typical three-month iteration cycles
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73. When monitoring and controlling project work, one of your key inputs will be:
A. Work Performance reports
B. Expert Judgment
C. Cost and Schedule Forecast
D. All of the Above
74. A Requirements Traceability Matrix traces requirements for all but which of the following?
A. Production support
B. Test strategy
C. Project scope
D. Product design
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81. Often, a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis is used to assist in making project staffing
decisions. Some examples of selection criteria include:
A. Brainstorming
B. Knowledge and Availability
C. Negotiation
D. A and B
You have just been handed responsibility for a project that is well underway. It was originally
budgeted at 200,000 hours of work. About 40% of the project’s planned value has been created,
its schedule variance is 5,000, ad its CPI is running at .90.
84. Assuming that you have corrected the issues leading to your current CPI, what would your
EAC for the project be?
A. 210,000
B. 222,000
C. 208,889
D. 212,889
85. Your boss has seen your latest EAC projection, and is not happy. Being a realist, though, as
well as a fan of the TCPI metric, he wants to know what your TCPI would have to be to bring the
project in at 3% over the original budget. What is that number?
A. 1.08
B. 1.035
C. 1.07
D. 1.025
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87. A stakeholder classification model that categorizes stakeholders based on their power and
legitimacy is a:
A. Power/Interest Grid
B. Salience Model
C. Power/Influence Grid
D. Influence/Impact Grid
89. You are talking to the contractor building your new home, who was very excited to find out
you are a project manager. You have asked him why there has been no noticeable activity on
the site over the last week. He just informed you that a week ago, the foundation slab was
poured, and that it must cure for ten days before framing activity can start. This predecessor-
successor relationship attribute is known as:
A. Lead
B. Mandatory
C. Lag
D. Fixed
91. Work Performance Information from the Control Scope process includes:
A. Which deliverables have been accepted?
B. Amount of rework required
C. How scope variances may impact schedule or cost
D. Contract compliance information
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92. Your fellow PM has just stopped by your desk to chat. She sees that you are down in the
dumps. When she asks why, you tell her that you’re working a very labor intensive project, and
struggling to organize the many types and number of resources. She suggests you use an RBS
to categorize your resources hierarchically. An RBS is this context, is a:
A. Risk Breakdown Structure
B. Resource Breakdown Structure
C. Resource Break-Fix
D. Responsibility Breakdown Structure
93. A project was budgeted to take 2,000 hours of work. 750 hours have been burned, and 600
hours of value have actually been created. Your SPI is .9. What is the project’s SV?
A. 150
B. -150
C. 67
D. -67
95. At the beginning of your project, you and your sponsor agreed on acceptable limits for the
project’s process variables. You are 3 months into the project. The sponsor is asking you if the
variables are within those limits. To answer him, you consult your:
A. Run chart
B. Control chart
C. Scatter diagram
D. Histogram
96. A Quantitative Risk Analysis technique that uses simulations and probability distribution is:
A. Sensitivity analysis
B. Expected monetary value analysis
C. Monte Carlo technique
D. Expert Judgment
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97. You have been told that a project activity will most likely take 10 days. If all goes well, it will
only take 6 days. However, if Murphy’s Law strikes, it could take 20 days. Given this uncertainty,
you have decided to estimate the activity using a Beta, or PERT distribution. You deliver and
estimation of:
A. 10 days
B. 13 days
C. 12 days
D. 11 days
98. You are being tasked with a project that is globally sourced. Your first step is to:
A. Send a memo to all prospective team members noting your appointment
B. Prepare a project charter
C. Hire a translator and cultural coach to minimize misunderstandings
D. Ask your sponsor to prepare a project charter
99. One of the key Inputs to the Direct and Manage Project Work process is Approved Change
Request. Those change requests:
A. Are always corrective actions or defect repairs
B. Never result in modifications to polies or procedures
C. A and B
D. Could potentially impact any area of the project
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102. You have been assigned to a project where your team will be comprised of people that
have worked together well in the past. It will involve building and outsourcing, then integrating
components into a final solution. You believe that the biggest challenges will be keeping
contractors on schedule and integrating their work. Your first step is to:
A. Begin work on the project plan
B. Hold a kick-off meeting
C. Engage the customers in requirements discussions
D. Begin procurement planning for purchased components
103. Product Analysis and Alternatives Generation are two techniques used to:
A. Create WBS
B. Collect Requirements
C. Define Scope
D. Define Activities
104. You are running a project in an enterprise in which the project environment is one where
the project manager’s role is acknowledged, but you have low to moderate control. What type of
project structure is this?
A. Balanced Matrix
B. Weak Matrix
C. Strong Matrix
D. Functional
105. The Change Log that flows from the integrated Change Control process:
A. Includes impacts in terms of risk to the project
B. Does not include information on rejected changes
C. Is for project team use only, and not typically shared with external stakeholders
D. A and B
107. You have just finished work on a document that includes a project scope statement, a
WBS and a WBS dictionary. What have you just completed?
A. Performance Measurement Baseline
B. Requirements Document
C. SOW
D. Scope Baseline
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109. Organizational process assets updated by the Controlling Stakeholders process include:
A. Project or phase closure documents
B. Scope, cost and schedule baselines
C. Project presentations and reports
D. A and B
110. Configuration Management activities include all but which of the following:
A. Configuration identification
B. Configuration status accounting
C. Configuration scope creep control
D. Configuration verification/audit
111. In planning procurements, which of the following might be used as source selection
criteria?
