My Journey to PMP certification

All the working profession who know about Project Management knows about PMI i.e. Project Management Institute. PMI offers many certifications including PMP (Project Management Professional) certification for the working professional in the project management area. Every project manger wants to enhance their skill and knowledge and no doubt their credentials as well by obtaining a PMP Certification.

On 26th Nov 2013, I sit for my PMP exam after a preparation of 3 months and I clear the exam with the score of 2P (Planning and Monitor & Control), 2MP (Initiating and Executing) and 1BP (Project Closing). I am writing my lesson learn for the benefit of others PMP aspirant.

Getting a PMP Certificate is a systematic process. From eligibility criteria till filling the PMP exam form is a very step wise process. The entire process is explained here

First I started with reading Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep book. Rita books are very well written specially the simplicity and examples with which the topics have been explained. While I was reading the book I develop a small game for myself to remember the 5 process groups, 10 Knowledge areas and 47 processes. I wrote all the Process areas, Knowledge areas and process on small cards. Every day I took these cards and arrange them as per Table 3-1 from PMBOK 5th edition.

Second after finishing Rita’s book I became member of PMI. Among the many advantages that comes with being a PMI member is PMI gives you a digital edition of PMBOK 5th edition. I read the PMPBOK twice.

Third and very important step is Practicing question for PMP exam. I would say Practice is very much part of the preparation towards PMP. But Practice should be done in right manners. For me I started with 10-15-20 question initially. I see what questions I got wrong and then go back to PMBOK and Rita and my personal notes to see why I miss out. Gradually you can increase to answer 40-50-75-100-200 questions.

After I was done with my first reading of PMBOK I scheduled my exam. It is important to do this as it mentally gives you a dead line to prepare yourself.

I would advise never use Ms-Excel or Desktop calculator to do math as Prometric centers provides you a calculator so either use calculator when you are practicing or use your brain.

Fourth I joined PMP groups which are available on various social media and believe me the kind of help you get there are truly awesome. Some of the best groups I came across are following:

I want to be a PMP® group at Linkedin.

pmpbest group at Yahoo groups

Top Rated Contents at pmzilla.com

The PMP Exam is neither easy nor it is tough. Your concept should be clear and you should answer the questions as per PMBOK and not as per what you have experienced in the real life.

Another advice I will give you is never compare your scores in the practice exams with respect to your preparation. Take the exams as your check point. You might have prepared well but you could not score in the practice exam as much as you wanted. I came across many people who scored 50% in some of the practice exams but they did score 70-80% in other practice exams and they pass the PMP with flying colors.

I prepared my own PMP sheet which list down all the inputs, Tools and Techniques and output from each process group. This was an easy reference point for me. Ideally you do not need to remember this but you should be aware of it.

One last thing is about Mathematical questions; they are not as hard as you might get during practice exams but you should know the concepts behind formulas. More than memorizing formulas the concept behind it will help you in the exam.

PMP Questions on Cost Management

Welcome to the Cost Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

On a dam construction project, the SPI is 0.96. The project manager has decided to crash the schedule so that the SPI can improve. Which tool will help him find out if crashing has really helped the project in long run?

A. Earned Value Analysis
B. Performance Reviews
C. Cost-Benefit Analysis
D. S Curve

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Ques. 2.

A Project Manager gets some additional budget from the management reserve to meet an unknown-unknown scope of work. What should he/she do first?.

A. Add that additional budget to the CR.
B. Spend that additional budget for the intended unknown-unknown work immediately.
C. Add it to cost baseline thru a Change Request, revise the cost baseline, and then spend.
D. Inform the Customer that this is scope creep and hence this additional work can not be done.


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PMP Questions according to Knowledge Area

Integration Management	Scope Management	Time Management	Cost Management
Quality Management	Communication Management	Risk Management	Human Resource Management
Procurement Management	Stakeholder Management	Professional and social responsibility

Ques. 3.

Your Vice President has asked you what the Estimate at Completion is going to be for a small project you are working on. You were given a budget of $30,000, and to date you have spent $20,000 but only completed $10,000 worth of work. You are sure that the future work will be accomplished at the planned rate.

A. $40,000
B. $30,000
C. $60,000
D. $56,956

Source: PMP Exam Prep: Questions, Answers & Explanations, 2013 Edition by Christopher Scordo

Ques. 4.

You are a project manager of a project to automate the physical security system of a building. Though you had planned to complete the project with 30 days, the project has eventually been completed in 45 days. what is the SPI at the end of the project?

A. 0.67
B. 1.5
C. 1
D. (-) 15 days

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Ques. 5.

A project was scheduled to be performed by 3 resource for four weeks, working throughout the project duration. During first week, only 2 resource were assigned, whereas during second week, 2 more resource joined in. At the end of second week, 60% of the value of the work had been completed. What is the CPI for this project at the end of second week?

A. 0.83
B. 1.2
C. 0.8
D. 1.66

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Ques. 6.

The BAC of a project was estimated at $10000. After 50% work has been completed, it has been found that $6000 has been spent to complete the work till date, what is ETC?

A. 12000
B. 6000
C. 10000
D. 4000

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Ques. 7.

Which of the following statements about contingency reserves is false?

A. A contingency reserve is a separately planned quantity used to allow for future situations which may be planned for only in part.
B. Contingency reserves may be set aside for known unknowns.
C. Contingency reserves may be set aside for unknown unknowns.
D. Contingency reserves are normally included in the project's cost and schedule baselines.

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Ques. 8.

Post mortem of Earned value analysis of a project showed the following data: SPI: 0.88 CPI: 1.00 What is this telling you?

A. The entire work of the project has been finished behind schedule and on budget.
B. The entire work of the project has been finished ahead of schedule and on budget.
C. The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was behind schedule and on budget
D. The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was ahead of schedule and on budget.

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Ques. 9.

A Project was estimated to cost 200,000 with a time line of 10 months. At the end of 2 month, the project manager reviews the project and finds that the project Earned Value is 40,000 and Actual Costs are 50,000. What is ETC:

A. 160,000
B. 210,000
C. 250,000
D. 200,000

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Ques. 10.

You are the project manager, considering recommending a project that costs $520,000; expected inflows are $40,000 per quarter for the first two years and then $50,000 per quarter thereafter. What is the payback period?

A. 40 months
B. 38 months
C. 36 months
D. 41 months

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Ques. 11.

You are performing earned value technique on your project. After budget approval, an additional and unexpected cost item has been identified, which made the project more expensive some weeks ago. The item has meanwhile been paid by the project team, and it is expected that for the remaining duration of the project, costs will be as budgeted. In this case, which is the best formula to calculate EaC (Estimate at Completion)?

A. EaC = BaC - CV
B. EaC = BaC / CPI
C. EaC = AC + BtC / CV
D. You can not compute the EaC

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Ques. 12.

At this point in the project your realize that the technical requirements were poorly defined. You are considering building a prototype. Based on the following information what can you determine? The cost to build the prototype is $100K. With a prototype there is a 70% probability the customer will accept the final product without rework. Without a prototype there is a 40% probability the customer will accept the final product without rework. The cost to rework the final product if we build a prototype first is $20K. The cost to rework the final product if we do not build a prototype is $200K.

What can you determine?

A. The expected monetary value to not prototype is $ 14,000 more expensive than to prototype
B. The expected monetary value to not prototype is $100,000 more expensive than to prototype
C. The expected monetary value to not prototype is $ $120,000 more expensive than to not prototype
D. The expected monetary value to prototype is $100,000 more expensive than to not prototype

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Ques. 13.

The Cost Management Plan is an output of the Plan Cost Management process. This plan is then integrated with other project plans in which of these processes?

A. Develop Project Management Plan
B. Monitor and Control Project Work
C. Perform Integrated Change Control
D. Direct and Manage Project Work

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Ques. 14.

Which of the following is not accurate about the initial phase of a project?

A. The cost associated at the beginning of the project is highest
B. Staffing levels are the highest at this stage

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Ques. 15.

You have received the following estimates for a complex activity that is critical to the success of your project. The most likely estimate is $40, the optimistic estimate is $36, and the pessimistic estimate is $54. Find expected activity cost and standard deviation of this activity?

A. $ 45, 9
B. $ 45, 3
C. $ 42 ,3
D. $ 42 ,9

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Ques. 16.

You are the PM on a software development project. You were able to attract more skilled resources than you expected and have been able to consistently complete tasks under budget. Your approved project budget is $40,000. The earned value is $25,000 and actual costs are $21,000. What is your estimate to complete this project?

A: 8613
B: 12613
C: 15000
D: 33613

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Ques. 17.

You are reviewing the 3 month cumulative earned value progress report for a software development project. The indicators reflect an SPI of .87 and a CPI of .94. What is the more likely explanation for why this occurred?

A. The schedule has been "crashed" resulting in an increase to the budget.
B. At least one task has taken more time than expected.
C. Less experienced resources are being assigned to complete the project work to date.
D. The leasing of the server hardware was more expensive than expected.


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Ques. 18.

Post-mortem analysis after scheduled finish date of a project shows a CPI of 0.8 and an SPI of 1.25. What is a plausible explanation for that?

A. The project was terminated early. At that time, it was over budget and ahead of schedule.
B. The project has produced additional deliverables which were originally not required.
C. The project has evidently been finished under budget and behind of schedule.
D. The project has evidently been finished over budget and ahead of schedule.

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Ques. 19.

As per PMBOK 5, one of the tools and techniques used in ‘Control Cost’ is

A. Reserve analysis
B. Expert judgement
C. Funding limit reconciliation
D. Cost aggregation

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Ques. 20.

You are in the canteen and you overhear two engineers arguing about Project Budget and Budget at Completion. One was of the opinion that both are the same. What will you as a project manager clarify to them?

A. Project Budget and Budget at Completion will always be the same
B. Project Budget and Budget at Completion are not the same
C. Project Budget does not include Management reserve
D. Funding requirements will always be equal to Budget at Completion

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Answers:
1: B
2: C
3: A
4: C
5: B
6: B
7: C
8: C
9: D
10: C
11: A
12: A
13: A
14: A
15: C
16: B
17: C
18: A
19: A
20: B

PMP Questions on Stakeholder Management

Welcome to the Stakeholder Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

Which of the following is a Project Stakeholder?

A. Any individual who may be affected by the outcome of a project
B. Any individual who may affect the outcome of a project
C. Any individual who may perceive to be affected by the outcome of a project
D. All of the above

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Ques. 2.

Which of the following does not identify someone as a stakeholder during stakeholder analysis?

A. Someone who proposes a solution.
B. Someone who is aware of a need.
C. Someone who is affected by the need.
D. Someone who would be affected by the solution.

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Ques. 3.

The Project manager and sponsor of the performing organization have conflicts related to delivery dates and budget. Which of the following is correct choice?

A. Resolve in favour of the project sponsors.
B. All stakeholders should have the similar interests, opinions and objectives.
C. Stakeholders can have different interests, opinions and objectives.
D. Resolve in favor of the manager of the performing organization

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Answers:
1: D
2: B
3: C

PMP Questions on Quality Management

Welcome to the Quality Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

Which of the following theory was suggested by Deming?

A. Apply continuous small improvements to reduce costs and ensure consistency
B. Marginal Analysis
C. Expectancy theory - people expect to be rewarded for their efforts
D. Plan-do-check-act to improve quality

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Ques. 2.

The project manager is trying to find out the best suitable method of meeting optimal quality with least cost possible. What is the best quality tool the project manager can use?

A. Benchmarking
B. Design of experiments
C. Benefit/Cost Analysis
D. Statistical sampling


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PMP Questions according to Knowledge Area

Integration Management	Scope Management	Time Management	Cost Management
Quality Management	Communication Management	Risk Management	Human Resource Management
Procurement Management	Stakeholder Management	Professional and social responsibility

Ques. 3.

A project is delivered as per the contract by the project team however the customer is not happy. The customer feels that the deliverable is far below his expectation in terms of quality and functionality and has some serious defects. What should the project manager do in this situation?

A. Talk to the project sponsor to discuss the issue
B. Proceed to project closure activity
C. Discuss the issues with customer and find ways to resolve the same
D. Brainstorm with technical experts, stakeholders and team members to understand issues in the project

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Ques. 4.

Quality checklists should incorporate the acceptance criteria included in the

A. Quality Management Plan
B. Quality Metrics
C. Scope baseline.
D. Process Improvement Plan

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Ques. 5.

Which of the following quality tool is often prove useful in linking the undesirable effects seen as special variation to the assignable cause upon which project teams should implement corrective actions to eliminate the special variation detected in a control chart?

A. Fishbone Diagram
B. Control Chart
C. Pareto Chart
D. Histogram

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Ques. 6.

A team of auditors has reviewed the process improvement plan. The team has examined the problems experienced and constraints experienced. The team has also identified few non-value added activities.

Which of the following tools the team must have applied to analyze the processes

A. Quality Audit
B. Process Analysis
C. Statistical Sampling
D. Approved Changed Requests

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Ques. 7.

A project manager has to discuss project progress and track status with the project team. Which should be the MOST relevant format for this purpose?

A. Milestone Chart
B. Bar Chart
C. Network Diagram
D. Control Chart

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Ques. 8.

A project manager wants to present project performance reports for his project. Which of the following formats should he use?

A. Pareto Chart
B. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
C. Bar Chart
D. Control chart

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Ques. 9.

James, a project manager for his company, is explaining to his team the importance and usage of the Gantt chart and Milestone chart. One of the team members is asked to create a summary on the lecture delivered by James. Help the team member choose the correct statement from the following,

A. A Gantt chart depicts what was planned against what actually occurred
B. A Gantt chart depicts the work in the project against the work that has been completed
C. A Gantt chart depicts the work in the project against each resource's calendar
D. A Gantt chart depicts the work in the project against a calendar

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Ques. 10.

Which of the following is True?

A. Quality assurance should be used during the project’s planning and executing phases and Quality control should be used during the project executing and closing phases.
B. Quality Control should be used during the project’s planning and executing phases and Quality assurance should be used during the project executing and closing phases.
C. Both the process are used throughout the project phases
D. It depends on project manager's discretion

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Ques. 11.

Which of the following may use for understanding and estimating the cost of quality in a process? A. Control Chart
B. Check Sheets
C. Scatter Diagrams
D. Flow Charts

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Ques. 12.

Which of the following is NOT used to perform quality management?

A. Process analysis
B. Quality control measurement

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Ques. 13.

All of the following are activities of the configuration management system except for which one?

A. Status accounting
B. Variance analysis
C. Verification and auditing
D. Identification

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Ques. 14.

Which of the following option relates to Root Cause Analysis?

A. Process Analysis
B. Cost of Quality
C. Quality Audits
D. Quality Control Tools

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Ques. 15.

William Ouchi propounded this theory in his book: ‘How American organisations can meet Japanese challenge’. This theory supports secure career for employees, encourage involvement of employees in decision making, emphasize team spirit and values ideas of employees. Which organizational theory is mentioned here?

A. Theory X
B. Theory Y
C. Theory Z
D. Hawthorne studies

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Ques. 16.

The following are the measured values of weight of an employee in kg. 50,52,52,51,49,52,52,51,49,52. The actual weight of the person is 52 kg. Based on the above trial measured values, the measurement system employed can be considered :

A. Accurate but not precise
B. Precise but not accurate
C. Accurate as well as precise
D. Neither accurate nor precise

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Ques. 17.

A Pareto diagram shows

A. The 80% of the work that is important.
B. The qualitative improvement trend demonstrated by implementing a Six Sigma initiative.
C. A histogram ordered by frequency of occurrence.
D. The 20% of the work that is causing the most issues.

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Ques. 18.

At the beginning of project, project manager is given a schedule with everyone's vacations on it. He realizes that because of software will be delivered to the QA team exactly when they have overlapping vacations, there is a serious risk of quality problems, because there won't be anyone to test the software before it goes into production. What best describes the constraint this places on the project?

A. Quality constraint
B. Time constraint
C. Risk constraint
D. Resource constraint

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Ques. 19.

Quality is planned, designed and built into your project instead of being inspected in. What is the main reason that prevention of mistakes in quality is preferred over finding the mistakes via inspection?

A. Because your quality management plan focuses on prevention
B. Because if you are a good project manager and perform prevention well you won't have to deal with inspection
C. Because finding defects via inspection should be avoided at all costs
D. Because the cost of preventing mistakes is generally much less than the cost of correcting them when they are found by inspection

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Ques. 20.

There is a project being done for a french Bank and you are a outsourced IT provider. The project is about impementation BASEL III compliance requirements imposed by the European Commission. The deadline is close and there is no chance of failure. The commission would charge a huge penalty if the implementation is not done or if there is any issue with the implementation. The CIO calls you, (the account manager from the IT supplier) and tells you that there is no choice and you must sign up for a penalty clause if the implementation is having any defects or if impementation is not done on time. You dont have a choice and go ahead with the same. Your Vice President approves extra budget by reducing the profitability requirement of the Project and warns you that you have no choice now and you have to have the project done with ZERO defects. You decide to increase resources and have 3 rounds of testing instead of 2 rounds to ensure that there is no defects. The cost of extra testing is called :

A. Cost of Non confirmance
B. Failure cost
C. Prevention cost
D. Appraisal Cost

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Ques. 21.

Your company has developed a software product to analyse big data From Multiple Sources. While performing beta testing with a small sample of users, you notice that the product has defects because of the following reasons:

- Non-compatibility with the operating system (20%)
- Bugs in the software (22%)
- Difficulty in understanding instruction manuals (20%)
- Non-availability of desired features (15%)
- Others (23%)

To illustrate the causes of these problems, you could use a:

A. Flowchart
B. Quality Checklist
C. Scatter Diagram
D. Histogram

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Ques. 22.

A firm maufacturing automobiles finds a flaw in a recently launched model and withdraws 100000 units of the new model from the market . The costs associated with this exercise falls under:

A. Cost of Non-conformance
B. Cost of Conformance - Training Costs
C. Cost of Conformance - Appraisal Cost
D. Cost of Conformance - Failure Costs

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Answers:
1: D
2: C
3: B
4: C
5: A
6: B
7: B
8: C
9: D
10: A
11: D
12: B
13: B
14: A
15: C
16: C
17: C
18: D
19: D
20: D
21: D
22: A

PMP Questions on Scope Management

Welcome to the Scope Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

Creating a WBS is essential for successful completion of a project. An intangible benefit of the processes involved in creating the WBS is that it:

A Helps in finding out the critical path
B Improves confidence level of the sponsor and customer
C Ensures shared ownership for the project
D Clearly illustrates time-dependence between the tasks


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Ques. 2.

Completion of a product scope is measured against:

A.Product Management Plan
B.Project Management Plan
C.WBS & WBS Dictionary
D.Product Requirements

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PMP Questions according to Knowledge Area

Integration Management	Scope Management	Time Management	Cost Management
Quality Management	Communication Management	Risk Management	Human Resource Management
Procurement Management	Stakeholder Management	Professional and social responsibility

Ques. 3.

Which of the following is not a major step of decomposition?

A. Identify major deliverable s.
B. Identify Resources
C. Identify components
D. Verify correctness of decomposition.

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Ques. 4.

Your client has terminated your project before it is complete. Which of the following is true?

A. You must stop all work and release the team immediately
B. You must work with the team to document the lessons learned
C. You must keep the team working on the project to give your senior management time to talk to the client
D. You must update the project management plan to reflect this change

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Ques. 5.

After the kickoff meeting, two team members engage in a casual conversation about the project objectives and deliverable's. It is clear they heard different messages during the meeting. One member is so adamant that the other member gives up arguing the point. After talking to the project manager, the second member confirms that the first member is mistaken. At this point, what is the BEST course of action?

A. The second team member should send the other team member an e-mail describing what he discovered.
B. At the next project meeting, the team member should ask the mistaken team member to describe his interpretation so the project manager can get everyone on the same page.
C. The project manager should send out an e-mail to the team restating the project objectives and deliverables.
D. At the next project meeting, the project manager should spend time reviewing a documented scope statement with the goal of identifying this and other false assumptions.

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Ques. 6.

The Olympic Flame Torch lights the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium, starting the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

The Olympic Flame Torch is lit from the sun's rays at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, in a ceremony in the ruins of the home of the Ancient Games in Greece.

This year the Olympic Torch shall start it journey on 19 May 2012 from Olympia and will reach London Olympic on 27 July 2012 and 8,000 Torchbearers will carry it during the Olympic Torch Relay. Which one of the following dependency relationship is followed in Olympic Torch Relay example

A. Start to Finish (SF)
B. Start to Start (SS)
C. Finish to Finish (FF)
D. Finish to Start (FS)


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Ques. 7.

A pharmaceutical company recently terminated a research project because it no longer seems commercially viable for the company. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

A. Release the team members
B. Document the lessons learned
C. Conduct Scope Validation
D. Discuss with senior manager the reason for abrupt project termination

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Ques. 8.

What is the primay use of work authorization system?

A. To Manage who does each activity.
B. To Manage the sequence of work to be done.
C. To see when each activity is done.
D. T ensure who does each activity and when it is done.

Ques. 9.

What document do you need to create in order to organize and define the total scope of your project?

A. WBS
B. Project Calendar
C. Requirements Management plan
D. Scope management plan

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Ques. 10.

You are the project manager for your company’s upcoming move. Several departments in your company are moving to a new building. You’ve completed the Initiation process for this project and know that the next set of processes for this project will occur in which order?

A. Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Executing, Closing
B. Monitoring and Controlling, Planning, Executing, Closing
C. Executing, Planning, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
D. Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing

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Ques. 11.

You are PM for Construction Project and reviewing some invoices, You observed that some materials not required for your project have been included on the invoice. After investigating you identify one of your project resources asked vendor to add a few extra items to one part of the building. This change was never approved through Change Control Board, What do you do?

A. Call a team meeting to determine how this will impact the project, then inform stakeholders of the impacts
B. Inform stakeholders of the unauthorized scope change, then call a team meeting to determine the impact to the project.


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Ques. 12.

You are managing a civil engineering project.You are using approved change requests and project management plan to create work performance information.What process are you performing?

A. Perform Integrated Change Control
B. Execute Change
C. Direct & Manage project execution
D. Controlling project aspects

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Ques. 13.

The Creation of WBS may be enhanced by using?

A. Affinity diagrams
B. Process decision program charts
C. Tree diagrams
D. Interrelationship digraphs

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Ques. 14.

Which of the following is an example of a constraint associated with the project scope that limits the team’s options in scope definition?

A. A predefined budget.
B. The threat of a strike by a subcontractor.
C. Existing relationships with sellers, suppliers, or others in the supply chain.
D. The method used to measure project performance.

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Ques. 15.

you have replaced a project manager in an ongoing project. You were not able to find the WBS while reviewing the project documents. The earlier project manager informs you that it has not been created. as per scope management plan of the project, WBS should be there. How do you handle this situation:

A. Create a change request to create WBS.
B. Document tin the lesson learned so that it does not happen in future.
C. Put all project work on hold until WBS is created.
D. Increase communication so that the lack of WBS does not affect the work.

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Ques. 16.

A particular project in the domain of civil construction requires that every on-site worker be insured. Which of the following inputs BEST conveys this requirement to the Estimate Costs process so that the insurance cost is estimated and subsequently budgeted:

A. Enterprise Environmental Factor
B. Organizational Process Assets
C. Project Scope Statement
D. Project Management Plan

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Ques. 17.

You are project manager for hybrid car development project. You collected the requirements from most stakeholders except two key stakeholders who were reluctant to articulate their requirements. What is the BEST tool you should use to collect requirement from these key stakeholders?

A. Focus Group
B. Facilitated workshop
C. Job shadowing
D. Benchmarking

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Ques. 18.

The project plan has been developed. A project end date has been established. The customer later requests additional work to be included in the project, but will not renegotiate the end date. Cost is not a factor. The project team should immediately.

A. Invoke the change control process.
B. Initiate contingency plans.
C. Modify the original project scope to include the additional work.
D. Commit to original project scope and open a new project to handle additional work.
E. Request project team to work overtime to meet end date

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Ques. 19.

A project has experienced significant delays due to equipment problems, staff attrition, and slow client reviews. The project is 40% complete and has used 60% of the available calendar time. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

A. Re-baseline the schedule to reflect the new date
B. Analyze the critical path activities for potential to fast track or crash the schedule
C. Document the lack of progress and associated issues to management
D. Identify tasks that have required more time than planned

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Ques. 20.

Create WBS belongs to:

A. Initiating
B. Executing
C. Closing
D. None of the above

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Ques. 21.

One of the performance requirements of a Company Website development project is that the home page should load in 1 second. Such performance requirements are usually part of:

A. Customer requirements
B. Business requirements
C. Project requirements
D. Product requirements

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Ques. 22.

Which of the following state the status of a requirement in the requirement traceability matrix?

A. Aligned
B. Active
C. Passive
D. Mitigated

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Answers:
1: C
2: D
3: B
4: A
5: C
6: A
7: C
8: B
9: D
10: D
11: A
12: D
13: A
14: A
15: C
16: C
17: C
18: A
19: B
20: D
21: D
22: B

PMP Questions on Time Management

Welcome to the Time Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

During the quarterly review meeting of your project, higher management wanted to have a look at the project schedule. You requested your planning team to bring it for your review before sending it to the management. The planning team submitted a logic diagram showing activities, milestones, dummy activities and critical activities. After review you inform the team to re-submit with only hammock activities shown. Hammock activities are same as;

A. Zero float activities that lead the project to scheduled completion.
B. Activities showing dependencies otherwise not able to show
C. Summary activity between multiple interdependent work packages
D. A significant point or event in the project.

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Ques. 2.

you have been working on a complex project for your company. Your boss has asked you what is the duration is going to be to complete one certain takes. You respond that the most optimistic time for the task to be completed is 5 days. You made some additional notes stating that you feel the longest the task would take is fifteen days that the most likely period is ten days, and the average time for completing the tasks based on previous work is usually eight days if you use PERT . What is the expected duration of task

A. 9
B. 8
C. 11
D. 10 days

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PMP Questions according to Knowledge Area

Integration Management	Scope Management	Time Management	Cost Management
Quality Management	Communication Management	Risk Management	Human Resource Management
Procurement Management	Stakeholder Management	Professional and social responsibility

Ques. 3.

A nurse leaving from night duty only when morning shift arrives is an example of which activity relationship?

A. Finish To Start
B. Start To Finish
C. Finish To Finish
D. Start To Start

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Ques. 4.

Which relationship model is most commonly used in the Precedence diagrams?

A. Start-to-Start
B. Start-to-Finish
C. Finish-to-Start
D. Finish-to-Finish

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Ques. 5.

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimate for a project in its _________ phase may have its accuracy vary from ________ %?

A. Execution, -25% to +25%
B. Initiation, -5% to +10%
C. Initiation, -25% to +75%
D. Planning, -50% to +50%

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Ques. 6.

The level of accuracy for order of magnitude estimation is

A. -25% to +75%
B. -25% to +50%
C. -25% to +25%
D. -25% to +10%

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Ques. 7.

You are a project manager for a new road work project. You have determined the following dependencies. Activity A is the first activity. Activity A has a duration of 5 days. Activity B is a successor to Activity A and has a duration of 3 days. Activity C is a successor to Activity A and has a duration of 7 days. Activity D is a successor of Activity B and has a duration of 2 days. Activity E is a successor of both Activity B and Activity C and has a duration on 6 days. Activity F is a successor of both Activity D and Activity E and has a duration of 9 days. Activity G is a successor of Activity E and has a duration of 8 days. Activity H is a successor of both Activity F and Activity G and has a duration of 4 days. The project is finished once activity H is completed.
What is the project duration?

A. 25 days
B. 27 days
C. 23 days
D. 31 days

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Ques. 8.

From Ques 7 network diagram, what activities are on the critical path?

A. ABDFH
B. ABEFH
C. ACEFH
D. ACEGH

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Ques. 9.

From Ques 7 network diagram, what is the float of Activity B?

A. 8 days
B. 4 days
C. 6 days
D. 1 day

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Ques. 10.

From Ques 7 network diagram, What is the free float of Activity B?

A. -2 days
B. 0 days
C. 2 days
D. 1 day

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Ques. 11.

From Ques 7 network diagram, What is the duration of the critical path?

A. 21 days
B. 23 days
C. 27 days
D. 31 days

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Ques. 12.

From Ques 7 network diagram, If management states to finish no later than day 25 what is the project float?

A. -5 days
B. 7 days
C. -6 days
D. 6 days

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Ques. 13.

Which of the following best describes a project schedule network diagram without a time scale
A. Logic Bar Chart
B. Pure Logic Diagram
C. Time Scaled Logic Diagram
D. Milestone Chart

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Ques. 14.

You are reviewing the schedule performance of the project & working to develop schedule performance report to issue to key stakeholders as the project is behind the schedule. Which is the best place to search about the frequency for the schedule performance reports?

A. Project schedule
B. Project calendars
C. Project schedule data
D. Schedule management plan


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Ques. 15.

Your project is having a Critical path of 62days, and a Standard deviation of 1. Find the probability that this project will be completed in 63 days.

A. 84%
B. 68%
C. 95%
D. 99.73%

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Ques. 16.

As the project manager, you need an expert specializing in soil analysis. After making an evaluation, you think the expert may need 2 days for their work, but the expert's time is very limited. Therefore you arrange the time for the expert's work by postponing the project finish date. Which of the following techniques is being used?

A. Adjusting leads and lags
B. Reverse resource allocation scheduling

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Ques. 17.

You are the project manager of a complex lighting equipment project. You expect your project team members that the electronic test must be performed and passed before the lamp stands can be installed. This is an example of what type of dependencies?

A. Mandatory dependencies
B. Discretionary dependencies

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Ques. 18.

You have put a schedule network with two paths from start to finish. Path-A, has three activities of duration 5, 3 and 2 days; and Path-B, has two activities of duration 3 and 4 days. As part of good planning, the duration estimates on activities on Path-B already have a contingency of 1 day built into them. All of the following are true regarding slack and buffer in this scenario, except:

A. There is neither slack nor buffer on Path-A
B. Each activity on Path-B has 3 days of float and a contingency of 1 day
C. The critical path on Path-B has a total reserve time of 2 days
D. The total float for Path-B is still 3 days, while the total of all reserves is 2 days.

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Ques. 19.

You are project manager for building construction project. During estimate activity duration process, the team members agreed that the pessimistic duration for the activity is 40 days and the most likely duration is 30 days. Finally, the team estimated the activity duration as 30 days. What is the activity duration in the best-case scenario if the team used Beta Distribution formula in this process?

A. 24 Days
B. 20 Days
C. 30 Days
D. Need more information

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Ques. 20.

A project has experienced significant delays due to equipment problems, staff attrition, and slow client reviews. The project is 40% complete and has used 60% of the available calendar time. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

A. Re-baseline the schedule to reflect the new date
B. Analyze the critical path activities for potential to fast track or crash the schedule
C. Document the lack of progress and associated issues to management
D. Identify tasks that have required more time than planned

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Ques. 21.

Your company has won a prestigious project which deals with building software to be used on spaceships landing on the moon.After building the schedule network diagram - you identify the critical path and also a number of Near-Critical Paths.What does this mean with respect to Risks related to Project Schedule ?

A. The project is at high risk of meeting its schedule considering additional near critical paths
B. The project has no risks of meeting its schedule considering additional near critical paths
C. Near Critical Path will have no impact on the schedule - hence no risks at all
D. The Near Critical Path activities have a lot of Float - so there is no fear of not meeting the project completion

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Ques. 22.

The senior analyst on a project came up with Activity Duration Estimates as follows: Activity A: 10 days + a lag of 2 days; Activity B: 1 week + a lead of 3 days. The project manager who reviewed this, came up with some objections to these estimates. What would they most likely be?

A. The analyst should have included % variance information while mentioning the Activity duration Estimate. This would indicate a range of possible results.
B. Activity Duration Estimates should not include any lag or lead information.
C. It is advisable not to mix up units such as days and weeks while coming up with Activity Duration Estimates.
D. The Activity Duration Estimate should have also mentioned the predecessor or successor activity to which the lag or lead is attached

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Ques. 23.

All of the following statements are true regarding the ADM method except which one?

A. The ADM method is a tool and technique of Sequence Activities.
B. The ADM method uses one time estimate to determine duration.
C. The ADM method is also called AOA.
D. The ADM method is rarely used today.

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Ques. 24.

Activity attributes extend the description of the activity by identifying various components associated with the activity. Typically how many attributes are associated with each activity?

A. They should be between 5 and 10 in number
B. The number of attributes varies by application area.
C. They should be less than 5 in number
D. The number of attributes depends on the activity.

Source: Christopher Scordo - PMI 24X7

Ques. 25.

Feeding buffers and the project buffer are part of which of the following Develop Schedule tool and technique?

A. Critical path method
B. Schedule network analysis
C. Applying leads and lags
D. Critical chain method

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Ques. 26.

A Scheduler is developing a project schedule in consultation with the Project Manager & other key stakeholders for a new high-technology project. While sequencing and logically connecting the activities, the Scheduler inadvertently creates a relationship in which a schedule activity has more than one predecessor. Which of the following is most likely to occur if this issue is not addressed properly before finding the critical path.?

A. Schedule overrun
B. Cost overrun
C. Circular logic
D. Path divergence

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Answers:
1: C
2: D
3: B
4: C
5: C
6: A
7: D
8: C
9: B
10: B
11: D
12: C
13: B
14: D
15: A
16: B
17: B
18: C
19: B
20: B
21: A
22: B
23: B
24: B
25: D
26: A

PMP Questions on Risk Management

Welcome to the Risk Management Questions for PMP examination. These questions here have been collected from various sources. Please check the sources given with each of the question for any further information. The answers are given at the bottom of the page

Ques. 1.

A project lost 10 productive days due to bad weather. In order to make up for the lost time, the project management team calls for an emergency meeting and decides to apply Fast-tracking as a schedule compression technique. This is an example of:

A. Risk Mitigation
B. Risk avoidance
C. Accept strategy
D. Work-around

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Ques. 2.

During risk planning, your team cannot come up with an effective way to mitigate or insure against a risk. It’s not a task that can be outsourced, nor could it be deleted. What is the BEST solution?

A. Accept the risk
B. Continue to investigate ways to mitigate the risk
C. Look for ways to avoid risk
D. Look for ways to transfer the risk

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PMP Questions according to Knowledge Area

Integration Management	Scope Management	Time Management	Cost Management
Quality Management	Communication Management	Risk Management	Human Resource Management
Procurement Management	Stakeholder Management	Professional and social responsibility

Ques. 3.

Which of the following is generally not considered an external-unpredictable risk?

A. Changes in government regulations
B. Natural hazards
C. Unexpected environmental side effects
D. Inflation

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Ques. 4.

Nathan is working as a member in print press .He decide to put a surge protector ot make sure lighting wont blow out .which technique has he used here ?

A.Avoid
B.MItigate.
C.Enhance
D.Accept

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Ques. 5.

You are in the build phase of a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project, which has run into several unanticipated problems. Several risks have surfaced which you had not anticipated earlier. The project is over-budget and significantly behind schedule. What should you do?

A. Create updates to risk response plan
B. Create a revised project plan
C. Perform risk audits
D. Perform updated risk identification and analysis

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Ques. 6.

In the last project that a building construction company took up, there was a major design flaw identified after the build phase began. For a similar project, the project management team has decided to hire a team of experienced architects to review the design of the building before the design phase is complete. This is an illustration of which type of risk response strategy?

A.Accept
B. Transfer
C. Avoid
D. Mitigate

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Ques. 7.

A technique for resolving conflict in which the parties agree to have a neutral third party hear the dispute and make a decision is called:

A. Negotiation
B. Arbitration
C. Smoothing
D. Forcing

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Ques. 8.

A project manager is in the planning stage and is evaluating risks in the project. He wants to improve the project's chances of success by evaluating all possible risks.

As a part of risk management planning and identification he has used a standard questionnaire to identify risks and has identified about 20 risks in the project. What would you advise him to do before moving to the next process, 'qualitative risk analysis?'

A. Prioritize risk by determining each of their probability and impact
B. Update project management plan and other project documents based on inputs from these risks
C. Communicate the status of identified risks to stakeholders
D. Continue to identify more risks using other tools and techniques

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Ques. 9.

The specific combinations of probability and impact that lead to a risk being rated as “high,” “moderate,” or “low” importance are usually set by

A. Project Manager taking inputs from Team
B. Everyone who is involved in Risk Management
C. Organization
D. Project Manager taking inputs from key stakeholders

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Ques. 10.

Which of the following is a SECONDARY RISK ?

