PMP Exam Baseline Test 1 - 180 Questions

1. You are currently auditing a troubled project. You have observed that although the project was initiated and planned in accordance to the organizational project management framework, subsequent scope creep and firefighting has now diluted the project’s scope. You are now looking for the source of truth on this project. Which of the following defines the total scope of the project and represents the work specified in the current approved project scope statement?

• a. Project Charter

• b. Bill of Material (BOM)

• c.Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• d. Requirements Breakdown Structure (RBS)

2. On adaptive projects, who determines the amount of work that would be done during the next timebox?

• a. Project manager

• b. Project sponsor

• c. Scrum master

• d. Project team

3. Communications planning is critical for the success of any project. Projects with poor communication plans struggle badly throughout the project lifecycle. A number of items need to be considered when developing a project communications management plan. Communications management plans should include all of the following except:

• a. Risk Register

• b. Stakeholder communication requirements

• c. Escalation process

• d. Reasons for information distribution

4. You are analyzing and automating end-to-end business processes for a manufacturing facility. It is critical that you form a team that includes practitioners with all the skills necessary to deliver valuable product increments. What kind of team you should look for?

• a. Members who have served as an Agile coach in the past.

• b. Team with multiple product owners.

• c. Team form from existing organizational resources

• d. Cross-functional team

5. A company is looking for an experienced project manager to manage a large construction project. You meet all the requirements for the position except for one: The organization is looking for a certified PMP with five years of experience, but you have just four years of experience managing similar projects. What is the best way to fill out your application?

• a. Explain why years of experience should not matter.

• b. Show how you meet the requirements but include your actual years of experience

• c. Do not fill out that particular section.

• d. Since you have plenty of experience, embellish your actual years of experience.

6. The following chart gives you the schedule of activities on a system design project. What is the project’s CPI?

• a. 1.06

• b. 0.94

• c. 0.06

• d. 1

7. You are leading a project in a very difficult environment. A number of key stakeholders are resisting the outcome of the project. You escalated this issue to the sponsor but he is disengaged and unresponsive to requests to help clear the political roadblocks. How would you deal with this situation?

• a. Document this as a project risk and accept this risk.

• b. Document this in the project’s issue register and issue a change request.

• c. Terminate the project in the best interest of key stakeholders

• d. Re-confirm the business value of the project and setup a meeting with the project sponsor.

8. You are managing a complex Agile project which requires stakeholders to make multiple decisions at various stages of the project. You have noticed that the stakeholders have a tendency to make ambiguous decisions in order avoid liability for making a wrong decision. How should you deal with these stakeholders?

• a. When seeking critical project decisions, provide solution options and supporting data.

• b. Ask the stakeholders to provide their decisions in writing so that you can challenge them

• c. Ask the sponsor to provide clarification on the decisions

• d. Remove the stakeholders providing ambiguous decisions from the group.

9. You are managing an electronic chip design project for a customer. There are a number of engineers and subject matter experts from the customer’s organization that have been assigned as resources to the project plus several additional design engineers that your company has supplied. All the engineers were involved in the development of a prototype chip, an extremely time-consuming and expensive process. Upon the completion of the prototype, you submit it for review to ensure there are no patent infringement issues with the design. However, the review determines there are several issues that could result in an intellectual property dispute with the patent owners should the prototype design be released commercially. Resources from your company developed the affected prototype elements, as well as from your customer’s organization. What should you do?

• a. Request permission to use the copyright material

• b. Notify the project stakeholders immediately

• c. Submit the prototype as is since the budget and schedule do not accommodate rework

• d. Ask the engineers to revise the design and resubmit it

10. A team of engineers is reviewing a scatter diagram to determine how the changes in two variables in a new type of automobile tire are related. The closer the points on the diagram are to a diagonal line, _______________.

• a.The more likely a control group is required

• b. The less likely they are to be related

• c.The less likely a control group is required

• d. The more closely they are related