A. Warranty proposed and business size/type
B. Life cycle costs and financial capacity
C. Management approach and understanding of need
D. All of the above
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114. A program is a:
A. Group of related activities lasting one year or less.
B. Group of related projects, subprograms, and programs activities managed in a
coordinated way.
C. Project with a cost over $1 million.
D. Sequence of steps constituting a project.
116. A primary function of a project management office (PMO) is to support project managers in
a variety of ways which may include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Delivering specific project objectives and controlling the assigned project resources to
best meet objectives of the project.
B. Managing shared resources across all projects administered by the PMO.
C. Identifying and developing project management methodology, best practices, and
standards.
D. Coaching, mentoring, training, and oversight.
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117. Enterprise environmental factors refer to both internal and external environmental factors
that surround or influence a project’s success. All of the following are true about these factors
EXCEPT:
A. Enterprise factors include organizational culture, structure, and processes.
B. Enterprise environmental factors include government or industry standards, such as
regulatory agency regulation, codes of conduct, product standards, quality standards,
and workmanship standards.
C. Enterprise environmental factors include project management information systems
(e.g., an automated tool, such as a scheduling software tool, a configuration
management system, an information collection and distribution system, or web
interfaces to other online automated systems.
D. Enterprise environmental factors do not include personnel administration functions
(e.g., staffing and retention guidelines, employee performance reviews and training
records, reward and overtime policies, and time tracking) because these are considered
to function of the human resource department.
119. All of the following are true about the Control Scope process EXCEPT:
A. Control Scope is the process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope
and managing changes to the scope baseline.
B. Control Scope is used to manage the actual changes when they occur and is
integrated with the other control processes.
C. Scope changes can be avoided by developing clear and concise specifications and
enforcing strict adherence to them.
D. Project scope control includes determining the cause and degree of variance to the
scope baseline and deciding whether corrective or preventive action is required.
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121. All of the following are true about resource levelling EXCEPT:
A. It can be used to keep resource usage at a constant level during certain time periods.
B. It can often cause the original critical path to change, usually to increase.
C. It is used to develop a resource-based WBS.
D. It is a resource optimization technique that can be used to adjust the schedule model
due to demand and supply of resources.
123. Project Cost Management includes all of the following processes EXCEPT:
A. Plan cost management
B. Level resources
C. Determine budget
D. Control Cost
124. Your earned value management analysis indicates that your project is falling behind its
baseline schedule. You know this because the cumulative EV is much:
A. Higher than the cumulative AC.
B. Higher than the cumulative PV
C. Lower than the cumulative PV.
D. Lower than the cumulative CPI.
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130. All of the following are true about Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma EXCEPT:
A. It is a quality improvement initiative undertaken by the performing organization.
B. It could improve the quality of the project’s management.
C. It could improve the quality of the project’s product.
D. It focuses on systematically correcting defects, errors, or mistakes revealed by
inspection.
133. Examples of interpersonal skills that a project manager uses most often include all of the
following indicators EXCEPT:
A. Leadership
B. Influencing
C. Biasing
D. Effective decision making
134. Payment systems generally include all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
A. Payments are typically processed after certification of satisfactory work by an
authorized person on the project team.
B. All payments should be made and documented in strict accordance with the terms of
the contract.
C. Re-negotiations of the price and other terms of the contract are typically conducted
prior to authorizing payments to the seller.
D. Payments to the seller are typically processed by the accounts payable system of the
buyer.
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136. In what way does free float differ from total float?
A. Free float is the amount of total float that does not affect the schedule end date or
violate a schedule constraint, whereas total float is the total accumulated amount of free
float.
B. There is no difference-the two terms are functionally equivalent and are used in
different application areas.
C. Free float is the amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without
delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint, whereas
total float is the amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed or extended from
its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule
constraint.
D. Free float of a schedule activity is calculated by subtracting the total float of the
schedule activity from the total float of the critical path, without violating other schedule
constraints.
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138. All of the following are true about the product life cycle EXCEPT:
A. It is a series of phases that represent the evolution of a product.
B. The last product life cycle phase for a product is generally the product’s retirement.
C. Operations are ongoing endeavors that produce repetitive outputs according to the
standards institutionalized in a product life cycle.
D. The project life cycle contains one or more product life cycles, and therefore the two
life cycles are synonymous.
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143. All of the following are true about project governance EXCEPT:
A. It is an oversight function that is aligned with the organization’s governance model
and that encompasses the project life cycle.
B. It is a methodology for managing large government projects.
C. It is a framework that provides the project manager and team with structure,
processes, decision-making models, and tools for managing the project, while
supporting and controlling the project for successful delivery.
D. It includes a framework for making project decisions, defines roles, responsibilities,
and accountabilities for the success of the project; and determines the effectiveness of
the project manager.
