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PMP Project Management Professional Certification Test

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Project Initiation

1.	Identifying stakeholders is a process performed during the initiating stage of the project that identifies the positive and negative stakeholders. All of the following are inputs of this process EXCEPT:
		a. Organizational process assets
		b. Stakeholder register
		c. Project charter
		d. Procurement documents
The inputs include: Project charter, procurement documents, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. The stakeholder register is an output of this process. (PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition - Page 46) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

2.	Which of the following includes corporate databases, processes and procedures, lessons learned and historical information?
		a. Organizational process assets
		b. Work breakdown structure
		c. Enterprise environmental factors
		d. Critical path
Assets related to processes such as corporate policies and procedures, databases such as lessons learned, and templates, checklists, and guidelines are known as organizational process assets. The work breakdown structure is the decomposition of the activities required to produce the result of the project. Enterprise environmental factors include all of the internal and external factors that affect the project including organizational culture and structure, market conditions, etc. Critical path is the sequence of schedule activities that determines the duration of the project. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 32) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

3.	Which of the following statements related to enterprise environmental factors (EEF) are true?
		a. EEF includes the organizational culture, structure and processes
		b. EEF include regulations and standards imposed by government, industry and society
		c. Both A and B
		d. Neither A nor B
EEF includes the organizational culture, structure and processes. It also includes the regulations and standards imposed by government, industry and society. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 14) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

Project Planning

4.	Project managers must be aware of the potential communication channels in a project when they are creating their communication plan. If the design team for your project initially includes 23 members and that number is reduced due to two members resigning, what impact will that reduction have on the number of communication channels?
		a. The number of communication channels will come down to 251
		b. Number of communication channels will be reduced by 2
		c. Number of communication channels will come down to 210
		d. Number of communication channels go down to 208
If n represents the number of team members, the equation for the number of communication channels is n(n-1)/2. In our scenario, with 23 initial members, our total communication channels is 23 (22) / 2 = 253. If we reduce the team by two members, our formula becomes 21 (20) / 2 = 210 (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 253) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

5.	Cost of quality is a tool that can be used in the plan quality process. Cost of quality includes the costs of prevention, failure, and appraisal. Which of the following is a synonym for failure costs?
		a. Cost of testing
		b. Cost of poor quality
		c. Cost of conformance
		d. Cost of defects
Failure costs may be either internal or external. The costs of internal failure are due to failures found by the project. External failures are those found by the customer. The cost of testing is included in the appraisal costs. The cost of defects is associated with prevention costs. Failure costs are also known as the cost of poor quality. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 195) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

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6.	Which of the following establishes procedures for conducting risk management and helps determine the resources and time necessary for risk management activities?
		a. Identify risks
		b. Perform quantitative risk analysis
		c. Plan risk management
		d. Perform qualitative risk analysis
Plan risk management is the process used to define the methodology for conducting risk management activities. It is used to establish the basis for evaluating risks and the resources required for all risk management activities. Identify risks, Perform quantitative risk analysis and Perform qualitative risk analysis are performed after the plan risk management process is completed. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 276) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

Execution

7.	Successful conflict resolution is necessary for good project management. Which of the following techniques will a successful project manager use to resolve a conflict?
		a. Compromising and performing
		b. Storming and collaborating
		c. Forcing and norming
		d. Forcing and withdrawing
The five stages of team development include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Methods for resolving conflict include withdrawing, smoothing, compromising, forcing, collaborating, and confronting. Since resolution of conflict is not contained within any specific team development stage, the correct answer needs to include only conflict resolution methods. Hence, forcing and withdrawing is the only option and is the correct response. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 240) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

8.	Effectively managing stakeholders in a project requires the project manager to possess interpersonal skills. Which of the following would NOT be considered an important interpersonal skill for managing stakeholders?
		a. Conflict resolution
		b. Writing
		c. Active listening
		d. Trust building
A successful project manager possesses has the ability to balance technical, managerial, and interpersonal skills that are required to effectively manage the project. These interpersonal skills include active listening, building trust, and resolving conflicts. Writing skills fall under the umbrella of management skills and are not considered interpersonal skills. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 265) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

