Practice Test Flashcards
Which of the following documents would determine the contractual obligations?
A. PO
B. SLA
C. LOI
D. MOU
B. SLA
A project manager is managing a project with a hard deadline in two weeks. At the current rate of progress, the project will not finish on time.
Which of the following techniques is MOST likely to be used to complete the project on time?
A. Throttling
B. Crashing
C. Resource leveling
D. Resource smoothing
B. Crashing
A project manager is unsure if the quality of a deliverable from a SME meets specifications.
Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to address the issue?
A. Conduct a face-to-face or telephone meeting with the team member.
B. Send an email outlining the concerns to the team member.
C. Send a project team meeting to obtain feedback from everyone.
D. Post the issue on the wiki page for input from stakeholders.
A. Conduct a face-to-face or telephone meeting with the team member.
Which of the following is a key aspect of the Agile project management methodology?
A. Test-driven
B. Daily standup meetings
C. Short project durations
D. Defined list of requirements
B. Daily standup meetings
A carpenter on a project team reports there is insufficient time to accomplish tasks on schedule.
Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should take?
A. Assess the risk register’s new items.
B. Review the task start and finish dates.
C. Obtain additional resources.
D. Analyze the assigned hours.
A. Assess the risk register’s new items.
A project manager is managing a transactional project. One of the key team members is having difficulties understanding the client requirements.
Which of the following actions would be BEST for the project manager to take?
A. Ask the client to provide additional language resources to the team.
B. Purchase a language translation program.
C. Hire a translator to help the key team member
D. Ask the client to provide requirements in the native language of the team.
D. Ask the client to provide requirements in the native language of the team.
After identifying all known tasks, the project manager has started to sequence and set durations.
Which of the following describes how the project manager should BEST determine the initial sequence and durations?
A. Use milestones identified in the project charter.
B. Use data based on past knowledge.
C. Hold a full team workshop to review the complete WBS.
D. Collaborate with other project managers.
A. Use milestones identified in the project charter.
A company has updated the method it uses to initiate projects. The company requires RFPs from three vendors, and low and high bids must be rejected to determine the selected vendor.
Which of the following terms describe this requirement?
A. Outsourcing
B. Business acquisition
C. Business process change
D. Internal reorganization
A. Outsourcing
A project team is overseeing the installation of a new reptile habitat at the local zoo. During execution, zoo personnel decides to house a different type of reptile that will require a different temperature range than the capacity of the installed system. The modification has been approved.
Which of the following constraints are MOST likely to be affected? (Choose two.)
A. Quality because the existing system is now outside the threshold.
B. Requirements because this is a change to initial scope.
C. Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.
D. Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.
E. Stakeholders because they will need to understand the modification and provide buy-in.
C. Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.
D. Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.
Assuming an iterative approach, which of the following will be conducted at the end of each iteration?
A. SCRUM retrospective
B. Kickoff meeting
C. Budget baseline
D. Risk review
A. SCRUM retrospective
The project manager has noticed a vendor is not performing in accordance with the SLA.
Which of the following items should the project manager use to highlight the vendor’s areas of poor performance?
A. Balanced score card
B. WBS
C. Post-project evaluation
D. PERT
A. Balanced score card
Two team members are arguing over two different approaches to complete a task. The project manager listens to both sides, determines neither approach will work, and directs the team members to use a third option.
This type of conflict resolution is known as:
A. forcing.
B. avoiding.
C. smoothing.
D. compromising.
A. forcing.
Which of the following metrics demonstrates to a project manager if a project is overspending or underspending?
A. EAC
B. BAC
C. CPI
D. ETC
C. CPI
The project sponsor has cut the resources required for project completion. The project manager cannot complete the project without additional resources.
Which of the following should the project manager do to obtain the resources?
A. The project manager should identify and document the reasons for the additional resources in a change request.
B. The project manager should hire additional resources temporarily to complete the project.
C. The project manager should terminate the project until additional resources are added to the project.
D. The project manager should ask the project team members to take on more tasks to complete the project on time.
A. The project manager should identify and document the reasons for the additional resources in a change request.
An organization has multiple projects that are taking place simultaneously.