146. In the middle of a project, a project manager creates a set of specific recommendations for
each team member to improve their work. In the middle of a project, processes from any of the
five process group may be performed. However, the production or recommended improvements
is generally regarded as an activity that belongs in which process group?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
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147. You have specifically identified a set of risks on your project are likely to cost your
company $4,000. You have further determined that project in your company of this type often
historically overrun by 30%, which for your project is $30,000. You should:
A. Create a contingency reserve of $34,000
B. Create a management reserve of $34,000
C. Create a contingency reserve of $4,000 and recommend a management reserve of
$ 30,000
D. Create a management reserve of $4,000 and recommend a contingency reserve of
$30,000.
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152. The project sponsor asked you to audit the schedule of a project in a chocolate factory.
The project manager provided you with an earned value of $1,234. The number appeared to be
correct. The project baseline shows a planned value of $1,540. What should you do next?
A. Do not trust the project Manager; calculate the earned value yourself to be sure.
B. Calculate the SPI and tell the project manager that no corrective actions are required.
C. Present your findings and ask the project sponsor to consider corrective actions.
D. Confirm the earned value and thank the project manager for doing a great job.
154. The following are commonly used process improvement models EXCEPT:
A. Malcolm Baldrige
B. OPM3
C. CMMI
D. PDCA
155. A vendor’s response to a request for proposal (RFP) identified three key team members by
name who will be working on a project. One team member will perform the initial analysis at the
corporate headquarters, and two team members will perform the detailed analysis at various
field offices across the country. With regard to acquiring the project team members, the three
key team members are considered__________________.
A. Pre-assigned
B. Negotiated
C. Acquired
D. Virtual
156. The Identify Risk process uses several tools and techniques. Which information gathering
technique would be most appropriate if you need to work primarily with subject matter experts to
identify the project risks?
A. Brainstorming
B. Delphi Technique
C. Interviewing
D. Root cause analysis
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157. Using decision tree analysis, you calculated that Project A has an expected monetary
value (EMV) of $65,000. In contrast, Project B has an EMV of $75,000. Which project is a better
option?
A. Project A, because it has a lower EMV
B. Project B, because it has a higher EMV
C. Neither project, because the difference in EMV is not significant
D. Both, in order to maximize the results
158. Which risk response strategy can be applied to both negative risks (threats) and positive
risks (opportunities)?
A. Mitigate
B. Exploit
C. Share
D. Accept
159. Which documents are prepared by the sellers and highlight their ability and willingness to
deliver a product, service, or result for the buyer?
A. Agreements
B. Memos of understanding
C. Proposals
D. Letters of intent
160. In a weak and balanced matrix structure, the project manager’s titles are _____________
and ________________ respectively?
A. Project coordinator, project leader
B. Project leader, project expeditor
C. Project expeditor, project manager
D. Project leader, project manager
161. From the following list, which action is an example of a mandatory standard of honesty?
A. Make commitments and promises in good faith
B. Make others feel safe to tell the truth
C. Provide accurate information in a timely manner
D. Do not engage in dishonest behaviours
162. What is the best way to resolve issues that may arise when there is a potential clash
between duty of loyalty and conflict of interest?
A. Adhere to the duty of loyalty
B. Disclose the conflict entirely
C. Avoid the conflict of interest
D. Do not engage in the discussion
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163. A person’s responsibility, legal or moral, to promote the best interest of an organization or
other person with whom he or she is affiliated is called__________________.
A. Duty of loyalty
B. Social obligation
C. Membership affinity
D. Professional responsibility
165. You have always had suspicions about the professional relationship of another project
manager with a major supplier. You strongly feel that other project managers share the same
suspicions regarding this person. What is the most appropriate course of action in this situation?
A. Ask the other project managers if they share the same suspicions
B. Report the suspicions to the company’s ethics review committee
C. Start gathering facts to substantiate your personal suspicions
D. Stop being envious of the project manager’s relationship
166. You have been provided with a document that contains the market demand and cost-
benefit analysis that justifies the go-ahead of the project. What is this document called?
A. A contract
B. A statement of work
C. A business case
D. An organizational asset
167. As a result of comparing planned results to actual results, change requests may be issued
that expand, adjust, or reduce project or product scope. All of the following are changes that are
included as change requests EXCEPT:
A. Corrective action
B. Situational action
C. Defect repair
D. Preventive action
168. During the process of executing a project, a number of influences drive a project
manager’s activities. Which of the following is an input to this process?
A. Outstanding defects and faults
B. Administrative procedure edits
C. Approved change requests
D. Postponed change requests
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169. When running a project, the project manager must manage the project work. Which of the
following statements is part of effectively monitoring the project progress?
A. Email the team the schedule according to the plan
B. Record the actual progress on task on a daily basis
C. Compare actual activity performance against plan
D. Report only completed activity, schedule, and costs.
170. You have been given the responsibility of documenting why a project was terminated.
Which of the following documents would you use to record this information?
A. Project contract document
B. Project closure document
C. Project scope management
D. Formal acceptance documents
171. You are discussing your role as a project manager with your peers. In the conversation,
another team member describes the process of defining and controlling what is, and what is not,
included in the project. What is this process called?
A. Project documentation management
B. Project change control
C. Project scope management
D. Formal acceptance documents
172. The project team is involved in measuring, examining, and verifying that the work and
deliverables meet the product and acceptance criteria. Which of the following is a summary
description of the work your team is doing?
A. Define Scope: Inputs
B. Validate Scope: Outputs
C. Validate Scope: Inspection
D. Plan Scope Management: Inputs
173. The Control Scope process is part of the ________________knowledge area under the
--------------------------- process group.
A. Project Integration Management; Monitoring and Controlling
B. Project Quality Management; Planning
C. Project Risk Management; Executing
D. Project Scope Management; Monitoring and Controlling
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174. Which of the following is a project management deliverable that identifies, and describes
the types and quantities of each resource required to complete all work packages?
A. Resource calendar updates
B. Activity attribute updates
C. Resource breakdown structure
D. Activity resource requirements
175. As a project manager, your responsibilities include gathering data on actual start and finish
dates of activities, along with remaining durations for work in progress. The work you are doing
is involved with ________________.
A. Cost variance analysis
B. Performance measurement
C. Performance reviews
D. Critical path analysis
176. What factors are needed to calculate the estimate to complete (ETC) for a project?
A. EAC and PV
B. BAC, AC and PV
C. BAC, EV and AC
D. EAC and AC
177. Your company needs to make a decision whether to spend $120K to build a new mobile
app or to enhance an existing one for $50K. With the new mobile app, there is a 60 percent
chance to generate revenue of $200k if the app store reviews are positive. Your company
expects revenue of $90k if the reviews are not so positive. If the company enhances the existing
mobile app, the expected revenue is $120k and $60k respectively with the same probabilities as
the building of a new app. What is the decision expected monetary value (EMV)?
A. $46k
B. $50k
C. $120k
D. $170k
178. It is the duty of a project manager to act impartially and objectively when making decision
and otherwise behaving. This can be classified as ____________________.
A. Fairness
B. Honesty
C. Respect
D. Responsibility
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180. Which one of the following activities is not part of monitoring and controlling the project
work?
A. Adapting approved changes into the project scope, plans, and environment.
B. Monitoring implementation of approved changes when and as they occur.
C. Comparing actual project performance against the project management plan.
D. Providing forecast to update current costs and current schedule information.
181. Project administrative closure procedures involve all of the following actions and activities
EXCEPT:
A. Raising problem reports for nonperforming parts for the system
B. Archiving project information for future use
C. Gathering Lessons Learned
D. Validating that completion and exit criteria have been met
182. You are managing a two-year project that spans four different countries. As part of the
requirements-gathering process, you have used virtual sessions to compile a list of product
requirements. Two different views remain on one major requirement. You consult with the
project sponsor, who reviews the comments and makes a decision favoring one option. She
justifies by stating it will have a greater benefit to most of the end users. What method of
decision making is this?
A. Plurality
B. Dictatorship
C. Majority
D. Unanimity
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184. The predecessor Task A will require seven days to complete and the successor Task B will
require nine days to complete. It is desired to start Task B three days before Task A is
scheduled to finish. Which of the following dependency relationship representations will produce
this result?
A. Task A FF + 3 Task B
B. Task A FF - 4 Task B
C. Task A FS – 2 Task B
D. Task A FS – 3 Task B
187. What is the name for documented recommendations required to bring expected future
project performance into conformance with the project management plan?
A. Adjustment action
B. Corrective action
C. Preventive action
D. Response action
188. Which of the following is not an activity of configuration management system with an
integrated change control process?
A. Configuration identification
B. Configuration status accounting
C. Configuration management plan
D. Configuration control committee
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189. Which change request can have implications for the project management plan, policies,
procedures, schedules, costs, and budgets?
A. Rejected
B. Deferred
C. Declined
D. Approved
190. A supplier in your project provided you confidential product information that the project
team needs in order to integrate the supplier’s product into your organization’s systems. In the
performance of professional services, what are you expected to do with the confidential
information?
A. Always give full disclosure of matters concerning your participation on the project.
B. Always insist that the customer conform to best project management practices.
C. Always maintain and respect the confidentiality of sensitive information.
D. Always maintain and satisfy the scope and objectives of professional services.
191. What element of the project management plan is essential for progress measurements and
control?
A. Defining required communication tasks
B. Defining the key management reviews
C. Documenting project planning assumptions and decisions about chosen alternatives
D. Providing baseline
192. Three programming activities must be completed on time, in order, to begin testing on time.
The first two activities have a 0.90 probability of being completed by the due date. The third has
a 0.80 probability of being completed on time. What is the probability of starting the testing on
time?
A. 0.65
B. 0.70
C. 0.72
D. 0.87
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194. Helen was asked to draw a Pareto chart to determine the common causes of schedule
delays on her project. She identifies five items which she labelled as A, B, C, D, and E with their
corresponding defect frequencies of 100, 350, 200, 180, and 250. In what order should the
corrective action be applied?
A. A, C, E, and B
B. A, D, C, and E
C. B, A, E, and D
D. B, E, C, and D
195. What should you use to anticipate management’s approval of the amount of risk you plan
to take on with your chosen project approach?
A. Probability analysis
B. The company’s risk tolerance level
C. The Delphi method
D. The Monte Carlo method
196. What might be allowed if it is the culture norm in the country where you are working?
A. Making unauthorized disclosure of confidential or sensitive information
B. Paying $500 in local currency to get a key shipment released from customs
C. Representing another company’s analytical tool or methodology as your own
D. Stating that you are experienced in a field when you are not
197. Which of the following terms means the disclosure to others of the unethical behaviour of
another individual, company, or institution?
