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1You are the project manager for a project, and your team members
have a dual reporting structure. In addition to reporting to you, they
also report to their functional manager. The team members are also
expected to do the project work along with their department work. In
which form of organization are you working?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Functional B. Projectized
C. Tight Matrix
D. Matrix
2Which of the following statements is true? Pick the best answer.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The customer approves the project charter B. The project manager develops the project charter
C. Both sponsor and customer approvals are required for the project
charter
D. Obtain sponsor approval
3A project manager, James is working in a weak matrix organization
and plays the role of communication coordinator with some power to
make decisions. He reports to a higher-level manager. Which of the
following roles is he probably in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Project coordinator B. Project expeditor
C. Project lead
D. Lead coordinator
4Which of the following statements is NOT true about a product
lifecycle?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. It lasts from conception of a new product to its withdrawal B. A product can spawn a single project in its life
C. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development,
introduction, growth, maturity, and decline
D. It focuses on managing properties of product from company's business
point of view
5An organization aims to increase performance by aligning goals and
subordinate objectives on all the projects running throughout the
organization. For this purpose, the project manager gets strong inputs
to identify their project objectives, time lines for completion, and so
on. The organization then periodically evaluates the project with
respect to these objectives and takes corrective actions when
necessary. What is this management philosophy called?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Total Quality Management B. Management by Objective
C. OPM3
D. Capability maturity Model
6A firm providing outsourced product development facilities wants to
implement a new business process which aims to improve customer
satisfaction and retention. It has identified a task team with an
objective to introduce and train the employees on the new process
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and improvise until the customer satisfaction index increases by 15%.
What can this entire exercise be best classified as?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project B. Operation
C. Program
D. Portfolios
7Which of the following statements is NOT true about a Project
Management Office (PMO)?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. PMO is an organizational body responsible for centralized and
coordinated management of projects B. PMO conducts periodic project audits to monitor compliance with
project management standards
C. PMO can also be responsible for the direct management of projects
D. To be managed together, the projects supported by a PMO should be
related
8A manager is managing a collection of projects that are grouped
together to facilitate effective management to meet strategic
business objectives. The manager is called a:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Program manager B. Portfolio manager
C. Project manager
D. Stakeholder
9A project manager is mainly responsible for the coordination of
activities, resources, equipment, and information on the project. His
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authority is limited, and he has to negotiate with the functional
manager to get suitable resources for his project. In which
organization is the project manager probably working?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Weak Matrix B. Balanced Matrix
C. Strong Matrix
D. Composite Matrix
10A project manager is participating in studying the project contract
and going through the narrative description of products and services
to be supplied under the contract. He is also meeting key
stakeholders and subject matter experts to evaluate if the project is
worth the required investment. Which of the following documents
would be created as an output in this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project statement of work B. Project charter
C. Project management plan
D. Organizational process assets
11A key responsibility of the project manager is to ensure proper
assimilation of the project management processes and coordinate
the process phases through the project management cycle. This
ensures that all areas of the project come together to deliver the
project to a successful conclusion. This involves balancing the basic
aspects of scope, cost, and schedule, in addition to managing
quality, communication, and customer satisfaction. The role of a
project manager can be best described as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Integrator B. Leader
C. Communicator
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D. Differentiator
12A project manager has invited key stakeholders and team
members to the first meeting of the project. The agenda of the
meeting is to outline the project goals and objectives, as well as
project success criteria. The project manager also plans to discuss the
individual roles and responsibilities, along with the commitments of the
stakeholders. What is this activity known as?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project sign- off meeting B. Charter closure meeting
C. Project launch meeting
D. Project kick-off meeting
13You are a project manager in the early phase of estimating the cost
of the project. You use the analogous method of estimating and have
come up with a rough order of magnitude. While presenting it to your
sponsor and stakeholders, one of the stakeholders asks if you have
also done life cycle costing of the project. What is your BEST response
as a credible Project Manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project cost estimating is primarily concerned with the cost of resources
needed to complete the project and need not consider any other
costs B. Since it is the initial stage of the project, cost details required for Life
Cycle costing of the project are not available and hence it is not
relevant
C. Lifecycle costing provides the lowest long-term cost of ownership and
should be used as a management decision tool
D. Lifecycle costing should be done by the project sponsor as it impacts
long-term business decisions
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14You are managing a complex project which requires some highly
skilled resources on embedded design. You obtain these resources
from the organization pool. You specify the duration for which they
would be required. Once your project activity is complete, you need
to free these resources for reassignment. You are working in which
kind of organization structure?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Functional B. Projectized
C. Matrix
D. Tight Matrix
15A project manager is visualizing, analyzing, and solving the
complexity of a problem to make the decision of selecting a project.
Which of the following techniques is he using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Interpersonal skill B. Analytical skill
C. Business acumen
D. Benefit realization
16A hospital is installing a new hospital management system to
enable IT hospital functioning. For this purpose, representatives from
several departments are selected to create a task force assigned to
implement the project. What is this organization structure called?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Functional Organization B. Projectized Organization
C. Composite Organization
D. Balanced Matrix Organization
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17You are a project manager on a highly visible and critical project in
your company. This project was initiated with much fanfare, and you
have some of the best technical experts as a part of the project
team. You are in the planning process and detailing the scope of the
project when you hear that the project is being terminated. What
could be the MOST likely cause for this step?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Senior management didn't approve the project charter B. The project team did not have the required technical expertise
C. The project sponsor failed to support the project
D. The project contract was not signed off by the customer
18A pharmaceutical company wants to launch a new over-the-
counter medication for flu in the U.S. market. The project manager is
identifying project communication constraints. Which of the following
is NOT a valid constraint?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Getting an FDA approval before producing or selling the medicine B. The key person responsible for communicating the information on the
project may not be available through the entire project
C. The milestone meeting should be attended by all the major key
stakeholders
D. The project has teams working in different geographical locations and
time shifts
19You are a project manager who is assigned to take over a project
from another project manager who is leaving the company. The old
project manager tells you that he had to constantly push the team to
perform so that the project is on schedule. What is your first step as the
new project manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Tell the team your objectives
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B. Check risk status
C. Determine a management strategy
D. Check cost performance
20The previous project manager managed your project without much
project organization. There is a lack of management control and
there are clearly no defined project deliverables. Which of the
following would be the best choice for getting your project better
organized?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Develop specific work plans for each phase of the project B. Adopt a project lifecycle approach to the project
C. Develop lessons learned for each phase
D. Develop a description of the product of the project
21John has participated in developing a project charter for his
project. However, he is unable to get senior management to approve
the charter. The senior management does not mind starting off the
project without a charter. What should John do in such a situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Begin work on the critical path activities of the project B. Wait for another project
C. Add "unapproved charter" as a risk to the risk register
D. Convey to the senior management the impact of proceeding without
project approval
22A new project manager has just been assigned to a project that is
in progress. The project is two weeks behind schedule and the
members are about to be distributed to another project. Based on
original time estimates that are provided by the functional manager,
what is the initial step the project manager should take?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project manager should first revise the Gantt chart with new
timelines B. The project manager should check the project plan for contingencies
concerning resources and talk to the functional manager
C. The project manager should initially contact the steering committee
and work with a new team
D. The project manager should first show sympathy with the current team
and delay decision making for another week
23You have never managed a project before. Recently, you are
asked to plan a new project. During the planning, which of the
following would you rely on to improve your chances of success?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Your management skills B. Historical records
C. Your previous training
D. Responsibility charts
24A project manager and his team have finished creating the Work
Breakdown Structure (WBS) and the Work Breakdown Structure
dictionary. The project manager then prepares a detailed and
itemized documentation of all the schedule activities that are part of
a particular project. What should the Project Manager do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Create a network diagram for the project B. Determine quality standards, processes, and metrics
C. Determine high-level project assumptions and constraints
D. Conduct a project progress meeting
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25A project manager is using an S-curve to reflect the various
expenditures of resources over the projected time of the project. This
S-curve indicates that:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Bulk of the project cost is spent during the middle of the project B. The project follows linear expenditure over all the phases
C. The project resource cost would be directly proportional to the size of
the project
D. The project has high risk of attrition during the middle of the project.
26Quality management plan and quality standards are defined
based on:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project scope B. Project scope and requirements
C. Project scope, requirements, and risk
D. Project scope and risk
27A project team has just been provided a charter and has identified
the stakeholders for a project. It is about to start planning. Which
process is the most logical starting point for the planning activities?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Defining activities B. Estimating costs
C. Determining budget
D. Planning scope management
28A project manager is in the process of developing a detailed
description of a project by identifying project deliverables and work
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required to create those deliverables. Which of the following will NOT
be an input to this process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Enterprise environmental factors B. Project charter
C. Requirements documentation
D. Organizational process assets
29A project manager is creating a project Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS) with the project team. One of the senior members suggests that
he wouldn't be able to create a detailed WBS for one of the
deliverables which is planned after system testing. What should be the
response of the project manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Provide an overview on creating WBS as the team member is not clear
with the process B. Explain in detail the overall project management plan and project
objectives to the team member
C. Treat it as an indication that the senior team member lacks ownership
and avoids work
D. Ask the team member to decompose the deliverable as much as
possible.
30A project manager is in the process of analyzing activity sequences,
durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create
an approved project schedule. What should the project manager do
NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Determine resource requirement for each activity in the project B. Use techniques like Critical Path method and What-if Analysis to
calculate optimum duration of the project
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C. Use the approved schedule duration as a baseline and start tracking
the project
D. Create a network diagram of the project using one of the
diagramming methods
31As a project manager, you are estimating the duration of your
project activities using PERT (Program Evaluation and Review
Technique). For a particular project activity, your optimistic estimate is
41 days, pessimistic estimate is 89 days, and most likely estimate is 60
days. What would be the expected duration and range of the
estimate for this activity?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 61.67 +/- 8.00 B. 31.27 +/-8.00
C. 61.67 +/-3.00
D. 31.27 +/-3.00
32As a project manager, you are determining the resource
requirements for a project including human, equipment, and tool
resources. Which of the following activities would NOT be a part of this
process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Reviewing resource pool availability to check availability of critical
resources B. Creating a resource breakdown structure to classify the identified
resources by resource category and type
C. Reviewing organizational policies on resource use
D. Creating a company calendar identifying working and non-working
days
33A project activity has values for the earliest and latest it can start,
along with the earliest and latest it can be completed. Activity A has
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a Late Start (LS) of 5 days and a Late Finish (LF) of 10 days. It also has
an Early Start (ES) of 3 days and an Early Finish (EF) of 8 days. What is
the float of activity A?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 0 days B. 4 days
C. 2 days
D. -3 days
34A project team is working on defining and sequencing activities of
a project. They have identified the predecessors and successors for all
the major milestone activities. The team has also documented the
detailed scope of work for each activity, so that there is no ambiguity.
They are now applying lead, lag, and mandatory dependencies to
obtain a realistic project schedule, so they can start tracking. What
could be a major problem on this schedule?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project team should use one of the schedule compression
techniques to optimize project schedule further B. The project team should have used a standardized network template
to expedite the process of preparing project schedule network
C. The project team need not include detailed scope of work at activity
level as it can be changed later
D. The project team should have identified predecessors and successors
for each activity instead of just for the major milestone activities
35A project team has created a comprehensive list of schedule
activities that are required on the project, along with other details like
activity codes and activity descriptions. They have also sequenced
them using logical relationships, leads, lags, and constraints. What
should the project team do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Estimate the type and quantities of resources required to perform each
activity B. Estimate the duration of each activity using one of the estimation
techniques
C. Create a project schedule which is acceptable and can serve as a
baseline to track project progress
D. Decompose these project work packages into more manageable
components
36A project manager is working with stakeholders to develop an
acceptable schedule and uses an iterative approach along with the
critical path method to derive the optimum schedule which would be
used as a baseline to track and control the project schedule. Identify
the part of the process groups the project manager is in.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Planning Process Group B. Executing process group
C. Initiating process group
D. Monitor and control process group
37Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the critical
path method?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. It helps a project manager determine where it is best to focus his
project management efforts B. It considers resource limitations to derive a more realistic schedule
C. It helps to determine which activities have float and can be delayed
without delaying the project
D. It calculates and determines the shortest time to complete the project
38A project team is in the process of creating the Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) for the project deliverables as well as defining
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activities to be performed to produce the deliverables. What is a
common technique it can use for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Rolling wave planning B. Decomposition
C. Precedence diagramming method (PDM)
D. Alternative analysis
39Your new project for constructing a dam is in the early planning
stages. Customers ask you to give a high-level estimate of the total
duration of the project as soon as possible. Which estimation
technique would be most suitable?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Parametric estimation B. Bottom-up estimation
C. Three-point estimation
D. Analogous estimation
40You are managing a project which will provide e-learning solutions
to your customer. The requirements of this project are not clearly
defined in the beginning and there will be modifications based on
customer feedback as the project evolves. You plan as much as you
can and work based on that. You continue the planning as you learn
more about the project. Which techniques will be most helpful to
define activities on the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Rolling wave planning B. Templates
C. Extreme programming
D. Just in time
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41You are creating a network diagram for your project. Activity A (6
days) and Activity B (4 days) can start immediately. Activity C (5 days)
can start after Activity B is complete. Activity D (4 days) and Activity F
(2 days) can start after Activity A is complete. Activity E (4 days) can
start after Activity C and Activity D are complete. Activity G (5 days)
can start after Activity D and Activity F are complete. When Activity E
and Activity G are completed, the project is done. What is the slack
of Activity E?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Two days B. Zero
C. Four days
D. One day
42A project manager wants to determine the variance for an activity
estimate using the three-point estimate with the following data:
Pessimistic=14, Optimistic=2, and Realistic=5. What is the variance?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Five B. Two
C. Four
D. Not enough information
43A project team is working on the network diagram of a project and
wants to determine the float of the project activity. Which of the
following is the correct formula?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Late finish-early finish (LF-EF) B. Late finish-early finish (LF-EF) or Late start - Early start (LS-ES)
C. Early start - Late finish (ES-LF)
D. Late finish-late start (LF-LS)
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44As a project manager, you are working with your team to explore
alternatives to decrease the cost of a project without compromising
on performance or the scope of the project. Which technique are
you most probably using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Benchmarking B. Reverse engineering
C. Process analysis
D. Value analysis
45You are in the final stages of determining your cost baseline for the
project and funding requirements. Which process are you in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cost planning B. Cost estimating
C. Cost budgeting
D. Cost control
46You are in the initial stages of a project and your sponsor asks for a
cost estimate. You find a similar project was done in the past by the
organization and compare it with your current project. You also get
the opinions of experts to derive the estimate. Which method was
used to derive the estimates?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Expert judgment B. Analogous estimate
C. Parametric estimate
D. Bottom-Up estimate
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47Which of the following are the MOST important inputs to derive the
total funding requirements and periodic funding requirements of a
project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Management Reserve and Contingency Reserve B. Cost Baseline and Management Reserve
C. Funding Limit Reconciliation
D. Project Budget and Contingency Reserve
48Which of the following statements regarding analogous estimation
is INCORRECT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Activities need not be identified B. It is less expensive than other estimations
C. It is the most accurate technique for estimation
D. It requires considerable experience to do well
49A project manager has derived quality metrics, along with
tolerance limits for his project. Which process is the project manager
in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Plan Quality Management B. Perform Quality Assurance
C. Control Quality
D. Define Scope
50A project manager wants to capture the details of the activities he
will be doing to enhance the value of the process. This includes
process objectives, inputs, outputs, interfaces with other processes,
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and process metrics. Which of the following documents would be
MOST helpful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Management Plan B. Quality Management Plan
C. Process Improvement Plan
D. Product Management Plan
51Which of the following statements is correct?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Develop risk management plan by considering uncertainty B. Develop risk management plan by considering opportunity
C. Develop risk management plan by considering project manager's wish
D. Develop risk management plan by considering uncertainty and
opportunity
52A project manager wants to determine the number and types of
tests for a project. He is using a statistical method to identify the
factors that may influence specific variables of the project, so he can
select applicable test scenarios. Which technique is the project
manager using ?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Brainstorming B. Benchmarking
C. Statistical sampling
D. Design of Experiments
53The method of examining work or a product to determine whether
it conforms to documented standards is known as:
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Inspection B. Statistical Sampling
C. Audit
D. Verification
54A project manager is in the project planning phase. He is creating a
plan to describe how human resource requirement on the project
would be met and using a bar chart tool called resource histogram
for charting this requirement. However, he notices that some of the
individual bars on the resource histogram extend beyond the
maximum allowed hours. What should the project manager do to
correct this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Reduce Scope B. Extend Working Hours
C. Do Resource Leveling
D. Schedule Compression
55A project manager in a warehousing company is mapping
resources required for a project, along with the number of hours that
will be required during the project. Which tool would be most suitable
for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Gantt or Bar Chart B. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
C. Resource Histogram
D. Resource Breakdown Structure
56You are managing a project with project teams in different
geographical locations. There are approximately 25 team members in
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3 different locations each being led by a team lead. In addition, there
are 3 members from supporting groups working part-time on the
project. How many communication channels are possible?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 496 B. 992
C. 424
D. 32
57As part of a joint venture, a project manager working with another
company needs to share some confidential information related to
intellectual property rights. She wants to know the person responsible
for authorizing the release of this confidential information. Which
project document should she refer?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Organizational Breakdown Structure B. Project Charter
C. Project Communication Management Plan
D. Stakeholder Management Plan
58A project manager on an e-learning project is using free
downloadable tutorials via the Internet to reach out to large
audiences. What is this communication method called?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Interactive Communication B. Pull Communication
C. Push Communication
D. Personal communication
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59You are a project manager with a financial firm that has
multinational dealings. You feel the financial meltdown in one of the
client countries could affect your project adversely, so you want to
hedge your risks. Although, the probability of occurrence of the event
is low, you are advised to play it safe. In terms of risk attitude, your
organization could BEST be described as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Risk Seeker B. Risk Averse
C. Risk Neutral
D. Risk Mitigator
60You are a project manager currently finding all of the risks on a
project. As a part of this activity, you would like to know the risk
attitude and organization policies and procedures for risk
management. Which of the following should you refer for this
purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Enterprise environmental factors B. Stakeholder register
C. Risk management plan
D. Project documents
61Which of the following is a tool to perform qualitative risk analysis
process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Monte Carlo Simulation B. SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat
C. Probability-Impact Matrix
D. Root cause identification
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62A project manager is in the process of evaluating and prioritizing
risks on the project by calculating the Risk Priority Number (RPN) for
the risks. Which of the following factors will a Risk Priority Number
consider?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Probability, Impact, and timeframe B. Probability, impact, and owner
C. Probability, impact, and cost
D. Probability, impact, and schedule
63You are a Project Manager who manages a large software project.
It has a month-long design phase in which the team would be
preparing the design documents for independent project modules.
The activity review for these modules can begin 15 days after starting
the design phase. The 15 days' difference between the start of the
design phase and the start of the review activity shows _____ between
the two activities.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Lead B. Lag
C. External dependency
D. Mandatory dependency
64The estimating technique that uses the statistical relationship
between the historical data and other variables to calculate an
estimate for an activity is called:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Analogous estimating B. Parametric estimating
C. Three-point estimating
D. Monte Carlo technique
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65Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a fixed price
contract?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The buyer has less work to manage B. The seller has a strong incentive to control costs
C. The buyer knows the total price at project start
D. Final cost may be more than a cost reimbursable contract because
contractors must add to the price to cover their risk
66A project manager is trying to successfully complete a project, but
his role in the organization is limited and the project manager has no
control over the project's budget. Although he has some power to
authorize decisions, he needs to seek approval on most of the major
decisions. Also, his team members work only part-time on the project.
The functional manager is interested to carry out functional activities
than project activities. In which kind of organization does the project
manager work?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Functional B. Projectized
C. Composite
D. Matrix
67You are in the process of implementing approved changes,
corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repairs on a
project. Which process group are you in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Initiation B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitor and Control
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68A key stakeholder from the quality department wants to know more
on how the process tailoring was done on the project by the project
team. Additionally, he would like to know the rationale for selecting
the process, its implementation-level details, and how it will be used to
manage the interdependencies. Which document should the Project
Manager suggest him to refer?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Statement of Work B. Project Scope Statement
C. Project Management Plan
D. Work performance Information
69You are a project manager working in a weak matrix organization.
Your project is in the execution stage when the functional manager
informs you that he will be pulling out a few critical resources. How
should you respond to this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Inform the senior management, bringing out the detrimental effects on
the project in a matrix environment B. Refer to the resource histogram of the project to evaluate the impact
on the project
C. Renegotiate the terms and conditions with functional manager to
allocate the new resources
D. Create options and work around by reassigning the work packages to
the remaining team
70A project manager realizes that a lot of time and effort are spent by
their team capturing the data during product testing. What is the best
option to address the issue?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Stop capturing the data as it doesn't add any value to the project
activity
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B. Allocate a time at the end of the day to update all the data together
C. Ask for an additional resource to capture project data
D. Automate the data capturing process
71A customer who is in the latter part of the project execution wants
to add scope to the project. The project manager discusses this
change with the customer and raises a written change request. He
then evaluates if this change can be addressed through project
reserves and explores alternatives. The project manager finds that this
addition would result in missing the next milestone delivery of the
project. What should the project manager do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Evaluate the impact of the change on other factors of triple constraint-
cost and time B. Perform integrated change control
C. Get an approval from the Change Control Board
D. Update the project baseline and inform the customer
72You are a project manager for a project in the execution stage. The
current Schedule Performance Index (SPI) and Cost Performance
Index (CPI) for the project are 1.2 and 1.1. The project performance is
well within the baseline. The defects found during the internal testing
for the last deliverable were well below organization limits. However,
the customer does not seem to be happy with the project's progress.
What should be the FIRST thing the Project Manager does?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Start managing the project as you gain more insight into day-to-day
responsibilities B. Meet with the project team to understand open issues in the project
C. Conduct a meeting with the customer to understand his concern over
the project's progress
D. Improve the project schedule and cost control measure so that SPI
and CPI reaches above 1.5
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73Which of the following subsidiary plans manages the flow of
information to keep stakeholders engaged and informed?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Stakeholder management plan B. Communications management plan
C. Human resource management plan
D. Project management plan
74You are a project manager who takes over a project midway. The
project is in the execution phase. You would like to know more about
project deliverables, the work required to complete those
deliverables, project constraints, and assumptions. Which of the
following documents would be MOST useful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) B. Requirements Documentation
C. Activity List
D. Project Scope Statement
75A project manager is working on a critical deadline. He wants to
ensure that there is no scope creep during the project work. Which of
the following would be most helpful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Work Breakdown Structure dictionary B. Observations
C. Decomposition
D. Inspection
76A project manager has some new members join in her team. She
wants to help them see their roles and provide the project team with
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an understanding of where their work packages fit in the project
management plan. Which of the following would be the most suitable
document?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Requirements documentation B. Requirements traceability matrix
C. Responsibility assignment matrix
D. Work breakdown structure
77You are managing a large and changing project team which is
joined by some new members. You would like to take the entire team
through the project schedule and where the project currently stands
with respect to the original plan. Which of the following charts would
be most helpful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Gantt Chart B. Milestone Chart
C. Work Breakdown structure
D. Schedule Baseline
78You are a project manager evaluating a decision to buy a licensed
software tool. This tool has a 50% chance of being successfully
implemented in your company and would cost $50,000. However,
there is a 40% chance that your company would be able to save
$150,000 due to improved productivity. What is the expected
monetary value of this decision?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. $35,000 B. -$35, 000
C. $21,000
D. -$21, 000
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79As a project manager of a research project which is in the middle
of the execution, you realize that your original estimates were flawed
and are no longer valid. Which formula would help you develop a
forecasted Estimate to Completion (EAC)? Here, AC is Actual Cost, EV
is Earned Value, ETC is Estimate to Complete, CPI is Cost Performance
Index, and BAC is Budget at Completion.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. EAC = AC + Bottom-up ETC B. EAC = AC + (BAC-EV
C. EAC = BAC/CPI
D. EAC = AC + (EV- BAC
80As a manager, you would like to get the status on funds for the
remaining work. Which of the following measurements will give you
this information?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. To-Complete Performance Index B. Earned Value Technique Performance
C. Variance Analysis
D. Trend Analysis
81You are a project manager in a manufacturing company. You
want to analyze the output of a production line which manufactures
piston rings. You also want to determine whether the variations in the
jobs are inherent to the process or if the process needs adjustment.
Which tool would be MOST useful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Statistical sampling B. Control charts
C. Pareto charts
D. Trend Analysis
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82You are a project manager and your team is preparing for the
internal quality audit cycle. You feel that the team is a little
apprehensive about the audit process, so you decide to give them an
overview of the process. Which of the following is INCORRECT about
quality audits?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Quality audits are used to identify all the best practices implemented
in a project B. Quality audits help to share best practices in a project with other
projects in the organization
C. Quality audits aim to assess project team effectiveness and suggest
improvements
D. Quality audits help to improve process implementation
83Your project is going through an audit cycle when one of the senior
auditors points out the target value for the Schedule Performance
Index (SPI) is set too low and should be increased by at least five
percent. You try to tell him that the target value follows the
organization baseline and cannot be changed. Which of the
following is a CORRECT statement in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The auditor is right; the project has a critical deadline to meet and
hence target SPI should be increased. B. The auditor is right; the target value for SPI that is a benchmark for the
project should be kept high and thus increased.
C. The project manager is right; the schedule is not critical in the project
and hence target SPI value needn't be kept too high.
D. The project manager is right; target SPI is based on the organization
baseline derived from the process maturity level and should be
followed by the project.
84You are a firm believer in process, and you want to follow the best
practices on your project right from the beginning. You understand
the importance of having a formal kick-off meeting to launch the
project with all your key stakeholders (including the customer).
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However, you are worried about the behavior of some of your team
members. In the last internal meeting, there was utter chaos with the
speaker shouting to be heard while others kept talking amongst
themselves ignoring the speaker. What is the BEST strategy to use to
avoid this situation in the kick-off meeting?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Set objectives of the kick off meeting clearly, so that all the attendees
are aware of the meeting agenda B. Ensure that only key stakeholders are invited to avoid inviting
disinterested people who wouldn't listen to the speaker
C. Communicate ground rules and ensure they are followed in all the
meetings
D. Meet the troublemakers in the team and communicate to them the
importance of meetings for project success. Warn them of disciplinary
action if they don't oblige.
85Which of the following subsidiary plans maintains stakeholder
relationships to receive continued support and manage
expectations?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Stakeholder management plan B. Communications management plan
C. Human resource management plan
D. Project management plan
86As a project manager, you decide to create an issue log which
captures the issue description, owner, and target date for issue
closure. All of the following are common examples of issues on the
project EXCEPT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Differences in opinion B. Probable delay in the next delivery
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C. Pending Root Cause Analysis
D. Delay in receiving feedback from the customer
87As a project manager in a matrix project environment, you have
limited control over team member selection. Which tools and
techniques would NOT be helpful for the selection?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Pre-assignment B. Acquisition
C. Virtual Teams
D. Interpersonal skills
88A project manager likes to involve his team in all the decision-
making processes. Whenever there are issues which require an urgent
decision, he calls the team to work out a solution together. This
approach of the project manager is:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Correct, as it helps to get team buy- in as well as their commitment to
the change B. Correct, as brainstorming technique helps to bring out creative ideas
to solve the problem
C. Incorrect, as lot of time and effort will be expended by the project
team on decisions which could be singularly made by the project
manager
D. Incorrect, as all the solutions from a brainstorming session cannot be
implemented resulting in disappointment in the team
89A project manager working in a matrix project environment feels
there is some discontent in the team members related to their dual
reporting and the role of the project manager on the project. The
project manager wants to communicate with the team to clarify their
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doubts. What is the BEST form of communication for addressing this
problem?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Formal written mail B. Informal chat with the team
C. Face-to-face meeting
D. Informal written mail
90A project manager assigned to an Information Technology project
has a long and thorough discussion on a complex algorithm with a
new team member. The project manager asks the person if he
understood the algorithm and can put it in the document. The team
member implies that he has understood. However, when the project
manager goes through the document, he realizes that the member
hasn't understood the algorithm and has resulted in an inefficient use
of time. Who is responsible for this loss of time and how could it have
been avoided?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project manager B. The team member
C. The project manager
D. The project manager; he should have ensured his message is clear and
concise, along with confirming that team members truly understand
the message
91A multinational project team of 10 is in the late planning stage. Five
people join the team from another geographical location to provide
R and D support on the project. What do you think would be the
BIGGEST challenge the project manager faces ?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Team Building, as the teams are from different cultures and different
ethnic backgrounds. Further, they work in virtual environment devoid of
face-to-face, and personal interaction B. Risk Management, as the new team brings along additional risk since
they join the project midway
C. Schedule management, as the team works in different locations with
different time zones and work hours
D. Communication management, as communication becomes more
complex with a significant increase in the number of potential
communication channels
92A key stakeholder of the project when contacted for a
requirements document approval shows disinterest. The project
manager decides to have a friendly, informal discussion with him to
understand the reason for his attitude. During one of the
conversations, the stakeholder expresses his displeasure with the fact
that his two key suggestions were not addressed in the project. He
also felt his approval and feedback don't matter since his main
requirements were not being captured. What is the best option for the
project manager in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Agree with the stakeholder and do not take his approval on
requirements. Remove his name from the list of stakeholders and avoid
communicating with him further on the project status. B. Incorporate the requirements of the stakeholder and then take his
approval.
C. Talk to your project sponsor about the issue and take his approval
before taking any further action.
D. Explain to the stakeholder that although his suggestions were
appreciated, it is not possible to address all of them in this release due
to project constraints. You would revisit them later.
93A key stakeholder expresses his concern over the lack of project
visibility and progress. He says that he has seen the project status
reports, but most of the time they lack information relevant to his
department. How should the project manager respond?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Review the Project Communication Management Plan to determine
the stakeholder's needs B. Relook at Manage Communication Process to identify the gaps
C. Raise a change request to address the stakeholder's feedback
D. Relook at Control Communications Process to understand the problem
94In one of the project status reports, two senior team members get
into an argument regarding the introduction of a new tool that
automates the process of filling out time sheets. What would provide
you maximum insight into the conversation from the following?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The content and timing of the conversation B. The content and timing of the conversation and the communication
technology used
C. Body Language and the words in the conversation
D. Body language and voice modulation including pitch and tone
95A CEO from his Paris office wishes to communicate with the
technical officer in China. What would be the correct procedure?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The CEO will encode the message from French to Chinese, and the
technical officer will decode it from Chinese to French B. The CEO will decode the message from French to Chinese, and the
technical staff will encode it from Chinese to French
C. The CEO will encode the message from Chinese to French, and the
technical staff will decode it from French to Chinese
D. The CEO will decode the message from French to Chinese, and the
technical staff will encode it from French to Chinese
96As a project manager, you are worried about the continuous bad
performance of one of the team members. You have spoken to him
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over coffee, but there seems to be no improvement. What is the
MOST suitable way to communicate your dissatisfaction?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Formal verbal B. Formal written
C. Informal written
D. Informal verbal
97A buyer has distributed a document to buy cement for his
construction company and in response received several price
quotations. Which of the procurement documents has the buyer
used?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Request for proposal B. Request for quotation
C. Invitation for bid
D. Proposal
98Which of the following is NOT an input to the process manage
stakeholder expectations?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Stakeholder Register B. Project Management Plan
C. Issue Log
D. Negotiation Skills
99A project manager knows that managing the expectations of
stakeholders helps to increase the probability of project success by
ensuring that stakeholders understand the project benefits and risks.
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For this process, he could use all the following tools and techniques
EXCEPT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Issue log B. Communication skills
C. Observation/Conversation
D. Negotiation
100Which of the following factors is NOT part of Maslow's Hierarchy of
Needs?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Physiological Needs B. Social Needs
C. Security Needs
D. Material Needs
101Which of the following is a tool for the quality assurance process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Quality Audits B. Cost of Quality
C. Histogram
D. Quality Metrics
102You are a project manager working on a compliance project in a
banking firm. The project is scheduled to complete in six weeks from
now. Your sponsor tells you that if the project finishes sooner, the
company can get some monetary incentives offered by the
government. Therefore, you decide to fast track the project. This
decision would:
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A. Increase the project risk B. Not affect the project risk
C. Decrease the project risk
D. Cannot be determined
103You are a project manager on a software development project.
You have outsourced a component of your product to a third-party
vendor which is due to be delivered next week. You found out that
the delivery of the component may be delayed due to political unrest
in the vendor's location. What is the BEST you can do in this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Report to your senior manager about probable delay along with
details on the current political situation at vendor's place B. Communicate to the vendor that any possible delay would attract a
fine and affect future payments
C. Revisit your project schedule and look at alternatives to reduce the
impact of the delay
D. Since there is no official communication from the vendor, use wait and
watch policy
104A project manager wants to award a contract to the same
supplier from his previous project without going through the entire
procurement process. Which of the following would NOT be a valid
justification?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. A preferred supplier from a previous project is less risky B. The project has severe constraints in terms of timeline
C. The supplier holds patent for the technology used in the project
D. The supplier's internal vendor rating is very high
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105You are a project manager in the process of purchasing coal
which is a standard commodity of a particular grade from the
international market. You are going through a formal evaluation
review process to select the most suitable vendor. Which of the
following should be the MOST important criterion for selection?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Lowest Cost B. Technical ability
C. Financial Capacity
D. Process
106A project manager is conducting a bidder conference to select
the most suitable sellers. Which tool will NOT be helpful in the process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Independent estimates B. Analytical techniques
C. Procurement negotiations
D. Make-or-buy analysis
107You are in the final stages of negotiation with a seller to provide a
medical device for your research lab. When the pricing is almost
finalized, you mention that it is mandatory that the device carry an
approval from the FDA USA (Food and Drug Administration). Which
technique in negotiation are you using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Fair and reasonable B. Fait accompli
C. Lying
D. Extreme demand
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108After awarding a contract to one of the sellers, you realize you
have missed a clause for delay in the contract and want to modify it.
How should you proceed?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. A contract is legally binding and cannot be changed once signed B. The project manager should inform the seller about the change in next
meeting
C. The project manager should inform the seller about the change
through a formal written communication
D. The project manager should proceed with the contract change
control system on his end
109You have recently joined a new construction company, and you
find out your employer is violating the construction permit issued by
the local city government. What should you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Inform the city authority of the violation B. Talk to your employer to find out if they are aware they are breaking
the law
C. Complain to the legal department of the company
D. Do nothing as you are new in the organization
110As a project manager, you understand the importance of
effective communication with stakeholders. You want to present the
project progress report to the stakeholders in the next project
meeting. What should be your approach?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Make the report concise, restricted to specific technical details of the
project B. Prepare a verbose report, but filter the information to remove details
C. Focus on specific stakeholders with whom there is good personal
relation
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D. Research and understand the experience level and expectations of
stakeholders
111You are managing a complex and critical project. There have
been a lot of efforts to train and make the team technically
competitive during the process. The project is in the final testing stage
when a senior resource comes to discuss his plans of continuing his
education and leaving this assignment. He would require a positive
recommendation from you to fulfill admission requirements. What
should you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Tell him that you wouldn't recommend him as he has broken your trust
by leaving the project before closure B. Immediately ask the functional manager to remove him from the
project and give him a bad recommendation
C. Discuss and plan his smooth exit which would least affect the project
schedule
D. Compliment him on his decision and suggest him to leave the project
whenever he likes as you would handle his additional responsibilities
112As a project manager of a construction project, you are inviting
requests for proposal from eligible vendors. While going through the
list, you find the name of your friend and ex-colleague from university.
He was a methodical and sharp student who excelled in his subjects.
What should you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Give him the contract as you are quite sure he would do a good job B. Give him some inputs on how your organization awards the contract to
improve his chances
C. Steer yourself away from the bidding process and inform your sponsor
D. Keep silent and continue with the procurement process
113As a project manager, you have a large team reporting to you
with two members working on a particular technology for the first
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time. You had apprehensions in the beginning of the project that they
would not be able to contribute as much due to the technical
complexity of the project. However, you spent time and gave them
the required training. During the assessment, you find some areas
which still require improvement. What should be your next plan?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Discuss this with the functional manager asking him to assign these
resources to some other project as you have already spent enough
effort on them B. Give them more challenging assignments so that they fail and you
have reasons to expel them from the team
C. Assess their current weak areas, and provide more focused training
with regular feedback
D. Call them in your chamber and give them a warning that this is their
last chance to perform in the project
114You are trying to partner with a firm in the Middle East. This is the
first time you will be doing a business partnership in the Middle East.
You want to know about the cultural aspects of the country and get
some guidelines on doing business as well. Which would be the best
document to refer to?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project archives from earlier projects B. Organization policies and procedures
C. Cultural overview from government website
D. PMI®
115During project execution, the customer interprets a clause in the
contract differently and demands an elaborate design document as
part of the next deliverable. This was included on the deliverable list.
What is the best you can do to resolve the situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Change the contract and continue with your project work B. Accept the customer's demand as he is the one responsible for the
project's success
C. Raise a complain to the project sponsor along with the implications of
accepting such a request on the schedule and cost of the project
D. Document the dispute and refer to the claims administration
116You are managing a software project which is due for a design
document release next week. You are reviewing the document, when
an influential stakeholder asks you to add a feature to the existing
design. Earlier, this stakeholder tried to bother you with unreasonable
demands during the last days of the release. What is the best you can
do in this situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Report his behavior to the senior manager, suggesting why he should
no longer be associated to your project as a stakeholder B. As this person is influential, you have no option but to listen to him and
add the functionality
C. Determine the impact of this change on your schedule and the
constraints before taking a decision
D. Ask him to raise a written change request form and then follow
integrated change control
117You have signed a contract with a customer and started the
process of collecting requirements when the customer asks you to
add a feature which is not in the scope of the contract. What should
you do in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Politely refuse the customer stating that you can no longer honor
additional changes as the contract is already signed B. Add the feature in the project scope as the customer should be happy
and the project has anyways just started
C. Ask the customer to write a formal change request and follow the
contract change control system
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D. Terminate the contract and prepare another one as it is just the
beginning of the project and you already find many information
missing
118You are working at a customer location in a foreign country where
it is customary to exchange gifts during their New Year celebrations.
Your company forbids you from accepting any form of gifts from your
customer, but you have a strong feeling that if you refuse to accept
and reciprocate the gesture, it can severely affect your relationship
with the customer. In this case, it is BEST to:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Politely refuse to accept any gifts explaining your company policy B. Discuss this situation with your project sponsor or legal department
C. Accept the gift and keep it confidential so that there is no loss of face
for your organization
D. Take a break from the project work to go on a small vacation during
local New Year time
119Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a configuration
management system?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensuring all the project team members have the latest version of the
project document B. Ensuring all the relevant changes are communicated to the
stakeholders
C. Maintaining consistency of the product's performance and its
functional attributes
D. Configuration identification, Configuration status accounting, and
Configuration verification and audit
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120Capture, analyze, and manage lessons learned using lessons
learned management techniques to enable continuous
improvement. To which process group does this task belong?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Planning B. Closing
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
121A project manager is facing many serious issues on his project to
create an application for a hospital management system. The
project's final deliverable is scheduled two weeks from now. It needs
to be compliant with mandatory government health standards.
Additionally, there are some changes that are required to improve
performance. Also, a senior test engineer asks the project manager
for a long leave. Which is the most critical issue the project manager
needs to address FIRST?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ensuring the product is compliant with government health standards B. Finding a replacement for the senior tester and ensuring he completes
knowledge transfer before leaving
C. Completing change control process to incorporate changes to
enhance performance
D. Notifying the customer about probable delay in the final deliverable to
avoid surprise
122A project manager working on an iterative model of the product
development life cycle expects many changes during the course of
the project. He wants to establish a robust configuration
management and also make his team aware of the process. Which of
the following statements is NOT true about configuration
management?
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A. The purpose of configuration management is to maintain integrity of
work product B. Configuration management includes configuration audits,
configuration control, configuration status accounting, and
configuration identification
C. Configuration management focuses on establishing and maintaining
consistency of a product's requirements
D. Configuration management involves measuring project performance
with baselines and taking corrective action when necessary
123A Project Manager has made a major release in the project. The
customer tells you a week after the release that he is not entirely
satisfied with the deliverable. What should the project manager do
NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Continue with the next deliverable to finish the project on time B. Discuss the customer concern and resolution with the senior manager
C. Ensure that next deliverables have enough features, which the
customer would like to have, to exceed his expectations
D. Do a scope verification of this deliverable to see if it satisfies project
objectives
124After an intermediate delivery was made, an important
stakeholder from the customer organization expressed dissatisfaction
with it. What should the project manager do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Inform management about the potential dissatisfaction B. Discuss with the team members about the best way to restore
customer confidence
C. Analyze the customer organization and determine if we can ignore this
stakeholder
D. Figure out why the stakeholder is dissatisfied
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125Your project is in the final stages of testing, and the team is
interacting with the customer on a daily basis to update him on the
project status and incorporate his feedback. Which of the following is
the most critical process to be followed in this scenario?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Control Quality B. Control Scope
C. Manage Communications
D. Control Risks
126A customer approaches the project manager to slightly modify
the project scope to include an additional feature required by him.
The project is already in the execution stage. What should be the
response of the project manager?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. It is difficult to incorporate this feature as the project is already moved
out of planning stage B. Analyze the impact of the request on the other factors of triple
constraints namely cost and schedule
C. Bring the change request to Change Control Board to decide on its
fate
D. Document the change request as per the project change
management plan
127A project manager is proactively managing a change through the
scope control process. Which of the following should she be MOST
worried about?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Value Added Changes B. Errors and Omissions
C. Risk Response
D. Verbal communication from key stakeholders
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128You are a project manager working on a critical project. You track
the project schedule closely. While reviewing the critical path, you
realize that the project is showing negative float. What should be your
BEST response to the situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Use a schedule compression technique B. Reduce the number of resources in the project
C. Reduce the number of non- critical activities in the project
D. Revisit the risks and do a risk analysis of the project
129As a project manager and a member of the PMO (Project
Management Office) you want to present a snapshot of the status of
various projects taking place in the organization to the senior
management. Which of the following charts would be most suitable
for the purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Milestone chart B. Gantt chart
C. Precedence diagram
D. Control chart
130You are a project manager managing a construction project
which is midway through the execution phase. The project is
progressing well and is on time when one of the vendors informs you
that there will be a weeklong delay in his delivery due to a law and
order problem in his city. Which of the following documents would
best capture the impact of the delay on the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Network Diagram
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B. Procurement Management Plan
C. Work Breakdown Structure
D. Risk Register
131You are managing an e-banking solution project when the vice-
president of the company calls you to discuss an opportunity to
manage a critical project which can boost your career and
professional experience. Your e-banking solution project is due to
complete in 3 weeks. What is your best response to the vice-
president?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. You would surely like to manage both the projects together as the
latter one is a critical project for the company B. You would use a compression technique to finish your current project
faster and then take up the new project
C. Since the new project is critical to the organization, you could take this
project immediately and your earlier project can be managed by
someone else. It is coming to a close anyway
D. The project should first get an approved project charter which would
formally initiate the project
132As a project manager, you have been asked by the customer to
give an overview of the project status using milestone charts. Which of
the following statements are INCORRECT about milestone charts?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Milestones have zero duration B. Milestone charts are like bar charts but show only major events
C. Milestone charts can be used to capture the status of project schedule
D. Milestone charts are used to define a phase of a project
133You are managing an infrastructure project which is nearing
completion when a major stakeholder points out a flaw in the design
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which could make the entire structure weak. He suggests that you
construct two support pillars. You are worried that this change will
significantly impact the schedule and cost of the project. What is your
BEST response to the stakeholder?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Refuse him as the projects is already nearing completion and it is not
possible to make any changes at this stage B. Do a root cause analysis with the team to determine how this design
flaw could have been missed and if there could be more potential
problems with the design
C. Proceed with the change and communicate the impact on the
project schedule and cost to the customer
D. Use a schedule compression technique as part of Integrated Change
Control to investigate and minimize the adverse impact of the change
134Project performance reviews using earned value management
would typically incorporate information from all of the following
EXCEPT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Variance Analysis B. Cost Benefit Analysis
C. Trend Analysis
D. Earned Value Technique
135As a Project Manager, you realize that the initial budget cost,
Budget at Completion (BAC), for your project is no longer viable. You
need to develop a new Estimate at Completion (EAC) forecast
assuming current variances will continue in the future. Which of the
following formulas should you use to calculate EAC? Here, AC is the
Actual Cost, EV is the Earned Value, and PV is the Planned value.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. EAC = AC + ETC
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B. EAC= AC+ (BAC - EV)
C. EAC = EV/PV
D. EAC = BAC/ cumulative CPI
136A project manager wants to measure project performance
against the project baseline. Which technique would be MOST
helpful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Variance Analysis B. Earned Value Technique
C. Work Performance Information
D. Reserve Analysis
137A project team with CPI of 0.78 is looking for options to reduce
cost. Which should be the BEST option to choose in this scenario?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Reduce a test cycle in the System Testing phase B. Reduce scope by cutting down non-essential features
C. Add more resources to expedite the schedule
D. Revisit estimates and eliminate risks
138Your project has the following information based on Earned Value
Analysis. Its Earned Value (EV) is $1000, Actual Cost(AC) is $850, and
Planned Value(PV) is $1050. Which of the following is TRUE about your
project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Your project is over budget and behind schedule B. Your project is under budget and behind schedule
C. Your project is over budget and ahead of schedule
D. Your project is under budget and ahead of schedule
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139You are a project manager in an IT company in the final phases of
project execution. Your project status is well within budget, and you
are almost a week ahead in your schedule. During the final testing
phase of the project, you realize that the performance of the product
can be increased by almost 20% of the expected value by doing
minor code changes in two modules. This change would require an
additional 2 days of work. What should you do NEXT?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Analyze the various alternatives and do a detailed impact analysis
before proceeding with the change B. Update the change management form and send it to change control
board for consideration
C. Discuss the change and impact with the customer and seek his
approval
D. Ignore the change as it is gold plating and should be avoided
140A project manager is going through the defect report for the bugs
reported during the testing cycle of a software project. The report has
information on the severity of the bugs, origin of the bugs, and
possible resolution. Now the project manager wants to prioritize the
bug fixing activity by evaluating the most frequent reasons for the
defects. Which tools should be used for this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Control chart B. Fishbone diagram
C. Scatter diagram
D. Pareto chart
141You are managing a critical project with frequent changes in
requirement. You are in the testing phase of the project, and the
customer has requested an addition of a new feature. You have
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assessed the impact of the change on the triple constraints with your
team. What should be your NEXT step?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Raise a change request form and send it for approval to change
control board B. Look for alternative options including schedule compression
techniques like crashing and fast tracking
C. Analyze the impact of the change on the project's quality objectives
and quality planning
D. Update the project management plans and other project documents
including project baselines
142A software project is in the testing phase and the project manager
has found a high number of defects in one particular module. He
decides to determine the root cause of this problem by analyzing all
the potential causes and grouping them into different categories.
Which technique is he using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Fish Bone diagram B. Pareto chart
C. Control charts
D. Checklists
143A project manager notices that a control chart has a group of
seven non-random data points in a series between his upper control
limit and mean. What does it indicate about the process stability of
the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. This is a random cause of variation and can be ignored B. The process is stable and in control as none of the data points are
outside control limits
C. The control limits for the process are well within specification limits
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D. The process is out of statistical control and needs to be investigated
144After a major milestone release, some of the key stakeholders are
not happy and complain that their requirements are not met. To
ensure their approval for the release, the project manager should
have involved them in the process:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Management Plan Development B. Identifying Constraints
C. Validate Scope
D. Schedule Management
145A project in a large construction company is in chaos. It has
already reached the execution phase. The project team is not clear
on who oversees the project. Who is the key person responsible for
giving clarity to the team?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project manger B. Functional manager
C. Customer
D. Project sponsor
146A project manager in an MNC corporation is in the process of
collecting, organizing, and disseminating information on how project
resources are being used to complete project objectives. In addition,
he is collecting information on cost, schedule, and level of quality. He
is also going through the influence of risks on project objectives.
Which process is the project manager in?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Direct and Manage Project Work B. Manage Communications
C. Earned Value Technique
D. Monitor and Control Project work
147A project manager wants to present a project performance report
to his management which captures project results over the last 3
years to see if the performance is improving or deteriorating. Which of
the following reports should he use?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Earned Value B. Status Report
C. Forecasting Report
D. Trend Report
148As part of project stage review, you are presenting project
performance reports to the stakeholders. The reports show both cost
and schedule variances are positive for the project. What does it
indicate about the current project status?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The project is under budget and behind schedule B. The project is over budget and behind schedule
C. The project is under budget and ahead of schedule
D. The project is over budget and ahead of schedule
149A project manager is discussing the project management triangle
and triple constraints with his team. What three constraints is he
referring to in project management terminology?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cost, Schedule, Quality
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B. Cost, Schedule, Scope
C. Cost, Scope, Customer Satisfaction
D. Cost, Scope, Product
150You are a project manager in a manufacturing company, and
you want to assess the current quality of your production process. You
also want to check if the process is stable over time or if there are any
special causes of variation. Which tools would be MOST suitable for
this purpose?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Control chart B. Pareto Chart
C. Test of Normality
D. Inspection
151A project manager shares project performance through status
reports via email to all the stakeholders of the project. Which of the
following techniques is the PM using?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Kick-off meeting B. Pull Communication
C. Push Communication
D. Communication model
152A project team is in the process of tracking risks and control. The
risk control actions defined by the mitigation and contingency plans is
being implemented in accordance with the details of those plans.
Who is responsible for implementing these actions?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project manager
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B. Project team
C. Risk owner
D. Risk manager
153To which process group does the task "Control procurement
activities according to the procurement plan, verify compliance with
project objectives." belong to?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Planning B. Closing
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
154You are managing a project with a total budget of $36,000 that
will be finished in 1 year. You are at the end of the 6th month, and
project is on schedule. However, the actual cost of the project is
$20,000. What is the cost variance in the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 2000 B. -2000
C. 16000
D. -6000
155The difference between the maximum funding and the end of the
cost baseline is known as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Funding Limit Reconciliation B. Reserve Analysis
C. Project Budget
D. Management Reserve
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157You are a project manager building a prototype board for an
embedded project. Since your organization lacks the required level of
fabrication expertise, you outsource the fabrication process for board
development to an external vendor. During the course of the project,
the vendor informs you of a probable delay by 3 days in the final
delivery of the fabricated board. This is an EXAMPLE of:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Secondary Risk B. Residual risk
C. Risk Trigger
D. Risk Workaround
158Your firm awarded a cost reimbursable contract to a
pharmaceutical company for some research-related activity. Over
time, many changes have taken place in the project, and it is difficult
to keep track of the status of the change requests. What is the BEST
alternative for the project manager in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Terminate the existing contract and negotiate a new one with the
seller B. Capture all the change requests, along with their current status and
follow the contract change control system
C. Terminate the existing contract and sign a similar one based on the
same terms and conditions as the earlier one
D. Seek advice from the senior management of your organization
159A cost reimbursable contract has an estimated cost of $15,000. If
the seller beats the cost, the saving will be shared as follows:75% to
the buyer and 25% to the seller. If the actual costs come in at $12,000,
what is the final price?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 12500 B. 12750
C. 12250
D. 12000
160As a project manager, you are conducting a structured review of
the seller's progress to deliver the project within contract. Your
objective is to determine progress with respect to the procurement
statement of work. In which stage of the project will you be doing this
review?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Before contract closure B. Before awarding the contract
C. As part of the project status review
D. In case of non-conformance by seller
161As a project manager, you understand the importance of
contract documents and correspondence for future references.
Which of the following can be used to manage and store contract
and procurement of documents and records?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Claims Administration B. Audit Reports
C. Lessons Learned
D. Records Management System
162A project's deliverables were accepted by the customer and the
contract was closed with all payments successfully completed. The
team was released in a hurry as they were to be reassigned to
another high-priority project before they could discuss and document
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the lessons learned. What action should the project manager perform
now?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Mark the project as closed as all sign-offs received B. Document as many lessons learned as the PM can remember, and
close the project
C. Request for a 1-hour closure meeting to create the lessons learned
document
D. Escalate the matter to the PMO and request for directions
163A project manager has made the final delivery to the customer,
and the team is in the process of completing administrative and
contract closure. The team has also completed the final version of
lesson learned in the corporate database. Which of the following is a
critical activity that the project manager should complete before
formally closing the project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Confirm that all the requirements in the project are met B. Ensure that all project management processes are complete
C. Obtain formal sign-off for the project from the customer
D. Index and archive the project records
164A project manager is in the final closure phase of the project.
Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST as part of
the project closure activity?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Get formal sign-off from the customer to confirm customer
acceptance of final deliverable B. Measure customer satisfaction as a key performance indicator of the
project's success
C. Hand off completed project deliverables to operations and
management
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D. Measure project scope against the project management plan
165A pharmaceutical company recently terminated a research
project as it no longer seems commercially viable for the company.
What is the FIRST step the Project Manager should take?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Release the team members B. Document the lessons learned
C. Conduct Scope Verification
D. Discuss with the senior manager the reason for abrupt project
termination
166Under which process group should documentation of lessons
learned occur?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Executing B. Monitoring and Controlling
C. Closing
D. Throughout the project
167You have just started administering a contract when management
decides to terminate the contract. What should you do first?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Go back to solicitation B. Go back to solicitation planning
C. Finish contract administration
D. Go to contract closeout
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168The knowledge that the team and stakeholders gain by
performing the project is known as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Team development B. Best practices
C. Lessons learned
D. Cumulative intellectual property
169You are a vendor and are discussing project closure with your
customer. All of the following would be outputs of closing a project
EXCEPT:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Correspondences B. Contract changes
C. Enterprise environmental factor updates
D. Payment requests
170Which of the following must happen before a project is closed?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The customer must accept the project's product B. Lessons learned must be documented
C. The project team must have a new project
D. Project Charter
171You are a program manager. Your project manager Lynda wants
to leave the project before it gets completed. What will you do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
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A. Forbid this B. Take all the closing tasks on yourself
C. Appoint another project manager, but ask Lynda to be available for
any customer meetings
D. Wait till she leaves
172On your current project, you have a good number of
subcontractors. You are eager to work with many of them. However,
one of them has consistently submitted expensive change orders
every week. Now, when you are closing the project what should you
do?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Use earned value analysis B. Fire the subcontractor who has submitted too many change orders
C. Conduct procurement audit
D. Conduct subcontractor pattern match
173You have recently attended a talk at your local PMI® chapter on
project closure. One of your colleagues wants your counsel to figure
out the element that is not a closure activity. What would be your
answer?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project archives B. Project closure
C. Lessons learnt
D. Rework
174You are good at reviewing and critiquing vendor contracts on
your projects. Before closing the project, your supervisor asks you to
develop a checklist of topics which need to be discussed with a
vendor. Your list may have all of the following EXCEPT:
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A. Invoices and payment receipts B. Risk log
C. Approved change requests
D. Inspection reports
175One of your colleagues is not clear about what should be looked
at during project closure. Which of the following would NOT be
relevant to look at?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Performance measurement documentation B. Product documentation
C. Project archives
D. Project plans for the next project
176Your project has faced some unforeseen issues that have caused
a delay in your project. However, the project is very critical for the
company, and it has to meet the scheduled deadline. To meet the
deadline, your team would have to work over the weekends for next
two weeks. You know that many of the team members will have some
personal commitments and it will be very difficult for them to work for
seven consecutive days. What is the BEST option for you?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Hire additional resources and brief them about the project B. Inform the customer that this deadline can't be met
C. Discuss the situation with the team and give them the choice to
willingly work overtime
D. Send an official mail making it compulsory for the team to come and
work over the weekends
177Which of the following quality theorists advocated the popular
iterative four-step approach of Plan-Do-Check-Act?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Joseph Juran B. W. Edwards Deming
C. Philips Crosby
D. Genichi Taguchi
178After working as a project manager for more than 25 years, you
want to share your learning and best practices to your industry. You
do this by writing articles in international journals and giving interviews
to share your experience. This act can be BEST described as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Enhancement of professional skills by learning project management
and technical skills B. Contribution to the project management knowledge base by virtue of
vast personal experience
C. Capturing professional stint in autobiography purely from retrospection
exercise
D. Informing others about project management principles and helping
profession grow
179As a Project Manager, you have to recommend one among the
projects A, B, C, and D. Which one would be the BEST option? Here,
NPV is Net Present Value.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project A: NPV $50,000 to be completed in 3 years B. Project B: NPV $40,000 to be completed in 2 years
C. Project C: NPV $70,000 to be completed in 9 years
D. Project A: NPV $60,000 to be completed in 1 year
180As a project manager, you need to estimate the regression testing
for your product. You would like to do 5 full testing cycles and each
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cycle is estimated to be 4 days long. What should be your estimated
duration for the testing activity?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. 25 days B. 18 to 22 days
C. 18 days
D. 22 to 24 days
181Identify a statement about the Arrow Diagramming Method
(ADM) or Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) that is not true.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. The nodes are used to represent activity and arrows show activity
dependency B. It uses only Finish to Start relationship between activities
C. It may use dummy activities
D. It is a popular method of drawing network diagram
182Which contract types would entail the MOST cost risk for the
buyer?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee B. Cost Plus Incentive Fee
C. Cost plus percentage of cost
D. Cost Plus Award Fee
183The process of comparing actual or planned project practices of
a project with those of other projects to generate improvement ideas
and a basis for performance measurement is called:
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Benchmarking B. Design of Experiments
C. Prototyping
D. Quality Assurance
184You are a project manager managing a software project for your
firm. While acquiring the project team, you ask the resource manager
to assign the test engineers in the beginning of the project as it would
help them gain project insight critical for effective testing. Which kind
of project dependency is this an example of?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Mandatory Dependency B. Discretionary dependency
C. External dependency
D. Customer dependency
185You are working on a project to build a hybrid car which would
run on both fuel as well as electricity. This car would have a 1000 cc
engine and work on a regenerative braking system. It should be able
to seat four passengers including a driver and comply with Euro 4
emission norms. These parameters are described as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Product Scope B. Project Scope
C. Scope baseline
D. Requirements Management Plan
186You are a project manager managing a project with limited
resources. Which schedule network analysis technique would be most
useful to modify the project schedule for limited resources?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Critical Path Method B. Fast Tracking
C. Critical Chain Method
D. Crashing
187A major stakeholder in a project wants to know his role and
responsibility in the scheduling process of the project. He also wants to
understand how the schedule baseline is established and which
scheduling methodologies are used. Which of the following best
provides the information?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Management Plan B. Project Schedule Baseline
C. Stakeholder Register
D. Schedule Management Plan
188You are managing a project to build a multi-storey complex in
your city. You are waiting for the clearance to start construction of the
building. Which kind of dependency is this an example of?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. External Dependency B. Mandatory Dependency
C. Discretionary Dependency
D. Internal Dependency
189A project manager working on a construction project identifies a
risk of heavy storms in the coming months which might affect the
construction activity. However, he doesn't have any reliable
information on the weather forecast or the severity of the storm. In
this, case what is the BEST the Project Manager can do?
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SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Capture the Risk in the Risk Register B. Ignore the Risk as nothing can be done to avoid it
C. Actively accept the risk and allocate time and cost reserves in the
contingency fund
D. Proceed with Risk Response Strategy to counter the Risk
190A company recently launched a digital instrument in the market
which was completely unsuccessful. The company has incurred huge
costs in the development of the product including intellectual
property, research and development, and patents. All this cost would
be termed as _____.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Opportunity cost B. Depreciation
C. Sunk Cost
D. Internal Rate of Return
191A popular Japanese technique which advocates continuous small
improvements involving everyone from top management to the
lowest level in the organization is called _____.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Ishikawa B. Kaizen
C. Deming cycle
D. Total Quality Management
192You are a project manager planning to launch a new product in
the market. For this purpose, you are analyzing the existing products in
the market, preferably the best-in-class firms to understand their best
practices. You also compare industry standards for performance
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metrics including cost, cycle time, productivity, and quality to come
up with your own product metrics. Which of the following activities are
you doing?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cost Benefit Analysis B. Value Engineering
C. Benchmarking
D. Process Analysis
193A Project Manager is working in a manufacturing company with
the centralized contracting department. Who would have the final
authority to change the contract in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Project Manager B. Contract Manager
C. Sponsor
D. Customer
194When is the stakeholder's influence in the project MAXIMUM?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. At the beginning B. During the project execution
C. During the testing phase
D. At the project closure
195You are a project manager in a pharmaceutical company and
are managing a critical research project for your organization. This
project has a high number of stakeholders like the FDA, doctors, and
various participating NGOs. You understand that risk management is
critical for the success of the project and involve all the stakeholders
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during the risk identification process. However, only 22 risks are
identified, and this is very low for your kind of project. What could be
the most plausible reason?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Some of the stakeholders are negative stakeholders and hence did
not participate fully in Risk Identification B. The project manager should move to next stage as there would be
more risks found later in the project
C. The project manager did not use a standard list of risk categories to
further identify the risks
D. The project manager didn't use multiple risk identification techniques
196You are managing a multinational project with team members
across different countries and varying time zones. In this scenario, you
wish to choose a communication media which is most efficient to
project requirements. What should be the most appropriate way to
address this?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Explore communication tools available in the market, and ask for
quotation exclusively for your project instead of using existing tool in
the organization B. Use the most cost effective technique, and involve everyone to
explain its usage
C. Use a combination of communication technology as is done in your
peer's project
D. Discuss the communication requirements and the available options
with stakeholders to seek their inputs
197You are a project manager working with a diverse team in
different locations. You have created work packages for your team
and have assigned them to team members as part of planning. You
are looking for a system which can be used to notify team members
that they may begin working on appropriate work packages in the
project. Which of the following tools can be helpful?
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A. Resource Histogram B. Configuration Management System
C. Change Control System
D. Work Authorization system
198You have taken over as a project manager of a complex and
technically challenging project. Your team is from diverse cultures
and lacks bonding. You want the team to participate and take
ownership of the project activities from day one, as well as
understand the big picture of the project. Which of the following
activities would be most helpful?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Use colocation to help the team bond better, which in turn would
maximize productivity B. Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
C. Develop responsibility assignment matrix to describe roles and
responsibilities of every team member
D. Conduct knowledge sessions where each member appraise the team
about his culture
199What is the topmost source of conflict in a project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Schedule B. Project priorities
C. Administrative procedures
D. Personality
200You are a project manager working on a strict deadline. You find
a work package on the critical path which is highly complex and
could delay the final delivery of your product. After consulting your
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customer, you decide to drop this work package from the project.
Which risk response strategies do you use in this case?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
A. Avoid B. Reduction
C. Sharing
D. Retention