A new business analyst has joined the team in the middle of a project and the requirements traceability matrix has been updated. What should the business analyst do next?
A project manager has the task of determining the deliverables for a six-month project using a predictive approach. How should the project manager determine which processes to include in the project management plan?
A project team member is estimating the cost of activity and is checking documentation from previous similar projects. Which estimation method is the project manager using to complete this task?
An organization that is being interviewed online has recently experienced a severe network outage. Consequently, the organization has stated that it is required to have a working data network.
Which classification should be assigned to data network requirements?
A project manager is seeking assistance from the business analyst for an IT project. What assistance can the business analyst provide?
A construction project is underway with three months left to complete the building. A public authority responsible for approving the final stage is stalling the project. What should the project manager do?
During the execution phase of a multibillion-dollar project, the project manager encountered performance issues with some of the team members. In a performance review meeting, the project manager noticed that the team members do not follow SMART objectives.
What are SMART objectives?
What process is used to identify quality requirements and/or standards for a project and its deliverables'?
Projects programs subsidiary portfolios.... objectives refer to?
Projects, programs, subsidiary portfolios, and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives refers to?
When a dynamic systems development method (DSDM) practitioner receives a new high-priority feature request, what should the practitioner do first?
A software project has completed the first iteration, and the testing manager noted that some features were not incorporated and would not approve the software. The business unit manager who will use the software is satisfied with the software and wants to start the rollout.
What should the project manager do?
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?
Which three of the following are key traits of a project leader? (Choose three)
What is the most important skill that project managers should possess to lead stakeholders throughout a project?
A project manager is leading a technology project that is about to enter the execution phase. The project requires the procurement of certain key components from an external vendor. The project manager has been notified that because of a government regulation, some parts can no longer be used in the country and the vendor will be unable to deliver them.
What should the project manager do?
Which project performance domain is the work breakdown structure (WBS) developed?
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?
A project sponsor has asked the project manager to determine how soon the project can be completed. Which of the following methods can a project manager use to find this information?
At what stages of project should the identify Stakeholder process be performed?
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?
External organizations that have a special relationship with the enterprise and provide specialized expertise are called:
Which tool or technique is effective in a project in which the deliverable is not a service or result?
The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:
An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?
A project manager is appointed full-time to a project and is given full-time administrative staff and full-time project team members. This situation describes which type of organizational structure?
Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?
Which input provides suppliers with a clear set of goals, requirements, and outcomes?
The planned work contained in the lowest level of work breakdown structure (WBS) components is known as:
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
Which tool or technique is used to manage change requests and the resulting decisions?
One of the key benefits of the Plan Human Resource Management process is that it:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The total float for the project is how many days?
A project manager builds consensus and overcomes obstacles by employing which communication technique?
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 Plan Schedule Management tool or technique may involve choosing strategic options to estimate and schedule the project?
A project in which the scope, time, and cost of delivery are determined as early as possible is following a life cycle that is:
Which input to Collect Requirements is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on requirements?
The review of a sellers progress toward achieving the goals of scope and quality within cost and schedule compared to the contract is known as:
Payback period, return on investment, internal rate of return, discounted cash flow, and net present value are all examples of:
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which 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 document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?
The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
Processes in the Planning Process Group are typically carried out during which part of the project life cycle?
Regression analysis, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and trend analysis are examples of which tool or technique?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
A large portion of a projects budget is typically expended on the processes in which Process Group?
During which process does a project manager review all prior information to ensure that all project work is completed and that the project has met its objectives?
Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?
When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
The component of the human resource management plan that includes ways in which team members can obtain certifications that support their ability to benefit the project is known as:
Which document in the project management plan can be updated in the Plan Procurement Management process?
Project deliverables that have been completed and checked for correctness through the Control Quality process are known as:
Projects that share common outcomes, collective capability, knowledge, or skills are often grouped into a:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component is called:
The component of the risk management plan that documents how risk activities will be recorded is called:
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?
A full-time project manager with low to moderate authority and part-time administrative staff is working in an organizational structure with which type of matrix?
Which tool or technique used in the Control Procurements process can be conducted during the execution of the project to verify compliance with deliverables?
Which process is usually a rapid and cost-effective means of establishing priorities for Plan Risk Responses?
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is known as its risk:
Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the cost variance (CV) for Task 6?
A benefit of using virtual teams in the Acquire Project Team process is the reduction of the:
Which project document is updated in the Control Stakeholder Engagement process?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?
A projects purpose or justification, measurable project objectives and related success criteria, a summary milestone schedule, and a summary budget are all components of which document?
Correlated and contextualized information on how closely the scope is being maintained relative to the scope baseline is contained within:
Processes in the Initiating Process Group may be completed at the organizational level and be outside of the project's:
When the business objectives of an organization change, project goals need to be:
When closing a project or phase, part of the process may require the use of which type of analysis?
