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Question 1

What does it mean if an “R” is next to your name in a RACI chart?

A. You are accountable for the result.
B. You should be engaged to provide required inputs.
C. You should be kept up to date on the status.
D. You are responsible for the activity’s execution.

Answer 1

D. You are responsible for the activity’s execution.

Question 2

Which is a good practice for the use of collaboration Technology?

A. Select tools with the best features.
B. Select tools that the team lead has experience using.
C. Define team goals and practices before selecting tools.
D. Use the tools that the previous project used.

Answer 2

Define team goals and practices before selecting tools.

Question 3

Which of the following is not a stakeholder in a financial project?

A. Someone opposed to the project
B. Project manager
C. Someone who is not interested in the project
D. Project sponsor

Answer 3

Someone who is not interested in the project

Question 4

Which of the following is an artifact that outlines how the team will operate and work together?

A. Team charter
B. Resource management plan
C. Project charter
D. Team acquisition plan

Answer 4

Team charter

Question 5

Which of the following would be least likely to be included in a stakeholder engagement plan?

A. List of identified project stakeholders
B. Documentation of the relationships between project stakeholders
C. Amount of money invested by the project stakeholders
D. Actions to be used interacting with project stakeholders

Answer 5

C. Amount of money invested by the project stakeholders

Question 6

Your company has entered into a contract to develop a new and improved website for another company. The contract specifies the major deliverables, with details about what the website will contain, the completion date, and budget. The appendix contains the change control procedures that will be used. What project life cycle should be used to deliver this project?

A. Predictive
B. Agile
C. Hybrid
D. Scrum

Question 7

An organization is exploring a new project with many unknowns, and most of the work to be done is designing software to build the best solution in collaboration with the customer. Which project management approach is best suited for this project?

A. Agile
B. Plan-Driven
C. Phased
D. Predictive

Answer 7

A. Agile

Question 8

The business determines that the project you are managing must be based on a plan-driven project management approach. This is partially due to the SMART objectives the steering committee has set for the project. In the acronym SMART, what does the T stand for?

A. Technical
B. Tentative
C. Timely
D. Testable

Answer 8

C. Timely

Question 9

A meeting that is held at frequent intervals in an agile project is referred to as which of the following?

A. Lessons learning meeting
B. End-of-phase meeting
C. Retrospective meeting
D. Status meeting

Answer 9

C. Retrospective meeting

Question 10

Every timeboxed iteration in the project has a demo scheduled at the end during the iteration review session. What is the goal of this demo?

A. To groom the iteration backlog
B. To revise the product roadmap
C. To solicit feedback from the product owner and other stakeholders
D. To establish the features to be included in the project backlog

Answer 10

C. To solicit feedback from the product owner and other stakeholders

Question 11

What is the typical length of a sprint/iteration?

A. 1 Week
B. 2 Weeks
C. 1-4 weeks
D. Up to 12 Weeks

Answer 11

C. 1-4 weeks

Question 12

In which of the following artifacts will a list of stakeholders who will receive communications about the project appear?

A. Communications requirements analysis
B. Communications management plan
C. Stakeholder register
D. Communications requirements analysis and communications management plan

Answer 12

B. Communications management plan

Question 13

Which of the following is not a component of the communications management plan?

A. Initiator and receiver of project information
B. Stakeholder register
C. Collection and transfer of institutional knowledge
D. Frequence of each communication

Answer 13

Stakeholder register

Question 14

After integrating the communications management plan into the overall project plan, what would be the next logical step?

A. Determining whether there will be changes to the proposed technology before the project is over
B. Creating a schedule for the production of each type of communication
C. Creating a description of stakeholder communication requirements
D. Distributing the plan to all the stakeholders

Answer 14

D. Distributing the plan to all the stakeholders

Question 15

Which of the following is not a benefit of planning for a minimum viable product?

A. Risk reduction
B. Early feedback
C. Early value from the service
D. Project team disbands early

Answer 15

D. Project team disbands early

Question 16

You are working on a project that is part of a program. All the projects within this program are being managed in an agile way.
What is a good technique to get the project teams aligned?

A. Hold one daily standup meeting for all the projects.
B. Assign one customer point of contact for all projects.
c. Develop one project management plan.
D. Conduct a Scrum of Scrums meeting.

Answer 16

D. Conduct a Scrum of Scrums meeting.

Question 17

Is the following statement true or false?
In a predictive project, phase-to-phase relations can be sequential, where a phase can start prior to the end of another phase, or overlapping, where consecutive phases start when the previous phase is finished.

A. True
B. False

Answer 17

B. False

Question 18

Which two of the following are reasons that PMI@ publishes a Code of Ethics? (Choose two)

A. Set expectations for the project manager and the team.
B. Create a commitment to honesty, integrity, and commitment.
C. Ensure compliance with rules and laws.
D. Provide specific guidance on conflict resolution.

Answer 18

B. Create a commitment to honesty, integrity, and commitment.
C. Ensure compliance with rules and laws.

Question 19

Which two of the following are components of a project agreement? (Choose two)

A. Pricing and payment terms
B. Incentives and penalties
C. Team members
D. Complete product backlog

Answer 19

A. Pricing and payment terms
B. Incentives and penalties

Question 20

Which two are examples of virtual team collaboration tools? (Choose two)

A. Shared task boards
B. Your laptop hard drive
C. Social media
D. Team chat boards

Answer 20

A. Shared task boards
D. Team chat boards

Question 21

Which two statements describe self-organization? (Choose two.)

A. Asking teams to assess and agree to work goals as a group
B. Allocating all resources before they get assigned to a different project
C. Using a pull-based approach to ensure effective use of team resources
D. Having the project manager stipulate roles and responsibilities and assign all the work to individual team members

Answer 21

A. Asking teams to assess and agree to work goals as a group
C. Using a pull-based approach to ensure effective use of team resources

Question 22

Which two of the following should be included in a project charter? (Choose two)

A. Measurable objectives
B. Detailed deliverables list
C. Key stakeholders
D. Change request form

Question 23

Which two of the following should be included in a communications management plan? (Choose two)

A. How and when team meetings are run
B. Equipment assigned to each team members
C. Project charter
D. Preferred communication approaches with external stakeholders

Question 24

What are two techniques that a project manager can use to appraise the skills of a potential team member? (Choose two)

A. Ability tests
B. Focus groups
C. Kanban boards
D. RACI matrix

Answer 24

A. Ability tests
D. RACI matrix