Question No.

Ryan is a project manager of a prestigious bridge construction

project. Near the end of the execution, project team realized that
there is big risk in completing the project within available timeline. So
a change request has been raised to update the project schedule.
Such an action is an example of which of the following risk response
planning?

A. Mitigation.
B. Escalation.
C. Acceptance.
D. Avoidance
 Question No.2
In a Project, initially all changes were going through by strictly
following perform integration change control process. Near the end
of execution, due to heavy work load, CCB is not able to clear all
change requests in time. As a result of which team has started
taking decision on changes requested by stakeholders. What
should the Project Manager do over here to prevent the scope
creep?

A. Ensure that the team documents all Change Requests and

take sponsor approval before implementing such changes.
B. Escalate against CCB to higher management.
C. Review the situation with the CCB.
D. Review the situation with the PMO.
 Question No.3

Tom is a project manager of a software development

project which is in mid of execution and running with many
issues and threats. Sponsor asks him to prepare
necessary documents in order to terminate the project.
What should the project manager review to know the
general terms and conditions and the termination clause?

A. Business Case.
B. Project Management Plan.
C. Agreement.
D. Project Charter.
 Question No.4

Jack is the CEO of an IT services company. Currently the

company has acquired another Software development
company. In a steering committee meeting, Jack asks his
senior leadership team to plan and initiate the activities
related to merging of two organizations. Merging two
organizations is an example for :-

A. Business Development Plan.

B. Project.
C. Program.
D. Business Realization plan.
 Question No.5

Vendor has completed the delivery of a Software

development project. Deliverable has been
accepted by the customer with minor latency
issues. Company need to close year end books.
What should the Project Manager do?

A. Settle payment with written assurance from vendor about resolving issues.
B. Take legal action against vendor.
C. Deduct amount equivalent to detect repair and pay that amount as service
order.
D. Keep the project open, delay the closure procedures.
 Question No.6

During the mid of execution both CPI and SPI are

below 1. The project manager after reviewing all
risk responses vows to bring the project back on
track. What the project manager needs to do over
here?

A. Crashing.
B. Fast tracking.
C. Resource Smoothing.
D. Resource levelling.
 Question No.7

A stakeholder formatted and arranged all the

information which he was able to gather at the end
of the initiation stage. He collaborated everything
into one document and presented it to other
stakeholders for approval. Which document is it?

A. Project Charter.
B. Project Management Plan.
C. Business Case.
D. Agreement
 Question No.8

Tom is a project Manager of a Software development

project. During planning, after an exhaustive brain
storming session with some key stakeholders he decides
to document the commonality and differences in
understanding of the product scope in to diagram using a
tool. What tool is referred in the given scenario?

A. Mind mapping.
B. Affinity diagram.
C. Matrix diagram.
D. Decision tree diagram.
 Question No. 9

Your project has a resource who works in niche

technology. The Functional manager approaches you to
release the resource for working in a business-critical
assignment of another project. What should you do before
having further discussion and negotiation with the
functional manager?

A. Review the Project Calendar to know how long the resource is needed.
B. Check for non-billable resource who can complete assignment assigned
to the resource to be released.
C. Review the RACI to know the current assignment of the resource.
D. Immediately escalate the situation to the higher management.
 Question No. 10

Customer requests the project manager to share

the latest work performance report in WhatsApp
messenger as he is out for vacation. What should
the project manager do next?

A. Immediate share the report to the customer.

B. Politely deny to share the report in WhatsApps messenger as its unethical.
C. Discuss the issue with team and senior management.
D. Review Organization Process Assets to know policies and procedures.
 Question No. 11

A Project manager of a large project is conducting kick-off

meeting to ensure that stakeholders clearly understand
project goals, objectives, benefits, and risks for the project,
as well as their roles and responsibilities. The kick-off
meeting in large projects can be held in support of which of
the following processes?

A. Develop Project Management Plan.

B. Manage Team.
C. Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
D. Monitor Communication.
 Question No. 12

The Project team is involved in the preparation of a

control chart and setting parameters for
specification and control limits. The Control charts
are established as a part of which of the following
processes?

A. Control Quality.
B. Manage Quality.
C. Plan Quality Management.
D. Plan Scope Management.
 Question No. 13

As a Project Manager, you are taking help from

experts to calculate the budgets associated to risks
identified during planning. Such budgets should be
part of which of the following estimates?

A. Estimates for contingency reserve.

B. Work package estimates.
C. Estimates for Management reserve.
D. Estimate for project funding requirements.
 Question No. 14

The Project Charter can be approved by ?

A. Project Manager.
B. A particular stakeholder who falls under Outward bracket when classified
based on direction of influence.
C. A stakeholder who falls under Upward bracket when classified based on
direction of influence.
D. CCB Team.
 Question No. 15

In a construction project, thunderstorm has damaged lot of raw

materials required for the project. The project manager instead of
taking any preventive measures bought an insurance policy to
handle this threat. Now, the Insurance company has denied to pay
out the insured amount. What could have been planned better in
order to reduce the risk impact?

A. Adoption of a mitigation plan to reduce the impact of risk.

B. Escalation to the higher management when the risk was identified.
C. Hiring another Insurance company.
D. Keeping more fund in the project management reserve.
 Question No. 16
During execution two change control board members have conflict
on the outcome of a change request. After the intervention of
sponsor and the project manager, multi-criteria decision analysis
technique was applied to reach a decision which both the members
happily accepted. Here the adoption of multi-criteria decision
analysis is an example for which of the following conflict resolution
techniques?

A. Forcing.
B. Problem solving.
C. Reconciliation.
D. Smoothing.
 Question No. 17

Near the end of execution, a key stakeholder calls

the project manager over phone and requests him
to start working on a change request urgently.
What should the project Manager do next?

A. Evaluate the impact of the change on project constraints.

B. Call a team meeting and advise the team to start working on the change
request.
C. Advise the key stakeholder to submit a change request in written form.
D. Work with sponsor to find an alternative solution.
 Question No. 18

The project manager is currently involved in

confirming the formal acceptance of seller’s
work. Which process is getting executed in
the given scenario?
A. Validate Scope.
B. Close Project/Phase.
C. Perform Integrated Change Control.
D. Control Procurements.
 Question No. 19

The risk management plan normally contain the

definition of the risk probability and impact defined
in the form of a matrix, also called Probability and
Impact Matrix. Which of the following has the
highest negative impact on the project?
A. Rating of 1.1 on the impact scale.
B. Rating of 0.8 on the impact scale.
C. Rating of 0 on the impact scale.
D. Rating of 0.1 on the impact scale.
 Question No. 20

The Control Procurement process receives a very

important input from the Direct and Manage Project
Work process. Which one of the following acts as
the valid input for the process?

A. Approved change requests.

B. Work performance data.
C. Procurement documents.
D. Agreements.
 Question No. 21

The Control chart acts as an important tool in

determination of stability of a process. It’s an
example of which of the following Tools and
techniques?
A. Data Gathering.
B. Data Analysis.
C. Data Representation.
D. Decision Making.
 Question No. 22

Simulation is an important technique used in

the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
process. It’s an example of which of the
following tools and techniques?

A. Decision Making.
B. Data Representation.
C. Data Analysis.
D. Decision Analysis.
 Question No. 23

The Project Manager is making sure that that the

work performed to deliver a product has been
completed as defined in project Management Plan.
What part of the project management process
group is getting carried out in the given situation?

A. Planning.
B. Executing.
C. Monitoring and Controlling.
D. Closing.
 Question No. 24

The Control schedule process gives an important

output that acts as an input for Monitor and Control
Project Work process. What output of Control
Schedule process is referred in this scenario?

A. Work Performance Data.

B. Work Performance Information.
C. Schedule baseline.
D. Work Performance Reports.
 Question No. 25

As a Project Manager, you are holding team

building activities for your project team. Which
process is getting performed in this scenario?

