Project Management Professional (PMP)

Your project team is creating a new smartphone application. The project has a budget of $1,500 per week and has an estimated duration of seven weeks. The project is currently one week behind schedule, and $1,000 over budget. What is the planned value at the end of the sixth week?

You have identified the risks associated with a project that you are managing. You now need to perform a qualitative analysis on the risks. Which of the following will help you with this?

You are beginning the planning of a construction project for your organization. You need to assess the requirements, constraints, and assumptions to identify the deliverables required by the project. Which of the following provides the BEST source of this information?

You are creating the resource management plan for a project you are managing. Which item is the BEST source to consult when determining the human resource needs for the project?

You are the project manager for the construction of a new shopping center. Which of the following are activities that you will perform when directing and managing project work?

Amy, working for an engineering firm, is leading a project with several engineers to make a number of prototypes for a customer. To make the prototypes, large quantities of adhesive is required. Amy received bids from several suppliers and chose one that has just developed a new bonding adhesive that works in conditions from +150 to -5 degrees Celsius, which is the main requirement. The contract has been awarded to the supplier, and a stipulation is in place that the supplier is responsible for any failures of the adhesive that occurs within the documented temperature range. The stipulation requires the seller to reimburse all costs associated with any damages incurred due to the adhesive. Norman, an engineer, discovers that the adhesive no longer works in conditions where the humidity is above 85%. Amy did not anticipate this risk and has no plan in place to address the issue. Which action should Amy take?

You are a project manager for an organization that has worked on simple projects in the past. Your organization has merged with another company that has worked on projects that are more complex. Three months into the merger, you have been chosen to manage a complex project. You review documentation on past complex projects that was collected by the company you merged with. You noticed that their change control procedure incorporated a CCB that was effective. You discuss using a CCB with a project manager that has used a CCB on a similar project to get their advice. You decide to implement a CCB to process change requests as part of your change control procedures for the current project. What does this situation describe?

You are a project manager for a large project-oriented organization. You are currently working on a project proposal and are considering potential stakeholders that may influence the project. Which stakeholders are the MOST critical at this point in the project?

You are a project manager on a project that involves the construction of a new office complex. Due to the tight schedule, the contractor agrees to have two shifts. One shift works 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The other shift works from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Which activity are you currently engaged in?

Janet is a project manager for a multinational corporation. She has chosen the people for the project team roles identified in the resource management plan for a project developing a new accounting program. The team members are geographically dispersed across multiple continents. The communications management plan identifies the integrated nature of the technologies, including video and teleconferencing to be used by the team members when communicating amongst each other. What is a benefit to this type of team?

A change request to modify one of the deliverables has been approved. In which process will the change be implemented?

You have planned out a project. The weekend has passed since the project kickoff meeting took place. It is now Monday morning and the team members are anxious to begin working on their tasks. What should you do NEXT?

You are managing a project designed to create a new bearing type that will replace an older recalled type. You are currently involved in the Control Quality process. Which item would be a primary input into this process?

Becky is leading a project where she finished detailing the specifications and other requirements for an item that is required. She also put together some documents to solicit proposals from some local vendors. She is now ready for the next major step in the project. Which tools and techniques are valid for Becky to use in the next process?

You are a procurement specialist working for a large corporation. Your team is responsible for a new long-term project designed to procure a fleet of forty specialized search and rescue helicopters. Your goal is to transfer as much risk as possible to the seller, but you are willing to offer incentives for efficient production. Refer to the |h %5coutput%5ct6%5cmisc%5cpmp4edeo263a.html contract outline for the details.

Which contract type does this BEST describe, and what is your PTA?

Which of the following is a valid statement regarding the critical path method?

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?

The project manager has asked you to check the performance of a process that is used for making circuit boards. Specifically, he wants to know if there are any negative trends appearing. Which tool should you use?

You are managing a construction project to build a new hotel for a customer. The budget provided is $300,000,000 with a two year completion schedule. Up to this point, $20,000,000 has been spent in planning, and project work has been in progress for a week. Already, there have been five major, unforeseen problems brought to your attention that need to be addressed. What should you do FIRST?

Project planning has completed and you are managing the execution of the project. One day, the customer meets with you to bring up an issue. You document the issue in the issue log and explain to the customer that you understand their concern and will address it next week. What are you currently engaged in with the customer?

Calvin, a project manager, has scheduled a meeting for his team to discuss problems that have developed over the course of the project. Lou, a team member responsible for assisting with updating the project schedule, expresses his concern about the time constraints over the next month. He is concerned there will not be enough time to attend the upcoming training seminar on how to use a new software program. This program is designed to help him with his tasks for maintaining the project schedule. Lou maintains that it is of the utmost importance to be able to attend the training. Jane, who is part of the project management team, needs Lou to be available to work on some key tasks. Jane reminds Lou and Calvin that the training seminar will be presented three months from today's date and Lou can attend it when there is more flexibility in the project schedule. Which action should Calvin take?

Wayne is leading a project team that has experienced team members working in two different buildings across the city from each other. After reviewing this month's performance reports, Wayne has noticed a significant drop in performance and an increase in issues that are not being addressed. Wayne takes action by inviting the team members out for drinks in the evening to relieve some stress. A discussion occurs during the evening between Wayne and the team members regarding the team's declining progress and the increase in unresolved issues. After actively listening to the team members, Wayne has to decide how to address the situation. Which action should Wayne take?

You have just finished identifying risks that are associated with a project that you are managing. You now want to associate the risks with their root cause. Which method will BEST achieve this?

