Question1: Which Process Group typically consumes the bulk of a project's budget?
Question2: Technical capability, past performance, and intellectual property rights are examples of:
Question3: Risk categorization is a tool or technique used in which process?
Question4: A project manager at a publishing company decides to initiate the editing phase of the project as soon as each chapter is written. Which type of Sequence Activities tool and technique is involved, considering that there was a start-to-start relationship with a 15-day delay?
Question5: One of the tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process is:
Question6: The basis of identification for current or potential problems to support later claims or new procurements is provided by:
Question7: Which element does a project charter contain?
Question8: A project's purpose or justification, measurable project objectives and related success criteria, a summary milestone schedule, and a summary budget are all components of which document?
Question9: Which is an example of Administer Procurements?
Question10: An input of the Create WBS process is:
Question11: Quality metrics are an output of which process?
Question12: Which of the following is a tool and technique used in all processes within Project Integration Management?
Question13: Which tool and technique is used in Conduct Procurements?
Question14: An input required in Define Scope is an organizational:
Question15: Which quality control technique illustrates the 80/20 principle?
Question16: Which item is an example of personnel assessment?
Question17: Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
Question18: High-level project risks are included in which document?
Question19: When is a Salience Model used?
Question20: Organizational process assets can be divided into which of the following two categories?
Question21: Which type of contract is a hybrid of both a cost-reimbursable and a fixed-price contract?
Question22: Which standard examines an enterprise's project management process capabilities?
Question23: While preparing the project management plan on a weekly basis, the project manager indicates the intention to provide an issues report to the staff via e-mail. In which part of the plan will this type of information be included?
Question24: Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?
Question25: Change request status updates are an output of which process?
Question26: Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
Question27: Which of the following correctly describes when organizations and stakeholders are willing to accept varying degrees of risk?
Question28: Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?
Question29: Expected monetary value (EMV) is computed by which equation?
Question30: Assigned risk ratings are based upon:
Question31: How is the schedule variance calculated using the earned value technique?
Question32: Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?
Question33: Which activity involves ensuring that the composition of a projects configuration items is correct?
Question34: Which baselines make up the performance measurement baseline?
Question35: Sensitivity analysis is typically displayed as a/an:
Question36: In which phase of team building activities do team members begin to work together and adjust their work habits and behavior to support the team?
Question37: Completion of the product scope is measured against the product:
Question38: Which input may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a system for configuration management?
Question39: The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
Question40: Which of the Perform Quality Assurance tools and techniques may enhance the creation of the work breakdown structure (VVBS) to give structure to the decomposition of the scope?
Question41: Define Activities and Estimate Activity Resources are processes in which project management Knowledge Area?
Question42: Which process is included in the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Question43: Who provides the inputs for the original estimates of activity durations for tasks on the project plan?
Question44: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question45: Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
Question46: Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?
Question47: Enterprise environmental factors are an input to which process?
Question48: Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
Question49: In which process might a project manager use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
Question50: Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?
Question51: Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question52: The component of the human resource management plan that includes ways in which team members can obtain certifications that support their ability to benefit the project is known as:
Question53: The chart below is an example of a:
Question54: The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:
Question55: What is the lowest level in the Work Breakdown Structure called?
Question56: Which of the following correctly lists the configuration management activities included in the Integrated Change Control process?
Question57: The cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of which process in Project Cost Management?
Question58: The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:
Question59: Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
Question60: Which Perform Quality Control tool graphically represents how various elements of a system interrelate?
Question61: Through whom do project managers accomplish work?
Question62: Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
Question63: In the Define Activities process, the schedule management plan is used to:
Question64: A risk response strategy in which the project team shifts the impact of a threat, together with ownership of the response, to a third party is called:
Question65: Which type of probability distribution is used to represent uncertain events such as the outcome of a test or a possible scenario in a decision tree?
Question66: Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
Question67: Which tool or technique of the Define Activities process allows for work to exist at various levels of detail depending on where it is in the project life cycle?
