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:
Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
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?
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
Control charts, flowcharting, histograms, Pareto charts, and scatter diagrams are tools and techniques of which process?
Define Activities and Estimate Activity Resources are processes in which project management Knowledge Area?
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
The project scope statement and resource calendars are inputs to which Project Time Management process?
Change requests, project management plan updates, project document updates, and organizational process assets updates are all outputs of which project management process?
Based on the following metrics: EV= $20,000, AC= $22,000, and PV= $28,000, what is the project CV?
Which tool within the Perform Quality Control process identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?
To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes:
Which can be used to determine whether a process is stable or has predictable performance?
In the Develop Project Team process, which of the following is identified as a critical factor for a project's success?
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?
A project has an EV of 100 workdays, an AC of 120 workdays, and a PV of 80 workdays. What should be the concern?
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 process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?
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?
Which of the following includes how requirements activities will be planned, tracked, and reported?
Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
Which risk response strategy is common for both positive and negative risks?
Which input will be used when tasked with developing the human resource plan?
Which of the following is an input to the Develop Project Charter process?
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 contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:
When a permitting agency takes longer than planned to issue a permit, this can be described as a risk:
The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
Using the three-point estimating technique, if the most likely duration is four months, the optimistic duration is two months, and the pessimistic duration is one year, how many months is the expected activity duration?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
The initial development of a Project Scope Management plan uses which technique?
Which index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
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 is a statistical concept that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen?
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:
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 type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
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?
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
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?
What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?
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:
Which of the seven basic quality tools is especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing inspections to identify defects?
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
Which component of the human resource management plan describes when and how project team members are acquired and how long they will be needed?
Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
Which of the following involves making information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner?
Which defines the portion of work included in a contract for items being purchased or acquired?
Which of the following investigates the likelihood that each specific risk will occur?
What tool and technique is used to determine whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
Which estimating technique uses the actual costs of previous similar projects as a basis for estimating the costs of the current project?
A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:
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?
When an activity cannot be estimated with a reasonable degree of confidence, the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail using which type of estimating?
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?
What is the name of a graphic display of project team members and their reporting relationships?
Which of the following risk response strategies involves allocating ownership of a positive risk to a third party?
Which tool is used to develop technical details within the project management plan?
Which process includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?
The integrative nature of project management requires which Process Group to interact with the other Process Groups?
A procurement management plan is a subsidiary of which other type of plan?
An electronics firm authorizes a new project to develop a faster, cheaper, and smaller laptop after improvements in the industry and electronics technology. With which of the following strategic considerations is this project mainly concerned?
Which type of analysis systemically gathers and analyzes qualitative and quantitative information to determine which interests should be taken into account throughout the project?
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during Estimate Costs?
Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
Which document includes the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Which of the following reduces the probability of potential consequences of project risk events?
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
Which of the following is a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a prespecified product, result, or service?
Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Define Activities process?
The process of identifying the stakeholders' information needs is completed during:
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans, etc. to reflect modified or additional ideas or content are known as:
Which of the following Project Communication Management processes uses performance reports as an input?
The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:
Which of the following is the primary output of the Identify Risks process?
In which Project Management Process Group is the project charter developed?
A given schedule activity is most likely to last four weeks. In a best-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last two weeks. In a worst-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last 12 weeks. Given these three estimates, what is the expected duration of the activity?
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?
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?
Which can be used to convert a verified deliverable to an accepted deliverable?
A software development team is pulling work from its backlog to be performed immediately as they become available. What emerging practice for project scheduling is the team using?
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?
After an internal deliverable review session with the team, the project manager indicates some issues that need to be fixed before submitting the deliverable for formal approval. The project manager will need to manage the additional costs and the required network. How would the project manager define extra costs?
Company A’s accountant sends notification about a change in the company’s tax classification.
What would a project have to be initiated?
A project manager is updating their CV or resume and realizes that they need to improve skills related to expertise in the industry and organizational knowledge. Which dimension of PMI’s Talent Triangle best relates to this need to improve?
Which of the following lists represents trends and emerging practices in Project Risk Management?
Which process is engaged when a project team member makes a change to project budget with project manager's approval
A project manager can choose from several techniques to resolve conflicts between team members. Which technique can result in a win-win solution?
What key component of the project charter defines the conditions for dosing a project phase?
What tools or techniques are necessary to create the project management plan?
How should the project manager obtain the maximum engagement from stakeholders that have recently changed to become more connected to social media?
What communications management process enables an effective information flow among project stakeholders'?
The project manager is working in the Resource Management process. Which items may the project manager need to include in the team charter?
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?
Which of the following is least influenced by a project manager, according to the project manager's sphere of influence?
In an adaptive project environment, which action helps the project manager ensure that the team is comfortable with changes?
Which of the following techniques should a project manager of a large project with virtual teams use to enhance collaboration?
Product requirements specify a functionality that depends upon expertise that is unavailable internally. What process should be implemented to generate a make-or-buy decision?
A newly developed project team is working together, building trust and adjusting its work habits to support the team What stage of the Tuckman ladder does this describe?
A company has implemented an adaptive project management framework for a new project. When planning for an iteration, how should risks be addressed? Choose two.
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?
Development of the benefits management plan occurs in which stage of the project life cycle?
During project execution, a team member has identified and then analyzed an opportunity that
will yield a net saving of 10% and reduce time in the schedule by 20%
Which strategy should the project manager adopt to accommodate this opportunity?
Which of the following are outputs of define scope process in project scope management
What method for categorizing stakeholders is suitable for small projects with simple relationships among stakeholders'?
