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Integration Management
1. A new project manager has been hired in your company, and you have been asked to mentor her.
Because she is well trained, she is planning her project in great detail. Her first project for the
company is relatively low priority, and you feel that the project manager is planning too many
project control meetings. Which of the following would be the BEST thing to tell her?
A. Strike a balance between the extent of the control system and the risk of unfavorable project
outcomes.
B. Make sure you identify more than 40 risks, and then have more than one meeting a month
C. A good project management plan should be about90 percent complete before starting work
D. Make sure you include milestones to help plan the project charter.
2. In the process of reviewing the status of your team’s work assignments, you learn that the project
has fallen behind schedule by one week. The project has high visibility within the organization and
is completely date-driven. The project finish date is still two months out and you think you can
recover the time over the next month or so. What is the BEST course of action for reporting the
project status?
A. Report the project on schedule. This is not a significant slippage and there is still time to
recove
r
B. Report the project on schedule. Most project management plans are not accurate to less than
one or two weeks
anyway
C. Report the project one week behind schedule and include recommended corrective actions
D. Report the project one week behind schedule and then issue a new report next week showing
them the problem fixed
3. The project has been going relatively well, although there have been some problems with resource
availability and the project scope has changed more than was expected. The project is now
completing one of its phases. Of all decisions the sponsor must consider during and end-of-phase
review meeting, the MOST difficult is:
A. Authorizing scope change for the next phase
B. Authorizing budget increases for the next phase based on scope changes
C. Cancelling the project
D. Decreasing scope to maintain budget

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4. Though it was difficult, the project manager received agreement to the project charter from all four
sponsors involved on the project and the US $400,000 project was approved. Now the cost
variance for the project is -$500 and the last performance review was positive.
Just when the project entered its second phase, a team member on a noncritical path
activity
announced she was leaving the company. The float of activity L changed from two to four days.
Only one unidentified risk has occurred with a minor impact. The last quality review showed that
the project has made use of the results of the last design of experiments. Based on this
information, what should the project manager do NEXT?
A. Complete closure of the first phase
B. Fast track the project to add more float
C. Review the management plans
D. Investigate additional risks caused by the difficulty with the senior managers.
5. All of the following are part of the Close Project or Phase process EXCEPT:
A. Collection of records
B. Analysis of project success and effectiveness
C. Coordinating the operations and maintenance phase of the project
D. Archiving project information
6. Which of the following BEST describes what a project charter may be used for when the work is
being
completed?
A. To make sure all the team members are rewarded
B. To help determine if a scope change should be approved
C. To assess the effectiveness of the change control system
D. To make sure that all the documentation on the project is completed
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7. You are making another international trip and have been invited to a holiday celebration, you
discover that all of the subcontracted work for the project has been given to one of the team
member’s brothers. What should you do?
A. Do nothing if the project is progressing on schedule
B. Evaluate the cost of the subcontracted work
C. Determine what the common practices are in that country
D. Tell the team member that such actions are not allowed.
8. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the executing process
group?
A. Forecast when the next milestone will be completed
B. Recommend updates to the project management plan
C. Recalculate how long the project it will take

D. Determine if project controls need to be updated
9. You are part of a team that has been told by your management that they require you to take and
pass the PMP exam by the end of the year. After studying, you are the first of the group to take
the actual exam. When you return to work to tell everyone you passed, you are bombarded with
questions. Management tells you that since everyone else is so worried about the exam, they
want you to write out all the questions you can remember from the exam and provide copies to
the rest of the team. In this situation, you could do all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Do your best to provide only what you remember exactly
B. Offer to assist the others by motivating them
C. Explain that providing questions from the actual exam is specifically prohibited
D. Explain that you may have passed the exam, but you are not an expert. The team should
follow the expert advice that they were given on how to study and pass the
exam.
10. If a project manager is not satisfied with the way of gathering, integrating, and disseminating the
outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on creating a
better:
A. WBS
B. Communications management plan

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C. Project management information system
D. Project scope management plan.
11. While reading a magazine article, you discover that there is a tool of project management that
other companies are using, but that your company has never heard of. What should you do?
A. Copy the article and pass it around your company

B. Talk to your colleagues and see if they know about it.
C. Arrange a meeting with your manager to discuss it
D. Summarize your opinion of the benefits of using this information in your company. Present
your analysis to your
manager
12. The customer has accepted the completed project scope. However, the lessons learned required
by the project management office have not been completed. What is the status of the project?
A. The project is incomplete because the project needs to be replanned
B. The project is incomplete until all project and product deliverables are completed and accepted
C. The project is complete because the customer has accepted the deliverables
D. The project is complete because the project has reached the due date
13. You are the project manager for one part of a new program in your organization. You are four
months into a three-year project when your project team makes significant discoveries on your
project. What is the BEST thing to do?
A. Make certain the discoveries are included in the project lessons learned
B. Make certain the discoveries are in the monthly status report.
C. Make certain you mention the discoveries at the senior management meeting in two months
D. At the weekly meeting, make certain you tell the other project managers involved in this
program about the
discoveries.
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14. You are halfway through a major network rollout. There are 300 locations in the United States,
with another 20 in England. A software seller has just released a major software upgrade for some
of the equipment being installed. The upgrade would provide the customer with functionality they
requested that was not available at the time the project began. What is the BEST course of action
under these circumstances?
A. Continue as planned, your customer has not requested a change
B. Inform the customer of the upgrade and the impacts to the project’s timeline and functionality if
the upgrade is implemented
C. Implement the change and adjust the schedule as necessary because this supports the
customer’s original
request
D. Implement the change to the remaining sites and continue with the schedule.
15. The project is NOT completed until:
A. The project scope is completed, administrative closure is completed, and payment is received.
B. Formal acceptance is received, and any other requirements for project closure as stated in the
contract are
met
C. The customer is satisfied and final payment is received
D. Lessons learned are completed
16. A team member notifies you that she has added extra functionality to the project. She tells you
there was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?
A. Implement change control processes to track the change
B. Understand what functionality was added
C. Instruct the team member to remove the extra functionality
D. Issue an approved change request