A. Develop Team.
B. Manage Team.
C. Monitor Communication.
D. Control Resources.
 Question No. 26

The Project team is currently engaged in Quality

planning. They are using several tools to come up
with a proper Quality Management Plan. Which of
the following is not a tool or technique of the Plan
Quality Management process?
A. Interviews.
B. Cost-Benefit analysis.
C. Quality Metrics.
D. Mind mapping.
 Question No. 27

As a Project Manager, you are estimating the type

and quantities of materials, and suppliers
necessary to perform project work. What enterprise
environmental factors can influence your
estimation process?
A. Duration estimating databases.
B. Resource location, availability.
C. Productivity metrics.
D. Policies and procedures relating to supplies and equipment.
 Question No. 28

Which of the following techniques can be

used during closing to improve the metrics of
the organization by comparing the result with
what was initially planned?
A. Trend Analysis.
B. Document Analysis.
C. Regression Analysis.
D. Variance Analysis.
 Question No. 29

Tom is a project manager of IT development

project. Currently he is involved in the preparation
of the Cost Management Plan. Which of the
following techniques can help in the preparation of
the Cost Management Plan?
A. Cost of Quality.
B. Alternative Analysis.
C. Earned Value Analysis.
D. Analogous estimating.
 Question No. 30

One of your Project deliverable is ready for

customer inspection. Which of the following
acts as a key input for the process in relation
to Customer inspection?

A. Accepted Deliverable.
B. Work Performance Information.
C. Verified Deliverable.
D. Change Request.
 Question No. 31
During planning, the Project Manager and the team are involved in
the process of identifying and documenting relationships among
the project activities. With the help of a software they are
connecting each activity, other than the first and the last one to at
least one predecessor and successor activity with an appropriate
logical relationship. Which process is getting performed in this
scenario?

A. Sequence Activities.
B. Define Activities.
C. Create WBS.
D. Plan Schedule Management.
 Question No. 32

As a Project Manager, Tom is engaged in the

development of the Risk Management Plan. What
tools and technique can help him to determine the
risk appetite of Project Stakeholders?

A. Assumption and Constraint Analysis.

B. Stakeholder Analysis.
C. SWOT Analysis.
D. Stakeholder Register.
 Question No. 33

Which of the following techniques can be

used during closing to evaluate the
satisfaction of the stakeholders, gather
lessons learned, and to celebrate success?

A. Trend Analysis.
B. Document Analysis.
C. Regression Analysis.
D. Meetings.
 Question No. 34
In an Internal project initiated by a car manufacturing company,
several Subject Matter Experts have gathered to decide the
outcome of a deliverable regarding its formal acceptance.
Ultimately a decision-making technique that is also been used in
requirement gathering as well as making decisions on Change
Request has been applied to reach a consensus. What decision
making technique has been used in the given scenario?

A. Voting.
B. Inspection.
C. Meetings.
D. Autocratic decision making.
 Question No. 35

Your project is near completion and the entire

Project Team is involved in a process that involves
the confirmation of the formal acceptance of the
final product. Which of the following is not an input
of the process mentioned in the above scenario?

A. Project Charter.
B. Business Case.
C. Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF).
D. Organizational Process Assets (OPA).
 Question No. 36

Arun is the sponsor of a software development project. He

has involved few experts in the preparation of Project
Charter. Which of the following is an example of tools and
technique that can be used in the process of developing
the Project Charter?

A. Business Case.
B. Need Assessment.
C. Project Management Information System (PMIS).
D. Conflict Management.
 Question No. 37

You are looking for information on personnel rates,

travel costs, and other costs that are needed to
estimate the overall project budget. Where is the
best place to find this information?

A. Basis of Estimates.
B. Resource Calendars.
C. Resource Management Plan.
D. Cost Management Plan.
 Question No. 38

The Checklists are important tools used in

Quality Management. Checklists are
examples of which of the following tools and
techniques?
A. Data Gathering.
B. Data Analysis.
C. Data Representation.
D. Decision Making.
 Question No. 39
The technology and functional experts of an IT
organization have gathered to come up with a
procurement strategy and bid documents for company’s
Next Gen IT innovation project. Procurement strategy and
Bid documents are created as a part of which of the
following processes?

A. Conduct Procurements.
B. Develop Project Charter.
C. Plan Procurement Management.
D. Control Procurements.
 Question No. 40

Expert Judgement is an example of Important

Tools and Techniques used in Project
Management. Expert judgment is a tool and
technique used in all of the following processes
except:
A. Implement Risk Responses.
B. Conduct Procurements.
C. Identify Stakeholders.
D. Manage Communications.
 Question No. 41

The Control Quality process uses several tools and

techniques to ensure the project outputs are complete,
correct, and meet customer expectations. Which of the
following is not an example of tools and techniques used in
used in control quality process?

A. Histogram.
B. Design for X.
C. Questionnaires and surveys.
D. Scatter diagrams.
 Question No. 42

The Organization Process Assets play a huge role

in influencing the management of a project.
Organization Process Assets may get updated as
an output in which of the following processes?

A. Manage Team.
B. Manage Quality.
C. Implement Risk Responses.
D. Manage Project Knowledge.
 Question No. 43

During inspection, the customer asks the Project

Manager if the software that the project has
developed so far conforms to all the requirements.
What should be used to measure completion of the
product scope?

A. Requirements Management Plan.

B. Requirement Documentation.
C. Project Management Plan.
D. Requirements Traceability Matrix.
 Question No. 44

Meetings are used as a tool and technique in

many project management processes. Which
of the processes below do not use meetings
as a tool or technique?
A. Identify Stakeholders.
B. Monitor Risks.
C. Plan Communications Management.
D. Define Scope.
 Question No. 45

The Project Team is currently engaged in using an iterative

planning technique in which they are doing detailed
planning for work to be accomplished in near term, but for
future work they are only doing high level planning. What
process is getting executed in the current scenario?

A. Define Activities.
B. Define Scope.
C. Estimate Activity Duration.
D. Determine Budget.
 Question No. 46

You are a new Project Manager who has joined

during the mid of execution. You want to review the
planned training strategies for all your team
members. What should you refer to fetch this
information?
A. Project Team assignments.
B. Resource Management Plan.
C. Team performance assessments.
D. Communication Management Plan.
 Question No. 47

As a Project Manager, you are engaged in the process of

communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs,
expectations, and foster appropriate stakeholder involvement.
What should you refer to determine the methods, format, and
technologies to be used for stakeholder communication?

A. Stakeholder Engagement Plan.

B. Lessons Learned Register.
C. Communication Management Plan.
D. Stakeholder Register.
 Question No. 48

Which of the following components of the

project management plan is an input to
the Plan Risk Management process?

A. Scope Management Plan.

B. Cost Management Plan.
C. Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
D. All Components of the Project Management Plan.
 Question No. 49

The following process ensures that the project

stays aligned with the business needs and helps in
comparison of the actual project performance
against the project management plan. What
process is referred in the given scenario?
A. Monitor and Control Project Work.
B. Perform Integrated Change Control.
C. Control Scope.
D. Define Scope.
 Question No. 50

As a Project Manager, you are in process of

developing the approved version of the time-
phased project budget. Which of the following
acts as an important output to the process?
A. Basis of Estimates.
B. Funding Limit Reconciliation.
C. Project Funding Requirements.
D. Cost Management plan updates.
 Question No. 51

Your project has successfully moved to the

Closing phase. You want to know who will
sign off the project. What needs to be
reviewed here?
A. Project Management Plan.
B. Project Charter.
C. Agreement.
D. Communication Management Plan.
 Question No. 52

Networking is an example of an interpersonal and

team skills that creates the conditions for project
team to share knowledge among one another.
Which of the following processes uses networking
as tools and technique?
A. Develop Team.
B. Manage Team.
C. Manage Project Knowledge.
D. Create WBS.
 Question No. 53

Project KPIs are measurable indicators that

help to track the performance of project.
Which of the following processes generates
KPIs for the first time?
A. Direct and Manage Project Work.
B. Monitor and Control Project Work.
C. Close Project / Phase.
D. Control Procurements.
 Question No. 54

An unknown-unknown risk has occurred. The

Project Team has planned a workaround.
Workaround gets implemented as a part of
which of the following processes?
A. Monitor Risks.
B. Direct and Manage Project Work.
C. Implement Risk Responses.
D. Control Quality.
 Question No. 55

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a technique

popularly used in manufacturing industries to determine
critical characteristics for new product development.
QFD is an example of which of following types of tools and
technique?