Question68: Which of the following is an output of Define Scope?
Question69: At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
Question70: The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?
Question71: Which of the following is a schematic display of the project's schedule activities and the logical relationships among them?
Question72: Identify Risks is part of which Process Group?
Question73: Which tool or technique measures performance of the project as it moves from project initiation through project closure?
Question74: What are the five Project Management Process Groups?
Question75: An input to the Plan Procurement Management process is:
Question76: The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
Question77: Which Develop Schedule tool and technique produces a theoretical early start date and late start date?
Question78: Correlated and contextualized information on how closely the scope is being maintained relative to the scope baseline is contained within:
Question79: The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the cost performance index (CPI) for Task 2?
Question80: The precedence diagramming method (PDM) is also known as:
Question81: Which item is a cost of conformance?
Question82: The output that defines an approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders is the:
Question83: Projects can be divided into phases to provide better management control. Collectively, what are these phases known as?
Question84: Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?
Question85: Which of the following reduces the probability of potential consequences of project risk events?
Question86: Which document describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are capable of providing the products, services, or results?
Question87: The Plan Stakeholder Management process belongs to which Process Group?
Question88: Which characteristics do effective project managers possess?
Question89: The Perform Integrated Change Control process occurs in which Process Group?
Question90: A project management office manages a number of aspects including the:
Question91: The contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:
Question92: An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is:
Question93: Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
Question94: Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?
Question95: Which process group contains the processes performed to finalize all activities?
Question96: During which process does the project team receive bids and proposals?
Question97: Which of the following strategic considerations often results in project authorization?
Question98: Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?
Question99: Which component of the human resource management plan describes when and how project team members are acquired and how long they will be needed?
Question100: Who is responsible for initiating a project?
Question101: An output of the Create WBS process is:
Question102: Which of the following is TRUE about most project life cycles?
Question103: One of the objectives of a quality audit is to:
Question104: Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
Question105: The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:
Question106: Control charts, flowcharting, histograms, Pareto charts, and scatter diagrams are tools and techniques of which process?
Question107: Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?
Question108: Who, along with the project manager, is supposed to direct the performance of the planned project activities and manage the various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within the project?
Question109: Which of the following events would result in a baseline update?
Question110: Which of following could be organizational process assets?
Question111: Definitions of probability and impact, revised stakeholder tolerances, and tracking are components of which subsidiary plan?
Question112: Which term describes an assessment of correctness?
Question113: Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
Question114: When a control chart is used to monitor performance of a process, which of the following will be set by the project manager and the appropriate stakeholders to reflect the point(s) at which corrective action will be taken to prevent exceeding the specification limits?
Question115: Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
Question116: Resource calendars are included in the:
Question117: Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
Question118: Which is the document that presents a hierarchical project organization?
Question119: A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:
Question120: Organizational planning impacts projects by means of project prioritization based on risk, funding, and an organizations:
Question121: A project manager requesting industry groups and consultants to recommend project intervention is relying on:
Question122: Scope, schedule, and cost parameters are integrated in the:
Question123: The primary benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process is that it:
Question124: Which type of elaboration allows a project management team to manage at a greater level of detail as the project evolves?
Question125: The project manager needs to review the templates in use. The templates are part of the:
Question126: Schedule milestones and a predefined budget are examples of:
Question127: When should quality planning be performed?
Question128: Requirements documentation will typically contain at least:
Question129: Which Activity Duration Estimating technique incorporates additional timing for contingency purposes?
Question130: Which tool and technique identifies inefficient and ineffective policies, processes, and procedures?
Question131: The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers' needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:
Question132: A given schedule activity is most likely to last four weeks. In a best-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last two weeks. In a worst-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last 12 weeks.
Given these three estimates, what is the expected duration of the activity?
Question133: A project manager managing a cross-cultural virtual project team across several time zones should be concerned about the impacts of which communication technology factor?