You are managing a construction project that is creating a new set for a talk show. The show is set to premiere next month. The backdrop is nearing completion; however, the main stage is only 50 percent complete. You move a few of the human resources to the main stage team. Which technique did you use?

You are managing a project to create a drug that reduces the effects of arthritis. Four significant side effects have been identified with the current formula, so you have implemented a change to try to eliminate them. The change to the formula has reduced the number of side effects to two; however, it has introduced the risk of a new side effect that was not identified earlier. What type of risk is the new side effect?

You are in the process of creating the scope baseline for a project you are managing. You need to include all of the following EXCEPT:

You are managing new staff members who are performing work to create a particular procurement item. On your personal schedule for the day, you have a meeting set up to meet with the new staff. You arrive in the meeting room to discover that no staff members have arrived. After waiting thirty minutes, you leave to attend another meeting. The next day, you meet with a couple of the staff members and ask why they did not show up to the meeting. They mention that they were not aware that they had to attend any meetings. Which document should have outlined the meeting requirement?

You have finished identifying potential risks to a project you are managing. You are now listing ways to deal with the potential project risks. For several of the risks, you have determined that the best strategy to use is to reduce the probability or the impact of the risk to the point where it can be accepted. Which risk response strategy does this BEST describe?

You are managing the construction of a state-of-the-art hospital. As with any project, this one has had its share of problems. These problems include staffing issues, requests for additional features, and budget issues. Which issue is something that would be directly processed through the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

You are currently managing a landscaping project. Due to an unpredicted heat wave, grass seed has been ineffectual. As a contingency plan, a sod supplier has been sourced. In which process are you currently involved?

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?

You have taken over as the project manager for one of the top golf equipment producers in the world. The previous project manager was overseeing the development of this year's club models. You need to quickly determine what activities have started and their current progress. Which item is the BEST source of this information?

You have been recently assigned to manage a new project and have been asked to help develop the project charter. You have been given the business case and the project benefits management plan from the project sponsor. Which activity should be performed before moving forward?

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?

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?

Amy is leading a project that is several weeks into production. A flood has occurred near one of the storage facilities used to store materials for the project. The flood is preventing the workers from accessing the materials needed, and is threatening to delay the project finish date. Amy checks the risk response plan and determines that the flood was never identified as being a potential project risk. Therefore, a procedure to address the risk has not been documented. Which item should Amy use to address this issue?

You are a project manager for a company that is taking bids from marketing agencies for work to be completed on a project you are currently managing. You learn that a marketing agency owned by a friend is making a bid for the contract to handle the project's advertising. Which step should you take NEXT?

One of the roles as a project manager is the implementation of process improvement activities that have been approved. During which process would you perform these activities?

You are a project manager who has been recently hired by a large projectized organization. You have been assigned to an internal project and you are working closely with the project sponsor to develop the documentation that will formally authorize the first phase of the project. Who is responsible for providing information on the business needs?

You are the project manager of a project that is currently in its initial stages. After a change request has been approved, which process is used to collect project work performance data?

You have been assigned to take over a large, recently initiated project that was being managed by a close friend in your organization. Stakeholder analysis has already begun and a power/support grid has been filled out. You disagree with the placement of some stakeholders on the grid. Which action should you take?

You are in the process of performing integrated change control for a project you are managing. Which statement is true about the configuration management system?

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?

Feedback is sought out from stakeholders for evaluating their satisfaction with the project's final result. Before a final report can be created, which additional activity should be performed as part of closing the project?

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 managing the execution of the project work when one of the sellers provides you with a deliverable. This deliverable is needed for assembling one of the final deliverable for the customer. The deliverable does not meet all the requirements outlined in the technical specifications for the final deliverable. What is the MOST LIKELY reason for the seller's deliverable not meeting the specifications?

While developing a new type of bearing that was meant to replace a recalled model, a minor quality issue was discovered. The bearings should have a diameter of 23 mm, with a +/-2 mm tolerance. The first ten bearings that are tested measure between 23.2 mm and 24.1 mm. Which statement is true regarding this information?

You are in the process of analyzing stakeholder requirements to document project scope, milestones, and deliverables for your project charter. Which activity should you perform?

You are managing the execution of project work on a job site to convert an old nursing home into a new office complex. A sub contractor working on the job notices that the insulation needs to be replaced since it does not meet the customer's requirement for a specific R-value. You analyze the situation and discuss options with the project team members including the sub contractor. The best option in this situation is to replace the insulation. The cost for replacing the insulation is an additional $15,000. After documenting the issue and communicating the information to the customer, you need to update some project information. Where will you document the reasons why the specific corrective actions were chosen?

While creating the schedule for a project you are managing, you realize the targeted project end date will be exceeded by several days. You have some project resources that are not being fully used. Also, after reviewing the current schedule, you identify some activities that can be performed in parallel. Which method is BEST used to align the scheduled end date with the original targeted project end date?

You are a project manager working for the healthcare system. You have been tasked with overseeing the implementation of a new computer infrastructure at the local hospital. You are currently ensuring that all change requests are processed accordingly. In which process are you currently involved?

A project to create a new smartphone is ending. The project took nine months, spent two million dollars, and used five different sellers to create various parts for the smartphone. Which activity is performed at this point in the project?

You are the project manager for a clothing design company. You have just gained formal authorization to initiate a project designed to create a new line of swimwear. What should you do NEXT?

You have been assigned as the project manager during the initiation phase of a project that is being performed for your organization. You have been asked to define the business and compliance requirements that are to be included in the initiation documentation of the project. Which statement BEST represents the criteria that you should meet when defining requirements?

The audit team has determined that by modifying the pressure and temperature for a process, they can improve the structural integrity of the materials created. How did they come about their conclusion?

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