Project Management Professional (PMP)

An internal project is being carried out by a large organization that includes various functional groups including a quality control team and a quality assurance department. Mark, who is a member of the quality control team, has taken measurements from 100 random samples and plots them on a control chart. He notices that 35 of the 100 random samples have measurements that are not within specifications. Mark brings this to the attention of Kelly, the project manager. Kelly reviews the results and determines that there should not be this many measurements outside the specifications. What should Kelly do NEXT?

You are in the process of collecting requirements for a project deliverable. One of your peers suggests that everyone involved be able to rank the requirements that are most important to them. Which action should you take?

You are reviewing the progress on the various work packages for a mission critical project when you notice that performance is not as expected for one of them. You need to identify the person in charge of the work package so that you can contact them. What is the BEST resource to use to locate this information?

You need to establish a list of risks that are associated with a project that you are managing. You have assembled a group of experts that will use a questionnaire to help generate ideas for identifying important project risks. The experts will work anonymously. Which of the following are you currently engaged in using?

You are planning the procurement of some widgets that will be needed for a project that you are managing. You need to ensure that any contract-related risk falls on the seller. Which contract type will meet your needs?

Marianne is the project manager for a project. The project team has begun performing the activities outlined by the project plan during the week from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Bob provides the funds for the project and resources are always available to Marianne. Meetings are scheduled every other Friday to meet with her staff of designers, network engineers, and software engineers. At the end of every month, Marianne and her staff meet with the project managers from her organization and their staff for a fun night out. Within which type of organization is Marianne working?

You are working on building the stakeholder register for a new project that has been authorized. Which item would you expect to include in the stakeholder register?

It is the start of the week when a team member calls in sick. They tell you that they have been put off work for two weeks by their doctor. They were supposed to begin work on an activity on the critical path and there is no one to replace them. The delay in starting the activity will cause the project to miss its end date. What is your BEST course of action?

The initial round of project planning has completed and all the relevant stakeholders have approved the project management plan. During project execution, it comes to the project manager's attention that the contingency for one of the unplanned events may not be sufficient to reduce the impact of the event. What should the project manager do NEXT?

You need to provide a method of identifying all of the activities each team member is associated with on the project. Which of the following will BEST meet your needs?

You are the project manager for one of the top golf equipment producers in the world and you are currently overseeing the development of this year's club models. Through a comparison, it has been determined that the project is behind schedule. Which option was compared to the actual project performance?

You are working on a construction project and have been keeping monthly earned value, actual cost, and cost performance index statistics, as listed below:

January: EV = $27,000, AC = $19,000, CPI = 1.42
February: EV = $147,000, AC = $151,500, CPI = 0.97
March: EV = $101,000, AC = $106,900, CPI = 0.94

Which option represents the cumulative CPI for the end of the three months?

You are creating the activity list for a project. You have determined that many of the activities are lacking information. Which technique can be used to save time on large projects by breaking down the WBS in stages?

Janet, a project manager, has noticed that a project she is leading has slipped behind schedule due to recent weather conditions. She knows that she can get the project back on schedule within two weeks, and has already documented a plan to do so. She decides to email the executive board within her company to send them a status update. This update indicates that she is currently behind schedule and describes her plan of action to get the project back on schedule. Which dimension of communication has occurred in this situation?

A four-phase project is currently in the middle of the second phase. The project manager has determined that the number of people required to work in this phase was over-estimated. The project manager decides to release two team members from the project. Which process is being described?

You are currently engaged in documenting the approach that will be used to acquire some widgets needed for a project that you are managing. Which methods are MOST likely to help you achieve this?

You are working on a construction project and have been keeping monthly earned value, actual cost, and cost performance index statistics, as listed below:

Month1: EV = $57,000, AC = $49,000, CPI = 1.16
Month2: EV = $187,100, AC = $178,500, CPI = 1.04
Month3: EV = $149,500, AC = $167,900, CPI = 0.89
Month4: EV = $161,800, AC = $170,750, CPI = 0.94

The budget for the project was originally set at $1,250,000 for an eight month duration. The project sponsors are worried about the final cost. Which option represents the current projected variance at completion for this project?

You are creating a network diagram for the project schedule you are currently working on. You need to identify the amount of free float that is available for the activities. Refer to the |h %5coutput%5ct6%5cmisc%5cpmp4edeo241a.html exhibit.

How much free float is associated with Activity B?

You need to ensure planned expenditures never exceed planned funds-on-hand. Which method should you use to achieve this?

You have been tasked with randomly inspecting five project documents from a set of 50 to ensure the correct procedures are being followed for creating them. What are you currently engaged in?

You are the project manager of a project and you need to begin the process of awarding a contract to a seller. Which of the following are characteristics of a bidder conference?

You have completed the planning of your project and project work is being carried out. Which activity should you be doing while executing the project?

You are in the process of estimating the activity durations for the various activities contained in the scope baseline for a large project being undertaken by your organization. You have an activity that will most likely take eight days to complete. It has been determined that the activity has a best case scenario of being completed in four days and a worst case scenario of taking 18 days. Which duration will you record for this activity using PERT?

As a project manager for your organization, you have been asked to help develop a proposal for a potential project. The project goal, objectives, and the project strategy have already been documented. Which action should you take NEXT?

Your organization has been looking to increase the market share of its high-end smart phone products. You have an idea that may provide a solution to this problem. He tells you that you will need to write a business case before they will look at your idea any further. Which item will you need to include in your business case?

Part of being a project manager includes having to continually look for process improvements. Which term represents the Japanese philosophy involving process improvements on a continual basis?

The project manager has asked you to review a process to see how it can be made more efficient. Which tool or technique would BEST meet your needs?

You have decided to sponsor an internal project for your organization whose goal is to provide greater flexibility when responding to service requests. The objective of the project is to create a new online application form that must be up and running by the end of the year. After the project charter has been created, which action should be performed next?

You are in the process of selecting vendor for a project. Which of the following statements are true regarding a prequalified seller list?

You are the project manager for a new project. You need to introduce project ground rules to the project team. How should you convey the project ground rules to the team?

You are at a critical stage in your project. You have just been informed that the parts you require are no longer available from the supplier, with whom you have signed a contract to supply those parts. What should you do FIRST?

You are currently managing a project relating to infrastructure renovations for a large IT organization. Several activities for the project are classified as critical, as they can directly impact internal operations and overall departmental productivity. Which of the following would result in a change request?

You are currently working at determining the budget that will be needed for a project you are managing. You need to identify an appropriate allowance for unplanned changes resulting from risks that may be required on the project. Which technique is MOST likely to assist you in achieving your goal?

You are in the process of creating the project charter. You need to identify the scope for the project's final product. What is the BEST source of this information?

You are the project manager for your company. You have completed reviewing the new product with the customer and the support team that will be handling the new product after the transition is made. The verification and walkthrough was very positive. You schedule a follow-up meeting with the customer for the next morning to attain a sign-off on the new product. Which of the following BEST describes what is going to be accomplished at this follow-up meeting?

Bill is leading a project team in the development and building of a new hotel. He has assembled his project team members for the project's kick-off meeting. The team members are highly experienced in developing and building hotels. Bill provides the team members with his background. Bill explains that he started out as a construction worker helping to build houses, malls, hotels, and business offices. He decided to go back to college to get a degree in business administration. He worked his way through various management levels and eventually became a project manager for a multi-national company. He also mentors other employees of the company who are training for project management positions, and regularly attends project management seminars. Which form of power will Bill MOST likely express during this project?

It is your first time managing this type of project and you wish to refer to a document that will detail how the project scope should be controlled. Which document would contain this information?

You have recently brought Bob in as a team member on a project you are managing. You have been providing Bob with updates by email on how he has been performing. Which form of communication does this BEST describe?

The cost performance of the project is becoming a major concern to the sponsor. As the project manager, you begin to monitor this risk. Which tool can be used to view whether the cost performance of the project has worsened since the beginning of the project?

