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In this type of organization, the project manager shares responsibility for team member assignments and performance evaluations with the functional manager.

A. Functional
B. Projectized
C. Hierarchical
D. Matrix

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D. Matrix

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These are units of measures agreed upon by the agile team that are used to estimate the amount of work it takes to complete a user story.

A. Story point
B. Epic point
C. Velocity
D. Parametric estimate

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A. Story point

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The information you gather in the preliminary scope definition will serve as a basis for which of the following documents?

A. Scope management plan
B. Communication plan
C. Project charter
D. Stakeholder register

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C. Project charter

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David is working on a project where oral health information will be exchanged during the testing of the system. Which of the following is true regarding this question? (Choose two.)

A. Oral health information is PHII and should follow the standards and laws associated with protecting this data.
B. PHII is a form of PII.
C. Oral health information is not PHII and does not need to follow the standards and laws associated with protecting this data.
D. PHII is a form of SPII.

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A. Oral health information is PHII and should follow the standards and laws associated with protecting this data.

B. PHII is a form of PII.

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Who is responsible for assembling the project’s team members?

A. Project sponsor
B. Project stakeholders
C. Project customer
D. Project manager

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D. Project manager

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Which of these terms describes a critical path task?

A. Hard logic
B. Zero float
C. Critical task
D. Mandatory task

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B. Zero float

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You’re the project manager on a project where the scope has expanded. The change has been approved by the change control board (CCB). What steps must you take to acknowledge the new scope? (Choose two.)

A. Update the project management plan.
B. Update the SOW.
C. Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.
D. Submit a change request.
E. Log the request on the change request log.

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A. Update the project management plan.

C. Communicate the change to stakeholders and team members.

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Which of the following are project management life cycle phases according to CompTIA? (Choose three.)

A. Scheduling
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and Controlling
E. Documenting
F. Budgeting
G. Closing

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B. Planning

C. Executing

G. Closing

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Risk analysis includes all of the following except for which one?

A. Identifying risk
B. Determining a risk response plan
C. Determining an order-of-magnitude estimate for responses
D. Determining probability and impact and assigning a risk score

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C. Determining an order-of-magnitude estimate for responses

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Which of the following describes the responsibilities of the project sponsor?

A. Provides or obtains financial resources
B. Monitors the delivery of major milestones
C. Runs interference and removes roadblocks
D. Provides the project manager with authority to manage the project
E. All of the above

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E. All of the above

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Which cost-estimating technique relies on estimating work packages and then rolling up these estimates to come up with a total cost estimate?

A. Top-down
B. Parametric
C. Bottom-up
D. Analogous

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C. Bottom-up

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Fishbone diagrams, Pareto diagrams, decision tress, run charts, and control charts are examples of which of the following?

A. Examples of various project management tools used to plan the work of the project
B. Examples of various quality control tools used to examine the quality of work
C. Examples of various scope management tools to control the quality of deliverables
D. Examples of various scope management tools used to control scope creep

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B. Examples of various quality control tools used to examine the quality of work

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Your project requires a resource with specialized knowledge of a specific business process. The resource will work with the project team during the development of this functionality. What type of resources are these?

A. Internal resources
B. Functional/extended resources
C. Core resources
D. Benched resources

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B. Functional/extended resources

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Which of these statements describes an assumption?

A. Our senior web developer will be available to work on this project.
B. The electrical capacity at the site of the project event may not be adequate.
C. The project’s due date is June 27.
D. There’s a potential for server administrator to receive a promotion during the course of this project.

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A. Our senior web developer will be available to work on this project.

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All of the following are factors that influence communication methods except which one?

A. Language barriers
B. Technological barriers
C. Task completion
D. Cultural differences
E. Intra-organizational differences
F. A, B, D
G. All of the above

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C. Task completion

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Why is it important to comply with laws and regulations such as HIPPA, PIPEDA, GDPR, and CCPA when working as a project manager? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Failure to comply may result in sanctions to the organization.
B. Failure to comply may result in reputational damage to the organization.
C. Failure to comply may result in financial penalties to the organization.
D. Failure to comply may result in punitive damages to the organization.
E. All of the above.

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E. All of the above

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This tool is often used in the vendor selection process to pick a winning bidder.

A. Weighted scoring model
B. Bidder conference
C. RFQ
D. SOW

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A. Weighted scoring model

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The network communication model is a visual depiction of what?

A. Lines of communication
B. Participant model
C. Communication model
D. Participant communication model

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A. Lines of communication

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Environmental, social, and governance factors that influence project management activities also include all of the following except which one?

A. Project impact to local and global environment
B. Awareness of compliance and privacy considerations
C. Project impact to company brand value
D. Awareness of company vision, mission statement, and values
E. Awareness of applicable regulations and standards

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B. Awareness of compliance and privacy considerations

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Which of the following project documents created in the Closing phase describes what went well and what didn’t go well on the project?

A. Project close report
B. Stakeholder feedback report
C. Lessons learned
D. Post-project
review

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C. Lessons learned

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This chart shows the remaining time and work effort for an iteration or sprint.

A. Run chart
B. Gantt chart
C. Scrum board
D. Burndown chart

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D. Burndown chart

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This is the approved, expected cost of the project.

A. Expenditure budget
B. Expenditure baseline
C. Cost budget
D. Cost baseline

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D. Cost baseline

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This document authorizes the project to begin.

A. Business case
B. Project concept document
C. Project charter
D. Preliminary scope statement

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C. Project charter

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Your project has expected cash inflows of $1.2 million in year 1, $2.4 million in year 2, and $4.6 million in year 3. The project pays for itself in 23 months. Which cash flow technique was used to determine this?

A. IRR
B. NPV
C. Discounted cash flow
D. Payback period

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D. Payback period

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Which cost-estimating
technique relies on estimating work packages and then rolling up
these estimates to come up with a total cost estimate?

A. Top-down
B. Parametric
C. Bottom-up
D. Analogous

A

C. Bottom-up

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A well-written change request should include which of the following components?

A. A description of the type of change requested
B. The amount of time the change will take to implement
C. The cost of the change
D. How to update the affected project planning documents
E. All of the above

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E. All of the above

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“Install an Interactive Voice Response System that will increase customer response time by an average of 15 seconds and decrease the number of customer service interactions by 30 percent” is an example of which of the following elements of scope statement?

A. Requirements
B. Objectives
C. Project description
D. Milestone

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B. Objectives

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Which of these can convey that you’ve achieved the completion of an interim key deliverable?

A. Completion criteria
B. Milestone
C. Success criteria
D. Project sign-off
document

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B. Milestone

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You are working for an organization and just learned that another organization with more power and influence is taking over your organization at the first of the year and they will set strategy and make all business decisions going forward. What does this describe?

A. Business merger
B. Business de-merger
C. Business venture
D. Business acquisition

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D. Business acquisition

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All of the following are types of stakeholder analysis except for which one?

A. Salience model
B. Stakeholder register
C. Power/interest grid
D. Prioritization matrix

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B. Stakeholder register

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From the following list of options, select three of the five common stages of development that project teams progress through. (Choose three. )

A. Forming
B. Acquiring
C. Storming
D. Collaborating
E. Negotiating
F. Norming
G. Compromising

A

A. Forming

C. Storming

F. Norming

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Which of the following are stand-alone PII data elements, also known as SPII?

A. Name, mother’s maiden name, criminal history
B. Date of birth and place of birth
C. Employment information and educational information
D. Vehicle registration number and cell phone number
E. Fingerprints, driver’s license number, and street address

A

E. Fingerprints, driver’s license number, and street address

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This estimating technique uses the most likely, optimistic, and pessimistic estimates to come up with an average cost or duration estimate.

A. Analogous estimate
B. Bottom-up estimate
C. Parametric estimate
D. Three-point estimate

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D. Three-point estimate

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Which option describes an example of asynchronous communications?

A. Face-to-face conversation
B. Phone call
C. Email
D. Instant message

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C. Email

35
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Which of these statements describes an assumption?

A. Our senior web developer will be available to work on this project.
B. The electrical capacity in the data center needs upgrading prior to the implementation of the servers.
C. The project’s due date is June 27.
D. The budget for this project is $125,000.

A

A. Our senior web developer will be available to work on this project.

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This is often added to the project schedule to provide extra time to account for risks or unforeseen issues that may cause tasks to take longer than the original estimate.

A. Quality gate
B. Buffer
C. Milestone
D. Governance gate

A

B. Buffer

37
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Which of the following is not true regarding cost estimating?

A. Cost estimates are provided by team members.
B. Cost estimate accuracy depends on the technique used to determine the estimate.
C. Cost estimates have a quality factor built into them.
D. Cost estimates are inputs to the project budget and used to determine the total project cost.

A

C. Cost estimates have a quality factor built into them.

38
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Which of these is not an example of a project selection method?

A. Cost–benefit analysis
B. Expert judgment
C. Top-down estimating
D. Scoring model

A

C. Top-down estimating

39
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This is how you will know the user story requirements were met satisfactorily at the end of the sprint.

A. Acceptance criteria
B. KPIs
C. Metrics
D. EVM

A

A. Acceptance criteria

40
Q

This chart or diagram is a type of histogram that rank-orders
data by frequency over time.

A. Run chart
B. Scatter diagram
C. Fishbone diagram
D. Pareto chart

A

D. Pareto chart

41
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One of your project activities requires following a specific procedure, inspecting the results, and signing off on an inspection before it can be included in the final deliverable. What type of dependency does this describe?

A. External
B. Discretionary
C. Mandatory
D. Logical

A

B. Discretionary

42
Q

All of following are the most common elements in a three-tier,
multitier architecture except for which one?

A. Networking layer
B. Application layer
C. Processing layer
D. Presentation layer

A

A. Networking layer

43
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This is the final, approved version of the project schedule. All of the following are true regarding this description except for which of the following?

A. It will prevent future schedule risk.
B. It’s approved by the stakeholders, sponsor, and functional managers.
C. It’s used to monitor project progress throughout the remainder of the project.
D. This describes a schedule baseline.

A

A. It will prevent future schedule risk.

44
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According to CompTIA exam objectives, writing code and making changes to code involve all of the following environments except for which one?

A. Beta stage
B. Development
C. Production
D. Infrastructure

A

D. Infrastructure

45
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All of the following represent a category of contract most commonly used in procurement except for which one?

A. Time-and-materials
B. Cost-reimbursable
C. Fixed-price
D. Requests for proposal

A

D. Requests for proposal

46
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Risk analysis includes all of the following except for which one?

A. Identifying risk
B. Determining a risk response plan
C. Determining an order-of-magnitude estimate for responses
D. Determining probability and impact and assigning a risk score

A

C. Determining an order-of-magnitude estimate for responses

47
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These performance measurements are defined when you create the project management plan and are monitored and tracked during the Executing phase to determine whether the project is meeting its goals.

A. ROI
B. Balanced score card
C. IRR
D. KPI

A

D. KPI

48
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In this organizational structure, you report to the director of project management, and your team members report to their areas of responsibility (accounting, human resources, and IT). You will have complete control of the project team members’ time and assignments once the project is underway. Which type of organization does this describe?

A. Projectized
B. Functional
C. Hierarchical
D. Matrix

A

A. Projectized

49
Q

Your project sponsor told you that the due date for the project is a key to its success and there is no chance of the date changing. What is this known as?

A. A constraint
B. An influence
C. A deliverable
D. A management directive

A

A. A constraint

50
Q

All of the following are meeting types according to CompTIA exam objectives except for which one?

A. Decisive
B. Cooperative
C. Informative
D. Collaborative

A

B. Cooperative

51
Q

This is a temporary way of resolving conflict and is considered a lose-lose technique. It emphasizes the areas of agreement over the areas of disagreement.

A. Smoothing
B. Forcing
C. Avoiding
D. Collaborating

A

A. Smoothing

52
Q

Which of following describe secondary storage? (Choose two.)

A. SAN.
B. Flash drive.
C. NAS.
D. RAM.
E. It’s also known as external memory.

A

B. Flash drive.

E. It’s also known as external memory.

53
Q

All of the following describe types of project endings except for which one?

A. Integration
B. Starvation
C. Addition
D. Extinction
E. Attrition

A

E. Attrition

54
Q

You need to perform a background check on a potential contract employee. Which of the following IT policies outlines the procedures for this check?

A. Physical security policy
B. Digital security policy
C. Data security policy
D. Operational security policy

A

D. Operational security policy

55
Q

Project managers may spend up to 90 percent of their time doing which of the following?

A. Negotiating
B. Managing scope
C. Managing the project team
D. Communicating

A

D. Communicating

56
Q

In which cloud service model does the cloud service provider have the most control?

A. PaaS
B. IaaS
C. SaaS
D. XaaS

A

C. SaaS

57
Q

This project management methodology divides up projects into stages that are logically organized. It has seven guiding principles and seven stages.

A. Scrum
B. Kanban
C. PRINCE2
D. Disciplined Agile

A

C. PRINCE2

58
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This person is responsible for time and duration estimates for tasks, cost estimates, status updates, and dependencies. Which of the following does this describe?

A. Project manager
B. Stakeholder
C. Scheduler
D. Project team member

A

D. Project team member

59
Q

When taking over an incomplete project, what item should be of most interest to the new project manager?

A. Project concept statement
B. Project charter
C. Project scope statement
D. Project plan

A

C. Project scope statement

60
Q

All of the following are examples of records that are managed by a records management system except for which one?

A. Board report
B. Employee user access policy
C. Draft of network diagrams
D. Resignation letter

A

C. Draft of network diagrams

61
Q

In project management, the process of taking high-level
project requirements and breaking them down into the tasks that will generate the deliverables is called what?

A. Analyzing
B. Decomposing
C. Process flow diagram
D. Break down

A

B. Decomposing

62
Q

Some team members on your team are driving each other crazy. They have different ways of organizing the tasks they are both assigned to, and the disparity in styles is causing them to bicker. Which of the following describes this situation?

A. This is a constraint that’s bringing about conflict on the team.
B. This should be escalated to the project sponsor.
C. This is a common cause of conflict.
D. This is a team formation stage that will pass as they get to know each other better.

A

C. This is a common cause of conflict.

63
Q

Your organization is part of a network of researchers who need to share data and experimental results. Which cloud deployment model is the best solution for this scenario?

A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud

A

D. Community cloud

64
Q

This is a deliverables-oriented hierarchy that defines the work of the project.

A. Scope document
B. Scope management plan
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Project plan

A

C. Work breakdown structure

65
Q

Removable media is a security risk for all organizations. You are working with IT to create a policy that includes encryption procedures for removable media. Which policy are the procedures for removable media contained in?

A. Physical security policy
B. Digital security policy
C. Data security policy
D. Operational security policy

A

A. Physical security policy

66
Q

Your organization has recently discovered that PII data has been exposed. What is this known as?

A. Cybersecurity hack
B. PII data disclosure
C. Breach of confidentiality
D. Data confidentiality exposure

A

C. Breach of confidentiality

67
Q

Your team has experienced issues in the past in having all IT team members engaged and involved on the project. The server team is notoriously left out of the loop until the last minute and then they have to scramble to get things ready for deployment. Which of the following
team structures would help eliminate this issue?

A. Project team
B. Scrum team
C. DevSecOps team
D. Architect team

A

C. DevSecOps team

68
Q

What is the best way to prevent scope creep?

A. Make sure the requirements are thoroughly defined and documented.
B. Put a statement in the charter that no additions to the project will be allowed once it’s underway.
C. Alert the sponsor that you will not be taking any change requests after the project starts.
D. Inform stakeholders when they sign the project scope statement that no changes will be accepted after the scope statement is published.

A

A. Make sure the requirements are thoroughly defined and documented.

69
Q

You’re the project manager for a small project that is in the Closing phase. You prepare closure documents and take them to the project sponsor for sign-off. The project sponsor says that the documents are not needed because the project is so small. What should you tell the
sponsor?

A. You’re sorry to have bothered them and will close the project without sign-off.
B. You explain the sponsor is the one who needs to sign off on the documents, showing that the project is officially closed.
C. You offer to have a stakeholder sign off in the sponsor’s place.
D. You offer to sign off on the documents yourself.

A

B. You explain the sponsor is the one who needs to sign off on the documents, showing that the project is officially closed.

70
Q

Which of following software manages documents, records, and data in electronic format for an organization?

A. ERP
B. CRM
C. EDRMS
D. CMS

A

C. EDRMS

71
Q

Your subject matter expert tells you that they estimate the time needed to complete their task is 40 hours. The task starts on Thursday, January 20 at 8 a.m. The team works eight-hour days, and they do not work weekends. Which day will the task end?

A. January 24
B. January 25
C. January 27
D. January 26

A

D. January 26

72
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Your project sponsor has expressed their need to have real-time
project information at their fingertips. Which of the following is the best way to meet this need?

A. By creating a project dashboard with scope, cost, and time elements
B. By updating the project status report on a daily basis
C. By sending an email every morning to the sponsor describing the current project status
D. By meeting face-to-face with the sponsor every day to update them on status

A

A. By creating a project dashboard with scope, cost, and time elements

73
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Luke is starting out in his project management career. He has project education but no hands-on experience. He is assigned to a project where he will be working with customer data, including full name, address, email address, phone number, and date of birth. What type
of data is this known as?

A. PHI
B. Linkable data
C. SPII
D. Secure data

A

B. Linkable data

74
Q

What key meeting is held after the project charter is signed and/or at the beginning of the Executing project management life cycle phase?

A. Project kickoff
B. Project review
C. Project overview
D. Project status meeting

A

A. Project kickoff

75
Q

These important stakeholders are responsible for meeting the organizational goals and for providing team members from their departments to work on the project.

A. Project champions
B. SMEs
C. PMO
D. Senior management

A

D. Senior management

76
Q

When using an agile methodology, this serves as a placeholder for ideas that are not yet fully formed but that capture the essence of the idea. They are later broken down into user stories. What is this element called?

A. Milestone
B. Preview
C. Backlog
D. Epic

A

D. Epic

77
Q

All of the following are types of testing used on information technology projects to determine if the system operates as expected except for which one?

A. Progression
B. Smoke
C. End-to-end
D. Stress
E. User acceptance

A

A. Progression

78
Q

These important stakeholders are responsible for designing solutions for the technology enterprise.

A. QA
B. SMEs
C. Architect
D. Engineers

A

C. Architect

79
Q

What are the two types of charts that you might utilize to display the project schedule?
(Choose two.)

A. Run chart
B. Gantt chart
C. Milestone chart
D. CPM
E. Histogram

A

B. Gantt chart

C. Milestone chart

80
Q

Which of the following is the focus of HIPAA specifically?

A. Protecting and safekeeping standards and regulations associated with personal data
B. Protecting and safekeeping standards and regulations associated with linkable data
C. Protecting and safekeeping SPII
D. Protecting and safekeeping ePHI

A

D. Protecting and safekeeping ePHI

81
Q

This person is responsible for removing obstacles so that the team can perform their work, assisting the product owner in defining backlog items, and educating the team on agile processes.

A. Project manager
B. Scrum master
C. Functional manager
D. Subject matter expert

A

B. Scrum master

82
Q

Demonstrating competency, respect, honesty, integrity, openness, and doing what you say you’ll do is an example of which of the following?

A. Team building
B. Managing team resources
C. Demonstrating leadership skills
D. Trust building

A

D. Trust building

83
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These gates are used as approval points in the project.

A. Quality gates
B. Approval gates
C. Governance gates
D. Milestone gates

A

C. Governance gates

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