A. Data Analysis.
B. Decision Making.
C. Interpersonal and Team Skills.
D. Data Gathering.
 Question No. 56

Which of the following Data Representation

tools and techniques is used in both Plan
Stakeholder Engagement as well as Monitor
Stakeholder Engagement process?
A. Mind Mapping.
B. Multi-criteria Decision Analysis.
C. Presentations.
D. Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix.
 Question No. 57
Performance Measurement Baseline, the additional component for
Project Management Plan is an integrated scope-schedule-cost
plan for the project work against which project execution is
compared to measure and manage performance. Performance
Measurement Baseline acts as an input to which of the following
processes?

A. Control Scope.
B. Develop Project Management Plan.
C. Control Resources.
D. Control Quality.
 Question No. 58

Which of the following is NOT an

example for tools or techniques used in
the Conduct Procurements process?
A. Expert judgment.
B. Proposal evaluation.
C. Source selection criteria.
D. Negotiations.
 Question No. 59
A Change Request for modification of Procurement
Statement of Work has been approved by following
defined Change Control process. The approved Change
Request generated by the Perform Integrated Change
Control process in this situation becomes input to which of
the following processes?

A. Validate Scope.
B. Control Quality.
C. Monitor and Control Project Work.
D. Control Procurements.
 Question No. 60

Entire Project Management Team is attending a workshop

conducted by a trained moderator to rank most useful
ideas for further brainstorming or for prioritization.
What tools and techniques has been referred in this
scenario?

A. Voting.
B. Nominal group technique.
C. Facilitation.
D. Focus groups.
 Question No. 61

CCB has approved 4, deferred 2, and rejected

3 change requests. As a result of this, which
of the following gets updated in the next step
to record all these CCB decisions?
A. Project Document.
B. The Project Management Plan.
C. The Change Management Plan.
D. Issue log.
 Question No. 62

Decomposition is a popular technique used for

dividing and subdividing the project scope and
project deliverables into smaller, and more
manageable parts. Decomposition is used as tool
and technique in which of the two processes?
A. Create WBS and Estimate Activity Resources.
B. Define Activities and Define Scope.
C. Create WBS and Define Activities.
D. Create WBS and Define Scope.
 Question No. 63
The following technique is used in both Plan
Communication Management as well as Monitor
Stakeholder Engagement processes to understand the
strategies of the organization, know who wields power and
influence, and to develop a communication strategy. What
tool and technique is mentioned in the given scenario?

A. Networking.
B. Political awareness.
C. Communication styles assessment.
D. Expert Judgement.
 Question No. 64
A Project Manager of a large project goes for a long sabbatical
leave just a week before Project kick-off meeting. Tom is the new
Project Manager who has joined as his replacement. As a newly
joined Project Manager, he wants to know what development
approach has been decided to follow in the project. What should
Tom refer to fetch this necessary information?

A. Project Charter.
B. Communication Management Plan.
C. Project Management Plan.
D. Stakeholder Register.
 Question No. 65

Ground rules set the expected behaviors of

the project team members, with regard to
stakeholder engagement. Which of the
following processes define Ground rules?
A. Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
B. Develop Project Charter.
C. Plan Quality Management.
D. Plan Resource Management.
 Question No. 66
Tom is a Project Manager of complex engineering project. He
along with all risk owners have just completed an important risk
management process and updated Risk register with information
on agreed-upon risk response strategies, triggers, warning signs of
risk occurrence, residual risks that are expected to remain because
they are deliberately accepted. What risk management process
has been concluded in the given scenario?

A. Plan Risk Responses.

B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.
C. Identify Risks.
D. Monitor Risks
 Question No. 67
Tom is the Project Manager of a construction company.
Currently he is engaged in the first iteration of the Identify
Stakeholder process for a new road construction project of
his company. What can help him with the initial list of
stakeholders who may get positively or negatively affected
by the project?
A. Project Charter.
B. Business Case.
C. Project Management Plan.
D. Benefit Management Plan.
 Question No. 68

One of the outputs from Control Quality process

gives an important input to the Manage Quality
process that represents documented results of
Control Quality activities. What has been referred
in the given scenario?
A. Quality Report.
B. Work Performance Information.
C. Quality Control Measurements.
D. Quality Metrics.
 Question No. 69

During closing what would help to

measure whether the benefits of the
project were achieved as planned?
A. Project Management Plan.
B. Benefit Management Plan.
C. Business Case.
D. Lessons Learned Register.
 Question No. 70

Tom is a Project Manager of a complex Cloud Infrastructure migration project of

a leading manufacturing company. During the mid of the project, the company
got merged with another manufacturing company as a result of which company
name and its policies got revised. Now the project is ready to move to Business
realization phase and customer has formally accepted the project outcome.
What should the Project Manager do next to start the closure process?

A. Refer the Project Charter for the closing procedures.

B. Examine the Scope baseline.
C. Refer the Organization Process Assets.
D. There is no need to close the project as its moving to Business realization
phase.
 Question No. 71

Project team is currently involved in the analysis and review of a Change

Request raised by an important stakeholder, that needs to be implemented within
next 3 weeks. Project Manager asked team to check the earn value graph, Burn-
down chart along with information on resource availability to estimate whether
the proposed Change Request can be implemented within the proposed timeline.
What should the Project team do NEXT?

A. Review the Schedule baseline.

B. Review Work Performance Information.
C. Review Work Performance Report.
D. Examine the Requirement Traceability matrix.
 Question No. 72
Tom is a project manager of a fixed price project. Currently, the
Project team is having a meeting with a few key stakeholders
where approval of final scope of the work would be finalized.
Stakeholders discovered that there are few work packages which
are not required and nor these requirements are mentioned in the
contract. What went wrong in this scenario? Choose the best
answer

A. Requirement documentation was not properly created.

B. Improper creation of WBS.
C. Project Scope statement was not prepared properly.
D. The wrong development approach was chosen for the project.
 Question No. 73

You’re a project manager for construction project

and your team member enters your room and asks
a question with regards to project cost. What is
considered as the total estimated Project Cost: -

A. BAC.
B. EAC.
C. ETC.
D. PMB.
 Question No. 74
During planning, two team members have disagreement on addition of one of the Solution
requirements in Project Scope Statement. According to one team member if the requirement gets
added, it will be beneficial for the project later. But other team member says addition of such
requirement would increase ambiguity risks of the project that why, it’s better to keep it in the
project exclusion list. Project Scope Statement needs to be finalized soon, so both the team
members reach out to Project Manager for expert opinion. The Project manager after reviewing
everything said “It’s good to see that both of you have agreed most of the contents of the Project
Scope Statement, let’s make it final as of now. Regarding this particular requirement, let discuss
with sponsor post Phase 1”.Which of the following conflict-resolution techniques the Project
Manager applied over here?

A. Smoothing.
B. Compromising.
C. Reconciling.
D. Directing.
 Question No. 75

In a project planning meeting, Project team

decides to change the project management plan in
order to get rid of a high probability risk. What does
this signify in relation to risk management?
A. Project Team adopted Avoid Risk Response strategy.
B. Project Team tried to enhance the success of the project by eliminating a
known risk.
C. Project team adopted mitigation strategy to reduce the impact of a high
probability risk.
D. Project adopted Transference strategy to transfer the risk.
 Question No. 76

A long awaited Research and development project is on the verge

of closure. Sponsor and Global Delivery Head of the buyer
organization congratulates the Project Manager of the performing
organization. The team asks the Project Manager to throw a
glamorous party. Which of the following statements given below
ensures that the contract can be considered as complete?

A. Formal acceptance of project deliverables.

B. Final Acceptance of Project deliverables.
C. A formal letter from Customer stating the acceptance and completion of
project work and the contract.
D. Completion of Lessons learned.
 Question No. 77

You are a project Manager of a mid-sized RPA project. The project

planning is complete and the scope is well defined. The first list
work packages were scheduled to be completed by the end of
April, but it is now end of May, and the work has not yet started
because it is taking longer than expected time to hire the technical
consultants. At this point, which of the following is not TRUE?

A. SV is negative.
B. SPI = CV.
C. CV is negative.
D. SPI is equal to Zero.
 Question No. 78
Tom is a project manager of a software development project which has gone
behind schedule as 2 Testers has suddenly resigned and they are unreachable.
Team after reviewing all Planning documents decided to introduce Automated
testing instead of manual testing for few tasks on critical path. However, this
decision would add two more servers in the project Infrastructure landscape and
network may not have adequate capacity to handle the extra load of these two
servers, which may impact the testing. What is the type of risk mentioned in the
above scenario?

