Which of the following BEST describes the formal acceptance of the project?

Customer sign off of the product is documented

Final deliverables are sent to the customer
Substantial completion is reached
Final payment is made

Your project sponsor is extremely happy with the project performance to date. To celebrate, he
wants to hold a party with dancing and liquor for the entire team. You are concerned because the
company policy states “no alcohol can be served at company events”. What should you do?
Suggest the event be held outside of working hours
The project sponsor is responsible. Hold the event as a good team building experience
Inform human resources that the sponsor is serving alcohol at a company function
Tell the project sponsor that the party is a great idea, but no alcohol can be served

All of the following are parts of Close Project or phase process EXCEPT?
Transfer information from one phase to the next phase
Record the reasons for termination
Update employee skills
Verify scope

Which of the following BEST describes the project Manager’s role as an integrator?
Get all team members together into a cohesive role
Help Team Members become familiar with the project
Put all the pieces of the project into cohesive role
Put all the pieces of the project into a program
t
Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role regarding project changes?
Prevent the addition of profits in seller’s changes
Discover changes as early as possible
Prevent changes that affect the project scope
Have the sponsor approve all the changes

You are managing a two year project involving staff from several departments. The project is on
schedule and within budget. A key team member leaves for a 4 week vacation without
completing a highly technical and specialized activity assigned to him (Activity A). The project
team cannot begin activity B or activity E (A critical path activity) until activity A is completed.
Activity A has 3 days float and is not on the critical path. A team member, a vendor, and a non
team member work overtime to complete activity A within its float time. You need to reimburse
the non team member’s department and pay the member at the overtime rate. What action should
you take?
Send the complaint letter to the key team members boss , and ask him to fund the extra cost
expended
Reevaluate your communications management plan
Pay the cost out of your project reserves
Thank the other for filling in, but tell them not to waste time on non critical activities

You have just been assigned to take over a project that your management has told you is “out of
control”. When you asked your management what the problem were they had no specifics, but
said that the project is behind schedule. Over budget and the client was dissatisfied. Which of the
following should be of the MOST concern to you?
The client is very dissatisfied with the project’s progress
Your management is looking for rapid and visible action on the project to rectify the
problems
There is very little documentation related to the project
The project is over budget and behind schedule

On one of your company’s medical research projects, you object to how the search is being
handled. However, you signed a confidentiality agreement with the company that prohibits you
from talking about your research. It would be BEST to:
Quit and do not talk about what you know
Quit and begin talking to the community
Destroy the research
Continue working and begin to talk about your objections to the research to newspapers in
other cities

Project A has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 21 percent. Project B has an IRR of 7 %. Project
C has an IRR of 31% . Project D has an IRR of 19%. Which of these would be the best project?
Project A
Project D
Project C
Project B

The project manager is working to clearly describe the level of involvement expected from
everyone involved in the project in order to prevent rework. Conflict and coordination problems.
Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s efforts?
 Monitor and control risks, develop project team and lessons learned
Develop project management plan and plan quality
Problem solving, control, and discovering gold plating
Develop project team

A project manager is appointed to head a highly technical project in an area with which this
person has limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop Schedule,
Estimate Costs, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources, to various project team
members and basically serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities, the results of
this approach are likely to be:-
A team that initially experiences some amount of confusion, but that after a period of time
becomes a cohesive and effective unit
A team that is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high level of conflict, and
high turnover
A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and
commitment
A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work
environment created by the project manager

The sponsor assigns you to be the project manager of a project that crosses functional lines and is
designed to operate at six sigma levels. The sponsor has given you cost and schedule
requirements. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate action on your part?
Accepting the requirements
Working with the team to come up with a project management plan
Evaluating the project risks
Creating a detailed estimate

You are a project manager for a new international project, and your project team includes people
from 4 countries. Most of the team members have not worked on similar projects before, but the
project has strong support from senior management. What is the BEST thing to do to ensure that
cultural differences do not interfere with the project?
Spend a little more time creating the work breakdown structure and making sure it is
complete
Spend more time on checking the status from each of sub-teams
As the project manager, make sure you choose the words carefully, whenever you
communicate
Ask one person at each team meeting to describe something unique about their culture
A new project manager has been hired in your company, and you have been asked to mentor her.
Because she is well trained, she is planning her project in great detail. Her first project in the
company is relatively low priority. And you feel that the project manager is planning too many
control meetings. Which of the following would be the BEST thing to tell her?
Make sure you include milestones to help plan the project to the project charter
A good project management plan should be about 90% complete before starting project work
Strike a balance b/w the extent of control system and the risk of unfavorable project
outcomes
Make sure you identify more than 40 risks, and then have more than one meeting a month

