Status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete are examples of:
Which document defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?
Which tool or technique is used to develop the human resource management plan?
The Perform Integrated Change Control process occurs in which Process Group?
In a project, total float measures the:
Which document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment?
Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?
When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
Which item is an output of Plan Quality Management and an input to Perform Quality Assurance?
Organizational theory is a tool used in which Project Human Resource Management process?
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 item is an input to the Define Activities process?
A tool or technique used in the Control Procurements process is:
The Identify Stakeholders process is found in which Process Group?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:
What is the estimate at completion (EAC) if the budget at completion (BAC) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $50, and the earned value (EV) is $25?
Change requests are processed for review and disposition according to which process?
Sensitivity analysis is typically displayed as a/an:
Configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration verification and audit are all activities in which process?
Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
Enterprise environmental factors are an input to which process?
An input used in developing the communications management plan is:
A method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a working model of the expected product before actually building is known as:
Market conditions and published commercial information are examples of which input to the Estimate Costs process?
A project manager providing information to the right audience, in the right format, at the right time is an example of which type of communication?
Which tool or technique is used in validating the scope of a project?
An input to the Plan Cost Management process is:
Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?
Which stakeholder classification model groups stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project?
Which Plan Schedule Management tool or technique may involve choosing strategic options to estimate and schedule the project?
An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is:
A temporary endeavor that creates a unique product or service is called a:
Scope, schedule, and cost parameters are integrated in the:
Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?
Which item is a formal proposal to modify any document, deliverable, or baseline?
The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:
An output of the Develop Project Team process is:
During which process does a project manager review all prior information to ensure that all project work is completed and that the project has met its objectives?
Which type of project management office (PMO) supplies templates, best practices, and training to project teams?
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
Which Control Quality tool is also known as an arrow diagram?
Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?
Which tool or technique allows a large number of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis?
A large portion of a projects budget is typically expended on the processes in which Process Group?
Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:
Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?
What happens to a stakeholder's project influence over time?
After Define Activities and Sequence Activities, the next process is:
The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defined interfaces, while in practice they:
An input of the Create WBS process is:
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?
Resource calendars are included in the:
Which baselines make up the performance measurement baseline?
Which Process Group contains the processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy the project specifications?
Risk exists the moment that a project is:
The contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:
The staffing management plan is part of the:
Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
Which of the following is an output of Define Scope?
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?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
Which statement correctly describes the value of a business case?
Which of the following is a tool and technique used to monitor risk?
The diagram below is an example of a:
Which technique is utilized in the Control Schedule process?
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
Which of the following is an input to the Develop Project Charter process?
Which is one of the determining factors used to calculate CPI?
The project budget is set at $150,000. The project duration is planned to be one year. At the completion of Week 16 of the project, the following information is collected: Actual cost = $50,000, Plan cost = $45,000, Earned value = $40,000. What is the cost performance index?
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
Which of the following is a project constraint?
When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:
Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
Risk responses reflect an organization's perceived balance between:
Which of the following includes how requirements activities will be planned, tracked, and reported?
Which of the following response strategies are appropriate for negative risks or threats?
The cost benefit analysis tool is used for creating:
At which stage of team development do members begin to work together, adjust work habits, and trust each other?
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 can be used as an input for Define Scope?
Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, causes, and objectives?
Identify Stakeholders is the process of identifying all of the people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interests in, involvement in, and impact on the project:
Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?
The process of identifying specific actions to be performed to produce project deliverables is:
At the end of the project, what will be the value of SV?
Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?
The three processes of Project Cost Management are:
What is project management?
Prototype development may be used as a tool for which of the following risk response strategies?
Which process requires implementation of approved changes?
Which is an output of the Collect Requirements process?
Which Control Scope input is compared to actual results to determine if corrective action is required for the project?
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Determine Budget process?
Which of the following items is a technique for data gathering?
What process group establishes project scope: refines objectives, and defines the actions necessary to attain project objectives'?
A project manager needs to request outside support......manager need to create
A project manager needs to request outside support for a statement ot work (SOW) that is not precise. Which kind of contract does the project manager need to create?
One of the outputs of the project schedule is a detailed plan. What is the main purpose of that detailed plan?
The project manager and the project team are in the process of documenting procurement decisions. Which of the following will be the procurement strategy?
What is purpose of using the building information model (BIM) in software tools in the construction field?
If a project manager effectively manages project knowledge, a key benefits is that:
Which can be used to convert a verified deliverable to an accepted deliverable?