Question134: Which of the following is a means of reaching a group decision in which everyone agrees on a single course of action?
Question135: Within project integration management, the statement of work (SOW) references which aspects of the project?
Question136: An input to the Plan Cost Management process is:
Question137: An input to the Perform Integrated Change Control process is:
Question138: Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the Develop Project Team process?
Question139: Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?
Question140: Which tool is used to develop technical details within the project management plan?
Question141: Which of the following is a tool and technique used in the Develop Schedule process?
Question142: Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?
Question143: Outputs from constituent processes might be used as:
Question144: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question145: Success is measured by benefits realization for a:
Question146: Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
Question147: The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:
Question148: Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
Question149: The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
Question150: Which schedule development technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
Question151: In which domain of project management would a Pareto chart provide useful information?
Question152: When is a project finished?
Question153: What are the key components of the communication model?
Question154: Which document in the project management plan can be updated in the Plan Procurement Management process?
Question155: Which type of team can be defined as a group of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles although spending little or no time meeting face to face?
Question156: In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
Question157: An input to Close Project or Phase is:
Question158: Job satisfaction, challenging work, and sufficient financial compensation are values related to which interpersonal skill?
Question159: Which tool or technique is effective in a project in which the deliverable is not a service or result?
Question160: Which is an input to the Scope Verification Process?
Question161: Which of the following terms indicates a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the project work?
Question162: A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response is called a:
Question163: An input used in developing the communications management plan is:
Question164: Which of the following tools will be used to produce performance reports that provide information to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance?
Question165: Which of the following is a tool and technique used to monitor risk?
Question166: In a weak matrix, the project managers role is:
Question167: Which of the following correctly explains the term "progressive elaboration'?
Question168: Outputs of the Control Communications process include:
Question169: The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
Question170: Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
Question171: Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?
Question172: What is the minimum a project schedule must include?
Question173: The formal and informal interaction with others in an organization industry, or professional environment is known as:
Question174: Which type of manager is assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives?
Question175: The project has a current cost performance index of 0.80. Assuming this performance will continue, the new estimate at completion is $1000. What was the original budget at completion for the project?
Question176: Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?
Question177: Which characteristic is unique to project work and does not apply to operational work?
Question178: Which tool or technique used in the Control Procurements process can be conducted during the execution of the project to verify compliance with deliverables?
Question179: Which tool or technique of Plan Quality involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?
Question180: Who selects the appropriate processes for a project?
Question181: Which of the following is the process of identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables?
Question182: Which project document is updated in the Control Stakeholder Engagement process?
Question183: Stakeholder satisfaction should be managed as a key project:
Question184: Cost baseline is an output of which of the following processes?
Question185: Tools and techniques used in Direct and Manage Project Work include:
Question186: A process is defined as:
Question187: Which statement correctly describes the value of a business case?
Question188: An imposed date for completion of the project by the customer is an example of a project:
Question189: Perform Quality Control is accomplished by:
Question190: Which grid shows which resources are tied to work packages?
Question191: What does a CPI value greater than 1.0 indicate?
Question192: A project requires a component with well-understood specifications. Performance targets are established at the outset, and the final contract price is determined after completion of all work based on the seller's performance. The most appropriate agreement with the supplier is:
Question193: Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
Question194: A method to manage stakeholder expectations in the scope statement is to clearly:
Question195: Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?
Question196: Which process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?
Question197: Which Define Activities tool or technique is used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts?
Question198: When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
Question199: An associate who calculates fees daily to support the department is doing which of the following?
Question200: Which Manage Communications tool or technique focuses on identifying and managing barriers?
Question201: Which process includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?
Question202: Who is responsible for reviewing change requests and approving or rejecting the change requests?
Question203: The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
Question204: The three types of estimates that PERT uses to define an approximate range for an activity's cost are:
Question205: Grouping the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their level of concern regarding project outcomes describes which classification model for stakeholder analysis?
Question206: Which of the following tools or techniques is used for Estimate Activity Durations?
