286 exam 1
Q31: Enterprise Environmental Factors includes some elements such as: a. Organizational Structure, Culture, infrastructure b. Project closure guidelines or requirements c. Project files from previous projects (e.g., scope, cost, schedule and performance measurement baselines d. Project plan templates
a. Organizational Structure, Culture, infrastructure
Q26: an activity has an optimistic estimate of 10 days, pessimistic estimate of 16 days, and most likely estimate of 13 days. If the project manager is being used a non-linear method to estimates the duration of these task. What is the duration estimate for the activity? A. 13 days (16+4*13+10)/6=13 B. 16 days C. 10 days D. Cannot be determined with available information
A. 13 days (16+4*13+10)/6=13
Q11: Chris is a project manager for a large construction company. Risk management is a large part of what you manage. Your management instructs you to focus on the business risks and informs you they will focus on the pure risks. How is your organization most likely to deal with pure risks? A. Buy insurance B. Build contingency into the budget C. Build contingency into the schedule D. Hire more staff
A. Buy insurance
Q24: A statistical method used to determine optimal conditions for producing the product is called: A. Design of experiments B. Benchmarking C. Cost-benefit analysis D. Prototype
A. Design of experiments
Q6: you are a project manager in the implementation phase, if the project sponsor has told the functional manager that the project will delay by two weeks, and the Functional Manager has told you to document that, which type of organizational structure you are working in? A. Functional B. Projectized C. Matrix D. Tight Matrix
A. Functional
Q18: as a project manager in construction project, if the Project Sponsor tells you that the project will be terminated because of Stumbled in the credit limit of the bank. What could have done by the project manager to prevent this type of situation? A. Funding Limit Reconciliation B. Reserve Analysis C. Critical path method D. Critical chain method
A. Funding Limit Reconciliation
Q30: Based on your success on previous projects, you have been asked to manage a project for a different department in your organization. This department has documented processes for most of their work. You realize that you will need to tailor many of their standard processes so that they will make sense for your new project. Which organizational process asset will probably help you the most? A. Infrastructure B. Project management information system (PMIS) C. Project plan templates D. Change management plan
C. Project plan templates
Q32: Which conflict resolution technique is most likely to result in a permanent resolution? Smoothing Confrontation/Problem solving Compromise Withdraw
Confrontation/Problem solving
Q69: Which conflict resolution technique is best for a long-lasting solution? Smoothing Forcing Withdrawal Problem Solving
Problem Solving
Q72: You have contracted some work to a subcontractor, and would like to identify successes and failures of other procurement contracts within the performing organization. This can performed through: Procurement audit Contract file Contract performance reporting Lessons learned documentation
Procurement audit
Q74: You are a project manager, and you want to perform some analysis of defects and problems that have been discovered in the project. Which chart can reveal factors that might be linked to potential problems within your project? A Pareto chart A Control chart A cause-and-effect diagram A flowchart
A cause-and-effect diagram
Q15: While managing a project, you decide to create a prototype of your product first to ensure that it is acceptable to stakeholders before creating your product. This is an example of: A. Risk mitigation B. Risk avoidance C. Monte Carlo simulation D. Project assumptions testing
A. Risk mitigation
Q5: During project managers meeting in your organization, they were discussing a project management methodologies subjects such as agile and waterfall, they were discussing one of the followings: A. Project life Cycle B. Product life cycle C. Project management plan
A. Project life Cycle
Q27: Senior management needs to be informed regarding the progress of your project. You will be making progress reports based on the scope, schedule, and cost details provided in the: A. Project management plan B. Project Charter C. Earned Value Calculations D. PERT and CPM
A. Project management plan
Q8: You are a project manager in a construction project. One of the key stakeholders expressed surprise to you because being informed of a previously published a change request to a project deliverable. All other stakeholders received notification about a change request. What could have been done to prevent this type of situation? A. Review the communication management plan B. Inform the stakeholder of the date when the change was approved C. Ignore the key stakeholder D. Address the situation in the next steering committee meeting