A. Divulgence
B. Snitching
C. Squealing
D. Whistleblowing
198. Which quality planning tool or technique allows brainstorming of ideas in small groups, and
the ideas are then later reviewed by a larger group?
A. Nominal group technique
B. Affinity diagrams
C. Force field analysis
D. Matrix diagrams
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200. You must provide a cost estimate for a new project that is similar to two other completed
projects. One cost $456,342 and the other cost $ 437,976. Because this new project is a little
larger, you decide to estimate it at $480,000. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Bottom-up estimating
B. Brainstorming estimating
C. Lateral thinking estimating
D. Top-down estimating
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1.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 4.6, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is
Integration.
2.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 4.1, Process Group: Initiation, Knowledge Area is Integration
3.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 4.3, Process Group: Executing and Knowledge Area is
Integration
4.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 9.2.2.4, Process Group: Executing and Knowledge Area is
Human Resource Management
5.
Answer: D
6.
Answer: C
The seller recovers his costs of $180,000. Under the 75/25 sharing agreement, he also
has forfeit 25% of the target profit of $25,000, or $6,250, which reduces his profit to
$18,750. Adding the $18,750 to the cost figure of $180,000, the total procurement value
would be $198,750; however, the contract ceiling amount of $195,000 becomes the final
figure, as $198,750 exceeds that ceiling.
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7.
Answer: A
8.
Answer: B
9.
Answer: D
The scope, schedule and cost baselines form the “performance measurement baseline”,
which is included in the project management plan, so option A and B are baselines in the
plan. The PMBOK defines as “an approved plan for a project, plus or minus approved
changes. It is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within
acceptable variance thresholds. (PMBOK, p. 302) Since the quality management plan is
included in the project management plan (PMI’s Book of Forms, p. 134), option C is also
a baseline in the plan. Option D is therefore the only correct answer.
10.
Answer: C
A work authorization system defines all the steps for issuing work authorizations (for
people to get to work on an activity) and includes all the methods for tracking Work
Authorizations through their states and obtaining formal signoff. PMBOK page 567.
11.
Answer: B
12.
Answer: C
Are shared costs (like the company costs for preparing their taxes or for heat and
electricity). Typically these costs cannot be easily changed.
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13.
Answer: D
The cost baseline does not contain the management reserve. Only the contingency
reserves are contained in the cost baseline, so option A is incorrect. Option B is false
because an activity is considered 100% complete when it finishes, not 50%. Option C is
incorrect because CV = EV – AC.
14.
Answer A: Organizational charts and position descriptions are tools of the Develop
Human Resource Plan process.
15.
Answer C: The triangle is used to designate an end of branch. PMBOK page 339.
16.
Answer: A
The last value of 32.15 is outside the specification limits, which indicates a problem that
should be corrected. The PMBOK states when a process is within acceptable limits it is
in control and does not need to be adjusted. That is not the case in this example and the
process should be adjusted.
17.
Answer: D
The PMP Code of Ethics states “ When we realize that we have a real or potential conflict
of interest, we refrain from engaging in the decision-making process or otherwise
attempting to influence outcomes, unless or until: we have made full disclosure to the
affected stakeholders to proceed.” The Ethics Code never states that ALL stakeholders
must be informed – only the “affected one”. Moreover it does not state that stakeholder
approval be in writing, making the last option false and therefore the correct answer.
18
Answer: A
Major events should be communicated formally and in writing. A dramatic drop in CPI is
a major event. A cost overrun is further compounded if the customer can claim that they
never received this important message early on, which is why it is important to deliver
immediately and in writing.
19.
Answer: D: B and C
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20.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 13.1, Process Group: Initiating and Knowledge Area is
Stakeholder
21.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 13.3, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is
Stakeholder
22.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 12.2.2.1, Process group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Procurement
23.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 9.3.2.3, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Human Resource Management
24.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 8.2.2.1, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Quality
25.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide Reference: 8.2.2.1, Process Group: Initiating and the Knowledge Area is
Stakeholder
26.
Answer: D
27.
Answer: A
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28.
Answer: B
29.
Answer: B
30.
Answer: C
31.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, page 238, Section 8.1.2.3, page 239, Figures 8-7; and glossary
32.
Answer: A
33.
Answer: B
34.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Appendix X3, Section X3.7; and pages 20-21, Section 2.1.1
35.
Answer: B
36.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, page 276, Section 9.3.2.3; and Appendix X3, Section X3.2
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37.
Answer: C
38.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, page 341, Section 11.4.3, page 239, and page 334, Figure 11-11
39.
Answer: D
40.
Answer: C
41.
Answer: B
42.
Answer: A
43.
Answer: B
44.
Answer: C
45.
Answer: B
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46.
Answer: A
47.
Answer: A
48.
Answer: B
49.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, pages 375-377, Section 12.2.2 and page 371, Figure 12-4
50.
Answer: D
51.
Answer: C
52.
Answer: A
53.
Answer: A
54.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, pages 98-99, Section 4.5.2, and page 100, Figure 4-12
55.
Answer: D
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56.
Answer: D
57.
Answer: A
58.
Answer: A
59.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, pages 21-22, Section 2.1.3, and Table 2-1, page 25, and Figure 2-5
60.
Answer: B
61.
