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This section includes 51 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Certification Questions knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Your company has a policy of having every software project reviewed and approved by the Architecture Review Board prior to the construction  phase of a project. you are currently in the process of activity sequencing. This is a example of what? |
| A. | Gatekeeping |
| B. | Milestone |
| C. | New scope for the project |
| D. | Project integration |
| Answer» C. New scope for the project | |
| 2. |
You have started your own company based upon PMI methodologies and have been contracted by the government to develope a new interface for one of its computer applications. You develope a solution and win the bid for the contract but encounter problems at the end of the project when the customer says that you did not fullfill their needs. You are throughly shocked. What is your conclusion of the situation? |
| A. | There are always more customers available |
| B. | If the customer is not satisfied, the project is not successful |
| C. | Change control management was not effective |
| D. | The customer did not communicate very well |
| Answer» C. Change control management was not effective | |
| 3. |
You are a project manager for the redevelopment of the Hoover Dam. Your team has been provided with the scope statement, but it lacks many description details. Your team is concerned because the project is in the initiation phase and it wants to postpone it until it has more information. As the project manager, you recommend that |
| A. | The team should go forward, but be caution about the lack of details and the impact upon the timeline for the project |
| B. | The project should not go forward until the stakeholders agree about the scope and purpose of the project |
| C. | The team should verify the scope and realize that more details will be available as more project characteristics are progressively elaborated. |
| D. | The team should review the project selection criteria for the Hoover Dam project |
| Answer» D. The team should review the project selection criteria for the Hoover Dam project | |
| 4. |
You are working on a new project to develop a new wireless product with ease - of - use features recommended by customers. It is as yet undetermined which features and the extent to which each feature will be incorporated into the product.You have a focus group that will continue to evaluate the features as the project goes forward.The focus group is authorized to suggest changes, as are your engineers and the quality department.As a project manager, what will help you most to minimize the effect of these changes? |
| A. | A change management plan |
| B. | A scope management plan |
| C. | Do not continue with the project until all of the features are clearly defined in the scope statement and scope definition. |
| D. | This is an expected part of every project. A good project manager will have a communications plan in place to be sure everyone knows what is happening on the project. |
| Answer» C. Do not continue with the project until all of the features are clearly defined in the scope statement and scope definition. | |
| 5. |
You have recently been promoted to a project manager for a clinical testing facility. The team is developing a new product that will cut down on testing interval requirements for a new seizure management medication. After you become involved with the project, you decide to add more research reports, which the customer did not request. This is an example of |
| A. | Good customer service scope |
| B. | Scope creep |
| C. | Due diligence |
| D. | Gold Plating |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Why are risk tolerances and thresholds important to identify in the risk management Plan? |
| A. | Tolerances and thresholds, when documented, can help to define the target by which the project team can measure the effectiveness of the risk response plan execution |
| B. | Tolerances and thresholds help to define how often the risk management process will be performed |
| C. | Tolerances and thresholds determine what tools and data sources will be used in risk management |
| D. | Tolerances and thresholds provide the basis for costing the risk management process as well as defining how risk activities will be recorded |
| Answer» B. Tolerances and thresholds help to define how often the risk management process will be performed | |
| 7. |
Why are CPM, GERT, and PERT not considered sufficient to create a project schedule? |
| A. | All three are tools and techniques of schedule development, not the actual schedule |
| B. | As mathemetical analysis tools, they simply provide the dates that are posible, and do not consider resource pool limitations |
| C. | They are sufficient. Each calculates early and late start and finish dates for each activity |
