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1.

What is not correct about the identification of the project manager:


a. The best manager in the organisation should be identified as the Project Manager
b. A project manager should be identified and assigned as early in the project as is feasible
c. The Project Manager should always be identified prior to the start of planning.
d. Project Manager should be identified while the project charter is being developed,

2. A new project manager is identifying the resources she will need to complete the project. The best
thing for her to look at to determine resource requirements is the?
a. Structure Work Breakdown
b. Project schedule
c. Resource Gantt Chart
d. Resource Levelling Chart

3. You want to display on your wall a graphic scheme showing the importance of your key stakeholders
with respect to their interest and power. Which of the following will you use?
a. Power/ Interest Scale
b. Power/ Interest grid
c. Power/ Influence grid
d. Interest / Influence grid

4. During a Project Execution mode, A Project scope is measured against what?


a. Against the contract
b. Against the plan
c. Against the requirements
d. Against the specifications

5. As Per PMBOK 6, Which of the following is not an input f_o_r_ _a_ _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_ _c_a_l_l_e_d_
_“D_e_v_e_l_o_p_ _P_r_o_j_e_c_t_ _M_a_n_a_g_e_m_e_n_t_ _P_l_a_n_” _
a. Scope of Work
b. Project charter
c. Enterprise environmental factors
d. Organizational process assets

6. Which of the following should be determined before project plan development starts?
a. Constraints and assumptions
b. Project plan updates
c. Work authorization system
d. Stakeholder skills and knowledge

7. Select the co_r_r_e_c_t_ _P_r_o_c_e_s_s_ _n_a_m_e_ _f_o_r_ _t_h_e_ _g_i_v_e_n_


_P_r_o_c_e_s_s_ _d_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_ _“T_h_e_ _p_r_o_c_e_s_s_ _o_f_ _f_i_n_a_l_i_z_i_n_g_
_all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the
p_r_o_j_e_c_t_ _o_r_ _p_h_a_s_e_._” _
a. Perform Integrated Change Control
b. Close Project or Phase
c. Develop Project Charter
d. Develop Project Management Plan

8. Which of the following is an output of control scope?


a. Formal acceptance
b. Project Charter Updates
c. Schedule development
d. Project Management Plan Updates

9. Select The appropriate description of “Vision”


a. The behavioural Standards of the Organisation
b. High-Level description of all aspects of a project.
c. Describes the Organisation’s Place in the Future
d. Describes the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine if the project is worth
the required investment.

10. The scope baseline consists of all of the following EXCEPT:


a. WBS dictionary
b. WBS
c. Scope statement
d. Work package

11. Another project manager in your company is having difficulty managing his project. You have found
that he has not used a project charter and that is probably the cause of the problem. How can you help?
a. Work with his boss to get him a mentor
b. Talk to him about his project and offer help in creating a project charter
c. Develop a draft charter for his use
d. Provide him with a copy of an article about project charters

12. W_h_a_t_ _c_o_u_l_d_ _b_e_ _t_h_e_ _b_e_s_t_ _a_p_p_r_o_a_c_h_ _t_o_ _e_n_g_a_g_e_


_y_o_u_r_ _s_t_o_k_e_h_o_l_d_s_ _f_a_l_l_i_n_g_ _i_n_ _t_h_e_ _c_a_t_e_g_o_r_y_ _o_f_ _“L_o_w_
_P_o_w_e_r_ _H_i_g_h_ _I_n_t_e_r_e_s_t_” _i_n_ _a_ _P_o_w_e_r_ _I_n_t_e_r_e_s_t_ _g_r_i_d_?
a. Keep Satisfied
b. Keep Monitoring
c. Manage Closely
d. Keep Informed
1 If in a software development project Probability of Design issue is 10% with an associated cost of
$5000, the probability of technical issues is 5% with an associated cost of $20,000, and the probability of
resource issues is 30% with an associated cost of $10,000.
What is the overall Expected Monetary Value (EMV).
A 4500
B 3500
C 4000
D 5000

2 Which one of the following can be included as a purpose of Project Integration Management?
Select one:
Making trade-offs among competing objectives and alternatives
Making choices about resource allocations
It includes all of the above
Managing the interdependencies among the project management knowledge areas

