200 Free PMP Mock Exams Based on 5th PMBOK Edition

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The delphi Method is best suited for:

Decision-making
Cost Control
Overhead rate estimating
Team discussions

Which of the following is not a General management technique?

Make-or-buy analysis
Analysis of alternatives
Applying PMBOK concepts
Lateral thinking

In communication, the receiver decodes the messages based on all but the following:

Culture
Semantics
Language
Distance
Knowledge

The critical element in a project's communication system is the:

Progress report
Project directive
Project manager
Customer

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

Stakeholder requirements
Project performance
Schedule progress
Cost

The three major causes of change on a project are:

Replacement of the project manager or key project team members; changes in priorities by senior management; and contractual difficulties..
Changes in the relative importance of time, resources, or cost ; new knowledge about the deliverable; and technological uncertainty
Errors in the initial assessment of how to achieve the goal of the project; new information about the project deliverable; and a new mandate
Unavailability of resources promised by the functional managers; cost overruns; and changes in customer requirements

Performance reviews are held to:

Correct the project manager's mistakes.
Provide for answers for upper levels of management
To assess project status or progress
To apprise the project costs and cost trends of the project

Which of the following methods is least likely to be used for explaining project planning guidelines to the team?

Project Office Memo
Project office directive
Project team meeting
Formal project report

A project kick off meeting is usually conducted to:

Setup project team and announce the PM assignment
To draft project charter
Build up team spirit
Define project scope and develop WBS

The two closing procedures are called:

Contract closure and scope verification
Close Procurements and Close Project
Project closure and product verification
Project closure and lessons learned

Which of the following is correct order for stages in Tuckman ladder?

Foaming, Steaming, Norming, Perfuming, Dispersing
Forming, Storming, Protecting, Norming, Adjourning
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
Framing, Storming, Norming, Protecting, Adjourning

Change requests can occur due to:

An external event such as a change in government regulation.
An error or omission in defining the scope of the product.
An error or omission in defining the scope of the project.
a and c
all of the above

Which of the following Project Scope Management processes involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components?

Plan Scope Management
Define Scope
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Create WBS

You are in charge of developing a new product for an organization. Your quality metrics are based on the 80th percentile of each of the last three products developed. This is an example of:

Statistical sampling
Metrics
Benchmarking
Operational definitions

System integration consists of:

Assuring that the pieces of a project come together at the right time
Planning for contingencies that may occur throughout the life cycle of the project
The pieces of the project function as an integration unit
a and c

During the develop schedule process, the Project Manager may have to go through several iterations of the schedule before establishing the schedule baseline. All of the following are tools and techniques that may be used during this process:

Critical Path Method, GERT, Resource Requirements
Resource Leveling Heuristics, Mathematical Analysis, Calendars
Schedule compression, Resource optimization techniques, Critical chain method
GERT, PERT, Leads and Lags

In which type of organization is team building likely to be most difficult?

Functional
Projectized
Matrix
Project expediter
Project coordinator

Group brainstorming encourages all of the following except:

Team building A project manager facilitates communication
Analysis of alternatives
Convergent thinking
Uninhibited verbalization

A business case, which helps to determine whether a project is worth the investment, is created on the basis of the following except for

Market Demand
Ecological Impacts
Social Need
Availability of Funds

The purpose of the review of deliverables and project performance at the conclusion of a project phase is to:

Determine how many resources are required to complete the project according to the project baseline
Adjust the schedule and cost baselines based on past performance
Obtain customer acceptance of project deliverables
Determine whether the project should continue to the next phase

Which of the following statements concerning contract type is correct?

A fixed price contract contains the most risk for the buyer.
Cost reimbursable contracts offer sellers the highest profit potential.
Time and materials contracts are hybrid of cost reimbursable and fixed-price contracts..
Unit price contracts are illegal in many jurisdictions.

Which of the following could be an appropriate WBS code for a work package at the fourth level in a WBS where the top level code is 1.0?

1.4
1.1.1.1
1.2.3.4
a and c
b and c

According to PMBOK, project management processes are organized into following order of process groups:

Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing
Designing, developing, testing, and implementing
Initiating, designing, planning, executing, controlling, and closing
Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing

Maslow ranked Human needs from the highest to lowest:

Self actualization; self promotion; social; security and physiological needs
Self esteem; self actualization; social; security and physiological
Self actualization; self esteem; social; security and physiological
Self fulfillment; self esteem; social; security and physiological

The unique identifiers assigned to each item of a WBS are often known collectively as:

The work package codes
The project identifiers
The code of accounts
The element accounts

Three major processes in Project Human Resource Management are:

Staff recruitment, project staff planning and team building
Plan HRM, Acquire Project Team and Develop Project Team
Rewarding, salary reviews and penalties
Staff acquisition, staff training, staff deployment

Which of the following is not an external-unpredictable risk?

Changes in government regulations
Natural hazards
Unexpected environmental side effects
Inflation

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

Owner
Sponsor
Customer
Client

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 met you and requested that he will not accept the product unless you make several changes. What you should do is:

Get the list of the changes and estimate all of them. If the total cost is still within the baseline, you will do it
Estimate the costs and send this to your customer requesting contract modification
Ask the customer to file a change request
Sit with the customer to review the product specs and tell him/her that you have completed the project.

A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called a:

Staffing Management Plan
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM ).
Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS).
Resource Assignment Chart

Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of schedule report?

Gantt chart
Milestone chart
Fishbone diagram
Network diagram

You are responsible for ensuring that your seller's performance meets contractual requirements. For effective contract administration, you should:

Hold a bidders conference
Establish the appropriate contract type
Implement the contract change control system
Develop a statement of work

What are the best uses of PERT:

Used in the planning phase to do " what if for the project.
Assist in the controlling of changes to the project.
Is used in the process of preparing a WBS for the project.
To measure future consequences of activities.
a and d.

Which of the following models of conflict resolution allows a cooling off period, but seldom resolves the issue in the long term?

Problem solving
Withdrawal
Forcing
Smoothing

Herzberg identified factors, which, if present, will lead to increased motivation. A typical factor would be:

Good supervision
Job security
Regular promotions
Good salary
A dental plan

The sender of a message is responsible for:

Confirming the message is understood
Ensuring the receiver agrees with the message
Scheduling communication exchange
Presenting the message in the most agreeable manner

Projects are initiated in response of:

Stakeholder's pressure
Business needs
Technological obsolescence
All of the above

Your customer ask for a small change in the project, which was not budgeted 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

Refuse to do the work
Agree to do the work at no charge
Do the work and bill him later
Assess the cost and schedule impact and tell them you will formalize the change request

Project scope is:

All the work that must be done in order to deliver a product according to the specified features and functions, only.
The features and functions that are to be included in a product or service.
A narrative description of work to be performed under contract.
a and b
all of the above

The most important criteria in deciding to initiate a project selection method is:

Stakeholder's vision
Low cost opportunity
Environmental consideration
Capability

A project management plan is:

A A formal, approved document used to guide project execution, monitoring, and control.
A document issued by senior management that provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.
A narrative description of products or services to be supplied.
A document describing the organizational breakdown structure of the company.

How much time does the typical project manager spend communicating both formally and informally?

40-60%
50-70%
60-80%
75-90%

A project is defined as:

A process of considerable scope that implements a plan.
An endeavor, which is planned, executed, and controlled; performed by people; and constrained by limited resources.
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.
An objective based effort of temporary nature.

The review of key deliverables and project performance at the conclusion of a project phase is called:

phase exit
kill point
stage gate
a and c
a, b and c

A complex project will fit best in what type of organization?

Functional
Cross-functional
Matrix
Balanced

200 Free PMP Mock Exams Based on 5th PMBOK Edition

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