Mike, a project manager, is working on a construction project. He is in the process of conducting procurements for heavy machinery and steel that is needed for the project. He recognizes his friend Audrey as one of the sellers on the sellers list. After reviewing all the proposals from the various sellers and reviewing the bids, Mike would like to award the contract to Audrey's company. Her company has the reputation of having the most experience and the best product quality. In addition, her bid was the lowest received. However, he is not sure if he should, because Audrey is a friend and awarding the contract to her company could be perceived as a conflict of interest. Which action should he take?

You are determining the number of communication channels required on a project you are managing. At the beginning of the project, you appointed two project management team members to help you with administration and five other project team members to work on the project. You have recently added six more people to the project team. How many communication channels were added to the project?

You are in the process of integrating and consolidating the subsidiary plans and baselines created from the various planning processes. Which of the following represents an additional component of the project management plan that was not produced from a separate process?

Which indicator BEST shows that a work package is decomposed to an appropriate level?

You work in an organization with multiple project managers who get together in the company's lounge to relax or talk about the day's events. One of the project managers starts discussing with you the need for some processes and practices to be more efficient. What approach is normally taken to achieve the results that the project manager is describing?

As an experienced project manager, you understand the importance of attaining formal acceptance from a customer for project deliverables. There are several processes and activities that occur during the project lifecycle. Which statement BEST describes the primary activity of the Close Project or Phase process?

A project manager is looking to assign resources for various project activities and has a number of candidates to choose from with experience with smartphone cameras. One resource, Mike, is the best person to work on designing a new front facing camera for the new smartphone. He has the most experience, the necessary skills, and experience. However, Mike's department manager is not willing to let Mike work on the design. What should the project manager do NEXT?

You have been contracted to oversee a project that is estimated to take 30 working days. The project is created to address the redesign of a recalled part and is budgeted for $75,000. You are halfway through the project, and it is one day behind schedule. The earned value of the project is $35,000. The cost variance of the project is -$2,500. Sponsors are providing three equal installments of $25,000 during the project duration. Funds have been spent proportionally throughout the project. Which option represents the actual cost of the project thus far?

Your boss has assigned you as the project manager for the design phase of a new product that is in the very early stages of development. The phase has not been officially approved and there is pressure from your boss to start planning as soon as possible. Which action should you take FIRST?

You are creating the budget for a project you are managing and you need to review the assumptions related to the activity costs. Which item is the BEST source of this information?

You are working on a project that has been underway for several weeks. The project entails creating and installing a new piece of software that will increase productivity for the marketing department. To ensure that the new software meets the agreed quality requirements, you have scheduled testing to be performed on the new software by programmers from your organization who have one year of programming experience. You notice that testing on part of the software is taking three times as long as it should. You determine that contracting out the testing to external programmers will ensure that the schedule set for testing will not be exceeded. As a result, you contract out the work to the external programmers to finish the software testing. What BEST describes what you are doing?

You are managing a project that involves installing a new generator in the local power station. The project has been scheduled to take five weeks. The total cost of the project is set at $780,000. At the three week mark of the project, it has been determined that the project is one week behind schedule, and the cost so far is $390,000. Which option represents the schedule performance index of this project?

You are managing the construction of a state-of-the-art hospital. As with any project, this one has had its share of problems. The customer would like to add a new wing to the hospital and designate it solely for the use of diagnostic medicine. Which action should occur if the change request is rejected?

You are the project lead overseeing a project to create a new wireless media streaming device. The working model has been created and you are meeting with the customer to ensure that it meets the requirements. Upon inspection, the customer informs you that the LCD output screen does not meet the specifications. Which result from this problem is MOST likely to occur?

The audit team is auditing the quality requirements for a process that can be improved. Senior management needs to know whether or not they should consider changing the process and require your input as a project manager. The audit team has identified issues and recommended a change to the process. What should you do FIRST to provide the most appropriate information for senior management to make a decision on this investment?

You have been assigned to lead a project soon after it was selected by your organization's project management office. The project sponsor has provided you with a completed business case and benefits management plan, in addition to your organization's historical information on a similar project. Which tool or technique are you going to use to assess this information?

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