A. Secondary Risk.
B. Residual Risk.
C. Ambiguity risk.
D. Variability Risk.
 Question No. 79
The Project Manager of the Buyer organization is not convinced with the cost
estimates provided by the perspective sellers for company’s upcoming
construction project. After meeting with sponsor, the project manager decides to
award the contract to one of the preferred sellers with a clause that seller has to
provide all details of their legitimate direct costs that will be incurred during the
life cycle of the contract for final invoice payment. The contract also states that
the buyer organization will pay a fee of $ 6,000 regardless to the invoiced cost.
What type of contract has been awarded in the above scenario?

A. Time & Material Contract(T&M).

B. Lump-Sum Contracts.
C. Cost Plus Fixed Fee(CPFF).
D. Cost Plus Incentive Fee(CPIF).
 Question No. 80

Two developers are about to start implementing two

different Approved change requests, as directed by the
project manager. What tool should assist the team
members to know the list of authorized tasks they need to
perform?

A. Change log.
B. Project Management Information System (PMIS).
C. Work Performance Data.
D. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
 Question No. 81

Which of the following interpersonal skills would

help the Project Manager to plan communications
based on the project environment as well as official
environment of the organization?
A. Cultural awareness.
B. Leadership.
C. Political Awareness.
D. Networking.
 Question No. 82

A Project Manager who is new to an IT organization has been awarded a project

which is running behind schedule. After talking with team and reviewing all
documents he found that a key resource who was working on a critical path task
has suddenly gone for vacation for personal reasons. A back up plan for
onboarding a new resource is also available. What went wrong in the situation
mentioned above?

A. The risk response was not approved by the change control board.
B. The Project Team failed to have a fallback plan.
C. The issue has not been documented in issue log.
D. No action has been taken to implement the risk response.
 Question No. 83

As a project manager for the IT Industry and following the

Agile methodology in project management process, as a
project manager your endeavor for keeping errors out of
the process is also termed as: -

A. Prevention.
B. Inspection.
C. Tolerances.
D. Audit.
 Question No. 84

The Project Team has done Root Cause Analysis of all defects
detected during inspection. The Project Manager used a tool to
organize and group the results of Root Cause Analysis which he
will present in next Senior Management review meeting. Which of
the following tools has been used by the Project Manager in the
above scenario?

A. Affinity Diagram.
B. Cause and Effect Diagram
C. Mind Mapping.
D. Histogram.
 Question No. 85

A key stakeholder has submitted a Change

Request which will not impact project schedule.
What should the Project Manager do NEXT?

A. Approve the Change Request and engage Project Team to start the
implementation procedure.
B. Seek help from the Change Control Board.
C. Ask Sponsor to authorize the Change Request.
D. Evaluate the impacts of change on other project constraints
 Question No. 86

In a Go/No-Go decision meeting, the members of the

senior management are evaluating two Projects i.e. Project
X and Project Y. Project X has net present value (NPV) of
$40,000 and Project Y has an NPV of $25000. What is the
opportunity cost If Project X is selected over Project Y?

A. $40,000.
B. $15,000.
C. $25,000.
D. $65,000.
 Question No. 87

An important stakeholder of a Health care project

has raised a change request that needs to be
completed as early as possible. Who has ultimate
authority to approve the change request?

A. Functional Manager.
B. Project Manager.
C. CCB.
D. Sponsor.
 Question No. 88

Tom is a project manager of a construction project.

Project team has identified few variability risks
which needs to be addressed to keep the project
on track. Which of the following processes can be
used to address variability risks?
A. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis.
B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.
C. Perform Integrated Risk Review Analysis.
D. Plan Non-event risks.
 Question No. 89
A new Project Manager has been appointed during the
early stage of planning. In his first meeting with sponsor,
he understands the need of a mandatory licensed software
for the project. Which of the following documents should
the project Manager review to know whether the software
has already been procured?

A. Resource Management Plan.

B. Project Charter.
C. Assumption log.
D. Physical resource assignments.
 Question No. 90

During execution, one key stakeholder requests

the Project Manager for a change in a work
package for which work has not started yet. What
should the Project Manager do NEXT?

A. Ask the stakeholder to raise a formal change request.

B. Update the work package and the Project Management Plan.
C. Document the stakeholder request in the assumption log.
D. Document the change request in the change log.
 Question No. 91

Tom is a project manager of a Software Development

project. The project is 60 percent complete, but there are
still few open risks which needs to address. Which tool
would help the project manager to fetch the information in
relation to reserve available in current state?

A. Alternative analysis.
B. Technical performance analysis.
C. Reserve analysis
D. Variance analysis.
 Question No. 92
A Construction company has appointed Tom as a project manager of a business-
critical software development project. The company has recently dismissed a
vendor company that consisted of 16 consultants who completed half of the work
in 9 months and spent 82% of the budget of what was originally a 12 Month,
$1,000,000 project. Tom has formed a new team of 8 developers, and they are
completing the rest of the work at the pace that was originally planned, and for
half the price that was originally estimated for each remaining deliverable. What
is the EAC?

A. $ 820,000.
B. $ 952,000.
C. $ 1,320,000.
D. $ 1,070,000.
 Question No. 93
The document that formally authorizes the Project
has been created and approved. A new Project
Manager has been appointed and a list of Key-
stakeholders has also been identified as a part of
the process. What should be done NEXT?
A. The newly appointed Project Manager should hold a kick-off meeting.
B. The newly appointed Project Manager should start the preparation of developing
Project Management plan with available list of key stakeholders.
C. The newly appointed Project Manager should update the business case and build a
new implementation strategy.
D. Information on approved project charter should be shared with stakeholders to ensure
common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones and their roles and
responsibilities.
 Question No. 94
Phase 1 of the project has been successfully completed.
During planning stage of phase 2, Project Manager and team
along with few key stakeholders are trying to do assessment of
the type and quantities of raw materials necessary to perform
and complete project work. Which of the following tools and
technique cannot be used as a part of this process?

A. Analogous estimating.
B. Parametric estimating.
C. Expert Judgement.
D. Three-point estimation.
 Question No. 95

During Execution, a newly joined team member

wants to review the detailed description of the
scope of the work assigned to him. Which
document should team member review?
A. Project Scope Statement.
B. WBS Dictionary.
C. Requirement Documentation.
D. Activity Lists.
 Question No. 96
Harris is a Project Manager of Telecom equipment manufacturing project. The
project is risk prone in few areas and running behind schedule. The project
still has few open risks which are not yet handled. The corresponding SPI and
CPI values are 0.81 and 1.15. The project Manager decides to bring the
schedule back on track and complete the project in next 45 days as one of
competitors has a plan to launch a similar product in next two months.
What is the best course of action in the given scenario?

A. The project manager should apply crashing technique to bring the project back on track.
B. The project manager should apply Fast tracking technique to bring the project back on
track.
C. The project manager should soon initiate risk response planning for all open risks.
D. The Project Manager should reduce the project scope for early release.
 Question No. 97
You are a project manager of a website development project.
Project team has done initial stakeholder analysis and grouped
all stakeholders according to their level of authority, and level
of concern. Which of the following engagement strategies
should be applicable for end-users who are responsible for
handling day-to-day operational activities?

A. Manage Closely.
B. Keep Informed.
C. Keep Satisfied.
D. Monitor.
 Question No. 98
Feedback and Presentations are widely used in
project management as one of the popular tools and
techniques for communication skills. Which of the
following processes use feedback and presentation
as valid tools and techniques?
A. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement.
B. Collect Requirements.
C. Manage Stakeholder Engagement.
D. Monitor Communication.
 Question No. 99
The document that shows organization commitment to the project has been
prepared. Portfolio Governing body chairperson and other authorized
representatives are having a meeting to discuss and decide the outcome of
the document that has been prepared. They are also reviewing the Cost-
Benefit analysis, Feasibility study report, and other factors that justified the
requirement of the project. Which of the following documents has been
prepared as per the scenario mentioned above?

A. Program Charter.
B. Business Case.
C. Project Charter.
D. Project Management Plan.
 Question No. 100
During Planning, the project management team decided not to
change the project management plan for addressing a risk of
low probability and high impact. Instead additional reserves
are planned in case such situation occurs. What response
strategy has been planned in this scenario?