Answer: B
Even though the projects are similar (or analogous to each other), this is really an
example of parametric estimation. If we had used the entire duration of an activity from a
previous project to estimate the entire duration of an activity in our present project, the
answer would have been analogous estimating. However, the lines of code are multiplied
by the lines of code/day figure taken from a previous project to derive the activity
duration of 5 days.
62.
Answer: B
Ishikawa diagrams and fishbone diagrams are synonymous – they are references to the
exact same diagram. Fishbone diagrams are, in fact, used for root cause analysis.
63.
Answer: B
What is defined in Option B is control limits rather than tolerances. Control limits are the
process variation range that must be met. Tolerances, on the other hand, show the
specified range of acceptable results, which conceptually slightly different than the
former.
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64.
Answer: C
By building the structure on lot 7, the company is guaranteed to receive the 4% tax
break. This is exploiting the opportunity. However, the company’s efforts to receive the
additional .5% tax break for environmental friendliness are not guaranteed (the question
states the risk is more likely). Consequently, by making the structure environmentally
friendly, the company is enhancing the opportunity – that is, they are increasing the
likelihood of the event.
65.
Answer: B
BCF = 8 days
BEF = 6 days
66.
Answer: D
Crashing F first costs $ 2,000, and shortens two paths currently above 6 days, leaving
only ACF (7) and BCF (8) above 6 days. F is now fully crashed, leaving only A, B & C as
potential crashable activities.
Crashing B next costs $ 4,000, and shortens BCF to 7 days. B is now also fully crashed.
Crashing C next meets the objective of 6 days for the schedule, shortening both ACF and
BCF to 6 days at a cost of $ 10,000. Total cost of crashing is $2K + $4K + $10K, or $
16,000.
Note that Activity A, which appeared to be a low cost candidate to crash, did not come
into play, as the necessity of crashing C and F to reduce critical path BCF by three days
also reduced path ACF to 6 days.
67.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.7
68.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 13.3, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is
Stakeholder
69.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 12.3, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Procurement
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70.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.6.2.1, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Scope
71.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 8.3, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Quality
72.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.3, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
73.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.4.1.2; 4.4.1.3, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling
and the Knowledge Area is Integration
74.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.2.3.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Scope
75.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 11.6.2, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Risk
76.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.5, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Scope
77.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.6, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
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78.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 8.2.2.1, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Quality
79.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.5, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration
80.
Answer: B (the other three are work performance reports)
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.3.3.2, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Integration
81.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 9.2.2.5, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Human Resource Management
82.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 7.4.2, Table 7-1, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling
and the Knowledge Area is Cost
83.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 7.4.2; Table 7-1, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling
and the Knowledge Area is Cost
84.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 7.4.2, Table 7-1, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling
and the Knowledge Area is Cost
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85.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 7.4.2, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Cost
86.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.1.3.1, Process Group: Initiating and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
87.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 13.1.2.1, Process Group: Initiating and the Knowledge Area
is Stakeholder
88.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 11.6, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Risk
89.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.3.2.3, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
90.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 12.4.2.1, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is
Procurements
91.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.6.3.1, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Scope
92.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.4.3.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
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93.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.7.2.1, Table 7-1, Process Group: Planning and the
Knowledge Area is Time
94.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.1.1.2, Process Group: Initiating and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
95.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 8.1.2.3, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Quality
96.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 11.4.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Risk
97.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.5.2.4, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
98.
Answer: D
99.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.3.1.2, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Integration
100.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 12.4.1.2, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is
Procurements
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101.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 9.4.2.3, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area
is Human Resource Management
102.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, No specific reference. The kick-off meeting is always the first step, even
when the team members are familiar with each other, because every project is unique in
some respect. Process Group: Initiating and the Knowledge Area is Integration
103.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.3.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Scope
104.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 2.1.3, Table 2.1, Process Group: Executing and the
Knowledge Area is Human Resource Management
105.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.5.3.2, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration
106.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.1.3.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Scope
107.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 5.4.3.1, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Scope
108.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 6.3.2.2, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
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109.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 13.4.3.5, Process Group: Monitoring and Control and the
Knowledge Area is Stakeholder
110.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 4.5, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration
111.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Reference: 12.1.3.4, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area
is Procurement
112.
Answer: B
113..
Answer: A
114.
Answer: B
115.
Answer: A
116.
Answer: A
117.
Answer: D
118.
Answer: B
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119.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Pages 136-137, Section 5.6; and page 139, Section 5.6.2.1
120.
Answer: D
121.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Pages 179-180, Section 6.6.2.4; and page 189, Section 6.7.2.3
122.
Answer: D
123.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Page 193, Introduction; and page 194, Figure 7-1
124.
Answer: C
125.
Answer: B
126.
Answer: D
127.
Answer: D
128.
Answer: D
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129.
Answer: D
130.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Page 229, Introduction; and page 235, Figure 8-5
131.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Page 229, Introduction; and page 235, Figure 8-5
132.
Answer: C
133.
Answer: C
134.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Page 238, Section 8.1.2.3; and Page 239, Figures 8-7
135.
Answer: B
136.
Answer: C Also called slack.
137.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Glossary, Page 78, Section 4.2.3.1; and page 96 Section 4.5
138.
Answer: D
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139.
Answer: A
140.
Answer: A
141.
Answer: C
142.
Answer: D
143.
Answer: B
144.