The project is not getting well and many changes are being made. Which of the following should
you do FIRST to gain control of the project?
Create a new change form
Remind everyone of the change procedures
Review the project scope with the stakeholders
Ask the sponsor to review the project charter

You are a project manager who has just been assigned to take over a project from other project
manager who is leaving the company. The previous project manager tells you that the project is
on schedule, but only because he has constantly pushed the team to perform. What is the first
thing you should do as a NEW project manager?
Check risk status
Tell the team your objectives
Determine a management strategy
Check cost performance

A person who has been working as project expeditor for the past three years has just been named
as project manager for a construction project. The construction crew has worked together for a
no. of years. One of the project manager’s responsibilities is to pursue all of the historical risk
information available. But he doesn’t have enough time to assess all available resources. The
project manager would be best served by relying LEAST on which of the resources?
Lessons learned database
Project files
Project team knowledge
Published Benchmarking Reports

The engineering department has uncovered a problem with the cost accounting systems and has
asked the systems department to analyze what is wrong and fix the problem. You are a project
manager working with the cost accounting programs on another project. Management has issued
a change request to the change control board to add new work to your project. Your existing
project has a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of 1.2 and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of 1.3
so you have some room to add work without delaying your existing project or going over budget.
However, you cannot see how the new work fits within the project charter for your existing
project. After some analysis, you determine that the new work and the existing work do not
overlap and can be done concurrently. They also require different skill sets. What is the BEST
thing to do?
Re-estimate the project schedule with inputs from the engineering department
Develop Project Charter
Identify specific changes to the existing work
Verify the scope of the new work with the help of stakeholders

Which of the following could happen during project executing as a result of fast tracking the
project?
Subsequent activities will have additional risk
A problem in a successor activity can affect more activities
All successor activities will have more float
Subsequent activities will lose resources
Wrong
Documents that serve as historical records for future projects are archived:
Throughout the project
Before the end of execution
Before the end of Planning
During closure
Correct

The cost of choosing one project and giving up another is called?