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17. In the course of completing work on the project, the project manager needs to complete an activity
that she has never done before. During this time, the project manager attends a professional
association discussion where the presenter discusses how he completed a difficulty activity on his
project that is similar to the project manager’s activity. He provides a handout describing his process.
The project manager should:
A. Use the process to complete the activity
B. Ask the speaker for permission to use the information
C. Ignore the information
D. Ask her manager for guidance.
18. At the end of a two-year project, the key stakeholders agree that the project has met all its
objectives outlined in the project charter and further defined in the scope and statement of work.
The project was within budget and has finished on time. The management of one of the
functional areas is quite upset because over half of his staff quit during the project citing long
hours and lack of management support. What is the MOST correct statement about this project?
A. The project was within budget and time and achieved its objectives. Upper management is
responsible for providing adequate resources, and the project manager
successfully managed the project with available resources.
B. The project should be measured against how successfully it met its project charter. This was
not done during this project.
C. The project manager did not obtain adequate resources and did not set a realistic deadline
based on resources
available
D. The functional manager is responsible for his staff and obtaining adequate resources to meet
the schedule once it has been set. The project and project manager achieved all of its
objectives set forth in the project charter
19. A stakeholder wants to make a change to the work breakdown structure that does NOT affect the
time or cost of the project. What is the BEST thing to do?
A. Tell the stakeholder that this change cannot be made without revising the project management
plan
B. Make the change
C. Meet with management
D. Look for other impacts on the project
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20. Your company has a policy that only a certain hotel chain may be used for business travel. You
discover that a more expensive hotel is offering a discount on the days you need to be in
town. What should you do?
A. Ask your manager for permission to use the other hotel chain
B. Contact the hotel chain to negotiate a better rate
C. Use the company’s hotel chain
D. Provide justification on your expense report for using the other hotel chain.
21. At a critical milestone in development project, it is determined that implementation is two months
behind schedule. The project manager is concerned that the root cause is lack of conformance to
requirements in the design of the new billing system. More extensive measurements are taken to
see if this is, in fact, the problem. Such measurements are:
A. Not needed. The schedule should be compressed
B. An example of Control Quality
C. Not going to show why the schedule is delayed
D. Part of integrated change control.
22. Which of the following BEST describes when a project phase is generally concluded?
A. When the work is done
B. When the deliverables are accepted
C. When the work for the next phase is ready to start
D. When it is scheduled in the milestone schedule
23. You are a project manager on an international project of great importance to the client. The client
is from another country and is so excited by how well the project is going that he presents you
with a company automobile for your personal use. The BEST thing for you to do would be:
A. Thank him and offer a gift in exchange
B. Politely turn down the gift
C. Ask that the gift be exchanged for something that can be shared by the team
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D. Ask for a gift that can be used up before you return home
24. A company is attempting to select the BEST project from a list of possible choices. If the
information they have includes the following benefit cost ratios, which project should they
pick?
A. 2.2
B. 1.3
C. 0.8
D. 1.6
25. After a great deal of effort, the project team has finally determined the specifications for a
major
scope change to the project. In light of this, what should the project manager do FIRST?
A. Look for other changes
B. Notify the stakeholders about the new scope
C. Gain sign-off on this change
D. Calculate the risks associated with this change
26. While the project is being completed, management requests a change. What is the FIRST thing
the project manager should
do?
A. Comply with the request if possible
B. Obtain an understanding of the scope of the

change
C. Tell the customer that a change will be coming
D. Ask the team to accept the change
27. A team member notifies you, after the fact, that she has added extra functionality to the project.
There was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?
A. Inform the customer
B. Make sure marketing is aware of the change
C. Understand what functionality was added
D. Implement change control processes to track the change
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28. All of the following are parts of the project initiating processes EXCEPT:
A. Develop product acceptance criteria

B. Determine project boundaries
C. Develop project objectives
D. Develop performance measurement baselines
29. The sponsor has asked you to require that each piece of the project scope be planned, estimated,
and scheduled. The sponsor also wants to authorize each piece of the project management plan
after the documentation is assembled. What is the MOST appropriate response to these
requests?
A. Politely advise the sponsor to forego the authorization of work.
B. Provide the sponsor with a schedule of when the components will be ready for authorization
C. Ask the sponsor to authorize each piece before it is completed
D. Tell the sponsor that the chance for authorization will come after the pieces of the project
management plan are
compiled
30. To accommodate a new project in your department, you need to move resources from one project
to another. Because your department is currently working at capacity, moving resources will
inevitably delay the project from which you move the resources. It would cause the LEAST
negative impact if you move resources from which of the following projects?
A. Project A with a benefit cost ratio of 0.8, no project charter, and four resources
B. Project B with a net present value of $60,000, 12 resources, and variable costs between US
$1,000 and $2,000 per
month
C. Project C with an opportunity cost of US $300,000, no project control plan, and an internal rate
of return of 12 percent
D. Project D with indirect costs of US $20,000 and 13 resources
31. When it comes to change, the project manager’s attention is BEST spent
on”
A. Making changes
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B. Tracking and recording changes
C. Informing the sponsor of changes
D. Preventing unnecessary changes
32. Which of the following processes involves creating a coherent, consistent document that can be
used to guide all the work in both project executing and project monitoring and controlling?
A. Risk management
B. Develop Project Management Plan
C. Develop Project Scope Statement
D. Plan Quality
33. All of the following are the responsibility of a project manager EXCEPT:
A. Maintain the confidentiality of customer confidential information
B. Determine the legality of company procedures.
C. Ensure that a conflict of interest does not compromise the legitimate interest of the
customer
D. Provide accurate and truthful representations in cost estimates
34. The buyer asks the project manager for the status of the project that his team is working on. What
is the BEST way to determine the status of a
project?
A. Compare the project performance against the project baselines

B. Compare the earned value to the planned value
C. Compare the project performance against the integrated change control plan.
D. Compare the number of people used on each work package to the planned number to be used.
35. You are assigned to a project that senior management has already decided to outsource. As a
project manager, you need to work with the contracts department to select the vendor and then
oversee the vendor through the project completion. Company policy requires that a project of this
size go through a formal bid process. A vice president in your company tells you that his friend owns
one of the companies that might bid on the project and that the company would be an
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excellent choice as a vendor. This vice president has a reputation for making or breaking careers.
What is generally the BEST course of action?
A. Follow the bid process, and show the vice president why the favored vendor is or is not the best
choice
B. Obtain written permission to bypass the formal bid process
C. Let the evaluation team know that management has a favorite vendor
D. Let the contracts department handle the situation
36. The project for the accounting department has been going well when the company says that it
must reduce the cost of the project without changing the quality requirements. The project manager
has looked to trim any resources, paid more attention to risk on upcoming activities, and even has
reduced product scope, but the project remains over the new budget limit. Which of the following
should the project manager do NEXT?
A. Get an extension of time
B. Review expensive customer requirements that add the least benefit
C. Suggest the project be terminated
D. Cut 10 percent off the cost estimate of each remaining activity.

37. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager’s role as an integrator?
A. Help team members become familiar with the project.
B. Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
C. Put all the pieces of a project into a program
D. Get all the team members together into a cohesive whole
38. The project manager has noticed that there have been a lot of changes on the project. This has
not been considered to be a problem until one day he discovers that he cannot determine how
many scope changes are currently being reviewed. This problem would be an error in which of the
following?
A. Change control system and project scope management plan
B. Plan purchases and acquisitions and requirements gathering
C. Lack of a change control board and constrained optimization
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D. A poor change configuration system and benefit analysis
39. You are a project manager who was just assigned to take over a project from another project
manager who is leaving the company. The previous project manager tells you that the project is
on schedule, but only because he has constantly pushed the team to perform. What is the FIRST
thing you should do as the new project manager?
A. Check risk status
B. Check cost performance
C. Determine a management strategy
D. Tell the team your objectives

40. The project charter for a project was approved for planning, and you have just been assigned as
project manager. Realizing that project planning is an ongoing effort throughout the project, which
processes are you MOST likely to combine?
A. Create WBS and Define Activities
B. Estimate Activity Durations and Develop Schedule
C. Develop Human Resource Plan and Estimate Costs
D. Estimate Costs and Determine Budget
41. A single point of failure (SPOF) is the part of a system that, upon failure, stops the entire system
from working or makes the system useless. Which of the following events can render a
knowledge management system ineffective?
A. If project team is not

motivated.
B. Project team is geographically

distributed.
C. When project knowledge cannot be classified as explicit or

tacit.
D. Knowledge is shared using a mixture of knowledge management tools and

techniques.
42. While constructing a new drug manufacturing plan, you discover a leak in a pipe which has
released chemicals into the ground. It was difficult to acquire the necessary government approval
and community support for the plant, and management has told you to be particularly careful to
not upset the community. You are uncertain of whether the chemicals could leak into the
groundwater or cause any damage. What should you do?
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A. Follow the instructions to avoid upsetting the community and do nothing
B. Start to write articles in the local paper about how poorly treated the local drinking water is.
C. Wherever possible, communicate all the great benefits of the plant to the community.
D. Inform local officials and ask for their help
43. Your organization is having a difficult time managing all of is projects. You have been asked to
help senior management get a better understanding of the problems. What do you do FIRST?
A. Meet with individual project managers to get a better sense of what is happening
B. Send a formal memo to all project managers requesting their project management plans
C. Meet with senior managers to help them develop a new tracking system for managing projects
D. Review the project charters and bar charts for all projects.
44. A person is writing a document identifying the business need for a project and is including a
description of the product is created by the project. She includes a list of stakeholders and
preassigned resources. What is the role of this person on the project?
A. The project manager for the project or a company functional manager
B. A member of the project management team working at the direction of the project manager
C. The sponsor or the project manager
D. A manager or executive in the organization who is higher in the corporate hierarchy than the
project manager.
45. An employee approaches you and asks to tell you something in confidence. He advises you that
he has been performing illegal activities within the company for the last year. He is feeling guilty
about it and is telling you in order to receive advice as to what he should do. What should you do?
A. Ask for full details
B. Confirm that the activity is really illegal
C. Inform your manager of the illegal activity
D. Tell the employee to inform his boss