A. Review the communication management plan
Q21: you are the project manager of a large, complex, multi-year project. In the past, you have planned out all the details of the activities early in the project. For your current project you are more likely to do progressive elaboration through: A. Rolling wave planning B. Templates C. WBS D. Scope management
A. Rolling wave planning
Q75: Which of the following is output from Conduct procurements? A. Selected sellers Bidder Conferences Proposal Evaluation Techniques Independent Estimates
A. Selected sellers
Q19: You are a project manager of a large construction project for the government. The customer is asking for multiple scope changes. You are considering these requested changes and trying to determine their true magnitudes. You are most likely to review what document? A. The WBS B. Cost management plan C. The project charter D. Scope management plan
A. The WBS
Q98: The customer is interested in reviewing the key performance indicators of the project. Where will you find this information for the project? KPI is included in the project charter as success criteria KPI can be part of organizational process assets KPI is included in the project charter in the business case section KPI is part of change control tool
KPI is included in the project charter as success criteria
Q84: As a project manager for a new construction project in Chicago. You and the project team are creating the scope statement and are evaluating the function, purpose, and activities that will take place within the warehouse to help the project customer gather all of the requirements for the scope. This process is an example of which one of the following? meeting Expert judgment Work breakdown structure creation Product analysis
Product analysis
Q100: A stakeholder formatted and arranged all the information which he was able to gather at the end of initiation stage. He collaborated everything into one document and presented it to other stakeholders for approval. Which document is the stakeholder referring to? Stakeholder Register Agreement Project Charter Business Case
Project Charter
Q51: A project manager has invited key stakeholders and team members to the first project meeting. The agenda of the meeting is to announce the start of the project, outline the project goals and objectives, and to communicate the project success criteria. The project manager also plans to discuss individual roles and responsibilities along with the desired commitment levels of the stakeholders. What is this activity called? Project kick-off meeting Project launch meeting Project closure meeting Project sign-off meeting
Project kick-off meeting
Q78: Which of the following is NOT an input of the close project or phase process? Organizational process assets Project management plan Project management methodology Accepted deliverables
Project management methodology
Q55: A project manager shares project performance through status reports via email to all of the stakeholders of the project. Which of the following techniques is he using? Pull communication Push communication Vertical Communication Communication model
Push communication
Q63: You are a project manager and you in closing phase you want to report the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate? Formal, verbal Formal, written Informal, verbal Informal, written
Formal, written
Q91: You are a project manager working on gathering requirements and establishing estimates for the project. Which process group are you working.? Planning Closing Initiating Monitoring and Controlling
Planning
Q86: Which of the following is an example of quality assurance? Process analysis Control chart Design of experiments Pareto chart
Process analysis
Q20: Rework is an example of a (an): A. External failure cost B. Internal failure cost C. Appraisal cost D. Prevention cost
B. Internal failure cost
Q28: If your project is under budget, your cost variance (CV) is: A. 1 B. -1 C. Negative D. Positive
D. Positive
Q34: You have assigned to a project which has major cost overruns, as well as a long list of uncontrolled changes. Uncontrolled changes are also known as: Scope creep Scope change WBS change Schedule creep
Scope creep
Q14: You are developing the project charter for a new project assigned to you. Which of the following is input in Develop Project Charter? A. Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base B. Project Management Plan C. Work performance reports D. Change Requests
A. Historical information and lessons learned knowledge base
Q90: Feeding buffers and the project buffer are part of which of the following Develop Schedule tools and techniques? Critical path method Schedule network analysis Critical chain method Applying leads and lags
Critical chain method
Q47: a tool and technique for creating WBS: Meeting Product Analysis Facilitated Workshops Decomposition