Opportunity cost
Sunk cost
Net present value
Fixed cost
Wrong
The sponsor assigns you to be the project manager of a project that crosses functional lines and is
designed to operate at six sigma levels. The sponsor has given you cost and schedule
requirements. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate action on your part?
Evaluating the project risks
Accepting the requirements
 Creating a detailed estimate
Working with the team to come up with a project management plan
Correct
All of the following are purposes of project charter except?
It gives the project manager authority
It establishes the project
It identifies the product acceptance criteria
It includes stakeholder’s requirements
Wrong
There have been numerous changes on your project, All approved changes are BEST reflected in
the?
Change control procedures
Project Management Plan
Verify Scope Process
Performance Measurement Variance
Wrong
You are about to begin negotiations with people from other country. Which of the following
should provide guidance on what business practices are allowed and not allowed?
The scope management plan
The company code of conduct
The project charter
The negotiation plan
Wrong
Which of the following BEST describes the project management plan?
A formal approved document, used to control the project
The schedule, management plans, and budget
The project charter, WBS and Project scope statement
The project manager’s plan for managing and controlling the work
Wrong
Your company has a policy that only a certain hotel chain may be used for business travel. You
discover that a more expensive hotel is offering a discount on the days you need to be in town.
What should you do?
Contact the hotel chain to negotiate a better rate
Use the company’s hotel chain
Ask your manager for permission to use other hotel chain
Provide justification on your expense report for using the other hotel chain
Correct
A software development project has been suffering through many project changes. Because of
this, the project manager has not been able to do much of the change request forms. Which
statement BEST describes the other activities the project manager should be doing?
Determine that changes have been made and whether the changes are beneficial. List all of
them in the scope management plan
Determine if a change is needed. Determine whether that change is beneficial and notify
stakeholders affected by the change
Determine that a change has occurred. Notify all the stakeholders affected by the change and
list all the changes in the scope management plan
List all changes in the project charter, notify stakeholders affected by changes, and ensures
the team signs off on all the changes
Wrong
A project manager is working on a complex project with people from around the world. The
project schedule is set, but the work package requires detailed integration with other work
packages done by the buyer. What is the BEST thing the project manager could use to control
this situation?
Historical Information
Change Control Board
Configuration Management
Work authorization system
Wrong
A project manager is putting her project control system in place. After a few meetings with
others, she realizes that there are few effective measures of progress that can be used on the
project. If you were to advice her, what would be the BEST thing the project manager can plan to
do to control the project?
Break the project into phases
Have meetings every week versus every month
Add more people to the project team to help control it
Emphasize the creation of milestones
Wrong
The customer is repeatedly requesting changes. You discover the contract does not include
procedures for implementing change. There are no available funds in the customer’s budget to
accommodate change. What should you do?
Ask your management to use money from the company’s cost reserve
Make only those changes that do not impact cost
Tell the customer there is no money for changes in the project
Discuss the situation with the customer to decide how to remedy this problem
Wrong
A stakeholder wants to make a change to the work breakdown structure that does NOT affect the
time or cost of the project. What is the BEST thing to do?
Tell the stakeholder that this change cannot be made without revising the project
management plan
Meet with the management
Looks for other impacts on the project
Make the change
Wrong
All of the following are required to bring the project to closure EXCEPT?
Perform project feedback with the team
Review project documentation for completeness
Update the project management plan
Obtain sign off from the customer
Correct
You have the choice of 4 ongoing projects that you can choose as a project manager. Project 1
has a benefit cost ratio (BCR ) of 1.4, is a high priority project and has a critical path length of 16
months. Its cost performance index CPI is 1.2. Project 2 has a Schedule Performance Index of
1.1 , is using 3 critical resources, has a low priority and has a BCR of 1.1. Project 3 has a CPI of
1.2 , an SPI of 0.89, a BCR of 1.6 and a critical path length of 19 months. Project 4 has a CPI of
0.82. An activity with 33 days of float. A hard to get resource assigned to activity L and a
priority of keeping cost low. Based on the project, which project you would like to take over?
Project 3
Project 2
Project 4
Project 1
Wrong
Which of the following BEST describes the project Manager’s role as an integrator?
Get all team members together into a cohesive role
Put all the pieces of the project into cohesive role
Help Team Members become familiar with the project
Put all the pieces of the project into a program
Correct
The close project or phase process includes all of the following EXCEPT?
Analysis of project success
Ensure that records include final specifications
Creating a project risk management plan
A collection of project records
Correct
During the course of your project, you notice that most of the changes occurring on the project
come from research department. What should you do?
Assign a team member to work solely with the research department
Ask the research department to assign one person to be your liaison
Change your communications management plan, so only you are assigned to interact with
the research department
Talk to the research department to understand the reasons for the changes
Correct
When it is the BEST to perform Close Project or phase process?
During project closure
At the end of project planning
At the beginning of the project with verification throughout the project
At the end of each project phase
Wrong
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the executing process
group?
Recommend updates to the Project Management Plan
Forecast when the next milestone will be completed
Recalculate how long the project will take
Determine if project controls needs to be updates
Correct
In addition to the project management plan, the project team must create plans for each
component of the project. These plans are called?
Process plans
Component plans
Sub plans
Management Plans
Wrong

Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the monitoring and
controlling process group?
Implement recognition and reward systems
Keep everyone focused on completing the project to the charter
Obtain sign off of the product of the project
Issue performance reports
Wrong
All of the following should be determined before the planning process group EXCEPT?
Project Charter
Project scope statement
Project Stakeholders
Project Management Team
Correct
Which of the following is a characteristic of Project Management processes?
Unnecessary
Unique
Standardized
Iterative
Correct
Which of the following would be the MOST Appropriate thing to do during the Monitoring and
Controlling Process Group?
Create a Budget Forecast
Use Issue Logs
Determine if project activities comply with the processes
Implement approved process improvements
Wrong
A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After the
meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make the change.
This is an example of:
Change control system
Manager attention to scope management
Management Planning
Project Expeditor position
Wrong
Company procedures require the creation of lessons learned document. Which of the following is
the best use of lessons learned?
Historical Records for future projects
Informing the team about what the project manager has done
Planning record for the current project
Informing the team about the project management plan
Correct
Which of the following statements BEST describes how stakeholders are involved in a project?
 They determine the resource needs and resource constraints on the project
They help to determine the project constraints and product deliverables
They will provide assumptions, the WBS and the management plans
They determine the project schedule, deliverables and requirements
Correct
A person you are working with has just passed the PMP Exam. You are familiar with her
experience, and you know she does not meet the PMI’s experience requirement for taking the
PMP Exam. What is the BEST thing to do?
Ask the person how she qualified
Contact PMI about the possible violation
Contact your manager
Do nothing, as you do not know there is a problem
Wrong
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the executing process
group?
Focus on checking team member productivity
Manage communication channels
Manage configuration
Evaluate the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions
Wrong
A Project Manager is trying to complete a software development project, but cannot get enough
attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process related work and the
project manager has little authority to properly assign resources. What form of organization the
project manager must be working in?
Functional
Expeditor
Matrix
Coordinator
Wrong
Operational work is different from project work in that it is:-
Unique
Part of every project activity
Ongoing & Repetitive
Temporary
Correct
All of the following are typical concerns of matrix team members except?
 Computing fringe benefits when working on multiple projects
Developing commitment
Wondering who will handle their evaluations
Serving multiple bosses
Wrong
A decision has to be made regarding the project selection. Several project managers have been
asked to give their opinions to the executive committee. Each project manager has a personal
interest because the project chosen will drive which project manager will be assigned. The
project chosen will be high priority and high visibility, with substantial reward for success. How
should the project managers make their recommendations?
They should recommend the project that would be best for the company in the long run,
regardless of who is going to run it
They should each explain why the project they would be in charge of would be the best to
choose and provide documentation to substantiate it
They should make a chart that shows the pros and cons of each project making sure to list
more pros for the one they would run and less cons to prove its value
They should not give an opinion since it would not be objective
Correct
A project manager is managing his second project. It started one month after the first and both
are ongoing. Though his first project is small, this one seems to be growing in size every day. As
each day passes, the project manager is beginning to feel more and more in need of help. The
project manager has recently heard that there was another project in the company last year that is
similar to his second project. What should he do?
Wait to see if the project is impacted by the growth in scope
Contact the other project manager and ask for assistance
Obtain lessons learned and guidance from the PMO Office
Make sure the scope of the project is agreed to by all the stakeholders
Wrong
The software development project is not going well. There are over 30 stakeholders, and no one
can agree on the project objectives. One stakeholder believes that the project can achieve a 30%
improvement while another believes a 50% improvement is possible. The project manager thinks
a 10% improvement is more realistic. What is the BEST course of action?
Average the no’s and use them as an objective
Ask the sponsor to make the final decision
Move forward with the project and look for more information later to settle the issue
Perform a feasibility analysis
Correct
The policies, methodologies and templates for managing projects within the organization should
be supplied by the:
 Project Management Office
Project Sponsor
Functional Department
Project Manager
Correct
A project manager is planning a project when he discovers that the project has many different
products which must be completed in a sequence, with each dependent on starting after the
previous work is completed. What is the BEST thing a project manager can do?
Make sure the communication management plan addresses inter-dependencies
Obtain a project charter for each work product
Make sure each team member knows how his / her activities interact with other activities
Make sure the WBS has work packages that include extra team meetings
Correct
A project manager is completing the WBS with the project management team, but the session is
hard to manage. There are 200 people in the room representing 4 different departments. Some of
the people who will be working on the project later are talking about other things while earlier
work is discussed. Which of the following BEST describes the real problem?
There are too many departments involved in the project
They are not following the project communications management plan
The project sponsor should be leading this kind of meeting
The project manager is really managing a Program
Wrong
Which of the following BEST describes the role of Project Management Office?
They supply project managers for projects
They are part of change control board
Their role can vary from an advisory capacity to full authority over projects
They provide the project management procedures
Wrong
Which type of organization is BEST for managing complex projects involving cross disciplinary
efforts?
Projectized
Line
Functional
Matrix
Wrong
In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created?
 Before the Project Management Process
Initiating
Planning
Executing
Correct
Consideration of Ongoing Operations and maintenance is crucially important to product of
projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
Not be viewed as part of a Project. A project is temporary with a definite beginning and end
Have a separate phase in the Project Life Cycle, because a large portion of the life cycle
costs is devoted to maintenance and operations
Be included as activities to be performed during project closure
Be viewed as a separate project
Wrong
A project manager measures the project against the project management plan to determine if the
