PMP Exam 2

Topic:

______________Planning PG________________

Batch Number:

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Date of Exam:

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Candidates Name:

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Total Questions: 30

Time Allotted: 30 Minutes

Choose one of the best choices available for each question. All questions are mandatory.
1. The Project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The next thing to
do is:
a. Identify Risks
c. Determine Communication requirements

b. Begin iterations
d. Create a Bar (Gantt) chart

2. You are a new Project Manager who has never managed a project before. You have been
asked to plan a new project. It would be best in this situation to rely on_________ during
planning to improve your chance of success.
a. Configuration Management
c. Stake Holder Analysis

b. Historical Information
d. Your intuition and training

3. Based on the network diagram, you complete the initial schedule and find out the scheduled
completion date for activity G is after an imposed delivery date. In order to shorten the project
length and meet the milestone, what should you do?
a. Fast track activity H & J
c. Decrease the work of activity E

b. Outsource activity I
d. Move more resources to activity B

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4. Which of the following best describes a project management plan?
a. A printout from the project management software

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b. A bar chart
c. Risk, staffing, process improvement and other management plans
d. The project scope
5. All of the following are inputs to the Determine budget process EXCEPT:
a. Activity cost estimates
c. Project Scope Statement

b. Work Breakdown Structure

d. Project performance reviews

6. All of the following are inputs to the plan Quality process EXCEPT:
a. Enterprise environmental factors
c. The schedule baseline

b. The project scope statement

d. Project work results

7. A cost baseline is an output of which cost management process?

a. Estimate activity resources
c. Determine budget

b. Estimate costs
d. Control costs

8. Co-location can help with:

a. Bringing customer together
c. Decreasing project rental cost

b. Building the team

d. Decreasing project time

9. A ranking of risks and a list of risks for additional analysis are all outputs of which process of
risk management?
a. Identify Risks
c. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

b. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

d. Plan Risk Responses

10. How many types of relationships between activities can be found on a precedence (AON)
diagram?
a. 3

b. 4

c. 1

d. 2

11. A project manager has increased project cost by US $100,000, but completed the project four
weeks earlier than planned. What activity is best described here?
a. Resource leveling
c. Critical Chain

b. Schedule compression
d. Adjusting leads and lags

12. The float of an activity is determined by:

a.
b.
c.
d.

Performing Monte Carlo Analysis

Determining the waiting time between the activities
Determining lag
Determining the amount of time the activity can be delayed before it delays the critical path

13. All of the following are used in estimating except:

a. WBS

b. Team

c. Network Diagram

d. Scope verification

14. An activity has an early start of day 3, a late start of day 13, an early finish of day 9, and a late
finish of day 19. The activity:
a. Has a lag
c. Is not on the critical path

b. Is progressing well
d. Is on the critical path

15. All the following are Risk response strategies except:

a. Retain

b. Accept

c. Share

d. Avoid

16. Which of the following is not part of the Define scope process?
a. Facilitated workshop
c. Product analysis

b. Identifying alternatives
d. Inspection

17. A WBS numbering system allows the project staff to:

a.
b.
c.
d.

Systematically estimate costs of WBS elements

Provide project justification
Identify the level at which individual elements are found.
Use it in the project Management software

18. In which of the contract types does the buyer have the most cost risk?
a. CPPC

b. CPFF

c. CPAF

d. CPIF

19. In managing project communications, what should the project manager keep in mind?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Communication skills are most important during project executing

The receiver is responsible for making sure communications are clear.
Only the team members need to be concerned about communicating with each other.
A choice must be made about how to communicate properly

20. Which estimating method tends to be most costly for creating project cost estimate?
a. Bottom-up
c. Parametric

b. Analogous
d. 50/50 Rule

21. A team member does not have the required skills or knowledge and was assigned to a project
team by his functional manager. Who is responsible for ensuring that he receives the proper
training?
a. The sponsor
c. The project manager

b. The functional manager

d. The training coordinator

22. If a project has a 60% chance of a US $100,000 profit and a 40% chance of a US $100,000 loss,
the expected monetary value of the project is:
a. $100,000 profit

b. $60,000 loss

c. $20,000 profit

23. What percentage of time do project managers spend communicating?

a. 90

b. 20

c. 70

d. 25

24. What is one of the KEY objectives during contract negotiations?

d. $40,000 loss

a.
b.
c.
d.

Obtain a fair & reasonable price

Negotiate a price under the sellers estimate
Ensure that all project risks are thoroughly delineated
Ensure that an effective communications management plan is established

25. Integration is done by the:

a. Project Manager
c. Project Sponsor

b. Project Team
d. Project Stakeholders

26. Which of the following includes all of the relationships represented on an activity-on-node
diagram?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Finish-to-Start
Finish-to-Finish
Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Finish, Finish-to-Finish, Start-to-Start
Start-to-Start, Start-to-Finish

27. Who is ultimately responsible for Quality Management on the project?

a. The Project Engineer
c. The Quality Manager

b. The Project Manager

d. The Team Member

28. Based on the chart, what is the duration of the critical path?
a. 19

b. 13

c. 15
Activity

d. 14

Preceding Activity

Estimate

Start

Start

C, D

E, F

End

Start

29. Design of Experiments (DOE):

a.
b.
c.
d.

Identifies which variables have the most influence on a quality outcome

Identifies which variables have the least influence on a quality outcome
Determines what a quality outcome is
Determines the methods to be used for research & development

30. You are trying to decide whether to lease or buy an item for your project. The daily lease cost
is $ 150. The investment cost to purchase the item is $ 2000, and the daily cost is $ 50. In how
many days will the lease cost be the same as the purchase cost?
a. 10

b. 15

c. 20

d. 25