CAPM Simulation Test 1

When working with a globally distributed team, the most useful approach would be to: a. Bring the entire team together for a diversity and sensitivity training day before starting the first iteration b. Bring the entire group together for a big celebration at the end of the project c. Bring the entire group together for a get-to-know-you session before starting the first iteration d. Gather the entire team for a kickoff event and keep them working together for at least the first iteration

c. Bring the entire group together for a get-to-know-you session before starting the first iteration d. Gather the entire team for a kickoff event and keep them working together for at least the first iteration

When referring to inputs for Develop Schedule process, responsibility (e.g., who will perform the work), activity type (e.g., summary or detailed), and WBS classification belong to: A-) Risks B-) Account identifier C-) Activity attributes D-) Activity estimations

C-) Activity attributes

When hiring a project manager, which one of the following is the most important skill that should be considered? A-) Detail-oriented B-) Negotiation C-) Communication D-) Persuasiveness

C-) Communication

In your project, you performed the quantitative risk analysis. The results show that there is a risk of going over the budget and schedule threshold limits. Which of the following should you do to overcome this risk if it occurs? A-) Crash the project B-) Fast track the project C-) Consider using contingency reserves D-)Do additional risk response planning

C-) Consider using contingency reserves

You are a project manager in a construction company. You are aggregating the estimated costs of project activities to establish an authorized cost baseline. You are performing the ______ process. A-) Control Costs B-) Estimate Costs C-) Determine Budget D-) Estimate Activity Resources

C-) Determine Budget

In your project, you are in the process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project's objectives. This is done during: A-) Develop Project Management Plan B-) Monitor and Control Project Work C-) Direct and Manage Project Work D-) Perform Integrated Change Control

C-) Direct and Manage Project Work

Your Company has awarded a contract to a vendor. After some time, you realized that the vendor representative is your old buddy from school. You inform your senior management about this situation. However, they insist that you will continue to administer the contract. So, to avoid any issues in this conflict of interest situation, you should _______ . A-) Refrain from administering the contract. B-) Resign from the project. C-) Document all the decisions taken by you on the activities performed by the vendor. D-) Remind your senior management of conflict of interest.

C-) Document all the decisions taken by you on the activities performed by the vendor.

You are a project manager in a factory producing spare parts for automobiles. The project team has found some defective parts and figured out possible reasons causing these defects: the material type, the manufacturing machine, fault of the measurement system or other factors. Which option is the best to find the reason of defects? A-) Check sheet B-) Flowchart C-) Fishbone diagram D-) Histogram

C-) Fishbone diagram

You and your contractor have a dispute regarding payment terms and what constitutes minimum viable product acceptance as described in the agreement. After several weeks of negotiation, an agreement has still not been reached. What should the project manager do next? A-) Litigate in court, as the vendor is in default B-) Escalate to your lawyers and determine a more effective course of action C-) Initiate an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program D-) Renegotiate if possible and re-baseline the agreement

C-) Initiate an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program

You are a team leader on a project for almost 10 months now. The project is going well, but you feel that you are not motivated to put your best performance because you get almost no guidance and direction from the project manager. He also never asks how your work is progressing and what have you been doing for all of these months on the project. You feel like you must make a lot of project decisions by yourself. You wonder if the project manager doesn't like you, but when you speak with other team members about it, say that he is the same with them as well. What kind of management style is the project manager using? A-) Transactional B-) Servant Leader C-) Laissez-faire D-) Autocratic

C-) Laissez-faire

You have completed a car manufacturing project. The car is now under test for security quality metrics. For which of the following the quality metrics are used? A-) Manage Quality and Plan Quality B-) Plan Quality and Control Quality C-) Manage Quality and Control Quality D-) Control Quality, Plan Quality and Manage Quality

C-) Manage Quality and Control Quality

To document and monitor the resolution of project issues, you are using an issue log. Issue log helps to: A-) Escalate activities to project team B-) Determine risks in the project C-) Monitor who is responsible for resolving specific issues by a target date D-) Determine schedule of the project

