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Basic PMP - Project Management MCQ

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

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Correct Answer: False

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2. What is a risk owner?

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Correct Answer: The person who makes a risk happen.

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3. You hire a person from a competing company who has a great deal of expertise in your industry. During conversation with the person you determine that many of this person’s ideas were developed by the competing company. What do you do?

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Correct Answer: Accept the new ideas

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4. Decomposing the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to provide better control is called:

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Correct Answer: Scope definition

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5. An example of scope verification is:

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Correct Answer: Reviewing the performance of an installed software module

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6. Your project management team includes two external consultants each from a different company. You found that repeated conflicts between the two consultants already slow down project progress and jeopardize achievement of objectives. Which stage of team development can be difficult to overcome in such a situation?

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Correct Answer: Kickoff from Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating

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7. An unintended break in a network path, usually caused by missing activities or logical relationships, is called a:

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Correct Answer: Hanger

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8. Managing projects that are uncertain and complex are often called:

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Correct Answer: Extreme Project Management (XPM)

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9. Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:

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Correct Answer: Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves

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10. As a direct result of the successful completion of a project, your manager approves a bonus of $25,000 for you. There are fifteen members of the project team. One of the people in the project team has been a very low contributor to the project; the other fourteen have all been above standard. What should you do with the money?

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Correct Answer: Ask the team members how they would divide the money

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11. You are managing a project and the customer’s engineer visits your facility on an inspection and general getting acquainted tour. During the tour they make the comment that the parts that are being designed should be in stainless steel instead of plain steel with enamel. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Speak to the visiting engineers and discuss having an informal meeting between your engineers and the visiting engineers

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12. What does "PRiSM" stand for?

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Correct Answer: Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods

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13. In a current project, you use earned value calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if the project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?

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Correct Answer: Knowledge

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14. How many phases are there in a phase-gate model?

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Correct Answer: 6

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15. PRINCE2 focuses on:

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Correct Answer: Controlled environments

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16. What are examples of project stakeholders?

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Correct Answer: Project leader, project team members, upper management.

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17. What kind of a relationship is it when completion of a successor is dependent on initiation of its predecessor?

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Correct Answer: SF (start-to-finish)

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18. Which one of these is NOT a stage of the phase-gate model?

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Correct Answer: Research

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19. A control shows seven data points on a row on one side of the mean. What should be done?

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Correct Answer: Find an assignable cause.

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20. The process of establishing clear and achievable objectives, measuring their achievement, and adjusting performance in accordance with the results of the measurement is called?

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Correct Answer: Management by objectives

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21. What is the term for a histogram that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause?

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Correct Answer: A Pareto Diagram

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22. Which of these is NOT one of the Five Performance Domains?

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Correct Answer: Budgeting the project

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23. Some members of your project team have come to you and asked that they be permitted to work on a flexible schedule. Others feel it is important that all team members be on site at all times unless they are absent for business reasons. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Arrange a meeting of the project team members and allow them to decide

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24. A Change Control Board is:

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Correct Answer: A formal constituted group of stakeholders responsible for approving or rejecting changes to the project baselines

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25. Who among the following can request for a change?

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Correct Answer: Any stakeholder involved with the project

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26. A group of related projects that are managed in a coordinated way that usually include an element of ongoing activity is called a:

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Correct Answer: Program

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27. What happens at each gate when using the phase-gate model?

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Correct Answer: Continuation of the project is reviewed by a committee

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

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Correct Answer: True

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29. Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?

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Correct Answer: Sponsoring the project

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30. A person who is involved in, has something to gain or lose, or may be affected by the activities of the project is called a:

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Correct Answer: Stakeholder

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31. Which one of these is part of the execution stage?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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32. What are the steps for defining the scope of a project?

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Correct Answer: Define project objectives, goals, sub-phases, tasks, resources, budget, and schedule.

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33. What is "KPI"?

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Correct Answer: Key Performance Indicator

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34. The Triple Constraint Model of a project consists of:

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Correct Answer: Scope, Schedule, and Cost

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35. A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?

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Correct Answer: Formal written

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

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Correct Answer: True

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37. At the middle of the project you calculate CPI = 1 of your project. What does it mean ?

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Correct Answer: Project's is exactly running as per the plan. That is Actual Cost and Planned Cost is equal.

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38. The margin on the project you are working on is low, and it is extremely important that the cost estimates for the work to be accurate. While reviewing the cost estimates for it, you notice that one for an element in the WBS is 10% higher than two previous projects for very similar work. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Ask the person responsible for the estimate to explain the difference and bring supporting information to you

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39. A project management triangle is a model of the constraints of project management.

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Correct Answer: True

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40. What are the 5 basic Phases of Project Management

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Correct Answer: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, and Close

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41. Which is the BEST definition of quality?

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Correct Answer: A product that satisfies all of the requirements of the people who pay for it.

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42. What should the project manager do to ensure that all work is included in the project plan?

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Correct Answer: Create a WBS

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43. One of the members of your project team comes to you and says that he heard that one of the suppliers to the project had given a substantial gift to one of the project team members in hopes that the team member would favor his company with a purchase order. This team member then ordered the parts from this company. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Investigate the matter completely

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44. A contract to deliver has been signed for the current project you are working on. The customer who has signed the contract has telephoned you to request additional work to be done on the project, which will affect the budget, but not the schedule of the project. What should you do next?

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Correct Answer: Respond to the customer’s request by explaining the change procedure and asking that he or she submit a request for change

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45. What must a project manager do to ensure clear boundaries for project completion?

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Correct Answer: Complete a scope statement

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46. You are developing a Project plan for your project. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding project plan?

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Correct Answer: Project plan once approved cannot be changed

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47. What is the total float of a project?

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Correct Answer: Amount of time a task can slip without affecting the project end-date

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48. A type of project management that is typically used in technology and software development is:

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Correct Answer: Agile project management

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

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Correct Answer: True

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50. What is WBS typically used for:

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Correct Answer: Organizing and defining the total scope of the project

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51. The stakeholder analysis should be done in which stage of the project management?

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Correct Answer: Initiation

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52. The original approved plan plus or minus approved scope changes is called the:

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Correct Answer: Baseline

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53. Which of the following is an example of a conflict of interest?

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Correct Answer: You are the owner of a company that is supplying parts to a project that you are managing

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54. Your manager wants you to prepare a presentation for him to present at a conference. Most of the material in the presentation will be facts that are the results of your project. He intends to present the material under his own name. Your name will not appear. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Meet with your manager’s manager and discuss the problem

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

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Correct Answer: War room

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56. All the following are generally true about project management office EXCEPT:

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Correct Answer: It may directly report to the project managers

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57. All are True abour SubProjects EXCEPT:

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Correct Answer: Not having definite start & finish date

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58. You are managing a project that is in process. A large and unexpected problem occurs that will cause a delay in the schedule in excess of the contingency schedule for the project. What should you do?

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Correct Answer: Look at other tasks in the schedule and see which ones should be reduced to allow time for this problem to be worked out

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59. What is the definition of an SOW?

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Correct Answer: Statement of Work

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