A. Employee burnout due to overwork as result of fast-tracking the project to avoid a possible project schedule overrun.
B. A risk that is written at the second-level in the Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS).
C. A risk that is of secondary importance (less impact) compared to the primary risk.
D. Any medium priority risk listed in the risk register.

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Ques. 11.

Organizations and stakeholders are willing to accept varying degrees of risk depending on their...

A. Risk Tolerance
B. Risk Appetite
C. Risk Attitude
D. Risk Threshold

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Ques. 12.

Jack has replaced James as the PM for a new HVAC project.The project is now entering the second stage.There are a lot of risks associated with the project , but none of them have been evaluated.There doesn't seems to be a document showing the path forward.What should Jack do?

A. Take advice from experts to plan risk management
B. Call for a meeting with stakeholders to plan for risk management
C. Both A & B
D. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

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Ques. 13.

You are an experienced construction project manager and know there are usually risks associated with the weather, cost of construction material, and labour turmoil that you should factor into your budget. On your current construction project which is adding a new wing to the downtown hospital you have identified the following risks: Risk 1 - Weather: There is a 25% chance of torrential downfall that will delay the construction by two weeks which will, in turn, cost the project $80,000. Risk 2 - Construction Material: There is a 10% probability of the price of construction material decreasing based on the forecasted currency fluctuations which will save the project $100,000. Risk 3 - Labour Turmoil: There is a 5% probability of construction coming to a halt if the workers go on strike. The impact would lead to a loss of $150,000. Using the EMV risk technique, how much should you add or decrease to the budget to accommodate these 3 risks?

A. $17,500
B. $18,500
C. $27,500
D. $130,000

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Ques. 14.

Steve, the sponsor, requested Paul, the manager, to advise if the deliverables are completed as scheduled. Paul informed Steve that the project is slipping badly on schedule and is likely to stretch significantly over budget. Steve, however, would like Paul to consider a change that Carol, one of the stakeholders has insisted on including in the project. Among the following which one factor is Steve LEAST LIKELY to IGNORE:

A. Risk
B. Triple Constraint
C. Quality
D. Integrated Change Control

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Ques. 15.

William, the project manager of XYZ constructions is reviewing the Project risk management done on his project. His team was on the Plan risk management phase and they informed him that they already made the Risk Management Plan. For this they had used as inputs the project management plan, the project charter, Enterprise environmental factors, Organizational process assets and worked through using analytically techniques and expert judgment. In your opinion what input document did the team miss on arriving at the Risk Management Plan?

A. Risk register
B. Work performance reports
C. Stakeholder register
D. Scope baseline

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Ques. 16.

You are in the middle of a risk assessment meeting with key stakeholders, customers and project team leaders. While identifying and assessing risks, you have realized that two key stakeholders are overemphasizing the impact of a risk. What is the BEST step you must take to avoid unfairness or bias when assessing risks?

A. Implement assumptions analysis to explore the validity of assumptions
B. Develop a risk response strategy to eliminate threats
C. Perform qualitative risk analysis to identify risk attitudes
D. Perform sensitivity analysis to establish which risks have the most impact on the project

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Ques. 17.

Which of the following is the correct combination input to Control Risks Process?

A. Project Management Plan and Organization Process Assets.
B. Work Performance Data and Work Performance Reports.
C. Enterprise Environmental Factors and Risk Management Plan.
D. Risk Register and Organizational Process Assets.

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Ques. 18.

A number of identified risks occurred early in a project. As a result, most of the project objectives ended up in jeopardy. The project manager decided to present a case to management that the project be closed down. This is an example of:

A. Risk Acceptance
B. Risk Mitigation
C. Risk Avoidance
D. Risk Transfer

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Ques. 19.

Kiribati government, an island nation in the Pacific ocean, recently planned to buy 6,000 acres of land in the Fiji's main island.

This action by the Kiribati government was intended to repatriate its citizens if the sea level rise, due to climate change, was to submerge the Kiribati islands, a potential threat in the future. This planned response to the identified potential risk, by the Kiribati government, is an example of :

A. Risk Avoidance
B. Risk Transfer
C. Risk Mitigation
D. Active Acceptance of the risk

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Ques. 20.

On a recent project, your Project Management Plan includes the following statement: "No impact on cost or timeline: Project Manager approval; Impact on cost < $10,000, or Impact on timeline < 1 week: Working Steering Committee approval; Impact on Cost > $10,000 but < $100,000, or Impact on timeline > 1 week: Executive Steering Committee approval". What is this section specifically talking about?

A. Risk Response Thresholds.
B. Approval Levels Necessary for Authorizing Changes.
C. Change Control Board Roles and Responsibilities.
D. Project Scope Management Plan.

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Ques. 21.

Your project sponsor has asked you to present your project's high-level risk register to him in the next project update meeting. Which of the following processes must be started to have your high level risk register?

A. Plan Risk Management
B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
C. Identify Risks
D. Control Risks

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Ques. 22.

You are the project manager of a construction project. You find that a construction crane is needed during the project for a short period. You may or may not need that crane for future projects. Which of the following do you think is the best option?

A. Buying
B. Renting
C. Making
D. Borrowing

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Answers:
1: D
2: A
3: D
4: B
5: D
6: D
7: B
8: D
9: C
10: A
11: C
12: A
13: A
14: A
15: C
16: C
17: B
18: C
19: D
20: B
21: B
22: B