C-) Monitor who is responsible for resolving specific issues by a target date

You are the project manager of a twelve million dollar budget project. You have more than 100 stakeholders in your project, and you decided to classify the stakeholders of your project. All of the following are the classification models used for the stakeholder analysis EXCEPT: A-) Power/interest grid B-) Power/influence grid C-) Organizational Level Model D-) Salience Model

C-) Organizational Level Model

In your project, when you are performing the stakeholder analysis, you are planning to group the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their level of concern about the project outcomes. Which classification model is appropriate for your purpose? A-) Salience model B-) Influence/impact grid C-) Power/interest grid D-) Power/influence grid

C-) Power/interest grid

All of the following are true about "Precision" and "Accuracy" EXCEPT: A-) Precision is a measure of exactness B-) Accuracy is an assessment of correctness C-) Precise measurements are always accurate, and accurate measurements are always precise D-) Project management team should determine the appropriate levels of accuracy and precision

C-) Precise measurements are always accurate, and accurate measurements are always precise

All of the following are tools and techniques that can be used in the Control Procurements process EXCEPT: A-) Claims administration B-) Performance reporting C-) Procurement audits D-) Inspections and audits

C-) Procurement audits

Your colleague, Lara, is a project manager of a construction project. While you were talking to her, she said that her project's CPI is 0.82 and SPI is 1.21. What could have happened in Lara's project? A-) The most experienced architect resigned, which had not been anticipated earlier. B-) Cost of labor increased due to annual salary increase C-) Project was behind schedule; Lara increased the team members to decrease the durations D-) Project was ahead schedule; Lara released some team members to decrease budget

C-) Project was behind schedule; Lara increased the team members to decrease the durations

John is a project manager of a complicated project. When he started creating a work breakdown structure for his project, he realized that it is too complex to fit it in a single sheet. You, as a colleague of John, recommend him to use a work breakdown structure numbering system to: A-) Determine the complexity of the project B-) Automate the WBS using appropriate software C-) Provide a hierarchical structure for each WBS element D-) Present risks of the project

C-) Provide a hierarchical structure for each WBS element

In the context of a desirable model of communication between a sender and a receiver, all of the following statements are correct EXCEPT: A-) Noise should be at minimum level. B-) Receiver must reply the message after decoding the message. C-) Receiver should acknowledge first and then agree with the message sent by the sender. D-) Receiver should send a feedback message to the sender.

C-) Receiver should acknowledge first and then agree with the message sent by the sender.

You have documented all possible risks with appropriate risk responses in your risk management plan. All other remaining risks are called as: A-) Risk Triggers B-) Unmanageable Risks C-) Residual Risks D-) Accepted Risks

C-) Residual Risks

You are currently in the execution phase of your project. You will be doing all of the following EXCEPT: A-) Expending most of the project budget B-) Implementing planned methods and standards with the team C-) Reviewing all prior information from the previous phase closures. D-) Managing risks and implementing risk response activities with the team

C-) Reviewing all prior information from the previous phase closures.

The performance measurement baseline (PMB) is an approved plan for the project work against which the project execution is compared to measure and manage performance. PMB includes all of the following EXCEPT: A-) Scope Baseline B-) Schedule Baseline C-) Risk Baseline D-) Cost Baseline

C-) Risk Baseline

You are expected to manage stakeholders' expectations as a project manager. All of the following are interpersonal skills that you should apply EXCEPT: A-) Building trust B-) Resolving conflict C-) Risk-taking D-) Active listening

C-) Risk-taking

You have been engaged as the project manager of an innovative project to develop a new type of thermal power station. You have great experience in the field and were given the opportunity to choose your team. You have a great team and trust them completely. They know that you have full trust in them, and you want them to develop both personally and professionally during the project. The team members are feeling confident that the project will be a success. What type of leadership are you promoting? A-) Transactional leadership B-) Charismatic leadership C-) Servant leadership D-) Laissez faire leadership

C-) Servant leadership

All of the following statements regarding the activity duration estimates are correct EXCEPT: A-) Mathematical analyses like CPM, GERT, and PERT indicate the dates on which the activity can be scheduled, given resource limits and other constraints. B-) Duration compression techniques, including fast-tracking and crashing, can help in decreasing the project schedule C-) The duration of the project is the sum of the duration of all the tasks in the project. D-) WBS classification allows useful activity ordering and sorting.

