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You work for Writer’s Block, a service that reviews and critiques manuscripts for aspiring writers. You were assigned to be the project manager for a new computer system that logs, tracks, and electronically scans and files all submitted manuscripts along with the editor’s notes. You hired a vendor to perform this project, and they used an agile methodology to manage the project. You are documenting how well the tailoring processes and project integration worked for this project. Which of the following information will you document regarding project integration?
The project sponsor has approached you with a dilemma. At the annual stockholders’ meeting, the CEO announced that the project you’re managing will be completed by the end of this year. The problem is that this is six months prior to the scheduled completion date. It’s too late to go back and correct her mistake, and now stockholders expect implementation by the announced date. You must speed up the delivery date of this project. Your primary constraint before this occurred was the budget. Choose the best action from the options listed to speed up the project.
These types of dependencies can create arbitrary total float values and limit your scheduling options.
Project managers spend what percentage of their time communicating?
Match the following agile measurements with their definitions.
A. Definition of done |
B. Empirical measure |
C. Lead time |
D. Definition of ready |
E. Response time |
F. Cycle time |
G. Capacity measures |
Your project has a high degree of certainty, firm requirements, a stable team, and low risk. Which of the following life cycle methodologies does this describe?
Which of the following statements regarding configuration management is not true?
Name the difference between the agile iterative approach and the agile incremental approach as discussed in the Agile Practice Guide (PMI®, 2017).
Your project has a high degree of uncertainty, high risk, evolving requirements, and cross-functional teams. Which of the following life cycle methodologies does this describe?
What are benefit measurement methods?
During your project meeting, a problem was discussed, and the project sponsor described the resolution they wanted the project team to implement. The project manager tried to interject with another idea that might solve the issues but the sponsor didn’t want to discuss the idea. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques does this question describe?
Which of the following factors are changes that occur to the external business environment that may impact the organization and your project?
You’ve been assigned as a project manager on a research and development project for a new dental procedure. You’re working in the Project Scope Management Knowledge Area. What is the purpose of the scope management plan?
Which of the following statements regarding Ishikawa diagrams are true?
Which of the following terms are other names for inspections?
You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. It produces children’s software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You’re performing cost estimates for your project and don’t have a lot of details yet. Which of the following techniques should you use?
Project managers have the highest level of authority and the most power in which type of organizational structure?
This process is concerned with determining the engagement levels of the stakeholders.
Which of the following describes the key focus or purpose of the Manage Project Knowledge process?
You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. This company produces children’s software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You are ready to assign project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships. On which project Planning process are you working?
Match the following types of tests that are used on agile-based software projects to their description.
A. Integration test |
B. End-to-end test |
C. Regression test |
D. Unit test |
E. Smoke test |
These types of meetings are associated with the agile project management methodologies. They occur at the beginning of an iteration. Team members choose items from the backlog list to work on during the iteration. What is this meeting called?
These diagrams rank-order factors for corrective action by frequency of occurrence. They are also a type of histogram.
You are a project manager who has recently held a project team kickoff meeting where all the team members were formally introduced to each other. Some of the team members know each other from other projects and have been working with you for the past three weeks. Which of the following statements is not true?
You are a project manager for the Swirling Seas Cruises food division. You’re considering two different projects regarding food services on the cruise lines. The initial cost of Project Fish’n for Chips will be $800,000, with expected cash inflows of $300,000 per quarter. Project Picnic’s payback period is six months. Which project should you recommend?
Which of the following compression techniques increases risk?
You are the project manager for a construction company that is building a new city and county office building in your city. You recently looked over the construction site to determine whether the work to date conformed to the requirements and quality standards. Which tool and technique of the Control Quality process were you using?
You have been assigned to a project that will allow job seekers to fill out applications and submit them via the company website. You report to the VP of human resources. You are also responsible for screening applications for the information technology division and setting up interviews. The project coordinator has asked for the latest version of your changes to the online application page for his review. Which organizational structure do you work in?
The primary function of the Closing processes is to perform all of the following except which one?
You are the project manager for Lucky Stars Candies. You’ve identified the requirements for the project and documented them where?
What is the purpose of the project charter?
Which of the following are tools and techniques of the Identify Stakeholders process you can use to categorize stakeholders? (Choose two.)
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. A risk event occurs, and you implement the response. Then, another risk event occurs as a result of the response you implemented. What type of risk is this?
All of the following are a type of project ending except for which one?
You are working on a project that will upgrade the phone system in your customer service center. You have considered using analogous estimating, parametric estimating, bottom-up estimating, and three-point estimating to determine activity costs. Which process does this describe?
Feeding buffers and the project buffer are part of which of the following Develop Schedule tool and technique?
You are the project manager for a construction company that is building a new city and county office building in your city. Your CCB recently approved a scope change. You know that scope change might come about as a result of all of the following except which one?
You have completed the Estimate Cost process and now need to complete the Determine Budget process to develop the project’s cost baseline.
Each of the following options describes an element of the Develop Project Management Plan process except for which one?
This type of leader leads the team in learning and maturing agile practices. They promote emotional intelligence and self-awareness, they are good listeners, put the needs of others first, help team members improve their skills, they coach and mentor, encourage safety, encourage respectful behaviors, build trust among the team, and promote the skills and intelligence of others. Which of the following leadership styles does this question describe and what are the three steps, in order, they use to help the team learn and mature agile processes? (Choose two.)
Monte Carlo analysis can help predict the impact of risks on project deliverables. It is an element of one of the tools and techniques of one of the following processes. The other tools and techniques of this process include sensitivity analysis, decision tree analysis, and influence diagrams.
You know that PV = 470, AC = 430, EV = 460, EAC = 500, and BAC = 525. What is VAC?
Which of the following contracts should you use for agile projects that will be priced based on user stories?
Every status meeting should have time allotted for reviewing risks. Which of the following options are true?
Name the two types of agile approaches discussed in the Agile Practice Guide (PMI®, 2017).
Name the ethical code you’ll be required to adhere to as a PMP® credential holder.
According to the PMBOK® Guide, the project manager is identified and assigned during which process?
The project manager is responsible for all of the following regarding business value except which one?
Which of the following statements are true regarding risks?
Shu Ha Ri is a technique used to develop an agile team. Which of the following are true about this model?
Match the following scaling agile frameworks with their description.