project is in control. Which of the following could also be done during the monitoring and
controlling process group.
Implement quality assurance procedures
Administer procurements
Continuous improvement
Distribute Information
Wrong
All of the following are characteristics of a project EXCEPT?
Interrelated Activities
Repeats itself every month
Definite Beginning and end.
Temporary
Wrong
A project Team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty
creating a project charter. What is the best description of a real problem?
They have not identifies the project objectives
The end date has not been set.
They have not identified the product of the project.
They are working on a process and not on a project.
Wrong
Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and their
power as project manager is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expeditor
and the other realizes that he is a project coordinator. How is a project expeditor different from a
project coordinator?
The project expeditor has some authority
The project expeditor can make more decisions
The project expeditor cannot make decisions
The project expeditor reports to high level manager
Wrong
The project is completed and the final deliverable has been sent to the customer, but the
customer refuses to give final acceptance of the project. It is MOST important for the project
manager to:-
Ask the team for assistance
Document the situation
Initiate legal proceedings
Inform management of the situation
Wrong
During which process group does authorization to start a new phase of the project occur?
Planning
Initiating
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
Correct
The project charter is created in which Project Management Process Group?
Planning
Controlling
Executing
Initiating
Correct
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the planning process
group?
Recommend changes and defect repair
Evaluate the effectiveness of risk responses
Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria
Update corporate processes and procedures based on lessons learned
Wrong
All of the following are TRUE except:-
The communication management plan is a part of a project management plan
 The stakeholders impact on the project must be assessed
The project manager needs to determine the skills of all the stakeholders
The stakeholder do not have a role in determining the project management plan unless, they
are a part of the project plan
Correct
Project Management Processes can be categorized into 5 groups. The process groups are linked
by the results they produce. The output of one often becomes the input to another. What is the
MOST appropriate sequence of the 5 project management process groups?
Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
Initiating, executing, monitoring & Controlling, planning, closing
Initiating, Monitoring & Controlling, planning, executing, closing
Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, Closing
Correct
In the projectized organization, the project team:-
Has no loyalty to the project
Reports to many bosses
Will not always have a “home”
Reports to the functional manager
Wrong
All of the following are parts of team’s stakeholder management effort EXCEPT?
Managing Stakeholders Expectations
Identifying Stakeholders
Giving Stakeholder extras
Determining Stakeholders need
Correct
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during a planning process
group?
Hold a meeting with all stakeholders to make sure everyone is on the same page
Implement approved process improvements
Focus on preventing problems rather than dealing with them as they arise
Determine high level stakeholders
Correct
A form of project organization where the power is evenly shared between the project manager
and the functional manager is called?
A strong matrix
A balanced matrix
 A tight matrix
A weak Matrix
Correct
A market demand, a business need and / or legal requirements are example of :
Reasons to hire a Project Manager
Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders
Reasons to sponsor a project
Reasons projects are initiated
Wrong
Which process group includes the creation of the project charter?
Initiating
Planning
Monitoring and controlling
Executing
Correct
Which form of organization retains many characteristics of the functional organization and treats
the project manager’s role as more of a coordinator or expeditor than manager?
Functional
Projectized
Strong Matrix
Weak Matrix
Wrong
A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that many people are
asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the power to give
directions to team member?
The team
Tight Matrix
The functional manager
The project manager
Wrong
Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their projects. Most of the time
they are just complaining about how hard the projects are to manage in their company. Some
complain about the stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about hard it
is to get people to co-operate and perform. One project manager wants to focus on the
advantages of the matrix type organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the
following would he mention?
More than one boss for project teams
 Reporting is easier
Improved Project Manager control over resources
Communications are easier
Correct
Who has more power in a strong matrix organization?
Senior Management
Functional Manager
Sponsor
Project manager
Wrong
Which of the following statements BEST describes the rule that has been ignored when a project
which was originally scheduled for completion in 6 months has been ongoing for 2 years?
Too many activities can men that the project is never completed
The WBS is a good way to determine project activities
The project needs only one project sponsor
A project is something that is temporary
Wrong
Which of the following is NOT an input to the initiating process group?
Project Scope Statement
Historical WBS
Company processes
Company Culture
Wrong
An advisor to a new project manager tells the project manager to create lessons learned at the
end of a project. What does a lessons learned include?
All the plans used in the project
Variances and their causes
Reports from management
Reports from the customer
Correct
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the executing process
group?
Determine Acceptance criteria
Add new skills to team member’s human resources records
Determine individual team member performance
 Determine how you’ll complete process improvement
Wrong
A project manager is assigned to an environmental engineering project chartered to build a
reverse flow fish ladder on a river. An environmental group is performing the project. This type
of project has never been done before. The project manager has decided to build a basic project
schedule and to detail the work of each part as the current part nears completion. What best
describes what the project manager is doing?
The controlling process of ensuring that project deliverables are met by taking corrective
action when necessary
The process of reiterating a plan in the same order from project to project
The process of planning change control
The process of progressive elaboration
Wrong
All of the following statements about the project feasibility study are True EXCEPT?
They can be used to determine project team members
They can be the first project phase or a separate project
They can be used to determine if the project should be completed
They can help in selecting one project over the another
Correct
Which project management process group normally takes the MOST project time and resources?
Integration
Planning
Design
Executing
Correct
Your team is involved in the Verify Scope process. What process group is the project in?
Closing
Planning
Monitoring and controlling
Executing
Wrong