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The “Develop Project Management Plan” process involves:
A. Authorizing the project and providing the PM with authority.
B. Integrating subsidiary plans into a comprehensive plan.
C. Performing the project work and implementing approved changes.
D. Tracking and reporting project progress against objectives.
Which of the following is not true about schedule management on agile projects?
It uses longer cycles to undertake work, review results, and adapt
The role of the project manager is the same as it would be on a waterfall project
Rapid, frequent feedback is collected on deliverables
An on-demand, pull-based scheduling system is used
Which of the following processes involves decomposing the project work into smaller components?
Define Scope
Sequence Activities
Collect Requirements
Create WBS
PMOs that train project managers and provide templates and best practices are referred to as:
Supportive
Controlling
Directive
Strategic
Which of the following is not true about procurement management on agile projects?
Specific sellers may be used to extend the team.
Buyers and sellers can collaborate to share risk and rewards.
It is ideal when buyers and sellers are collaborating together in a virtual environment.
Large projects may use agile for some deliverables and a more stable approach for others.
Which of the following lifecycles is commonly used in large organizations with large, enterprise-wide system deployments?
Agile
Iterative
Predictive
Adaptive
You are working for a car company and are leading a project to construct a new battery factory. Currently, the team is performing the plan risk management process. In doing so, which of the following activities might they complete?
Exploring options for addressing risks that have been previously identified.
Determining which risks to transfer to a third party.
Determining the stakeholders' appetite for risk.
Meeting with project team members to brainstorm sources of overall project risk.
Which of the following processes involves specifying the procurement approach and identifying potential sellers?
Conduct Procurements
Manage Communications
Control Procurements
Plan Procurement Management
Which of the following are tools and techniques used in the “Manage Quality” process?
Benchmarking, Checklists, Test & Inspection Planning
Design for X, Quality Improvement Methods, Inspections
Process Analysis, Audits, Problem Solving
Data Analysis, Testing & Product Evaluations, Meetings
Which of the following stages of team development occurs when the team members begin to encounter potential conflict, and if they fail to work together, performance could be impacted?
A. Storming
B. Performing
C. Forming
D. Norming
Which of the following is a response to negative risks that involves shifting the risk to another party?
Avoid
Transfer
Mitigate
Accept
All of the following are true about fixed price incentive fee (FPIF) contracts except:
Incentives are awarded typically for meeting cost, schedule, or performance targets.
The seller is reimbursed for all allowable expenses.
The price is set at the start of the contract.
Bonuses can be given if certain predetermined objectives are achieved.
Which of the following processes involves aggregating the costs of individual activities to generate the cost baseline?
Control Costs
Estimate Costs
Estimate Activity Durations
Determine Budget
Which of the following is an input to the "Plan Scope Management" process?
Project Management Plan
Scope Management Plan
Expert Judgment
Requirements Documentation
Which of the following is not true about projects?
They could end early if a project is terminated
They could end if the need for the project no longer exists
They do not impact operational stakeholders
They produce a unique product, service, or result
Which of the following is an input to “Plan Quality Management”?
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Quality Management Plan
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Quality Checklists
All of the following are inputs of the “Identify Stakeholders” process except:
A. Project Charter
B. Business Documents
C. Enterprise Environmental Factors
D. Stakeholder Register
The “Issue Log” is updated during each of the following processes except?
Monitor Stakeholder Engagement
Identify Stakeholders
Plan Stakeholder Engagement
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
“Define Scope” is performed in which process group?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
A project manager is overseeing the construction of a new restaurant. She receives feedback from experts on the project that customer seating can be installed one week after painting is complete. In this situation, which of the following processes were used?
A. Define Activities
B. Sequence Activities
C. Develop Schedule
D. Control Schedule
Which of the following does not occur during the “Initiating” process group?
Total scope is established
The charter is authorized
Finances are committed
Initial scope is proposed
A project is underway to restore a classic video game using newly-available technology. During the project, the team spends time monitoring outcomes of quality activities to evaluate performance against expectations. What is an input to that particular process?