A project manager was assigned to a project with high uncertainty. What is the recommended method to calculate the project budget?
Which project management process is used by the project manager to ensure that stakeholders receive timely and relevant information?
Which is the best way for a project manager to ensure efficient and frequent communication with management and stakeholders in an agile/adaptive environment?
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?
A project manager needs to tailor the Project Cost Management process. Which considerations should the project manager apply?
According to the PMI Talent Triangle. leadership skills relate to the ability to:
A project manager is formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. What is an input to this process?
In which type of organization does the project manager have the maximum influence
A project manager is determining the amount of contingency needed for a project. Which analysis is the project manager using?
In a large organization, with projects of different types and sizes, what kind of approach or method would be best to use?
Which of the following is used as an input to prepare a cost management plan?
Company A has just been notified about a new legal requirement for its business operations. What is the classification of this item?
In a project using agile methodology, who may perform the quality control activities?
The procurement requirements for a project include working with several vendors. What should the project manager take into consideration during the Project Procurement Management processes?
Match each dimension of the communications management plan to its corresponding focus.
What should a project manager use to determine how much money is needed to complete a project?
What purpose does the hierarchical locus of stakeholder communications serve?
What can increase the complexity of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?
If you are using an Ishikawa diagram to determine the root cause of problems, which process are you engaged in?
Which of the following technology platforms is most effective for sharing information when managing virtual project teams?
Which of the following must be included in the risk register when the project manager completes the Identify Risks process?
Which are examples of processes that may be used once or at predefined points in the project life cycle?
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?
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?
Which components of the project management plan are inputs used when creating the stakeholder engagement plan?
A firm contracted an event management company to conduct the annual sales day event. The agreement states that the event management company will charge the firm for the actuals and receive 8% of the total cost. What type of contract Is this?
In an agile or adaptive environment. when should risk be monitored and prioritized?
A project manager is assigned to a strategic project Senior management asks the project manager to give a presentation in order to request support that will ensure the success of the project.
Which entities will the project manager attempt to influence?
Which of the following sets are inputs to the Collect Requirements process?
How is the Project Scope Management process different in agile and adaptive projects then in traditional projects?
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?
What important leadership quality/qualities should project managers possess?
Under which circumstances should multiple projects be grouped in a program?
In which Project Cost Management process is work performance data included?
A sponsor asks a project manager to provide a project's expected total costs based on its progress. What formula should the project manager use to determine this?
Which term refers to the work performed to deliver results with specified features and functions?
Which project manager competency is displayed through the knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program, and portfolio management?
Which is the tool or technique that is used to obtain the list of activities from the work packages?
When managing costs in an agile environment, what should a project manager consider?
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?
Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project delivery method?
What conflict resolution technique involves delaying the issue or letting others resolve it?
Which of the following lists represents the outputs of the Monitor Communications process?
The ability to influence cost is greatest during which stages of the project?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
Which tool or technique is used in the Develop Project Management Plan process?
A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:
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?
A project manager providing information to the right audience, in the right format, at the right time is an example of which type of communication?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
Which process involves subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable portions?
The basis of identification for current or potential problems to support later claims or new procurements is provided by:
Which process in Project Time Management includes reserve analysis as a tool or technique?
Which Collect Requirements output links the product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them?
Organizational theory is a tool used in which Project Human Resource Management process?
Which document defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?
The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities is known as:
The process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule is known as:
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?
The ways in which the roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships, and staffing management will be addressed and structured within a project is described in the:
Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?
The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, and reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan is known as:
A project in which the scope, time, and cost of delivery are determined as early as possible is following a life cycle that is:
The iterative and interactive nature of the Process Groups creates the need for the processes in which Knowledge Area?
Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
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?
When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
Which tools or techniques are used in the Plan Schedule Management process?
Which input may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a system for configuration management?
Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
Configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and audit are all activities in which process?
Which item is an output of Plan Quality Management and an input to Perform Quality Assurance?
Using parametric estimating, if an assigned resource is capable of producing 120 units per hour, how many hours are required to produce 12,000 units?
An issue log is an input to which Project Human Resource Management process?
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is known as its risk:
The zero duration of milestones in project planning occurs because milestones:
The process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract is called:
The cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of which process in Project Cost Management?
Grouping the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their level of concern regarding project outcomes describes which classification model for stakeholder analysis?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
How many possible paths are identified for this project?
For a stakeholder with low interest and high power, the project manager should:
Which items are an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
Which type of analysis is used to determine the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance?
Which Control Stakeholder Engagement tool or technique allows the project manager to consolidate and facilitate distribution of reports?
A benefit of using virtual teams in the Acquire Project Team process is the reduction of the:
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?
Which process is conducted from project inception through completion and is ultimately the responsibility of the project manager?
Which quality tool incorporates the upper and lower specification limits allowed within an agreement?
Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?
Which process involves determining, documenting, and managing stakeholders' needs and requirements to meet project objectives?
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:
Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?
What is the risk rating if the probability of occurrence is 0.30 and the impact if it does occur is moderate (0.20)?
Which type of dependency used in the Sequence Activities process is sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic?
A project manager who communicates to the project team though email is using which type of communication?
Which type of organizational structure is displayed in the diagram provided?
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
The degree of uncertainty an entity is willing to take on in anticipation of a reward is known as its risk:
The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity E is how many days?
Which enterprise environmental factors may influence Plan Schedule Management?
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?
A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:
The risk response strategy in which the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk is known as: