CAPM
Which statement describes agile/adaptive environments?
Last time is spent trying to define and agree on scope, and more time is spent establishing the process for his ongoing discovery
Which of the following depicts the three key skill sets in the PMI talent triangle?
Leader ship, strategic and business management, and technical project management
What is a tool and technique of the develop schedule process?
Leads and lags
Which of the following are primary benefits of meeting quality requirements?
Less rework and lower cost
What are the primary benefits of meeting quality requirements when using cost-benefit analysis in the plan quality management process?
Less rework, higher productivity, lower cost, increased stakeholder satisfaction and increased probability
What are some key benefits of the close project or phase process?
Lessons learned and the release of organizational resources
Which document is used to improve the performance of the project and avoid repeating mistakes?
Lessons learned register
All of the following project documents are inputs to close project or phase except:
Lessons learned register, risk register, and stakeholder register
Configuration management and issue defect management data are examples of which of the following?
Organizational knowledge repositories
Configuration management and issued effective management data are examples of which of the following?
Organizational knowledge repositories.
The interaction of the various system components creates the organizational culture and capabilities that are important for the project which role is typically responsible for establishing the system?
Organizations management
Which of the following are inputs to the define activities process of project schedule management?
Schedule management plan, enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets
Inputs to the define activities process are:
Schedule management plan, scope baseline, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
What is an input to the estimate costs process?
Scope baseline
What is an output of the create WBS process?
Scope baseline
Which of the following is an input to the sequence activities process?
Scope baseline
Which of the following is an input to the plan schedule management process?
Scope management plan
Which of the following plans can be formal or informal, broadly framed or highly detailed, based on the needs of the project?
Scope management plan
Parametric estimating involves:
Using a statistical relationship between relevant historical data and other variables to calculate a cost estimate for project work
Which of the following is the definition of a project?
A temporary endeavor undertaking to create a unique product service or result.
How many project management process belong to the closing process group?
1
How many project management process belong to the executing process group?
10
An activity in a network has the following characteristics: ES = 12 weeks, EF = 22 weeks, and LS = 14 weeks. The duration of the activity is:
10.0 weeks
How many project management processes belong to the monitoring and controlling process group?
12
An activity's expected duration (TE) is 30 days, it's most likely duration ( TM) is 30 days, and is pessimistic duration (TP) is 45 days. Using three point estimating, how many days is the optimistic duration (TO)?
15
How many project management processes belong to the planning process group?
24
Using the data below, assuming that all future work will be performed at the budgeted rate, the estimate at completion (EAC) is: BAC = 200 PV = 100 AC = 120 EV = 80
240
Project management leader ship and walls focusing the efforts of a group of people toward which of the following?
A common goal, enabling them to work as a team
Which is the following definition of a RACI chart?
A common type of responsibility assignment matrix to define the involvement of stakeholders in project activities
A change control board ( CCB) is:
A formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, deferring, or rejecting changes to the project, and for recording and communicating such decisions
What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
A hierarchical the composition of the total scope of work to be carried out to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables
What do affinity diagrams allow to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
A large numbers of ideas
Which of the following best describes benchmarking?
A process that involves comparing actual or planned project practices to those of comparable projects
What is the best definition of the variance at completion (VAC)?
A projection of the amount of budget deficit or surplus expressed as the difference between the budget at completion and the estimate at completion
What is the best definition of the variance at competition (VAC)?
A projection of the amount of budget deficit or surplus, expressed as the difference between the budget at completion and the estimate at completion
Which of the following represents the best definition for resource leveling?
A resource optimization technique in which adjustments are made to the project schedule to optimize the allocation of resources and which may affect critical
The project schedule is a result of the project management team selecting and creating which of the following?
A scheduling method, project is pacific data, and a schedule module
Which of the following is the best definition of a quality audit?
A structured, independent process to determine if project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures
The precedence diagraming method (PDM) is:
A technique on which activities are graphically linked by logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are to be performed
All of the following are inputs to manage project knowledge except:
Knowledge management
Which of the following is true about the validate school process?
It is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
Which of the following represents the processes concerned with establishing and controlling the cost baseline?
Estimate costs, develop budget, and adhere to baseline Determine budget and control costs
Which of the following tasks are involved in project cost management?
Estimating, budgeting, and financing
Which of the following should be considered when tailoring processes for project cost management?
Estimating, budgeting, and governance
Which of the following are estimated for resources that are applied to the cost estimate?
Labor, materials, and equipment
The detailed project scope statement includes which of the following?
Acceptance criteria
Which of the following are deliverables that are formally signed off and approved by the authorized stakeholder?
Accepted deliverables
Which of the following is an output for the validate scope process?
Accepted deliverables
Which of the following is not an output of the control scope process?
Accepted deliverables
General techniques for resolving conflict include:
Accommodate, smooth
Tools and techniques to acquire resources include all of the following except:
Acquisition
When using earned value management, the performance measurement baseline is compared to what result to determine if a change, correct of action, or preventive action is necessary?
Actual results
What is an input to the develop project charter process?
Agreements
What is the purpose of the initiating progress group?
Align the stakeholders expectations and the project purpose, inform stakeholders of the scope and objectives, and discuss how their participation and the project and its associated phases can help to ensure the expectations are met
Project cost control includes all of the following except:
Allocating the overall estimates to individual work packages to establish a cost baseline
Which of the following is a tool and technique to the plan schedule management process?
Alternative analysis
What is a tool and technique of plan scope management?
Alternatives analysis
Three point estimating uses:
And optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely estimate to calculate the estimate
Which of the following are types of project manager leadership styles?
Laissez-faire and charismatic
All of the following are characteristics of the project charter except:
It is used primarily to request bids for a project or a specific phase of a project
Each of the following is true of project schedule management except:
It may require project managers to be familiar with sampling, including attribute sampling and variable sampling
You are involved in collecting requirements for your project. You are likely to use the stakeholder register for all of the following except:
Evaluating the product breakdown structure (PBS) associated with each of the key stakeholders
What tool or technique is used in the develop project management plan process?
Expert judgment
What is the key benefit of creating the work breakdown structure ( WBS)?
It provides a framework for what has to be delivered
All of the following are external environmental factors except:
Organization values and principles.
All of the following are true about conflict management except:
It should be addressed only when it becomes disruptive and at an official team meeting
The cost performance baseline has all of the following characteristics except:
It shows the actual cost expenditures throughout the project lifecycle
Which of the following are processes, policies, and procedures for conducting project work during executing, monitoring, and controlling?
Issue and defect management procedures, and change control procedures.
All of the following are true about the project scope statement except:
It is an output of the validate scope process
Using the data below, which item is most over budget? Item PV AC EV 1 10,000 11,000 10,000 2 9000 8000 7000 3 8000 8000 8000 4 7000 7000 5000
Item 4
Which of the following is an adaptive project life cycle in which the deliverable matures through a series of repeating cycles?
Iterative lifecycle
Which of the following is an input to control quality?
Approved change request
Which of the following are used to describe the scope baseline?
Approved version of the scope statement, work breakdown structure ( WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary
How is the cost baseline developed?
As a summation of the approved budgets for the different schedule activities
Dawn is a project manager in a successful product launch in Silicon Valley. She often comes across factors in the planning process that are considered to be true, real, or certain, without proof or demonstration. These are called:
Assumptions
What are factors in a planning process that are considered to be true, Rell, or certain, without proof or demonstration?
Assumptions
Which of the following is a structured independent process used to determine if project activities comply with organizational and project policies, and procedures?
Audits
Which of the following are personality characteristics or traits?
Authentic, courteous, and emotional
Which of the following are techniques for resolving conflict?
Avoid, accommodate, reconcile, direct, and problem solve
Which project schedule model displays start and end dates, as well as expected durations?
Bar charts
For projects, what is the supporting documentation that can be used to support the details use in establishing project estimates and may include assumptions, constraints, level of detail, ranges, and confidence levels?
Basis of estimates
What is an output of the estimate costs process?
Basis of estimates
Which of the following involves comparing actual or planned project practices to those of comparable projects to identify best practices, generate ideas for improvement , and provide a basis for measuring performance?
Benchmarking
Requirement- related activities are the responsibility of which role within the project scope management knowledge area?
Business analyst
Agile scope planning is especially useful when:
Business requirements are not stable
Project managers spend the majority of the time communicating with team members and other project stakeholders. To communicate effectively, the project manager should generally perform all of the following except:
Calculating the potential number of communication channels accurately
The cost management plan has all of the following characteristics except?
It is based on project cost estimates and is separate from the project management plan
What output is part of the control scope process?
Change request
Which of the following is an output of the control scope process?
Change request
Which of the following is an output to the define activities process?
Change request
The completed deliverables that have not been formally excepted or documented, along with the reasons for non-acceptance of those deliverables. Those deliverables may require what?
Change request for defect repair
Which of the following project management processes belongs to the closing process group?
Close project or phase
Which of the following activities are necessary for the administrative closure of the project or phase?
Collecting any suggestions for improving or updating the policies and procedures of the organization and sending them to the appropriate organizational unit
Customer satisfaction requires a combination of which of the following?
Combination of conformance to requirements and fitness for use
To communicate effectively, the project manager should do which of the following?
Communicate predictably and consistently
Benchmarking involves comparing actual or planned project practices to those of comparable projects with all of the following characteristics except:
Comparing practices only within the same application area
Which of the following are examples of tacit knowledge?
Competence
Personality refers to the end of visual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Which of the following are the least in appropriate characteristic for project managers?
Complexity, courteous, intellectual, cultural, and managerial
The following are all key differences between management and leadership except:
Concentrate on project activities versus emphasis on results.
Communication activities have many potential dimensions that generally include all of the following except:
Conceptual and definitive
Complexity exhibit all of the following characteristics except:
Containing high risk parts
Time or money allocated in the schedule or cost baseline for known risk with active response strategies is:
Contingency reserve
What is calculated using a percentage of the estimated activity duration, or a fixed number of work periods?
Contingency reserve
As a project manager which of the following is your responsibility as part of the monitoring and controlling process group?
Continuously monitor the work being completed
Which of the following is the process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule and manage changes to the schedule?
Control schedule
What tool or technique is used in the monitor and control project work process?
Data analysis
Which of the following are tools and techniques of the control scope process?
Data analysis
Which of the following is a tool and technique of the perform integrated change control process?
Data analysis
Which of the following is the largest part among the four of the project managers role?
Dealing with people
Which of the following tools and techniques used in the acquire resources process?
Decision making
All of the following are true about the project scope management plan except:
It is not related to the project management plan
All of the following are inputs to the control schedule process, except?
Cost baseline
What describes the approved version of the time phase project budget, excluding any management reserves, which can be changed only through formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results?
Cost baseline
Which of the following most accurately describes the quantitative assessments of the probable cost required to complete project work, as well as contingency amounts to account for identified risks and management reserves to cover unplanned work?
Cost estimates
Subsidiary management plan components include scope management plan and which of the following?
Cost management plan
Which of the following outputs is generated as a result of conducting the plan cost management process?
Cost management plan
Which of the following includes all costs incurred over the life of the product by investment in preventing nonconformance to requirements, appraisal of the product or service for conformance to requirements, and Ferrier to meet requirements?
Cost of quality (COQ)
Training has all of the following characteristics except:
Costs associated with training should never be included in the project budget as added skills will be used beyond one project
Which of the following describes a schedule compression technique used to shorten the schedule duration for the least incremental cost by adding resources?
Crashing
Any activity on the critical path in a project schedule describes which of the following:
Critical path activity
Understanding, evaluating, defining, and managing requirements are essential to satisfying:
Customer expectations
What task should be part of the scope management plan?
Define a strategy for handling scope change request and create a work breakdown structure (WBS)
Which of the following is the process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables?
Define activities
What is a key benefit of the planning process group?
Defines the course of action to successfully complete the project or phase
In the define activities process, what does decomposition accomplish?
Defines the outputs as activities rather than deliverables
What is an output of the direct and manage project work process?
Deliverables
When managing a global project, you are likely to consult the WBS dictionary to find:
Detail deliverable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS
The main purpose of control charts is to:
Determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance
Which of the following describes project tailoring?
Determining the appropriate combination of processes, inputs, tools, techniques, outputs, and lifecycle phases to manage a project
Which of the following best describes the collect requirements process?
Determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet objectives
Which of the following processes included in project integration management?
Develop project charter
Which two project management processes belong to the initiating process group?
Develop project charter and identify stakeholders
Which of the following is the process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule module for project execution and monitoring and controlling?
Develop schedule
What does the develop project charter process entail?
Developing a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides The project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities
Which of the following best describes the first part of project communications management?
Developing a strategy to ensure communication is effective for stakeholders
What process involves leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approve changes to achieve the projects objective?
Direct and manage project work
Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the monitoring and controlling process group?
Direct and manage project work
Which of the following describes a key difference between management and leadership?
Directing versus influencing
Which of the following are sources of information typically used to identify and define project communication requirements?
Disciplines, departments, and specialties involved in the project
In earned value management, the cost variance is equal to:
EV minus AC
Which of the following is true about the WBS:
Each descending level of the WBS represents an increasingly detailed definition of the project work
Why is project tailoring necessary?
Each project is unique
The critical path is established by calculating the following dates:
Early start, early finish, late start, late finish
To be effective, recognition and rewards systems should have the following characteristics except:
Ensure that the required performance for the rewards is unachievable for most team members so that all team members strive for excellence
What is the purpose of a preventive action change request?
Ensure the future performance of the project work is aligned with the project management plan
Which of the following describes why a responsible, accountable, consult, and inform (RACI) chart is a useful tool?
Ensures a clear assignment of roles and responsibilities when the team consists of internal and external resources
Which of the following is least likely to be a project manager role?
Ensuring that organizations are operationally align with financial objectives
What is an input to the develop project management plan process?
Enterprise environmental factors (EEFs)
Determining the appropriate monetary resources required to complete project activities is the purpose of what project cost management process?
Estimate costs
Which of the following are close project and phase tools and techniques:
Expert judgment, data analysis, and meetings
All of the following are primary benefits of meeting quality requirements:
Fewer change orders
Which of the following is the most commonly used type of precedence relationship when using the precedence diagramming method (PDM)
Finish to start (FS)
Which of the following are dimensions of communication activities?
Formal and informal
Team development stages include:
Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
Which of the following resources ensure that the project receives the best resources possible in the required time frame and until their responsibilities are complete?
Functional managers
Which of the following is least likely to be within the project manager sphere of influence?
Government
Which of the following best defines the cost management plan?
How costs will be planned, structured, and control
The configuration management plan describes:
How information about the items of the project and which items will be recorded and updated so that the results of the project remain consistent
Which of the following describes the scope management plan?
How the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated
Outputs from the estimate activity resources process include which of the following?
Identification of the types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package
Which of the following lists the steps in order used to resolve resource-related problems?
Identified, define, investigate, analyze, solve, check
What is the purpose of the standard for project management?
Identifies the processes that are considered good practices on most projects, most of the time
What is the main purpose of the stakeholder register?
Identify stakeholder who can provide information on the requirements
Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the planning process group?
Identify stakeholders
The responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) is :
Illustrates the connections between work packages or activities and project team members. It ensures that there is only one person accountable for each
Effective team development strategies and activities are expected to increase the team's performance, which increases the likelihood of meeting project objectives. The evaluation of a team's effectiveness may include all of the following except:
Improvements in the overall project performance as a result of increased intensity of conflict among project team members
Which of the following are examples of internal and external enterprise environmental factors?
Information technology software and marketplace conditions.
Which of the following is a tool or technique for the validate scope process?
Inspection
Which of the following are not components of a cultural personality trait:
Intelligence
What tool or technique is used to obtain information from stakeholders by speaking with them directly?
Interviews
As one of the tools and techniques of the sequence activities process, a lead:
Is the amount of time whereby a successor activity can be started before the previous activity is completed
The control schedule process for a project:
Is the process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project schedule and managing changes to the schedule baseline
Project cost management includes all of the following processes except:
Level resources
Which of the following are considerations for tailoring for project schedule management?
Lifecycle approach, resource availability, and project dimensions
All of the following are potential information and organizational knowledge repositories except:
List of employees.
Your earned value management analysis indicates that your project is falling behind its baseline schedule. You know this because the cumulative EV is much:
Lower than the cumulative PV
Which of the following is contained in the project scope statement?
Major deliverables
Leveraging prior knowledge to improve outcomes in making knowledge created available for future projects is a key benefit of which of the following project integration management processes?
Manage project knowledge
The process of implementing a set of planned and systematic acts and processes defined within the project's quality management plan is:
Manage quality
Which of the following is the process of translating the quality management plan into executable quality activities that incorporate the organization's quality policies into the project?
Manage quality
Which of the following project resource management processes best defines the process of tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing team changes to optimize project performance?
Manage team
The interaction of multiple factors within an individual organization creates a unique system that impacts the project operating in that system. Which of the following are system factors?
Management elements, governance frameworks, organizational structure types
The PMBOK guide is the standard for:
Managing most projects most of the time
A relationship that is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work best describes which of the following?
Mandatory dependency
Project management processes:
May be overlapping activities that occur throughout the project
Project quality management includes the processes for incorporating the organization's quality policy regarding planning, managing, and controlling project and product quality requirements in order to:
Meet stakeholders objectives
Which of the following is a tool and technique of the plan cost management process?
Meetings
Assumption logs and issue logs are inputs to which project integration management process?
Monitor and control project work
Updates to project documents such as schedule and cost forecasts, work performance reports and the issue log are outputs of what process?
Monitor and control project work
What process involves tracking, reviewing, and reporting project process against the define performance objectives in the project management plan?
Monitor and control project work
Which of the following is the process of ensuring the information needs of the project and its stakeholders are met?
Monitor communications
Project managers exhibit different leadership styles. Each of the following is a common leadership style except?
Motivational
When tailoring processes for project resource management, you should consider all of these except:
Number of team members
Unplanned training takes place as a result of which of the following?
Observation and conversation
Cost of quality includes all of the following except:
Operating computers required for the project
The following are all key competencies of a project manager except:
Operational management
Organizational process assets ( OPAs)Influence the management of projects. Which of the following best describes the port in categories of OPAs?
Organization knowledge bases, processes, policies, and procedures.
The interaction of the various system components create an organizational culture and capabilities that are important for the project. Which role is typically responsible for establishing the system?
Organizations management.
The interaction of the various system components create the organizational culture and capabilities that are important for the project. Which role is typically responsible for establishing the system?
Organizations management.
The interaction of the various system components creates the organizational culture and capabilities that are important for the project. Which role is typically responsible for establishing the system?
Organizations management.
Inputs to control quality include all of the following except:
PERT chart
The project charter establishes a partnership between which organizations?
Performing and requesting
The "fast tracking" method of schedule compression involves:
Performing in parallel for a portion of their duration activities or phases that are normally done in sequence may result in rework and increased risk
When does the control resources process typically take place in the project lifecycle?
Periodically throughout the project as needed
What is the key benefit of the closing process group?
Phases, projects, and contracts are closed out approximately
Which of the following is a tailoring consideration for project resource management?
Physical location
Which of the following best describes the process of developing an appropriate approach and plan for project communications activities based on the information needs of each stakeholder or group, available organizational assets, and the needs of the project?
Plan communications management
The major processes of project communications management are:
Plan communications management, manage communications, and monitor communications
The basis for continuous quality improvement is the:
Plan do check act (PDCA) cycle
Which of the following processes provides guidance and direction on how quality will be managed and verified throughout the project?
Plan quality management
Which of the following is the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule?
Plan schedule management
During which time are team members' commitments to the project strengthened?
Planning
The major processes of project resource management are:
Plant resource management, estimate activity resources, acquire resources, develop team, manage team, and control resources
Acquire resources is the process of confirming resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities. The enterprise environmental factors that can influence this process generally include all of the following except:
Political philosophy
Your job responsibility is to align components (Projects, programs, or related operations) to the organizational strategy, organize into portfolio or subsidiary portfolios to optimize project or program and objectives, dependencies, costs, timeliness, benefits, resources, and risks. This is known as:
Portfolio management.
Leader ship and management are ultimately about being able to get things done, and power please an important part. Which of the following best describes the various forms of power?
Positional, personnel, relational, guilt-based, informational, and expertise
What is used to construct a schedule model in which activities are represented by nodes and graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the performance sequence?
Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
What type of projects use an approved version of the project scope statement, work breakdown structure ( WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary as the scope baseline for the project?
Predictive projects
Change requests are processed for review and disposition through the perform integrated change control process and may include which of the following types of change activities?
Prevention action
What change request is an intentional activity that ensures that the future performance of project work aligns with the project management plan?
Prevention action
Project integration management includes all of the following concepts except:
Prevention is preferred over inspection. It is better to design quality into deliverables, rather than to find quality issues during inspection
The cost of quality associated with a project consists of one or more of which of the following costs?
Prevention, appraisal, and failure costs
What is the key benefit of managing project knowledge?
Prior knowledge is leveraged to improve outcomes and knowledge created is available to support future projects.
Project scope management includes which of the following?
Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully
Which of the following is an output to the plan schedule management process?
Schedule management plan
Which of the following are processes, policies and procedures for conducting project work during initiation and planning?
Product and project life cycles, preapproved supplier list and various types of contractual agreements.
Completion of the product scope is measured against which of the following?
Product requirements
Control scope is the process of monitoring the status of the project and which of the following?
Product scope and changes to the scope baseline
The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information and more accurate estimates become available is called:
Progressive elaboration
An input to the Define Scope process is:
Project charter
An input to the defined scope process is:
Project charter
Which of the following inputs is referenced in the plan cost management process?
Project charter
Which of the following are inputs to close project or phase?
Project charter, excepted deliverables, and organizational process assets (OPAs)
The organizations processes and procedures for conducting project work during executing, monitoring, and controlling include all of the following except:
Project closing guidelines.
When tailoring processes for project quality management, you should consider all of these except:
Project complexity, uncertainty, and product novelty
What input to the manage quality process may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a configuration management system?
Project documents
What input to the plan quality management process includes assumption log, requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix, risk register, and stakeholder register?
Project documents
Which of the following can be used as an input in the direct and manage project work process?
Project documents
Which of the following describes test and evaluation documents:
Project documents that describe the activities used to determine if the product meets the quality objectives stated in the quality management plan
Which of the following is an output in the determine budget process?
Project funding requirements
Project quality management includes all of the following except:
Project life cycles range along a continuum from predictive to adaptive or agile
Which of the following are tailoring considerations for a project integration management?
Project lifecycle
Which of the following is a tool and technique of the direct and manage project work process?
Project management information system (PMIS)
The quality management plan is a component of the____________, which describes how the organization's quality policies will be implemented.
Project management plan
The project lifecycle is managed by executing a series of project management activities. These activities are known as:
Project management processes
Projects operate within the constraints imposed by the organization through their structure and governance framework. The system factors include all of the following except:
Project management processes.
Within the project integration management knowledge area, who is responsible for combining the results in all other knowledge areas and has the overall view of the project?
Project manager
Within the project scope management knowledge area, who is responsible for ensuring that requirements related work is accounted for in the project management plan and that requirements related activities are performed on time and within budget and deliver value?
Project manager
Which of the following is the least likely project consideration regarding tailoring?
Project managers skills and competency
What is the key benefit of the monitoring and controlling process group?
Project performance is measured and analyzed at regular intervals, appropriate events, or when exception conditions occur in order to identify and correct variances from the project management plan
Which of the following is an output to the sequence activities process?
Project schedule network diagram
An output of the Define Scope process is:
Project scope statement
In predictive projects, the scope baseline for the project is the approved version of which document?
Project scope statement
Which of the following allows stakeholders to experiment with a model of the final product rather than being limited to discussing abstract representations of their requirements?
Prototypes
Which of the following is not a good strategy for project managers regarding recognition and reward?
Provide recognition once the project acquires resources
Motivating involves creating an environment to meet project objectives while providing satisfaction related to what people value most. All of the following are reasons of motivation except:
Providing accurate criticism in the annual performance review or after the project is completed
Quality and grade are not the same. A fundamental distinction is that:
Quality is the degree a set of inherent characteristics fulfills the requirements; grade is a category of deliverables having the same functional use but different technical characteristics
What is an input plan scope management?
Quality management plan
What quality control tool may be used to gather data about customer satisfaction after the deployment of the product or service?
Questionnaires and surveys
Which of the following are examples of explicit knowledge?
Records
Which of the following are forms of power?
Reference, situational, and expert
What is the best description of optimal cost of quality (COQ)?
Reflects the appropriate balance for investing in the cost of prevention and appraisal to avoid failure costs
All of the following are data analysis techniques used in project closeout except:
Regression analysis, used to determine which individual project risk or other sources of uncertainty have the most potential impact on project outcomes
Which of the following are the basis for performing the validation and for final acceptance of the deliverables by the customer or sponsor?
Requirements documentation or the scope baseline as well as work performance data from the other processes
What is an output of plan scope management?
Requirements management plan
Which of the following links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them?
Requirements traceability matrix
Which of the following is a tool or technique for the determined budget process?
Reserve analysis
All of the following are inputs to the estimate activity resources process except:
Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
Which of the following is an output of the estimate activity resources process?
Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
Project communications management includes all of the following except:
Resource management is concentrated on allocating and utilizing the physical resources needed for successful completion of the project in and efficient and effective way
Which output of plan resource management provides guidance on how team resources should be defined, staffed, managed and eventually released?
Resource management plan
The types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package are included in which of the following?
Resource requirements
What is an input to the estimate costs process?
Risk register
Which of the following contains information on threats and opportunities that may impact resource planning?
Risk register
Which of the following is an iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while the work in the future is planned at a higher level?
Rolling wave planning
Within conflict management, which of the following are sources of conflict?
Scarce resources, scheduling priorities, and personal work styles
Which of the following is a toe and technique to the control schedule process?
Schedule compression
Which of the following is an output to the control schedule process?
Schedule forecasts
Where are the project schedule management processes and their associated tools and techniques documented?
Schedule management plan
Which of the following are examples of subsidiary management plan components in the project management plan?
Scope management plan and quality management plan
As the project manager, which of the following is not your responsibility as part of the process group?
Sign off on all legal agreements and documents
Because of the temporary nature of and the potential benefits that may be derived from reducing the post project cost of quality,____________may choose to invest in product quality improvement, especially in the areas of prevention and appraisal.
Sponsoring organizations
Which of the following is a tailoring consideration for project scope management?
Stability of requirements
Which of the following are considerations for tailoring in project quality management?
Stakeholder engagement and policy compliance and auditing
All of the following are considerations for tailoring in project quality management except:
Stakeholder management
Whose objectives does the project quality management aim to meet?
Stakeholders
Which of the following are key elements of the benefits management plan?
Strategic alignment, assumptions, and risks
Which of the following are types of project management office (PMO) structures?
Supportive, controlling, and directive.
The three dimensions of complexity are defined as which of the following?
System behavior, human behavior, ambiguity
Which of the following interpersonal and team skills describes conducting activities that enhance the team's social relations and build a collaborative and cooperative working environment?
Team building
In agile/adaptive environments, who determines how plans and components should integrate?
Team members
Iterative and agile approaches promote the engagement of which of the following as local domain experts in project integration management?
Team members
Who should b included in a project schedule development meeting?
Team members, sponsors, selected stakeholders, and those with scheduling or executing duties
Governance is the framework within which authority is exercised in organizations. This framework includes all of the following components except:
Techniques
When tailoring processes for project schedule management, you should consider all of these except:
Technology support Governance
Operations are ongoing endeavors that produce repetitive outputs, with results assigned to basically the same set of tasks according to the standard institutionalized in the product life cycle, where as projects are which of the following?
Temporary endeavors
What type of chart is well-suited for displaying detailed descriptions of team member responsibilities?
Text oriented
Analogous cost estimating uses which of the following cost?
The actual cost of previous, similar projects
What is the definition of estimate at completion (EAC)?
The actual costs incurred for work completed, plus an estimate to complete ( etc) the remaining work
What is the definition of free float?
The amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any successor or violating a schedule constraint
Where are high-level strategic and operational assumptions and constraints normally identified?
The business case before the project is initiated and will flow into the project charter
Which of the following is the definition of portfolio management?
The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
Which of the following are evolving trends in the integration processes?
Use of automated tools
Evolving trends in integration processes include which of the following?
Use of automated tools and visual management tools
What does the schedule management plan establish?
The criteria and activities for developing, monitoring, and controlling the schedule
Which of the following is affected by resource availability, resource requirements, and types of resources?
The duration of the activity
The precedence diagramming method (PDM) shows:
The logical relationships that exist between activities
The duration of an activity is affected by all of the following except:
The method of scheduling activities and resources
Each of the following describes the role of the project manager, except?
The need to be an expert or knowledgeable of all aspects of their endeavor
In using cost-benefit analysis in the plan quality management process, it can be noted that:
The primary benefits of meeting quality requirements include less rework, higher productivity, lower costs, increased stakeholder satisfaction, and increased probability
Select the best description of the closing process group
The process is performed to formally complete or close a project, phase , or contract
Select the best description of the planning process group.
The process is required to establish the scope of the project, refined objectives, and defined the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project was undertaken to achieve
What is the definition of plan resource management?
The process of defining how to estimate, acquire, manage, and use physical and team resources
Managing and leading the project team include:
The process of tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and optimizing project performance
Select the best description of the executing process group
The process(es) performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project requirements
Select the best description of the initiating process group.
The process(es) performed to define a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
Select the best description of the monitoring and controlling process group
The process(es) required to track, review, and regulate the regular process and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes
All of the following statements about the project lifecycle and the product Lifecycle are true except:
The product life cycle is contain within the predictive project lifecycle
The planning process to contain which of the following?
The project management processes that occur when the project is being organized and prepared
The initiating process group contains which of the following?
The project management processes that occur with the project is started
Which of the following best describes analogous duration estimating?
Used to estimate project duration when there is a limited amount of detailed information about the project
Which of the following is a definition of work performance data in project management?
The raw observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry out the project work
What is the definition of the word package?
The work is defined at the lowest level of the work breakdown structure for which cost and duration are estimated and managed
What is the key benefit of the executing process group?
The work needed to meet the project requirements and objectives as performed according to plan
Rolling Wave Planning
The work to b accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, whereas the work in the future is planned at a higher level
Project managers are similar to conductors of a large orchestra because they perform which of the following similar roles?
They are responsible for the team, and integrate multiple disciplines
Which of the following best defines the purpose of test and evaluation documents?
They are used to evaluate the achievement of quality objectives
All of the following are true about affinity diagrams except:
They are used to identify the key issues to be prioritized as a set of decisions for implementation
Control charts have all of the following characteristics except:
They are used to illustrate how various factors might be linked to potential problems or effects
Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of the lessons learned register?
To improve the performance of the project and avoid repeating mistakes
What is the WBS typically used for?
To organize and defined the total scope of the project
When performing integration on the project, the role of the project manager is:
To work with the project sponsor to understand the strategic objectives and ensure alignment of objectives and results with the project and business area
Which type of float is described as the amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed or extended from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint?
Total float
The organizations processes and procedures for conducting project work during project initiation and planning include all of the following except:
Traceability matrices
Which of the following requirements describes temporary capabilities needed to move from current as is state to the desired future state?
Transition and readiness requirements
Which of the following describes capabilities that are temporary and are no longer needed after the new product/service/ result is ready?
Transition requirements Solution requirements
As the project manager, which of the following is not your responsibility as part of the closing process group?
Transition resources to their next assignment
Manage quality is the process of:
Translating the quality management plan info executable quality activities that incorporate the organizations quality policies into the project
What type of analysis examines project performance over time to determine whether performance is improving or deteriorating?
Trend
What tool or technique can be used in the monitor and control project work process?
Trend analysis
What is a project's status if the variance at completion (VAC) is positive?
Under budget
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project is which project management process associated with the project scope management knowledge area?
Validate scope
Which of the following project management processes do not belong to the executing process group?
Validate scope
Culture is a personality characteristic or trait that includes which of the following components?
Values, norms, and beliefs
Which of the following are deliverables that are completed and check for correctness through the control quality process?
Verified deliverables
Which of the following is an input for the validate school process?
Verified deliverables
Questions that arise when planning the acquisition of team members generally include all of the following except:
Whether the compensation of senior executives is in the project budget
Which of the following is an input of the control scope process?
Work performance data
An output of the control resources process is:
Work performance information
What is the performance data collected from controlling processes, analyzed in comparison with project management plan components and project documents?
Work performance information
Which of the following is an output of control quality process associated with the project quality management knowledge area?
Work performance information
What does the project scope statement describe?
Work that will be performed and the work that is excluded
Project managers are responsible for guiding the team, and completing which of the following when performing integration on the project?
Work with the sponsor to understand the strategic objectives
What is the name of a formally chartered group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, deferring, or rejecting changes to the project, and for recording and communicating such decisions?
change control board
All of the following are outputs to close project or phase except:
environment enterprise factor updates
All of the following are part of the project performance summary in the final report except:
environmental objectives, the criteria used to evaluate the impact of the project on both internal and external organizations
What organizational process assets are updated as part of the close project or phase process?
lessons learned repository
Which of the following is a tool and technique of the control resources process?
problem solving
Which of the following is an input to the determine budget process?
resource management plan