A. Risk Avoidance.
B. Passive risk Acceptance.
C. Risk Mitigation.
D. Active Risk Acceptance.
 Question No. 101
Tom is the recently joined Project Manager of a business complex IT project. After
receiving detailed knowledge transfer from the outgoing senior project manager, he has
started conducting team meeting and actively got involved in maintaining documents like
communication management plan, stakeholder register, and few other necessary project
documents. The outgoing project manager is closely observing all activities of Tom and
in time helping him with suggestions. What Knowledge management technique has
been followed in the above situation?

A. Knowledge Transfer.
B. Knowledge fairs and cafes.
C. Reverse shadowing.
D. Job shadowing.
 Question No. 102

In a project, the Project performance appraisal gets carried out

as a part of which of the following process groups?

A. Closing.
B. Executing.
C. Monitoring and Controlling.
D. Executing and Monitoring and Controlling.
 Question No. 103
The Project work has been completed successfully and the customer has confirmed the
formal acceptance of the product that has been delivered. Before releasing the entire
team, the Project Manager engaged the team to document the final lessons learned, so
that future projects can benefit out of it. What should the Project Manager do next?

A. Review project documents for any open issues or risks.

B. Organize a celebration party for team.
C. Archive all project information for future use by the organization.
D. Ask customer for a formal contract closure letter.
 Question No. 104

As a Project Manager of a mid-sized adaptive software development project,

you are using a tool to determine how much work is remaining to be done in
the current iteration. What tool has been referred over here?

A. Burndown Chart.
B. Burnup Chart.
C. Why-why Diagram.
D. Run Chart.
 Question No. 105
Tom is a Project Manager of a company which has been awarded a project that involves
renovation of a building of a Chemical plant. There are lot of toxic and radioactive
wastes inside the building. What is the best approach the Project Manager can take to
transfer the risk?

A. Take advise from the project sponsor.

B. Ask customer to remove the toxic and radioactive wastes.
C. Hire an outside organization to do the work.
D. Ask Team to work to those areas of building which doesn’t have toxic wastes.
 Question No. 106

Hierarchical charts act as important data representation tool for

planning resource management. Which of the following is not an
example of Hierarchical charts?

A. RACI Chart.
B. Organization breakdown structure (OBS).
C. Work breakdown structure (WBS).
D. Resource breakdown structure.
 Question No. 107

As a Project Manager of the seller organization, you are working with

the team to build an actionable plan to interact effectively with
stakeholders. What can help you to assess the political climate as
well as stakeholder risk appetites of the buyer organization?

A. Stakeholder Register.
B. Enterprise environmental factors (EEF).
C. Resource Management Plan.
D. Risk management Plan.
 Question No. 108
Tom is a Project Manager of a Software development project. During execution,
a key stakeholder requests him for a scope change and asks about the correct
change control process that should be followed throughout the project. Which
control document should the Project Manager refer to fetch this necessary
information?

A. Scope Management Plan.

B. Configuration Management Plan.
C. Change Management Plan.
D. Quality Management Plan.
 Question No. 109

All of the following are input for Create

WBS process except:

A. Requirement Documentation.
B. Project Scope Statement.
C. Scope Management Plan.
D. Scope baseline.
.
 Question No. 110
Jack has been awarded as Project Manager of a new software development
project. He decides to meet another Project Manager who has handled similar
project in the past. But he finds out that the person whom he wants to meet has
left the organization a month back. What should Jack do to gather necessary
information of the past project?

A. Talk to the team members who worked in the past project.

B. Refer to the Lessons learned document of the past project.
C. Consult will sponsor and ask for necessary help.
D. Talk to the customer of the past project.
.
 Question No. 111
James is a directive PMO of an IT organization. Recent status report of various projects reveals that
there are multiple projects where resources are over allocated. Since over allocation is against
company policy, he immediately advises all the related project managers to remove over allocation by
applying the best suited resource optimization technique even if the project schedule gets impacted.
What resource optimization technique is best suited in this scenario?

A. Crashing.
B. Fast tracking.
C. Resource leveling.
D. Resource smoothing.
.
 Question No. 112
Tom is a newly joined Project Manager of a construction project which is running behind schedule.
The project has few ongoing issues with a preferred vendor who is responsible for supplying cements
for the project. He decides to facilitate a meeting between Buyer and seller management team to
resolve all misunderstandings and create a win-win solution. What should he review to know the
alternate dispute mechanisms applicable for the project?

A. Communication Management Plan.

B. Procurement Management Plan.
C. Latest audit results of the procurement process.
D. Agreements.
.
 Question No. 113

The Project team decides to change the project

management plan in order to eliminate a high probability
threat. Which process takes care of such actions?

A. Monitor Risks.
B. Plan Qualitative risk analysis.
C. Plan Risk Responses.
D. Perform Integrated Change Control.
 Question No. 114

Statistical Sampling is a data gathering tool that involves choosing a

part of a population of interest for inspection. The sample size and
frequency of measurement of the tool are determined as a part of
which of the following processes?

A. Control Quality.
B. Plan Quality Management.
C. Manage Quality.
D. Plan Scope Management.
 Question No. 115

Tom is a Project Manager of a research and development project

which has team in 4 different countries. The project uses
videoconferencing facility to address team meetings. Here
videoconferencing is an example of:

A. Interactive communication.
B. Push communication.
C. Pull Communication.
D. Interpersonal communication.
 Question No. 116
Tom is a Project Manager of a software development project which is divided into four phases. Phase
1 of the project didn’t go well as 60% of the deliverables were not accepted by the customer. In a
retrospective meeting, Director of the IT department asks the project manager to furnish all the
reasons that resulted in customer non-acceptance of the verified deliverables. What needs to be
reviewed to know which deliverables were not accepted by customer and the reasons behind such
non-acceptance?

A. Verified deliverables of the control quality process.

B. Work Performance Data of validate scope process.
C. Requirements Traceability Matrix.
D. Work Performance Information of the validate scope process.
 Question No. 117
Tom is a Project Manager of a construction project. The Project Management
team is currently engaged in a meeting to decide whether the work related to
build two swimming pools in a posh residential complex area will be managed in-
house or will be outsourced to a preferred seller. Which of the following
processes the project management team is currently engaged in?

A. Acquire Resources.
B. Plan Procurement Management.
C. Conduct Procurement.
D. Plan Resource Management.
 Question No. 118

You are a project manager of a software development project of a matrix

organization, which is currently in execution. Functional manager has decided to
remove two key resources from your project who are currently assigned to critical
path tasks. What should you do as a Project Manager?

A. Escalate the situation to the sponsor.

B. Overturn the decision of the Functional manager.
C. Negotiate with the Functional manager and reach a consensus.
D. Submit a change request to change the project schedule.
 Question No. 119
The CCB has to take a decision on a change request related to scope change.
The Change request got evolved during the mid of the project due to upcoming
change in Government regulation. If the scope change gets implemented, 90% of
the management reserve will get exhausted. What is the best decision the CCB
can take in the given scenario?

A. Approve the Change Request and advise the Project manager to add funds in
Management reserve.
B. Discuss the situation with sponsor and ask him to make the final decision.
C. Deny the Change Request since project budget will be impacted.
D. Defer the Change Request and wait until government regulation gets implemented.
 Question No. 120

As the project manager, Tom identifies the possible departure of a

key team member who has a special expertise that is needed for the
project. If that team member is promoted, this would be considered a
risk ____

A. Category
B. Event
C. Trigger
D. Quantification
 Question No. 121

If you want a multiple number of experts to identify

project risks, but also wish to receive unbiased data,
then what is the most appropriate technique to use?

A. Interviewing.
B. Delphi technique.
C. Assumption analysis.
D. Brainstorming.
 Question No. 122

Tom is a Project Manager of a multi-million dollars project where

team members are working from multiple countries. As a project
manager, for handling multiculturalism, when should he specially
consider cultural differences?

A. When communication strategies are build based on political environment of the

organization.
B. When the RACI chart gets finalized for assigning work to the available resources.
C. When he is working in a co-located environment.
D. When he is considering recognition and rewards during team development.
 Question No. 123

As an experienced Project Manager you are planning out the

communications methods to use as part of stakeholder engagement.
The most effective means for communicating and resolving issues
with stakeholders is: -

A. Status reports.
B. Email.
C. Voice calls.
D. Face-to-face meetings.
 Question No. 124

You are in closing phase. You want to ensure you do

not have any open risks. What should you review?

