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Project Management Framework
Aligned to PMBOK® Guide 4th Edition

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The project manager for a construction project discovers that a new
water line is being created in the neighborhood where he’s managing a
project. Company policy requires that a series of forms for city
environmental changes need to be filled out before his team can
1. continue work on the project. This is an example of:
A. A portfolio
B. A program
C. An enterprise environmental factor
D. A project
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a project?
A. Temporary
2. B. Strategic
C. Specific result
D. Progressively elaborated
An energy company is investing in a series of initiatives to look for
alternative energy sources so that the company can be competitive in
10 years. The initiatives are tracked and managed together because
this goal is vital to the success of the company. This is an example of...
3.
A. A portfolio
B. A program
C. A project
D. A enterprise environnemental factor
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?
A. Managing stakeholder expectations
4. B. Managing project constraints
C. Gathering product requirements
D. Sponsoring the project
Which of the following is NOT a Process Group?
A. Monitoring and Controlling
5. B. Gathering Requirements
C. Initiating
D. Closing
Which of the following is NOT a knowledge area?
A. Scope
6. B. Integration
C. Procurement
D. Initiating
Which of the following is NOT true about portfolio management?
A. The portfolio manager judges success of the portfolio by
combining data from all of its programs and projects
7.
B. A portfolio can contain projects and programs
C. A portfolio is organized around a business goal
D. A portfolio is always a group of programs

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You’re managing a project to remodel a kitchen. You use earned value
calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if
your project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core
characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?
8.
A. Knowledge
B. Performance
C. Personal
D. None of the above
At the beginning of a project, a software team project manager is given
a schedule with everyone’s vacations on it. She realizes that because
the software will be delivered to the QA team exactly when they have
overlapping vacations, there is a serious risk of quality problems
because there won’t be anyone to test the software before it goes into
9. production. What BEST describes the constraint this places on the
project?
A. Quality constraint
B. Time constraint
C. Resource constraint
D. Risk constraint
A project manager is having trouble with his project because one of his
team members is not performing, which is causing him to miss an
important date he promised to a stakeholder. He discovers that the
team member knew about the project problem, but didn’t tell him
because the team members are all afraid of his bad temper. Which
10. BEST describes how the project manager can avoid this situation in the
future?
A. Increasing his knowledge of the PMBOK® Guide
B. Measuring personal performance
C. Improving his personal skills
D. Managing stakeholder expectations
Which of the following is NOT a Project Constraint?
A. Quality
11. B. Scale
C. Time
D. Cost

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A project manager is running a data center installation project. He finds
that his stakeholder is angry because he’s run over his budget because
the staff turned out to be more expensive than planned. The
stakeholder’s unhappy that when the project is over, the servers won’t
have as much drive space as he needs. Which of the following
12.
constraints was not affected by this problem?
A. Quality
B. Resource
C. Time
D. Cost
Which of the following is NOT an example of operational work?
A. Building a purchase order system for accounts payable
B. Submitting weekly purchase orders through a purchase order
13.
system
C. Deploying weekly anti-virus software updates
D. Yearly staff performance evaluations
You’re managing a project to build a new accounting system. One of
the accountants in another department really likes the current system
and is refusing to be trained on the new one. What is the BEST way to
handle this situation?
A. Refuse to work with him because he’s being difficult
14. B. Appeal to the accountant’s manager and ask to have him
required to take training
C. Get a special dispensation so that the accountant doesn’t
have to go to the training
D. Work with him to understand his concerns and do what you
can to help alleviate them without compromising your project
Which of the following is used for identifying people who are impacted
by the project?
A. Resource List
15.
B. Stakeholder Register
C. Enterprise Environmental Factors
D. Project Plan
Your manager asks you where to find a list of projects that should be
managed together. What is the BEST place to find this information?
A. Project Plan
16.
B. Project Charter
C. Portfolio Charter
D. Program Charter

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You want to know specifically which business goal a group of projects
and programs are going to accomplish. Which is the best place to look
for this information?
17. A. Project Plan
B. Project Charter
C. Portfolio Charter
D. Program Charter
A project coordinator is having trouble securing programmers for her
project. Every time she asks her boss to give a resource to the project
he says that they are too busy to help out with her project. Which type
of organization is she working in?
18.
A. Functional
B. Weak Matrix
C. Strong Matrix
D. Projectized
A project manager is having trouble securing programmers for her
project. Every time she asks the programming manager for resources
for her project, he says they’re all assigned to other work.
So she is constantly having to go over his head to overrule him. Which
19. type of organization is she working for?
A. Functional
B. Weak Matrix
C. Strong Matrix
D. Projectized
You’re a project manager working on a software engineering project.
The programmers have started building the software, and the testers
have started to create the test environment. Which process group
includes these activities?
20.
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Closing
Which of the following is not a stakeholder?
A. The project manager who is responsible for building the
project
21. B. A project team member who will work on the project
C. A customer who will use the final product
D. A competitor whose company will lose business because of
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A project manager runs into a problem with her project’s contractors,
and she isn’t sure if they’re abiding by the terms of the contract. Which
knowledge area is the BEST source of processes to help her deal with
this problem?
22.
A. Cost Management
B. Risk Management
C. Procurement Management
D. Communications Management
You’re a project manager for a construction project. You’ve just finished
creating a list of all of the people who will be directly affected by the
project. What process group are you in?
23. A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring & Controlling
Which process group contains the Develop Project Charter process and
the Identify Stakeholders process?
A. Initiating
24.
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
Which of the following is NOT a project?
A. Repairing a car
25. B. Building a highway overpass
C. Running an IT support department
D. Filming a motion picture
A project manager is running a software project that is supposed to be
delivered in phases. She was planning on dividing the resources into
two separate teams to do the work for two phases at the same time,
but one of her senior developers suggested that she use an Agile
methodology instead, and she agrees. Which of the following BEST
26.
describes the relationship between her project’s phases?
A. Sequential relationship
B. Iterative relationship
C. Constrained relationship
D. Overlapping relationship
Which of the following is NOT true about overlapping phases?
A. Each phase is typically done by a separate team
B. There’s an increased risk of delays when a later phase can’t
27. start until an earlier one ends
C. There’s an increased risk to the project due to potential for
rework
D. Every phase must go through all five process groups

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You’re the project manager for an industrial design project. Your team
members report to you, and you’re responsible for creating the budget,
building the schedule, and assigning the tasks. When the project is
complete, you release the team so they can work on other projects for
28. the company. What kind of organization do you work in?
A. Functional
B. Weak matrix
C. Strong matrix
D. Projectized
You’re a project manager working in a weak matrix organization. Which
of the following is NOT true?
A. Your team members report to functional managers
B. You are not in directly charge of resources
29.
C. Functional managers make decisions that can affect your
projects
D. You have sole responsibility for the success or failure of the
project
Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their
projects. Most of the tune they are just complaining about how hard
projects are to manage in their company. Some complain about the
stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about
how hard it is to get people to cooperate and perform. One project
manager wants to focus on the advantages of the matrix-type
30.
organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the following
would he mention?
A. Improved project manager control over resources
B. More than one boss for project teams
C. Communications are easier
D. Reporting is easier
Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix
organization and that their power as project managers is quite limited.
One figures out that he is really a project expediter and the other
realizes he is really a project coordinator. How is a project expediter
31. different from a project coordinator?
A. The project expediter cannot make decisions.
B. The project expediter can make more decisions.
C. The project expediter reports to a higher-level manager.
D. The project expediter has some authority.
In a Projectized organization, the project team:
A. Reports to many bosses.
32. B. Has no loyalty to the project.
C. Reports to the functional manager.
D. Will not always have a "home."

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A project manager is trying to complete a software development project,
but cannot get enough attention for the project. Resources are focused
on completing process-related work and the project manager has little
authority to properly assign resources. What form of organization must
33. the project manager be working in?
A. Functional
B. Matrix
C Expediter
D. Coordinator
A project manager has very little project experience, but he has been
assigned as the project manager of a new project. Because he will be
working in a matrix organization to complete his project, he can expect
communications to be:
34.
A. Simple.
B. Open and accurate.
C. Complex.
D. Hard to automate.
A project team member is talking to another team member and
complaining that many people are asking him to do things. If he works
in a functional organization, who has the power to give direction to the
team members?
35.
A. His project manager
B. The functional manager
C. The team
D. Tight matrix
Who has the MOST power in a projectized organization?
A. The project manager
36. B. The functions! Manager
C. The team
D. They all share power
All of the following are characteristics of a project EXCEPT:
A. Temporary.
37. B. Definite beginning and end
C. Interrelated activities.
D. Repeats itself every month.
All of the following are parts of the team's stakeholder management
effort EXCEPT;
A. Giving stakeholders extras.
38.
B. Identifying stakeholders,
C. Determining stakeholders' needs.
D. Managing stakeholders' expectations.

