Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
The degree of uncertainty an entity is willing to take on in anticipation of a reward is known as its risk:
Which type of dependency used in the Sequence Activities process is sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic?
Impacts to other organizational areas, levels of service, and acceptance criteria are typical components of which document?
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?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
The process of defining how the project scope will be validated and controlled is known as:
At the completion of a project, a report is prepared that details the outcome of the research conducted on a global trend during the project. Which item did this project create?
Which quality tool may prove useful in understanding and estimating the cost of quality in a process?
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?
The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is called risk:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The total float for the project is how many days?
Processes in the Initiating Process Group may be completed at the organizational level and be outside of the project's:
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:
Which quality tool incorporates the upper and lower specification limits allowed within an agreement?
The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (VVBS) is called a/an:
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?
Analytical techniques are a tool and technique of which process in Project Procurement Management?
Plan Communications Management develops an approach and plan for project communications based on stakeholders' needs and requirements and:
Which Manage Communications tool or technique focuses on identifying and managing barriers?
Which type of analysis is used to determine the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance?
Which document in the project management plan can be updated in the Plan Procurement Management process?
Project deliverables that have been completed and checked for correctness through the Control Quality process are known as:
Progressively elaborating high-level information into detailed plans is performed by the:
A project manager who communicates to the project team though email is using which type of communication?
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:
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?
The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:
Which process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?
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?
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
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:
Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
Which of the following change requests can bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan?
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?
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
Which of the following are an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Identify Risks process?
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?
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
Which type of contract is a hybrid of both a cost-reimbursable and a fixed-price contract?
Activity cost estimates are quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to:
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
The project budget is set at $150,000. The project duration is planned to be one year. At the completion of Week 16 of the project, the following information is collected: Actual cost = $50,000, Plan cost = $45,000, Earned value = $40,000. What is the cost performance index?
Identify Stakeholders is the process of identifying all of the people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests in, involvement in, and impact on the project:
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?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
Which of the following response strategies are appropriate for negative risks or threats?
Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?
The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
The project manager needs to review the templates in use. The templates are part of the:
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) using the following data? BAC = $100,000 PV = $50,000 AC = $80,000 EV = $40,000
Which can be used to determine whether a process is stable or has predictable performance?
Which of the following Process Groups covers all nine Project Management Knowledge Areas?
As the project progresses, which of the following is routinely collected from the project activities?
The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:
When large or complex projects are separated into distinct phases or subprojects, all of the Process Groups would normally be:
A tool and technique used during the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process is:
What risk technique is used to quantify the probability and impact of risks on project objectives?
What is the responsibility of the project manager and the functional manager respectively?
A project has a current cost performance index (CPI) of 1.25. To date, US$10,000 have been spent on performing the project work. What is the earned value of the work completed to date?
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
The project manager at an organization has just realized that some of the engineering staff has been allocated to project Y and will not be available to finish task X. The project manager has also discovered that at the current pace, it will not be possible to complete the project on time. Due to cost constraints, hiring more work force is not a viable option. Which tools are at the manager's disposal?
Change requests, project management plan updates, project document updates, and organizational process assets updates are all outputs of which project management process?
Which process involves identifying and documenting the logical relationships between project activities?
The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:
Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?
In which process might a project manager use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
What is a deliverable-oriented, hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?
Changes to formally controlled documentation, plans, etc. to reflect modified or additional ideas or content are known as:
Which type of chart is a graphic representation of a process showing the relationships among process steps?
In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
In the Estimate Activity Durations process, productivity metrics and published commercial information inputs are part of the:
Which type of management focuses on ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation?
Which of the following characteristics are found in a functional organizational structure?
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?
Which of the following project documents is an input to the Control Scope process?
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
Based on the following metrics: EV= $20,000, AC= $22,000, and PV= $28,000, what is the project CV?
Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Define Activities process?
Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the Verify Scope process?
Which type of analysis is used as a general management technique within the Plan Procurements process?
Which item is an output of Plan Quality Management and an input to Perform Quality Assurance?
The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities is known as:
Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?
An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:
Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
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:
The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
The basis of identification for current or potential problems to support later claims or new procurements is provided by:
A project manager providing information to the right audience, in the right format, at the right time is an example of which type of communication?
Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) if the planned value (PV) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $150, and the earned value (EV) is $50?
Organizational theory is a tool used in which Project Human Resource Management process?
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?
Which tool or technique is used to manage change requests and the resulting decisions?
Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?
Which input provides suppliers with a clear set of goals, requirements, and outcomes?
Which process develops options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives?
Which input to Collect Requirements is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on requirements?
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
Which tool or technique is used to develop the human resource management plan?
The process of estimating the type and quantity of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity is known as:
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?
Which document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment?
Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
Which process involves monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline?
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?
A large portion of a projects budget is typically expended on the processes in which Process Group?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
The review of a sellers progress toward achieving the goals of scope and quality within cost and schedule compared to the contract is known as:
A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:
Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?
Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?
The project manager and the project team are in the process of documenting procurement decisions. Which of the following will be the procurement strategy?
What is the process of ensuring that project resources are assigned and available?
A project manager is working on the communications management plan. Which of these documents are inputs to consider?
In addition to the project charter, what other artifact is produced as a result of the Develop Project Charter process'?
Match the method for categorizing stakeholders with its corresponding description
A project manager is creating a project charter to provide a direct link between the project and the organization's strategic objectives. What must be considered when creating this document?
Project managers plan a key role performing integration on the project what are the three different levels of integration?
A software development team is working on a project to adapt an application to new, government-established data-privacy rules. What factor led to the creation of this project?
Due to organizational changes, a new product owner joins a project The product owner wants to review the process used to obtain team members, facilities, equipment, materials, supplies, and other resources necessary to complete project work.
What process should the project manager review with the product owner?
What should a project manager consider to address the full delivery life cycle for large projects?
The project manager released a report A few stakeholders express the view that report should
have been directed to them
Which of the 5Cs of written communications does the project manager need to address?
Itās time to perform code review on a software project that has over three million lines of code written. Which management tool should the project manager use?
Projects programs subsidiary portfolios.... objectives refer to?
Projects, programs, subsidiary portfolios, and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives refers to?
The project team is inspecting the completed project scope to determine if the requirements have been satisfied. What is the result of this inspection?
Development of the benefits management plan occurs in which stage of the project life cycle?
Match each tool or technique with its corresponding Project Cost Management process.
In the Control Quality process, which tools and techniques techniques can be applied to verify deliverable?
In what type of organizational structure does a project manager develop their role and work with a team assigned by job function?
A project team member is estimating the cost of activity and is checking documentation from previous similar projects. Which estimation method is the project manager using to complete this task?
A newly developed project team is working together, building trust and adjusting its work habits to support the team What stage of the Tuckman ladder does this describe?
Which procurement management process includes obtaining seller response, seller selection, and contract awarding?
The project manager implemented the stakeholder engagement plan and realized that some uploads should be made. Which components of the project management plan should be modified?
To ensure stakeholder satisfaction; identified stakeholder needs should all be
Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule based on.
Which of the following factors within a company cloud trigger the creation of a project?
When developing a schedule which tools and techniques should a project manager use?
What is a characteristic of the relationship among projects, programs, and portfolios?
What should a project manager do to prepare a risk management plan with a lot of technical uncertainty?
In which of the Risk Management processes is the project charter used as an input?
A project manager held a meeting and listed all team members' ideas for improving the product on a white board. What data gathering technique did the project manager apply?
Which project manager competency is displayed through the knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program, and portfolio management?
The features and functions that characterize a result, product, or service can refer to:
How can a project manager determine if the project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures?