Which of the following should be tasked with ensuring resources are appropriately allocated to projects?
A. PMO
B. Project sponsor
C. Project coordinator
D. HR
B. Project sponsor
When a risk event occurs, which of the following documents is BEST suited for recording and tracking new items corresponding to the risk?
A. Issue log
B. Risk management plan
C. Communications plan
D. Risk register
E. Status report
D. Risk register
A milestone task on the critical path has been completed.
Which of the following should the project manager notify?
A. Owner of predecessor task
B. Project team
C. Project sponsor
D. Project steering committee
C. Project sponsor
During a project assessment, a project manager determines the initial project cost estimates were incorrect, and there is not enough budget left, including reserves, to complete the project.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A. Alert the project sponsor of the situation.
B. Contact the customer and request more funding.
C. Announce the project will end early due to lack of funds.
D. Attempt to save money in downstream activities.
A. Alert the project sponsor of the situation.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of an MOA or an MOU?
A. State expectations of all signatory parties to reduce potential misunderstandings.
B. Facilitate potential legal action and resulting remediation if one of the signatory parties violates any terms.
C. Enumerate a detailed code of conduct for all employees, contractors, and subcontractors participating in the program.
D. Provide transparency to competitors regarding all signatory parties.
A. State expectations of all signatory parties to reduce potential misunderstandings.
Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process.
Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?
A. Smoothing
B. Forcing
C. Compromising
D. Avoiding
B. Forcing
The client accepts the critical design review.
Which of the following meetings should be held to move to the NEXT step in the project?
A. Execution
B. Kickoff
C. Closure
D. Planning
B. Kickoff
A project manager is working on the project charter.
Which of the following phases does this describe?
A. Initiation
B. Planning
C. Execution
D. Closing
A. Initiation
A project in the execution phase is over budget, and tasks on the critical path are on schedule.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
A. Update the project management plan.
B. Issue a change request.
C. Revise the project charter.
D. Evaluate the impact to the baseline.
D. Evaluate the impact to the baseline.
Several team members report that meeting objectives are not being met.
Which of the following documents would a project manager create to make team meetings more effective? (Choose two.)
A. Create an SOW prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
B. Create a meeting agenda prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
C. Create a lessons learned list prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
D. Create a project charter prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
E. Create an action item list during the meeting and adhere to it.
F. Create a corrective action plan prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
G. Create a WBS prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
B. Create a meeting agenda prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
E. Create an action item list during the meeting and adhere to it.
Which of the following is a definition of an RFP?
A. A document sent to potential vendors to solicit a bid for a project.
B. A document sent to potential vendors to request information for skills and experience for a project.
C. A document sent to potential vendors to request a commitment for a project.
D. A document sent to potential vendors to solicit information that excludes pricing information for a project.
A. A document sent to potential vendors to solicit a bid for a project.
A customer has requested additional features for an active project.
Which of the following steps should take place NEXT?
A. Implement the requested changes.
B. Evaluate the impact of the changes.
C. Update all project documents.
D. Submit the requested changes to the CCB.
B. Evaluate the impact of the changes.
A project manager has an opportunity to add a highly skilled expert to the team who can increase the probability of the project’s success.
Which of the following risk strategies should the project manager adopt?
A. Exploitation
B. Avoidance
C. Acceptance
D. Mitigation
A. Exploitation
A project manager is assigned to a new project that must start immediately. No formal or approved documents have been authored for the project. The project manager must identify project roles, justify the business need, and determine project scope boundaries.
Which of the following documents should the project manager create?
A. Business case
B. Project charter
C. Scope statement
D. Project management plan
B. Project charter
Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to be a key stakeholder for the product launch phase of a project?
A. Sales clerk
B. Marketing representative
C. Team lead
D. Product item
B. Marketing representative
During the execution phase of a project, a project task has run longer than anticipated. Which of the following is the new critical path of the project if Task 2 requires an additional two days to complete?
A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 19 days
A. 12 days
A project manager who is part of a global team wants to have a team building meeting and decides to hold a video conference.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the main challenge the influences this decision?