When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
The methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress is known as:
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
The zero duration of milestones in project planning occurs because milestones:
Grouping the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their level of concern regarding project outcomes describes which classification model for stakeholder analysis?
Impacts to other organizational areas, levels of service, and acceptance criteria are typical components of which document?
In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans, etc. to reflect modified or additional ideas or content are known as:
Which of the following characteristics are found in a functional organizational structure?
Change requests, project management plan updates, project document updates, and organizational process assets updates are all outputs of which project management process?
Ensuring that both parties meet contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected is a function of:
Which of the following reduces the probability of potential consequences of project risk events?
In which domain of project management would a Pareto chart provide useful information?
The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline is:
Which type of estimating is used to improve the accuracy of an activity's duration?
Which change request is an intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan?
The degree of uncertainty an entity is willing to take on in anticipation of a reward is known as its risk:
Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?
During which process would stakeholders provide formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
How many possible paths are identified for this project?
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
Which of the following is a tool and technique used in the Develop Schedule process?
Which type of elaboration allows a project management team to manage at a greater level of detail as the project evolves?
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?
What is the responsibility of the project manager and the functional manager respectively?
Which of the following strategic considerations often results in project authorization?
Which of the following project documents is an input to the Control Scope process?
Control charts, flowcharting, histograms, Pareto charts, and scatter diagrams are tools and techniques of which process?
A tool or technique in Perform Quality Control that a project manager would use is:
Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
Based on the following metrics: EV= $20,000, AC= $22,000, and PV= $28,000, what is the project CV?
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
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:
Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
Which of the following terms indicates a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the project work?
Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?
What is a deliverable-oriented, hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?
The project manager at an organization has just realized that some of the engineering staff has been allocated to project Y and will not be available to finish task X. The project manager has also discovered that at the current pace, it will not be possible to complete the project on time. Due to cost constraints, hiring more work force is not a viable option. Which tools are at the manager's disposal?
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?
To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes:
Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
Which of the following processes audits the quality requirements and the results from quality control measures to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used?
Which of the following outputs from the Control Schedule process aids in the communication of schedule variance (SV), schedule performance index (SPI), or any performance status to stakeholders?
In which process might a project manager use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
Which type of management focuses on ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation?
Which tool or technique of Plan Quality involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?
Which Develop Schedule tool and technique produces a theoretical early start date and late start date?
Which type of manager is assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives?
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
Which of the seven basic quality tools is especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing inspections to identify defects?
Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?
What tool and technique is used to determine whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria?
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)?
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
The formal and informal interaction with others in an organization industry, or professional environment is known as:
Which of the following is a tool and technique for Estimate Activity Durations?
The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?
Activity resource requirements and the resource breakdown structure (RBS) are outputs of which Project Time Management process?
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?
The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:
Which of the following tools or techniques is used for Estimate Activity Durations?
The individual or group that provides resources and support for a project and is accountable for success is the:
Which of the following consists of the detailed project scope statement and its associatedWBSand WBS dictionary?
Which type of contract is most commonly used by buying organizations because the price for goods is set at the outset and is not subject to change unless the scope of work changes?
Which of the following processes are part of the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Which tool and technique identifies inefficient and ineffective policies, processes, and procedures?
Managing ongoing production of goods and services to ensure business continues efficiently describes which type of management?
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
A change log for communications can be used to communicate to the appropriate stakeholders that there are changes:
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?
Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
Which schedule compression technique has phases or activities done in parallel that would normally have been done sequentially?
Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
Which action should a project manager take to ensure that the project management plan is effective and current?
Which of the following is a narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by a project?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
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 group creativity technique asks a selected group of experts to answer questionnaires and provide feedback regarding the responses from each round of requirements gathering?
The process improvement plan details the steps for analyzing processes to identify activities which enhance their:
The process of identifying specific actions to be performed to produce project deliverables is:
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
In which type of contract are the performance targets established at the onset and the final contract price determined after completion of all work based on the sellers performance?
The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?
Prototype development may be used as a tool for which of the following risk response strategies?
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?
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
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?
The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:
Identify Stakeholders is the process of identifying all of the people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests in, involvement in, and impact on the project:
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
Which of the following includes how requirements activities will be planned, tracked, and reported?
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
How should a stakeholder who is classified as high power and low interest be grouped in a power/interest grid during stakeholder analysis?
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
Which type of contract is a hybrid of both a cost-reimbursable and a fixed-price contract?
Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?
A project manager is working on an estimate. The project team is estimating each work package and then finding the total of all the work packages.
Which technique is the project manager using?
A project manager is formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. What is an input to this process?
Which two processes should be used to influence costs in the early stages of a project?
The project manager and the project team are having a meeting with the purpose of identifying risks. Which tools and techniques might help in this process?
Which of the following set of elements is part of an effective communications management plan?
With regard to a project manager's sphere of influence in a project, which of the following does the project manager influence most directly?
A team receives four different requests from separate stakeholders related to one application Match each requirement with its corresponding type of change request.
A new project manager wishes to recommend creating a project management office to senior management. Which statement would the project manager use to describe the Importance of creating the project management office?
Which process is engaged when a proiect learn inember makes a change to project budget with the project manager's approval?
A project manager needs to tailor the Project Cost Management process. Which considerations should the project manager apply?
At the beginning of an iteration, the team will work to determine how many of the highest-priority items on the backlog list can be delivered within the next iteration. Which of the following activities is done first?
Which set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
A project manager is launching an information system to provide a lessons learned database. This action is necessary for recipients to access content at their own discretion. Which communication method is described?
Which of the following documents ate created as part of Project Integration Management?
A project manager is reviewing the change requests for project documents, deliverables, and the project plan. In which project management process does this review belong?
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?
Match each dimension of the communications management plan to its corresponding focus.
A project manager held a meeting and listed all team members' ideas for improving the product on a white board. What data gathering technique did the project manager apply?
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?
Which of the following are outputs of the Define Scope process in Project Scope Management?
Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project delivery method?
During which process of Project Cost Management does a project manager produce the cost baseline?
A team was hired to develop a next generation drone. The team created a prototype and sent it to the customer for testing. The feedback collected was used to refine the requirements. What technique is the team using?
In an agile or adaptive environment. when should risk be monitored and prioritized?
Which of the following is used to classify stakeholders based on their assessments of power, urgency, and legitimacy?
When developing the project schedule, a project manager uses decomposition and rolling wave planning techniques in this process.
Which of the following technology platforms is most effective for sharing information when managing virtual project teams?
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 the planning phase, a project manager must create a work breakdown structure (WBS) to improve management of the project's components. What should be included in the WBS?
The project leam is brainstorming on approaches to deliver the upcoming product launch for which the project has been chartered. The project manager is laying out hybrid, adaptive, iterative methods. What is the team trying to address?
Which tool should a project manager consider to deal with multiple sources of risk?
Responsible, accountable, consult and inform (RACI) is an example of which of the following?
A project is in progress and about to move to a different phase, according to the plan. This will be a good opportunity for the project manager to:
The project manager is distributing project communications, collecting and storing project information, and retrieving documents when required. In which process is the project manager involved?
Which of the following can a project manager use to represent dellned team member roles in a group of tasks?
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?
Which tasks should a project manager perform in order to manage the project schedule effectively?
A project manager Is addressing risks and potential concerns related to stakeholder management, and Is clarifying and resolving previously Identified issues. In which process is the project manager engaged?
Which is an example of leveraging evolving trends and emerging practices in Project Integration Management?
What communication methods would a project manager use for overall effective project communication?
A project manager has to share a status report with a new stakeholder and is trying to determine the level of detail to include in the report. Which document best details the information the project manager needs lo make this decision?
In the business analysis aspect of a construction project, what is the purpose of the requirements validation process?
During the execution of a predicted project, the need for a new product feature has been proposed by the customer. What should the project manager do next?
Calculate the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) based on the following information: earned value (EV) is 30 and planned value (PV) is 15.
Project governance refers to framework.......which of the following is a portfolio?
Pioject governance refers lo framework, functions, and processes that guide project management activates with a defined hierarchy between projects, programs and poctfotos. According to this hierarchy, which ot Die following is a portfolio?
A project team identifies defects that will require a modification to a tool's functionality. What process should the project manager follow to obtain stakeholder buy-in?
A project is composed of three phases that are implemented in parallel without affecting one another. The baselines for each individual phase have been approved by the major stakeholders, and there is a minimal ability to vary the baselines during the execution of the project.
Which methodology did the project manager adopt?
Which document can help a project manager to leverage historical project information?
The project manager is looking at a precedence diagram.... the duration of this task?
The project manager is looking at a precedence diagram and needs to report back about the project status The total duration of the task is ten days, and both Activity A and B need be completed. Activity A has a duration of six days, and activity B has a duration of four days Activity B has a finish-to-start relationship with activity A Under current circumstances, activity A will take about seven days to complete.
What is the outcome of the duration of this task'?
Based on a previous project that has been completed, a project manager decides the best way to estimate costs is through historical data. What kind of estimating is this?
Which organizational process asset can make an impact on the outcome of a project?
The project manager implemented the stakeholder engagement plan and realized that some uploads should be made. Which components of the project management plan should be modified?
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?
A project manager oversees a project in an adaptive environment. After each iteration, which type of meeting should the project manager conduct?
A project manager is creating a project charter to provide a direct link between the project and the organization's strategic objectives. What must be considered when creating this document?