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46. Which of the following is the BEST method to control changes on the project?
A. Look for sources of changes
B. Make the changes quickly when they occur
C. Prevent changes from being made
D. Direct all changes to the change control board.
47. A project manager has just been assigned to a project that has been in progress for two months
when a team member requests more time on an activity he is working on. The project manager
discovers that the only impact to the project will be a delay on a noncritical path activity. The customer
has emphasized the importance of completing the project on schedule. What should the project
manager do NEXT?
A. Submit the information to the change control board, determine if this event might impact the
team member’s future work, inform the team member of the board’s
decision
B. Ask the team member why they need more time, begin integrated change control, adjust the
project schedule as
needed
C. Look for impacts to quality, cut unneeded scope from the project, ask for more resources
D. See if any stakeholders object to the change, calculate the exact impact on the project, look at
removing this resource from the
project
48. You have been working on a very large software development project that has made use of more
than 230 people. Finally, all the scope has been completed. It would be BEST to:
A. Throw a party for the team members
B. Make sure the project is integrated with the other projects.
C. Begin to focus on your other projects
D. Analyze project success or failure
49. Adhering to legal requirements, satisfying competing needs, providing accurate and truthful
representations, and disclosing conflicts of interest are
all:
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A. Examples of scope management
B. Examples of the professional and social responsibility of the project manager.
C. Examples of project closure activities
D. Examples of the intellectual property requirements of subcontractors.
50. 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?
A. Create project management plans
B. Create lessons learned
C. Create network diagrams
D. Create status reports
51. Project knowledge management is concerned with managing which type of project
knowledge?
A. “Tacit” knowledge; as this is difficult to express

B. “Explicit” knowledge; as this can be readily
codified
C. Both “explicit” and “tacit”

knowledge
D. “Tacit” knowledge; as this involves beliefs, insights, experience and

“know-how”
52. Jane is currently reviewing a list of project proposals. All the proposed projects achieve some of
the organizational strategic objectives and their expected costs are known. However, Jane cannot
execute all the projects due to the funding limitation. How shall Jane determine which projects she
needs to execute this year?
A. Select the high-budget projects and drop the low-budget

projects
B. Select the low-budget projects and drop the high-budget

projects
C. Select the projects that maximize organizational

revenue
D. Select the projects that maximize the business

value
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Scope
Management
1. During what part of the project management process is the project scope statement created?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and controlling
2. A project manager is performing an audit on a deliverable when she hears that the team member
who did the work is complaining to everyone that he is being picked on by having his activity
audited. You know this is not true. What lesson learned could you take to future projects?
A. Tell all the team members at the beginning of the project that their deliverables will be audited
B. Set an audit policy in the scope management plan
C. Audit les s frequently
D. Use a walk-through instead of audits
3. A project manager receives a deliverable from one of the team members to provide to the customer.
While looking at the deliverable, the project manager notes that the document is smaller than
what he expected and does not contain what he thought it should. The project manager should
FIRST:
A. Discuss it with the team member
B. Contact the team member’s manager to get that person additional training
C. Audit the development process
D. Complete scope validation
4. A manager has responsibility for a project that has the support of a senior manager. From the
beginning, you have disagreed with the manager as to how the project should proceed and what
the deliverables should be. You and she have disagreed over many issues in the past. Your
department has been tasked with providing some key work packages for the project. What should
you do?
A. Provide the manager with what she needs

B. Inform your manager of your concerns to get her support
C. Sit down with the manager at the beginning of the project, attempt to describe why you object
to the project, and discover a way to solve the
problem
D. Ask to be removed from the project.
5. The work breakdown structure is created by:
A . The team
B. The project manager
C. Management
D. The sponsor
6. Which of the following is an output of the Collect Requirements process?
A. Requirements traceability matrix
B. Project scope statement
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Requested scope changes
7. Which of the following is a basic rule or guideline for creating a work breakdown structure?
A. The first row should describe the products of the project

B. Each level of a work breakdown structure is a smaller segment of the level above
C. A work breakdown structure should be like a to-do list, listing in chronological order every
activity that needs to be done to complete the
project.
D. A work breakdown structure should be organized by functional areas.
8. A scope change is made on the project. You have determined the effect on the schedule,
performed integrated change control, and adjusted the project baselines and the
project management plan. What is the NEXT thing to do?
A. Look for impacts to cost
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B. Notify stakeholders affected by the change.
C. Submit the change to the change control board for approval
D. Change the work breakdown structure.
9. A new project manager is being mentored by a more experienced certified project management
professional (PMP). The new project manager is having difficulty finding enough time to manage
the project because the product and project scope are being progressively elaborated. The PMP
mentions that the basic tools of project management, such as a work breakdown structure, can
be used during project executing to assist the project manager. For which of the following can a
work breakdown structure be used?
A. Communicating with the customer
B. Showing calendar dates for each work package
C. Showing the functional managers for each team member
D. Showing the business need for the project

10. Which of the following is a KEY output of the Validate Scope process?
A. A more complete scope management plan
B. Customer acceptance of project

deliverables
C. Improved schedule estimates
D. An improved project management information system
11. You are managing a six-month project and have held bi-weekly meetings with your project
stakeholders. After five-and-a-half months of work, the project is on schedule and budget, but the
stakeholders are not satisfied with the deliverables. This situation will delay the project completion
by one month. The MOST important process that could have prevented this situation is:
A. Monitor and Control Risks
B. Control Schedule
C. Define Scope
D. Control Scope
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12. All of the following are inputs to the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:
A. Work breakdown structure
C. WBS dictionary
D. Inspection
13. All of the following statements about work breakdown structures are true EXCEPT:
A. They are created by the project manager
B. They prevent work from slipping through the cracks
C. They provide a basis for estimating the project.
D. They help to organize the work
14. A project manager is in the process of scope validation of a deliverable with the customer. What is
the MOST important thing the project manager should
ensure?
A. Accuracy
B. Timeliness
C. Acceptance
D. Completeness
15. Over the last few weeks, the team has made three changes to the activities on the project. The
project manager must be MOST careful
to:
A. Record all the changes
B. Provide documentation on all the changes to the sponsor
C. Make sure the changes are reflected in the project scope baseline
D. Prevent more changes from occurring
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16. The construction phase of a new software product is near completion. The next phases are testing
and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. What should the project
manager be MOST concerned with before moving on to the final phase?
A. Validate Scope
B. Control Quality
C. Performance Reports
D. Control Costs
17. What is the decomposition process used to develop?
A. Project management plan
B. Communications management plan
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Earned value
18. Two months into a design project, the customer requested a modification to the product. The
change was made without notifying the project manager. During the final testing phase, results
were different then what was planned for. This scenario is BEST thought of as an example of
which of the following?
A. Poor scope
control
B. Poor adherence to the communications management plan
C. Poor development of the quality management plan
D. Poor definition of the test plan
19. A new project manager is planning a complex hardware installation project. The team consists of
13 people who are experts in their fields. The project manager does not want to micromanage the
project. How far should he decompose the work?
A. As small as possible because the work is complex.