A. Geographical factors
B. Language barriers
C. Cultural differences
D. Technology factors
A. Geographical factors
A project team member highlights to the project manager that expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion
project.
Which of the following would the project manager MOST likely do?
A. Place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk.
B. Raise a purchase order to purchase the licensing and ask the team member to install it.
C. Amend the project scope and raise a project change request to obtain approval of the amendment.
D. Amend the project schedule and work breakdown structures to remove the use of the software from the project.
A. Place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk.
A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.
Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)
A. The project manager should notify the affected project team and, if necessary, adjust the schedule because the project could potentially encounter delays.
B. The project manager should notify the project sponsor to update the schedule in the documentation because the project could potentially encounter delays.
C. The project manager should adjust the schedule in the documentation and, if necessary, take steps to rush other areas of the schedule so the project will not
encounter delays.
D. The project manager should update the project management plan in the documentation to reflect the reason for the possible delay in the project timeline.
E. The project manager should update the procurement plan and action items to reflect the possible delay in the project timeline.
A. The project manager should notify the affected project team and, if necessary, adjust the schedule because the project could potentially encounter delays.
D. The project manager should update the project management plan in the documentation to reflect the reason for the possible delay in the project timeline.
A project manager received a change request, immediately documented the required changes, and evaluated the impact of and justification for the changes.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
A. Gain approval for the changes.
B. Identify the approval authority.
C. Implement the changes.
D. Create an emergency change request.
A. Gain approval for the changes.
A project team is mainly based in a metropolitan area. The team also has members in a remote area, where Internet access is limited and unstable.
Which of the following factors will MOST likely influence the communication methods used in the project?
A. Personal preferences
B. Technological factors
C. Language barriers
D. Cultural differences
B. Technological factors
A project manager noticed the development team supporting a project does not have sufficient skills to complete the development phase. The project manager has discussed this issue with the functional manager and agreed to continue with the development phase due to time restrictions.
Which of the following strategies is the project manager applying?
A. Accepting
B. Mitigating
C. Avoiding
D. Transferring
A. Accepting
A business has implemented a new online performance management tool that allows functional and project managers to rate employees online.
This action is known as which of the following?
A. Business process change
B. Organizational change
C. Internal reorganization
D. Business continuity planning
A. Business process change
A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages.
Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?
A. Establish each WBS work package resource.
B. Establish and set the baseline.
C. Establish and set the quality gates.
D. Establish the tollgates.
B. Establish and set the baseline.
A project team is composed of numerous team members who are located throughout a country. All personnel have identified core business hours. A team engineer based in a machine shop has a question during business hours for the project manager, who is located at a different facility.
Which of the following is the MOST expedient communication method, assuming the question can be resolved quickly?
A. Email
B. Social media
C. Text messaging
D. Face-to-face
C. Text messaging
A new stakeholder has joined the project team and requested modifications that will result in minor changes to the project budget and schedule.
The project manager is concerned that the requests will lead to:
A. quality control issues.
B. additional risks.
C. scope creep.
D. time constraints.
C. scope creep.
A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?
A. Project charter
B. Project management plan
C. Project statement of work
D. Project schedule
C. Project statement of work
A project manager has noticed poor attendance as status meetings.
Which of the following strategies should the project manager use to improve attendance? (Choose two.)
A. Provide an agenda before the status meeting.
B. Adhere to an agenda and scheduled time.
C. Add non-project-related items to the agenda.
D. Add and discuss new agenda items throughout the meeting.
E. Discard the action items at the conclusion of the meeting.
A. Provide an agenda before the status meeting.
B. Adhere to an agenda and scheduled time.
Which of the following events would MOST likely trigger communications to the largest audience for a given organization?
A. Business continuity response
B. Quality audit
C. Replacement of a subcontractor
D. Completion of a task
A. Business continuity response
If a project sponsor wants to know the current status and progress of a project, which of the following is the BEST approach to find this information?
A. The project sponsor should obtain the current status from team members, put it into a presentation, and present it to the project manager for review.