| D. | They are Monte Carlo techniques used to provide what-if analysis for adverse external factors on a project |
| Answer» C. They are sufficient. Each calculates early and late start and finish dates for each activity | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is not true about bottom-up estimating? |
| A. | The WBS must be accurate and complete before this process can be used. |
| B. | Since the cost is largely independent of the desired accuracy it is the methodology of choice. |
| C. | Its accuracy increases if the activities are smaller. |
| D. | It is not a useful methodology in the early project planning phase. |
| Answer» C. Its accuracy increases if the activities are smaller. | |
| 9. |
Who Creates The Project Charter? |
| A. | Sponser |
| B. | Stake holder |
| C. | Customer |
| D. | None |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is usually not considered a goal of portfolio management? |
| A. | To manage the effective and efficient use of resources. |
| B. | To balance the portfolio among incremental and radical investments. |
| C. | To maximize the value of the portfolio by careful examination of candidate projects and exclusion of those no meeting strategic objectives. |
| D. | To ensure that the relationship between projects in the portfolio clearly reflects strategic objectives. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Whenever people are looking for a job, they frequently see "program manager wanted" and "project manager wanted" when reading the job listings in their local newspaper. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between projects and programs? |
| A. | There are no differences between the two;they are just different terms for the same thing |
| B. | A project is composed of one or more related programs. |
| C. | A program is composed of one or more related projects. |
| D. | A project is a temporary endeavor, where as a program is permanent |
| Answer» D. A project is a temporary endeavor, where as a program is permanent | |
| 12. |
Verify Scope is the process of |
| A. | progressively elaborating and documenting the project work that produces the product of the project. |
| B. | subdividing the major product deliverables into smaller, more manageable components. |
| C. | obtaining formal acceptance of the project scope by the stakeholders. |
| D. | influencing the factors that create scope changes to ensure that changes are agreed upon, determining that a scope change has occurred and managing the changes when and if they occur. |
| Answer» D. influencing the factors that create scope changes to ensure that changes are agreed upon, determining that a scope change has occurred and managing the changes when and if they occur. | |
| 13. |
Typically not referred to as a buffer type in critical chain project management is ______. |
| A. | Free Buffer |
| B. | Resource Buffer |
| C. | Project Buffer |
| D. | Feeding Buffer |
| Answer» B. Resource Buffer | |
| 14. |
The triple constraints of Project Management are frequently discussed in other contextx such as marketing classes and a variety of other subjects. The interaction between _____, ______, and _______can be seen as a triangle, with the three sides impacting the others. |
| A. | quality, resources, time |
| B. | money, resources, quality |
| C. | scope, quality, planning |
| D. | time, scope, cost |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The software development life cycle begins with a proof of concept and progress into the build, test, and acceptance phases as the project develops. Some times, differences between stakeholders can develop into conflict, which impacts the customer. As a trained, professional project manager, how do you handle this situation and resolve the customer's concerns? |
| A. | Let the customer vent and take notes |
| B. | Schedule a meeting |
| C. | Develope a change request for the customer |
| D. | Resolve the matter in favour of the customer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The schedule performance index (SPI) is calculated as |
| A. | Planned Value (PV) divided by Earned Value (EV) |
| B. | Earned Value(EV) divided by Planned Value (PV) |
| C. | Project duration divided by Earned Value divided by Planned Value (Duration/(EV/PV)) |
| D. | Earned Value (EV) minus Planned Value (PV) |
| Answer» C. Project duration divided by Earned Value divided by Planned Value (Duration/(EV/PV)) | |
| 17. |
The project manager meets with the project team to review lessons learned from previous projects. In what activity is the team involved? |
| A. | Performance management |
| B. | Scope identification |
| C. | Risk identification |
| D. | Project team status meeting |
| Answer» D. Project team status meeting | |
| 18. |
The project life cycle can be broken into five phases that tend to overlap with each other frm one phase to another;however ,the control phase does not overlap with a specific phase. why? |
| A. | Change control management is seperate from the other phases |