A. Risk register
B. Risk Report
C. Issue log
D. Lessons Learned Register
 Question No. 125

Joseph is a project manager of a high performance team. Recently it

came to his notice that the team is using an unofficial communication
platform to communicate among one another at project level. What
should he do immediately?

A. Review the Stakeholder Engagement Plan and ensure that the stakeholders are not
affected by this unofficial platform.
B. Review the Communication Management Plan and direct the team not to use this
platform anymore.
C. Immediately arrange communication training for the team and terminate the platform.
D. Ignore the situation as the project is running smoothly.
 Question No. 126

You as a project manager wishes to expand an

existing list of sellers of her organization. Which of
the following techniques should she consider?

A. Bidder conferences.
B. Make or buy analysis.
C. Analytical techniques.
D. Advertising.
 Question No. 127

The following document provides the framework for the schedule

management plan, allowing for consistency with the estimates and
the resulting schedules. What document is referred here?

A. Work Breakdown Structure.

B. Network Diagram.
C. Risk Breakdown Structure.
D. Stakeholder Register
 Question No. 128

You are a Project Manager of ABC project. Your team members – Jack and Ryan
has successfully passed PMP exam. You are very happy and want to make sure
that the success of the team member gets recognized beyond project level. What
document you should update?

A. Resource management plan.

B. EEF.
C. OPA.
D. Team performance assessment.
 Question No. 129
A project is running using adaptive development approach which has six phases. At the end of second
phase, the project goes behind schedule. The Finish-to-start relationship between activities of
development and testing team is causing the delay. Testing team can only start after development
team's work gets completed. Team after discussion with experts decided to adopt Test driven
development approach for few user stories, where testing and development can go in parallel. Here
adoption of Test driven Development is an example of:

A. Resource leveling.
B. Fast tracking.
C. Crashing.
D. Schedule optimization.
 Question No. 130

As a project manager for QOH project. A junior team

member asks about identifying stakeholder process. What is
not true regarding Identify Stakeholder process ?

A. Communication management plan may act as valid input for identify stakeholder
process only after first iteration of the Identify stakeholder process.
B. Change log and Requirement documentation are valid input for identify stakeholder
process.
C. Stakeholder identification process can periodically happen throughout the project on
need basis.
D. Post first iteration of stakeholder engagement process, business document acts as
sources of information about project’s stakeholders.
 Question No. 131

During the mid of a software development project that is using Agile-scrum

methodology, scrum master leaves the company. This was documented as a risk
during initiation phase of the project. What corrective action needs to be taken
care in the situation mentioned above?

A. Ask the Product owner to play dual role.

B. Ask the senior most team member to play the role of Scrum master.
C. Examine the assumption log and take appropriate action.
D. Review the project charter and work with the functional manager to resolve the issue.
 Question No. 132

During the mid of execution, the customer comes up with new quality
requirements that involves change in project schedule. Any change in
schedule baseline can only be approved through which of the
following processes?

A. Validate Scope.
B. Control Quality.
C. Monitor and Control Project Work.
D. Perform Integrated Change Control.
 Question No. 133

During early stage of execution, a new Project Manager has joined the project.
He wants to know; how the outcomes of uncertainties are documented,
maintained, communicated throughout the project. What should the project
manager review to fetch this necessary information?

A. Communication Management Plan.

B. Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
C. Risk register.
D. Risk Management Plan.
 Question No. 134

During the mid of the project, the project manager is trying to ensure
that all information needs of project and its stakeholders are met as
its planned. Which of the following documents would you refer to
confirm the same?

A. Stakeholder engagement Plan.

B. Communication Management Plan.
C. Both A and B.
D. Project Scope Statement.
 Question No. 135

Auto generated mail response from receivers’ end in

push communication states that the message is: -

A. Communicated.
B. Acknowledged.
C. Confirmed.
D. Clarified.
 Question No. 136

Your project team members have just started to work together after
resolving several interpersonal conflicts. They are now adjusting their
work habits and behaviors to support each other. Which stage of the
Tuckman ladder has your team just entered?

A. Norming.
B. Performing.
C. Forming.
D. Storming.
 Question No. 137

In the mid of a software development project, a project stakeholder

requests the scrum master for adding a new feature that will increase
the project cost and schedule. What should the Scrum Master do
next?

A. Ask the project stakeholder to raise a formal change request.

B. Conduct a meeting with team to implement the change.
C. Set up a meeting between the project stakeholder and the product owner.
D. Review the situation with Change Control Board.
 Question No. 138
Tom is a Project Manager who is currently engaged in planning Risk
management activities for his project. Assessing overall project risk has been
difficult for him as he is having trouble in assigning cost impacts to identified risks
due to lack of high-quality numeric data. What should Tom do as a Project
Manager?

A. Do Quantitative analysis
B. Evaluate using simulation technique.
C. Evaluate on a qualitative basis.
D. Evaluate using tornado diagram.
 Question No. 139
A German stakeholder joins the team in a multi-phase project. Sponsor has
already informed the project manager that he is important for the project. After
meeting with him, the project manager realizes that the new stakeholder should
be involved in all status meetings and receive confidential information in
association to the project. The project manager adds him in the stakeholder
register. What should he do next?

A. Update Communication Management Plan.

B. Update Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
C. Update Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix.
D. Update Issue Log.
 Question No. 140

During Planning while determining budget, the project

manager wants to understand the financial success factors
associated to the project. Which document should he refer
as a project manager to fetch this necessary information?

A. Benefit Management Plan.

B. Project Charter.
C. Business Case.
D. Cost estimates.
 Question No. 141

As a project manager, you have subcontracted some of the technically

challenging work. The subcontracted work has been delivered as per the
technical specifications mentioned in the contract, but you are not satisfied with
the deliverables produced because they are not the exact ones what you
needed. What should you do next?

A. Accept the deliverable.

B. Proceed with claims administration.
C. Withhold payment until the contested changes are addressed.
D. Terminate the contract for cause.
 Question No. 142
During project execution, a Procurement software implementation process gets
impacted due to sudden change of middle-ware technology version. A risk
response is implemented by implementing a costlier alternative solution. Project
Team determines that by applying this approach, contingency reserves, and
management reserves, the project can come back to track without increasing the
project budget. What should you do next?

A. Submit a change request to update the cost baseline.

B. Restart project execution with new project team.
C. Submit a change request to access the contingency and Management reserves.
D. Ask the project sponsor to change Implementation strategy of the project.
 Question No. 143

During a risk review meeting, the project manager learns that a new
company policy has been implemented, which prohibits the use of
overtime. This restriction in hours for the development team
represents a new constraint for the project. Where should this newly
identified constraint be documented?

A. The Constraint Control register.

B. The Risk register.
C. The Assumption Log.
D. The Issue Log.
 Question No. 144

Which of the following about Cost Baseline is not

true?

A. Once baselines, Cost baseline can only be changed with only formal change control
procedure even if Change is minor.
B. Cost baseline include work package Cost estimates as well contingency reserve.
C. The cost baseline is the approved version of the time-phased project budget, excluding
any management reserves.
D. Cost baseline include cost of all control accounts as well as management reserve.
 Question No. 145

Money spent during the project to avoid the failure is

called:-

A. Cost of Quality.
B. Cost of Conformance.
C. Cost of Non-Conformance.
D. Fixed Cost.
 Question No. 146
A junior Project Manager asking a senior Project Manager about a document that
is created during execution and is used to evaluate the achievements of the
quality objectives. It may include dedicated checklists and detailed Requirements
traceability matrices. What is the document the junior Project Manager is talking
about ?

A. Test and Evaluation documents.

B. Check sheet.
C. Quality Reports.
D. Requirement Documentation.
 Question No. 147

A new project manager joins the XGH project. He wants to review the
project team directory as well as the roles and responsibilities of
team members. Which document should he review?

A. WBS.
B. RACI chart.
C. Project Team assignments.
D. Resource Calendar.
 Question No. 148

The following skill helps the project manager to reduce tension and
increase co-operation among Project team players in a highly
stressful and demanding project environment. What has been
referred in the given scenario?

A. Compromise technique of conflict management.

B. Emotional Intelligence.
C. Political awareness.
D. Management skill.
 Question No. 149

Tom is a project manager of ABX project, some of the project deliverables have
been sub-contracted to the vendor CXA. Before signing the contract, the vendor
asked whether they can get a part of the payment in advance before submission
of first set of deliverables. As a Project Manager what should Tom review to give
answer to the vendor ?