Quality Control Measurements
Verified Deliverables
Work Performance Reports
Deliverables
Which of the following quality management tools are used to organize and display the origins of a quality problem? They are also known as fishbone diagrams.
Cause and Effect Diagrams
Histograms
Control Charts
Pareto Diagrams
Which of the following processes involves approximating the labor and material needed for activities?
Develop Schedule
Estimate Activity Resources
Determine Budget
Estimate Activity Durations
As you manage a project, which of the following questions would not be asked when considering how to tailor the processes within Project Communication Management to your own project?
How many languages are used?
Does the organization have a formal knowledge management repository?
What is the physical location of team members?
What is the most appropriate lifecycle approach?
Which of the following best describes a leader (as opposed to a manager)?
Do things right
Focus on operational issues
Challenge the status quo
Rely on control
Which of the following techniques for developing the schedule involves fast tracking or crashing the schedule to finish remaining project activities on time?
A. Critical Path Method
B. Agile Release Planning
C. Resource Optimization
D. Schedule Compression
When determining the budget, we may use this technique, which involves reviewing data from previous projects to generate estimates.
Funding Limit Reconciliation
Historical Information Review
Project Funding Requirements
Cost Aggregation
If a project manager aggregates estimates of low-level WBS components to generate an estimate of activity durations, this is referred to as:
Bottom-Up Estimating
Analogous Estimating
Parametric Estimating
Three-Point Estimating
Dependencies that are legally required or inherent in the nature of the project work are:
Mandatory
Discretionary
External
Internal
A project is underway to implement new payment technology at several retail stores. The new tools will allow the stores to accept cryptocurrency as payment. During the project, the team spends time tracking and reporting project progress against the objectives. In this case, what process is being performed?
Manage Project Knowledge
Manage Communications
Report Management
Monitor and Control Project Work
Which of the following would not be a tailoring consideration in Project Schedule Management?
Life cycle approach
Continuous improvement
Resource availability
Technology support
The “Develop Schedule” process involves:
Documenting how the schedule will be managed.
Identifying steps required to product project deliverables.
Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete activities.
Analyzing activities sequences, estimates, and constraints to create the schedule.
When considering cost of quality (COQ), which of the following represents an appraisal cost?
Testing
Training
Process Documentation
Scrap
Which of the following is not an input to “Control Quality”?
Project Management Plan
Work Performance Data
Quality Metrics
Quality Control Measurements
Which of the following is not an input to the “Perform Integrated Change Control” process?
Work Performance Data
Project Management Plan
Change Requests
Organizational Process Assets
At a grocery store chain, a project is in process to deploy self-checkout registers at all of the company’s California locations. During the project, the team spends time creating and using knowledge to support the project and the organization. What is a tool or technique that may be needed to perform this process?
Lessons Learned Register
Project Management Information System
Information Management
Issue Log
The “Monitor Risks” process involves:
Prioritizing risks by evaluating their probability of occurrence and their impact.
Numerically analyzing the effect of risks on project objectives.
Defining actions to reduce threats to project.
Tracking existing risks and identifying/analyzing new risks.
In a communication model, after a sender encodes and shares a message, the receiver decodes it and sends which of the following messages?
Feedback Message
Transmit Message
Decode Message
Acknowledge Message
In which of the following project lifecycles is the product developed through a series of repeated cycles and where each increment delivers more functionality?
Iterative
Predictive
Adaptive
Phased
All of the following are examples of projects except:
Constructing an office building on a newly acquired parcel of land
Performing regular maintenance on a fleet of vehicles
Deploying workforce management software across an organization
Designing a new printer and complementary ink cartridges
Which of the following methods of communication involves sending messages, such as memos and e-mails, to a large group of stakeholders that need it?
Push Communication
Communication Requirements Analysis
Interactive Communication
Pull Communication
When measuring the success of a project, we determine whether or not we operated within each of the following constraints except:
Cost
Time
Customer Satisfaction
Risk
Your sponsor wants to know the methods that were used and assumptions that were made when your cost estimate was generated. Which of the following tools or techniques should be used?
Project Funding Requirement
Funding Limit Reconciliation
Vendor Bid Analysis
Basis of Estimates
A project manager on a government project documents the actual costs that were spent on labor and materials over the last week. Those actual costs would be classified as which type of project information?
Work Performance Information
Work Performance Data
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Work Performance Reports
You have just been assigned to lead a project that is already underway. The objective is to design and test a new self-driving car. At this time, the develop team process is being performed. In doing so, which of the following activities might be completed?
Resolving a conflict between two team members.
Ensuring that assigned resources are available as originally planned.
Arranging for key project team members to be at the same site near critical milestones.
Evaluating alternative resource options, such as renting or buying the needed equipment.
As we are gathering information about potential risks on our project, what tool or technique could be used that involves researching the underlying sources of an issue?
Root Cause Analysis
Assumptions Analysis
Delphi Technique
SWOT Analysis
Which of the following is not true about process groups?
Process groups are not the same as project lifecycle phases.
Multiple process groups can occur within a single project lifecycle phase.
Process groups usually only occur once.
Process groups often overlap each other.
Which of the following "spheres of influence" involves the project manager staying current and informed about trends in the marketplace?
Industry
Organization
Project
Professional Discipline
Which of the following is a response to a positive risk that involves working with another party who can help us seize the benefit?
Transfer
Enhance
Share
Accept
Which of the following are tools and techniques used in “Determine Budget” process?
Financing, Expert Judgement, To-Complete Performance Index
Funding Limit Reconciliation, Cost of Quality, Parametric Estimating
Cost Aggregation, Funding Limit Reconciliation, Reserve Analysis
Historical Information Review, Earned Value Analysis, Trend Analysis
A “Probability and Impact Matrix” is a tool used in which of the following processes?
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
All of the following are components of the PMI Talent Triangle® except:
A. Strategic and Business Management
B. Leadership
C. Technical Project Management
D. Industry Knowledge
Which of the following techniques is a structured review of the work being performed by a contractor? On a construction project, it could involve “walkthroughs” of the site.
Claims Administration
Inspections
Data Analysis
Audits
In regards to agile projects, which of the following is not true?
Infrequent checkpoints are valued and prevent distraction
If the scope is not yet fully defined, projects may not benefit from detailed cost calculations
Detailed estimates are used for short-term planning horizons
Close collaboration among team members is critical
All of the following are true about the “Project Management Plan” except:
It grants the project manager authority.
It may be updated if a change is formally approved.
It must align with a program management plan, if that exists.
It documents how the project will be executed.
“Direct and Manage Project Work” is performed as part of which process group:
Initiating
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Planning
A project to widen broadband access in Poland was undertaken to fulfill a politician’s campaign promise. During the project, the team spends time prioritizing risks by evaluating their probability and impact. What is a tool or technique that may be needed to perform this process?
Sensitivity Analysis
Simulations
Organizational Process Assets
Risk Probability & Impact Assessment
Which of the following processes involves defining how to conduct risk management on the project?
Plan Risk Responses
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Identify Risks
Plan Risk Management
Which of the following subsidiary plans of the project management plan describes how the project team will acquire goods from an external organization?
Procurement Management Plan
Resource Management Plan
Cost Management Plan
Scope Management Plan
“Cost Aggregation” is a technique used in which of the following processes?
Determine Budget
Estimate Costs
Plan Cost Management
Control Costs
A team is designing a video game that will accompany a major motion picture. During that project, the team identifies steps required to produce project deliverables. What is an output from that process?
Project Schedule Network Diagram
Basis of Estimates
Decomposition
Activity Attributes
Which of the following is not a trend or emerging practice in project procurement management?
