2024 PMP Post-Test 20 questions

Which one of the following process groups consists of iterative and ongoing processes to establish the total scope of effort, to define the project the objectives, and to identify the course of action required to attain those objectives?

• Planning
• Executing
• Initiating
• Monitoring & Controlling

The sponsor has just signed the project charter and assigned you as a project manager to oversee a project to implement a simulator for a local golf club. What should you do FIRST as the project manager?

• Focus on identifying the stakeholders in the project.
• Start working on the project management plan.
• Develop the project schedule.
• Create the WBS.

The difference between project lifecycle and product lifecycle is that:

• Project lice cycle can span multiple product life cycles
• Project life cycle does not have a methodology while product life cycle follows a set pattern
• Project life cycle output is project while product life cycle output is product
• Project life cycle differs from industry to industry

A medical research project usually has a very fuzzy scope and a high degree of uncertainty. The BEST approach for such a project is

• Iterative life cycle
• Intimated relationship
• Sequential relationship
• Predictive life cycle

The project sponsor has just signed the project charter. What is the next thing to do?

• Begin to complete work package
• Validate scope
• Start integrated change control
• Start to create management plans

The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and controlling

The customer responsible for overseeing your project asks you to provide a written cost estimate that is 30 percent higher than your estimate of the project's cost. He explains that the budgeting process requires managers to estimate pessimistically to ensure enough money is allocated for projects. What is the best way to handle this?

• Add the 30 percent as a lump sum contingency fund to handle project risks.
• Add the 30 percent to your cost estimate by spreading it evenly across all project activities.
• Create one cost baseline for budget allocation and a second one for the actual project management plan.
• Ask for information on risks that would cause your estimate to be too low.

You've recently been assigned to manage a marketing project to brand a sustainable development program. Even though you are just starting your efforts, the sponsors are concerned about the likelihood of reaching planned milestones during the project. They are wondering how you will go about estimating. Analogous estimating:

• Uses bottom-up estimating techniques
• Is used most frequently during project executing
• Uses top-down estimating techniques
• Calculates estimates using actual detailed historical costs

Management has asked you to update the projected cost of running your agile team through the end of the project based on the latest project data. What information will you need from the team to update this estimate?

• Resource management plan
• Release plans
• Burndown graph
• Product backlog

A project has faced major difficulties in the quality of its deliverables. Management now states that quality is the most important project constraint. If another problem with quality were to occur, what would be the best thing for the project manager to do?

• Fix the problem as soon as possible.
• Allow the schedule to slip by cutting cost.
• Allow cost to increase by fixing the root cause of the problem.
• Allow risk to increase by cutting cost.