A. Procurement Statement of Work.

B. Agreement.
C. OPA
D. Project Charter.
 Question No. 150

Your project has been terminated unsuccessfully before closure.

Which of the following documents will be used to capture the
termination reason?

A. Lessons learned repository.

B. Project Closure documents.
C. Final Report.
D. Procurement File.
 Question No. 151

You are a Project Manager of a complex and large automation project where you are helping sponsor
to prepare project charter. Only one of your vendor-SQZ from the preferred vendor list has the skill set
to work in such projects. But you have come to know from your senior Management that the SQZ
vendor you are looking for is not well suited for your organization environment. The internal resources
of the organization don’t have technical capability to do this project. What is the best course of action
that you can take here as a Project Manager?

A. Award the contract to the SQZ vendor who has the technical capability.
B. Engage SQZ vendor into a Trial Engagement.
C. Build bid documents and arrange bidder conference with perspective sellers.
D. Train your internal resources on the new technology.
 Question No. 152

Which of the following in relation to Project Charter is not

true?

A. The Project Charter establishes a partnership between performing and requesting

organizations.
B. The Project Charter is a contract.
C. The Project Charter formally authorizes the existence of a project.
D. The Project Charter can contain key stakeholder list.
 Question No. 153

The schedule variance of the project is -3 (negative value).

What is the best thing to do as a Project Manager?

A. Immediately notify the sponsor.

B. Determine the Cost variance.
C. Look for activities that can be done in parallel.
D. Raise a Change request to add 2 more resources to the project.
 Question No. 154

You are a project manager of GHF project. Currently the project team
is carrying out contingency plan in response to risk triggers. Which of
the following processes is being carried out in the given scenario?

A. Implement risk Response.

B. Direct and manage project work.
C. Monitor Risks.
D. Plan Risk Response.
 Question No. 155

You are a Project Manager of a project where scope is well defined. However,
there is scarcity of resources in your organization, so you award a Fixed price
contract to one of your preferred seller. What risk response strategy you have
applied?

A. Avoid.
B. Share.
C. Transference.
D. Mitigate.
 Question No. 156

The following contract clause does not allow for appeals in courts of
law based on performance. What type of contract has been referred
in the given scenario?

A. CPIF.
B. FP-EPA.
C. CPAF.
D. FPIF
 Question No. 157

Troy’s project to build a new IT solution is in execution. A Change Request was

submitted and approved to apply corrective action to an element of the new
production line. The implementation of the Change Request requires technical
knowledge which no one in the project team has. What should Troy do as a
Project Manager to resolve the current situation?

A. Bring a qualified technical expert.

B. Escalate the issue to the sponsor.
C. Defer the Change Request.
D. Document the issue to issue log.
 Question No. 158

A project manager has taken over a project which is under closure.

The customer has accepted the deliverable, and the Project Manager
is trying to determine who should sign off on the project What should
the Project Manager review?

A. Consult with Sponsor.

B. Refer the Project Charter.
C. Ask Customer to sign.
D. Project Manager can sign himself.
 Question No. 159

Tom is a project manager of TSE project of BCD organization. In the project

there is a work package involved in critical path which includes work in a special
niche technology. Since there is only one available resource in the organization
who can work on the work package, a contingency reserve of $6000 was allotted
to project budget during planning. Now, the project is on the verge of closure and
work related to the work package has been completed successfully and risk has
not occurred. What should be done with $6000 contingency reserve?

A. Utilize the budget for celebration party for project success.

B. Move the reserve amount to management reserve.
C. Keep it as Contingency reserve for secondary risks.
D. Remove the contingency reserve from the Project Budget.
 Question No. 160

A team member worked extra 4 hours in last 1 week to meet

and exceed customer expectations. This is an example for:

A. Scope Creep.
B. Gold plating.
C. Crashing.
D. Fast tracking.
 Question No. 161

Dispute resolution procedures in contractual

agreement are recorded in: -

A. Change Management Plan.

B. Procurement SOW.
C. Contract Change Control System.
D. Project Charter
 Question No. 162

You are a Project Manager of a Research and Development project where scope
is very volatile and there is no available in-house talent. You have awarded a
Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee (CPIF) type of contract to one of your preferred vendor.
The project is negotiated such that if the final costs are less than expected costs,
the sharing formula for cost savings is 75:25. The targeted cost is US$ 100,000
with an 8% incentive fee on the targeted cost. If the project comes in at US$
80,000, what would be the cost of the total contract?

A. $108,000.
B. $93,000.
C. $112,000.
D. $88,000.
 Question No. 163

As a project manager for an IT organization you are currently in the process of

selecting a vendor to develop a new e-procurement software for your company.
Several vendors are interested in bidding on the contract. During a bidder
conference, one of the prospective suppliers asks about ownership of the
intellectual property that will be created from the project. Which project document
should have this information at this stage of the project?

A. Seller proposals.
B. Requirements documentation.
C. Source selection criteria.
D. Procurement contract.
 Question No. 164

During this stage of the project, Leader delegates. Team is

highly creative with trust and openness. What stage of
Tuckman ladder your team has entered?

A. Forming.
B. Storming.
C. Norming.
D. Performing.
 Question No. 165

During the planning phase of a software development project, two team

members are in a conflict in determination of a risk associated to server
performance. According to one, server performance is a high probability risk and
it requires further numerical analysis. According to another server performance is
not a risk at all considering modern days’ architectural set up. What should the
project manager do to address this situation?

A. Conduct Quantitative Risk analysis.

B. Use Why-why diagram to make a constructive decision.
C. Use a Probability and Impact matrix.
D. Develop a Risk Response Plan.
 Question No. 166

Project stakeholders can be internal or external to the

project. Which of the following are examples of Stakeholders
external to the organization?

A. Customer, Sponsor.
B. Suppliers, Regulatory bodies.
C. Project Manager, Team members.
D. Competitors, PMO.
 Question No. 167

In a Project review meeting, Project Manager and team are involved

in analyzing Scope Verification and deviation if any in terms of
agreed-upon scope. Which document should be reviewed to fetch
this particular information?

A. Scope baseline.
B. Requirements traceability Matrix.
C. Requirements Documentation.
D. Issue Log
 Question No. 168

A project team is identifying and documenting the actions

necessary to produce the project deliverables. Which of the
following may be created as a result of this process?

A. Work breakdown structure

B. The Scope Baseline
C. Requirement Traceability matrix
D. A Milestone List
 Question No. 169
Your a Project Manager of a large IT infrastructure project that is running in
multiple geographical locations.80 Servers need to be implemented in Europe
that has been contracted to another vendor. Now the project is in mid of
execution and your Senior Management has asked for a vendor performance
report against what was promised by the vendor in the agreement. Which of the
following tools should the Project Manager refer to prepare the vendor
performance comparison report?

A. Trend Analysis.
B. A Performance Review.
C. Inspection.
D. Audit.
 Question No. 170

A Senior Manager of the ABC company has disapproved a change

request already reviewed and approved by the CCB. What document
should the Project Manager review to know whether the Senior
Manager has the authority to do the needful authorization?

A. Review the Stakeholder Register.

B. Review the RACI Chart.
C. Review the work breakdown structure.
D. Examine the Change Management Plan.
 Question No. 171

The following technique help to minimize scope creep as it

forces team to work on the most essential features first.
What has been referred in this scenario?

A. Scope Verification
B. Three-point estimation
C. Time-boxing
D. Value analysis
 Question No. 172

In case of early contract termination, Buyer can

terminate a contract when:

A. The buyer can’t make payment.

B. The seller failed to deliver the work promised.
C. The market has changed, and there is no longer a need for the project.
D. There is Termination clauses (Termination for Cause or Convenience) explicitly
mentioned in the agreement.
 Question No. 173

The explicit application of Influencing skill of Project

Manager is most applicable in: -

A. Strong Matrix organization.

B. Project-Oriented organization.
C . Weak-Matrix organization.
D. PMO Organization.
 Question No. 174
During execution, you have identified that the raw materials
supplied to you are of low grade than expected. What should
the Project Manager do FIRST?

A. Review Quality Management Plan.

B. Update Project Document.
C. Create Workaround.
D. Review the Requirement Documentation.
 Question No. 175
The design thinking approach of obtaining early feedback on
requirements by providing a model of the expected product
before actually building it is known as:

A. Context diagram.
B. SIPOC diagram.
C. Prototype.
D. Brain-writing.
 Question No. 176

The following exercise helps us to identify the point in the project

when the project manager and relevant stakeholders will review the
project progress to determine if performance is as expected. Which
of the following has been referred in the given scenario?

A. Management reviews.
B. Control Quality.
C. Control point.
D. Validate Scope.
 Question No. 177

You are preparing a report for upcoming meeting with the senior
management. The report should show the greatest potential Risk to
your project. You decided to use a tool to illustrate the same. What
kind of tool can be used here?

A. Influence Diagram.
B. Why-Why Diagram.
C. Tornado Diagram.
D. Pareto Chart.
 Question No. 178

Which of the following is an example of scope model which

visually depicts the product scope by showing a business
system.

A. Context Diagram.
B. Prototype.
C. JAD.
D. Requirement Traceability Matrix.
 Question No. 179

During Closing the Project Manager is reviewing a document, that

states the conditions to be met in order to close or cancel the project
or phase. Which document the Project Manager is currently
reviewing?

A. Project Charter.
B. Requirement Documentation.
C. Project Management Plan.
D. Scope Management Plan.
 Question No. 180

Tom is the project manager of a complex IOT device manufacturing project. By

looking at its complexity, he invites representative from various departments like
Sales, Research and Development, Engineering, Demand Generation to take
part in seller proposal evaluation process. Based on the situation mentioned
above, what tool or technique Tom is using?

A. Bench-marking.
B. Market Research.
C. Source selection analysis.
D. Expert judgment.
 Question No. 181

Multi-phase project will include kick-off meeting

during: -

A. At the start of first phase.

B. At the end of each phase.
C. At the beginning of each phase.
D. At the start of planning phase.
 Question No. 182

While performing project work, Tom, the team player notices that there is a
potential new risk, which could impact the project's critical path. He informally
discusses the same with the project manager, who advises him to do something
immediately What is the most probable suggestion , the project Manager gave to
Tom?

A. Recommend the project be placed on hold for a day to avoid the risk.
B. Document the risk in the risk register.
C. Record the same in issue log.
D. Generate a risk report using quantitative and quantitative analysis of the identified risk
to alert the team of the schedule impacts.
 Question No. 183

Tom is a project manager of WSD project who has just completed planning. BU
Head of the company wants Tom to furnish a report that would include
procurement delivery method to be used in the project, type or nature of
agreement considered for the project, phases of procurement Which document
should Tom refer to give appropriate information to the BU head?

A. Procurement Management Plan.

B. Statement of Work.
C. Procurement Strategy.
D. Bid Documents.
 Question No. 184

During risk identification process, the project manager is trying to find

out the individuals who will participate in risk identification process
and those who are available to play the role of risk owners. What
should the project manager review?

A. Risk register.
B. Stakeholder Register.
C. Communication Management Plan.
D. Activity attributes.
 Question No. 185

A project manager is in the process of developing the stakeholder register. As the

first step in this process, he creates a list of potential stakeholders and decides to
use a data gathering technique that allows sharing a list of questions to the
individual participants before the inception of the group creativity session. What
technique has been applied in the given scenario?

A. Brainstorming.
B. Questionnaires and surveys.
C. Brain writing.
D. Stakeholder Mapping.
 Question No. 186

The condition or capability that is required to be present in

product, service, or result to satisfy an agreement is termed
as -:

A. Deliverable.
B. Requirement.
C. Product Scope.
D. Process
 Question No. 187

A correlation chart that uses a regression line to explain or to

predict how the change in an independent variable will
change a dependent variable is termed as –:

A. Scatter Diagram.
B. Fish Bone Diagram.
C. Control Chart.
D. Run Chart.
 Question No. 188

As a project manager, you are leading a research and development

project, and you always follow all project management best practices.
You have just completed project initiation, and you need to begin
planning your project. What should you do next?

A. Create the Project Management Plan.

B. Develop the Stakeholder register and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
C. Get the project charter approved.
D. Assign Resources to the project
 Question No. 189

Legislation and regulatory are examples of: -

A. Technical Risk.
B. Management risk.
C. Commercial risk.
D. External risk.
 Question No. 190

On a project, the change control board (CCB) is conducting a meeting to

evaluate a change request to increase the scope of the project. After reviewing
the change request, the CCB must now decide whether to approve the request.
They utilize a decision matrix to evaluate the requested change according to a
set of predefined criteria. What decision-making technique is the CCB using?

A. Voting.
B. Autocratic decision making.
C. Multi-criteria decision analysis.
D. Nominal group technique.
 Question No. 191

In the mid of the project, the project manager realizes that the raw materials
available in-house got exhausted, and he needs to purchase raw materials from
outside. What analysis should the Project Manager do FIRST in vendor selection
process, considering the remaining project budget in mind?

A. Alternative Analysis.
B. Variance Analysis.
C. Regression Analysis.
D. Cost-benefit Analysis.
 Question No. 192

Senior management has asked the Project Manager of GHF project to provide a
report containing information on acceptable procurement timetable as well as
assumptions planned for resource allocation. What should the Project manager
review first to provide this necessary information?

A. Communication Management Plan.

B. Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
C. Resource Management Plan.
D. Project Management Plan
 Question No. 193

A project got seriously delayed. Earned value analysis shows that the project
needs to be completed at 15 percent faster rate. To get the project back on track,
management wants to add 3 more people to an activity currently assigned to one
resource. The project manager disagrees to this solution, as nothing such an
increase in number of resources will produce the desired increase in speed and
performance in relation to the project. This is an example of:-

A. Earned value.
B. The law of diminishing returns.
C. Fast tracking.
D. Life cycle costing.
 Question No. 194

Good Interpersonal skills play a phenomenal role in

successful stakeholder engagement. All of the following are
examples of interpersonal skills EXCEPT:-

A. Resisting to change.
B. Building trust.
C. Resolving Conflict.
D. Active listening.
 Question No. 195

You are the newly appointed project manager of the ABC organization. Currently
you have been assigned a project which has just moved to the planning stage. A
PMP certified expert clearly explained you that for any modern-day projects you
are required to consider an Enterprise Environmental factor to determine how the
work gets assigned to the people. What should you consider knowing how the
work is assigned to the people?

A. RACI Matrix.
B. Project Management Information System (PMIS).
C. Resource Histogram.
D. Work authorization system.
 Question No. 196

A Project Manager working in a city government project is planning to build a

new Technology park. The project will ultimately be paid from tax revenues, but
the city lacks the immediate funds that will get the project going. To determine
how the project will be paid, team is doing some investigation and analysis from
various sources? Which of the following Tool and techniques team is currently
using?

A. Cost Aggregation.
B. Cost Baseline.
C. Financing.
D. Project Funding requirements.
 Question No. 197

You are managing a project with an EV of $15,000,

PV of $12,000 and AC of $11,000. How would you
BEST describe this project?

A. The project is ahead of schedule and within its budget.

B. The project is behind schedule and within its budget.
C. The project is ahead of schedule and over its budget.
D. The project is behind schedule and over its budget.
 Question No. 198

Tom is a Project Manager of a new RPA project. During Risk review meeting,
team identifies a new type of technical risk and updates the necessary
documents. Since, such risks are new to the company, Tom decides to update
this Risk level information in detail so that risk identification process of future
projects can include this new risk in their Risk Identification Checklist. What
should be updated in the mentioned scenario? Choose the best answer.

A. Lessons Learned Register.

B. Risk Report.
C. OPA Updates.
D. EEF Updates.
 Question No. 199

Throughout the project, the stakeholders have been raising

various problems, gaps, inconsistencies, and conflicts.
Which of the following should be used to capture such
information?

A. Change Log.
B. Risk Register.
C. Issue Log.
D. Stakeholder Register.
 Question No. 200

Tom is a project manager of a company that prepares highly

specialized scientific devices. He wants to prevent any costly
mistakes in association to frequently performed tasks. What
preventive action can be taken to achieve the same?

A. Encourage the project team to use a Quality checklist.

B. Ensure proper training for each team members on a periodical basis.
C. Make sure that the Quality Management Plan is clear and concise.
D. Immediately identifying this as risk and recording his concern in the risk register.