| B. | Change control management has a plan that can be usede throughout the initiation, planning, execution, and closeout of the project |
| C. | Because the project sponsor is responsible for change control management , the project manager is not involved with that phase of the project |
| D. | Change control extends throughout the entire project from initiation to closeout |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The project manager develops a process improvement plan to encourage continuous process improvement during the life of the project. Which of the following is a valid tool or technique to assist the project manager to assure the success of the process improvement plan? |
| A. | Change control system |
| B. | Process analysis |
| C. | Benchmarking |
| D. | Configuration management system |
| Answer» C. Benchmarking | |
| 20. |
The procurement documents to be used, the supplier management processes and the types of contracts that will be used are to be found in which document? |
| A. | Solicitation management plan. |
| B. | Contracting management plan. |
| C. | Organizational policies. |
| D. | Procurement management plan. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The price that you charge for your project is |
| A. | equal to the cost estimate plus a fixed percentage. |
| B. | essentially the same as the cost estimate. |
| C. | typically 1.5 - 2.5 times the cost estimate in order to account for corporate overhead costs |
| D. | a business decision that considers the cost estimate together with other factors. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
The payback period can become an important issue when a large scope project is developed over several years. Maureen has been assigned the responsibility of calculating the payback period for her project that is to be completede in 3 years. The internal rate of return(IRR) is 7% and the annual savings will be $800,000 per year. The total cost is $4,000,000 and the rate of return during this time period is 3%. What is the payback period of Maureen's project? |
| A. | 3 years |
| B. | 4 years |
| C. | 5 years |
| D. | 13.3 years |
| Answer» D. 13.3 years | |
| 23. |
The organizational form in which the project manager has informal authority over team members and little or no input to team member’s performance appraisal is called |
| A. | weak matrix. |
| B. | functional. |
| C. | strong matrix. |
| D. | composite. |
| Answer» B. functional. | |
| 24. |
The difference between the core process and facilitating processes is |
| A. | Core process take more time and resources |
| B. | Core processes are performed in the same sequence and facilitating processes are intermittent |
| C. | Facilitating processes often require micromanagement in order to be completed on time |
| D. | Core Processes are not performed in the same sequence and facilitating processes are |
| Answer» C. Facilitating processes often require micromanagement in order to be completed on time | |
| 25. |
Subject matters experts (SMEs) are resources that are imperative to the succes of a project. Many times, project managers are not experts in the areas they are managing and frequently must rely upon other's expertise. In which scope - management process are SMEs first used? |
| A. | Scope planning |
| B. | Scope definition |
| C. | Initiation |
| D. | Scope verification |
| Answer» D. Scope verification | |
| 26. |
Sometimes project managers forget all of the expenses that they can incur on a project, such as capital resources and assets. This can have an impact upon their budgets and the economic return on the project. A cost that has been incurred and cannot be reversed is known as a |
| A. | Fixed Cost |
| B. | Direct Cost |
| C. | Variable Cost |
| D. | Sunk Cost |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Sensitivity analysis is used to |
| A. | identify the risks which have the largest potential impact on the project. |
| B. | determine which risks are most troubling to the customer. |
| C. | identify hidden requirements that were not recognized at the outset of the project. |
| D. | determine which requirements will add the greatest customer satisfaction for the least effort. |
| Answer» B. determine which risks are most troubling to the customer. | |
| 28. |
Report Performance is a member of which process group? |
| A. | Controlling |
| B. | Planning |
| C. | Executing |
| D. | Closing |
| Answer» B. Planning | |
| 29. |
Projects come in all sizes and shapes. Many times, project managers must daw from their "toolbox" of processes, tools, or methodologies. How many knowledge areas are described in the Project Management Body of Knowledge ? |
| A. | 2 - core processes and facilitating processes |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 5 - initiation, planning,execution,control, and closing |
| D. | 39 |
| Answer» C. 5 - initiation, planning,execution,control, and closing | |
| 30. |
