The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
A project manager is experiencing a project with a high degree of change. Which type of stakeholder engagement does this project require?
The project manager is working with some functional managers and stakeholders on the resource management plan Which elements may be included in this plan?
A project manager is preparing to meet with three crucial project stakeholders on a new project Which tools and techniques can the project manager use to capture stakeholder interest?
Which process is engaged when a proiect learn inember makes a change to project budget with the project manager's approval?
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
Which of the following is an example of an internal factor that influences the outcome of the project?
Which tools and techniques will a project manager use to develop a project charter?
The project manager is explaining to others the essential business aspects of the project. To which skill category does this ability belong?
Which of the following are outputs of the Define Scope process in Project Scope Management?
Which components of the project management plan are inputs used when creating the stakeholder engagement plan?
The project manager is using co-location and providing training to the project team. On which of the following Project Resource Management processes is the project manager working?
Given the following information.
Activity A takes one week.
Activity B takes three weeks.
Activity C takes two weeks.
Activity D takes five weeks.
Activity A starts at the same time as Activity B.
Activity C follows Activity B and Activity A.
Activity D follows Activity C.
How long will it take to complete the project?
A new project has been set. Four main stakeholders besides the project manager and four other team members have been identified. How many communication channels are available?
The definition of when and how often the risk management processes will be performed throughout the project life cycle is included in which risk management plan component?
The project manager is working in an agile/adaptive environment. The project manager is considering different approaches for applying Project Integration Management in this environment. How can the project manager ensure that this will work for the project?
Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:
The process improvement plan details the steps for analyzing processes to identify activities which enhance their:
The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:
In Plan Risk Management, which of the management plans determines who will be available to share information on various risks and responses at different times and locations?
What type of planning is used where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while work in the future is planned at a higher level?
At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
The features and functions that characterize a result, product, or service can refer to:
The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:
A project manager at a publishing company decides to initiate the editing phase of the project as soon as each chapter is written. Which type of Sequence Activities tool and technique is involved, considering that there was a start-to-start relationship with a 15-day delay?
Identifying major deliverables, deciding if adequate cost estimates can be developed, and identifying tangible components of each deliverable are all part of which of the following?
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
A new project was approved by the project management office (PMO), and the scope of the project is to build a new detachable classroom. What delivery method and artifacts should the project manager use to deliver this project?
Which type of analysis systemically gathers and analyzes qualitative and quantitative information to determine which interests should be taken into account throughout the project?
A project manager engages a highly specialized resource who is in a different location and cannot join the regular team meetings. This is leading to delays in productivity. How can the project manager assist the team to resolve the issue?
Which of the following is a narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by a project?
Which of the following statements best describes the influence of stakeholders and the cost of changes as project time advances?
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
A special type of bar chart used in sensitivity analysis for comparing the relative importance of the variables is called a:
Which document includes the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints?
The project manager notes that stakeholders are aware of the project and potential impacts and are actively engaged in ensuring that the project is a success. The engagement level of the stakeholders should be classified as:
What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?
A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
Projects can be divided into phases to provide better management control. Collectively, what are these phases known as?
Which estimating technique uses the actual costs of previous similar projects as a basis for estimating the costs of the current project?
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
Which of the following processes are part of the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Which Process Group's purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?
What is the probability of occurrence if the risk rating is 0.56 and the impact if the risk does occur is very high (0.80)?
In a project using agile methodology, who may perform the quality control activities?
While implementing an approved change, a critical defect was introduced. Removing the defect will delay the product delivery. What is the MOST appropriate approach to managing this situation?
Stakeholder identification and engagement should begin during what phase of the project?
The project management plan requires the acquisition of a special part available from a supplier located abroad. Which source selection method is being used?
Deciding the phases of a project life cycle would be considered a part of which of these knowledge areas?
What is the project manager's responsibility in Project Integration Management?
Which knowledge area includes the processes to identify, define, and unify the various project management processes?
Which of the following must be included in the risk register when the project manager completes the Identify Risks process?