B. As large as possible because he is dealing with experts
C. To 1000-hour work packages because he is dealing with experts
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D. To about 80-hour work packages because it will make the work less
complex
20. The scope baseline can BEST be said to include the:
A. WBS and project scope statement
B. Project scope management plan and project scope statement
C. Project scope management plan and WBS
D. WBS and project charter
21. If a project team is subdividing project work packages into smaller, more manageable components,
they
are:
A. Creating WBS
B. Decomposing
C. Network diagramming
D. Activity sequencing
22. Which of the following BEST describes when the baseline can be changed?
A. Only under emergency conditions
B. The original baseline is always maintained throughout the project
C. With any approved changes

D. When the project sponsor determines it is appropriate
23. Which of the following is CORRECT in regard to the Control Scope process?
A. Effective scope definition can lead to a more complete project scope statement
B. The Control Scope process must be done before scope planning
C. The Scope Control process must be integrated with other control processes
D. Controlling the schedule is the most effective way of controlling scope.
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24. A new project manager has asked you for advice on creating a work breakdown structure. After
you explain the process to him, he asks you what software he should use to create the WBS,
and what he should do with it when he is finished creating it. You might respond that it is not the
picture that is the most valuable result of creating a WBS. It is:
A. A bar chart
B. Team buy-in
C. Activities
D. A list of risks
25. A team member determines that the scope for her activity is no longer valid. She comes to you for
advice on making the change. To which of the following documents should the project manager
refer to make this change?
A. The project management information system
B. The scope management plan
C. The cost management

plan
D. The work authorization system
26. During a walk-through of a work package, you discover that a team member is completing the work
differently than stated in the WBS dictionary. How should you deal with this?
A. Replace the team member
B. Determine if the alternative way is acceptable to the functional manager
C. Ask the team member if the changes are necessary
D. Determine if the changes also change the scope of the work package.
27. A project manager is concerned about the amount of gold plating that has occurred on past
projects. All the following would NOT be of use in controlling gold plating EXCEPT:
A. A team charter
B. A project
charter
C. A work breakdown structure dictionary
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D. A risk management plan
28. The project manager had to request a change in the approved project budget because the WBS
did not contain some work that needed to be done. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do
as a result of this situation?
A. Redo the WBS and look for more missing scope.
B. Ask for a time extension
C. Redo the change control system

D. Recalculate the project scope variance
29. Product verification is different than scope validation in that product verification:
A. Occurs during the executing process group
B. Verifies that the correct products have been used
C. Obtains customer sign-off
D. Makes sure all work is completed satisfactorily.
30. A project manager has just been assigned to a new project and has been given the approved
project charter. The FIRST thing the project manager must do is:
A. Create a project scope statement
B. Confirm that all the stakeholders have had input to the scope
C. Analyze project risk
D. Begin work on a project management plan
31. A work breakdown structure is an input to all of the following processes EXCEPT:
A. Define Activities
B. Estimate Costs
C. Manage Quality
D. Plan Procurements
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32. To manage a project effectively, work should be broken down into small pieces. Which of the
following does NOT describe how far to decompose the
work?
A. Until it has a meaningful conclusion
B. Until it cannot be logically subdivided further
C. Until it can be done by one person
D. Until it can be realistically estimated
33. All of the following are tools used in the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:
A. Product reviews
B. Audits
C. Walkthroughs
D. Sensitivity analysis
34. Validate Scope is closely related to:
A. Control Quality
B. Sequence Activities
C. Manage Quality
D. Time Management
35. All of the following are needed to create the WBS EXCEPT:
A. Organizational process assets
B. Quality measurements
C. Requirements documentations
D. Project scope statement

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36. Which of the following includes the processes required to ensure the project includes all the work
and only the work required to complete the project
successfully?
A. Cost management
B. Scope management
C. Time management
D. Customer satisfaction management
37. The project is mostly complete. The project has a schedule variance of 300 and a cost variance of
-900. All but one of the quality control inspections have been completed and all have met the quality
requirements. All items in the issue log have been resolved. Many of the resources have been
released. The sponsor is about to call a meeting to obtain product verification when the customer
notifies the project manager that they want to make a major change to the scope. The project
manager should:
A. Meet with the project team to determine if this change can be made.
B. Ask the customer for a description of the change
C. Explain that the change cannot be made at this point in the process
D. Inform management
38. All of the following come after the Define Scope process EXCEPT:
A. Estimate Activity Durations
B. Develop Human Resource Plan
C. Estimate Costs
D. Collect Requirements
39. When should the Validate Scope process be done?
A. At the end of the project
B. At the beginning of the project
C. At the end of the each phase of the project
D. During the planning processes
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40. The customer wants to expand the product scope after the performance measurement baseline
has been established. Which document will the customer need to submit?
A. Change request
C. Performance measurements
D. Activity attributes
41. A work breakdown structures numbering system allows the project staff to:
A. Systemically estimate costs of work breakdown structure elements.
B. Provide project justification
C. Identify the level at which individual elements are found
D. Use it in project management software.
42. You have a signed project charter, and are in the process of creating a project scope statement.
You have asked the team for input to ensure that the project scope statement is complete.
However, the team is struggling with defining the scope. Which of the following BEST describes
the problem?
A. A WBS was not completed before scope statement was begun.

B. The team is working on the project scope statement without the benefit of organizational
process assets.
C. The team is in the Define Scope process and needs the project scope statement as an input
D. The project objectives were not identified before scope statement was begun.
43. A client has asked you to add to the scope of the project. The project is under budget and a little
ahead of schedule. What should you do?
A. Approve the change
B. Determine the effects of the change on the project.
C. Ask the sponsor for approval to make the change
D. Get approval from the configuration change board.
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44. During project executing, a team member comes to the project manager because he is not sure of
what work he needs to accomplish on the project. Which of the following documents contain
detailed descriptions of work packages?
A. WBS dictionary
B. Activity list
C. Project scope statement
D. Project scope management plan
45. Which of the following can create the MOST misinterpretation in the project scope statement?
A. Imprecise language
B. Poor pattern, structure, and chronological order
C. Small variation in size of work packages or detail of work

D. Too much detail
46. Projects with adaptive life cycles use product backlogs to define a project’s scope. The product
backlog is a set of:
A. Voice of the customer
B. User
stories
C. Client
lullabies
D. Non-functional
requirements
47. Which of the following is an important input to the Validate Scope process?
A. Verified deliverables
B. Organizational process assets
C. Accepted deliverables
D. Change requests
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48. A project manager believes that modifying the project scope may provide added value for the
customer. What should the project manager do?
A. Change the scope baseline
B. Contact the customer to determine if the change adds value
C. Call a meeting of the change control board

D. Change the project’s objectives.
49. A customer is not happy with a project deliverable. What is your BEST course of action?
A. Tell the customer the deliverable meets the scope of work and get the customer’s agreement to
proceed.
B. Determine why the customer is unhappy with the deliverable.
C. Meet with the team to determine changes needed.
D. Meet with the customer and offer a substitute project deliverable.
50. After the kickoff meeting, two team members engage in a casual conversation about the project
objectives and deliverables. It is clear they heard different messages during the meeting. One
team member is so adamant that the other team member give up arguing the point. After talking to
the project manager, the second team member confirms that the first team member is mistaken. At
this point, what is the BEST course of action?
A. The second team member should send the other team member an e-mail describing what he
discovered
.
B. At the next project meeting, the team member should ask the mistaken team member to
describe his interpretation so the project manager can get everyone on the same page.
C. The project manager should send out an e-mail to the team restating the project objectives and
deliverables.
D. At the next project meeting, the project manager should spend time reviewing the documented
project scope statement for the purpose of identifying this and other false
assumptions.
51. An organization’s value chain can be represented by a special type of flowchart called
SIPOC.
SIPOC stands
for:
A. Superior service, inferior service, peak hour service, optimized service, and client
service
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B. Simple, intellectual, procedural, optimal

coding
C. Sample, information, practice, organization, and

control
D. Suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and

customers
52. Which of the following is an agile prototyping technique showing sequence or navigation through
a
series of images or
illustrations?
A. Nominal group
technique
B.
Storyboarding
C. Decision
trees
D. Mind
mapping
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Schedule
Management
1. Which of the following and is the BEST method of completing “what if” scenarios to determine what
combination of resources and interdependence will produce the best
schedule?
A. Critical path method
B. Monte Carlo
C. Parametric estimating
D. Resource leveling
2. In order to shorten the project duration, you want to look at fast tracking the project. Based on the
chart, which activity(s) would you consider fast
tracking?
Activity `Float (Month

s)
Start B 2 C 1 D 0 E 3
F 1 G 0 H 4 I 0 End
A. Activity B or E
B. Activity C or F
C. Activity H
D. Activity D or I
3. Using the chart, in order to handle some resources changes on your project, activity H is going to be
done concurrently with activity G instead of after it. What impact will this have on the project?
A. It will cause the project to be completed four time periods sooner
B. It will cause a decrease in project risk

C. It will have no effect on the critical path
D. It will affect activity F.

4. During project executing, the forecasted remaining hours exceed planned remaining hours.
Consequently, the project takes on a negative variance. Which analysis method is the project manager
likely to use as a measurement tool to validate this information?
A. EV-PV
B. EV/AC
C. EV/PV
D. EV-AC
5. Senior management asks the project manager how the project would be affected if two resources
were removed from the project. To calculate a response, the project manager should complete:
A. Resource leveling
B. What-if scenario analysis
C. Schedule compression
D. Fast tracking
6. In attempting to complete the project faster, the project manager looks at the cost associated with
crashing each activity. The BEST approach to crashing would also include looking at the:
A. Risk impact of crashing each activity
B. Customer’s opinion of which activities to crash
C. Boss’s opinion of which activities to crash and in what order.
D. Project life cycle phase in which the activity is due to occur

7. The project is being completed faster than planned. Which of the following would NOT account for
why this has
occurred?
A. Trend analysis was used to eliminate the need for some testing
B. A pre-made item was purchased instead of the team creating it.
C. A critical path and a noncritical path activity were fast tracked.
D. A critical path activity was compressed
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8. The project manager has had some difficulty in getting the team to complete work efforts but
he feels that the changes he made to the reward system will fix the problem. The number of
stakeholders on the project has grown by 20 percent and the number of activities being
completed late is growing. The project manager has heard from management that the project
might become a higher priority if their competition comes out with a new product that uses
wireless technology. Based on this, it would be BEST for the project manager to:
A. Re-estimate the activities and prepare to create a new schedule
B. Perform configuration management
C. Recreate the project work authorization system
D. Better respond to risk event triggers
9. A team member tells the project manager that her activity will be delayed four weeks. The
project
manager investigates and determines that the delay will affect the project’s completion date.
Who should approve the change?
A. Change control board
B. Project manager
C. Team member
D. Sponsor
10. Based on the chart, while working on the project, you are told that you have to remove
some
resources to support a more important project for your customer. From which activity would it be
BEST to remove resources?
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A. Activity A
B. Activity B
C. Activity C
D. Activity D
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11. Which of the following BEST explains why the team needs to approve the final schedule?
A. To ensure activities can be completed as scheduled
B. To enhance team buy-in and loyalty
C. To get a better cost estimate
D. To improve communications
12. You are managing the project when you discover an estimated completion date will occur after the
desired date. What should you do FIRST?
A. Add resources to the project.
B. Evaluate the possibility of doing more activities in parallel.
C. Negotiate for more time
D. Explain to the customer that the project cannot be done on time.
13. The project manager has a project that is three months behind but, surprisingly, markedly under
budget. She has decided to try to make up some time, but needs to minimize the project risk.
What is the BEST thing to do?
A. Crash
B. Fast track
C. Redefine the scope
D. Resource level
14. A plan for establishing the criteria for developing and controlling the project schedule is BEST
described as part of
the:
A. Schedule management plan
B. Schedule model
C. Activity attributes
D. Schedule network analysis
15. Free float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the:
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A. Project
B. Completion date required by the customer
C. Early start of its successor
D. Project completion date
16. You have a project with the following activities: Activity 1 can start immediately and has an
estimated duration of four. Activity 2 can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated
duration of eight. Activity 3 can start after activity 2 is completed and has an estimated duration of
five. Activity 4 can start after activity 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of eight.
Activity 5 has an estimated duration of three and must take place concurrently with activity 3. It
can start after activities 4 and 2. What is the duration of the critical path of this project?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 17
D. 12
17. All of the following are inputs to the Develop Schedule process EXCEPT:
A. Vacation schedules
B. Need for delay between ordering equipment and installing it
C. Assumption that the software will be released without any damaging bugs
D. Planned start and finish dates for each activity.
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18. Using the chart, the resource for activity A is assigned to an additional, more important,
project. As
a result, the resource will not be able to devote as much time to your project. Activity A will now
take 10 weeks. How does this affect the project?
Activity Preceding Activi ty
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Estimate (Wee ks) Start 0 C Start 3 D C 6 A C 8 E D 4 B A,E 5 F E 3 End B,F 0
A. There are three critical paths.
B. The project will be delayed
C. The project is riskier
D. Activity D will be delayed
19. You are a project manager on a US $5,00,000 software development project. While working
with your project team to develop a network diagram, your data architects suggest that quality
could be improved if the data model is approved by senior management before moving on to
other design elements. They support this suggestion with an article from a leading software
development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, your
data architects suggest that quality could be improved if the data model is approved by senior
management before moving on to other design elements. They support this suggestion with an
article from a leading software development journal. Which of the following BEST describes
what this type of input is called?
A. Mandatory dependency
B. Discretionary dependency
C. Extern al dependency
D. Heuristic
20. Which of the following techniques incorporates a form of risk

assessment?
A. Arrow diagramming method
B. Network diagramming
C. Critical path method
D. Three-point estimating
21. How is the three-point estimating related to risk?
A. It tells you how much assumptions testing is required.
B. It indicates whether the risk estimate is acceptable.
C. It indicates the estimate’s degree of uncertainty
D. It indicates the risk variance
22. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9
and a late finish (LF) of day 19. What is the duration of this activity?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 7
D. 10
23. During the Define Activities process, the team discovers that they do not know enough to define
the activities for 30 percent of the work packages. What would be the BEST course of action?
A. Redo the Define Scope process
B. Review the project charter with the sponsor and the team
C. Continue on to Sequence Activities process and define the activities at a later date.
D. Include this problem as a part of risk identification
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24. A project has seven activities: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Activities A, B, and D can start anytime.
Activity A takes 3 weeks, activity B takes 5 weeks, and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A and
B must be completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete.
Activities B, C, and D must be completed before Activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks.
Activity F takes 4 weeks and can start as soon as activity C is completed. Activity E must be
completed before activity G starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activities F and G must be
completed for the project to be completed. What is the critical path?
A. Start A, C, F, End
B. Start B, C, E, G, End
C. Start D, E, G, End
D. Both Start –B—C—E—G—End and Start –D—E—G—End
25. Total float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the:
A. Project
B. Completion date required by the customer
C. Early start of its successor
D. Project completion date
26. Management wants the project completed in 40 days. The cost performance index (CPI) is 1.1,
the project critical path duration is 38 days with a standard deviation of two days. What is the
maximum project float?
A. Zero days
B. Two days
C. Four days
D. One day
27. Activities in the Define Activities process should meet:
A. The WBS layout
B. Cost incentives
C. Schedule objectives
D. Project objectives
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28. Based on the chart, while completing the project, a team member tells you that the team forgot
something during planning. Activity F needs the results of activity E before it can begin. Taking
this new dependency into account, what would be the effect on the project?
Activity Preceding Activity Estimate (Months) Start None 0 A Start 7 B A 3 C B 4

D B 10 E Start 40 F D 5 G C 6 I E 6 End I, F, G 0
A. It would increase the critical path
B. Communication would be more complex

C. There would be no effect
D. It would delay activity F
29. Which of the following BEST describes what a network diagram is used for when the work is being
completed
?
A. To track the flow of information in system, looking at all the interfaces
B. To determine if the evaluation criteria should be created before the contract statement of work
is
written
C. To see if the cost of a change exceeds the project cost baseline
D. To evaluate the reward system’s effectiveness
30. A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four
weeks earlier than planned. What activity is BEST described here?
A. Resource leveling
B. Schedule compression
C. Critical chain
D. Adjusting leads and lags
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31. What is the duration of the near-critical path based on the chart?
A. 33
B. 44
C. 31
D. 43
32. After analyzing the status of your project, you determine that the earned value (EV) is lower than
the planned value (PV). What should you expect as an outcome if this trend continues?
A. The actual cost will be lower than planned
B. The estimate at completion will be lower than planned
C. The project will finish behind schedule
D. The project will finish below the original cost estimate
33. A problem occurs on an activity with free float and the project manager has extended its duration.
What is MOST likely to be affected?
A. Project duration
B. Resource schedules
C. Project scope management plan
D. The latest start for the successor activity
34. Fast tracking the project usually:
A. Decreases project duration
B. Decreases project costs
C. Decreases the amount of management oversight needed
D. Decreases the number of resources used
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35. Which of the following includes all of the relationships represented on an activity-on-node diagram?
A. Finish-to-start
B. Finish-to-finish
C. Finish-to-start, start-to-finish, finish-to-finish, start-to-start
D. Start-to-start, start-to-finish
36. A project manager has received activity duration estimates from his team. Which of the following
does he need in order to complete the Develop Schedule
process?
A. Change requests
B. Schedule change control
C. Recommend corrective actions
D. Reserves
37. Which of the following BEST describes the primary use of project management software?
A. Managing a project
B. Creating and controlling a schedule
C. Creating a complete project management plan
D. Creating a work breakdown structure
38. When should a schedule baseline be created and used?
A. At the beginning of the project and used to compare schedule performance on status reports
B. At the end of the project and then used to measure team performance
C. At the end of the project and included in the archive
D. At the beginning of the project and used during the project to measure performance
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39. All of the following are inputs to the Develop Schedule process EXCEPT:
A. Schedule baseline
B. Network diagram
C. Organizational process assets
D. Resource requirements
40. A schedule performance index (SPI) of 0.76 means:
A. You are over budget
B. You are ahead of schedule
C. You are only progressing at 76 percent of the rate originally planned
D. You are only progressing at 24 percent of the rate originally planned
41. The WBS, estimates for each work package, and the network diagram are completed. The NEXT
thing for the project manager to do
is:
A. Sequence Activities
B. Develop Schedule
C. Validate Scope
D. Resource Simulation
42. If project time and cost are not as important as the number of resources used each month, which
of the following is the BEST thing to
do?
A. Perform a Monte Carlo analysis
B. Fast track the project
C. Perform resource leveling
D. Analyze the life cycle costs
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43. The float of an activity is determined by:
A. Performing a Monte Carlo analysis
B. Determining the waiting time between activities
C. Determining lag
D. Determining the amount of time the activity can be delayed before it delays the critical path
44. If the optimistic estimate is on, the pessimistic is nine, and the mostly estimate is eight, what is the
PERT estimate?
A. 9
B. 7
C. 8
D. 3
45. The customer on a project tells the project manager he has run out of money to pay for the project.
What should the project manager do
FIRST?
A. Shift more of the work to later in the schedule to allow time for the customer to get the funds
B. Enter project closure
C. Stop work
D. Release part of the project team
46. You are the project manager on a project that has a total project float of negative 20. What should
you
do?
A. Use less experienced team members
B. Request an extension of the project due date
C. Acquire more resources for critical path activities
D. Fast track the project if overall project risk is already too high
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47. Based on the chart, what is the float of activity B?
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Estimate (wee ks) Start 0
C Start 3
DC6
AC8
ED4
B A,E 5
FE3
End B,F 0
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 0
48. Based on the chart, if you needed to shorten the duration of the project, which activity would
you to
shorten?
Duration
Start None 0 A Start 1 B Start 2 C Start 6 D A 10 E B,C 1 F C 2 G D 3 H E 9 I F 1 J G,H,I 0
A. Activity B
B. Activity D
C. Activity H
D. Activity C
49. A project manager for a small construction company has a project that was budgeted for US
$130,000 over a six-week period. According to her schedule, the project should have cost US
$60,000 to date. However, it has cost US 90,000 to date. The project is also behind schedule,
because the original estimates were not accurate. Who has the PRIMARY responsibility to solve
this problem?
A. Project manager
B. Senior management
C. Project sponsor
D. Manager of the project management office
50. Which of the following does NOT need to be done if there is a major delay on a noncritical path
activity
?
A. Investigate the delay
B. Reevaluate which path is critical
C. Change the project schedule
D. Review the float time for the activity
51. On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile projects. This type of
scheduling
relies on:
A. Skills of the project manager rather than the skills of the

team.
B. Discretionary dependencies that cannot be changed by the project

team.
C. A schedule that was developed previously for the development of the project
increments.
D. A backlog or intermediate queue of work to be

done.
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Cost
Management
1. Halfway through the executing process of your project, a team member alerts you to a potential cost
overrun for a specific deliverable. What do you do FIRST?
A. Determine the projected actual cost
B. Implement a change control process to track the change
C. Inform the customer.
D. Determine the cause of the overage
2. If earned value (EV) = 350, actual cost (AC) = 400, planned value ((PV) = 325, what is the cost
variance
(CV)?
A. 350
B. - 75
C. 400
D. - 50
3. Payment for routine government action by a foreign official is:
A. A bribe
B. Allowed
C. Not payable upon violation of government law
D. Allowed only if they process the project schedule
4. Estimate at completion (EAC) is a periodic evaluation of:
A. The cost of work completed

B. The value of work performed
C. The anticipated total cost at project completion
D. What it will cost to finish the job

5. You have just completed the initiating processes of a small project and are moving into the planning
processes when a project stakeholder asks you for the project’s budget and cost baseline. What
should you tell her?
A. The project budget can be found in the project charter, which has just bee completed
B. The project budget and baseline will not be finalized and accepted until the planning processes
are completed
C. The project management plan will not contain the project budget and baseline; this is a small
project
D. It is impossible to complete an estimate before the project management plan is created.
6. Cost performance measurement is BEST done through which of the following?
A. Asking for a percent complete form each team member and reporting that in the monthly
progress report
B. Calculating earned value and using the indexes and other calculations to report past
performance and forecast future
performance
C. Using the 50/50 rule and making sure the life cycle cost is less than the project cost
D. Focusing on the amount expended last month and what will be expended the following month
7. A large, complex construction project in a foreign country requires coordination to move the required
equipment through crowded city streets. To ensure the equipment is transported successfully, your
contact in that country informs you that you will have to pay the local police a fee for coordinating
traffic. What should you do?
A. Do not pay the fee because it is a bribe
B. Eliminate the work
C. Pay the fee
D. Do not pay the fee if it is not part of the project estimate
8. All of the following are tools for of the Determine Budget process EXCEPT:
A. Aggregation
B. Reserve
analysis
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C. Funding limit reconciliation
D. Bottom-up estimating
9. A project manager is finalizaing a project that has had repeated problems with cost conformance.
He is concerned about what management will say. Which of the following types of information
would be BEST for the project manager to use to evaluate performance?
A. The cost performance index (CPI)
B. A list of complaints from senior management
C. The last bar chart
D. The project budget
10. A trend report was given to the project manager, who reacted to the report by investigating what
activity or activities had not been done, but should have been done, to date. What did the report
show?
A. Actual cost was below planned and schedule progress was less than planned
B. The cost performance index (CPI) was 0.8 and the schedule performance index (SPI) was 1.2.
C. The budget at completion (BAC) was higher than planned
D. The schedule performance index (SPI) was 1.3 and the estimate at completion (EAC) was
greater than planned.
11. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative
deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change
control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?
A. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
B. Recompute the project schedule
C. Reestimate the activity attributes
D. Calculate the cost performance index
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12. Which of the following defines things the project manager needs to do regarding cost?
A. Never just accept constraints from management, periodically recalculate the estimate to
complete, meet any agreed-upon
estimates
B. Meet any agreed-upon estimates, estimate larger-sized work components, accept constraints
from management
C. Periodically recalculate the estimate to complete, increase estimates by eliminating risks, re-
estimate when changes are
requested
D. Never recalculate the estimate to complete, never just accept constraints from management,
only use historical records for accurate
estimates.
13. You are working on a new oil purification project in a foreign country. A person informs you that
you will have to pay him a “transfer fee” for the permit to move heavy equipment through the
city. What is the FIRST thing you should do?
A. Pay the fee, but only to the city
B. Do not pay the fee
C. Make sure the person is really a government official
D. Negotiate openly with the city officials.
14. The main focus of life cycle costing is to:
A. Estimate installation costs.
B. Estimate the cost of operations and maintenance.
C. Consider installation costs when planning the project costs.
D. Consider operations and maintenance in the making project decisions.
15. Which of the following is NOT needed in order to come up with a project estimate?
A. A WBS
B. A network
diagram
C. Risks
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D. A change control system
16. The project manager is working on a high-profile project where completing the project within
budget is critical. The project manager is new, but well trained and is excited to see that the project is
spending less than budgeted. As a result, the project manager was planning to take a holiday when a
more senior project manager warned him tha he has some important work to do on the project. Why
would the senior project manager give such a warning on this project?
A. Under budget could mean that work that was scheduled to e done has not been completed.
The project manager should look at how the cost performance compares to the
schedule performance
B. The project manager needs to create a project control system to make sure there are no
problems in the
future.
C. A project that is under budget may also have contracts that need to be managed.
D. Team meetings should be scheduled every week and a holiday would mean that one team
meeting would have to be
cancelled.
17. Your cost forecast shows that you will have a cost overrun at the end of the project. Which of the
following should you
do?
A. Eliminate risks in estimates and reestimate
B. Meet with the sponsor to find out what work can be done sooner.
C. Cut quality
D. Decrease scope
18. A customer has given you a procurement of work for a complex, eight-month project that has a few
unknowns. The customer has asked you to just “get it done” and only wants to see you at the end
of eight months when you deliver the finished project. Under these circumstances, which of the
following is the BEST thing to do?
A. Complete the project as requested, but validate its scope with the customer occasionally
throughout.
B. Complete the project within eight months without contacting the customer during this time.
C. Ask management to check in with the customer occasionally.
D. Complete the project, but document that the customer did not want contact.
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19. Analogous estimating:
A. Uses bottom-up estimating techniques
B. Is used most frequently during the executing processes o the project.
C. Use top-down estimating techniques
D. Uses actual detailed historical

costs
20. The customer responsible for overseeing your project asks you to provide a written cost estimate
that is 30 percent higher than your estimate of the project’s cost. He explains that the budgeting
process requires manager to estimate pessimistically to ensure enough money is allocated for
projects. What is the BEST way to handle this?
A. Add the 30 percent as a lump sum contingency fund to handle project risks
B. Add the 30 percent to your cost estimate by spreading it evenly across all project activities
C. Create one cost baseline for budget allocation and a second one for the actual project
management plan.
D. Ask for information on risks that would cause your estimate to be low.
21. The approximate resource costs necessary for completing project activities are compiled during
which project management
process?
A. Cost Reserve Analysis
B. Estimate Costs
C. Cost aggregation
D. Forecasting.
22. Project setup costs are an example of:
A. Variable costs
B. Fixed costs
C. Overhead costs
D. Opportunity
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23. A new store development project requires the purchase of various equipment, machinery, and
furniture. The department responsible for the development recently centralized its external
purchasing process and standardized its new order system. In which document can these new
procedures be found?
A. Project scope statement
B. WBS
C. Team charter
D. Organizational policies
24. You are a project manager for a small construction project. Your project was budgeted for US
$72,000 over a six week period. As of today, you’ve spent US $22,000 of your budget to complete
work that you originally expected would cost US $24,000. According to your schedule, you should
have spent US $30,000 by this point. Based on these circumstances, your project could be BEST
described as:
A. Under budget
B. Over
budget
C. On budget
D. Not having enough information provided.
25. During project executing, a new project manager is assigned to the project and finds that the
activity cost estimates for the project have rarely been accurate. Which of the following was MOST
probably not done?
A. Obtain a cost constraint from management, create a work breakdown structure, and develop a
project management
plan.
B. Obtain a cost constraint from management , perform a risk assessment, and form a team.
C. Form a team, create a work breakdown structure, and use historical records from previous
projects.
D. Form a team, develop a project management plan, and perform a risk assessment.
26. While reviewing project performance, the project manager determines that the schedule variance is
-500. What is the BEST thing to do?
A. Let the sponsor know
B. Determine the cost variance
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C. Look for activities that can be done in parallel
D. Move resources from the project to one that is not failing.
27. Which of the following are AL items included in the cost management plan?
A. The level of accuracy needed for estimates, rules for measuring cost performance,
specifications for how duration estimates should be
stated.
B. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, rules or measuring cost performance, the
level of accuracy needed for
estimates
C. Rules for measuring team performance, the level of accuracy needed for estimates,
specifications for how estimates should be
stated.
D. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, the level of risk needed for estimates, rules
for measuring cost performance.
28. You are in the middle of a new product development project for your publicly traded company when
you discover that the previous project manager made a US $3,00,000 payment that was not
approved in accordance with your company policies. Luckily, the project cost performance index
(CPI) is 1.2. What should you do?
A. Contact your manager
B. Put the payment in an escrow account.
C. Bury the cost in the largest cost center available.
D. Ignore the payment
29. Recommended corrective actions result from which of the following?
A. Cost aggregation
B. Bottom-up estimating
C. Reserve analysis
D. Control costs.
30. Calculating estimate to complete (ETC) is done during the:
A. Planning process group

