PMP PREP EXAM 1

1- You have a project with the following activities: Activity A takes 40 hours
and can start after the project starts. Activity B takes 25 hours and should
happen after the project starts. Activity C must happen after activity A and
takes 35 hours. Activity D must happen after activities B and C and takes 30
hours. Activity E must take place after activity C and takes 10 hours.
Activity F takes place after activity E and takes 22 hours. Activities F and D
are the last activities of the project. Which of the following is TRUE if
activity B actually takes 37 hours?

A- The critical path is 67 hours.

B- The critical path changes to Start, B, D, and End.
C- The critical path is Start, A, C, E, F, End.
D- The critical path increases by 12 hours.

2- You’ve been hired as a manager for the adjustments department of a nationwide

bank based in your city. The adjustments department is responsible for making
corrections to customer accounts. This is a large department, with several smaller
sections that deal with specific accounts, such as personal checking or commercial
checking. You’ve received your first set of management reports and can’t make
heads or tails of the information. Each section appears to use a different
methodology to audit their work and record the data for the management report.
You request a project manager from the PMO to come down and get started right
away on a project to streamline this process and make the data and reports
consistent. This project came about as a result of which of the following?

A- Technological advance
B- Business need
C- Customer request
D- Legal requirement

3- When a project is being performed under contract, the SOW is provided by

which of the following?

A- The buyer
B- The project sponsor
C- The project manager
D- The contractor
4- Which of the following is true regarding the project scope statement?

A- The project scope statement includes a change control system that describes
how to make changes to the project scope.
B- The project scope serves as a basis for future project decisions.
C- The project scope statement describes how the team will define and develop
the work breakdown structure.
D- The project scope statement assesses the reliability of the project scope and
describes the process for verifying and accepting completed deliverables.

5- Following information is available about a particular task in your project plan:

Early Start (ES): 25 days
Late Start (LS): 30 days
Early Finish (EF): 50 days
Late Finish (LF): 55 days
Based on this information, you can deduce that:

A- The task is on critical path

B- The project may get delayed
C- Project Float is 5 days
D- Slack is 5 days

6- In your new company, you realize that some of the financial statements of the
company do not follow US GAAP Accounting Standards and are hence inaccurate.
In this case, what should you do first?

A- Inform the US government agencies of the inaccurate accounting practices in the

company
B- Talk to your finance managers about why you think that they may be violating
the standard accounting standards
C- Since you are new to the company, you assume that finance standards are
different in the company - hence do not do anything about the issue
D- Talk with finance manager in your previous company to get expert opinion about
accounting standards in the new company

7-You had worked as a project manager in a firm specializing in making

semiconductor chips. Now that you are working with a competitor,

A- You should not be using the knowledge gained in the first company to improve
the competitor’s product
B- You can use the knowledge gained in the first company to improve the
competitor’s product
C- Before doing anything which may adversely impact prospects of the first
company, you should get their approval
D- You should do nothing which provides competition to or undermines the products
of the first company
8- The difference of a milestone chart as compared with a bar chart when making
presentation to top management is that unlike bar charts, milestones:

A- Show activity start and end dates

B- Show dependencies among tasks
C- Only identify the scheduled start or completion of a major deliverables, and not
all the tasks
D- Show supporting details

9- You are managing a contract, which has outsourced software development for
microprocessor design to a vendor. Since this field is rapidly evolving, you know that
you should be able to manage changes to the contract. The paperwork, tracking
systems, and approval levels for authorizing changes should be documented in:

A- Contract Change Control System

B- Inspections and Audits
C- Performance Reporting
D- Several systems including Records Management, Claims Administration System,
Performance Reporting System etc.

10- In an appropriate communication model between a sender and receiver, all the
following statements are correct EXCEPT:

A- Noise should be minimized

B- Receiver must decode and reply back to the message
C- Receiver should acknowledge and agree with the message sent by the sender
D- All the statements mentioned above are true

11- Quality control involves monitoring specific project results to determine if they
comply with relevant quality standards. To evaluate Quality Control outputs, the
project team should definitely have a working knowledge of:

A- Prevention and Inspection

B- Sampling and Probability
C- Special Causes and Random Causes
D- Tolerances and Random Causes

12- As a project manager, you advocate active participation of your team members -
this is because you believe in:

A- Theory Y (McGregor Model)

B- Theory X (McGregor Model)
C- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
D- Referent power
13- Which of the following describes the Executing process group?

A- Project plans are put into action.

B- Project performance measurements are taken and analyzed.
C- Project plans are developed.
D- Project plans are published.

14- Failure costs are also known as which of the following?

A- Internal costs
B- Cost of poor quality
C- Cost of keeping defects out of the hands of customers
D- Prevention costs

15- All of the following statements are true regarding Kaoru Ishikawa diagrams in
the Identify Risk process except which one?

A- Ishikawa diagrams are also called cause-and-effect diagrams.

B- Ishikawa diagrams are also called fishbone diagrams.
C- Ishikawa diagrams are a tool and technique of this process.
D- Ishikawa diagrams show the steps needed to identify the risk.

16- You are a project manager working on a software development project. You’ve
developed the risk management plan, identified risks, and determined risk
responses for the risks. One of the risks you identified occurs, and you implement
the response for that risk. Then, another risk occurs as a result of the response you
implemented. What type of risk is this called?

A- Trigger risk
B- Residual risk
C- Secondary risk
D- Mitigated risk

17- Monte Carlo analysis can help predict the impact of risks on project
deliverables. This is an element of one of the tools and techniques of which of the
following processes?
A- Risk Response Planning
B- Quantitative Risk Analysis
C- Identify Risk
D- Qualitative Risk Analysis
18- All of the following statements are true regarding risks except for which one?
Choose the least correct answer.

A- Risks might be threats to the objectives of the project.

B- Risks are certain events that may be threats or opportunities to the objectives of
the project.
C- Risks might be opportunities to the objectives of the project.
D- Risks have causes and consequences.

19- Which of the following contracts should you use for projects that have a degree
of uncertainty and require a large investment early in the project life cycle?

A- Fixed price
B- Cost reimbursable
C- Lump sum
D- T&M

20- The engineering department wants the project objective to be a 10 percent

improvement in throughput. The information technology department wants no
more than five percent of its resources to be used on the project. Management, who
is also your boss, wants the project team to decrease tax liability. The BEST thing
you can do is:

A- Put a plan together that meets all the objectives.

B- Have these people get together and agree on one objective.
C- Include the engineering and information technology objectives but hold further
meetings regarding management's objective.
D- Include only management's objective.

21- The role of each stakeholder is determined by:

A- The stakeholder and the sponsor.

B- The project manager and the sponsor.
C- The team and the project manager.
D- The project manager and the stakeholder.

22- The human resources department wants to hire a new project manager from
within the company. They can choose from the following candidates: Candidate A
has good management knowledge; Candidate B has good project management
knowledge; Candidate C has solid technical knowledge; Candidate D has general
management, project management and technical skills. Who is the BEST candidate?
A- Candidate A
B- Candidate B
C- Candidate C
D- Candidate D
23- You are a project manager in a large organization that uses a matrix structure
for projects. You have been asked to investigate what organizational structure your
competitors use and how this affects their ability to manage projects successfully.
How would you describe the MAIN difference between a matrix organization and a
functional organization?

A- In a functional organization, project managers have more authority than they do

in matrix organizations.
B- More people work full-time on projects in a functional organization than in a
matrix organization.
C- Project team members usually report to two bosses in a matrix organization: the
functional manager and the project manager.
D- Most companies have found that functional organization structures provide the
most flexibility for managing projects.

24- A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having
difficulty creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real
problem?

A- They have not identified the project objectives.

B- They are working on a process and not a project.
C- The end date has not been set.
D- They have not identified the product of the project.

25- You have just learned that one of your team members has not been adequately
trained to complete project activities as assigned to him. How will you handle this
situation?

A- Replace this team member with someone more qualified.

B- Request proper training be provided and paid for by the functional manager.
C- Revise the schedule to account for the decreased effectiveness of this resource.
D- Mentor this resource during the remainder of project duration.

26- During project closure, a stakeholder complains that the project did not increase
the department's knowledge of Java programming and therefore, the project is not
complete. The customer has accepted the project. The project manager determines
that all stated requirements and deliverables have been met. He does not find
evidence that Java programming was an requirement. A review of project
correspondence shows no mention of the deliverable. The project manager should:

A- Begin project closure.

B- Re-plan the project to include the new objective.
C- Meet with the team to discuss the issue and find a resolution.
D- Get the project stakeholders involved to help resolve the issue.
27- A project team has completed, and the customer has accepted, the completed
project scope. However, the lessons learned required by the project management
office have not been completed. What is the status of the project?

A- The project is incomplete because the project needs to be re-planned.

B- The project is incomplete until all project and product deliverables are complete
and accepted.
C- The project is complete because the customer has accepted the deliverables.
D- The project is complete because the project has reached the due date.

28- While staffing a project in another country, the project leader from that country
comes to you with a suggested team consisting of members of the project leader's
family. Your FIRST course of action should be to:

A- Inquire if hiring only through family lines is common practice in the project
leader's country.
B- Review the resumes of the individuals to see if they are qualified.
C- Ask the project leader to provide additional names of people unrelated to him/her.
D- Use a different project leader to prevent problems later in the project.

29- You are in the middle of a new product development project for your publicly
traded company when you discover that the previous project manager made a U.S.
$3,000,000 payment that was not approved in accordance with your company
policies. Luckily, the project cost performance index (CPI) is 1.2. What should you
do?

A- Contact your manager.

B- Put the payment in an escrow account.
C- Bury the cost in the largest cost center available.
D- Ignore the payment.

30- You have been working on a nine-month project for six months. The project is
ahead of schedule when one of the functional managers tells you that the resources
committed to the project are no longer available. After checking further, you
discover that the company has just started another project and is using the
resources committed to your project. You believe that the new project is not critical,
but the project manager is the son of a board member. What is the BEST course of
action in this situation?

A- Determine when resources will become available.

B- Ask the PMO to formally prioritize the projects.
C- Use the reserve to hire contractors to complete the work.
D- Negotiate a new schedule with the other project manager.
31- A control chart shows that the last eight pipes produced were all less than
average weight. You need to inform management that there is a problem because the
situation violates the:

A- Rule of seven.
B- Rule of eight.
C- 50/50 rule.
D- 3 sigma rule.

32- Your employee is three days late with a report. Five minutes before the meeting
where the topic of the report is to be discussed, she hands you the report. You notice
some serious errors in it. What should you do?

A- Cancel the meeting and reschedule when the report is fixed.

B- Go to the meeting and tell the other attendees there are errors in the report.
C- Force the employee to do the presentation and remain silent as the other attendees
find the errors.
D- Cancel the meeting and rewrite the report yourself.

33- A team member notifies you that she has added extra functionality to the
project. She tells you there was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be
done as a result of this change?

A- Implement change control processes to track the change.

B- Understand what functionality was added.
C- Instruct the team member to remove the extra functionality.
D- Issue an approved change request.

34- You take over a project that is in a lot of trouble. There are apparently problems
with the team dynamics, project scope, sponsor and timeline. The project has a cost
performance index (CPI) of 0.75 and schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.2. The
FIRST action you should take is to:

A- Meet with the project sponsor.

B- Review all the project deliverables.
C- Meet with the team.
D- Meet with each team member individually.
35- A person is writing a document identifying the business need for a project and is
including a description of the product created by the project. She includes a list of
stakeholders and pre-assigned resources. What is the role of this person on the
project?

A- The project manager for the project or a company functional manager

B- A member of the project management team working at the direction of the project
manager
C- The sponsor or the project manager
D- A manager or executive in the organization who is higher in the corporate
hierarchy than the project manager

36- If a project team is subdividing project work packages into smaller, more
manageable components, they are:

A- Creating a WBS.
B- Decomposing.
C- Network diagramming.
D- Activity sequencing.

37- Your project no longer ties into the company's objectives. What would be the
BEST thing to do?

A- Decrease the cost.

B- Extend the schedule.
C- Change the CPI.
D- Change the target opportunity cost.

38- Verify Scope is normally done in parallel with:

A- Perform quality control.

B- Activity sequencing.
C- Perform quality assurance.
D- Time management.

39- During a walk-through of a work package, you discover that a team member is
completing the work differently than:

A- Replace the team member.

B- Determine if the alternative way is acceptable to the functional manager.
C- Ask the team member if the changes are necessary.
D- Determine if the changes also change the scope of the work package.
40- A client has asked you to add to the scope of the project. The project is under
budget and a little ahead of schedule. What should you do?

A- Approve the change.

B- Determine the effects of the change on the project.
C- Ask the sponsor for approval to make the change.
D- Get approval from the configuration change board.

41- While completing work, a project team member tells you that a work package
has been forgotten in the WBS. What is the BEST thing to do?

A- Wait for a change request to be processed.

B- Include it in the WBS.
C- Include it only in the network diagram.
D- Include it in the estimate, but not the activity list.

42- What is one of the advantages of a functional organization?

A- All employees report to one manager and have a clear chain of command.
B- All employees report to two or more managers, but project team members show
loyalty to functional managers.
C- The organization is focused on projects and project work.
D- Teams are co-located.

43- You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to direct
customer calls to an interactive voice response system before being connected to a
live agent. You are in charge of the media communications for this project. You
report to the project manager in charge of this project and the VP of marketing,
who share responsibility for this project. Which organizational structure do you
work in?

A- Functional organization
B- Weak matrix organization
C- Projectized organization
D- Balanced matrix organization

44- You are having difficulty estimating the cost of a project. Which of the following
BEST describes the MOST probable cause of your difficulty?

A- Inadequate scope definition

B- Unavailability of desired resources
C- Lack of historical records from previous projects
D- Lack of company processes
45- Which of the following statements is not true about the level of authority of the
project manager?

A- It varies considerably from company to company

B- It is dependent on corporate policies
C- It is determined by senior management
D- It is weak in a strong matrix organization

46- Decision trees are best used for:

A- Determining the interaction of the amount at stake and the expected value
B- Association of the probabilities with the risk events
C- An illustration of how to see the interactions between decisions and the associated
events
D- A flow chart which determines the probability of events happening.

47- All of the following are true statements about true statements about parametric
modelling except?

A- The model is scalable

B- Estimates are based on input from the team
C- The parameters used in the model are readily quantifiable
D- It is a top down type of estimate

48- A task has an early start of day 29; a late start of day 40; an early finish of 37;
and a late finish of day 48.

A- Is on the critical path

B- Has a lag
C- Is progressing
D- Is not on the critical path

49- Free slack is the amount of time a task can be delayed without delaying the:

A- Project
B- Late start of its successor
C- Early start of its successor
D- Project completion date
50- You are meeting with your sponsor to discuss the timing of your next project.
The sponsor clearly “I’ll pay for it, but I want it as soon as possible”. What is the
sponsors thinking on risk?

A- Authoritarian
B- Risk accepting
C- Unreasonable
D- Intolerant of basic project management principles

A- Task A
B- Task B
C- Task C
D- Task D

108- Which task most threatens completing the project on time?

A- Task A
B- Task B
C- Task C
D- Task D

109- The CPI on the Awake project is 0,96 and you have calculated the EAC as
$312,500. What was the original budget (BAC) for the project?

A- $ 325521
B- $ 312500
C- $ 300000
D- There is not enough information to determine the budget at completion

110- You are in the second month of clinical trials on the developpement of a new
drug which your company is planning to call “Awake”. The target market is
professional, long-haut drivers and college students who procrastinate on their
work. You think things are going pretty well but are about to look at some earned
value date to find out for sure. The data show that the CPI is 0,96 and actual costs
are $ 50000. Given these data, what is the earned value?

A- $ 48000
B- $ 50000
C- $ 52083
D- There is not enough information to determine the earned value

111- Analogous estimating:

 A- Relies on actual historical costs
B- Is a form of bottom-up estimating
C- Is a form of top-down estimating
D- Is used most often during the implementation phase

112- An order of magnitude estimate would normally be made during which project
management phase?

A- Initiation
B- Planning
C- Execution
D- Close-out

113- Rearranging resource usage to avoid large fluctuations is called:

A- Crashing
B- Splitting
C- Estimating
D- Leveling

114- The cost of investing in a particular project and therefore giving up the
potential benefits of other projects is known as:

A- Variable cost
B- Fixed cost
C- Opportunity cost
D- Indirect cost

115- Which of the following estimates would most closely predict the actual cost of a
project?

A- Order of magnitude
B- Budget
C- Definitive
D- Parametric

116- Which of the following is/are common tool (s) for developing parametric cost
estimates?

A- WBS
B- Regression Analysis
C- Content analysis
 D- Factor analysis

117- Which type of contract places most of the risk on the contractor?

A- Cost plus fixed fee

B- Cost plus incentive fee
C- Fixed price incentive
D- Firm fixed price

118- Primary responsibility for quality on a project is vested in the:

A- Lead engineer
B- Quality manager
C- CEO
D- Project Manager

119- Quality should generally be of:

A- Lower priority than cost and schedule

B- Higher priority than cost and schedule
C- Equal priority with cost and schedule
D- Equal priority with schedule but higher priority than cost

120- Quality management involves directing a team of people to achieve stated needs
or goals by providing:

A- A project completed in the shortest possible time

B- A product or service that conforms to the specification
C- An award-winning product that brings public recognition to the project
D- Products meeting the highest standards of luxury goods

121- The quality tool that displays the sources of defects from the most occurrences
(displayed on the left of the diagram) to the fewest occurences (displayed on the
right of the diagram) is called a:

A- Control Chart
B- Histogram
C- Checksheet
D- Pareto Chart

122- Kaizen is an approach that emphasizes:

A- Quality circles
B- Cause and effect diagrams
C- Incremental improvement
 D- Technological advances

123- The Kankan technique supports the:

A- Use of Pareto diagram

B- Use of Control Charts
C- Just-in-time inventory system
D- Variance analysis process

124- Three sigma captures what percentage of possible outcomes?

A- 68,3 %
B- 95,5%
C- 99,7%
D- 99,9997%

125- Inspections are also referred to as:

A- Sampling
B- System tests
C- Status reports
D- Audits

126- You are the project manager for Changing Tides video games. You have
gathered the inputs for the Estimate Activity Durations process. Which of the
following tools and techniques will you employ to produce the outputs for this
process?

A- Activity list, expert judgment, alternatives analysis, project management software, and
bottom-up estimating
B- Activity list, expert judgment, published estimating data, and project management
software
C- Expert judgment, analogous estimating, parametric estimating, three point estimates,
and reserve analysis
D- Expert judgment, alternatives analysis, published estimating data, and bottom-up
estimating

127- Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project on which
you’re working. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year.
She would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not her
primary concern right now. She needs a ballpark figure by tomorrow. You decide to
use ___________________.

A- Analogous estimating techniques

B- Bottom-up estimating techniques
C- Parametric modeling techniques
D- Computerized modeling techniques

128- Your project’s primary constraint is quality. To make certain the project team
members don’t feel too pressed for time and to avoid schedule risk, you decide to
use which of the following activity estimating tools?

A- Expert judgment
B- Quantitatively based durations
C- Reserve analysis
D- Analogous estimating

129- You have been hired as a contract project manger for Grapevine Vineyards.
Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for its customers. One of the
activities for this project is the installation and testing of several new servers. You
know from past experience it takes about 16 hours per server to accomplish this
task. Since you’re installing 10 new servers, you estimate this activity to take 160
hours. Which of the estimating techniques have you used?

A- Analogous estimating
B- Bottom-up estimating
C- Parametric estimating
D- Reserve analysis

130- Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project. She would
like the cost estimate to be as accurate as possible because this might be her one and
only chance to secure the budget for this project because of recent cuts in special
projects. You decide to use _______________.

A- Analogous estimating techniques

B- Bottom-up estimating techniques
C- Top-down estimating techniques
D- Expert judgment techniques

131- The project schedule is used to determine all of the following except which one?

A- Cost estimates
B- Activity start dates
C- Float times
D- Activity end dates

132- You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. It manufactures window
shades that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings on the inside for hotel chains.
Picture Shades is taking its product to the home market, and you’re managing the
new project. It will offer its products at retail stores as well as on its website. You’re
developing the project schedule for this undertaking and have determined the
critical path. Which of the following statements is true?
A- You calculated the most likely start date and most likely finish dates, float time, and
weighted average estimates.
B- You calculated the activity dependency and the optimistic and pessimistic activity
duration estimates.
C- You calculated the early and late start dates, the early and late finish dates, and float
times for all activities.
D- You calculated the optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely duration times and the float
times for all activities.

133- Which of the following statements is true regarding the critical path?

A- It should never be compressed.

B- It allows for looping and branching.
C- The critical path technique is the same as PERT.
D- It’s the duration of all tasks with zero float.

134- You are a project manager for Move It Now trucking company. Your company
specializes in moving household goods across the city or across the country. Your
project involves upgrading the nationwide computer network for the company. Your
lead engineer has given you the following estimates for a critical path activity: 60
days most likely, 72 days pessimistic, 48 days optimistic. What is the weighted
average or expected value?

A- 54
B- 66
C- 60
D- 30

135- You are a project manager for Move It Now trucking company. Your company
specializes in moving household goods across the city or across the country. Your
project involves upgrading the nationwide computer network for the company. Your
lead engineer has given you the following estimates for a critical path activity: 60
days most likely, 72 days pessimistic, 48 days optimistic. What is the standard
deviation?

A- 22
B- 20
C- 2
D- 4

136- If you know expected value is 500 and the standard deviation is 12, you can say
with approximately a 95 percent confidence rating which of the following?
A- The activity will take from 488 to 512 days.
B- The activity will take from 464 to 536 days.
C- The activity will take from 494 to 506 days.
D- The activity will take from 476 to 524 days.

137- If your expected value is 110 and the standard deviation is 12, which of the
following is true?

A- There is approximately a 99 percent chance of completing this activity in 86 to 134

days.
B- There is approximately a 68 percent chance of completing this activity in 98 to 122
days.
C- There is approximately a 95 percent chance of completing this activity in 98 to 122
days.
D- There is approximately a 75 percent chance of completing this activity in 86 to 134
days

138- You are the project manager working on a research project for a new drug
treatment. Your preliminary project schedule runs past the due date for a federal
grant application. The manager of the R&D department has agreed to release two
resources to work on your project in order to meet the federal grant application
date. This is an example of ___________________.

A- Crashing
B- Fast tracking
C- Resource leveling
D- Adjusting the resource calendar

139- You are the project manager for Rivera Gourmet Adventure Vacations. Rivera
combines the wonderful tastes of great gourmet food with outdoor adventure
activities. Your project involves installing a new human resources software system.
Jason, the database analyst working on this project, is over allocated. Which of the
following statements is true?

A- You should use resource requirements updates to determine availability and smooth
out resource over allocation.
B- You should use crashing to resource level the critical path tasks.
C- You should use resource leveling to smooth out resource assignments.
D- You should use fast tracking to resource level the critical path tasks.

140- What is one of the problems with project management software?

A- The project manager manages the software instead of the project.

B- Project duration calculations are sometimes approximate.
C- You cannot override the project management software decisions regarding schedules.
D- It’s expensive and difficult to use.

141- Obtaining formal project plan approval and sign-off is important for all of the
following reasons except which one?

A- Stakeholders are able to recommend a project Planning methodology to follow

throughout the remaining process groups.
B- Stakeholders are aware of the project details, which makes them more likely to
participate in future project decisions.
C- Stakeholders will be more likely to cooperate.
D- Stakeholders are aware of the specific details regarding project schedules, budgets,
and risks

142- You are the project manager for a custom home-building construction
company. You are working on the model home project for the upcoming Show
Homes Tour. The model home includes Internet connections in every room and
talking appliances. You are working on the cost budget for this project. All of the
following statements are true except which one?

A- This process assigns cost estimates to project activities, including risks and
contingency plans.
B- The cost baseline will be used to measure variances and future project performance.
C- This process assigns cost estimates for expected future period operating costs.
D- The cost baseline is the expected cost for the project.

143- Which of the following is displayed as an S curve?

A- Gantt
B- Cost baseline
C- Critical path
D- Schedule baseline

144- You are a project manager for an international marketing firm. You are ready
to assign resources to your new project using a work authorization system. Which of
the following statements is not true?

A- Work authorization systems clarify and initiate the work for each work package.
B- Work authorization systems are written procedures defined by the organization.
C-Work authorization systems are used throughout the project Execution processes.
D- Work authorization systems are used throughout the Execution processes and are a
tool and technique of the Direct and Manage Project Execution process.
145- You are a project manager for a growing dairy farm. It offers its organic dairy
products regionally and is expanding its operations to the West Coast. It is in the
process of purchasing and leasing dairy farms to get operations underway. You are
in charge of the network operations part of this project. An important deadline is
approaching that depends on the successful completion of the testing phase. You’ve
detected some problems with your hardware in the testing phase and discover that
the hardware is not compatible with other network equipment. You take corrective
action and exchange the hardware for more compatible equipment. Which of the
following statements is true?

A- This is not a corrective action because corrective action involves human resources, not
project resources.
B- Corrective action is taken here to make sure the future project outcomes are aligned
with the project management plan.
C- Corrective action is not necessary in this case because the future project outcomes
aren’t affected.
D- Corrective action serves as the change request to authorize exchanging the equipment.

146- You are a project manager for a growing dairy farm. It offers its organic dairy
products regionally and is expanding its operations to the West Coast. It’s in the
process of purchasing and leasing dairy farms to get operations underway. The
subproject manager in charge of network operations has reported some hardware
problems to you. You’re also having some other problems coordinating and
integrating other elements of the project. Which of the following statements is
true?

A- You are in the Direct and Manage Project Execution process.

B- Your project team doesn’t appear to have the right skills and knowledge needed to
perform this project.
C- You are in the Information Distribution process.
D- Your project team could benefit from some team-building exercises

147- Which of the following processes serve as inputs to each other?

A- Executing, and Monitoring and Controlling

B- Executing and Closing
C- Planning, and Monitoring and Controlling
D- Executing and Initiation

148- Your team members have just completed training on specialized equipment.
This is one of the work results you’ve gathered and recorded. Which of the following
outputs of the Direct and Manage Project Execution process does this describe?
A- Corrective action
B- Deliverable
C- Preventive action
D- Work performance information

149- You are reporting on project elements such as schedule status, deliverables
completion, lessons learned, and resource utilization. Which of the following outputs
of the Direct and Manage Project Execution does this describe?

A- Corrective action
B- Deliverables
C- Preventive action
D- Work performance information

150- You are in the process of making project staff assignments. You have several
candidates for a position on the project team that requires specific qualifications. All
the candidates seem to meet the qualifications. You also consider personal interests,
characteristics, and availability of these potential candidates. Which of the following
is true?
A- You are considering the organizational process assets input of the Develop Project
Team process.
B- You are considering the staffing management plan input of the Develop Project Team
process.
C- You are considering the enterprise environmental factors input of the Acquire Project
Team process.
D. You are considering the roles and responsibilities input of the Acquire Project Team
process.