Test Questions Flashcards
You are conducting stakeholder interviews to elicit requirements for your new project. As the interviewees are talking, you are evaluating their body language and tone, asking relevant questions and seeking clarity. What are you doing?
Effective listening
System used for scheduling, critical path calculations and will assist with WBS, work authorization, resource tracking and reporting.
PMIS
Linear Programming, Integer Algorithms, Dynamic Programming and multi-objective programming are examples of?
Constrained Optimization Methods used to predict success on complex projects
Project Alpha has an expected IRR of 8% but is expected to take three years to complete. Project Beta has an expected IRR of 5% but will only take nine months to complete. Which project should your company decide to work on?
Project Alpha
*For IRR questions, always choose the project with the highest IRR.
<> signals there could be an issue, while <> tells us the severity of the issue?
WORK PERFORMANCE Information signals there is an inconsistency to plan, while PERFORMANCE MEASURES will tell us how that inconsistency is to the project
Your organization often groups together related projects into programs. Some projects, programs, and operations are also managed as portfolios to achieve strategic objectives. Which of the following is a framework in which the management of portfolios, programs, and projects are integrated with organizational enablers to achieve strategic objectives?
Organizational Project Management (OPM) is defined as a framework in which portfolio, program and project management are integrated with organizational enablers to achieve strategic objectives.
The centralized management of one or more portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
Portfolio Management
A project comprises of activities A, B, C and D. The longest path includes activities A, C, and D which take two days, ten days and 20 days respectively. Activity B, on the other hand, takes eight days to complete. If activity D takes two extra days to complete, what is the shortest possible project duration?
34
The critical path for this project is A-C-D, and it, therefore, determines the shortest possible project duration as 2+10+20 = 32 days. As D needs two more days to complete, 32+2 = 34 days becomes the new project duration.
Treating others with conduct that may result in harm, fear, humiliation, manipulation, or exploitation. For example, berating a project team member because they’ve taken longer than expected to complete a project assignment may be considered humiliation.
Abusive manner
A situation where a project manager may have two competing duties of loyalty. For example, purchasing software from a relative may benefit the relative, but it may do harm to the performing organization.
Conflict of interest
A project manager’s responsibility to be loyal to another person, organization, or vendor. For example, a project manager has this to promote the best interests of an employer rather than the best interests of a vendor.
Duty of loyalty
A person who is serving in the capacity of a project manager or contributing to the management of a project, portfolio of projects, or program. For example, a program manager is considered to be a XXX under this definition.
Practitioner
6 Generally acknowledged techniques for resolving conflict
Withdrawal/Avoiding
Smoothing/accommodating
Forcing/directive
Compromising/reconcile
Confronting/problem solving
Collaborating
A process is Out of Control when ___ data points exceed Control Limits,
or ___ consecutive points are above or below the mean.
1 / 7
Control Chart
Continuous Delivery is facilitated by which Agile Framework
Kanban
Term for the duration to which an Agile Event must not exceed
Time box
Which process is used to implement approved change requests:
A. Develop Project Management Plan
B. Perform Integrated Change Control
C. Monitor and Control Project Work
D. Direct and Manage Project Work
D. Direct and Manage Project Work
- note: the question refers to implementation of an approved change request. If the change request had not yet been approved, then the Perform Integrated Change Control would facilitate the process of obtaining approval.
The process Direct and Manage Project Work will produce the following as output (select 3)
Deliverables
Work Performance Data
Work Performance Reports
Change Requests
Schedule Forecasts
Deliverables
Work Performance Data
Change Requests
Which of the following are among the Tools and Techniques of the process Collect Requirements (select 3):
A. Observation/Conversation
B. Focus Groups
C. Inspection
D. Interviews
E. Decomposition
A
B
D
You are the project manager for your organization and your organization utilizes an agile approach to project management. The development team is rating the difficulty of completing the requirements in the current sprint. What term describes rating of the requirements to determine how many requirements can be completed in a sprint?
Story Points
Requirements are written as user stories. Story points score the difficulty of the tasks needed to complete a user story in a sprint.
Performance Baseline includes these 3:
Many projects use a combination of the three to get a fuller picture of the project’s performance during the execution phase
Scope, cost and schedule baseline
Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project delivery method?
A. Procurement statement of work (SOW)
B. Procurement strategy
C. Terms of reference
D. Change request
B. Procurement strategy
A project manager is preparing to meet with three crucial project stakeholders on a new project. Which tools and techniques can the project manager use to capture stakeholder interest?
A. Review stakeholder register and meeting
B. Data analysis and communication skills
C. Data gathering and data analysis
D. Communication skills and cultural awareness
C. Data gathering and data analysis
*Preparing=planning/new project/capture
Which kind of communication should the project manager use when creating reports for government bodies?
A. Hierarchical
B. External
C. Formal
D. Official
D. Official
Official. Annual reports; reports to regulators or government bodies.
Which process determines the correctness of deliverables?
A. Verify Deliverables
B. Validate Deliverables
C. Review Deliverables
D. Analyze Deliverables
A. Verify Deliverables
Which statement describes the Monitor Communications process?
A. Evaluates the differences between the communications management plan and the reality of communications in a project
B. Ensures that the information needs of the project and the stakeholders are met
C. Ensures that project information is created, collected, and distributed in a timely and appropriate manner
D. Develops an appropriate and plan for communication of project activities
B. Ensures that the information needs of the project and the stakeholders are met
What should the project manager use to evaluate the politics and power structure among stakeholders inside and outside of the organization?
A. Expert judgment
B. Interpersonal skills
C. Team agreements
D. Communication skills
A. Expert judgment
Which is a major component of an agreement?
A. Change request handling
B. Risk register templates
C. Lessons learned register
D. Procurement management plan
A. Change request handling
The project manager needs to manage a critical issue immediately, and this requires action from the upper management of a specific stakeholder group. Which plan should the project manager consult?
A. Risk management plan
B. Communications management plan
C. Change management plan
D. Stakeholder engagement plan
B. Communications management plan
A project manager is reviewing the change requests for project documents, deliverables, and the project plan. In which project management process does this review belong?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work
B. Direct and Manage Project Work
C. Close Project or Phase
D. Perform Integrated Change Control
D. Perform Integrated Change Control
Which format can a network diagram take?
A. Flow chart
B. Control chart
C. Affinity diagram
D. Cause-and-effect diagram
A. Flow chart
A project manager is assigned to a strategic project. Senior management asks the project manager to give a presentation in order to request support that will ensure the success of the project.
Which entities will the project manager attempt to influence?
A. The project and the organization
B. The organization and the industry
C. The subject matter experts and the project
D. The change control board and the organization
A. The project and the organization
Which of the following conditions should the project manager consider when working on the scheduling for an adaptive environment?
A. Defining, sequencing, estimating activity durations, and developing a schedule model are so tightly linked that they are viewed as a single process.
B. The detailed project schedule should remain flexible throughout the project to accommodate newly gained knowledge.
C. An iterative scheduling and on-demand, pull-based scheduling will be required.
D. To address the full delivery schedule, a range of techniques may be needed and then need to be adapted.
B. The detailed project schedule should remain flexible throughout the project to accommodate newly gained knowledge.
The procurement requirements for a project include working with several vendors. What should the project manager take into consideration during the Project Procurement Management processes?
A. Work performance information
B. Bidder conferences
C. Complexity of procurement
D. Procurement management plan
C. Complexity of procurement
Under which circumstances should multiple projects be grouped in a program?
A. When they are needed to accomplish a set of goals and objectives for an organization
B. When they have the same project manager and the same organizational unit
C. When they have the same scope, budget, and schedule
D. When they are from the same unit of the organization
A. When they are needed to accomplish a set of goals and objectives for an organization
How can a project manager maintain the engagement of stakeholders in a project with a high degree of change?
A. Monitor project stakeholder relationships using engaging strategies and plans
B. Send all project documents to stakeholders each time they are modified
C. Schedule monthly meetings with the stakeholders, including team members
D. Engage only with the project sponsors
A. Monitor project stakeholder relationships using engaging strategies and plan
For which kind of quantitative risk analysis chart can a tornado diagram represent values?
A. Sensitivity analysis
B. Monte Carlo analysis
C. Expected monetary value analysis
D. Decision tree analysis
A. Sensitivity analysis
Which tools and techniques should a project manager use to monitor risks?
A. Expert judgment, data analysis, and interpersonal and team skills
B. Data analysis, audits, and meetings
C. Expert judgment, audits, and decision making
D. Meetings, data gathering, and expert judgment
B. Data analysis, audits, and meetings
What internal enterprise environmental factor (EEF) can impact a project?
A. Cultural influences
B. Physical environmental elements
C. Commercial databases
D. Infrastructure
D. Infrastructure
A protect manager needs to request outside support for a statement of work (SOW) that is not precise. Which kind of contract does the project manager need to create?
A. Time and material (T&M)
B. Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF)
C. Fixed price
D. Cost plus award fee (CPAF)
A. Time and material (T&M)
Which set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
A. Training and establishing ground rules
B. Networking activities and estimating team resources
C. Conflict management activities and tracking team performance
D. Recruit new team members and training
C. Conflict management activities and tracking team performance
Which of the following set of elements is part of an effective communications management plan?
A. Escalation processes, person responsible for communicating the information, glossary of common terminology, methods or technologies used to convey the information
B. Phone book directory, stakeholder communication requirements, project charter, glossary of common terminology
C. Organizational chart, escalation processes, person responsible for communicating the information, project management plan, glossary of common terminology
D. Glossary of common terminology, constraints derived from specific legislation and regulation, person responsible for communicating information, project management plan, resource management plan
A. Escalation processes, person responsible for communicating the information, glossary of common terminology, methods or technologies used to convey the information
What does earned value (EV) measure?
A. Budgeted work that has been completed
B. Total costs incurred while accomplishing work
C. Budget associated with planned work
D. Cost efficiency of budgeted resources
A. Budgeted work that has been completed
Which action should the project manager take after the team finishes EXECUTING the scope?
A. Verify the deliverables to ensure that they are correct and meet the customer’s satisfaction.
B. Accept all the deliverables and deliver them to the customer for final acceptance.
C. Conduct a joint session with the customer, change the deliverables, and then request approval.
D. Check that all change requests were implemented and release deliverables to the customer.
A. Verify the deliverables to ensure that they are correct and meet the customer’s satisfaction.
Which are the main objectives of Project Risk Management?
A. Increase the probability of positive risks and decrease the probability of negative risks.
C. Increase the probability of positive risks and eliminate all negative risks.
D. Identify positive and negative risks.
A. Increase the probability of positive risks and decrease the probability of negative risks.
A project using the agile/adaptive approach has reached the Project Integration Management phase. What is the project manager’s key responsibility during this phase?
A. Defining the scope of the project
B. Building a collaborative environment
C. Creating a detailed project management plan
D. Directing the delivery of the project
B. Building a collaborative environment
Which statement describes the relationship between Manage Quality process and Control Quality process?
A. Manage Quality is all about following planned processes and procedures for quality, while Control Quality is about making sure that the product which is produced conforms to customer specifications.
B. Control Quality is all about following planned process and procedures for quality, while Manage Quality is about making sure that the product which is produced conforms to customer specifications.
C. Manage Quality and Control Quality are the same.
D. Manage Quality is part of Quality Management and Control Quality is a subset of the Stakeholder Management Process group.
A. Manage Quality is all about following planned processes and procedures for quality, while Control Quality is about making sure that the product which is produced conforms to customer specifications.
A project Manager is addressing risks and potential concerns related to stakeholder management and is clarifying and resolving previously identified issues. Is this manage or monitor stakeholder engagement?
Manage
Manage stakeholder engagement involves making certain communication needs and expectations are met, managing any issues they might raise that could become future issues and resolving previously identified issues.
Monitor is keeping stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the project.
During which process of project cost management does a PM produce the cost baseline?
Determine Budget
The cost baseline is the approved version o the time phased project budget.