C-) The duration of the project is the sum of the duration of all the tasks in the project.

As a Project Manager, you are concerned that the variance analysis for the last three months has shown that the performance of scope and cost is going much behind the plan. Based on these past results, you have prepared a cost forecast so that a bad situation can be prevented in the future. Which technique has helped you prepare these forecasts? A-) Earned value analysis B-) Root cause analysis C-) Trend analysis D-) Variance analysis

C-) Trend analysis

As a project manager, when you are monitoring and controlling your project, you must prevent scope creep. Which of the following statements define scope creep? A-) Defects that customer found B-) Accepted change requests C-) Uncontrolled expansion to the scope D-) Controlled change requests

C-) Uncontrolled expansion to the scope

Which of the following documents include the "code of account identifier", "description of work", "responsible organization", and "list of schedule milestones"? A-) PERT/CPM Charts B-) WBS C-) WBS Dictionary D-) Roles and Responsibilities Matrix

C-) WBS Dictionary

You are preparing to manage a project in Thailand. This is the first time you will be managing a project outside your own country. You will be bringing a team of experienced people with you for the first month. The aim is to have the local team follow the US team and learn on the job. What is this knowledge transfer called? A-) Business application B-) Paired work C-) Work shadowing D-) Project work

C-) Work shadowing

In your project, cost variance is -$25,000, and Earned Value is $75,000. What is the cost performance index (CPI) of the project? A-) 1.5 B-) 1.33 C-) 0.25 D-) 0.75

D-) 0.75

In your project, you are in the Identify Risks process and you are trying to determine and document the risks and their characteristics. Who should be part of this process? A-) Project Manager and Relevant managers from customer B-) Project Manager, project team members, subject matter experts and customer C-) Project Manager and senior team members D-) All relevant stakeholders

D-) All relevant stakeholders

To assess the quality of your project's delivery, you planned a testing phase after the development of the product. You have to spend certain costs for testing. These costs are an example of: A-) Cost of Nonconformance B-) Failure Costs C-) Prevention Costs D-) Appraisal Costs

D-) Appraisal Costs

All of the following are constraints in the Estimate Activity Durations process EXCEPT: A-) Available skilled resources B-) Contract terms C-) Contract requirements D-) Availability of information

D-) Availability of information

During the management of a project to build a high technology radar, you have encountered a serious problem. The state has passed emergency legislation that restricts some functions of the radar device. You need to make sure to start with modification of the radar right away and they need to be submitted before the radars are installed. This is a major change in the scope of the original plan, and it will significantly impact the project schedule and the budget. Considering all of the above, what is the best thing to do first? A-) Submit a change request B-) Change the project management plan to reflect the impact of the changes C-) Do a cost-benefit analysis D-) Call a meeting with the key stakeholders to present this change in requirements and initiate a change request

D-) Call a meeting with the key stakeholders to present this change in requirements and initiate a change request

You place all of your most active project team members in the same meeting room to enhance their ability to perform as a team. This is known as: A-) Ground Rule B-) Dream Team C-) Virtual Team D-) Colocation

D-) Colocation

In your project, you have just conducted a risk data quality assessment to evaluate whether the data you have about risks is useful for risk management. What will be your next step? A-) Perform a structured review of project plans and assumptions B-) Develop checklists to identify risks based on historical information and knowledge that has been accumulated from previous similar projects. C-) Conduct planning meetings to develop the risk management plan. D-) Conduct interviews to quantify the probability and impact of risks on project activities.

D-) Conduct interviews to quantify the probability and impact of risks on project activities.

You are the project manager of a hydroelectric power plant construction project. The government has regulations that you must ensure the neighborhood will not be adversely affected by the construction. For your project, this regulation is considered as a/an: A-) Assumption B-) Ethical Practice C-) Activity D-) Constraint

D-) Constraint

In a project, the customer may not be satisfied with the quality of the delivered product. These failure costs found by the customer are also known as: A-) Quality cost B-) Cost of conformance C-) Change cost D-) Cost of poor quality

D-) Cost of poor quality

The "activity list" is a comprehensive list that includes all scheduled activities required in the project. The activity list is the input to all of the following processes EXCEPT: A-) Sequence Activities B-) Estimate Activity Resources C-) Develop Schedule D-) Define Activities

D-) Define Activities

By performing communication requirements analysis, you are trying to determine the total number of communication channels in your project. Which of the following is correct about the number of communication channels? A-) Directly proportional to the number of stakeholders B-) Cannot be figured as a mathematical expression C-) Inversely proportional to the number of stakeholders D-) Exponentially proportional to the number of stakeholders.

D-) Exponentially proportional to the number of stakeholders.

The customer of a large import-export company makes an urgent call to you and asks for a face to face meeting the next day. At the meeting, he informs you that there are wide-spread political unrests in one of the countries that you are managing projects in and he found out that the situation will deteriorate soon. After assessing the situation, you decide on prioritizing the scope of the project to deliver the most important requirements first. What should you do as a project manager after the meeting in this situation? A-) Tell the client that you will terminate the project B-) Discuss the situation with senior management C-) Continue with the project as if nothing has happened D-) Fast-track critical activities

D-) Fast-track critical activities

Project deliverables, schedules, terms, conditions, payments and many other details of procurement are written in contracts and signed by buyer and seller. The most commonly used contract type is: A-) Time and Material Contracts B-) Cost plus fixed fee contracts C-) Fixed price incentive fee contracts D-) Firm fixed price contracts

D-) Firm fixed price contracts

Which of the following techniques include measuring, examining and validating whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria? A-) Workshops B-) Surveys C-) Expert Judgment D-) Inspection

D-) Inspection

In your project, you are in the process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract. You can use all of the following tools and techniques in this process EXCEPT: A-) Bidder conference B-) Expert judgment C-) Advertising D-) Make-or-buy analysis

D-) Make-or-buy analysis

You monitor and measure the project performance regularly to determine variances from the plan. All of the following processes belong to the monitoring and controlling process group EXCEPT: A-) Validate Scope B-) Monitor Risks C-) Control Quality D-) Manage Quality

D-) Manage Quality

You are managing a software project. Because of the nature of software development, the development activities cannot start before the software design ends. This is an example of: A-) Discretionary Dependency B-) External Dependency C-) Internal Dependency D-) Mandatory Dependency

D-) Mandatory Dependency

You are the project manager of a renewable energy system and the customer is the State of Delaware. In your project, to get the approval of the state management, you have to pay a fee. You should: A-) Reject to pay the fee, because it is a bribe and unethical B-) Share this information with your management and convince them to pay the fee C-) Instead of paying the fee, tell the state officers that you can give gifts D-) Pay the fee to proceed

D-) Pay the fee to proceed

There are five prospective projects on the agenda of your company. Your sponsor has asked you to use the payback period method as a selection criterion to prioritize these projects. All of the following statements related to the payback period are correct EXCEPT: A-) Payback period is the number of years required to get back the initial investment in the project. B-) Payback period is a project selection criterion widely used in conjunction with NPV and IRR to determine the most suitable project. C-) The initial investment in the project will not impact the selection criteria when payback period is used for project selection. D-) Payback period takes the discount rate into account to determine the best possible option.

D-) Payback period takes the discount rate into account to determine the best possible option.

Your colleague Lisa, a junior project manager, is about to complete her project. Her customer requests an additional item to be delivered in the project. What would you recommend Lisa to do next? A-) Deliver the additional requested item, because you will satisfy the customer B-) Deliver the additional requested item, because the customer might not accept the final product C-) Explain the customer that requested additional item does not have a business sense D-) Process the requirement through the integrated change control process

D-) Process the requirement through the integrated change control process

You are managing an analysis project for one of your organization's client in the pharmaceutical industry. You need one research scientist and two business analysts for your project. You are in the process of confirming resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete the project activities. All of the following are the outputs of this process EXCEPT: A-) Project staff assignments B-) Resource calendars C-) Project Management Plan Updates D-) Project Organization Charts