In order to detect quality Issues earlier in the project life cycle, the project manager is using an agile/adaptive environment. What is the main difference between waterfall and agile/adaptive development approaches tor Project Quality Management?
The process of defining how the project scope will be validated and controlled is known as:
A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:
Which change request is an intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity E is how many days?
Retreating from an actual or potential conflict or postponing the issue to be better prepared or to be resolved by others describes which of the five general techniques for managing conflict?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedule performance index (5PI) for Task 4?
The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
The process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract is called:
Progressively elaborating high-level information into detailed plans is performed by the:
Which project document is updated in the Control Stakeholder Engagement process?
Which process involves the creation of a document that provides the project manager with the authority to apply resources to a project?
Which of the Perform Quality Assurance tools and techniques may enhance the creation of the work breakdown structure (VVBS) to give structure to the decomposition of the scope?
Which Perform Quality Assurance tool or technique is used to identify a problem, discover the underlying causes that lead to it, and develop preventative actions?
For a stakeholder with low interest and high power, the project manager should:
Project deliverables that have been completed and checked for correctness through the Control Quality process are known as:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity H is how many days?
A project manager who communicates to the project team though email is using which type of communication?
The risk response strategy in which the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk is known as:
In which phase of team building activities do team members begin to work together and adjust their work habits and behavior to support the team?
Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (VVBS) is called a/an:
Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?
Which component of the human resource management plan describes when and how project team members are acquired and how long they will be needed?
What is a tailoring consideration for the application of Project Risk Management processes?
In which organizational structure would the project manager have most authority?
According to the PMI Talent Triangle. leadership skills relate to the ability to:
How is the Project Scope Management process different in agile and adaptive projects then in traditional projects?
A project manager Is in the process of working with stakeholders to meet their needs and expectations, and identifying and fostering communication and involvement. Which process does this typically represent?
Which statement is related to the project manager's sphere of influence at the organizational level?
Due to today's competitive global market, organizations require more than technical project management skills. Which of the following skills can support long-range strategic objectives that contribute to the bottom line?
A work package has been scheduled to cost $1,000 to complete and was to be finished today. As of today, the actual expenditure is $1,200 and approximately half of the work has been completed. What is the cost variance?
Which of the following consists of the detailed project scope statement and its associatedWBSand WBS dictionary?
Who, along with the project manager, is supposed to direct the performance of the planned project activities and manage the various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within the project?
Which of the following is an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Develop Project Charter process?
Which of the following involves making information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner?
The integrative nature of project management requires which Process Group to interact with the other Process Groups?
Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
When planning communications management what input identifies key stakeholders?
A business analyst sent multiple meeting requests via instant message to a subject matter expert (SME) working in another country but did not receive a response. What should the business analyst do to reduce the likelihood of this occurring in the future with other stakeholders distributed across multiple locations?
Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?
What should a project manager consider to address the full delivery life cycle for large projects?
Which of the following lists represents trends and emerging practices in Project Risk Management?
A project manager has created an issue log to document issues communicated by project team members during weekly team meetings. This is an input of:
Which of the following are outputs from the process of creating a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
Which of the following is a statistical concept that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen?
Which of the following lists of tools and techniques is used when conducting procurements?
A recently hired project manager is looking for templates to use for projects on which they will work. To what category of enterprise environmental factors should the project manager refer?
A project is delivering an integrated solution to an external client on a fixed-price contract. The project has a significant technical component and has a dedicated technical project manager working with a business program manager and the client's project manager. The technical lead is requesting two new developers.
Which plan should the project manager use to identify who is responsible for finding the budget for additional developers?
Which process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?
Activity cost estimates are quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to:
The processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project has been undertaken to achieve are grouped within which Process Group?
Which input may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a system for configuration management?
An organizational structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques is referred to as:
During a kickoff meeting, the project sponsor presents a very ambitious project. Unfortunately, the stakeholders are not very excited as the work associated with the new project seems inefficient.
What could be missing from the business case?