4 A large, one-year telecommunications project is about halfway done when you take the place of the
previous project manager. The project involves three different sellers and a project team of 30 people.
You would like to see the project's communications requirements and what technology is being used to
aid in project communications. Where will you find this information?
a. Communications management plan
b. Project management plan
c. Cantt chart
d Communications distribution plan

5. Typically, in an I project environment, the body responsible for approving or rejecting change requests
is known as,
A Board of Directors
b. Project Management Office
c Chance Control Board
d. MD's Office

6. Which of the following is not included in a project charter?


a. Identification of risks
b. Task estimates
c. The business need for the project
d. Detailed resource estimates

7. Integration Management Processes do not include:


Select one:
a. monitor and Control Project Work
b. Perform Integrated Change Control
c. Direct and Manage Project Work
d Develop Communication Plan

8. Documents business needs, current understanding of the customer's needs, and new product, service, or
result that it is intended to satisfy
a. Perform Integrated Change Control
b. Develop Project Management Plan
c Develop Project Charter
d. Close Project or Phase
9. What is not correct about the Project Charter?
Select one:
A. A formally authorizes a project or a phase
b. Contains high-level information
c Documents initial requirements
d. forms the basis for the Business Case of the same project

10. Select the appropriate output from the process called *Close Project or Phase*
a. Approved Change Request
b. Project Management Plan
c. Lessons Learned Register
d. final product, service or result transition

11. Select The appropriate description of * Culture*


a. Describes the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine it the project is worth
the required investment.
b. Narrative description of products, services or results to be provided by the project.
c. The behavioural Standards of the Organisation
d. High-Level description of all aspects of a project.

12. "The process of defining, preparing, and coordinating all subsidiary plans and integrating them into a
comprehensive project management plan:
a Close Project or Phase
b. Develop Project Charter
c. Perform Integrated Change Control
d. Develop Project Management Plan

13. Project integration management does not include:


a. Managing the interdependencies among the project management knowledge areas:
b. it includes all of the above
c. Making choices about resource allocation.
d. Making trade-offs among competing objectives and alternatives:

16 Select the appropriate output from the process called Perform Integrated Change Control
Select one:
A Work performance data
B Lessons Learned Register
C Project Management Plan
D Approved Change Request

17. A project had poor project meetings since its inception. There have been complaints that information
does not get to the right people, some people are talking too much during the meeting, and the right
people are not there to resolve issues. What is MOST likely missing from this project?
A scope management plan
B Communications Management Plan
C A responsibility char
d. A resource matrix
18. Integrating Activities do not include
a. Perform activities to produce project deliverables.
b. Prepare a project management plan using a structured approach
c Measure and monitor all aspects of the project's progress and take appropriate actions to meet
project objectives
d. identifying Stakeholders

19. What is a valid reason to revise cost estimates, activity sequences, schedule dates, resource
requirements, and/or analysis of risk response alternatives during an ongoing project?
a. change has occurred
b. rejected change requests
c Project Sponsor or CEO has given new instructions
d. An approved change request

20. Inputs to Plan Communications include all the following EXCEPT


a. Historical information, including constraints
b. Performance reports.
c. Communications requirements.
d. Stakeholder management strategy.

21. "The process of finalizing all activities across all of the Project Management Process Groups to
formally complete the project or phase.
A Perform Integrated Change Control
B Develop Project Management Plan
C Close Project or Phase
d. Develop Project Charter

22. One very popular method of defining strategic objective is known as:
A Moscow
b. SMART
c. OBOCAT
d. MBWA

23. Which of the following should be determined before project plan development starts?
Work authorization system
Constraints and assumptions
Project plan updates
Stakeholder skills and knowledge

24. Vision of an organization describes:


a. The sequence and the structure of the steps to achieve the vision
b. How Stakeholders will be treated
c. The Organisation's Place in the Future
d. The behavioural Standards of the Organisation

25. The process that allows for document changes within the project to be considered in an integrated
fashion while reducing project risk, which often arises from changes made without consideration to
overall project objectives or plans.
a. Monitor and Control Project Work
b. Direct and Manage Project Work
c. Perform Integrated Change Control
d. Develop Project Management Plan

26. What could be the best approach to engage your stakeholder, failing in the category of “low
power high interest” in a power interest grid?
A. Manage Closely
B. Keep monitoring
C. Keep Informed
D. Keep Satisfied

27. Select The appropriate description of the project charter


A. narrative description of product, services or result to be provided by the project.
B. Describe the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine if the project is
worth the required investment.
C. the behavioral stander of the organization
D. High-Level Description of all aspects of a project.

28. During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to
add work to the project statement of work. The project manager had access to correspondence
about the project before the Charter was signed and understands that the project sponsors
especially denied the work mentioned by this stakeholder; the best thing for the project
manager would be to:
A. Evaluate the importance of adding the scope of work.
B. Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule.
C. Tell the stakeholder the requested change cannot be added to the project
D. Let the sponsor know of the stakeholder request.

29. Once a project Plan is Baselined, it may only be changed


A. When a change request is generated and approved
B. When the project manager wants it
C. When the sponsor likes it
D. When the project team decides with a majority

30 In a software development project Probability of Design issues is 10 % with an associated


cost of $ 5000, the Probability of Technical issues is 5 with an associated cost of $ 20,000, and
the probability of resource issues is 30 % with an associated cost of $ 10,000 What is Expected
Monetary Value (EMV ) OF Design issues?
A.500
B.300
C.400
D.350
You want to prepare a chart showing the current status of your key
stakeholders and the status you want to take them to. Which of the
following tools will you use?
A Stakeholder Engagement Valuation Matrix
b. Stakeholder Relocation Assessment Matrix
c. Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix
d. Describe measures of achievement

What Is not correct about Strategic Objectives?


a. Objective setting occurs when vision is decided
b. Describe short-term and long-term results
c. It is the means of achieving the vision and mission
d. Describe measurer of achievement

It provides lessons learned and the release of organizational resources lo pursue new
endeavours.
a. Close Project or Phase
b. Develop Project Management Plan
c. Close Project or Phase
d. Develop Project charter

What Is not correct about Flow Down Objectives:


a. Implemented through ongoing operations
b. Project Managers are responsible for preparing Flow Do Objectives
C Projects are the primary method for implementing objectives
d. Enforce strategic objectives

As per our learning during this course, what are the two components of knowledge*
A Tacit and Implicit
b. Explicit and Tacit
c Implicit and Explicit
d. Explicit and Implicit

6 About midway through the project, the project manager learns that most members of
the project team do not
review the weekly project updates. What should the project manager do?
a. Improve the layout of the weekly project updates to encourage reading by team
members
b. Review roles and responsibilities with all of the team members.
c. Revise the communications plan appropriately to meet the informational needs of the
stakeholders
d Create a signature log so team members can indicate when they have read the reports
Clear my choice

8 Project managers spend of their time communicating with team members and other
project stakeholders, whether they are internal or external to the organization.
A 70%
B 90%
C 60%
D 50%

Which of the following is not a stakeholder?


A The employees
B The suppliers
C The employee's attorney
D The business partners

Select The appropriate description of the *Statement of work"


a. Narrative description of products, services or results to be provided by the project.
b. Describes the necessary information from a business standpoint to determine if the
project is worth
the required investment.
c. High-Level description of all aspects of a project.
d. The behavioural Standards of the organization

The Project Selection Committee of Trent International Inc. has decided on the following
criteria for the project selection.
Use of New Technology= 10, High Standards = 8, Attract Young people = 5, Cost effective
=5
The points given to projects for the four projects under discussion are as follows
Project Alpha- New Technology=5, High Standards = 3, Attract Young people=5, Cost
effective =2
Project Beta- New Technology = 5, High Standards - 2. Attract Young people- 3. Cost
eftectne=5
Project Gara- New Technology= 1. High Standards - 5 Attract Young people -3, Cost
effective=3
Project Theta- New Technology=2, High Standards = 4, Attract Young peeple-1, Cost
etfective=2
Which project should be selected as per the multi-criteria decision analysis technique?
A Gama
B Beta
C Thes
D Alpha

Your manager gives you the project charter that includes the high-level project
requirements and asks you to begin working immediately and come up with a project
schedule. What should you do FIRST?
A. Begin estimating the activities necessary to satisfy the project requirements.
b. Identify à project team and obtain approval for their participation in the project from
their functional managers
c Create work activities and then begin to assign the activities to project resources
d. Identify the stakeholders to make sure their requirements are included in the plan to
be prepared by you

Select the appropriate output from the process called Direct and Manage Project Work
A Work performance data
b. Approved Change Request
C Project Management Plan
d. Lessons Learned Register

16 What could be the best approach to engage your stakeholders falling in the category
of "High Power Low Interest" in a Power Interest grid.
a. Manage Closely
b. Keep Satisfied
C Keep Informed
d Keep Monitoring

Select the appropriate output from the process called "Develop Project Management
Plan
a. Approved Change Request
b. Lessons Learned Register
C Work performance data
d. Project Management Plan
You are the project manager for Spade International. Since you don t sleep much, you
get a lot of project work done. You're considering recommending a project that costs
$575,000; expected inflows are $25,000 per quarter for the first two years and then
$75,000 per quarter thereafter. What is the payback period?
A 39 months
B 40 months
C 38 months
D 41 months

The process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management
plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project's objectives is known
as:
A Direct and Manage Project Work
B Perform Integrated Change Control
C Monitor and Control Project Work
D Develop Project Management Plan

A medical doctor who has volunteered to actively participate in a project relating to the
use of information technology for treating chronic health problems would be an
example of a stakeholder.
A Sponsor of
B Resistant
C Neutral
D Leading

21 You have to create a new project in MS Project. If, in your opinion, you can start a
project Today, you need 6 months to complete this Project. Select the most appropriate
option you will use in Project Information Menu.
A Select start date Today's date and curation of a project as 6 Months.
B Select the end date as after b months from Today's date.
C Select start date as Today's date and End Date as after 6 months
d Select Start date as on Today's date.

24 What could be the best approach to engage your stakeholders falling in the category
of "High Power High Interest" in a Power Interest grid.
A Keep Informed
B Manage Closely
C Keep Monitoring
D Keep Satisfied
25 Project information has been distributed according to the communications
management plan. Some project deliverables have been changed. Those changes were
made according to the change control plan. One stakeholder expressed surprise to the
project manager upon being informed of a previously published change to a project
deliverable. All stakeholders received the communication containing notification of the
change.
What should the project manager do?
a. Review the communications plan and make revisions. It is necessary
b. Address the situation in the next steering committee meeting, so others do not
miss published changes
c. Determine why the stakeholder did not receive the information and let him know
when it was published
d. Ask the functional manager why the stakeholder did not understand his
responsibility

26 You have four projects from which to choose one. Project A is being done over six
years and has a Net Present Value (NPV) of $70,000. Project B is being aune over three
years and has an NPV of $30 000; Project C is being done over a five-year period and has
an NPV of 540,000. Project D is being done over a four-year period and has an NPV of
$60,000. Which project would you choose?
Project D
Project A
Project B
Project C

27 One of the problems with projects has been that the knowledge gained by the
project teams is lost when they go away from the project. Hence, a new process
Manage Project Knowledge, has been added in the Integration Knowledge Area of the
PMI's framework. A key output of this pro. cess is?
A Stakeholder Register
B SharePoint Register
C Lesson's Learned Register
D Risk Register

Select The appropriate description of the Business Case*


a High-Level description of all aspects of a project
b Narrative description of products, services or results to be provided by the project
c Describes the necessary information from a baseness standpoint to determine it the
project is worth the required investment.
d. The Behavioural Standards of the Organisation
The process Close Project or Phase does not provide
a- Quality Verifications
b.Release of organizational rescutces o pursue new endeavors
c Lessons learned,
d-normal ending of project work

The Project Selection Committee of Trent International Inc. has decided the following
criteria for the project
Use of New Technology= 10, High Standards - 8, Attract Young people - 5, Cost effective
=5
The points given to projects for the four projects under discussion are as follows:
Project Alpha- New Technology-5, High Standards = 3. Attract Young people-5, Cost
effective=2
Project Beta- New Technology=5, High Standards = 2. Attract Young people= 3, Cost
effective-5
Project Gam- New Technology= 1. High Standards - 5. Attract Young people =3, Cost
effective=3
Project Theta- New Technology=2, High Standards = 4, Attract Young people= 1, Cost
effective =2
What is the total score for Project Alpha?
a 30
b. 100
c 67
d 109

40 Select the appropriate output from the process called *Close Project or Phase
a. Approved Change Request
b. Project Management Plan
c. Lessons Learned Register
d. Final product, service or result transition

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