Project authorization is one of the processes that is associated with the initiation phase of a project. Authorization can come in many different forms, and projects are generally authorized by all of the following except |
| A. | Technological Advances |
| B. | Customer request or market demand |
| C. | Executive year - end bonuses |
| D. | Business or Social needs |
| Answer» D. Business or Social needs | |
| 31. |
One of the goals of management by objectives (MBO) is to ensure that objectives of one level within an organization are supportive of and aligned with the objectives of another level of the organization. This methodology has been popular within some organizations as they define their culture. Which of the following is not true about MBO? |
| A. | It has a top-down orientation |
| B. | Corrective actions are not part of the process |
| C. | You need to establish clear and achievable objectives |
| D. | MBO is a natural fit for Project Management |
| Answer» C. You need to establish clear and achievable objectives | |
| 32. |
On a systems development project, Richard needs two programmers. He knows John and Smith were able to create a program in 40 days similar to the one he wants to create on his project. He decides to use 40 days as his estimate. This is an example of what type of estimating? |
| A. | Parametric modeling |
| B. | Analogous |
| C. | Rule of thumb |
| D. | Fixed Rate |
| Answer» C. Rule of thumb | |
| 33. |
Management by projects views aspects of ongoing operations as projects in order to apply Project Management techniques to them. This can be used to describe an oranizational approach to the management of ongoing operations. Why would a company want to utilize this methodology on nonprojects? |
| A. | To keep project managers employed |
| B. | To provide better estimates about durations |
| C. | To allow the utilization of PM tools, such as earned value, to calculate ROI |
| D. | To specify the different phases within the operations |
| Answer» D. To specify the different phases within the operations | |
| 34. |
Integration is primarily concerned with |
| A. | ensuring that the time, scope and cost baselines are consistent with an acceptable quality standard and with the customer’s expectations. |
| B. | getting people working together effectively toward common project goals through appropriate training, management and leadership. |
| C. | effectively integrating the processes among the project management process groups that are required to accomplish project objectives with an organization’s defined procedures. |
| D. | ensuring that all the tools and techniques of the various planning processes are appropriately scaled to the complexity and risk exposure of the project. |
| Answer» D. ensuring that all the tools and techniques of the various planning processes are appropriately scaled to the complexity and risk exposure of the project. | |
| 35. |
In the Determine Budget processes the project schedule |
| A. | is not one of the inputs to these processes. |
| B. | is used to allocate the project budget to the various project activities. |
| C. | is used to assign costs to the time period when the costs will be incurred |
| D. | is used to determine the size of the contingency component of the budget after all scheduled costs are accounted for. |
| Answer» D. is used to determine the size of the contingency component of the budget after all scheduled costs are accounted for. | |
| 36. |
Iam looking to estimate the cost on a project, but I don't want to spend a lot of time on a  detailed analysis. I really want a ballpark figure. What options do I have? |
| A. | None - Cost estimating requires details to be accurate |
| B. | Use the cost of similar projects |
| C. | Use a rule-of-thumb or per-square-foot estimate |
| D. | Add up the costs on the WBS |
| Answer» C. Use a rule-of-thumb or per-square-foot estimate | |
| 37. |
George is very open with his team members. He invites questions and discussion, and encourages new suggestions and ideas. He considers all this carefully before making any but the most minor project decisions, but ultimately chooses the course he personally believes is the right one. His leadership style is best characterized as |
| A. | Democratic |
| B. | Consultative |
| C. | Participative |
| D. | Benevolent |
| Answer» D. Benevolent | |
| 38. |
Decomposing tasks into smaller activities can be helpful in reducing the amount of stress associated with overwhelmingly large milestones. What is a feature of the hierarchical nature of the WBS? |
| A. | A WBS hierarchy prevents duplication |
| B. | A WBS cab be rolled up or collapsed to provide information at the appropriate level for a particular audience. |
| C. | The decomposition of tasks provides a detailed planning tool |
| D. | The depth of a WBS is restricted to three levels, which avoids overplanning |
| Answer» C. The decomposition of tasks provides a detailed planning tool | |
| 39. |
Communication requirements are defined by |
