Passing the PMP Exam: How to Take It and Pass It: How to Take It and Pass It

1.

The processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are coordinated are called:

A.

Work breakdown methodology

B.

SOW

C.

Project Integration Management

D.

Tactical planning

2.

The document that begins the process of integrating the project with organizational goals is called the:

A.

Charter

B.

Schedule

C.

Scope Statement

D.

SOW

3.

The methodology that is used to measure variance in projects is:

A.

Earned Value (EV)

B.

Accounting

C.

Scheduling

D.

Earned Value Management (EVM)

4.

EVM is generally not seen in:

A.

Big projects

B.

Schedules

C.

Small projects

D.

General Management

5.

EVM is a methodology that deals with ________ management.

A.

Natural

B.

General

C.

Variance

D.

Customer

6.

The first planning that occurs when doing the organizational process of choosing projects is:

A.

Project planning

B.

Tactical planning

C.

Scheduling

D.

Strategic planning

7.

Assumptions are factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be:

A.

True, real, or certain

B.

Certain and defensible

C.

Easy to use

D.

True, real, or interesting

8.

Assumptions in the project plan should be:

A.

Copious

B.

Understandable

C.

Easy to defend

D.

Written down

9.

The final choices about how to execute the project are found in the:

A.

Scope Statement

B.

Project Plan

C.

SOW

D.

Charter

10.

The project plan helps to facilitate:

A.

Camaraderie

B.

Good will

C.

Communication

D.

Strict discipline

11.

The project plan determines what you will communicate, when you will communicate, how much you will communicate, and:

A.

Why you will communicate

B.

With whom you will communicate

C.

The language you will use to communicate

D.

Correct grammar

12.

Each project phase is marked by completion of one or more:

A.

Task oriented objectives

B.

Deliverables

C.

Inputs

D.

Product life cycles

13.

You will show the ____________ as a part of the project plan.

A.

Baseline

B.

Project scope

C.

Schedule

D.

All of the above

14.

Past project plans should not be followed exactly because each project is:

A.

A mess

B.

Unique

C.

Typical

D.

Hard

15.

Which of the following is useful in your current planning?

A.

Contact with former project managers

B.

Utilizing databases from past projects

C.

Reviewing WBSs from other projects

D.

All of the above

16.

Which of these is an example of an organizational policy?

A.

The project schedule

B.

Hiring and firing guidelines

C.

Scope statement

D.

Company address book

17.

A ________ is an example of a constraint.

A.

SOW

B.

RFP

C.

Contract

D.

Sponsor

18.

Risk plans, quality plans, and procurement plans are all ________ to the project plan.

A.

Agendas

B.

Assumptions

C.

Contingent

D.

Inputs

19.

Project management software is an example of a ________ tool for project management methodology.

A.

Special

B.

Hard

C.

Soft

D.

Pliable

20.

Templates and forms are a part of an organization's ________ for project plan development.

A.

Constraints

B.

Assumptions

C.

Methodology

D.

Software

21.

An engineer on a project participates in the Planning phase and makes considerable contributions to the technical planning. What type of skill/knowledge is this?

A.

Stakeholder

B.

Technical analysis

C.

Convergent thinking

D.

Sponsor

22.

The PMIS has both ________ and ________ systems that are useful in project plan development.

A.

Manual, automated

B.

Small, large

C.

Hard, easy

D.

Strange, wonderful

23.

The supporting detail, which consists of requirements, designs, and specifications, is part of:

A.

The Scope Statement

B.

SOW

C.

Technical documentation

D.

Charter

24.

Anything that reduces the probability of potential consequences of risk events is:

A.

A hassle

B.

Interesting

C.

Corrective action

D.

Preventive action

25.

You are working on a project, and the status reports you are getting indicate that the project is slipping schedule. You bring the necessary parts of the project team together and map a course that you can use to bring the schedule back in line with the baseline of the project plan. This is an example of:

A.

A hassle

B.

Preventive action

C.

Corrective action

D.

Interesting action

26.

Risk management, quality management, and scope management are examples of ________ skills.

A.

Project management

B.

General management

C.

Team management

D.

Executive management

27.

Communication, leadership, and negotiation are examples of ________ skills.

A.

Project management

B.

General management

C.

Team management

D.

Executive management

28.

Product skills and knowledge are brought to the project team by:

A.

Having the project manager go to school for 30 years so he or she knows everything about the project.

B.

Incredible good luck.

C.

Going through an incredibly long learning curve.

D.

Finding resources that bring the necessary skills and knowledge to the project.

29.

The value of a work authorization system should be balanced with the ________ of the work authorization system.

A.

Length

B.

Size

C.

Cost

D.

Complexity

30.

After you have written an agenda, the next step is to ________ it.

A.

Time

B.

Burn

C.

Correct

D.

Publish

31.

"The outcomes of the activities performed to accomplish the project" are:

A.

Change requests

B.

Important

C.

Varied

D.

Work results

32.

Ensuring that changes to the project are agreed upon, determining that a change has occurred, and managing changes when they occur is the definition of:

A.

Project management

B.

Integrated risk management

C.

Integrated Change Control

D.

Scope management

33.

If you make changes in product scope, these changes should be reflected in your:

A.

Project scope

B.

Schedule

C.

SOW

D.

Quality baseline

34.

Changes should be reflected across other ________ areas.

A.

Project

B.

Scheduling

C.

Standard

D.

Knowledge

35.

The baseline for the project and the standard against which all changes will be measured is the:

A.

Scope Statement

B.

Charter

C.

Project Schedule

D.

Project Plan

36.

"Legally mandated" and "optional" are types of:

A.

Legal problems

B.

Change requests

C.

Scheduling options

D.

Management styles

37.

If a change can be approved by only the project manager, this is still a part of the:

A.

Project plan

B.

Charter

C.

Change control system

D.

Scope statement

38.

Which of the following identifies the functional and physical characteristics of a system used on the project?

A.

SOW

B.

Engineering plans

C.

Technical outlines

D.

Configuration management

39.

Additional planning occurs when:

A.

Any change request is approved

B.

The project manager feels like it

C.

The sponsor says something

D.

A change is made in the project manager

40.

Marketplace conditions are an example of ________ enterprise environmental factors.

A.

Tactical

B.

Strategic

C.

External

D.

Internal

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