9.	Prior to the submittal of a proposal, meetings are conducted between the buyer and sellers to ensure that everyone has a clear understanding of the requirements. These meetings are known as which of the following?
		a. Bidder conferences
		b. Procurement negotiations
		c. Teaming agreements
		d. All of the above
Bidder conferences, vendor conferences, or Pre-bid conferences conducted between the buyer and sellers prior to bidding can help ensure that all sellers receive the same treatment from the buyer. These meetings are commonly called bidder conferences. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 331) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

Monitoring and Controlling

10.	John is involved in the monitoring and controlling risks processes. He has identified risks and is evaluating the effectiveness of his risk response plan. Of the following activities, which one is John NOT performing during this process?
		a. Validate risk assumptions
		b. Prioritize the list of quantified risks
		c. Update the project management plan
		d. Validate risk management procedures
During the monitor and control risks process the following activities are performed: validate risk assumptions, perform risk reassessment, validate risk management procedures, and update the project management plan. Prioritizing the list of quantified risks is done during the quantitative risk analysis process. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 301) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

11.	Which of the following includes the three primary components in the project management plan that are used to formally review, measure, examine, accept and sign-off the completed deliverables?
		a. The WBS, Project charter and Requirements traceability matrix
		b. The WBS dictionary, Scope statement and Performance reports
		c. The Schedule baseline, Cost baseline and Scope baseline
		d. The Project scope statement, WBS and WBS Dictionary
The project management plan is used as an input to the verify scope process in which the deliverables are reviewed, examined and accepted. The three components used in this process are a part of the scope baseline and include the project scope statement, the WBS and the WBS dictionary. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 124) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

12.	Which of the following techniques used in the monitor and control risks process include the use of performance information from the executing process group?
		a. The Risk Assessment Matrix
		b. Risk Audits
		c. Variance and Trend Analysis
		d. Reserve Analysis
All of the options shown may be used as techniques in the monitor and control risks process. However, only variance and trend analysis use performance information from the executing process group to compare planned results with actual results. Hence, the variance and trend analysis is the correct answer. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 308) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

Closing

13.	Which of the following activities are involved during the administrative closure of a project?
		a. Activities necessary to audit project failure
		b. Activities necessary to transfer the end product
		c. Activities necessary to satisfy the exit criteria for the project
		d. All of the above
		e. Both b and c only
Activities required to perform the administrative closure of a project include those activities necessary to satisfy the exit criteria of the project, the activities necessary to transfer the project's result and the activities necessary to audit project success or failure. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 100) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

14.	In reference to the project lifecycle, which of the following are greatest at the closing phase at the end of the project?
		a. Uncertainty
		b. Cost of changes
		c. Risk
		d. Stakeholder influence
The cost of changes is lowest at the beginning of the project. Stakeholder influence, risk and uncertainty are greatest at the beginning of the project. The cost of changes increases as the project continues and is greatest at the closing phase of the project. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 17) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

15.	Which of the following phase-to-phase relationships provides the project manager an opportunity to close one phase at a time and reduce uncertainty in the project?
		a. Overlapping
		b. Subsequent
		c. Dependent
		d. Sequential
In a sequential relationship only one phase is active. In this type of relationship, a subsequent phase can begin only after completion of the previous phase. A sequential relationship helps to reduce uncertainty. (PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, Page 21) Incorrect answer. Please choose another answer.

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is the Director of Program Management at QuanteqUSA, where she developed the project management office focusing on Agile project management. She is a certified PMP through PMI, a certified ICP-ACC Agile coach and a certified professional scrum master, PSM 1. Donna formerly taught business and technology courses at Concordia University as an adjunct professor and worked as a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the professional organization responsible for creating and maintaining the global standards for project management and the project management profession.

The actual PMP Certification Exam consists of 200 multiple choice questions from the nine Knowledge Areas in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide, including:

Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Quality Management
Human Resource Management
Communications Management
Risk Management
Procurement Management

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