APM-001 Questions and Answers

Which process occurs within the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?

Most experienced project managers know that:

Requirements documentation will typically contain at least:

Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?

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?

Which action should a project manager take to ensure that the project management plan is effective and current?

Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?

Which of the following tools or techniques is used for Estimate Activity Durations?

Which type of estimating is used to improve the accuracy of an activity's duration?

Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

An element of the project scope statement is:

What is the schedule performance index (SPI) if the planned value (PV) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $150, and the earned value (EV) is $50?

An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is:

Which type of risk diagram is useful for showing time ordering of events?

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?

Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?

Which cost estimate technique includes contingencies to account for cost uncertainty?

When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?

Lessons learned documentation is gathered during which of the following Project Management Process Groups?

Which process determines the risks that might affect the project?

Plan Schedule Management is a process in which Knowledge Area?

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:

The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:

Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?

An example of a group decision-making technique is:

Completion of the product scope is measured against the product:

Organizational theory is a tool used in which Project Human Resource Management process?

In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?

Which of the following is the primary output of the Identify Risks process?

In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?

Which tool and technique is used in Conduct Procurements?

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 items are an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

Analytical techniques are a tool and technique of which process in Project Procurement Management?

The following is a network diagram for a project.

How many possible paths are identified for this project?

A project manager builds consensus and overcomes obstacles by employing which communication technique?

Enterprise environmental factors are an input to which process?

In a project, total float measures the:

An input to Develop Project Charter is a/an:

Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?

Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?

Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?

"Tailoring" is defined as the:

Which of the following characteristics are found in a functional organizational structure?

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 basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?

The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information become available is known as:

A project charter is an output of which Process Group?

Which tool or technique is used in the Develop Project Management Plan process?

An input to the Plan Procurement Management process is:

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?

The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:

Which process requires implementation of approved changes?

The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:

The probability and impact matrix is primarily used to:

Which input will be used when tasked with developing the human resource plan?

The total of the planned value (PV) is also known as:

The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:

A tool and technique used during the Collect Requirements process is:

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:

The process for performing variance analysis may vary, depending on:

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:

When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:

Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?

How should a stakeholder who is classified as high power and low interest be grouped in a power/interest grid during stakeholder analysis?

The cost benefit analysis tool is used for creating:

Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?

Which is one of the determining factors used to calculate CPI?

Which of the following response strategies are appropriate for negative risks or threats?

The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:

In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?

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 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?

Which of the following is an information gathering technique in Identify Risks?

Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?

Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?

Which of the following is a narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by a project?

Which process documents the business needs of a project and the new product, service, or other result that is intended to satisfy those requirements?

Which tool is used to develop technical details within the project management plan?

When would resource leveling be applied to a schedule model?

What is one of the objectives of Project Risk Management?

What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?

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?

Which type of manager is assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives?

Which activity is an input to the Conduct Procurements process?

Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?

What name(s) is (are) associated with the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?

Which schedule method allows the project team to place buffers on the project schedule path to account for limited resources and project uncertainties?

Which output is the approved version of the time-phased project budget?

Which Manage Communications tool or technique focuses on identifying and managing barriers?

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?

In complex projects/ initiating processes should be completed:

Which type of probability distribution is used to represent uncertain events such as the outcome of a test or a possible scenario in a decision tree?

When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:

Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?

The scope management plan and scope baseline are contained in:

The process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract is called:

One of the key benefits of the Plan Human Resource Management process is that it:

A disadvantage associated with virtual teams is that they: