PMP Question 81-120

Question
A structured tool, usually industry or activity specific, used to verify that a set of
required steps has been performed is called:
A tool that analyzes the inputs to a process to identify the causes of errors is
called:
The concept of zero inventory is called:
The project manager's leadership style should be matched to the corresponding
developmental level of the project team and should move through successive steps in
thefollowing order:
Human resource administration is the primary responsibility of the:
A mandatory prerequisite for team building is:
Which of the following is best for handling cross-functional project needs for a
large, complex project?
Collocation can mean:

A key barrier to team development is:

Which of the following are examples of project-based organizations?

Legitimate power is:

What impact does a matrix organization have on project team development?
Which of the following is not a process of project human resource management?
A technique for resolving conflict in which the parties agree to have a neutral thirdparty
hear the dispute and make a decision is called:
Which of the following is not an input into organizational planning?
Forcing, as a means to manage conflict:
When should the project expeditor form of organization be used?
The belief that management's high levels of trust, confidence and commitment
toworkers leads to high levels of motivation and productivity on the part of workers is a
partof which motivation theory?
Which of the following is part of the expectency theory of motivation?

Which of the following statements concerning compromise as a conflict resolution is

false?
In which type of organization is team building likely to be most difficult?
A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be
brought onto and taken off the project team is called a:
A tool which links the project roles and responsibilities to the project scope
definition is called:
Which of the following is not a process of Project Communcations Management?
Which of the following are outputs from the Communications Planning process?
The receiver filters messages based on all but the following:
How much time does the typical project manager spend communicating both
formally and informally?
In communications management, to assimilate through the mind or senses is theprocess
of:

The sending or conveying of information from one place to another is the process of:
Group brainstorming encourages all of the following except:
The three major types of communication are:
All of the following are outputs from performance reporting EXCEPT:
All of the following aid in achieving consensus EXCEPT:
All of the following are communication tools EXCEPT:
Communication is the PRIME responsibility of a Project:
A tight matrix is:
The sender is responsible for:
What are the four parts of the communications model?
A leadership style in which the project manager shares problems with team
members and formulates solutions as a group is called:
In negotiating with functional department managers, project managers often find
themselves using what two-party conflict management approach?

PMP Question 201-240

3 major processes in Project HRM

The seller delivers a fixed price plus incentive fee project at a cost of $90,000. The terms
of the contract are a ceiling price of $120,000, a target cost of $ 100,000, a targe profit
of $10,000, and a target price of $110,000. The share ratio is 70/30. The final price (your
total reimbursement) is:
A project is defined as:
General management encompasses:

A program is:
Project management processes can be organized into:

_____________ involve(s) coordinating people and other resources to carry out

the plan
___________ must be measured regularly to identify variance from the plan.

The party that needs the change resulting from the project, and who will be its
custodian on completion is the

The core planning processes include:

In project communications, the sender is responsible for:
Over the life cycle of the project, the quality of information:
Critical input to scope initiation is:
Projects are initiated in response of:

The scope statement should include:

A project kick off meeting is usually conducted to:
A WBS should be developed to cover
The WBS usually:
Which of the following methods is least likely to be used for explaining project
planning guidelines to the team?

Which of the following is least likely to be used in explaining to a team member

why you consider her/his performance substandard?

Which of the following is not one of Crosby's Four Absolutes of Quality?

Which of the following is not a strong acquisition tool?

Which of the following is not an external-unpredictable risk?
The delphi Method is best suited for:
Standardization of purchased material:
The sum of the products and services to be provided as a project is called:
Maslow ranked Human needs from the highest to lowest
You are faced with two very important decision in your life.
What is the better decision financially?

Your project is in the final test stage, the user acceptance test. It meets all the
product specs and is under planned costs. In term of schedule, this project is ahead.
Your customer meets you and requested that he will not accept the product unless you
make several changes. What you should do is:
To make an informed decision about buying insurance, the project manager needsto
determine the ratio of insurance cost and the expected value of the loss. For example,
ifthe cost of insurance is $10,000, the value of the property is $200,000, and the
probability of loss is 0.05 (or five percent), the insurance is ________.
The single point standard deviations are 3, 5, 10 and 3 for the critical path. What is the
standard deviation for the entire path?

Which of the following statements concerning contract type is correct?

Herzberg identified factors, which, if present, will lead to increased motivation. A typical
factor would be:
Your customer ask for a small change in the project, which was not budgetted in
the project. It is a small effort as compared to the total project and you need the
goodwill for a multimillion dollar on the pipeline. You will
You are responsible for ensuring that your seller's performance meets contractual
requirements. For effective contract administration, you should
The three major causes of change on a project are-

The purpose of the review of deliverables and project performance at the

conclusion of a project phase is to
The budget for a major project lasting several years is usually prepared to reflect
expenditures on an annual basis. The budget is, therefore, compared to expenditures at
the end of each accounting cycle (i.e., each year). This poses a potential problem
because
_________ .

A contractor is working on a fixed price contract that calls for a single, lump sum
payment upon satisfactory completion of the contract. About halfway through the
contract, the contractor project manager informs their contract administrator that
financial problems are making it difficult for them to pay their employees and
subcontractors. The contractor asks for a partial payment for work accomplished. Which
of the following actions by the buyer is most likely to cause problems for the project?
Using the situation below and assuming continued efficiency for work-in progress and
fixed price contract for task four. The estimate at completion is:
Budgeted Cost BCWS ACWP BCWP
Task One $5K $5K $6K $5K
Task Two $6K $6K $8K $4K
Task Three $4K $2K $1K $1K
Task Four $4K $0K $0K $0K

MP Question 81-120
Ans
B. Check list
A. Cause and effect diagram
C. Ishikawa diagram
C. Just in Time
D. Directing, coaching, supporting, delegating
B. Human Resources Department
C. Commitment from top level management
A. A strong matrix organization

A. All, or almost all, team members are moved to a central physical location for the life of
the
project.
C. A war room is established where team members can meet periodically.

C. When team members are acountable to both functional and project managers.
A. Architectural firms, engineering firms, and consultants
B. Construction contractors and government contractors
C. Organizations that have adopted a management by projects approach
A. Power derived from a person's formal position in the organization.
B. It complicates team development.
C. Information Distribution

B. Arbitration
A. Recruitment practices
A. Exerts one's view at the potential expense of another party.
B. When a project's cost and importance are relatively low.
B. Theory Z

C. People tend to be highly productive and motivated if they believe their efforts will lead
to successful results and that success will lead to personal rewards.

D. A Definitive resolution is seldom acheived.

C. Matrix
A. Staffing Management Plan

B. Responsibility Assignment Matrix

E. Conflict Resolution
B. Communications management plan
D. Distance
D. 75-90%
A. Receiving

B. Transmitting

C. Convergent thinking
A. Written, verbal, and non-verbal.
A. Trend analysis
B. Avoiding conflict
E. Inputing data into a spreadsheet
D. Expeditor
B. Where all team members are brought together in one location.
A. Confirming the message is understood
B. Sender, Message, Medium, Receiver
C. Consensus
C. Lose-Lose

MP Question 201-240
B. Organizational planning, staff acquisition and team development

D. None of the above

C. A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

A. Planning, organizing, staffing, executing, and controlling the operations of an ongoing
enterprise.
B. A group of projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from
managing them individually.
D. Initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing
D. Executing processes

B. Project performance
A. Owner

C. Scope definition, activity duration estimating, cost budgeting

A. Making the information clear, unambiguous, and complete so that the receiver can
receive it correctly.
C. Increases from concept, to development, to implementation, to termination.
B. Project charter
A. Stakeholder's pressure
B. Business needs
C. Technological obsolesence
B. Project objectives, constraints and assumptions
A. Setup project team and announce the PM assignment
D. The number needed to control the project effectively
C. Make it easier to assign resources to activity
D. Formal project report

C. Project team meeting

A. Quality means conformance to requirements

B. Quality comes from prevention
C. Quality is measured by the cost of conformance
D. Quality is measured by the cost of non-conformance
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D. Inflation
A. Decision-making
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B. Deliverables
C. Self actualization, self esteem, social, security and physiological

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C. Ask the customer to file a Change reques

C the same as the cost of the probable loss and there is no advantage

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C. Lump sum contracts offer sellers the greatest profit potential.

C. Regular promotions
D. Assess the cost and schedule impact and tell them you will decide later

C. Implement the contract change control system

C. Errors in the initial assessment of how to achieve the goal of the project,
new'information about the project deliverable, and a new mandate

Determine whether the project should continue to the next phase

E. Schedule delays or restructuring of the workload will affect costs during the accounting
periods and give false indications of expenditure rates

B. Making no payments because it would violate the conditions of the contract.

C. $26K