Decomposition
Q36: The CPI= 0.7 and the SPI=1.2. How is your project doing? Behind schedule, over budget Ahead of schedule, under budget Ahead of schedule, over budget Behind schedule, under budget
Ahead of schedule, over budget
Q37: The CV= -1.1 and the SV=1.2. How is your project doing? Ahead of schedule, under budget Ahead of schedule, over budget Behind schedule, under budget Behind schedule, over budget
Ahead of schedule, over budget
Q95: Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project on which you're working. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year. She would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not her primary concern, which tool and technique will use for the estimate? Bottom-up estimating Parametric estimating Three-point estimating Analogous estimating
Analogous estimating
Q88: One of your team members comes to you and proposes a change in the project that can reduce the project schedule by 3 weeks. As a Project Manager. What should you do next? Advise the team member to just focus on his work Analyze the impact of the change on the other triple constraints Go ahead with the change Nothing to do
Analyze the impact of the change on the other triple constraints
Q38: You project is running with a CPI of 1.1. The EAC is $100,000. What is the BAC? A. $90.000 B. $110.000 C. $125.000 D. $115.000
B. $110.000
Q2: You are a project manager working on a project when the customer wants another feature added to the product. However, there is no additional budget for the new feature. As a project manager what should you do next? A. Ask your manager for guidance B. Follow the contract change control process C. Remove some other feature and add the new feature D. Negotiate with the customer to provide additional funding for the new feature
B. Follow the contract change control process
Q4: The sponsor of your project is particularly interested in reviewing the roles of different stakeholders on the project. As a project manager, you should direct the sponsor of the project one of the following document? A. Stakeholder's engagement assessment matrix B. Stakeholder Register C. Stakeholder management plan D. Project Team Directory
B. Stakeholder Register
Q9: One of the tasks that are completed at the start of a project is to conduct the first project meeting, known as the project kick-off meeting. What's the purpose of the project kick-off meeting? A. It introduces the project goals/objectives B. The project manager gain the commitment from the key stakeholders C. Approved project charter D. Discuss the project Schedule
B. The project manager gain the commitment from the key stakeholders
Q3: You are a project manager running a public transportation system project. A strike by local workers occurs due to the lateness workers' payments. That leads to delays in a major component delivery. What could have been done differently to prevent this type of situation? A. Crashing B. What-If Scenario Analysis C. Leads and Lags D. Fast-Tracking
B. What-If Scenario Analysis
Q96: Your sponsor has requested you to come up with a cost estimate for all the activities which defined in the project schedule. He has specially mentioned it to you to make sure that you are taking Risk into consideration . Which technique will be best in such kind of scenarios? Bottom-up Beta distribution Parametric Analogous
Beta distribution
Q68: A project manager is encountering numerous problems on his project. He wants to identify the root causes of the problems , so that he can focus his attention on those causes. Which of the following tools should he use? Ishikawa diagram Control chart Pareto diagram Histogram
Ishikawa diagram
Q1: You are participating in developing the project charter for a new project assigned to you. Which of the following is input in Develop Project Charter? A. Project management plan B. Communication management plan C. A Contract D. Stakeholder management plan
C. A Contract
Q17: One of the stakeholder on the project, led a change request a month back. He reached out to the project manager stating that he has not received any response yet. How can this situation be resolved? A. By reviewing the issue log B. By reviewing the stakeholder register C. By reviewing the perform integrated change control process D. Reach out to your team lead to understand why it was miss
C. By reviewing the perform integrated change control process
Q12: The preferred method to settle claims and disputes in the project is: A. Arbitration B. Mediation C. Negotiation D. Litigation
C. Negotiation
Q25: Mark is managing a project .with limited resources on the project. Several quality defects have been discovered, causing the customer concern. He wish to begin by attacking the causes that have the largest number of defects, which tool shows defects by volume from greatest to least? A. Ishikawa Diagram B. Scatter Diagram C. Pareto Chart D. Control Chart
C. Pareto Chart