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A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major
work package. After the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells
you to complete the paperwork to make the change, This is an example
of:
39.
A. Management attention to scope management
B. Management planning.
C. A project expediter position,
D. A change control system,
The project is in the planning process group when three stakeholders
come to the project manager asking for information on the company's
new project management methodology. They want to know where it
came from and why it is different from the way they currently manage
projects. These stakeholders are also friends of the project manager,
and the entire group has worked together for years. The project is using
some new terms like "corrective action" that are making some
stakeholders nervous, as they are unsure whether the way projects will
40.
be managed is going to change along with new terms. What should the
project manager do?
A. Advise the stakeholders that she will keep them io the
communication loop for the project.
B. Supply a. list of new terms and their definitions.
C, Notify the project management office (PMO),
D. Make sure she maintains her authority as the project manager
even though the stakeholders are her friends.
A project manager is managing his second project. It started one month
after the first and both are ongoing. Though his first project is small, this
one seems to be growing in size every day. As each day passes, the
project manager is beginning to feel more and more in need of help.
The project manager has recently heard that there was another project
in the company last year that is similar to his second project. What
41. should he do?
A. Contact the other project manager and ask for assistance.
B, Obtain historical records and guidance from the project
management office (PMO).
C. Walt to see if the project is impacted by the growth in scope.
D. Make sure the scope for the project is agreed to by all the
stakeholders.
The project life cycle differs from the product life cycle in that the project
life cycle:
A. Does not incorporate a methodology.
42.
B. Is different for each industry.
C. Can spawn many projects.
D. Describes project management activities.

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Management by objectives works only if:
A. It is supported by management
43. B. The rules are written down.
C. The project does not impact the objectives.
D. The project includes the objectives in the project charter,
Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as
'projects' and that project managers will be used to update orders daily,
to resolve issues, and to ensure that the customer formally accepts the
product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual
orders can vary from US $100 to US 31, 50,000. The project manager
will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other
than daily status. How would you define this situation?
44.
A. Because each individual order is a "temporary endeavor,"
each order is a project
B. This is program management since there are multiple projects
involved
C. This is a recurring process.
D. Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered
projects and would involve project management.
The previous project manager for your project managed it without much
project organization. There is a lack of management control and no
clearly defined project deliverable. Which of the following would be the
BEST choice for getting your project better organized?
45.
A. Adopt a life cycle approach to the project.
B. Develop lessons learned for each phase.
C. Develop specific work plans for each work package.
D. Develop a description of the product of the project.
A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are
having difficulty creating a project chafer. What is the BEST description
of the real problem?
46. A. They have not identified the project objectives.
B. They are working on a process and not a project,
C. The end date has not been set
D. They have not identified the product of the project
One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of
the many projects he is working on is the most important Who should
determine the priorities among projects in a company?
47. A. The project manager
B. The project management team
C. The project management office
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A market demand, a business need, and/or legal requirement are
examples of:
A. Reasons to hire a project manager.
48.
B. Reasons projects are initiated.
C. Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders.
D. Reasons to sponsor a project.
Operational work is different from project work in that it is:
A. Unique
49. B. Temporary
C. On-going and repetitive.
D. A part of every project activity.
Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned
document. Which of the following is the BEST use or' lessons learned?
A. Historical records for future projects
50.
B. Planning record for the current project
C. Informing the team about what the project manager has done
D. Informing the team about the project management plan
Lessons learned are BEST completed by:
A. The project manager.
51. B. The team.
C. The sponsor.
D. The stakeholders.
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially
important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance
should:
A. Be included as activities to be performed during project
closure.
52. B. Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a
large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and
operations.
C Not be viewed as part of a project. A project is temporary with
a definite beginning and end.
D. Be viewed as a separate project.
What is a program?
A. An initiative set up by management
53. B. A means to gain benefits and control of related projects
C. A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way
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A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and
create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to
accomplish this?
54. A. Create project management plans
B. Create lessons learned.
C. Create network diagrams
D. Create status reports
In which project management process group is the detailed project
budget created?
A. Initiating
55.
B. Before the project management process
C. Planning
D. Executing
The project charter is created in which project management process
group?
A. Executing
56.
B. Planning
C. Closing
D. Initiating
The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and
budget. The NEXT thing to do IS:
A. Identify risks,
57.
B. Begin iterations.
C. Determine communications requirements.
D. Create a bar (Gantt) chart.
A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
A. Project budget.
58. B. Work breakdown structure.
C. Project management plan.
D. Detailed risk assessment.
The person who should be in control of the project during project
planning is the:
A. Project manager.
59.
B. Team member.
C. Functional manager.
D. Sponsor.
Which of the following is NOT an input to the initiating process group?
A. Company processes
60. B. Company culture
C. Historical WSSs
D. Project scope statement

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