Match the method for categorizing stakeholders with its corresponding description
For which kind of quantitative risk analysis chart can a tornado diagram represent values?
What process is included in Project Integration Management?
What specific quality considerations should be examined while completing Quality Management plan?
Which key benefit can a project manager obtain by identifying stakeholders?
What is the recommended approach for handling risk in a high-variability environment?
In the Control Quality process, which tools and techniques techniques can be applied to verify deliverable?
What process is used to identify quality requirements and/or standards for a project and its deliverables'?
How is program success measured?
During what project management process does the project team begin identifying risks?
What tool or technique is primarily used to plan risk responses'?
Company Aās accountant sends notification about a change in the companyās tax classification.
What would a project have to be initiated?
Development of the benefits management plan occurs in which stage of the project life cycle?
A project was sent for early customer testing and the customer reported that some of the features do not features do not meet the requirements. What should the project manager have done to avoid this scenario?
What is an example of an emerging trend in procurement management?
What Knowledge Area must be led by the project manager and cannot be delegated to other specialists?
Which of these is true project integration management?
Which of the following is example of communication tools and techniques?
What does āverifiedā in verified deliverable represent?
A project manager is reviewing the change requests, deliverables, and the project plan in Which project management process does this review belong?
A project manager is creating a project charter to provide a direct link between the project and the organization's strategic objectives. What must be considered when creating this document?
In which project risk management process is the data analysis technique not used?
Project managers plan a key role performing integration on the project what are the three different levels of integration?
Which of these is a hybrid contract?
A project manager is reviewing a past project with similar.... team choosing for tailoring?
A project manager is reviewing a past project with similar requirements to the project that is currently chartered. The project team decided to adopt quality tools, techniques and templates recommended at the organizational level after reviewing the lessons learned of the previous project What specific area of quality, is the project team choosing for tailoring?
Match the praxes manager's sphere of influence with the associated primary role:
What is the primary benefit of the Manage Quality process?
What is the most important skill that project managers should possess to lead stakeholders throughout a project?
A project manager proactively meets with other project managers who manage other projects in the same program. To minimize the impact that other projects within the program may have on their project of what should the project manager be aware?
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?
What tern describes an intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component?
Which of the following is an example of tacit knowledge
What process in Project Risk Management prioritizes project risks?
A project manager is performing a specific process and has..........is being referred to?
A project manager is performing a specific process and has a list of accepted deliverables One of the stakeholders points out that they have just reviewed the verified deliverables, and come up with the list of accepted deliverables Which process is being referred to?
Which of the following is the key construction to controlling the costs and achieving the schedule in projects with high variability?
What is the Project Schedule Management practice used to deliver incremental value to the customer'?
A project manager is updating their CV or resume and realizes that they need to improve skills related to expertise in the industry and organizational knowledge. Which dimension of PMIās Talent Triangle best relates to this need to improve?
What should a project manager consider to address the full delivery life cycle for large projects?
Why is required in a project?
What estimating technique is used when there is limited information?
What is the goal of the control quality process in project management?
What is the risk rating if the probability of occurrence is 0.30 and the impact if it does occur is moderate (0.20)?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the cost variance (CV) for Task 6?
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?
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:
Analytical techniques are a tool and technique of which process in Project Procurement Management?
Which process is conducted from project inception through completion and is ultimately the responsibility of the project manager?
Tools and techniques used in Direct and Manage Project Work include:
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the schedulevariance (SV) for Task 8?
The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
The cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of which process in Project Cost Management?
Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity E is how many days?
Which type of organizational structure is displayed in the diagram provided?
The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:
Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?
The primary benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process is that it:
Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments they make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of:
Which quality tool may prove useful in understanding and estimating the cost of quality in a process?
Which Define Activities tool or technique is used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts?
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?
A complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up an area of specialization is known as:
When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
Which change request is an intentional activity that realigns the performance of the project work with the project management plan?
The following chart contains information about the tasks in a project.
Based on the chart, what is the cost performance index (CPI) for Task 2?
Correlated and contextualized information on how closely the scope is being maintained relative to the scope baseline is contained within:
In the Define Activities process, the schedule management plan is used to:
Projects that share common outcomes, collective capability, knowledge, or skills are often grouped into a:
Project Scope Management is primarily concerned with:
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?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The shortest non-critical path for the project is how many days in duration?