A. LeSS |
B. SAFe |
C. Enterprise Scrum |
D. Scrum of Scrums |
E. DA |
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Project Management Knowledge Areas?
What are the Define Scope process tools and techniques?
You are the project manager for Heartthrobs by the Numbers Dating Services. You’re working on an updated website that will display pictures as well as short bios of prospective heartbreakers. You have your activity list and resource requirements in hand. You are using an adaptive methodology to manage the project. Which of the following is true?
Which performance measurement tells you the cost of the work that has been authorized and budgeted for a WBS component?
Your team is developing the risk management plan. Which tool and technique of this process is used to develop risk cost elements and schedule activities that will be included in the project budget and schedule?
You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. It produces children’s software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You are performing the Plan Quality Management process and are identifying operational definitions. Which of the following does this describe?
You need to convey some very complex, detailed information to the project stakeholders. What is the best method for communicating this kind of information?
You have just prepared an RFP for release. Your project involves a substantial amount of contract work detailed in the RFP. Your favorite vendor drops by and offers to give you and your spouse the use of their company condo for your upcoming vacation. It’s located in a beautiful resort community that happens to be one of your favorite places to go for a getaway. What is the most appropriate response?
Directing project work on an agile project consists of several steps. Match the following steps with their descriptions.
A. First step |
B. Second step |
C. Third step |
D. Fourth step |
E. Fifth step |
You are a project manager for Waterways Houseboats, Inc. You’ve been asked to perform a cost–benefit analysis for two proposed projects. Project A costs $2.4 million, with potential benefits of $12 million and future operating costs of $3 million. Project B costs $2.8 million, with potential benefits of $14 million and future operating costs of $2 million. Which project should you recommend?
Louis R. Pondy, a professor of business administration and author on organizational management and other topics, developed the stages of conflict. Which of the following are stages of conflict according to Pondy? (Choose three.)
You are performing alternatives analysis as part of the Define Scope process. Which of the following options is not true?
The project manager has the greatest influence over quality during which process?
What type of organization experiences the least amount of stress during project closeout?
You are working on the product description for your company’s new line of ski boots. Your customers have been asking for changes in style. New advances in the manufacturing process allows you to make these changes quickly and get the new line on the shelves before the next ski season. Your organization hopes to increase revenues and market share by offering this new line of boots. Which of the following are true? (Choose two.)
The business need or demand that brought about the project, high-level scope description, analysis of the problem or opportunity the project presents, recommendation, and an evaluation statement together describe elements of which of the following?
Which of the following statements is true regarding constraints and assumptions?
People are motivated by the need for achievement, power, or affiliation according to which theory?
You are a project manager working in a foreign country. You observe that some of your project team members are having a difficult time adjusting to the new culture. You provided them with training on cultural differences and the customs of this country before they arrived, but they still seem uncomfortable and disoriented. Which of the following statements is true?
As a result of a face-to-face meeting you recently had to discuss the items in your issue log, you have resolved issues, managed expectations, and come away with an action plan that will improve project performance and will also require an update to the communications management plan. Which process does this describe?
Which of the following are a type of agile project management methodology primarily used for information technology projects? (Choose two.)
What is the definition of free float?
Generational diversity is an important component of diversity and inclusion when building your team. Which of the following are true statements about the five generations in the workplace today? (Choose two.)
According to the PMBOK® Guide, which of the following names all the components of an interactive communication model?
Who is responsible for performing and managing project integration when using an agile project management approach?
The Plan Procurement process applies evaluation criteria to bids and proposals and selects a vendor. It also uses independent estimates to compare vendor prices. This is also known as which of the following?
All of the following statements are true of the project Closing process group except for which one?
Which of the following can you use in addition to the probability and impact matrix to prioritize risks?
As a PMP® credential holder, one of your responsibilities is to ensure integrity on the project. When your personal interests are put above the interests of the project or when you use your influence to cause others to make decisions in your favor without regard for the project outcome, this is considered which of the following?
Which organization has set the de facto standards for project management principles, processes, and techniques?
You work for a textile manufacturing firm. Your organization is introducing a new color line for their drapery materials. Changing colors for these materials during the manufacturing process is straightforward. This is considered which of the following?
Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. It is introducing a new product line of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces. This project was approved by the stakeholders and you have been appointed the project manager. These new products will be offered starting with the spring online release. To determine the characteristics and features of the new product line, you will have to perform which of the following? (Choose two.)
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 that a project manager from the PMO 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?
Which of the following are true regarding multiphased relationships? (Choose three.)
Agile project life cycle methodologies are characterized by which of the following? (Choose three.)
Your company sells Internet of Things appliances. They’ve just learned that another company is going to offer the same appliances you offer with new, updated features and functionality. Your project came about to incorporate similar features in your product line. What is the business reason or need that brought this project about?
What are the five project management process groups, in order?
During which project management process group are risk and stakeholders’ ability to influence project outcomes the highest?
Which of the following are true about a PMO? (Choose three.)
Which of the following agile methodologies describes the seven wastes?
Which of the following agile methodologies are a type of pull system? (Choose two.)
Which of the following agile methodologies relies heavily on statistical data?
Which of the following are characteristics of a predictive methodology? (Choose three.)
Which of the following are true regarding the Agile Manifesto? (Choose two.)
Match the following terms with the statements that describe them.
A. Project and program management |
B. Portfolio management |
C. Organization project management |
D. Project management office |
Your project team has a solid idea of the requirements for the project up front. Some specific elements of the deliverables are known at this point. Not all deliverables have been completely defined yet. The team would like to start with the known requirements and specific deliverables and then change their approach later in the development phase to incrementally deliver results. What development life cycle does this describe?
Which of the following statements is not true regarding EEFs and OPAs?
Which of the following is true regarding the project charter? (Choose two.)
The Integration Knowledge Area is highly interactive and may involve iteratively performing the Planning, Executing, and Monitoring and Controlling processes. Which of the following is true regarding this Knowledge Area? (Choose two.)
You are the project manager for Fun Days Vacation Resorts. Your new project assignment is to head up the Fun Days resort opening in Austin, Texas. First, you estimate the duration of the project management plan activities. When that activity is complete, you start devising the project schedule, and once the work has started, you will follow the process involved with monitoring and controlling deviations from the schedule. Which of the following is true regarding this question? (Choose two.)