D-) Project Organization Charts

You are working as a Project Manager at Maxim International and you have been repeatedly contacted by the customer to modify the deliverables. These modifications are beyond the scope of the project. You have shared this twice with the Project Manager of the customer that these modifications were specifically clarified during planning that they will not be included in the project scope. But he is insisting that it is included in the original scope of the work. Which document would help you as proof to support your argument? A-) Requirements Documentation B-) WBS C-) WBS Dictionary D-) Project Scope Statement

D-) Project Scope Statement

As a project manager, you are required to produce the project performance reports regularly. Your project`s cost variance is $30,000, the actual cost is $70,000, and the planned value is $80,000. Based on this information, what is SPI and CPI of your project? A-) SPI=0.70; CPI=0.8 B-) SPI=0.8; CPI=0.70 C-) SPI=1.43; CPI=1.25 D-) SPI=1.25; CPI=1.43

D-) SPI=1.25; CPI=1.43

In your project, you are trying to identify and document the relationships among the project activities. This activity belongs to ____________ process. A-) Define Activities B-) Develop Schedule C-) Estimate Activity Resources D-) Sequence Activities

D-) Sequence Activities

You are a project manager in the PerfectPro company, which has a balanced matrix organizational structure. In this context, all of the following are true, EXCEPT: A-) You have a low to moderate level of authority B-) You work full-time in a project C-) Project resources availability is low to moderate D-) You manage the project budget by yourself

D-) You manage the project budget by yourself

You are creating a performance measurement baseline (PMB) for your project. In this context, all of the following statements related to performance measurement baseline (PMB) are correct EXCEPT: A-) PMB is the authorized budget assigned to scheduled work. B-) Sometimes PMB is referred to Total of Earned Value C-) Spending plan can be used as a cost baseline to measure payments D-) At a given moment, PMB provides the physical work that should have been accomplished

Sometimes PMB is referred to Total of Earned Value

You are the project manager of a software project team consisting of two analysts, four software developers and three test engineers. One new test engineer will join the team in two weeks. What will be the number of communication channels after the new test engineer joins the team? A-) 55 B-) 50 C-) 45 D-) 36

A-) 55

There are seven stakeholders in your project, and one more team member will be joining in two weeks. After new team member joins, the number of communication channels will increase by: A-) 7 B-) 9 C-) 11 D-) 13

A-) 7

Ishikawa or fishbone diagrams are useful for identifying the causes of risks. These diagrams are also known as: A-) Cause and effect diagrams B-) System or process flow charts C-) Simulation diagrams D-) Influence diagrams

A-) Cause and effect diagrams

In your project, you decided to use the "expert judgment" technique for a specific topic. Expert judgment can be provided from all of the following EXCEPT: A-) Competitors B-) Other units within the organization C-) Industry groups D-) Subject Matter Experts

A-) Competitors

You are a project manager of a software development project. Your customer mentioned in the contract that the development should be done with a specific programming language and specific version of components. This is an example of: A-) Constraint B-) Risk C-) Assumption D-) Change request

A-) Constraint

Work performance reports are the physical or electronic representation of work performance information compiled in project documents, intended to generate decisions, actions or awareness. All of the following can be used as work performance reports EXCEPT: A-) Control charts B-) Status reports C-) Memos D-) Justifications

A-) Control charts

Project initiation processes are performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining the authorization to start the project. All of the following are performed during the project initiation EXCEPT: A-) Create Project Scope Statement B-) Select Project Manager C-) Stakeholder Identification D-) Develop Project Charter

A-) Create Project Scope Statement

You are managing a software project and you have reached the end of the analysis phase. The next phase of your project is the software development phase. Which of the following should you do FIRST? A-) End of Analysis should be declared as "kill point" to end the analysis phase formally. B-) Start the software development phase. C-) Define the scope that needs to be delivered in the next phase D-) Review the outcomes of the analysis phase and check whether there is any additional work which was not in the initial scope

A-) End of Analysis should be declared as "kill point" to end the analysis phase formally.

While managing a project, the project manager can benefit from the knowledge of subject matter experts, consultants, and professional and technical associations. This is an example of: A-) Expert judgment B-) Organizational process assets C-) Enterprise environmental factors D-) Risk monitoring and control

A-) Expert judgment

Your colleague Wayne, a project manager, completed a mobile app development project. While he was telling his experiences from his project, he mentioned that they delivered an "adjustable screen timeout duration" feature, without a deviation from the plan, although the customer did not require this feature. This feature was not in the scope of the project. He added that the customer was very surprised and happy when they saw this additional feature at the end of the project. Which of the following is correct about this story? A-) Gold plating was done in the project B-) Customer satisfaction increased with an additional feature which they did not expect C-) Change request has been delivered successfully D-) Unnecessary risk has been taken by adding a new feature to product.

A-) Gold plating was done in the project

In your project, you establish clear expectations regarding acceptable behavior by project team members. You believe that early commitment to clear guidelines will decrease the misunderstanding and increase productivity. These expectations and guidelines are also known as: A-) Ground rules B-) Code of conduct C-) Communication rules D-) Team base rules

A-) Ground rules

In your project, during the estimate activity durations process, you realize that ● if you assign a particular screen to only one developer, the screen can be developed in 10 days. ● If you assign a particular screen to two developers, the screen can be developed in 7 days. ● If you assign a particular screen to three developers, the screen can be developed in 5 days. This is an example of: A-) Law of diminishing returns B-) Parkinson Law C-) Brook's Law D-) Expert judgment

A-) Law of diminishing returns

In your project, you are in the plan resource management process. All of the following affect this process as enterprise environmental factors EXCEPT: A-) Lessons learned documentation B-) Organizational culture and structure C-) Geographical dispersion of team members D-) Marketplace conditions

A-) Lessons learned documentation

You have joined a project team and found out that there are some serious issues related to risk management. You have found out that the team members are following an unreasonable scale to assign risks as Low, Medium, and High. You have checked multiple risk-related documents made in planning. Finally, you have found a document that says that if a risk is having a 6-month delaying impact on the project, it would still be rated as low risk. This rule has led to many problems in execution. In which process was this rule made? A-) Risk Management Plan B-) Risk Register C-) Risk Report D-) Final Report

A-) Risk Management Plan

You are performing the Identify Stakeholders Process of your project. All of the following are Enterprise Environmental Factors that can influence the Identify Stakeholders Process EXCEPT: A-) Stakeholder register templates B-) Organizational culture and structure C-) Governmental or industry standards D-) Global, regional or local trends, and practices or habits.

A-) Stakeholder register templates

All the following statements related to "project management team" and "project team" are correct EXCEPT: A-) The project team is responsible for activities like planning, executing, and closing. B-) The project management team can be called as core, executive, or leadership team. C-) The project management team is part of the project team as well. D-) In a small project, project management responsibilities can be shared by the team members instead of a project manager.

A-) The project team is responsible for activities like planning, executing, and closing.

You have recently taken over a project from another project manager who resigned from your company. You realize that the project's SPI is 0.9, and CPI is 0.8. Senior management is not aware of the project status. In this context, what should you do FIRST? A-) Update the management about the status, and report them that project is behind schedule and over budget. B-) Tell your management that you cannot continue with this project. C-) Ask for extra budget to crash the project. D-) Fast-track the project.

A-) Update the management about the status, and report them that project is behind schedule and over budget.

A plastic waste recycling project has been accomplished and helped the company to reduce the costs. The cost-saving has been succeeded by adding a new step to recycling steps which was received as a change request during the project. This new step was implemented as a/an: A-) Value-adding change B-) Gold plating for satisfying the customer C-) Risk response D-) Contingency or workaround plan

A-) Value-adding change

Your company decided to develop a new cell phone model. They have compared their current cell phone's features with the competitors' features. Then, they identified the best practices of their current cell phone and found new ideas for improvement. Your company used the following method to make a decision: A-) Prototypes B-) Benchmarking C-) Questionnaires and surveys D-) Requirement documentation

B-) Benchmarking

You are trying to establish a cost performance baseline for your project in Determine Budget Process. You can use the following tools and techniques EXCEPT: A-) Cost aggregation B-) Bottom-up estimating C-) Expert judgment D-) Historical relationships

