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PMP Test C03_02

01. Which of the following management objectives are not provided by documented work
authorizations?

A. A means to help coordinate project activities.

B. A record of what work was authorized when.
C. A means to communicate what needs to be done when.
D. A mechanism for the project team to verify scope performance.

02. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is commonly used to organize project:

A. Activities by deliverable.
B. Activities by start date.
C. Costs according to the chart of accounts of the performing organization.
D. Stakeholder reporting relationships.

03. The projects performance measurement baselines:

A. Document the quality standards that the project must meet.

B. Generally change only intermittently, but always in response to approved scope changes.
C. Only are focused on scope and quality.
D. They are inputs to the project planning processes.

04. Involving the project customer in project planning is:

A. Meddlesome and will slow down progress.

B. Often an aid in getting the project plan complete and correct.
C. A necessary evil because customers seldom know what they want.
D. Useful only on internal service projects.

05. The project plan is usually developed by:

A. Senior management of the performing organization.

B. The customer.
C. The project manager.
D. The project management team.

06. Which of the following risk events is most likely to interfere with attainment of the projects cost
objective?

A. Request from the customer to generate additional documentation.

B. Scope disputes that generate higher than expected claims.
C. Receipt of an approved change order necessary to comply with a new governmental
regulation.
D. Increases in the cost of labor as the result of a wage rate increase whose date and
amount was known during project planning.

07. Assuming a life cycle of concept, development, implementation, and final delivery, which phase
typically, has the highest degree of uncertainty?

A. Concept.

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B. Development.
C. Implementation.
D. Termination.

08. A change control board is:

A. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for minimizing the number of

approved changes.
B. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for approving changes to the
project baseline.
C. Functionally equivalent to a project steering committee.
D. Any group of stakeholders that meets to review or approve changes.

09. Which of the following is often reviewed to help ensure that all project work has been identified?

A. Work breakdown structure.

B. Milestone chart.
C. Cost/schedule control system.
D. Statements of work.

10. Which change record type usually has the highest priority to apply Integrated Change Control
process?

A. Defect repair.
B. Corrective action.
C. Preventive action.
D. Change proposal.

11. The project management plan:

A. Ensures that the projects cost and schedule targets will be met.
B. It is the same as the performance measurement baseline.
C. Enhances understanding within the project team.
D. Documents the major technical alternatives considered.

12. Which of the following is not part of configuration management?

A. Identifying and documenting the functional and physical characteristics of an item or

system.
B. Limiting the number and magnitude of changes to the characteristics of an item or
system.
C. Controlling changes to the characteristics of an item or system.
D. Recording and reporting changes to the characteristics of an item or system.

13. Which of the following is least likely to contribute to developing an effective project team
supportive of quality?

A. Involving the team in planning.

B. Staffing the project with appropriate skills.
C. Offering bonuses for timely performance.
D. Developing measurable project success criteria.

14. Fast track a project:

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A. Project may be completed in less time.

B. Generally it dont increases project risk.
C. Are generally performed by employees with an obvious management potential.
D. Involve assigning additional resources to key activities so that they will be completed
sooner.

15. Which of the following scheduling practices incorporates a form of risk assessment?

A. Gantt/Bar Charts.
B. Precedence Diagramming Method.
C. Monte Carlo simulation.
D. Critical Path Method.

16. Linear programming is an example of what type of project selection criteria?

A. Constrained optimization.
B. Comparative approach.
C. Benefit measurement.
D. Impact analysis.

17. You have created the project charter, but could not get it approved. Your sponsor and his boss
have asked that the project begin immediately. Which of the following is the best thing to do?

A. Set up an integrated change control process.

B. Show your sponsor the impact of proceeding without approval.
C. Focus on completing projects that have signed project charters.
D. Start work on only the critical path activities.

18. The engineering department has uncovered a problem with the cost accounting system and has
asked the systems department to analyze what is wrong and fix the problem. You are a project
manager working with the cost accounting system on another project. Management has issued
a change request to the change control board to add the new work to your project. Your existing
project has a cost performance Index (CPI) of 1.2 and a schedule performance Index (SPI) of
1.3 so you have some room to add work without delaying your existing project or going over
budget. However, you cannot see how the new work fits within the project charter for your
existing project. After some analysis, you determine that the new work and existing work do not
overlap and can be done concurrently. They also require different skill sets. Which of the
following is the best thing to do?

A. Re creates the project objectives and develops the project scope statement.
B. Re estimate the project schedule with inputs from the engineering department.
C. Perform scope verification on the new work with the help of the stakeholders.
D. Identify specific changes to the existing work.

19. All technical work is completed on the project. Which of the following remains to be done?

A. Scope verification.
B. Risk response plan.
C. Staffing management plan.
D. Lessons learned.

20. What better describes the difference between Areas of Expertise and Application Areas?

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A. They are two terms to describe the same item.

B. Areas of Expertise are refereed to the necessary project manager experience and
Application Areas to the necessary project manager capacity to implement his
experience.
C. Area of Expertise is referred to understand and use the required knowledge and skills in
order to get an effective project management and Application Area is referred to required
capacity to implement that in real world.
D. Area of Expertise is refereed to understand and use the required knowledge and skills in
order to get an effective project management and Application Areas are categories of
projects that have common elements significant in such projects, but are not needed or
present in all projects.

21. The main purposing closing process group is:

A. To get a formal project closure, even if the project is terminated.

B. To get a project final product formal acceptance.
C. Update lessons learned knowledge base.
D. Complete all procurement closures.

22. Which statement is true about monitoring and control process group?

A. Includes select sellers and awards contracts.

B. Demands send and receive information.
C. Its management process are carried out at the same time as executing process group.
D. Forces to hold team building activities.

23. Which statement is not true about executing process group?

A. Includes the change log and manage configuration use.

B. In not necessary to have a plan approved to carry out its management process.
C. Demands perform integrated change control.
D. Forces to administer procurements.

24. The final result of planning process group is:

A. Hold a kick off meeting.

B. To approve a Project Management Plan and project baselines.
C. Determine critical path.
D. Create WBS and WBS dictionary.

25. The main purposing initiating process group is:

A. Develop a project charter.

B. Divide large projects into phases.
C. Collects processes, procedures and historical information.
D. To gain a mutual understanding between sponsor and project manager about the project
purpose, objectives and restrictions.

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PMP Test C03_02

Solution

QUESTION AREA ANSWER

01 Processes D
02 Processes A
03 Processes B
04 Processes B
05 Processes D
06 Processes B
07 Processes A
08 Processes B
09 Processes A
10 Processes A
11 Processes C
12 Processes B
13 Processes C
14 Processes A
15 Processes C
16 Processes A
17 Processes B
18 Processes A
19 Processes D
20 Processes D
21 Processes A
22 Processes C
23 Processes B
24 Processes B
25 Processes D

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