How should a project manager plan communication for a project which has uncertain requirements?
Which item is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
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?
Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Which of the following sets are inputs to the Collect Requirements process?
Which is the best way for a project manager to ensure efficient and frequent communication with management and stakeholders in an agile/adaptive environment?
Which of the following are outputs from the process of creating a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
A project manager should document the escalation path for unresolved project risks in the:
Which process develops options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives?
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
A project team submits a weekly progress report to the project manager. The project manager consolidates the same report and sends a complete progress report to the stakeholders. What is this an example of?
Which process involves subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable portions?
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, required skills, and reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan is known as:
The process of estimating the type and quantity of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity is known as:
Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
Which item is an output of Plan Quality Management and an input to Perform Quality Assurance?
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?
The only Process Group that comprises processes that typically occur from the beginning to the end of the project life cycle is:
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?
The features and functions that characterize a result, product, or service can refer to:
Which of the following is an example of an internal factor that influences the outcome of the project?
If you are using an Ishikawa diagram to determine the root cause of problems, which process are you engaged in?
What purpose does the hierarchical locus of stakeholder communications serve?
A project manager is reviewing the change requests for project documents, deliverables, and the project plan. In which project management process does this review belong?
What type of meeting is held to discuss prioritized product backlog items?
Which action should the project manager take after the team finishes executing the scope?
Regression analysis, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and trend analysis are examples of which tool or technique?
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?
Status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete are examples of:
The planned work contained in the lowest level of work breakdown structure (WBS) components is known as:
Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
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?
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
A project manager needs to demonstrate that the project meets quality standards and success criteria. For that reason, the project manager is defining the quality objectives of the project, the quality tools that will be used, and quality metrics for the project deliverables.
Which process is the project manager executing?
A project manager builds consensus and overcomes obstacles by employing which communication technique?
What is the estimate at completion (EAC) if the budget at completion (BAC) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $50, and the earned value (EV) is $25?
A firm contracted an event management company to conduct the annual sales day event. The agreement states that the event management company will charge the firm for the actuals and receive 8% of the total cost. What type of contract Is this?
When managing costs in an agile environment, what should a project manager consider?
Which Plan Schedule Management tool or technique may involve choosing strategic options to estimate and schedule the project?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
Which input provides suppliers with a clear set of goals, requirements, and outcomes?
The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:
Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?
Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
The process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule is known as:
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
Processes in the Planning Process Group are typically carried out during which part of the project life cycle?
The process of defining how the project scope will be validated and controlled is known as:
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the cost variance (CV) for Task 6?
Projects that share common outcomes, collective capability, knowledge, or skills are often grouped into a:
Which process is conducted from project inception through completion and is ultimately the responsibility of the project manager?
When closing a project or phase, part of the process may require the use of which type of analysis?
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
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 document in the project management plan can be updated in the Plan Procurement Management process?
For a stakeholder with low interest and high power, the project manager should:
A complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up an area of specialization is known as:
An issue log is an input to which Project Human Resource Management process?
The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component is called:
Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
Which type of dependency used in the Sequence Activities process is sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic?
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?
Correlated and contextualized information on how closely the scope is being maintained relative to the scope baseline is contained within:
The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (VVBS) is called a/an:
When the business objectives of an organization change, project goals need to be:
Job satisfaction, challenging work, and sufficient financial compensation are values related to which interpersonal skill?
Progressively elaborating high-level information into detailed plans is performed by the:
The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
Which process involves the creation of a document that provides the project manager with the authority to apply resources to a project?
Which enterprise environmental factors may influence Plan Schedule Management?
A full-time project manager with low to moderate authority and part-time administrative staff is working in an organizational structure with which type of matrix?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The total float for the project is how many days?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
Which Project Time Management process includes bottom-up estimating as a tool or technique?
The process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope as well as managing the changes to the scope baseline is known as:
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?
The risk response strategy in which the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk is known as:
Which knowledge area includes the processes to identify, define, and unify the various project management processes?
According to the PMI Talent Triangle. leadership skills relate to the ability to:
A project manager is preparing to meet with three crucial project stakeholders on a new project Which tools and techniques can the project manager use to capture stakeholder interest?
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?
During which process of Project Cost Management does a project manager produce the cost baseline?
Which are examples of processes that may be used once or at predefined points in the project life cycle?
The project manager is dividing the project scope into smaller pieces, and repeating this process until no more subdivisions are required. At this point the project manager is able to estimate costs and activities for each element.
What are these elements called?
Which of the following documents ate created as part of Project Integration Management?
The project manager and the project team are having a meeting with the purpose of identifying risks. Which tools and techniques might help in this process?
The project management plan requires the acquisition of a special part available from a supplier located abroad. Which source selection method is being used?
Which project manager competency is displayed through the knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to specific domains of project, program, and portfolio management?
What should a project manager use to determine how much money is needed to complete a project?
The project manager is creating the communications management plan Which group of inputs Is required to begin?
When does the project team determine which dependencies are discretionary?
The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities is known as:
Which type of project management office (PMO) supplies templates, best practices, and training to project teams?
Which of the following response strategies are appropriate for negative risks or threats?
Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?
Activity cost estimates are quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to:
How should a stakeholder who is classified as high power and low interest be grouped in a power/interest grid during stakeholder analysis?
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?
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
When a permitting agency takes longer than planned to issue a permit, this can be described as a risk:
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?
The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
The process improvement plan details the steps for analyzing processes to identify activities which enhance their:
Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
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?
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 index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
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:
The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:
Which input will be used when tasked with developing the human resource plan?
Which of the following is a statistical concept that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen?
The initial development of a Project Scope Management plan uses which technique?
A project manager has created an issue log to document issues communicated by project team members during weekly team meetings. This is an input of:
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is called risk:
Retreating from an actual or potential conflict or postponing the issue to be better prepared or to be resolved by others describes which of the five general techniques for managing conflict?
A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:
A special type of bar chart used in sensitivity analysis for comparing the relative importance of the variables is called a:
Which quality tool incorporates the upper and lower specification limits allowed within an agreement?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity H is how many days?
Which Control Stakeholder Engagement tool or technique allows the project manager to consolidate and facilitate distribution of reports?
A benefit of using virtual teams in the Acquire Project Team process is the reduction of the:
Technical capability, past performance, and intellectual property rights are examples of:
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
When painting a bedroom, preparing the walls can be done while the paint is being chosen. This is an example of a:
The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:
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?
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?
Which risk response strategy is common for both positive and negative risks?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Determine Budget process?
In which Project Cost Management process is work performance data included?
An organizational structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques is referred to as:
Which statement about identification and engagement of stakeholders during a project is correct?
Which is the correct hierarchy in a project environment, from most to least Inclusive?
It you established a contingency reserve including time, money, and resources, how are you handling risk?
A project manager is identifying the risks of a project. Which technique should the project manager use?
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?
Which tasks should a project manager accomplish in order to manage project scope correctly?
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?
A project using the agile/adaptive approach has reached the Project Integration Management phase. What is the project manager's key responsibility during this phase?
During the planning phase, a project manager must create a work breakdown structure (WBS) to improve management of the project's components. What should be included in the WBS?
A project has an estimated duration of 10 months with a total budget of US$220,000. At the end of the fifth month, it is estimated that at completion, the project will incur US$250,000. If the actual cost (AC) calculated is US$150,000, what is the earned value (EV) of the project?
How is the Project Scope Management process different in agile and adaptive projects then in traditional projects?
A project stakeholder is requesting changes to the project plan. Which process group addresses this?
Which of the following are components of the technical project management skill?
Which of the following is used as an input to prepare a cost management plan?
Which term refers to the work performed to deliver results with specified features and functions?
Which set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
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?
In agile projects while performing scope management. What is the definition of requirements
In the Control Quality process, which tools and techniques techniques can be applied to verify deliverable?
Which enterprise environmental factors should be considered when creating a new procurement contract?
What document gathers all of the lessons learned at the end of a phase or project
Which of the in an adaptive project environment, which action helps the project manager?
A project team member identifies a possibility......the team member's idea?
A project team member identifies a possibility of increasing project performance by adopting an innovative approach to a proposed solution. This also will save resources for the company and increase stakeholder satisfaction.
How should the project manager evaluate the team member's idea?
In a preliminary meeting for a project, team members decide to execute the project with methodology A finance team member wants to know how project cost will be determined at this early stage. How will the project team determine project cost?
Which component of the project management plan should be updated if a change occurs?
A construction project is underway, and during... tasks impacted the painting work
A construction project is underway, and during the progress review the painter complained that the task could not be started because the mason has not finished the plastering job What kind ot relationship between the tasks impacted the painting work?
Which of the following tasks is related to the perform qualitative risk analysis process?
The project team is inspecting the completed project scope to determine if the requirements have been satisfied. What is the result of this inspection?
Match the method for categorizing stakeholders with its corresponding description
A project team is brainstorming about the best methods and practices to adopt for an upcoming project. What is the project team trying to follow?
During the project life cycle for a major product, a stakeholder asked to add a new feature. Which document should they consult for guidance?
The project manager and project team are developing approximations of the cost of resources needed to complete the project work. On which process are they working?
A project manager is working on the communications management plan. Which of these documents are inputs to consider?
An executive sponsor wants to be briefed on how the product will change over time. Which document should the business analyst use to prepare their presentation?
In an interactive communication model, how is the sender ensured that the message was understood by the receiver?
How can a project manager ensure effective project stakeholder engagement?
A project manager is working with the project sponsor to identify the resources required for the project. They use a RACI chart to ensure that the team members know their roles and responsibilities. What are the four elements of a RACI chart?
In a demonstration meeting with a customer, the project team presented deliverables that were considered ready for customer use. The team based the results on a checklist of all the required criteria for the project. Which of the following elements is the team using?
Development of the benefits management plan occurs in which stage of the project life cycle?
Which of the following factors within a company cloud trigger the creation of a project?
A project manager is managing a small project that has a time constraint. What should the project manager do to ensure the delivery is on time?
Which tools and techniques should a project manager use to monitor risks?
Product requirements specify a functionality that depends upon expertise that is unavailable internally. What process should be implemented to generate a make-or-buy decision?
Agile release planning provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule based on.
During the project planning process, which three of the following stakeholders are required to take part in the risk assessment meeting? (Choose three)
A business manager wants to start a project to launch a new product and submits a business case to the Portfolio Steering Committee for review. The committee asks the manager for details about the expectedbusiness value of the project. How can the manager document the business value for the Portfolio Steering Committee?
A program consists of four agile teams. Each team has a separate daily standup. Later each day, there is another standup meeting attended by one member from each team.
Which Scrum technique is this?
An adaptive team is in the process of merging a legacy system from an acquired company. In order to check the project status and manage the flow of work, they are using a scrum board for this project. What data should be included in this information radiator?
A project manager is in the process of onboarding resources to start work on a project. Which of the following components of a project management plan will the project manager update after completing this activity?
A project team is evaluating criteria to determine project viability. Which of these activities will provide insight into making a go/no-go decision to start the project?
A project receives budget approval, but the risk of extra costs is expected. Which of these inputs should the project manager check in order to make a qualitative risk analysis?
In the project charter process, which three of the following are discussed during meetings held with stakeholders? (Choose three) D Cost
What internal enterprise environmental factor (EEF) can impact a project?
An adaptive team's velocity dropped significantly in the last sprint due to the planned vacation of two team members. The project sponsor wants to know how many more sprints it would take to complete the remaining project.
How should the project manager calculate the anticipated velocity for future sprints?
What purpose does the hierarchical focus of stakeholder communications serve?
A business case is being assembled. Which two elements are necessary to complete this process? (Choose two)
Which can be used to convert a verified deliverable to an accepted deliverable?
Select three processes that are associated with Project Schedule Management.
After an internal deliverable review session with the team, the project manager indicates some issues that need to be fixed before submitting the deliverable for formal approval. The project manager will need to manage the additional costs and the required network. How would the project manager define extra costs?
Which three of the following interpersonal skills does a project manager rely on when developing the project management plan? (Choose three)
Which tools and techniques should a project manager use when estimating costs?
An organization's project management office (PMO) has issued guidelines that require a specific template to be used for onboarding resources for a project. Where can the project manager find this template?
An adaptive project manager is migrating the company's new website. The project manager must work with the team to invest full capacity on this project because it is the company's top-ranked project in the portfolio. In order to increase throughput and provide consistent delivery, the project manager needs to assign members who are currently involved with other projects.
How should the project manager assign the team members to this project?
A project team is meeting to seek solutions on a new problem that occurred recently. The meeting is comprised of two parts: the first is a generation of ideas and the second is an analysis. Which technique is the team using?
Which action should a project manager take to ensure that the project management plan is effective and current?
Which Project Management Process Group includes Collect Requirements, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, and Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis?
While implementing an approved change, a critical defect was introduced. Removing the defect will delay the product delivery. What is the MOST appropriate approach to managing this situation?
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
A change log for communications can be used to communicate to the appropriate stakeholders that there are changes:
Which is the Define Scope technique used to generate different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project?
What type of planning is used where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while work in the future is planned at a higher level?
Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Organizational planning impacts projects by means of project prioritization based on risk, funding, and an organizations:
Which of the following statements best describes the influence of stakeholders and the cost of changes as project time advances?
What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category?
Which illustrates the connection between work that needs to be done and its project team members?
The integrative nature of project management requires which Process Group to interact with the other Process Groups?
Which type of contract is most commonly used by buying organizations because the price for goods is set at the outset and is not subject to change unless the scope of work changes?
What are the formal and informal policies, procedures, and guidelines that could impact how the project's scope is managed?
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
Which defines the portion of work included in a contract for items being purchased or acquired?
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
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?
Which of the following tools or techniques is used for Estimate Activity Durations?
The CPI is .92, and the EV is US$172,500.What is the actual cost of the project?
Which schedule network analysis technique modifies the project schedule to account for limited resources?
Which of the following involves making information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner?
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
At which point of the project is the uncertainty the highest and the risk of failing the greatest?
Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
Which process documents the business needs of a project and the new product, service, or other result that is intended to satisfy those requirements?
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during Estimate Costs?
Which tools or techniques will a project manager use for Develop Project Team?
Which of the following is a tool and technique for Estimate Activity Durations?
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
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:
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact takes place in which process?
Which of the following correctly explains the term "progressive elaboration'?
To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes:
Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the Verify Scope process?
Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?
The output that defines an approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders is the:
The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
Lessons learned documentation is gathered during which of the following Project Management Process Groups?
Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
Which type of chart is a graphic representation of a process showing the relationships among process steps?
Which of the following is an example of the simplest fixed-price contract?
Which type of management focuses on ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation?
Which activity involves ensuring that the composition of a projects configuration items is correct?
Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
A purchase order for a specified item to be delivered by a specified date for a specified price is the simplest form of what type of contract?
Which of the following types of a dependency determination is used to define the sequence of activities?
Which of the following is an output of the Distribute Information process?
Which of the following is an information gathering technique in Identify Risks?
Which of the following Process Groups covers all nine Project Management Knowledge Areas?
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
Which of the following reduces the probability of potential consequences of project risk events?
What is a deliverable-oriented, hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?
Which type of elaboration allows a project management team to manage at a greater level of detail as the project evolves?
Which of the following is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within a related contract?
As the project progresses, which of the following is routinely collected from the project activities?
In which process might a project manager use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
Which technique is commonly used for the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
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?
Which Perform Quality Control tool graphically represents how various elements of a system interrelate?
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?
Which technique helps to determine the risks that have the most potential impact on a project?
Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?
A tool or technique in Perform Quality Control that a project manager would use is:
Which of the following Project Communication Management processes uses performance reports as an input?
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?