A projects purpose or justification, measurable project objectives and related success criteria, a summary milestone schedule, and a summary budget are all components of which document?
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:
An intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or product component is called:
A risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response is called a:
Which Project Time Management process includes bottom-up estimating as a tool or technique?
Which of the Perform Quality Assurance tools and techniques may enhance the creation of the work breakdown structure (VVBS) to give structure to the decomposition of the scope?
Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?
Which item is a cost of conformance?
Outputs of the Control Communications process include:
The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:
The chart below is an example of a:
The zero duration of milestones in project planning occurs because milestones:
Specification of both the deliverables and the processes is the focus of:
An element of the modern quality management approach used to achieve compatibility with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is known as:
Which Control Stakeholder Engagement tool or technique allows the project manager to consolidate and facilitate distribution of reports?
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
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?
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?
Through whom do project managers accomplish work?
Which of these is true of project integration management?
In which Project Cost Management process is work performance data included?
What important leadership quality/qualities should project managers possess?
A team receives four different requests from separate stakeholders related to one application Match each requirement with its corresponding type of change request.
Make-or-buy analysis is a tool and technique of which process?
Once the make-or-buy analysis is completed, which document defines the project delivery method?
When should Project Risk Management be conducted?
If you are using an Ishikawa diagram to determine the root cause of problems, which process are you engaged in?
In which of the Risk Management processes is the project charter used as an input?
Which statement about identification and engagement of stakeholders during a project is correct?
Company A has just been notified about a new legal requirement for its business operations. What is the classification of this item?
An organizational structure that standardizes the project-related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques is referred to as:
A project team conducts regular standup meetings to keep everyone updated on what each one of them is working on. What type of communication is this?
Which statement is related to the project manager's sphere of influence at the organizational level?
Which of the following is used as an input to prepare a cost management plan?
The project manager is creating the communications management plan Which group of inputs Is required to begin?
Which of the following best correspond to the organizational process assets (OPAs) that affect the project?
A project manager needs to tailor the Project Cost Management process. Which considerations should the project manager apply?
Which of the following are components of the technical project management skill?
Which knowledge area includes the processes to identify, define, and unify the various project management processes?
A project manager is working in an environment where requirements are not very clear and may change during the project. In addition, the project has several stakeholders and is technically complex.
Which strategies should the project manager take into account for risk management in this environment?
Deciding the phases of a project life cycle would be considered a part of which of these knowledge areas?
When project requirements are documented in user stones then prioritized and refined just prior to construction, which approach is being used for scheduling?
What charts and (igures should project managers use during the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process?
Match the influence with its corresponding category of influence.
What process is included in Project Schedule Management?
In an agile and adaptive project, which scope management entity invokes stakeholder engagement?
During the execution phase of a project a detect is found. The project manager takes responsibility and with the correct documentation, begins the task necessary to repair the defect. What process was applied?
Which of the following is used to classify stakeholders based on their assessments of power, urgency, and legitimacy?
What organizational asset can influence the Plan Risk Management process?
Which of the following must be included in the risk register when the project manager completes the Identify Risks process?
What is the project manager's responsibility in Project Integration Management?
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 set of activities should a project manager use as part of the Develop Team process?
In order to detect quality Issues earlier in the project life cycle, the project manager is using an agile/adaptive environment. What is the main difference between waterfall and agile/adaptive development approaches tor Project Quality Management?
A project manager is reviewing the change requests for project documents, deliverables, and the project plan. In which project management process does this review belong?
A team was hired to develop a next generation drone. The team created a prototype and sent it to the customer for testing. The feedback collected was used to refine the requirements. What technique is the team using?
What tool should a project manager use to efficiently manage project resources?
In a large organization, with projects of different types and sizes, what kind of approach or method would be best to use?
A sponsor asks a project manager to provide a project's expected total costs based on its progress. What formula should the project manager use to determine this?
A project manager is formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables. What is an input to this process?
Which is an example of analogous estimating?
A project manager is identifying the risks of a project. Which technique should the project manager use?
Which of the following documents ate created as part of Project Integration Management?
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?
Analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints for project execution and monitoring and controlling relates to which process?
What can increase the complexity of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?
Which of the following lists represents the outputs of the Monitor Communications process?
Stakeholder identification and engagement should begin during what phase of the project?
Which of the following Process Groups covers all nine Project Management Knowledge Areas?
When addressing roles and responsibilities,which item ensures that the staff has the skills required to complete project activities?
Which of the following factors is lowest at the start of the project?
Which process determines the risks that might affect the project?
The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline is:
Which of the following events would result in a baseline update?
Which of the following schedule network analysis techniques is applied when a critical path method calculation has been completed and resources availability is critical?
Which of the following is an output from Control Scope?
Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?
Control charts, flowcharting, histograms, Pareto charts, and scatter diagrams are tools and techniques of which process?
Which type of estimating is used to improve the accuracy of an activity's duration?
Which is an input to the Verify Scope process?
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
In a weak matrix, the project managers role is:
Which cost estimate technique includes contingencies to account for cost uncertainty?
The progressive detailing of the project management plan is called:
In the Estimate Activity Durations process, productivity metrics and published commercial information inputs are part of the:
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Change request status updates are an output of which process?
Which Process Group contains those processes performed to define a new project?
Which of the following processes audits the quality requirements and the results from quality control measures to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used?
What is a tool to improve team performance?
A tool and technique used during the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process is:
Which is used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers?
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
Which of the following helps to ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives?
Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?
What is the most accurate rough order of magnitude (ROM)?
The process of identifying the stakeholders' information needs is completed during:
Which tool and technique is used in Conduct Procurements?
Which of the following is a set of interrelated actions and activities performed to achieve a prespecified product, result, or service?
Which type of chart is a graphic representation of a process showing the relationships among process steps?
Which piece of information is part of the WBS Dictionary?
The project manager needs to review the templates in use. The templates are part of the:
Which of the following is an example of schedule compression?
When calculating the cost of quality (COQ) for a product or service, money spent for cost of conformance would include the areas of:
A method to manage stakeholder expectations in the scope statement is to clearly:
What does a CPI value greater than 1.0 indicate?
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
In which process might a project manager use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?
Which of the following terms indicates a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the project work?
Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?
What causes replanning of the project scope?
Which degree of authority does a project manager have on a project in a strong matrix organizational structure?
Which type of agreement is legal, contractual, and between two or more entities to form a partnership, joint venture, or some other arrangement as defined by the parties?
Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
The output that defines an approach to increase the support and minimize negative impacts of stakeholders is the:
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) using the following data? BAC = $100,000 PV = $50,000 AC = $80,000 EV = $40,000
Testing falls into which of the following categories of cost of quality?
A change log for communications can be used to communicate to the appropriate stakeholders that there are 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?
Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Sharing good practices introduced or implemented in similar projects in the organization and/or industry is an example of:
Which schedule compression technique has phases or activities done in parallel that would normally have been done sequentially?
Which type of analysis systemically gathers and analyzes qualitative and quantitative information to determine which interests should be taken into account throughout the project?
Perform Quality Control is accomplished by:
Which activity is an input to the Conduct Procurements process?
Which process includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?
Projects are undertaken by an organization to support the:
What name(s) is (are) associated with the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle?
Who selects the appropriate processes for a project?
Which organizational process assets update is performed during the Close Procurements process?
What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
Which type of analysis is used to examine project results through time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
What is the number of stakeholders, if the project has 28 potential communication channels?
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:
Portfolio Management is management of:
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?
When can pre-assignment of project team members occur?
A project management office manages a number of aspects including the:
Who, along with the project manager, is supposed to direct the performance of the planned project activities and manage the various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within the project?
Which group creativity technique asks a selected group of experts to answer questionnaires and provide feedback regarding the responses from each round of requirements gathering?
What is one of the objectives of Project Risk Management?
Taking out insurance in relation to risk management is called what?
The most commonly used type of precedence relationship in the precedence diagramming method (PDM) is:
Which of the following processes are part of the Project Integration Management Knowledge Area?
Which tool and technique identifies inefficient and ineffective policies, processes, and procedures?
The individual or group that provides resources and support for a project and is accountable for success is the:
Which of the following statements best describes the influence of stakeholders and the cost of changes as project time advances?
The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?
Which type of managers do composite organizations involve?
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
When is a project finished?
The process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables is known as:
If the most likely duration of an activity is five weeks, the best-case duration is two weeks, and the worst-case duration is 14 weeks, how many weeks is the expected duration of the activity?
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
Managing ongoing production of goods and services to ensure business continues efficiently describes which type of management?
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
The links between the processes in the Process Groups are often:
Plan Risk Management is the process of defining how to:
Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?