Q22: Training is an example of a (an): A. Internal failure cost B. External failure cost C. Prevention cost D. Appraisal cost
C. Prevention cost
Q80: The staffing management plan, which is part of the human resource plan, describes when and how human resources requirements will be met, which of the following inputs in the staffing management plan? A. Networking-Organizational Theory-project management plan B. Project documents-Resource calendar-staffing management plan C. Project management plan-activity resources requirements-enterprise environmental factors-Organizational process assets D. Project staff assignments-Resource calendar-Human resource management
C. Project management plan-activity resources requirements-enterprise environmental factors-Organizational process assets
B. The project manager gain the commitment from the key stakeholders Q10: You are a project manager in a construction project. 85% of the project works completed. And the project has spent the budget due to the change in a cost of the materials. If a cost of the materials was US $7.0 and your estimating were US $10.0. If a cost of the materials reached to US $16.0. What were your estimated should be? A. US $11.0 B. US $10.33 C. US $10.50 (16+4*10+7)/6=$10.5 D. US $16.0
C. US $10.50 (16+4*10+7)/6=$10.5
Q23: Scrap is consider as: A. prevention cost B. appraisal cost C. internal failure cost D. external failure cost
C. internal failure cost
Q64: A pharmaceutical company recently terminated a research project because it no longer seemed commercially viable for the company. What is the first thing the project manager should do? Conduct scope validation Document the lessons learned Discuss with the senior manager the reason for termination Control Scope process
Conduct scope validation
Q52: As a project manager for a construction project, you understand the importance of contract documents and correspondence for future references . Which of the following can be used to manage and store contract documents and records? Records management system Lessons learned Project file Performance reports
Records management system
Q81: WBS for your project has been prepared and distributed to the project team members. When execution begins, which document will be providing the detailed descriptions of the WBS elements? WBS dictionary Project management plan Scope statement Project statement of Work
WBS dictionary
Q87: You are working on warehouse project when you realize that you may miss the due date of the project. What would you do in such a scenario? Ask your senior manager for guidance in such case Change the due date and discuss the new date with all relevant stakeholders Evaluate options to meet the expect date Nothing to do
Evaluate options to meet the expect date
Q82: Henry is a project manager for a large project; the project sponsor has informed him that the customer intends to terminate the project in the middle of the execution process group. Which of the following will Henry do first as a Project Manager? Meet the sponsor to discuss the course of actions Evaluate the impact of project closure Initiate the Close Project or phase process Share this information with all stakeholders by email
Evaluate the impact of project closure
Q66: As a project manager, what would you do if you received a change request that does not impact the project schedule? Go ahead and do the change Evaluate the impact of the other project constraints Get in touch with the change control board Ask your boss's permission
Evaluate the impact of the other project constraints
Q44: On what contract type does the highest risk for the seller? Time and materials Cost plus percentage of cost Cost plus fixed fee Fixed price
Fixed price
Q53: Of the following, which conflict resolution technique is believed to generate the least positive results? Compromising Withdrawal Forcing Collaborating
Forcing
Q13: Based on the diagram below, the project is currently: A. Ahead of schedule and under budget B. Ahead of schedule and over budget C. Behind schedule and over budget D. Behind schedule and under budget
D. Behind schedule and under budget
Q29: Adel is a project manager who manages equipment installations in an automobile manufacturing project. Early in the planning process, He is asked to generate ideas for improvement and to provide a basis by which to measure performance. Adel is most likely to use: A. Control charts B. Pareto charts C. Scatter diagrams D. Benchmarking
D. Benchmarking
Q7: You are the Project Manager and are currently in the monitoring process group. You and your team are trying to identify the relationship between an independent variable and the dependent variable by plotting their values on a diagram. One of your team members asks you what is this diagram known as? A. Ishikawa diagrams B. Pareto charts C. Cause and Effect diagram D. Scatter diagram
D. Scatter diagram