Answer: C
145.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Page 63, Introduction; and page 65, Figure 4-1
146.
Answer: B
This is a difficult question. While final performance reporting resides in the “Close
Project or Phase” process, that’s the final report for future projects and not oriented to
improvements hare and now on the current project. You also might think that
recommendations from improvements would naturally come out of defect tracking and
analysis activities, and therefore be performed in the Monitoring and Controlling process
group. However, the PMBOK puts “continuous improvement” activities in the Executing
process group in the Manage Project Team” process.
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147.
Answer: C
Contingency reserve is allocated by project managers to account for the cost of known
risks.
148.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Scope
149.
Answer: D
The term Kaizen is more associated with continuously improvement than root cause
analysis. PMBOK® Guide, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Quality
150.
Answer: C
This is a pull communication method and not a push communication method. PMBOK®
Guide, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is Communications
151.
Answer: D
152.
Answer: C
SPI = EV / PV = 0.80, the project is 80% on schedule, meaning 20% behind. Therefore,
corrective actions most likely will be required to bring the project back on track.
153.
Answer: A
Project performance measurements are used to assess the degree of difference between
the baseline and actual performance.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 139, Process Group: Monitoring & Controlling and the Knowledge
Area is Scope
154.
Answer: D
PDCA is a basis for quality improvement all others are process improvement models.
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155.
Answer: A
The three key team members are considered pre-assigned because their assignments to
the project are known in advance.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 270, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is Human
Resource Management
156.
Answer: A
PMBOK® Guide, Page 324, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Risk
157.
Answer: B
With all other things being equal, a project with a higher EMV is more favourable than a
project with a lower EMV. EMV, a statistical concept used in quantitative analysis, is used
to analyse potential outcomes based on uncertain conditions.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 339, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Risk.
158.
Answer: D
PMBOK® Guide, Pages 345-346, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Risk
159.
Answer: C
Prepared by the sellers, proposals highlight their ability and willingness to supply a
product, service, or result to the buyer. The proposal constitutes a contract if accepted
by the buyer. PMBOK® Guide, Page 373, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge
Area is Procurement
160.
Answer: A
Project managers play the role of project coordinator or expeditor in a weak matrix
organization. In contrast, strong matrix organizations give project managers moderate to
high authority. In terms of authority, project managers in balanced organizations are
somewhere in between. They act as project leaders instead of just project coordinators
or expeditors.
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161.
Answer: D
162.
Answer: B
The best way to resolve conflicting duties of loyalty is to fully disclose the conflict.
163.
Answer: A
164.
Answer: B
165.
Answer: C
The Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct states to report only ethical complaints
that can be substantiated by facts.
166.
Answer: C
The business case contains the business need and cost-benefit analysis that justifies the
go-ahead of the project, and it is created as a result of market demand, organizational
need, customer request, technological advance, social need, or legal requirement. All
other options refer to the other inputs used within Develop Project Charter process.
167.
Answer: B
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168.
Answer: C
The Direct and Manage Project Work process has a number of inputs defined. All of
these are approved documents or actions. The correct option is approved change
requests. The other options are not inputs to the execution process.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 82, Process Group: Executing and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
169.
Answer: C
Comparing actual activity performance against the project management plan identifies
deviations and problems early.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 88; Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration
170.
Answer: B
Project closure documents are formal documents that indicate the completion or
termination of a project. Contract closure and administrative closure are separate
activities.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 102, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is
Integration
171.
Answer: C
The Project Scope Management knowledge area defines and controls what is and what is
not included in the project. Project documentation management and project change
control are procedures that allow the control of changes to the project.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 105, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Scope
172.
Answer: C
Inspection is the process of measuring, examining, and verifying that the work and
deliverables meet the product and acceptance criteria.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 133, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Scope
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173.
Answer: D
Along with the Validate Scope process, the Control Scope process is part of the Project
Management knowledge area. Specifically, these processes occur as part of the
Monitoring and Controlling process group.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 136-137, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Scope
174.
Answer: D
A list that identifies and describes the types and quantities of each resource required to
complete activities is known as activity resource requirements. The resource calendar,
project document updates, and resource breakdown structure are other outputs of the
Estimate
… Activity Resources process.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 165, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Time
175.
Answer: C
Gathering actual start and finish dates of activities, along with remaining durations for
work in progress, is known as a performance review. Cost variances analysis compares
baseline to actual data. Performance measurement is a specific earned value technique.
Critical path analysis is a planning tool.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 188-189, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Time
176.
Answer: C
The ETC requires the budget at completion (BAC), earned value (EV), and actual costs
(AC) to date. EAC = AC + (BAC – EV).
PMBOK® Guide, Page 220, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Cost
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177.
Answer A
Building a new mobile app: net path value for positive reviews = $200k -$120k = $80k; net
path for not so positive reviews = $90k - $120k = $30k; expected monetary value = .60
($80k) = 0.40 (-$30k) = $36k.
Enhancing an existing mobile app: net path value for positive reviews = $120k - $50k =
$70k; net path value for not so positive reviews = $60k - $50k = $ 10k; expected monetary
value for building a new mobile app = 0.60 ($70k) = 0.40 ($10K) = $46K
The decision expected monetary value is the larger of the two decision nodes which is
$46K PMBOK® Guide, Page 339, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Risk
178.