| A. | the adaptation of the theory of sender-receiver models to the dominant listening and learning style of each stakeholder. |
| B. | the logistics of how many individuals will be involved with the project and at which locations. |
| C. | the technologies or methods available to transfer information back and forth among project stakeholders. |
| D. | combining the type and format of information required with an analysis of the value of that information. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
An important tool for project scope management is |
| A. | Fast tracking |
| B. | Work breakdown structure |
| C. | Crashing |
| D. | A Gantt Chart |
| Answer» C. Crashing | |
| 41. |
Assuming that the phases in a project are concept, development, implementation and termination, which phase typically has the highest degree of uncertainty? |
| A. | Concept |
| B. | Development |
| C. | Implementation |
| D. | Termination |
| Answer» B. Development | |
| 42. |
Ambiguous jurisdiction is more common in a functional or weak matrix organization than a strong matrix or projectized organization. Why? |
| A. | Projectized organizations tend to be large in size |
| B. | Conflict between a functional manager and a project manager is more common in a functional or weak matrix |
| C. | Legal issues are more frequent in a functional or weak matrix organization |
| D. | Projectized and strong matrix organizations are the best companies for a project manager to work for due to less ambiguity in scope development. |
| Answer» C. Legal issues are more frequent in a functional or weak matrix organization | |
| 43. |
An accepted deadline for a project approaches. However, the project manager realizes only 75% percent of the work has been completed. The project manager then issues a change request. What should the change request authorize? |
| A. | Additional resources using the contingency fund |
| B. | Escalation approval to use contingency funding |
| C. | Team overtime to meet schedule |
| D. | Corrective action based on causes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Activities done repeatedly over time will become more efficient, increase in quality and will be found to be less demanding by the performing people. This is known as the |
| A. | Learning Curve Theory. |
| B. | Continuous Improvement Theory. |
| C. | Six-sigma Theory. |
| D. | Homeostasis Theory. |
| Answer» B. Continuous Improvement Theory. | |
| 45. |
A statistical method for identifying which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production is called |
| A. | cost benefit analysis. |
| B. | sensitivity analysis. |
| C. | cost of quality analysis. |
| D. | design of experiments. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
A quality audit is |
| A. | a structured, independent review to determine whether project activities comply with organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures. |
| B. | the process of regularly evaluating overall project performance to provide confidence that the project will satisfy relevant quality standards. |
| C. | an approach where the team members meet regularly to improve the process of quality control on their project. |
| D. | the process of determining the appropriate actions to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the project to provide added benefits to project stakeholders. |
| Answer» B. the process of regularly evaluating overall project performance to provide confidence that the project will satisfy relevant quality standards. | |
| 47. |
A project in PMP can be defined as a : |
| A. | Permanent endeavor that produces repetitive outputs |
| B. | Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result |
| C. | Permanent endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result |
| D. | Temporary endeavor that produces repetitive outputs |
| Answer» C. Permanent endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result | |
| 48. |
A project charter is one of the key deliverables to come from the initiation process. The project charter should by issued by |
| A. | one or more functional managers |
| B. | The head of the performing organization |
| C. | A manager external to the project |
| D. | The CFO |
| Answer» D. The CFO | |
| 49. |
A process that specifies how formal verification and acceptance of the completed project deliverables will be obtained is a part of which plan? |
| A. | Project integration plan. |
| B. | WBS development plan. |
| C. | Configuration management plan. |
| D. | Scope management plan. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
A Good CFO will tell you that it is important to look at your bottom line and determine how to increase profits for the organization. Veronica, the new CFO at a local university, is taking that approach and applying it to new projects. Therefore,she wants to include costs from each phase of the project on a total expenditure is known as |
| A. | An opportunity cost |
| B. | A sunk cost |
| C. | NPV |
| D. | A life cycle |
| Answer» E. | |