Q16: the project manager has just received a change from the customer. The project manager realize that if approved this change will increase the project cost by $30,000. What is the project manager should do next? A. reject the change B. make the change as soon as possible C. get the change approved internally first D. see how the change effects the other project constraints
D. see how the change effects the other project constraints
Q48: collect requirements is The process of determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet project objectives, after collect requirements what will you do next? Control scope Define scope Create WBS Validate scope
Define scope
Q42: Change requests for projects may either rejected or approved. Approved changes processed through which process for implementation? Develop project management plan Develop project Charter Direct and manage project work Perform integrated change control
Direct and manage project work
Q54: Mark is a project manager working on a compliance project in a banking firm. The project scheduled for completed six weeks from now. The project sponsor has told mark that if the project finished sooner, the company could receive some monetary incentives offered by the government. What would be the effect if Mark decided to fast-track the project? Cannot be determined Increased risk in the project Not affect the project risk Decrease risk in the project
Increased risk in the project
Q76: Which of the following are Tools and Techniques of Control Stakeholder Engagement? Stakeholder analysis, Expert Judgment Communication method, interpersonal skills Meetings, Expert judgment, information management system Management skills, issue log, expert judgment
Meetings, Expert judgment, information
Q58: You are a project manager and member of the Project Management Office, if your senior management wants you to present a snapshot of the status of various projects going on in the organization. Which of the following charts would be most suitable for the purpose? Control chart Critical path method Gantt chart Milestone chart
Milestone chart
Q50: the process of tracking, reviewing, and reporting the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan is? Develop project management plan Direct and manage project work Monitor and control the project work Manage stakeholders
Monitor and control the project work
Q71: Which process group has accepted deliverables as the output? Closing Monitoring and controlling Planning Executing
Monitoring and controlling
Q97: You are a buyer side project manager and have given a contract to a small startup company. In the middle of the project, supplier reported to you that he won't be able to deliver all the deliverables which are required to be completed as a part of this project. What could have been done differently to prevent this type of situation? Giving the contract to more experienced vendor Reviewing the agreement regularly. Performing procurement reviews regularly More Stringent/Strict Selection Criteria
More Stringent/Strict Selection Criteria
Q83: As a project manager for your organization and you're working with your team to define the difference between projects and operations. You explain that projects are unique while operations are the core business. Projects typically initiated for all of the following reasons except for which one? Legal requirements Ongoing manufacturing of equipment Organizational need Market demand
Ongoing manufacturing of equipment
Q39: You have just moved onto a project that is well into the project implementation phase. You then realize that no stakeholder register exists for the project. Since you are new to the organization, you want to ensure that you use its templates for documents. Therefore you search for a template for a stakeholder registers in the: Organizational process assets Enterprise environmental factors Stakeholder management plan Project management plan
Organizational process assets
Q99: The total budget of a 12 month project is $100,000. You have completed three months' worth of work and are in your 4th month of your project. The total amount spent till now is $35,000. What is the project status? Under Budget, Behind Schedule Under Budget, Ahead of Schedule Over Budget, Behind Schedule Over Budget, Ahead of Schedule
Over Budget, Behind Schedule
Q92: Which of the following diagrams rank-order factors for corrective action by the frequency of occurrence. They are also a type of histogram Scatter diagrams Flowcharts Pareto diagrams Scatter diagrams
Pareto diagrams
Q40: The project manager has been brought in long before initiating the project is complete. Often the first task the project manager performed while initiating a project is: Identify key deliverables based on business requirements Participate in the development of the project charter Conduct benefits analysis to validate project alignment Perform a project assessment to evaluate the feasibility of the project.
Perform a project assessment to evaluate the feasibility of the project.
Q45: tool and technique for quality assurance are: Quality audit Expert judgment Pareto diagrams Control chart
Quality audit
Q62: A project manager is in the process of documenting and defining stakeholders' needs to meet the project objectives. What is the output of this process? Stakeholder management strategy Change log Requirements documentation Issue log
Requirements documentation
Q73: As part of your staffing management plan, you are creating a chart to illustrate the number of hours that a person, department, or entire project team will need each week or month over the course of the project. This chart is also known as: Resource histogram Resource breakdown structure Resource calendar Control chart
Resource histogram
Q57: One of the key stakeholder expresses his concern over lack of project visibility and progress. He says that he has sent project status reports, but most times, they lack information relevant to his department. How should the project manager respond? Re-look at distributed information to identify the gaps Change management plan Review the stakeholder management plan Review the communication management plan
Review the communication management plan
Q46: The document that describes how the project scope will be defined, documented, validated, managed, and controlled, called.? Scope management plan Statement of work Project scope statement WBS
Scope management plan
Q77: Whose job is it to determine the priorities among projects in a company? Senior Management Functional manager Project sponsor Project Team
Senior Management
Q59: which of the following is output from identifying stakeholders process? Stakeholder management plan updates Project documents update Stakeholder Register Expert judgment
Stakeholder Register
Q60: which of the following is tool and technique to identify stakeholders process? Stakeholder analysis Stakeholder register Analytical Techniques Management Skills
Stakeholder analysis
Q85: You are the project manager of a village housing construction project . You are interviewing the village owners to determine their requirements and needs for the home construction. You are discussing, room by room, what they 'd like in their home. This long process is called what? Stakeholder analysis Scope creation Quality matrices Risk analysis
Stakeholder analysis
Q67: Which of the following is a tool to assess the current and desired state of engagement of a stakeholder on the project? Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix Stakeholder management plan Stakeholder analysis Stakeholder register
Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix
Q65: All of the following are inputs to developing project charter process except: Contract Business Case Project statement of work Stakeholder register
Stakeholder register
Q70: A project manager has recently been assigned to a long-running project and wants to know who the key influences are on the project and what their level of involvement is. The best document to gather this kind of information is: Stakeholder management plan Project management plan Human resource management plan Stakeholder register
Stakeholder register
Q33: the Output of Develop project team is: Team performance assessments Project Staff assignments Resource Calendar Expert Judgment
Team performance assessments
Q89: You are the Project Manager doing earned value analysis when you find out that SPI = 1.12 and CPI is 0.75. What can be said about the project status? The Project is behind the schedule and under budget The Project is behind the schedule and over budget The Project is ahead of the schedule and over its budget The Project is ahead of the schedule and under its budget
The Project is ahead of the schedule and over its budget
Q49: Who is responsible for creating WBS? The functional Manager The Project manager and project team The project manager The project team
The Project manager and project team
Q35: If earned value is larger than planned value: The project is under budget The project is over budget The project is ahead of schedule The project is behind schedule
The project is ahead of schedule
Q79: You are a project manager managing a project with 24 months duration. During the middle of the project, it found that the quality of the project is not as planned or expected. Who is responsible for this situation? The project manager Functional manager The customer The customer
The project manager
Q93: The business need, product scope description, and strategic plan together describe elements of the following? The project charter The project statement of work Tools and techniques of the Initiating processes Organizational process assets
The project statement of work
Q43: Your manufacture component business is growing at an exponential rate. With respect to product testing, you are moving to testing samples instead of entire populations. In general, the main reasons to test samples instead of populations include all of the following except: The testing takes a long time The testing may be destructive The testing is variable related not attribute related The testing is expensive
The testing is variable related not attribute related
Q94: the purpose of the project charter is: To recognize and acknowledge the project sponsor To recognize the existence of the project, and commit organizational resources to the project. To describe the selection method used to choose the project To acknowledge the existence of the project team, project manager, and project sponsor.
To recognize the existence of the project, and commit organizational resources to the project.
Q41 A project manager is using a method that not considered the risk to perform schedule network analysis, which type of duration estimates is being the project manager used? Critical path method Monte Carlo Beta distribution Triangular distribution
Triangular distribution
Q61: Sandra is a project manager in the process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create an approved project schedule. What should Sandra do next? Use the critical path method and what-if scenario to calculate optimum duration of the project Use this approved schedule duration as a baseline and start tracking the project Create a network diagram of the project Determine resource requirement for each activity in the project
Use this approved schedule duration as a baseline and start tracking the project
Q56: After a major milestone release, one of the key stakeholders are not happy and complain their requirements are not being met. In which of the following processes should the project manager have involved them to ensure their approval for the release? Validate scope Control Scope Change management Develop project charter
Validate scope
