Practice Questions - Joe Flashcards
- During resource control meetings, a project manager facilitates a discussion among team members regarding problem-solving. Specifically, the team discusses the most effective approaches to take when needing to solve resource control problems. What is NOT considered a step in the problem-solving process?
a. Define
b. Analysis
c. Eradicate
d. Control
- C: Effective problem-solving begins with identifying or defining the problem to be solved. Measurements and analysis of the state of the problem and any possible solutions gives validity to how the team is solving the problem. After implementing a valid solution, there must be a control or sustaining force to prevent recurrence of the former failed state. These concepts are like the DMAIC process of six sigma.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- What additional systems must be used in project management organizations looking to maximize gains from lessons learned registers?
a. Project management information systems
b. Coaching and communication among project managers of lessons learned
c. Project integrated change control
d. Agile development tools
- B: Capturing project knowledge and lessons learned alone is not enough. If the information sits in a database or manual and no project managers or stakeholders review and learn from the lessons, they are useless. Organizations want project managers, or organizational leaders, to coach each other and adopt these changes. It is important to take advantage of these lessons by internal or external communication and change. The other choices on this list are beneficial to any project organization but don’t alone provide the connection between knowledge and creating impact.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- During the charter and project management plan development processes, multiple stakeholders approach you with their concerns and uncertainties for the proposed national expansion project. You are the project manager leading the expansion; without the support of these key stakeholders, the project will not likely succeed. What types of resources BEST address the cost-benefit analysis needs of your stakeholders?
a. Time, temperature, and organizational pressure
b. Financial, labor, materials, and information
c. Human and natural resources
d. Financial, organizational design, and available consultant support
- B: Stakeholders expend resources with the expectation that a viable project will provide some benefit in return. The expenditures come in the form of money, labor, material resources, or information. The cost-benefit analysis addressing these resources provides stakeholders with the ability to make key decisions.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- What is the purpose of the lessons learned register?
a. Serves as a transitioning tool to document valuable experiences such as issues, problems, risks, or opportunities for the benefit of future projects
b. To compile all completed training courses of each hired labor resource in the project to assure no safety risks exist
c. Serves as an accountability tool for stakeholders eager to know if the project manager is competent at his or her role
d. To advise organizational human resources departments on possible hiring and firing decisions
- A: The purpose of the lessons learned register is to capture key learnings (problems, risks, opportunities, threats, etc.) into a central database to analyze and improve future project planning and execution. It is used for positive outcomes not punitive outcomes.
- Which choice BEST describes the sequence used in the project schedule management process?
a. Define activities, sequence activities, estimate durations, develop schedule, control schedule
b. Estimate durations, define activities, develop schedule, create schedule management plan
c. Develop schedule, sequence activities, control schedule, create schedule management plan
d. Estimate durations, develop schedule, sequence activities, control schedule, create schedule management plan
- A: A precursor step is to create the schedule management plan. Thereafter the schedule creation follows the process of define activities, sequence activities, estimate activity durations, develop the schedule, and finally control the schedule.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- An effective schedule management plan advises the project team and stakeholders of how the project schedule will be executed. Stakeholders to the project you are leading require reporting of variances to the schedule plan. What plan elements are MOST notable to achieve this stakeholder requirement?
a. Reporting formats and organizational procedure linkage
b. Level of accuracy and control thresholds
c. Project schedule model maintenance and iteration length
d. Units of measure and rules of performance measurement
- B: Reporting of variances can be accomplished using measures of variance prescribed in the schedule management plan. Variances are based on the acceptable accuracy performance and any occurrences where an allowed variation is exceeded. Level of accuracy refers to approved ranges in activity durations. Control thresholds distinguish acceptable variance from unacceptable conditions.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- During project activity execution work, a contracted seller of key components informs the project team that their supply capabilities declined as did their ability to meet quality specifications. All the following are beneficial actions for the project team EXCEPT
a. adjusting the schedule and quality baselines with stakeholder consent.
b. executing protective clauses in the procurement agreement while shifting orders to a backup vendor.
c. developing an agile alternative supply from minor defective parts with relaxed critical-toquality parameters.
d. auditing the supplier and giving support by finding collaborative solutions to the failures.
- C: The project team can use the supplier’s information to absorb the decline in supplier capability by adjusting project baselines. The team can drop the supplier (or diminish the resource quantities obtained from that supplier by using an alternate supply source. Last, the project team can audit and support the supplier to find improvement and capacity opportunities. The wrong choice would be to use defective parts and relax critical-to-quality measures. This choice will most negatively affect the deliverable.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- Which information is NOT a reliable input source for creating the quality management plan?
a. Requirements traceability matrix
b. Voice of the customer analysis
c. Customer specifications
d. Financial break-even analysis
- D: An effective quality management plan begins with defining the customer and stakeholder measures of quality or specifications. A requirements traceability matrix summarizes these criteria well. A voice of the customer analysis translates requirements to features and key quality indicators.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- During the development of the schedule management plan, the level of accuracy calculations provides the team with which of the following?
a. Rules of performance measurement b. Release and iteration length
c. Ranges acceptable in activity duration estimates
d. Schedule control thresholds
- C: Activity durations are estimated in the schedule management planning phase. To plan and allocate resources effectively, there must be a level of accuracy calculated, for example, for each activity and for the plan overall. These estimates guide the team to plan for the actual execution of project work.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 174). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
- Which choice represents possible uses of subject matter experts during the phase or project closeout process?
a. Regulatory review by government
b. Legal fulfillment of contract details by the PICC team
c. Deliverable team review and approval
d. None of the above
- A: Examples of expert judgement supporting the phase or project closeout process include regulatory review by government and organizational lawyers reviewing formal contracts for fulfillment.
Bowling, Matthew. PMP Exam Prep 2022 and 2023 - Project Management Professional Certification Secrets Study Guide, Full-Length Practice Test, Detailed Answer Explanations: [PMBOK 7th Edition] (p. 175). Mometrix Media LLC. Kindle Edition.
