PMP Exam Exercise #1_50QS

The project manager discovers that the vendor did not perform software technical testing. Which document confirms whether the vendor should do this testing?

• Procurement management plan

• Statement of work (SOW)

• Scope management plan

• Product scope description

A project manager delivered the final project report and is ready to close the project. The company is anxious to start an important project and asks the project manager to start the new assignment immediately.

What final action should the project manager take before moving to the new project?

• Obtain final approval of project deliverables and confirm whether changes were implemented.

• Confirm whether project documentation has been filed according to company standards.

• Ensure that procurements have been reviewed and that contracts have been closed.

• Compile the lessons learned during all project stages and hold a meeting to review them.

To reduce a product's defect ratio, a corrective action is being implemented. The project manager then discovers that the corrective action is insufficient and that the team needs to resolve additional technical issues.

What should the project manager do next?

• Issue a change request.

• Schedule a change control board (CCB) meeting.

• Arrange an emergency stakeholder meeting.

• Prepare a trend analysis

During execution of a critical project, a project manager is removed due to continuous customer and stakeholder complaints about lack of communication. What should the new project manager do first?

• Manage stakeholder engagement.

• Review the project management plan.

• Use influencing to obtain project support

• Meet with the project team.

After performing the program evaluation and review technique (PERT), the following information was produced. Using a beta distribution, how many hours is the weighted average activity time?

• 4.66

• 5.16

• 5.33

• 6.16

A vendor supplies equipment for several of a company's projects. The vendor informs one project manager that the project's equipment can be delivered earlier than anticipated. The project manager recognizes that this is an opportunity to complete the project ahead of schedule.

What should the project manager do next?

• Request management approval

• Use the equipment offered.

• Revise the project schedule.

• Determine if there is a risk.

During a project's execution phase, a developer suggests a design change that will improve system performance without incurring additional costs. What should the project manager do first?

• Analyze the work performance data to ensure that there will be no negative impact.

• Ask the developer to implement the change without negatively impacting the schedule.

• Ask the technical manager to review the suggestion.

• Document the suggestion and implement the Perform Integrated Change Control process.

To increase the likelihood of project success, project manager A interviews project manager B, who completed a similar project. However, project manager B is unable to recall the details.

What should project manager A do now to obtain this information?

• Review the previous project's lessons learned.

• Review the previous project's project management information system (PMIS).

• Speak with project manager B's sponsor

• Conduct a review of the previous project.

A project manager begins the estimating process for a new project. Since the project manager knows that a similar project was completed 18 months ago, what type of estimating should they use?

• Analogous

• Three-point

• Bottom-up

• Parametric

During a project's initiation, project manager A realizes that the project is dependent on and linked to other projects. Project manager A attempts to change the plans of these other projects. The other project managers feel that project manager A has overstepped boundaries.

Which document does project manager A need to revisit?

• Scope management plan

• Statement of work (SOW)

• Organizational process assets

• Project charter