Answer: A
Making decisions and acting impartially and objectively is defined as the value of
fairness. The Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, page 5
179.
Answer: B
180.
Answer: A
Adapting approved changes into the project scope, plans, and environments is part of
directing and managing project execution, not monitoring and controlling activities.
181.
Answer: A
Raising problem reports for nonperforming parts of the system is part of the Perform
Integrated Change Control process, which belongs to the Monitoring and Controlling
process group. The Closing process group includes project administrative closure
procedures involve archiving project information for future use, gathering Lessons
learned, and validating that completion and exit criteria have been met.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 101, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area Integration
182.
Answer: B
PMBOK® Guide, Page 115, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Scope
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183.
Answer: A
Component, deliverable, and work item are term that can be used at any level in a WBS.
A work package is at the lowest level of the WBS represents a manageable work effort.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 128, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Scope
184.
Answer: D
Based on this question, it is clear that Task A must finish before Task B can start so this
can be achieved by a Finish-to-start (FS) dependency: Task A FS Task B. However, there
is an extra constraint that Task B must start three days before the end of Task A so a
lead (not lag) of three days should be added. Task A FS – 3 Task B. Using finish-to-finish
(FF is incorrect because that will add a dependency that will require both tasks to finish
at the same time. Task A FS – 2 Task B is incorrect because the lead is only two days.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 156-158, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
185.
Answer: B
The Develop Schedule process analyses activity sequences, durations, constraints, and
other factors before the schedule can be finalized. Given this, schedule development is
an iterative process. The other options are incorrect because they are simply false
statements.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 172-174, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Time
186.
Answer: B
Deals with the work times applicable for all human and equipment resources, refers to
project calendars. Resource calendars override project calendars with regard to resource
availability (resource pools) for such things as vacation and training time.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 163, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is Time
187.
Answer: B
Corrective action is anything done to bring expected future project performance in line
with the project management plan. As the name implies, preventive action is preventive
but the question is looking for something to correct an existing situation. Adjustment
and response action are made up terms
PMBOK® Guide, Page 92-93, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration.
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188.
Answer: C
PMBOK® Guide, Page 96-97, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration
189.
Answer: D
The Perform Integrated Change Control process is concerned with influencing the
factors that create changes to endure that changes are agreed upon, determining that a
change has occurred, and managing the actual changes when and as they occur. The
other statements are correct but they are not relevant to the focus of the question:
integrated change control.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 94-97, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Integration.
190.
Answer: C
It is expected that you always maintain and respect the confidentiality of sensitive
information.
191.
Answer: D
192.
Answer: A
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193.
Answer: A
Inputs to the Close Project or Phase process are project management plan, accepted
deliverables, and organizational process assets.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 65, Process Group: Closing and the Knowledge Area is Integration
194.
Answer: D
Pareto chart rank-orders the problems from high to low so the correct answer is 350, 250,
200, and 180 (B, E, C and D).
PMBOK® Guide, Pages 237, 239, 548, Process Group: Monitoring and Controlling and the
Knowledge Area is Quality
195.
Answer: B
The company’s risk tolerance level, obtained from the enterprise environmental factors
and documented in the risk management plan, is the only criterion appropriate for this
situation. The other options are incorrect because they are tools and techniques.
196.
Answer: B
Paying $500 in local currency to get a key shipment released from customs is allowed if
it is the cultural norm in the country where you are working. Only this situation is
covered by the proviso unless the other situations conform to applicable laws or
customs of the country where project management services are being provided.
197.
Answer: A
Squealing and snitching are more derogatory terms and not generally employed.
Divulgence implies disclosure of private or confidential matters not related to unethical
behaviour. For this question, you are expected to know the definition. However, this is
tricky because the definition of “divulgence” is not in the PMBOK® Guide.
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198.
Answer: A
The nominal group technique allows for brainstorming of ideas in small groups and
those ideas are later reviewed by a larger group. The other are used to refine the quality
requirements and to prepare effective quality management activities.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 171, 547, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Quality
199.
Answer: B
“Selecting official biases” is a made up phrase and it used simply as a distracter. Source
selection criteria includes understanding of needs, overall or life cycle cost, technical
capability, risk, management approach, technical approach, warranty, financial capacity,
production capacity and interest, business size and type, past performance of sellers,
references, intellectual property rights, and property rights.
PMBOK® Guide, Page 368-369, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Procurement
200.
Answer: D
More specifically, this is an example of analogous estimating, which is one of the top
down estimating techniques. Analogous estimating entails using the parameters of
previous, similar activity (for example, size, weight, quantity, and so forth) to arrive at an
estimate for a comparable parameter or to measure future activity.
PMBOK® Guide, Pages 204-205, Process Group: Planning and the Knowledge Area is
Cost
Reference Section
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fifth Edition,
Newton Square, Pennsylvania USA; Project Management Institute, Inc. , 2013.
Project Management Institute Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, Project Management
Institute, Inc., 2010. http://www.pmi.org/PDF/ap_pmicodeofethics.pdf.
Sample Exam Questions: PMI® Project Management Professional (PMP®), Fifth Edition
Q & As for the PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition, Newton Square, Pennsylvania USA, Project
Management Institute, Inc., 2013
PMBOK® Guide Edition Five 200 – Questions Sample PMP Exam by John Tracy, 201
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