CompTIA Project+ Practice Tests, Chapter #1 questions #1-59

What are the defining characteristics of a project? (Choose two.)

• A group of related tasks

• Temporary in nature

• Operational activities

• Reworking of an existing project

• Creation of a unique product or service

Answer explanation

1. A project can be summarized as having the following properties:

2. It is temporary in nature,

3. it creates a unique product or service,

4. it has a definite start and finish,

5. it contains a reason/purpose,

6. and it may be part of a program or portfolio.

8. A group of related tasks is not necessarily a project but could be a to-do list of any kind.

9. Operational activities are activities that take place after a project has been completed.

10. Reworking an existing project is not ere-ating a new product or service, and it doesn't meet the properties of a project.

The project team is responsible for all of the following, EXCEPT:

• Providing governance on the project

• Contributing to the deliverables according to the schedule

• Contributing expertise to the project

• Estimating costs and dependencies

Answer explanation

Providing governance on the project is the responsibility of a project management office, not the project team.

The project team is responsible for contributing expertise to the project, contributing deliverables according to the schedule, estimating task duration, and estimating costs and dependencies.

A team member is upset about having to stay late as he will miss a scouts meeting with his son.

He approaches the project manager, who lets him know that it is a one-time thing and if they work tonight, they will not have to come in this weekend.

Upset, the team member stays and finishes his work.

This is an example of what type of conflict resolution?

• Smoothing

• Confronting

• Compromising

• Avoiding

• Forcing

Answer explanation

1. The project manager is attempting to make the conflict appear less important than it really is by implying they would have to work this weekend if they didn't stay tonight.

2. No attempt is made to see if there was another solution, like coming in early tomorrow.

When evaluating the project phases, in which phase will project costs be the highest?

• Initiating

• Discovery

• Execution

• Closing

Answer explanation

1. This is where most of the expenditures on materials and people time will occur.

As a project nears a critical deadline, Ed approaches the project manager and wants to take a couple of days off.

The project manager needs Ed's skills to meet the deadline but can see how exhausted Ed has become.

They agree that Ed will work through the deadline and then get a couple of days off.

Ed accepts this plan and goes back to work

This is an example of:

• Smoothing

• Confronting

• Compromising

• Avoiding

• Forcing

Answer explanation

This is where both parties give up something to help reach a workable solution.

The commitment to meeting the deadline and the agreement to allow for time off but adjusting the timing are the key decision points.

What plan determines the information needs of the stakeholders, format of information delivery, delivery frequency, and the preparer?

• Stakeholder Analysis plan

• Project Charter

• 1. Human Resources plan

• Communication plan

Answer explanation

The Communication plan is where all the elements of the who, what, when, where, and why of communication needs are documented

What is the definition of a portfolio?

• A collection of the sample work a project manager has done that they should bring to aninternew

• A collection of programs, subportfolios, and projects that support strategic business goals or objectives

• A group of related projects that are managed together using shared resources and similar
  techniques

• A group of project investments that are maintained to help finance projects

Answer explanation

A portfolio is a collection of programs, subportfolios, and projects that support strategic business goals or objectives.

In terms of project management, what is a program?

• A listing of all individuals involved in the project, including key stakeholders

• The software package used to enter and track project management aspects

• Related projects that are coordinated and managed with similar techniques

• 1. A collection of projects and subportfolios that support strategic goals of the business

Answer explanation

1. A program is a group of related projects that are managed together, with coordinated processes and techniques.

3. Option A would be a stakeholder register, which might be a deliverable of the stakeholder analysis.

4. Option B would be the software that is used as a part of the project management information system (PMIS).

5. Option D is the definition of a portfolio.

During an Agile daily stand-up meeting, what are three questions that are asked and answered?

• What did I accomplish yesterday?

  What will I do today?

  What are the necessary next steps?

• What did I accomplish today?

  Who will I be working with today?

  What obstacles are preventing progress?

• What did I accomplish yesterday?

  Who will I be working with today?

  What obstacles are preventing progress?

• What did I accomplish yesterday?

  What will I do today?

  What obstacles are preventing progress?

Answer explanation

What did I accomplish yesterday?

What will I do today?

and What obstacles are prevent ing progress?

... are the three questions asked during a stand-up or Scrum meeting.

Marcus works for Wigitcom, and he has been assigned to work on a project.

Marcus's regular boss pulls him back to work on assignments and will conduct his performance review.

What type of organizational structure is Wigitcom using?

• Agile

• Functional

• Matrix

• Projectized

Answer explanation

All authority in this example rests with the functional manager who is pulling Marcus back to work on other assignments rather than the project.

In a functional organizational structure, resources typically report to a functional manager and the project manager as limited or no authority.