B. The scheduler should obtain the current status from team members, apply it to the baseline of the schedule, and run a report.
C. The scheduler should obtain the current status from team members, update the project charter, project management plan, dashboard, and SOW, and then
create a status report to provide to the project manager.
D. The scheduler should obtain the current status from team members, update the risk register, and provide the information to the project champion for review.
B. The scheduler should obtain the current status from team members, apply it to the baseline of the schedule, and run a report.
Two team members completely disagree on how to complete a specific task. The project manager observes the conflict but takes no immediate action.
Which of the following techniques is the project manager using?
A. Compromising
B. Smoothing
C. Withdrawing
D. Accepting
C. Withdrawing
An agreement document that is intended to prevent two or more organizations from sharing specific, confidential information with anyone but each other is called:
A. an RFP.
B. an NDA.
C. an SLA.
D. an MOU.
B. an NDA.
Which of the following is the MOST likely target audience to be notified of the achievement of a key milestone in a project schedule?
A. Project manager and project scheduler
B. Project coordinator and project sponsor
C. Project champion and project scheduler
D. Project stakeholders and project team
D. Project stakeholders and project team
An authorized change to a construction project was implemented. During the modification, the team identified a defect in which the change caused the building power output to be outside the KPPs.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
A. Submit a new change request.
B. Initiate the regression plan.
C. Add remediation to the schedule.
D. Accept the new power output.
B. Initiate the regression plan.
A senior manager asks a project manager for an estimated budget on a new project.
Which of the following is the BEST step for the project manager to take?
A. Tell the senior manager the estimation is not available yet.
B. Use the budget from a similar project to generate estimates.
C. Ask a SME for an opinion and propose an estimate.
D. Gather the team to immediately generate estimates.
B. Use the budget from a similar project to generate estimates.
A program manager informs a project manager that a new, high-priority project has been approved and will need the current project’s resources before the scheduled project close date. The project team meets and determines that the project should be fast-tracked.
Which of the following documents should the project team reference to fast-track the project? (Choose two.)
A. Scope management plan
B. Configuration management plan
C. Network diagram
D. Project schedule
E. Project plan
C. Network diagram
D. Project schedule
A company has dictated project scope changes but has stated that the original budget still applies. Which of the following will MOST likely be impacted by the changes?
A. Quality
B. Regulations
C. Schedule
D. project team
C. Schedule
A project manager was directed to complete a project sooner than previously planned. Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective step to take to ensure the project’s success?
A. Reduce the scope
B. Increase the budget
C. Decrease staff
D. Update the WBS
C. Decrease staff
A project team has purchased computers with warranties extending throughout the entire project. Which of the following represents the risk strategy utilized?
A. Transfer
B. Share
C. Mitigate
D. Avoid
C. Mitigate
Which of the following Agile ceremonies is used to determine the backlog items that will be worked on the next weeks?
A. SCRUM retrospective meeting
B. Sprint planning meeting
C. Daily standup meeting
D. Review meeting
B. Sprint planning meeting
The project manager of a global project constantly receives complaints from individuals at another location that some team members are not available after lunch on Fridays. This is acceptable to the project manager. Which of the following factors is the MOST likely cause for this scenario?
A. Personal preference
B. Intra-organizational differences
C. Culture
D. Time zone
D. Time zone
A project manager is providing the lessons learned for a project that ran over budget and produced poor quality deliverables. Which of the following should the project manager include as part of the lessons learned?
A. Risk register
B. Post-mortem analysis
C. Issue log
D. Procurement report
B. Post-mortem analysis
A company decides to give a large section of its development project to another firm to manage and complete because that firm has the appropriately skilled resources to execute the work. This approach is referred to as:
A. Resource leveling
B. Staff Augmentation
C. Work relocation
D. Outsourcing
D. Outsourcing
An outsourced project team member approaches the project manager and complains that the contract does not permit overtime. The project manager had fasttracked tasks that require additional hours. Which of the following documents did the project manager fail to reference?
A. MOU
B. MOA
C. SOW
D. SLA
B. MOA