During the execution phase of a project a detect is found. The project manager takes responsibility and with the correct documentation, begins the task necessary to repair the defect. What process was applied?
In a project using agile methodology, who may perform the quality control activities?
Which of the following must be included in the risk register when the project manager completes the Identify Risks process?
A sponsor asks a project manager to provide a project's expected total costs based on its progress. What formula should the project manager use to determine this?
A project team is discussing an upcoming planned product launch of a highly visible technologically advanced artificial intelligence tool. The team is debating the aspect of iterative and hybrid approaches. Which aspect of tailoring would this best represent?
Which tasks should a project manager accomplish in order to manage project scope correctly?
Which of the following technology platforms is most effective for sharing information when managing virtual project teams?
A project manager Is in the process of working with stakeholders to meet their needs and expectations, and identifying and fostering communication and involvement. Which process does this typically represent?
The project manager is working with some functional managers and stakeholders on the resource management plan Which elements may be included in this plan?
In which organizational structure would the project manager have most authority?
Company A has just been notified about a new legal requirement for its business operations. What is the classification of this item?
Which term refers to the work performed to deliver results with specified features and functions?
Which of the following set of elements is part of an effective communications management plan?
A project manager is searching for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily resolve a conflict. What conflict management technique is described in this situation?
A project manager is working on an estimate. The project team is estimating each work package and then finding the total of all the work packages.
Which technique is the project manager using?
A team receives four different requests from separate stakeholders related to one application Match each requirement with its corresponding type of change request.
A project manager uses their networking skills to build agreement with a difficult stakeholder. What level of influence did the project manager apply?
Deciding the phases of a project life cycle would be considered a part of which of these knowledge areas?
In a functional organization, the director of an important stakeholder business group expressed concern to a line manager about the progress of the project. What should the line manager do next?
Which of the following best correspond to the organizational process assets (OPAs) that affect the project?
A project manager has just completed several brainstorming sessions and has gathered the data to show commonality and differences in one single place. What technique was followed?
What tool should a project manager use to efficiently manage project resources?
A project reports an earned value (EV) of USS45 for work completed with an actual cost (AC) of US$40. What is the cost performance index (CPI)?
A project manager is assigned to a strategic project Senior management asks the project manager to give a presentation in order to request support that will ensure the success of the project.
Which entities will the project manager attempt to influence?
At the beginning of an iteration, the team will work to determine how many of the highest-priority items on the backlog list can be delivered within the next iteration. Which of the following activities is done first?
The procurement requirements for a project include working with several vendors. What should the project manager take into consideration during the Project Procurement Management processes?
A project manager is launching an information system to provide a lessons learned database. This action is necessary for recipients to access content at their own discretion. Which communication method is described?
Which tasks should a project manager perform in order to manage the project schedule effectively?
Which tools and techniques will a project manager use to develop a project charter?
Which of the following are outputs of the Define Scope process in Project Scope Management?
With regard to a project manager's sphere of influence in a project, which of the following does the project manager influence most directly?
Which set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
A project manager is experiencing a project with a high degree of change. Which type of stakeholder engagement does this project require?
A change log for communications can be used to communicate to the appropriate stakeholders that there are changes:
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Which of the following tools or techniques is used for Estimate Activity Durations?
If the most likely duration of an activity is five weeks, the best-case duration is two weeks, and the worst-case duration is 14 weeks, how many weeks is the expected duration of the activity?
Managing ongoing production of goods and services to ensure business continues efficiently describes which type of management?
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?
Which process is included in the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
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?
What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
Which of the following is contained within the communications management plan?
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?
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
Which of the following involves making information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner?
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?
What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?
The CPI is .92, and the EV is US$172,500.What is the actual cost of the project?
Which process involves documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate, and coordinate all subsidiary plans?
The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
The project manager notes that stakeholders are aware of the project and potential impacts and are actively engaged in ensuring that the project is a success. The engagement level of the stakeholders should be classified as: