Which stakeholder classification model groups stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project?
An input to Develop Project Charter is a/an:
Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?
A risk response strategy in which the project team shifts the impact of a threat, together with ownership of the response, to a third party is called:
An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is:
The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is known as:
Which item is an example of personnel assessment?
Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?
An input to the Identify Stakeholders process is:
Identify Risks is part of which Process Group?
A large portion of a projects budget is typically expended on the processes in which Process Group?
Which process determines the risks that may affect the project and documents their characteristics?
Enterprise environmental factors are an input to which process?
An input to Close Project or Phase is:
Which tool or technique is used in validating the scope of a project?
Which tool or technique of the Define Activities process allows for work to exist at various levels of detail depending on where it is in the project life cycle?
Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
Which document defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?
Which item is an input to the Define Activities process?
The organization's perceived balance between risk taking and risk avoidance is reflected in the risk:
A project in which the scope, time, and cost of delivery are determined as early as possible is following a life cycle that is:
Which basic quality tool is most useful when gathering attributes data in an inspection to identify defects?
The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
A project manager should document the escalation path for unresolved project risks in the:
The iterative and interactive nature of the Process Groups creates the need for the processes in which Knowledge Area?
Which cost is associated with nonconformance?
An input to the Manage Project Team process is:
Sending letters, memos, reports, emails, and faxes to share information is an example of which type of communication?
Which process develops options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives?
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) if the planned value (PV) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $150, and the earned value (EV) is $50?
Organizational theory is a tool used in which Project Human Resource Management process?
An output of the Create WBS process is:
An element of the project scope statement is:
Sensitivity analysis is typically displayed as a/an:
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?
Which Collect Requirements output links the product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them?
Typical outcomes of a project include:
A logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished is known as:
When should quality planning be performed?
Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?
Which process in Project Time Management includes reserve analysis as a tool or technique?
Which grid shows which resources are tied to work packages?
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
Risk categorization is a tool or technique used in which process?
The ways in which the roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships, and staffing management will be addressed and structured within a project is described in the:
Which conflict resolution technique searches for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily or partially resolve the conflict?
A tool or technique used in the Control Procurements process is:
A project charter is an output of which Process Group?
After winning a large government contract, a company needs to hire a portfolio manager What vital qualification should candidates possess?
What Knowledge Area must be led by the project manager and cannot be delegated to other specialists?
On which type of project.... only after the final iteration?
On wtiich type of project lite cycle is ihe deliverable produced trough a series of ileralrons considering thai the deliverable ts completed only after the Imal iteration?
Match the method for categorizing stakeholders with its corresponding description
A stakeholder is reading project documents given by the project manager. The stakeholder is
curious about the difference between a verified deliverable and an accepted deliverable.
Which of the following definitions can the project manager use to explain the difference?
In an interactive communication model, how is the sender ensured that the message was understood by the receiver?
If a project manager effectively manages project knowledge, a key benefits is that:
The project manager needs to manage a critical issue immediately, and this requires action from the upper management of a specific stakeholder group. Which plan should plan the project manager consult?
Which is a major component of an agreement?
Which scenario is most desirable during the execution phase of a project?
How can a project manager represent a contingency reserve in the schedule?
Which of these is a hybrid contract?
A recently hired project manager is looking for templates to use for projects on which they will work. To what category of enterprise environmental factors should the project manager refer?
Which is the main benefit of managing and tailoring strategies in the Stakeholder Engagement process?
A project manager can choose from several techniques to resolve conflicts between team members. Which technique can result in a win-win solution?
Which process is engaged when a project team member makes a change to project budget with project manager's approval
When paying a consultation fee to a technical expert, what type of contract is often used'?
Which roles does the project manager resemble best?
Which behavior is a management trait?
What tools or techniques can be used in all cost management processes'?
A newly developed project team is working together, building trust and adjusting its work habits to support the team What stage of the Tuckman ladder does this describe?
A project team identifies defects that will require a modification to a tool's functionality. What process should the project manager follow to obtain stakeholder buy-in?
A project manager is reviewing the change requests, deliverables, and the project plan in Which project management process does this review belong?
What process group includes processes performed to complete work to satisfy the project requirements defined in the project management plan?
The project manager is looking at a precedence diagram.... the duration of this task?
The project manager is looking at a precedence diagram and needs to report back about the project status The total duration of the task is ten days, and both Activity A and B need be completed. Activity A has a duration of six days, and activity B has a duration of four days Activity B has a finish-to-start relationship with activity A Under current circumstances, activity A will take about seven days to complete.
What is the outcome of the duration of this task'?
Match the life cycle type to when its requirements are defined.
Which of the following are components of the project management plan?
A software development team is pulling work from its backlog to be performed immediately as they become available. What emerging practice for project scheduling is the team using?
What do top project managers do to maximize their sphere of influence within a project team?
The project manager released a report A few stakeholders express the view that report should
have been directed to them
Which of the 5Cs of written communications does the project manager need to address?
What CPI > 1 and SPI < 1 mean?
In what type of organizational structure does a project manager develop their role and work with a team assigned by job function?
What important qualities should project managers possess for strategic and business management?
A product owner reviews the list of stakeholders to confirm their continued involvement with the product team. A new stakeholder is identified as actively involved in the next product release.
What should the project manager do next to engage the new stakeholder?
A company has implemented an adaptive project management framework for a new project. When planning for an iteration, how should risks be addressed? Choose two.
Which of the following lists represents trends and emerging practices in Project Risk Management?
What can the project manager find among the factors that could lead a project to be tailored
Which kind of communication should the project manager use when creating reports for government bodies?
When developing a schedule which tools and techniques should a project manager use?
Why is required in a project?
A project team of telecommuters located in three different time zones regularly misses project deadlines Daily meetings often start and end with the same person talking and the rest of the team listening The project manager determines that communication among team members must be addressed.
What communication step is missing from the daily meetings?
Which of the following set of items belongs to the communications management plan?
The project manager is working in the Resource Management process. Which items may the project manager need to include in the team charter?
What is the process of ensuring that project resources are assigned and available?
Which of the following is the key construction to controlling the costs and achieving the schedule in projects with high variability?
What is the purpose of the protect management process groups?
When can we say that a project is completed?
A project manager should consider the impact of project..............manager following
A project manager should consider the impact of project decisions on supporting and maintaining the product along with project results Which process is the project manager following?
Which procurement management process includes obtaining seller response, seller selection, and contract awarding?
The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:
Which of the following is the primary output of the Identify Risks process?
Which is a communication method used in the Report Performance process?
When sequencing activities, what does the common acronym FF stand for?
During which process would stakeholders provide formal acceptance of the completed project scope?
One of the tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process is:
Project contracts generally fall into which of the following three broad categories?
Which technique is commonly used for the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
In a weak matrix, the project managers role is:
Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
What risk technique is used to quantify the probability and impact of risks on project objectives?
The project scope statement and resource calendars are inputs to which Project Time Management process?
The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
In which domain of project management would a Pareto chart provide useful information?
The definition of operations is a/an:
A project has a current cost performance index (CPI) of 1.25. To date, US$10,000 have been spent on performing the project work. What is the earned value of the work completed to date?
To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes:
Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?
Which of the following events would result in a baseline update?
The PV is $1000, EV is $2000, and AC is $1500. What is CPI?
Monte Carlo is which type of risk analysis technique?
What is a deliverable-oriented, hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables?
"Tailoring" is defined as the:
What does a CPI value greater than 1.0 indicate?
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
Tools and techniques used for Plan Communications include the communication:
Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
The output that defines an approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders is the:
In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?
Which of the following helps to ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives?
Quality metrics are an output of which process?
Define Activities and Estimate Activity Resources are processes in which project management Knowledge Area?
Which process occurs within the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?
Analogous cost estimating relies on which of the following techniques?
When addressing roles and responsibilities,which item ensures that the staff has the skills required to complete project activities?
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
Change requests, project management plan updates, project document updates, and organizational process assets updates are all outputs of which project management process?
Which tool within the Perform Quality Control process identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?
Which of the following correctly explains the term "progressive elaboration'?
As the project progresses, which of the following is routinely collected from the project activities?
Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
Labor, materials, equipment, and supplies are examples of:
Which activity involves ensuring that the composition of a projects configuration items is correct?
Which is used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers?
What is the most accurate rough order of magnitude (ROM)?
When large or complex projects are separated into distinct phases or subprojects, all of the Process Groups would normally be:
The project manager is explaining to others the essential business aspects of the project. To which skill category does this ability belong?
How is the Project Scope Management process different in agile and adaptive projects then in traditional projects?
The project management plan requires the acquisition of a special part available from a supplier located abroad. Which source selection method is being used?
A project manager is analyzing a few network diagrams in order to determine the minimum duration of a project. Which diagram should the project manager reference?
The project manager is using co-location and providing training to the project team. On which of the following Project Resource Management processes is the project manager working?
Which of the following is an example of an organizational system that is arranged based on the job being performed?
The procurement requirements for a project include working with several vendors. What should the project manager take into consideration during the Project Procurement Management processes?
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?
In an adaptive or agile life cycle, how are the customer and sponsor involved in the project scope management activities?
When developing the project schedule, a project manager uses decomposition and rolling wave planning techniques in this process.
A company must implement sales software because it is opening a new branch in a foreign market. Although this software is used in every domestic branch, multiple changes are expected during the implementation because It is a foreign location.
Which type of life cycle would the project manager use in this case?
A project stakeholder is requesting changes to the project plan. Which process group addresses this?
What type of meeting is held to discuss prioritized product backlog items?
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis focuses on:
Analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints for project execution and monitoring and controlling relates to which process?
What is a tailoring consideration for the application of Project Risk Management processes?
Deciding the phases of a project life cycle would be considered a part of which of these knowledge areas?
Under which circumstances should multiple projects be grouped in a program?
Match the project life cycle type with its corresponding definition.
Which of the following tasks focuses on decomposing work packages?
The project manager is distributing project communications, collecting and storing project information, and retrieving documents when required. In which process is the project manager involved?
What is the project manager's responsibility in Project Integration Management?
To which knowledge area does the Collect Requirements process belong?
Which of the following are outputs of the Define Scope process in Project Scope Management?
What is one of the main purposes of the project chatter?
Which set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
How should a project manager plan communication for a project which has uncertain requirements?
A project manager is formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. What is an input to this process?
Due to today's competitive global market, organizations require more than technical project management skills. Which of the following skills can support long-range strategic objectives that contribute to the bottom line?
A project manager has to share a status report with a new stakeholder and is trying to determine the level of detail to include in the report. Which document best details the information the project manager needs lo make this decision?
Which of the following is an example of facit knowledge?
Creating the project scope statement is part of which process?
Which of the following lists represents the outputs of the Monitor Communications process?
Tailoring considerations for project scope management may include:
The project manager is working with some functional managers and stakeholders on the resource management plan Which elements may be included in this plan?
What can increase the complexity of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?
In which sphere of influence is the project manager demonstrating the value of project management and advancing the efficacy of the project management office (PMO)?
Which statement is related to the project manager's sphere of influence at the organizational level?
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?
How can a project manager maintain the engagement of stakeholders in a project with a high degree of change?
Which of the following is a category of organizational process assets?
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 are the main objectives of Project Risk Management?
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?
A new project manager wishes to recommend creating a project management office to senior management. Which statement would the project manager use to describe the Importance of creating the project management office?
Which is an example of analogous estimating?
What is the first step in the Stakeholder Management process?
What tool should a project manager use to efficiently manage project resources?
Which task will a project manager undertake while conducting Project Resource Management?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Organizations perceive risks as:
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
As part of a mid-project evaluation, the project sponsor has asked for a forecast of the total project cost. What should be used to calculate the forecast?
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?
During which process group is the quality policy determined?
Which of the following is an output of the Monitor and Control Project Work process?
What is the total float of the critical path?
Which schedule compression technique has phases or activities done in parallel that would normally have been done sequentially?
The formal and informal interaction with others in an organization industry, or professional environment is known as:
The CPI is .92, and the EV is US$172,500.What is the actual cost of the project?
Plan Risk Management is the process of defining how to:
What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type?
Which tool or technique of Plan Quality involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?
What is the function of a Project Management Office (PMO)?
Identifying major deliverables, deciding if adequate cost estimates can be developed, and identifying tangible components of each deliverable are all part of which of the following?
Which is one of the major outputs of Sequence Activities?
Definitions of probability and impact, revised stakeholder tolerances, and tracking are components of which subsidiary plan?
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during Estimate Costs?
The individual or group that provides resources and support for a project and is accountable for success is the:
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?
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
Cost baseline is an output of which of the following processes?
A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as the:
Which Process Group's purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?
What tool and technique is used to determine whether work and deliverables meet requirements and product acceptance criteria?
The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:
When would resource leveling be applied to a schedule model?
Which process is included in the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Which of the following statements best describes the influence of stakeholders and the cost of changes as project time advances?
Managing ongoing production of goods and services to ensure business continues efficiently describes which type of management?
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
When can pre-assignment of project team members occur?
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
An output of Control Schedule is:
Conflict should be best addressed in which manner?
Project or phase closure guidelines or requirements, historical information, and the lessons learned knowledge base are examples of which input to the Close Project or Phase process?
Which estimating technique uses the actual costs of previous similar projects as a basis for estimating the costs of the current project?
Which of the following processes are part of the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
Which Knowledge Area is concerned with the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?
Sharing good practices introduced or implemented in similar projects in the organization and/or industry is an example of:
Which type of analysis would be used for the Plan Quality process?
Which of the following techniques is used during Control Scope?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:
Taking out insurance in relation to risk management is called what?
The purpose of developing a project scope management plan is to:
A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:
The primary benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process is that it:
Variance and trend analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
A project requires a component with well-understood specifications. Performance targets are established at the outset, and the final contract price is determined after completion of all work based on the seller's performance. The most appropriate agreement with the supplier is:
High-level project risks are included in which document?
In complex projects/ initiating processes should be completed:
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?
Progressively elaborating high-level information into detailed plans is performed by the:
The scope management plan and scope baseline are contained in:
Which term describes an assessment of correctness?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedule performance index (5PI) for Task 4?
When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
The zero duration of milestones in project planning occurs because milestones:
Every project creates a unique product, service, or result that may be:
Which action is included in the Control Costs process?
Which Define Activities tool or technique is used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts?
In which phase of team building activities do team members begin to work together and adjust their work habits and behavior to support the team?
Which element does a project charter contain?
Project Scope Management is primarily concerned with:
Using parametric estimating, if an assigned resource is capable of producing 120 units per hour, how many hours are required to produce 12,000 units?
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 risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response is called a:
The methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress is known as:
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity H is how many days?
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique of which Project Cost Management process?
Which stakeholder approves a project's result?
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:
Which type of probability distribution is used to represent uncertain events such as the outcome of a test or a possible scenario in a decision tree?
For a stakeholder with low interest and high power, the project manager should:
While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
Which project risk listed in the table below is most likely to occur?
Which process is usually a rapid and cost-effective means of establishing priorities for Plan Risk Responses?
Specification of both the deliverables and the processes is the focus of:
Project Stakeholder Management focuses on:
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 process involves determining, documenting, and managing stakeholders' needs and requirements to meet project objectives?
The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (VVBS) is called a/an:
Which output of Project Cost Management consists of quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to complete project work?
An issue log is an input to which Project Human Resource Management process?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
What is the critical path for the project?
The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
In project management, a temporary project can be:
The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is known as its risk:
Which Control Stakeholder Engagement tool or technique allows the project manager to consolidate and facilitate distribution of reports?
A project lifecycle is defined as:
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 a tool or technique used in the Determine Budget process?
Expected monetary value (EMV) is computed by which equation?
After Define Activities and Sequence Activities, the next process is:
What are the identified risks for doing excessive decomposition in a WBS?
In Plan Risk Management, which of the management plans determines who will be available to share information on various risks and responses at different times and locations?
Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?
Which of the following change requests can bring expected future performance of the project work in line with the project management plan?
One of the objectives of a quality audit is to:
Which of the following are three inputs to the risk register?
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
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?
Plan-do-check-act is also known as:
Which of the following are an enterprise environmental factor that can influence the Identify Risks process?
The process of identifying specific actions to be performed to produce project deliverables is:
At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
When a permitting agency takes longer than planned to issue a permit, this can be described as a risk:
The cost benefit analysis tool is used for creating:
An input to the Estimate Activity Resources process is:
Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique used to shorten the project schedule without changing project scope. Which of the following can result from fast tracking?
Which index is the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal?
The project has a current cost performance index of 0.80. Assuming this performance wi continue, the new estimate at completion is $1000. What was the original budget at completion for the project?
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
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?
Projects are separated into phases or subprojects; these phases include:
Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
Which of the following is a project constraint?
The completion of the project scope is measured against the:
Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?
The process for performing variance analysis may vary, depending on:
Administer Procurements is part of which Process Group?
The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:
Who is responsible for initiating a project?
Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?
The initial development of a Project Scope Management plan uses which technique?
The correct equation for schedule variance (SV) is earned value:
Risk responses reflect an organization's perceived balance between:
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 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?
Which characteristics do effective project managers possess?
Which statement correctly describes the value of a business case?
The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:
An input of the Create WBS process is:
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