Question207: The Perform Quality Assurance process occurs in which Process Group?
Question208: Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Question209: The Verify Scope process is primarily concerned with:
Question210: Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?
Question211: A stakeholder expresses a need not known to the project manager. The project manager most likely missed a step in which stakeholder management process?
Question212: A method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a working model of the expected product before actually building is known as:
Question213: What is the name of a graphic display of project team members and their reporting relationships?
Question214: Which type of agreement is legal, contractual, and between two or more entities to form a partnership, joint venture, or some other arrangement as defined by the parties?
Question215: Which of the following tools will be used to produce performance reports that provide information to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance?
Question216: Which Collect Requirements output links the product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them?
Question217: Within a matrix organization, dual reporting of team members is a risk for project success. Who is responsible for managing this dual reporting relationship factor?
Question218: Documented identification of a flaw in a project component together with a recommendation is termed a:
Question219: The following is a network diagram for a project.
How many possible paths are identified for this project?
Question220: Which of the following risk response strategies involves allocating ownership of a positive risk to a third party?
Question221: What is an objective of the Develop Project Team process?
Question222: An input to the Manage Project Team process is:
Question223: The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
Question224: The project governance approach should be described in the:
Question225: Which process develops options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives?
Question226: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question227: The individual or group that provides resources and support for a project and is accountable for success is the:
Question228: What are the components of the "triple constraint "?
Question229: Quality and credibility of the qualitative risk analysis process requires that different levels of the risk's probabilities and impacts be defined is the definition of what?
Question230: Which of the following is the correct network diagram for the table?
Question231: What is a tool to improve team performance?
Question232: Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?
Question233: The scope management plan and scope baseline are contained in:
Question234: For a stakeholder with low interest and high power, the project manager should:
Question235: Which stakeholder classification model groups stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project?
Question236: Which is a tool used in monitoring and controlling project work?
Question237: Units of measure, level of precision, level of accuracy, control thresholds, and rules of performance measurement are examples of items that are established in the:
Question238: Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?
Question239: Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
Question240: The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
Question241: Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
Question242: On what is project baseline development established?
Question243: The degree of uncertainty an entity is willing to take on in anticipation of a reward is known as its risk:
Question244: What is the function of a Project Management Office (PMO)?
Question245: Managing ongoing production of goods and services to ensure business continues efficiently describes which type of management?
Question246: A project manager is appointed full-time to a project and is given full-time administrative staff and full-time project team members. This situation describes which type of organizational structure?
Question247: A tool and technique used in the Develop Project Charter process is:
Question248: The Identify Stakeholders process is found in which Process Group?
Question249: Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?
Question250: The diagram below is an example of a:
Question251: Which of the following processes are part of the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Question252: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question253: Impacts to other organizational areas, levels of service, and acceptance criteria are typical components of which document?
Question254: In which Project Management Process Group is the project charter developed?
Question255: While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:
Question256: An input to Develop Project Charter is a/an:
Question257: Which process involves developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities?
Question258: As the project progresses, which of the following is routinely collected from the project activities?
Question259: The purpose of developing a project scope management plan is to:
Question260: A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:
Question261: Which Process Group's purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?
Question262: Which process determines the risks that might affect the project?
Question263: Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
Question264: An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:
Question265: The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity H is how many days?
Question266: The methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress is known as:
Question267: The process of defining how the project scope will be validated and controlled is known as:
Question268: An output of the Validate Scope process is:
Question269: Which is one of the determining factors used to calculate CPI?
Question270: A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:
Question271: Which tools or techniques are used in the Plan Schedule Management process?
Question272: Scope verification is PRIMARILY concerned with which of the following?
Question273: Administer Procurements is part of which Process Group?
Question274: A tool and technique used during the Collect Requirements process is:
Question275: The Human Resource Management processes are:
Question276: Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
Question277: Projects are separated into phases or subprojects; these phases include:
Question278: Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?
Question279: What is the schedule performance index (SPI) using the following data? BAC = $100,000 PV = $50,000 AC = $80,000 EV = $40,000
Question280: Which Process Group contains those processes performed to define a new project?
Question281: Budgets reserved for unplanned changes to project scope and cost are:
Question282: An example of a group decision-ma king technique is:
Question283: Risk responses reflect an organization's perceived balance between:
Question284: Who is responsible for determining which processes from the Process Groups will be employed and who will be performing them?
Question285: Which tools or techniques will a project manager use for Develop Project Team?
Question286: Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans, etc. to reflect modified or additional ideas or content are known as:
Question287: Which of the following is contained within the communications management plan?
Question288: Labor, materials, equipment, and supplies are examples of:
Question289: Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
Question290: Which index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
Question291: A risk may be graded into different priorities by which process?
Question292: Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:
Question293: What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?
Question294: The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
Question295: A key benefit of the Manage Communications process is that it enables:
Question296: Organizational process assets, a lessons-learned database, and historical information are all inputs to which process?
Question297: The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, and reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan is known as:
Question298: Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?
Question299: Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
Question300: The following is a network diagram for a project.
The total float for the project is how many days?
Question301: Which of the following techniques is used during Control Scope?
Question302: When the business objectives of an organization change, project goals need to be:
Question303: Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?
Question304: When would resource leveling be applied to a schedule model?
Question305: Which type of dependency is established based on knowledge of best practices within a particular application area or some unusual aspect of the project in which a specific sequence is desired, even though there may be other acceptable sequences?
Question306: Which is an output of the Collect Requirements process?
Question307: Which of the following outputs from the Control Schedule process aids in the communication of schedule variance (SV), schedule performance index (SPI), or any performance status to stakeholders?
Question308: Which of the following schedule network analysis techniques is applied when a critical path method calculation has been completed and resources availability is critical?
Question309: Overlooking negative stakeholders can result in a/an:
Question310: The cost benefit analysis tool is used for creating:
Question311: A tool and technique used during the Define Scope process is:
Question312: Identifying major deliverables, deciding if adequate cost estimates can be developed, and identifying tangible components of each deliverable are all part of which of the following?
Question313: The process of identifying the stakeholders' information needs is completed during:
Question314: Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?
Question315: Which input will be used when tasked with developing the human resource plan?
Question316: A project charter is an output of which Process Group?
Question317: The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product is known as:
Question318: The project scope statement and resource calendars are inputs to which Project Time Management process?
Question319: Tools and techniques used for Plan Communications include the communication:
Question320: What scope definition technique is used to generate different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project?
Question321: Which is one of the major outputs of Sequence Activities?
Question322: Which piece of information is part of the WBS Dictionary?
Question323: The product scope description is used to:
Question324: A project team attempts to produce a deliverable and finds that they have neither the expertise nor the time to complete the deliverable in a timely manner. This issue could have been avoided if they had created and followed a:
Question325: Monte Carlo is which type of risk analysis technique?
Question326: Which type of chart is a graphic representation of a process showing the relationships among process steps?
Question327: Configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and audit are all activities in which process?
Question328: Activity resource requirements and the resource breakdown structure (RBS) are outputs of which Project Time Management process?
Question329: Taking out insurance in relation to risk management is called what?
Question330: As part of a mid-project evaluation, the project sponsor has asked for a forecast of the total project cost.
What should be used to calculate the forecast?
Question331: The following is a network diagram for a project.
What is the critical path for the project?
Question332: Which risk response strategy is common for both positive and negative risks?
Question333: An output of Control Schedule is:
Question334: Verification of project deliverables occurs during which process?
Question335: In which type of contract are the performance targets established at the onset and the final contract price determined after completion of all work based on the sellers performance?
Question336: Which tool or technique is used to develop a project charter?
Question337: Which of the following can be used as an input for Define Scope?
Question338: Which type of graphic is displayed below?