The project manager has following information about duration for an activity:
* Most likely [tM] - 15 days
* Pessimistic [tP] - 20 days
* Optimistic [tO] - 10 days
What is the estimated duration of this activity, according to the triangular distribution technique?
A team has been tasked with designing a product to address a problem they have never faced before. The project team is struggling to get traction as the solutions are not clear. What should the project manager do next?
An adaptive team is in the process of merging a legacy system from an acquired company. In order to check the project status and manage the flow of work, they are using a scrum board for this project. What data should be included in this information radiator?
The handoff of the first version of a software application to the operational team has taken a month longer than anticipated. How could this extended transition time have been avoided?
In a preliminary meeting for a project, team members decide to execute the project with methodology A finance team member wants to know how project cost will be determined at this early stage. How will the project team determine project cost?
In one of the project meetings during a project execution, a new stakeholder attends and highlights a new risk. What should the project manager do next?
The project manager released a report A few stakeholders express the view that report should
have been directed to them
Which of the 5Cs of written communications does the project manager need to address?
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
A project manager is calculating the current budget. The earned value (EV) of the project is lower than the actual cost (AC) of the project.
How should the project manager report the status of the project?
A team is working on a project using an adaptive approach. During project execution, the project gets delayed by one month due to an unforeseen risk. What should the team do next to deliver this project?
In an adaptive or agile life cycle, how are the customer and sponsor involved in the project scope management activities?
Which organizational process asset can make an impact on the outcome of a project?
Which of the following can a project manager conduct if they have a stakeholder who is unresponsive and/or unsupportive?
What document gathers all of the lessons learned at the end of a phase or project
A stakeholder is reading project documents given by the project manager. The stakeholder is
curious about the difference between a verified deliverable and an accepted deliverable.
Which of the following definitions can the project manager use to explain the difference?
Which process involves defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a comprehensive plan?
Which of the following describes the similarities of the process groups and project life cycle?
How can a project manager determine if the project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
The project manager is working in the processes of Project Resource Management. Which process is the project manager developing if they are using parametric estimation?
A project manager is working with the project sponsor to identify the resources required for the project. They use a RACI chart to ensure that the team members knows their roles and responsibilities.
What are the four elements of a RACI chart?
A project manager was assigned to a project to implement a manufacturing system in a food factory. The main project objective is to deliver machines that are ready to process food. The project manager decides that this particular project does not require the use of timeboxed iterations.
Which method should the project manager adopt?
A team member, who is close to an influential stakeholder, has joined the project team. The stakeholder is routing requests for multiple reports through the new team member, and the team member reaches out to the project manager regarding this. What should the project manager do first?
During a project's execution phase, the project manager reviews the communications management plan for communication technology factors. What can affect the choice of communications?
What is one reason why stakeholders must be identified when performing business analysis?
Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule based on.
A project team member identifies a possibility......the team member's idea?
A project team member identifies a possibility of increasing project performance by adopting an innovative approach to a proposed solution. This also will save resources for the company and increase stakeholder satisfaction.
How should the project manager evaluate the team member's idea?
A new project was approved and the project manager is discussing the most suitable delivery approach with the project sponsor. Which three of the following are characteristics of a traditional project delivered using a linear delivery approach? (Choose three)
A project team is working on a new driverless vehicle and is organizing a workshop with experts to analyze the data received from the prototype. Who should the project manager invite to provide expert advice?
Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?
Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
Which process involves monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline?
A large portion of a projects budget is typically expended on the processes in which Process Group?
The project manager is dividing the project scope into smaller pieces, and repeating this process until no more subdivisions are required. At this point the project manager is able to estimate costs and activities for each element.
What are these elements called?
In a functional organization, the director of an important stakeholder business group expressed concern to a line manager about the progress of the project. What should the line manager do next?
The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
The project manager and project team are developing approximations of the cost of resources needed to complete the project work. On which process are they working?
A Project manager is failing to secure critical equipment on time, and this resulting in delays in the manufacturing of the final product. Which knowledge area is the project manager handling?
Which of the following change requests can bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan?
Which process determines the risks that may affect the project and documents their characteristics?