Emphasizing the allocation of specific risks to capable entities
Using trial engagements with candidate sellers
Using technology, such as web cameras, to improve stakeholder communications
Minimizing the flow of materials across international borders
A technology company that specializes in creating software applications for dental offices is working on several multi-year projects for their customers. However, three new competitors, who are seeking to take away those customers, have recently entered the market. In this scenario, these marketplace conditions would be best classified as which of the following?
An enterprise environmental factor
An industry standard
An organizational process asset
A lesson that was learned
The most important benefit of performing integrated change control is that:
It allows each stakeholder to feel valued. (All of them can propose changes.)
It allows for changes to be considered in the context of overall project plans.
It ensures changes are communicated to all of the affected stakeholders.
It ensures we have a historical record of proposed changes.
The “Estimate Costs” process involves:
Documenting how to manage and control costs.
Aggregating the costs of individual activities to generate the cost baseline.
Monitoring project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline.
Approximating the finances needed to complete project activities.
Which of the following documents typically outlines who is responsible for approving changes requests?
Stakeholder Register
Project Management Plan
Project Charter
Change Log
“Work Performance Information” is an output of which of the following processes?
Validate Scope
Sequence Activities
Direct and Manage Project Work
Determine Budget
All of the following are purposes of the WBS except:
Articulate the components of work that will satisfy project objectives.
Subdivide the project work into more manageable components.
Provide detailed information, such as codes of account, about WBS components.
Provide a hierarchical structure for assigning costs to work packages.
At a recent meeting on a project to design a memory card, you discuss progress being made on planning stakeholder engagement. What is an activity that could be performed during that process?
Identifying the information needs of stakeholders.
Preparing a stakeholder engagement assessment matrix.
Identifying organizational process assets that may influence communication on the project.
Classifying stakeholders based on their level of authority.
Which of the following represents the lowest level in the WBS?
Activity
Summary Task
Project
Work Package
A project manager at a company that designs smartphones works with suppliers in six different countries. During that engagement, she ensures that she is sensitive to differences in cultures. This behavior would fit into which of the following skills set in the PMI Talent Triangle®?
Technical Project Management
Political Awareness
Leadership
Strategic and Business Management
Which of the following is not a trend or emerging practice in project resource management?
The need to invest in emotional intelligence
The rise of self-organizing teams
The use of resource management methods, such as the theory of constraints
The use of earned value management
All of the following is true about requirements or requirements documentation except:
They describe what the customer or sponsor needs.
They describe how requirements meet business objectives.
They can be in written or verbal format.
The format of requirements documentation may vary from a simple list to complicated matrices.
“Pre-Assignment” is a technique used in which of the following processes?
Develop Team
Acquire Resources
Manage Team
Plan Resource Management
Which of the following is not true about the sequencing of activities?
It involves documenting the durations of activities.
It defines the logical order of work given the constraints of the project.
It helps build a realistic project schedule.
Every task (except for the first and last) should have both a predecessor and a successor.
When sequencing activities, which of the following represents a “finish-to-finish” relationship?
A. The awards ceremony cannot start until the race has finished.
B. Writing a document is required to finish before editing the document can finish.
C. Leveling concrete cannot begin until pouring the foundation begins.
D. The first security guard shift cannot finish until the second security guard shift starts.
All of the following are tools or techniques of the “Plan Schedule Management” process, except:
Expert Judgment
Meetings
Rolling Wave Planning
Data Analysis
Which interpersonal skill, when used on a project, can help to reduce miscommunication and misunderstandings? It often involves acknowledging and clarifying information.
Networking
Active Listening
Motivation
Political Awareness
“Contingent Response Strategies” are techniques used in which of the following processes?
A. Plan Risk Responses
B. Monitor Risks
C. Plan Risk Management
D. Identify Risks
On a project to construct a new warehouse, two weeks before painting is complete, the activity to lay carpet can begin. This is an example of:
Task
Lag
Activity
Lead
