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PMP® Sample Test :
Question1: George is a project manager
at Mind Power working with a software firm. The firm has two
packages at the beta testing stage. They want advice on which
package to launch first. George has got a set of project selection
criteria from the client. His next step will be to:
A) Do a feasibility study
B) Use a scoring model to choose the best option
C) Document the project selection criteria in the Charter
D) Use cash flow analysis method to choose the best option?
Question 2: Med Care Systems is putting together
a new health care package for retirement homes. Shelley has
conducted a feasibility study, a risk analysis, and documented
project constraints and assumptions. What is the next step before
she finalizes the Project Charter?
A) Stakeholder analysis
B) Create the Project Scope Statement
C) Prepare the Milestone schedule
D) Benefit measurement
Question 3: Larry is documenting a Project
Charter for a project to design and develop a new video game.
He is looking for information on the client organization's existing
production facilities. This type of data can be classified as:
A) Organizational assumptions
B) Organizational constraints
C) Enterprise Environment Factors
D) Organizational Process Assets
Question 4: Which of the following is not an
input while developing the Preliminary Project Scope Statement?
A) Project charter
B) Schedule
C) Historical information
D) Customer organizational structure
Question 5: While documenting the Project Charter,
Ann feels that the information on customer and stakeholder needs
and expectations is incomplete. What skills does she need to
gather this information?
A) Brainstorming and interviews
B) Negotiation
C) Email and video conferencing
D) Conflict resolution
Question 6: The document that defines the project
management processes to be used, the inputs, outputs and tools
and techniques to be used, and the project life-cycle for a
project is called:
A) PMBOK
B) Preliminary Scope Statement
C) Project Management Plan
D) Process Improvement Plan
Question 7: The procedures that control changes
to product characteristics are documented in the:
A) Change Control System
B) Configuration Management System
C) Integrated Change Control
D) Project Management Plan
Question 8: The primary significance of the
Project Management Plan is:
A) It is the input to the Project Execution Process.
B) It is the output of the entire Planning phase.
C) It is a document that can be updated and revised throughout
the project.
D) It details how work will be executed to accomplish project
objectives.
Question 9: Sarah is the project manager managing
a project to design, develop and test a new software package
for her firm. She is in the development phase of her project
and she has just finished documenting her Project Management
Plan. Which of the following is not a part of the Plan?
A) Project selection criteria
B) Risk register
C) Quality baseline
D) Milestone list
Question 10: Which of the following is not
covered under the Planning processes of a project?
A) Management reviews to address pending issues
B) Selection of project management processes
C) Techniques for stakeholder communication
D) Obtaining quotations or bids from vendors
Question 11: A large US-based multinational
has approached your company to run the clinical test trials
for its new drug. You have put together a team of researchers,
scientists and laboratory technicians for the project and have
briefed them in detail about the project. You have also told
them that the clients have set a very stiff deadline. The problem
is that one team member is always late and the rest of the team
has complained to you. What action should you take?
A) Communicate with the team member on this and discuss with
him his reasons for coming late and ask him to refrain from
coming in late.
B) Report this issue by writing it in the issue log and escalate
it.
C) Report the matter to the functional head the team member
reports to.
D) Ask one of the other team members to discuss it with him
and warn him against consequences.
Question 12: You work in a call centre that
has a large number of women employees. You find that two male
team members who are extremely talented and popular within the
office enjoy telling risqué jokes, especially in front
of their female counterparts. Also they pick up every opportunity
possible to embarrass women in front of the rest of the office.
You have been requested by the women to look into this matter.
What type of power would you will have to use to resolve the
issue with the male members who are critical to the project?
A) Strong
B) Leadership
C) Referent
D) Legitimate
Question 13: You are a project manager with
an advertising agency. You are working with a team of copy writers,
artists and client service personnel to relaunch a flagging
shampoo brand. The team has done similar projects earlier. The
project is on in full swing and you have to decide who will
be awarded a prize for the top performer of the week?
A) Jack, for staying back in office and working overtime three
nights in a row.
B) Jill, for compromising on the family front and putting in
extra effort during weekends.
C) John, for completing his work and submitting status reports
on time, five times in the week.
D) Jane, for finishing the work on time this week after being
late the last two weeks.
Question 14: An entertainment company is developing
a cache of games for mobile telephony. This is its first foray
into the mobile gaming segment and it :has assigned you as manager
of this project. You are currently preparing the project plan
and have identified that you need two gaming content specialists
to work on the project. Which of the following statements is
not true about acquiring project team?
A) Product specific knowledge is necessary for preparing the
scope statement.
B) The project manager can hire specialists and consultants
from outside the organization.
C) The skills and expertise required on the project is identified
while doing activity resource estimation process.
D) Resource leveling is a technique used in Schedule Development.
Question 15: During project execution, there
are many problems teams encounter. Which of the following statements
is true of problem solving?
A) Problem solving is a technique used in conflict management.
B) The cause of the problem is more important than the symptom.
C) Decision-making involves asking the right questions.
D) Quick action leads to better results.
Question 16: Your company has asked you to
manage the designing and production of a new generation of copier
machines. The project is now two months old and you wish to
assess the project performance to date, as well as forecast
the future outlook based on past performance. To do this, you
need to calculate:
A) EV, PV, BAC
B) CV, SV, PV
C) FV, AC, EAC
D) CV, SV, EAC
Question 17: On a project, the following figures
are valid. EV = 120, PV = 140, AC = 110, BAC = 200, ETC = 110.
Which of the following statements is not true?
A) VAC = 20
B) The project is over budget.
C) The project is behind schedule.
D) The calculation of ETC called for a fresh estimate.
Question 18: You are using forecasting to calculate
a new ETC. Which is the technique being used and as a part of
which process?
A) Bottom-up estimating; Cost Estimating
B) Performance measurement analysis; Cost Control
C) Forecasting; Monitor and Control Project Work
D) Variance analysis; Schedule Control
Question 19: You were asked to deliver 100,000
steel grey door handles for a company manufacturing small cars.
A few months into the project, you find that you are expected
to deliver 50,000 steel grey door handles and another 50,000
metallic blue door handles. You realize that a scope change
has occurred. What tool and technique will you use to track
the change?
A) Requested Changes
B) Replanning
C) Scope baseline
D) Scope Change Control System
Question 20: Approved change requests and approved
corrective actions are an output of which of the following processes?
A) Performance Control
B) Quality Control
C) Manage Stakeholders
D) Risk Monitoring and Control
Question 21: Your Company is executing a project
in Africa where the government is one of the stakeholders. As
project manager you have been told that the project has two
important constraints - time and environment. You have to keep
to the deadline and at the same time must ensure that the environment
is protected. In the course of the project, a few of the stakeholders
ask for several changes that you validate through the change
management processes. However, you discover that some of the
changes could increase the toxicity of one of the gases being
released into the atmosphere. If you delay incorporating the
changes, you will delay the project and the client asks you
to move ahead regardless of the consequences. What must you
do?
A) Carry out the validated changes
B) Get the changes revalidated after highlighting the environmental
impact
C) Inform all stakeholders about the environmental impact and
refuse to incorporate the changes
D) None of the above
Question 22: An European glassmaker has instituted
an internal committee to keep track of its various projects
and clients. The committee also asks project mangers to spend
two days a year, teaching, in glass design institutes across
the world. The managers lecture and assess students on the commercial
and industrial applications of glass. What are the project managers
being asked to demonstrate through this task?
A) Transferring knowledge
B) Effective communication
C) Motivating teams
D) All of the above
Question 23: Amanda works for an AIDS research
and funding agency. She has been asked to manage a project to
rehabilitate children affected by AIDS. Her agency is monitoring
the allocation and funds for this project for the government
of South Africa. A colleague tells her that he would like her
help in drawing up a plan for a not-for-profit organization
working with AIDS in Asia. Amanda refuses saying that this is
beyond the scope of her current assignment. Her colleague argues
that according to the project management guidelines, this request
is valid and within her scope as project manager. Is his argument
valid?
A) No. Because there could be a conflict of interest between
the governments of Africa and Asia and the agencies monitoring
the projects.
B) Yes. Because the projects have a lot in common and it would
be noble to share relevant knowledge.
C) Yes. Because the project manager’s professional and
social responsibility code asks managers to share knowledge.
D) No. Because this has not been included in the project charter
and hence is not part of the project.