What do top project managers do to maximize their sphere of influence within a project team?
Which can be used to convert a verified deliverable to an accepted deliverable?
A project manager should consider the impact of project..............manager following
A project manager should consider the impact of project decisions on supporting and maintaining the product along with project results Which process is the project manager following?
Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
Which tool or technique of the Define Activities process allows for work to exist at various levels of detail depending on where it is in the project life cycle?
Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
What is the estimate at completion (EAC) if the budget at completion (BAC) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $50, and the earned value (EV) is $25?
Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
A project manager managing a cross-cultural virtual project team across several time zones should be concerned about the impacts of which communication technology factor?
Which input to Collect Requirements is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on requirements?
Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?
Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
Which index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
While preparing the project management plan on a weekly basis, the project manager indicates the intention to provide an issues report to the staff via e-mail. In which part of the plan will this type of information be included?
Which item is an output of Plan Quality Management and an input to Perform Quality Assurance?
Which process involves subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable portions?
Which process numerically analyzes the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives?
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?
Regression analysis, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and trend analysis are examples of which tool or technique?
Which process in Project Time Management includes reserve analysis as a tool or technique?
Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
The project has a current cost performance index of 0.80. Assuming this performance wi continue, the new estimate at completion is $1000. What was the original budget at completion for the project?
When large or complex projects are separated into distinct phases or subprojects, all of the Process Groups would normally be:
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
Which of the following schedule network analysis techniques is applied when a critical path method calculation has been completed and resources availability is critical?
The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:
Which technique is commonly used for the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
Which of the following is a tool and technique used in the Develop Schedule process?
Prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact takes place in which process?
In the Estimate Activity Durations process, productivity metrics and published commercial information inputs are part of the:
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
Which written document helps monitor who is responsible for resolving specific problems and concerns by a target date?
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Which of the following project documents is an input to the Control Scope process?
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
Which tool or technique is used in the Develop Project Management Plan process?
Which tool or technique is used to develop the human resource management plan?
Processes in the Initiating Process Group may be completed at the organizational level and be outside of the project's:
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
Which quality management and control tool is useful in visualizing parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship?
A complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up an area of specialization is known as:
An element of the modern quality management approach used to achieve compatibility with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is known as:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
What is the critical path for the project?
When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:
When painting a bedroom, preparing the walls can be done while the paint is being chosen. This is an example of a:
Who provides the inputs for the original estimates of activity durations for tasks on the project plan?
Which of the following is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within a related contract?
Ensuring that both parties meet contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected is a function of:
Which of the following is a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a prespecified product, result, or service?
Which technique helps to determine the risks that have the most potential impact on a project?
In which domain of project management would a Pareto chart provide useful information?
Which of the following is an input to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?
The project manager needs to review the templates in use. The templates are part of the:
What is a deliverable-oriented, hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?
When addressing roles and responsibilities,which item ensures that the staff has the skills required to complete project activities?
Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?
Documented identification of a flaw in a project component together with a recommendation is termed a:
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
A tool or technique in Perform Quality Control that a project manager would use is:
A purchase order for a specified item to be delivered by a specified date for a specified price is the simplest form of what type of contract?
Due to new market conditions a five-year project......need to be updated
Due to new market conditions a five-year project requires a full revision of project objectives. Which components to the stakeholder engagement plan need to be updated?
A product owner wants to ensure that the project's requirements, including product requirements, are met and validated. To do this project manager wants.
Match each process to its definition.
How can working in iterations increase the quality of the product being built?
Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?
Which of the following helps to ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives?
During which process would stakeholders provide formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
Which category of contracts are sellers legally obligated to complete, with possible financial damages if the project objectives are not met?
A project has a current cost performance index (CPI) of 1.25. To date, US$10,000 have been spent on performing the project work. What is the earned value of the work completed to date?
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) using the following data? BAC = $100,000 PV = $50,000 AC = $80,000 EV = $40,000
In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
The process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope as well as managing the changes to the scope baseline is known as:
What conflict resolution technique involves delaying the issue or letting others resolve it?