Which of the following is not true about the benefits management plan?
According to the PMBOK® Guide, all of the following are elements of a business case except for which one?
Your nonprofit organization is preparing to host its first annual 5K run/walk in City Park. You worked on a similar project for the organization two years ago when it cohosted the 10K run through Overland Pass. Which of the organizational process assets might be most helpful to you on your new project?
When using an agile methodology to manage your project, all of the following Knowledge Areas have processes that are performed before, during, and after an iteration except for which one?
You need to collaborate with the stakeholders to determine project approval requirements. Which of the following describes project approval requirements?
You are the project manager for the Late Night Smooth Jazz Club chain, with stores in 12 states. Smooth Jazz is considering opening a new club in Arizona or Nevada. You have derived the following information: i) Project Arizona: The payback period is 18 months, and the NPV is (250); ii) Project Nevada: The payback period is 24 months, and the NPV is 300. Which project would you recommend to the selection committee?
You are the project manager for the Late Night Smooth Jazz Club chain, with stores in 12 states. Smooth Jazz is considering opening a new club in Kansas City or Spokane. You have derived the following information: i) Project Kansas City: The payback period is 27 months, and the IRR is 6 percent; ii) Project Spokane: The payback period is 25 months, and the IRR is 5 percent. Which project should you recommend to the selection committee?
Which of the following is true regarding NPV?
You are the project manager for Insomniacs International. Since you don’t sleep much, you get a lot of project work done. You’re considering recommending a project that costs $575,000; expected inflows are $25,000 per quarter for the first two years and then $75,000 per quarter thereafter. What is the payback period?
Which of the following is true regarding IRR?
Which of the following is not true regarding the purpose of a business case?
Which of the following is true regarding stakeholders and the project charter? (Choose three.)
Your selection committee is debating between two projects. Project A has a payback period of 18 months. Project B has a cost of $125,000, with expected cash inflows of $50,000 the first year and $25,000 per quarter after that. Which project should you recommend?
You are a project manager for Zippy Tees. Your selection committee has just chosen a project you recommended for implementation. Your project is to manufacture a line of miniature stuffed bears that will be attached to your company’s trendy T-shirts. The bears will be wearing the same T-shirt design as the shirt to which they’re attached. Your project sponsor thinks you’ve impressed the big boss and wants you to skip to the manufacturing process right away. What is your response?
Which of the following state the four main components of maintaining project artifacts?
A project is considered successful when __________________.
The VP of customer service has expressed concern over a project in which you’re involved. His specific concern is that if the project is implemented as planned, he’ll have to purchase additional equipment to staff his customer service center. The cost was not taken into consideration in the project budget. The project sponsor insists that the project must go forward as originally planned or the customer will suffer. Which of the following are true? (Choose two.)
The amount of authority a project manager possesses can be related to which of the following? (Choose three.)
Which of the following are true regarding functional organizations? (Choose three.)
You have completed the Develop Project Charter and Identify Stakeholder processes. What phase does this relate to in the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology?
It is important for a project manager to identify stakeholders and understand their needs, interests, and influence. All of the following are true regarding stakeholders in this context except which one?
You have performed variance analysis and discovered that you need to take action to get the project back on track. Which of the following are true? (Choose two.)
The VP of customer service has expressed concern over a project you are managing. Her specific concern is that if the project is implemented as planned, she’ll be missing an important feature enabling a call-back function where customers will not have to wait online but will receive a call back when they are next up in the queue. This functionality was not taken into consideration in the project plan, and this new wrinkle will delay the project by two months. The business value for this project is improving customer satisfaction. Customer surveys show that satisfaction levels are low when it comes to wait times and overall call resolution time. The CEO was expecting this project to go live early in the fiscal year so that customer service scores would show an improvement, thereby increasing satisfaction along with making the board happy. Which of the following is true regarding this scenario?
Match the following categories associated with analyzing stakeholders in the Salience model with their classification.
A. Legitimacy + urgency |
B. Power |
C. Power + urgency |
D. Urgency |
E. Legitimacy |
F. Power + legitimacy |
Which term refers to those values that will lead to short- and long-term benefits for the organization?
You have identified, obtained contact information for, assessed, classified, and prioritized your stakeholders. Which of the following is true? (Choose three.)
Match the following roles in the agile methodologies with their titles.
A. Product owner |
B. Sensei |
C. Flow master |
D. Team facilitator |
E. Black belt |
All of the following are examples of business value except which one?
The VP of Human Resources has requested a new timekeeping project for their machine shop workers. The business value for this project is improving payroll accuracy. The workers are threatening a strike because of the antiquated system in place now. The current system has ancient time clocks that rarely work, causing the workers to revert to paper timecards. This creates multiple errors in overtime pay and shift differential pay. Which of the following is true regarding this scenario? (Choose three.)
You are using an agile approach to deliver business value incrementally. What other elements of business value should you be focused on? (Choose two)
How will you know that business value is being achieved?
Your project requires contract resources with specific subject matter expertise to deliver business value. All of the following are true except which one?
You are using an agile project management methodology to deliver business value. During each iteration, you and the team members are breaking down tasks into tangible components that have enough features and functionality to allow the customer to examine value and provide feedback to the team. Which of the following are true regarding this question when using a Scrum methodology? (Choose two.)
Which of the following is true regarding assisting the team in subdividing tasks into the minimum viable product?
All of the following are true regarding supporting the team in subdividing tasks into the minimum viable product except for which one?
You are a project manager for Laredo Pioneer’s Traveling Rodeo Show. You’re heading up a small project to promote a new line of souvenirs to be sold at the shows. You know that the purpose of the project scope management plan and requirements management plan provide which of the following? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager for Laredo Pioneer’s Traveling Rodeo Show. You’re heading up a small project to promote a new line of souvenirs to be sold at the shows. You’ve held the kickoff meeting and are ready to begin creating the project management plan. You know that a kickoff meeting is important for which of the following reasons? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager responsible for the construction of a new office complex. You are taking over for a project manager who recently left the company. The prior project manager completed the project scope statement and scope management plan for this project. In your interviews with some key team members, you conclude which of the following? (Choose two.)
Unanimity, majority, plurality, and autocratic are four examples of which of the following techniques and what they are used for? (Choose two.)
You are working on a project where the requirements and scope are well defined, but you know there will be changes when performing the work of the project. Your stakeholders will need to provide continuous feedback during the development stages of this project. Which of the following are true when determining the deliverables for the project? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager for an agricultural supply company. You have interviewed stakeholders and gathered their project requirements in the Collect Requirements process. Which of the following is true regarding the process to which this question refers?
Which of the following makes up the scope baseline when using a predictive life-cycle approach?
Which of the following statements is true regarding brainstorming and lateral thinking? (Choose two.)
Your company, Kick That Ball Sports, has appointed you as project manager for its new Cricket product line introduction. This is a national effort, and all the retail stores across the country need to have the new products on the shelves before the media advertising blitz begins. The product line involves three new products, two of which will be introduced together and a third one that will follow within two years. You are ready to create the WBS. All of the following are true except for which one?
You are a project manager for Giraffe Enterprises. You’ve recently taken over for a project manager who lied about his PMI® certification and was subsequently fired. Unfortunately, he did a poor job of defining the project scope. The project scope statement is the last document the previous project manager created. You will need to create the remaining subsidiary project management plans and documents. All of the following could happen if you don’t correct this except for which one?
You are the project manager for Lucky Stars nightclubs. They specialize in live country and western band performances. Your newest project is in the Planning process group. You are working on the WBS. The finance manager has given you a numbering system to assign to the WBS. Which of the following is true?
You are a project manager working on a large, complex project. You’ve constructed the WBS for this project, and all of the work package levels are subprojects of this project. You’ve requested that the subproject managers report to you in three weeks with their individual WBSs constructed. Which of the following statements are correct? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager working on a new software product your company plans to market to businesses. The project sponsor told you that the project must be completed by September 1. The company plans to demo the new software product at a trade show in late September and, therefore, needs the project completed in time for the trade show. However, the sponsor has also told you that the budget is fixed at $85,000, and it would take an act of Congress to get it increased. You must complete the project within the given time frame and budget. Which of the following is the primary constraint for this project?
Which of the following statements about decomposition is true?
You are documenting acceptance criteria for your deliverables. Which of the following are true? (Choose two.)
You are a project manager for a documentary film company. The company president wants to produce a new documentary on the efforts of heroic rescue teams and get it on air as soon as possible. She’s looking to you to make this documentary the best that has ever been produced in the history of this company. She guarantees you free rein to use whatever resources you need to get this project done quickly. However, the best photographer in the company is currently working on another assignment. Which of the following is true?
Your project depends on a key deliverable from a vendor you’ve used several times before with great success. You’re counting on the delivery to arrive on June 1. This is an example of a/an ___________________.
You are creating your project management plan. The project you are working on involves accepting credit cards on your organization’s website. This will require yearly audits to ensure you are following best practices in developing your website and not exposing sensitive customer information. Which of the following EEFs should you consider given this scenario? (Choose two.)
Your company provides answering services for several major catalog retailers. The number of calls coming into the service center per month has continued to increase over the past 18 months. The phone system is approaching the maximum load limits and needs to be upgraded. You’ve been assigned to head up the upgrade project. Based on the company’s experience with the vendor who worked on the last phone upgrade project, you’re confident they’ll be able to assist you with this project as well. Which of the following is true?
Which of the following is not a major step of decomposition?
You are the project manager for Changing Tides video games. You are in the process of breaking the work packages into activities. Which of the following options are true? (Choose two.)
You are the project manager for Changing Tides video games. Your project is a bit ambiguous at first. It’s similar in complexity and magnitude to a project that the team members worked on last year. The key stakeholder wants to be actively involved and be able to modify the requirements as the project progresses. The team is ready to define and estimate activities. Which of the following statements are true? (Choose three.)
You have been hired as a contract project manager 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?
Which of the following statements describe the activity list? (Choose three.)
You have been hired as a contract project manager for Grapevine Vineyards. Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for its customers. Customers must register before being allowed to order wine over the Internet so that legal age can be established. You know that the module to verify registration must be written and tested using data from Grapevine’s existing database. This new module cannot be tested until the data from the existing system is loaded. This is an example of which of the following?
Match the following values from the Agile Manifesto.Table of Agile Manifesto Principles
Values this | Over this |
A. Responding to change | 1. Contract negotiation |
B. Working software | 2. Following a plan |
C. Customer collaboration | 3. Process and tools |
D. Individuals and interactions | 4. Comprehensive documentation |
A. Responding to change |
B. Working software |
C. Customer collaboration |
D. Individuals and interactions |
You are working on a project that requires resources with expertise in the areas of hospitality management and entertainment. You have prepared the project schedule and notified the functional managers about the resources you’ll need, and when, from their areas. What are the other things you should do?
Which logical relationship does the PDM use most often?
You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. Your company manufactures window shades that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings 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?
You are a project manager for Picture Shades, Inc. Your company manufactures window shades that have replicas of Renaissance-era paintings 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. Looking at the following graph, which path is the critical path?
Use the following graphic to answer this question. If the duration of activity B was changed to 10 days and the duration of activity G was changed to 9 days, which path is the critical path?
Which of the following statements is true regarding the critical path?
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?
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?
If you know the expected value is 500 and the standard deviation is 12, you can say with approximately a 95 percent confidence rating which of the following?
This contains all the supporting detail regarding activity estimates and includes assumptions, the methods used to derive the estimates, constraints, resources used to develop the estimates, confidence levels, and risks.
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 to meet the federal grant application date. This is an example of ______________.
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. Your stakeholders understand this is a large undertaking and that you might experience some schedule slippage. Jason, the database analyst working on this project, is overallocated. He is critical to the success of the project, and you don’t want to burn him out by overscheduling him. Which of the following actions should you take?
Your Scrum team’s velocity rate is 24 story points per iteration. There are 165 total story points. Which of the following statements are true regarding this question? (Choose two.)
Which of the following are true regarding the stakeholder engagement plan? (Choose two.)
When you’re creating the cost management plan, which project elements should you consider and review? (Choose two.)
You are a project manager working for iTrim Central. Your organization has developed a new dieting technique that is sure to be the next craze. You’re preparing your cost management plan. You know that all of the following are true regarding this plan except for which one?
You are a project manager working for iTrim Central. Your organization has developed a new dieting technique that is sure to be the next craze. One of the deliverables of your feasibility study was an analysis of the potential financial performance of this new product, and your executives are very pleased with the numbers. You will be working with several vendors to produce products, marketing campaigns, and software that will track customers’ progress with the new techniques. For purposes of performing earned value measurements for project costs, you are going to place which of the following in the WBS?
Which of the following options is the key component of determining cost estimates and should be completed as early in the project as possible?
You want to improve your cost estimates by taking into account estimation uncertainty and risk. Which of the following estimating techniques will you use?
When an agile team is communicating, several meetings occur including a daily stand-up. Which of the following options are true regarding the daily stand-up in an agile methodology? (Choose two.)
Your organization has historically performed projects using a predictive methodology. You’d like to give the agile process a try. You have a low-risk, low-priority project that is perfect for this experiment. However, the project sponsor of this project is nervous about using a new approach that’s never been tried before. Which of the following actions should you take in this scenario?
You are the project manager for a custom home–building construction company. You are working on the model home project for the upcoming Homes Tour. The model home includes smart home connections, talking appliances, and wiring for home theaters. You are working on the cost baseline for this project. Which of the following statements are true? (Choose three.)
Adaptive methodologies focus on eliminating waste, Lean thinking, and pull-based systems. When using this methodology, stakeholders are highly engaged with the project. Which of the following are true regarding positive stakeholder engagement in an adaptive methodology? (Choose three.)
You are the project manager for a custom home–building construction company. You are working on the model home project for the upcoming Homes Tour. The model home includes smart home connections, talking appliances, and wiring for home theaters. You are working on the Determine Budget process. Which of the following statements are true? (Choose three.)
Which of the following is displayed as an S curve?
In a flow-based agile approach, which of the following questions would you ask at the daily stand-up meeting? (Choose two.)
Which of the following statements are true regarding the iteration review meeting? (Choose three.)
You have eight key stakeholders (plus yourself) to communicate with on your project. Which of the following is true?
When tailoring communications for the project, which of the following should you consider in order to ensure effective communications with and among the stakeholders? (Choose three.)
You are preparing your communications management plan and know that all of the following are true except for which one?
Match the following characteristics of development life cycles to their description.
A. Predictive |
B. Iterative |
C. Incremental |
D. Agile |
E. Hybrid |
This agile methodology focuses on frequent cycles and delivering software to the customer when the customer needs it. The core values for this methodology are communication, simplicity, feedback, courage, and respect. Which methodology does this describe?
What is the definition of osmotic communication and what methodology is it associated with? (Choose two.)
You are a project manager for Fountain of Youth Spring Water bottlers. Your project involves installing a new accounting system, and you’re performing the risk-planning processes. You have identified a variability risk and an ambiguity risk. Which of the following is not true regarding these risks?
Which of the following address the purpose of the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process? (Choose three.)
Which of the following describe the purpose for the risk management plan? (Choose two.)
You are using the representations of uncertainty technique of the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis process. All of the following statements are true regarding this technique except for which one?
You are performing the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process and want to display proximity and connectivity and their impacts on the project. Which of the following methods will you use?
You are using criticality analysis to determine risk impact. You have calculated an index for each risk and realize the more activities the risk impacts, the higher the index. The index is used as an input to a simulation. Which risk does criticality analysis assess?
Your project has a high degree of uncertainty about the project requirements. You decide to use an agile approach to manage the project in order to achieve which of the following?
You’ve identified a risk event on your current project that could save $100,000 in project costs if it occurs. Which of the following is true based on this statement?
You’ve identified a risk event on your current project that could save $500,000 in project costs if it occurs. Your organization is considering hiring a consulting firm to help establish proper project management techniques in order to ensure it realizes these savings. Which of the following is true based on this statement?
Your hardware vendor left you a voicemail saying that a snowstorm in the Midwest might prevent your equipment from arriving on time and they are watching the weather closely. She wanted to give you a heads-up and asked that you return the call. Which of the following statements is true?
You are constructing a probability and impact matrix for your project. Which of the following statements are true? (Choose two.)
Your stakeholders have asked for an analysis of the cost risk. Which of the following are true? (Choose three.)
Your hardware vendor left you a voicemail saying that a snowstorm in the Midwest will prevent your equipment from arriving on time. You identified a risk response strategy for this risk and have arranged for a local company to lease you the needed equipment until yours arrives. This is an example of which risk response strategy?
Risk attitude is an enterprise environmental factor that you should evaluate when performing the Plan Risk Management process. Risk attitude consists of which of the following elements? (Choose two.)
You work for a large manufacturing plant. You are working on a new project to release an overseas product line. This is the company’s first experience in the overseas market, and it wants to make a big splash with the introduction of this product. The stakeholders are a bit nervous about the project and historically proceed cautiously and take a considerable amount of time to examine information before making a final decision. The project entails producing your product in a concentrated formula and packaging it in smaller containers than the U.S. product uses. A new machine is needed to mix the ingredients into a concentrated formula. After speaking with one of your stakeholders, you discover that this will be the first machine your organization has purchased from your new supplier. Which of the following statements is true given the information in this question?
Your project team has identified several potential risks on your current project that could have a significant impact if they occurred. The team examined the impact of the risks by keeping all the uncertain elements at their baseline values. Which of the following will the team use to display this information?
You are using a defined set of risk categories to determine both individual risks and overall project risks. You will also use PESTLE, a strategic analysis tool to assist in determining overall project risk. You are also using the lowest level of the RBS to help in constructing which of the following in order to identify risks?
Match the following life cycle methodologies with their objectives.
A. Agile |
B. Incremental |
C. Predictive |
D. Iterative |
Which of the following are three characteristics of uncertainty according to the Agile Practice Guide (PMI®, 2017)? (Choose three.)
You are the project manager for an upcoming outdoor concert event. You’re working on the procurement management plan for the computer software program that will control the lighting and screen projections during the concert. You’re comparing the cost of purchasing a software product to the cost of your company programmers writing a custom software program. You are engaged in which of the following?
You are the project manager for an outdoor concert event scheduled for one year from today. You’re working on the procurement documents for the computer software program that will control the lighting and screen projections during the concert. You’ve decided to contract with a professional services company that specializes in writing custom software programs. You want to minimize the risk to the organization, so you’ll opt for which contract type?
You are the project manager for the Heart of Texas casual clothing company. Your company is introducing a new line of clothing called Black Sheep Ranch Wear. You will outsource the production of this clothing line to a vendor. The vendor has requested a procurement SOW. Which of the following options are true regarding the SOW?
You are the project manager for the Heart of Texas casual clothing company. Your company is introducing a new line of clothing called Black Sheep Ranch Wear. You will outsource the production of this clothing line to a vendor. You want to use a hybrid approach to manage this project. Which of the following contract types will you use?
Which of the following statements are true regarding Plan Resource Management?
Sally is a project manager working on a project that will require a specially engineered machine. Only three manufacturers can make the machine to the specifications Sally needs. The price of this machine is particularly critical to this project. The budget is limited, and there’s no chance of securing additional funds if the bids for the machine come in higher than budgeted. She’s developing the source selection criteria for the bidders’ responses and knows all of the following are true except for which one? (Choose three.)
Which of the following are constraints that you should consider when documenting the resource management plan?
You have been hired as a contract project manager for Grapevine Vineyards. Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for its customers. Customers must register before being allowed to order wine over the Internet so that legal age can be established. You know this project will require new hardware and an update to some existing infrastructure. You will have to hire an expert to help with the infrastructure assessment and upgrades. You also know that the module to verify registration must be written and tested using data from Grapevine’s existing database. This new module cannot be tested until the data from the existing system is loaded. You are going to hire a vendor to perform the programming and testing tasks for this module to help speed up the project schedule. The vendor will be reimbursed for all their costs, and you want to use a contract type that will allow you to give the vendor a little something extra if you are satisfied with the work they do. You know all of the following apply in this situation except for which one?
You are the project manager for BB Tops, a nationwide toy store chain. Your new project involves creating a prototype display at several stores across the country. You are using an RACI chart to display individuals and activities. What does RACI stand for? (Choose two.)
Which process has the greatest ability to directly influence the project schedule?
You are the project manager for BB Tops, a nationwide toy store chain. Your new project involves creating a prototype display at several stores across the country. You are using an agile methodology to manage your project and will be hiring contract services to help with this project. It’s critical to the organization that this project succeed. You know which of the following are true?
Which of the following are true regarding planning for quality?
Four people are responsible for establishing cost of quality theories. Crosby is one and Juran is another. Which of the following describes their theories? (Choose two.)
The theory that 85 percent of the cost of quality is a management problem is attributed to ___________________.
Which of the following are benefits of meeting quality requirements?
The quality management plan documents how the project team will implement the quality policy. It should address at least which of the following? (Choose three.)
You work for a furniture manufacturer. Your project is going to design and produce a new office chair. The chair will have the ability to function as a regular chair and also the ability to move its occupant into an upright, kneeling position. The design team is trying to determine the combination of comfort and ease of transformation to the new position that will give the chair the best characteristics while keeping the costs reasonable. Several different combinations have been tested. This is an example of which of the following techniques?
Which of the following best characterizes Six Sigma as it relates to quality?
Your organization is embarking on a long-term project that will require additional human resources on a contract basis to complete the work of the project. Since the project will span several years, you know one vendor probably can’t supply all the resources you’ll need over the course of the contract. However, you want to work with only one vendor throughout the project to minimize the number of procurement documents you’ll have to produce. So, you’ll specify in your procurement documents that contractors will have to form partnerships to work on this project. You know all of the following are true regarding this question except for which one?
You are a project manager for a growing dairy farm business. It offers organic dairy products regionally and is expanding its operations to the West Coast. It is in the process of purchasing and leasing dairy farm businesses to get operations underway. You are in charge of the network operations part of this project. An important deadline that depends on the successful completion of the testing phase is approaching. 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 are empowered to take corrective action and exchange the hardware for more compatible equipment. Which of the following statements is true?
You are a project manager for a growing dairy farm business. It offers organic dairy products regionally and is expanding its operations to the West Coast. It’s in the process of purchasing and leasing dairy farm businesses to get operations underway. The subproject manager in charge of network operations has reported some hardware problems to you. You’re also having problems coordinating and integrating other elements of the project. Which of the following statements is true?
You are considering using an agile approach to conduct your project. The organization’s culture is open to new ideas and supports honesty and transparency. They use KPI measurements to evaluate success. Which of the following statements are true?
Your team members and stakeholders are new to agile techniques. Which of the following are important steps you should take to ensure that they receive the training they need to be successful with this new methodology?
You are in the Executing process and observing and gathering information on project elements such as schedule status, deliverables completion, lessons learned, KPIs, technical performance measures, and resource utilization. Which of the following statements is true regarding this question?
Your team is working on an agile project developing an app that alerts airline passengers to gate changes for their flights once they’ve checked in. They are having a difficult time understanding how the user stories work together toward the big picture. Which of the following should you do? (Choose two.)
During a recent team meeting, you reached a resolution to an issue that’s been troubling the team for several weeks. It turned out that there was a problem with one of the manufactured parts required for the project. Once this was corrected, the remaining production run went off without a hitch. You took responsibility for searching out the facts of this problem and implemented a change request to resolve the issue. Which of the following is true regarding this question?
You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your team members are amiable with one another and are careful to make project decisions jointly. Which of the following statements is true?
You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite some time and are in the performing stage of team development. A new member has been introduced to the team. Which of the following statements is true?
You are the project manager for a cable service provider. Your project team is researching a new service offering. They have been working together for quite some time and have a good understanding of the task at hand. They will not likely need any direction from you to complete this task. According to Blanchard, what type of leadership style does this describe?
You’ve promised your team two days of paid time off plus a week’s training in the latest technology of their choice if they complete their project ahead of schedule. This is an example of which of the following?
Your team is dispersed and they are physically split between two buildings on opposite sides of town. As a result, the team isn’t very cohesive because the members don’t know each other very well. The team is still in the storming stage because of the separation issues. Which of the following statements are true regarding this question? (Choose two.)
You work for a nonprofit organization and one of their charity efforts involves donating sewing machines to women in impoverished countries. The sewing machines come with a training program that instructs them on how to create simple patterns, use the sewing machine to create products, and, most importantly, how to manage a business. Your project involves developing the app-based training program that instructors will use when working with these women. Your team used a waterfall approach to gather requirements, develop the training module content, and create a draft-level project plan. They will be using the Scrum methodology to develop the app. The team members have not used Scrum before. Which of the following options are true regarding this question?
You are a fabulous project manager, and your team thinks highly of you. You are well respected by the stakeholders, management team, and project team. When you make decisions, others follow your lead as a result of which of the following?
Theory Y managers believe which of the following?
You work for a nonprofit organization and one of their charity efforts involves donating sewing machines to women in impoverished countries. The sewing machines come with a training program that instructs them on how to create simple patterns, use the sewing machine to create products, and most importantly, how to manage a business. Your project involves developing the app-based training program that instructors will use when working with these women. Your team is using the Extreme Programming methodology to perform this project so that you can deliver results faster and maximize the speed at which the team can work. Which of the following practices are associated with this question?
You are preparing project performance appraisals and have decided you’d like each team member to receive feedback regarding their performance from several sources, including peers, superiors, and subordinates. Which of the following is true regarding this question?
Your project team will consist of members from inside the organization and consultants. When the vendor presented their project proposal, they specified specific team members who would be assigned to your project. You also worked with the functional managers in your organization to ensure that resources from within the organization would be available once the project kicked off. Which of the following statements are true regarding this question? (Choose two.)
Diversity and inclusion are important elements to consider when acquiring team members. Which of the following statements are true regarding diversity and inclusion?
Match the following types of tests that are used on agile-based software projects to their description.
A. Smoke test |
B. Unit test |
C. Integration test |
D. End-to-end test |
E. Regression test |
You have been hired as a contract project manager for Grapevine Vineyards. Grapevine wants you to design an Internet wine club for its customers. Customers must register before being allowed to order wine over the Internet so that legal age can be established. You know that the module to verify registration must be written and tested using data from Grapevine’s existing database. This new module cannot be tested until the data from the existing system is loaded. You are going to hire a vendor to perform the programming and testing tasks for this module to help speed up the project schedule. You decide to use an IFB and include a detailed SOW. This is an example of which of the following?
Receivers in the communication model filter their information through all of the following. (Choose all that apply.)
You have accumulated project information throughout the project and regularly post it to the project site. You just received some important information that you need to ensure the stakeholders receive as soon as possible. Which of the following are true regarding this question?
You know that the next status meeting will require some discussion and a decision for a problem that has surfaced on the project. You need to ensure that the impediment on the project is resolved at this meeting. To make the most accurate decision, you know that the number of participants in the meeting should be limited to how many?
You are holding end-of-phase meetings with your team members and key stakeholders to learn what has hindered and helped the project team’s performance of the work. Which of the following options are true regarding this question? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You’re working with a major retailer that offers its products online. The company is interested in knowing customer characteristics, the amounts of first-time orders, and similar information. As a potential bidder for this project, you worked on the RFP response and submitted the proposal. When the selection committee received the RFP responses from all the vendors bidding on this project, they used a weighted system in combination with a seller rating system to make a selection. Which of the following are true? (Choose three.)
You have been asked to submit a proposal for a project that has been put out for bid. First you attend the bidder conference to ask questions of the buyers and to hear the questions some of the other bidders will ask. Which of the following statements are true?
You have been asked to submit a proposal for a project that has been put out for bid. Prior to submitting the proposal, your company must register so that its firm is on the qualified sellers list. Which of the following statements are true? (Choose two.)
You are a project manager for Fountain of Youth Spring Water bottlers. Your project involves installing a new accounting system. You have identified several problems and want to brainstorm the causes of those problems with the project team because there isn’t sufficient quantitative data to analyze the problems. Which of the following diagrams will you use to outline each problem, including the causes and effects of the problems?
According to the Agile Manifesto, which of the following should be more highly valued than contract negotiation?
Which of the following describe the purpose of a quality audit?
You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flower distribution company. Your project involves developing a website for the company to allow retailers to place their flower orders online. You will also provide a separate link for individual purchases that are ordered, packaged, and mailed to the consumer directly from the grower’s site. This project involves coordinating the parent company, growers, and distributors. You’ve discovered a problem with one of the technical processes needed to perform this project. You examine elements such as constraints, problems, and activities that don’t add value to the project in order to identify process improvements and reduce or eliminate the problems with the technical processes. Which of the following is true?
You are performing the Manage Quality process and establishing expected values for the dependent relationships in the hierarchy. Which technique are you using?
You are working on a project and discover that one of the business users responsible for testing the product never completed this activity. She has written an email requesting that one of your team members drop everything to assist her with a problem that could have been avoided if she had performed the test. This employee reports to a stakeholder, not to the project team. All project team members and stakeholders are colocated. Because your team also needs her to participate in an upcoming test, you decide to do which of the following?
Your project is progressing as planned. The project team has come up with a demo that the sales team will use when making presentations to prospective clients. You will do which of the following at your next stakeholder project status meeting?
You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flower distribution company. Your project involves developing a website for the company to allow retailers to place their flower orders online. You will also provide a separate link for individual purchases that are ordered, packaged, and mailed to the consumer directly from the grower’s site. This project involves coordinating the parent company, growers, and distributors. You are using an agile methodology to manage this project and have discovered that some stakeholders do not understand their role on the project, and this is causing conflict for the team. Which of the following should you do to help reduce conflict for the stakeholders and the team?
According to the PMBOK® Guide, this party is responsible for managing stakeholder expectations.
These two conflict resolution techniques are lose-lose techniques.
Match the following scaling agile frameworks with their description.
A. Scrum of Scrums |
B. SAFe |
C. DA |
D. LeSS |
E. Enterprise Scrum |
Which of the following processes is responsible for reporting and comparing actual project results against the project management plan, analyzing performance data to learn if action needs to be taken, monitoring for risks, and monitoring approved change requests, among other functions?
You are working on a project and discover that one of the business users responsible for testing the product never completed this activity. She has written an email requesting that one of your team members drop everything to assist her with a problem that could have been avoided if she had performed the test. This employee reports to a stakeholder, not to the project team. You estimate that the project might not be completed on time as a result of this missed activity. Which of the following options are true? (Choose three.)
Which one of the following is the most preferred method of settling claims and disputes according to the PMBOK® Guide?
You have contracted with a vendor to perform your project. Your internal stakeholders seem to have a memory lapse on the project objectives. Your vendor has complained to you that your stakeholders are difficult to work with and their expectations are unreasonable. Your vendor has also missed some requirements, which you discovered when you examined one portion of the finished product. Which of the following are true regarding this question? (Choose three.)
You are a project manager for an engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp-metering lights to several on-ramps along a stretch of highway at the south end of the city. You subcontracted a portion of the project to another company. The subcontractor’s work involves digging the holes and setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor’s performance to date does not meet the contract requirements. Which of the following is not a valid option?
The Control Procurements process is closely integrated with all of the following processes except for which one?
You are holding a regularly scheduled status meeting for your project. You know all of the following are true regarding status meetings except which one?
Your project was kicked off more than two years ago. Your stakeholders are not as engaged as they once were on this project. There are only four months to go until the project is complete. Which of the following are true regarding this scenario?
Your project is in a bit of trouble. You are in the Control Resources process and the specialized equipment you were expecting for the next set of project tasks is not available. The truck with the equipment was stolen and the vendor providing the machine you need has only two of them. The other is already deployed on another job. Which of the following are true?
The Delphi method, technology forecasting, and forecast by analogy are examples of what category of forecasting methods?
You are working on a project that was proceeding well until a manufacturing glitch occurred that requires corrective action. It turns out the glitch was an unintentional enhancement to the product, and the marketing people are absolutely crazy about its potential. The corrective action is canceled, and you continue to produce the product with the newly discovered enhancement. As the project manager, you know that a variance has occurred. Which of the following options is true?
Your project progressed as planned until yesterday. Suddenly, an unexpected risk event occurred. You quickly devised a response to deal with this negative risk event using which of the following?
You are a project manager for Bluebird Technologies. Bluebird writes custom billing applications for several industries. A schedule change has been requested. From the perspective of the Perform Integrated Change Control process, change is concerned with which of the following?
You are a project manager for Bluebird Technologies. Bluebird writes custom billing applications for several industries. One of your users asks for some changes to the invoice functionality during a status meeting. You explain to her that the change needs to go through the change control system, which is a subset of the configuration management system. You explain that a change control system does which of the following?
You are a project manager for Star Light Strings. Star Light manufactures strings of lights for outdoor display. Its products range from simple light strings to elaborate lights with animal designs, bug designs, memorabilia, and so on. Your newest project requires a change. You are performing the Control Quality process and are looking at and testing a sampling of the product for conformance to quality standards. The tolerable result for the bulbs used on the string is 995–1,000 hours. All of the light bulbs must be LED bulbs. Which of the following are true regarding this process?
You are a project manager for Star Light Strings. Star Light manufactures strings of lights for outdoor display. Its products range from simple light strings to elaborate lights with animal designs, bug designs, memorabilia, and so on. Your newest project requires a change. One of the business unit managers submitted a change through the change control system, which utilizes a CCB. Which of the following is true regarding the CCB?
All of the following are activities of the configuration management system except for which one?
You are using a process to measure the quality results over time. You are reviewing this graphic at your status meeting and explain that this information is based on sample variance measurements. Your measurements are within two standard deviations. Which of the following options are true? (Choose two.)
You are in the Monitor Risks process and are reviewing the risk register and notice something strange. A risk that was designated as low-low in the Planning phase of the project has suddenly become a high risk. There is no response plan for this risk because of its original ranking. Which of the following should be the first action you take out of all the options listed?
You work for a small software development firm and use agile methodologies on all your projects. You learned that your company is being bought out by a larger company. The good news is that everyone on staff will retain their jobs with the new company, but your existing company will cease to exist. You are managing several projects that will be impacted by this. Which of the following are true regarding this?
You are working on a project that was proceeding well until a manufacturing glitch occurred that requires corrective action. It turns out the glitch was an unintentional enhancement to the product, and the marketing people are absolutely crazy about its potential. The corrective action is canceled, and you continue to produce the product with the newly discovered enhancement. As the project manager, you know that a change has occurred to the product scope because the glitch changed the characteristics of the product. Which of the following statements is true?
You are a project manager for a manufacturing firm that produces Civil War–era replicas and memorabilia. You discover a design error during a test production run on your latest project. Time is a critical constraint on this project. The stakeholders are anxious to get this new product to market and their bonuses are on the line if this project doesn’t come in on time. Which of the following is the most likely response to this problem?
You are using a burnup chart to visually provide information about project progress to the agile team. Which of the following are true regarding a burnup chart?
You are a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services. You’re working with a major retailer that offers online and in retail stores. You’re using a performance review to examine elements such as actual start and end dates for schedule activities. You also used SV and SPI calculations to determine the impact of schedule variations, which are more than the stakeholders will tolerate. Rumors have started and stakeholders have heard there might be a schedule delay. They’ve asked for a full report on the situation. Which of the following are true regarding this scenario? (Choose two.)
You are the project manager for a top-secret software project for an agency of the U.S. government. Getting top-secret clearances for contractors takes quite a bit of time and waiting for clearances could jeopardize the implementation date. Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to complete the project using internal resources. Your agile programmers are 80 percent of the way through the programming and testing when your agency appoints a new executive director. Your programmers are siphoned off this project to work on the executive director’s hot new project before they finish this project. Which of the following are true regarding this question?
You are a project manager for Dutch Harbor Consulting. Your latest project involves the upgrade of an organization’s operating system on 236 servers. You performed this project under contract. You are closing out the project and the procurement and know that you should document and file which of the following?
You are a project manager for Laurel’s Theater Productions. Your new project is coming in over budget and requires a cost change through the cost change control system. You know which of the following statements are true regarding Control Costs?
Which of the following might require re-baselining of the cost baseline?
What are the performance measurements for the Control Schedule process?
This measurement is the value of the work that has been completed to date compared to the budget.
You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flower distribution company. Your project is to develop a website for the company that allows retailers to place their flower orders online. You will also provide a separate link for individual purchases that are ordered, packaged, and mailed to the consumer directly from the grower’s site. This project involves coordinating the parent company, growers, and distributors. You are preparing a performance review and have the following measurements at hand: PV = 300, AC = 200, and EV = 250. What do you know about this project?
A negative result from an SV calculation means which of the following?
You are a contract project manager for a wholesale flower distribution company. Your project is to develop a website for the company that allows retailers to place their flower orders online. You will also provide a separate link for individual purchases that are ordered, packaged, and mailed to the consumer directly from the grower’s site. This project involves coordinating the parent company, growers, and distributors. You are preparing a performance review and have the following measurements at hand: PV = 300, AC = 200, and EV = 250. What is the CPI of this project?