Question 24: Close to the end of your previous
project, you found that the cost estimates for two of your activities
had been off the mark by at least 20-25 per cent. The cost estimation
was wrongly done by one of your team members and since your
knowledge of the same is not as strong, it escaped your notice
too. Since it was a cost plus project, the increase was absorbed
by the client and you decide to keep quiet about it. Which of
the following statements is correct?
A) The stakeholders and client have not been impacted in any
way, hence it need not be documented.
B) The project has been closed on schedule and the client is
satisfied, hence it need not be documented.
C) The project manager’s professional responsibility code
is being violated, hence it needs to be documented.
D) The project’s work performance information document
has no record of this, hence it needs to be documented.
Question 25: Sameer is project manager with
a call center in India. He accidentally discovers that one of
his team members has been sharing information about an ongoing
project with a friend in another call center. Since the team
member is new to the company, Sameer lets him off with a stern
warning and tells him that he would be watching him closely.
Should Sameer inform his seniors about this?
A) No. Because the member’s action has had no impact on
the project.
B) No. Because he is in charge and has taken action to ensure
that this not repeated.
C) Yes. Because he is responsible for the integrity of the project
team.
D) Yes. Because the team member is new and must be made aware
of the consequence of his actions.
Question 26: Trevor & Associates has had
a harrowing year. Several of its projects were terminated mid
way and some of its project managers left without closing their
projects. This affected the project documentation process and
the auditors pulled up the company for incomplete records The
company decides to set up a training program on project report
writing to ensure that the same is not repeated this year too.
Which of the following statements should be part of the scope
of the training program?
A) Provide knowledge of archiving processes, documentation methods
and impart analytical skills
B) Provide knowledge of organization structure and statutory
requirements and impart communication skills
C) Provide knowledge of organization structure, project scope
and deliverables and impart communication skills
D) Provide knowledge of archiving processes and impart coordinating
and motivating skills
Question 27: Sparta Inc, an audio products
company, has built itself a new office building in Tokyo. The
project was a long drawn one and toward the end, the project
manager realized that it would have been better if Sparta had
retained full control of the project instead of outsourcing
large elements to vendors. He puts this down in the project
report and he wants to make sure this learning is available
for all future internal construction projects. What skills must
he possess to ensure this?
A) Analytical and documentation
B) Negotiation and communication
C) Communication and documentation
D) Communication and facilitating
Question 28: A confectionary owner has tied
up with a large hotel group that has properties in India, Singapore
and China to set up a chain of retail outlets. The first outlet
has been launched successfully at the China property with the
CEO of the hotel personally expressing his satisfaction with
the project. The project manager has a few weeks before he sets
out on the next project and he decides to take the time to document
the success in detail in the project report. His boss tells
him that this task can wait because there were no problems with
the project and that he should instead start work on the next
store. Do you agree with the boss?
A) Yes. Because it is important to capitalize on the success
of the first outlet by setting up the second one.
B) No. It is important to measure customer satisfaction and
capture customer feedback at the end of a project.
C) Yes. Customer satisfaction should be measured at the end
of all the projects done with the client.
D) No. The lessons learned on this project are not going to
have any bearing on the next one.
Question 29: Aerotrax has supplied the air-conditioning
systems for a large petrochemical plant in Germany. The petrochemical
company has said it is not too pleased with Aerotrax performance
and it has listed out several parameters that were not met during
the project. Although the contract has been closed and all payments
done, Aerotrax asks its project manager to record the customer
feedback in detail. What skills would he need to do that?
A) Negotiation, conflict resolution and communication
B) Conflict resolution, interviewing and communication
C) Negotiation, documentation and interviewing
D) Interviewing, communication and relationship building
Question 30: You have closed a project that involved working
with an intricate web of buyers and customers and their respective
contracts. At the end of the project, you realize that it would
be impossible to detail everything in the project report but
you do want the report to reflect a few key lessons learned
during the project such as the importance of vendor selection
in a project such as this one, the need to build long term relationships
with customers, and such others. What skills must you possess
to do that?
A) Relationship building, communication and negotiation
B) Risk management, communication and presentation
C) Communication, statistical sampling and interviewing
D) Negotiation, risk management and interviewing
Good
luck in starting on your project management career !
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