B-) Bottom-up estimating

You are managing a project which has a tight deadline and your deliverables should be ready within 3 months. The procurement process will take time thus you decide to sign a contract with a supplier that your company has worked before. You accept the following risk: A-) Possibility of scope creep B-) Capability of the supplier in delivering the required material C-) Collusion between the supplier and your company D-) Not having a legal contract

B-) Capability of the supplier in delivering the required material

There are several types of PMO structures in organizations. Each type of PMO structure has varying degrees of control and influence on the projects of the organization. All of the following are types of PMO structures in organizations EXCEPT: A-) Supportive B-) Consulting C-) Controlling D-) Directive

B-) Consulting

You are working in an information technology company. All big projects go through Initiation, Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, and Closure steps in your organization and each of these steps called as phase. Thus, a project life cycle: A-) Defines the product life cycle B-) Defines the project phases C-) Contains more than one product life cycle D-) Has deliverables that must be completed before the start date of the next phase

B-) Defines the project phases

You are carefully performing risk management for your project. But, there are still some risks that may happen in the future. You can handle these risks if you: A-) Plan Risk Responses B-) Monitor Risks C-) Identify Risks D-) Plan Risk Management

B-) Monitor Risks

Your company is using ISO 9000 standards for meeting quality requirements in produced products. All of the following about the quality are correct EXCEPT: A-) Process analysis follows the steps outlined in the process improvement plan B-) Objective of a quality audit is to compare the project deliverables against the product requirements as defined in the WBS. C-) Control quality is the process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes D-) Quality management plan describes how the organization`s quality policies will be implemented.

B-) Objective of a quality audit is to compare the project deliverables against the product requirements as defined in the WBS.

The customer has requested a new feature that will bring extra cost and new risks to the project. Besides, this change will also require two more resources to be acquired for the team. The project manager should rely on ________ to manage the changes that will happen during the project. A-) Change Control Board B-) Perform Integrated Change Control C-) Change Requests D-) Changes on Project Plans

B-) Perform Integrated Change Control

All of the following are hygiene factors according to Herzberg's Theory EXCEPT: A-) Salary B-) Professional Growth C-) Security D-) Relationships at work

B-) Professional Growth

During the meetings with your customer, you have agreed that the functional testing of your project will be executed by customer's test engineers. In your project scope statement, you explicitly define that the functional testing is out of scope for this project. This is an example of: A-) Constraint B-) Project exclusion C-) Assumption D-) Acceptance Criteria

B-) Project exclusion

You are working as a project manager in a company. You have the highest degree of authority, you are working full-time for your project and you manage the budget of the project. What is the organizational structure of your company? A-) Strong Matrix B-) Projectized C-) Functional D-) Balanced Matrix

B-) Projectized

You are the project manager of a new hand cream development project. In the scope of the project, there is a "survey of the target audience requirement". You decided to use a statistical sampling method to avoid the probable problems of surveying the entire population. All of the following are disadvantages of surveying the entire population EXCEPT: A-) Very expensive B-) Provides inaccurate data C-) Takes longer time D-) Needs more resources

B-) Provides inaccurate data

Your project is in a bad shape and you need to identify how your department can take corrective actions to achieve the project quality expectations. This will help you achieve the required process and product improvements. Which document will help you the most in this situation? A-) Risk Register B-) Quality Report C-) Quality Management Plan D-) Final Report

B-) Quality Report

You are in the Close Project process of your project. Which of the following should you do LAST? A-) Final product, service or result transition B-) Releasing project resources C-) Organizational process assets updates D-) Accepting deliverables

B-) Releasing project resources

You are managing an Agile software project. Previously, you had managed only non-Agile projects. Which type of meetings would you find to be unique for your current project compared to your earlier projects? A-) Design meetings B-) Retrospective meetings C-) Quality review meetings D-) Vendor performance review meetings