Question339: Projects can intersect with an organization's operations at various points during the product life cycle such as:
Question340: An input of the Plan Procurement Management process is:
Question341: The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (VVBS) is called a/an:
Question342: The most commonly used type of precedence relationship in the precedence diagramming method (PDM) is:
Question343: Which action should a project manager take to ensure that the project management plan is effective and current?
Question344: Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?
Question345: Which technique helps to determine the risks that have the most potential impact on a project?
Question346: Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?
Question347: Which of the following involves making information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner?
Question348: Which of the following is an input to Control Scope?
Question349: Which of the following methods of performance review examines project performance over time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
Question350: The risk response strategy in which the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk is known as:
Question351: Project deliverables that have been completed and checked for correctness through the Control Quality process are known as:
Question352: The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedule performance index (5PI) for Task 4?
Question353: A complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up an area of specialization is known as:
Question354: A weighting system is a tool for which area of Conduct Procurements?
Question355: An electronics firm authorizes a new project to develop a faster, cheaper, and smaller laptop after improvements in the industry and electronics technology. With which of the following strategic considerations is this project mainly concerned?
Question356: What entity is assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain?
Question357: The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
Question358: Projects that share common outcomes, collective capability, knowledge, or skills are often grouped into a:
Question359: Which type of analysis would be used for the Plan Quality process?
Question360: Which of the following methods is a project selection technique?
Question361: Which of the following is an output of Close Procurements?
Question362: In the Plan Procurement Management process, which source selection criteria analyzes if the seller's proposed technical methodologies, techniques, solutions, and services meet the procurement documents requirements?
Question363: Project Management Process Groups are linked by:
Question364: The staffing management plan is part of the:
Question365: The cost performance baseline is typically displayed in the form of:
Question366: The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
Question367: An input to the Create WBS process is a:
Question368: What are the formal and informal policies, procedures, and guidelines that could impact how the project's scope is managed?
Question369: Which is an enterprise environmental factor?
Question370: The processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project has been undertaken to achieve are grouped within which Process Group?
Question371: The component of the risk management plan that documents how risk activities will be recorded is called:
Question372: Which of the following tools will be used to produce performance reports that provide information to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance?
Question373: Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
Question374: A special type of bar chart used in sensitivity analysis for comparing the relative importance of the variables is called a:
Question375: Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
Question376: An input to the Collect Requirements process is the:
Question377: Which of the Project Time Management processes analyzes activity sequencing, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints?
Question378: Which Knowledge Area is concerned with the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?
Question379: In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
Question380: Which of the following is an output of the Plan Quality process?
Question381: In a typical project, project managers spend most of their time:
Question382: Which tool within the Perform Quality Control process identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?
Question383: Which can be used to determine whether a process is stable or has predictable performance?
Question384: The PV is $1000, EV is $2000, and AC is $1500. What is CPI?
Question385: Analytical techniques are a tool and technique of which process in Project Procurement Management?
Question386: What is the total float of the critical path?
Question387: During project selection, which factor is most important?
Question388: Types of internal failure costs include:
Question389: The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
Question390: Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during cost estimating?
Question391: When painting a bedroom, preparing the walls can be done while the paint is being chosen. This is an example of a:
Question392: When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
Question393: In which Process Group are lessons learned documented?
Question394: Where are product requirements and characteristics documented?
Question395: What is one of the objectives of Project Risk Management?
Question396: Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the Verify Scope process?
Question397: Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?
Question398: The organization's perceived balance between risk taking and risk avoidance is reflected in the risk:
Question399: Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Define Activities process?
Question400: A work package has been scheduled to cost $1,000 to complete and was to be finished today. As of today, the actual expenditure is $1,200 and approximately half of the work has been completed. What is the cost variance?
Question401: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question402: Soft logic is also known as what type of dependency?
Question403: Which tool or technique is used in Close Procurements?
Question404: Which of the following change requests can bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan?
Question405: In complex projects/ initiating processes should be completed:
Question406: The traditional organization chart structure that can be used to show positions and relationships in a graphic top-down format is called a:
Question407: Which output is the approved version of the time-phased project budget?
Question408: PMBOI Guide is a standard that describes:
Question409: Who is responsible for developing the project management plan and all related component plans?
Question410: The ways in which the roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships, and staffing management will be addressed and structured within a project is described in the:
Question411: Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
Question412: A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
Question413: Which of the following includes how requirements activities will be planned, tracked, and reported?
Question414: Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
Question415: The completion of the project scope is measured against the:
Question416: The process of estimating the type and quantity of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity is known as:
Question417: Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
Question418: Which written document helps monitor who is responsible for resolving specific problems and concerns by a target date?
Question419: An output of the Manage Project Team process is:
Question420: In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
Question421: A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Question422: Which Perform Quality Assurance tool or technique is used to identify a problem, discover the underlying causes that lead to it, and develop preventative actions?
Question423: Plan-do-check-act is also known as:
Question424: Which provides the basic framework for managing a project?
Question425: Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
Question426: What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
Question427: Outputs of the Control Communications process include:
Question428: A project in which the scope, time, and cost of delivery are determined as early as possible is following a life cycle that is:
Question429: The purpose of inspection in Perform Quality Control is to keep errors:
Question430: The risk management team of a software project has decided that due to the lack of adequate talent in the company, development of a specific part of the system is under high risk, so the team has decided to outsource it. This is an example of which risk response?
Question431: Which Control Quality tool is also known as an arrow diagram?
Question432: Which tool or technique is used in the Estimate Costs process?
Question433: The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:
Question434: Which process involves the creation of a document that provides the project manager with the authority to apply resources to a project?
Question435: The following is a network diagram for a project.
What is the critical path for the project?
Question436: Project or phase closure guidelines or requirements, historical information, and the lessons learned knowledge base are examples of which input to the Close Project or Phase process?
Question437: Which of the following buffers protects the target finish date from slippage along the critical chain?
Question438: Specification of both the deliverables and the processes is the focus of:
Question439: When an activity cannot be estimated with a reasonable degree of confidence, the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail using which type of estimating?
Question440: Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?
Question441: Stakeholders can be identified in later stages of the project because the Identify Stakeholders process should be:
Question442: Which quality management and control tool is useful in visualizing parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship?
Question443: Using the three-point estimating technique, if the most likely duration is four months, the optimistic duration is two months, and the pessimistic duration is one year, how many months is the expected activity duration?
Question444: Which document defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?
Question445: An input to the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process is the:
Question446: An input to the Identify Stakeholders process is:
Question447: What name(s) is (are) associated with the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?
Question448: Which type of project management office (PMO) supplies templates, best practices, and training to project teams?
Question449: Which item is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
Question450: The Monitoring and Controlling Process Group includes processes that:
Question451: When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
Question452: When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
Question453: An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component is called:
Question454: Which process involves subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable portions?
Question455: Which type of risk diagram is useful for showing time ordering of events?
Question456: Which of the following is a tool and technique for Estimate Activity Durations?
Question457: Which of the following is an output of the Define Activities process?
Question458: Which of the following characteristics are found in a functional organizational structure?
Question459: What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
Question460: Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
Question461: Which type of analysis is used as a general management technique within the Plan Procurements process?
Question462: To which process is work performance information an input?
Question463: Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Question464: What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type?
Question465: The Process Group in which the internal and external stakeholders interact and influence the overall outcome of the project is the:
Question466: Processes in the Planning Process Group are typically carried out during which part of the project life cycle?
Question467: Which of the following processes audits the quality requirements and the results from quality control measures to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used?
Question468: Which change request is an intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan?
Question469: Which Project Management Process Group includes Collect Requirements, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, and Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis?
Question470: Which process documents the business needs of a project and the new product, service, or other result that is intended to satisfy those requirements?
Question471: Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?