B-) Retrospective meetings

You are working in "Money Talks" Finance Company. Your Company started a new portfolio which has three projects and two programs. Due to time constraint, the portfolio manager decided to subcontract one of the projects to a vendor and asked you to help in finding suitable vendors for this project. Thus, you have determined the technical criteria to evaluate the vendors which is also known as _____________. A-) Project statement of work B-) Source selection criteria C-) Constraint D-) Risk

B-) Source selection criteria

All of the following are tools and techniques that can be used in the Identify Stakeholders process EXCEPT: A-) Expert Judgment B-) Stakeholder Register C-) Meetings D-) Stakeholder Analysis

B-) Stakeholder Register

The following provides information on a particular task in your project: ● Early Start (ES): 15 days ● Late Start (LS): 22 days ● Early Finish (EF): 43 days ● Late Finish (LF): 50 days. In this context, which of the following is TRUE? A-) The task is on the critical path B-) The task is not on the critical path C-) The project float is 5 days. D-) The project might get behind schedule.

B-) The task is not on the critical path

As a project manager, you are depending on effective working relationships and connections with colleagues or other partners to plan your work and make progress in it. To make this happen, you also employ some collaboration tools in your work. Which type of organization are you working in? A-) Functional organization B-) Virtual organization C-) Organic organization D-) Matrix organization

B-) Virtual organization

You are a project manager in a telecommunication company. During a new product development project, you use the quality function deployment (QFD) technique to determine the characteristics of the new product. As the first step of QFD, you start by collecting customer needs, which is also known as: A-) Quality Function Startup B-) Voice of the customer C-) Joint-Venture Development D-) Project initiation

B-) Voice of the customer

The business representative for your lean team hasn't been available for a few weeks due to a crisis in a foreign subsidiary. Fortunately, the team has a good sense of the backlog priorities and has been able to continue making progress in her absence. However, there are now two work packages that haven't been approved yet--and at the end of this week, there will be three. The team can keep going for a while, but the longer they have to wait for feedback and approval the more likely it is that they will get off track. What is this an example of? A-) Iterative development B-) Waste C-) Pull system D-) Task switching

B-) Waste

You took over a project from a resigning project manager in your company. After talking with the team, you noticed that some features have been added to the deliverables although the customer did not request. In this context: A-) You are happy because customer will be satisfied B-) You are concerned because the project team is gold-plating C-) You are worried because this will bring extra cost to project D-) You are worried because this will cause delays in project

B-) You are concerned because the project team is gold-plating

The project scope statement includes a description of the project scope. Project scope statement also includes: A-) Scope Baseline B-) Assumptions C-) WBS D-) WBS Dictionary

B-) Assumptions

There have been several changes in your project and these changes invalidated your initial cost and schedule estimates. What is the estimate at completion (EAC) for your project based on the following parameters? BAC = $ 360,000 AC = $ 120,000 EV = $ 180,000 CPI = 1.2 ETC = $ 145,000 A-) $ 300,000 B-) $ 265,000 C-) $ 325,000 D-) $ 360,000

B-) $ 265,000

In your project, you are estimating the cost and duration of the project activities. You asked a team member the duration estimation for an activity and he provided the following: ● Most Likely Duration: 7 days ● Optimistic Duration: 5 days ● Pessimistic Duration: 15 days. Using the PERT analysis technique, what will be the duration estimation of this activity? A-) 7 days B-) 8 days C-) 9 days D-) 12 days

B-) 8 days

Your project manager colleague David shared the following information about his project's stakeholders. On which statement David is NOT correct? A-) "My project has several stakeholders from varying levels of responsibility and authority." B-) "Operation manager Linda is always negative in meetings thus I will ignore her to complete the project successfully." C-) "Key stakeholders of my project are operations management, project manager, project team, customers and sponsor" D-) "Business Manager's requirements conflict with Operations Manager's requirements and it is difficult to manage these stakeholder's expectations"

B-) "Operation manager Linda is always negative in meetings thus I will ignore her to complete the project successfully."

As a project manager, you watch your team every minute because your team consists of people avoiding responsibility and work. You believe in A-) Theory Y (McGregor Model) B-) Theory X (McGregor Model) C-) Herzberg's Theory D-) Referent Power

Theory X (McGregor Model)