B. Initiating process group
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C. Executing process group
D. Monitoring and controlling process group.
31. A project manager discovers that a work package has been completed for substantially less cost
than planned. Which of the following is NOT among the first things to consider doing?
A. Make sure all project processes were followed.
B. Make sure the right resources were used
C. Make sure all the work was done
D. Identify ways to increase the result.
32. Your company is in competition to win a major project for the government of a country. Your
contacts in that country inform you that you must make a large payment to the foreign minister
to be considered for the project. What should you do?
A. Inform your company’s management, and ask for direction
B. Do not make the payment
C. Have the local contact make the payment
D. Make the payment
33. An estimate that is +/-50 percent of actual is considered a(n):
A. Budget estimate
B. Rough order of magnitude estimate

C. Definitive estimate
D. Parametric estimate.
34. A cost baseline is an output of which cost management process?
A. Estimate Activity Resources
B. Estimate Costs
C. Determine Budget
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D. Control Costs.
35. Which of the following payments on an international project is unacceptable?
A. Offering to pay the country officials for not awarding the project to a particular company
B. Payment for mail service
C. Payment for a “foreign workers application license” required in the country
D. Payment for police protection.
36. The project manager is allocating overall cost estimates to individual activities to establish a
baseline for measuring project performance. What process is this?
A. Cost Management
B. Estimate Costs
C. Determine Budget
D. Control Costs
37. All of the following are outputs of the Estimate Costs process EXCEPT:
A. An understanding of the cost risk in the work that has been estimated.
B. The prevention of inappropriate changes from being included in the cost baseline.
C. An indication of the range of possible costs for the project
D. Documentation of any assumptions made during the Estimate Costs process.
38. Which of the following is a KEY way to improve activity cost estimates?
A. Use historical data.
B. Let management create the management reserve and the activity cost estimate.
C. Base activity estimates on the upper and lower control limits.
D. Let the project manager create the activity cost estimate.
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39. A cost performance plan contains a description of:
A. The project costs.
B. How resources are allocated.
C. The budgets and how they were calculated.
D. The WBS level at which earned value will be calculated.
40. You have assigned as the project manager on a new project. The organization uses a strong
matrix structure. Computers needed to complete the project are an example of:
A. Limited cost
B. Diminishing cost
C. Fixed cost
D. Indirect cost.
41. You are a project manager working on a project that requires 100 items to be tested, spaced
evenly over five weeks. You have just begun week three, with an overall budget of US $10,000.
To date, you have spent US $2,000 with 40 items tested successfully. What does the cost
variance (CV) tell you in this circumstance?
A. The project is proceeding at 100 percent of the expected rate.
B. The project is $2,000 under budget
C. The project is on budget
D. The project is getting $2 of work for every dollar spent.
42. A new project manager asks you what the 50/50 rule is used for. You would reply?
A. Crashing
B. Quality
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C. Performance reporting
D. Cost estimating
43. A project manager has completed a detailed WBS and cost estimates for each work package. To
create a cost baseline from this data, the project manager
would:
A. Use the highest level of the WBS to estimate analogously
B. Sum up the work package and risk contingency reserve estimates
C. Roll up work package estimates into a project total and add management reserves.
D. Gain expert opinions of the project total costs.
44. Which estimating method tends to be MOST costly for creating a project cost estimate?
A. Bottom-up
B. Analogous
C. Parametric
D. 50/50 rule
45. Your company wants to assign a resource to your project and asks you to bill that resource to the
customer. This concerns you because you get a bonus for maximizing billings to the customer.
What is the BEST thing to do?
A. Maximize customer billings in any ethical manner possible.
B. Ask for the customer’s approval before adding the resource to the project scope.
C. Ask for clarification of the intent of adding the resource.
D. Remind the appropriate members of the billing organization that monetary compensation is not
worth compromising the integrity of the individual or the
organization.
46. A project manager is working with management to create the project estimate. During the initiating
process group, what level of accuracy should the estimate
have?
A. +/- 50 percent
B. -10 percent to +25

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C. -35 percent to +75 percent
D. -10 percent to +10 percent
47. If planned value (PV) is US $29,000, actual cost (AC) is US $32,000, and earned value (EV) is US
$30,000, what is the schedule variance
(SV)?
A. 0.938
B. $1,000
C. 1.034
D. ($2,000)
48. While visiting the country where a new branch office is being built, you are told that you must pay a
US $5,000 fee to the government permit office to obtain the facility permit required by law to start
construction. The construction company tells you this is standard practice and is required by law.
What should you do?
A. Pay the fee
B. Refuse to pay the fee
C. Have the construction company pay the fee
D. Have the customer pay the fee
49. Which of the following does NOT assess the value a project brings to an organization?
A. Benefit cost analysis
B. Net present value
C. Value analysis
D. Needs assessment
50. Which of the following information about the project would NEVER be available during project
planning?
A. Cost performance index
B. Benefit cost
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C. Internal rate of return
D. Budget at completion
Quality
Mangement
1. A project manager and team from a firm that designs railroad equipment are tasked to design
a
machine to load stone onto railroad cars. The design allows for two percent spillage, amounting to
over two tons of spilled rock per day. In which of the following does the project manager document
quality control, quality management, and quality improvements for this project?
A. Quality management plan
B. Quality policy
C. Control charts
D. Project management plan
2. While testing the strength of concrete poured on your project, you discover that over 35 percent of
the concrete does not meet your company’s quality standards. You feel certain the concrete will
function as it is, and you don’t think the concrete needs to meet the quality level specified. What
should you do?
A. Change the quality standards to meet the level achieved.

B. State in your reports that the concrete simply “meets our quality needs.”
C. Ensure that the remaining concrete meets the standard
D. Report the lesser quality level and try to find a solution.
3. During project executing, a project team member informs the project manager that based on her
observations, the project cannot meet the quality standards set for it. What would be the LEAST
effective thing for the project manager to do?
A. Review the quality plan
B. Continue the Manage Quality process
C. Review the project scope statement
D. Hold a meeting on the issue.
4. During project executing a project team member informs the project manager that, based on her
observations, the project cannot meet the quality standards set for it. The project manager meets
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with all parties concerned to analyze the situation. Which part of the quality management process
is the project manager involved in?
A. Manage Quality
B. Quality analysis
C. Control Quality
D. Plan Quality
5. A project team is in the design stage of a new mountain bicycle prototype. The team is in the
process of identifying which type of frame and material will provide high performance at a low
cost. Which of the following is the MOST likely technique used to determine these variables?
A. Benefit cost analysis

B. Ishikawa
diagram
C. Design of experiments
D. System flowchart
6. Which of the following BEST describes why quality is planned in and not inspected in?
A. It reduces quality and is less expensive.
B. It improves quality and is more expensive
C. It reduces quality and is more expensive
D. It improves quality and is less expensive
7. A project manager and his team are using an Ishikawa diagram, trying to determine how various
factors might have contributed to project problems. The project manager is involved in which part
of the quality management process?
A. Plan Quality
B. Utilize Quality tools
C. Manage Quality
D. Control Quality
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8. Standard deviation is a measure of how:
A. Far the estimate is from the highest estimate
B. Far the measurement is from the mean
C. Correct the sample is

D. Much time remains in the project.
9. Which of the following is CORRECT about quality improvements?
A. They are a tool of Manage Qualityand an output of Validate Scope
B. They require the preparation of change requests or the recommendation of corrective actions.
C. They occur only through experience o the project manager, team, and sponsor.
D. They are a product of cooperation between the customer and the project
manager.
10. If a process has a lack of consistency and predictability it is said to be:
A. Out of control
B. In control
C. Assigned a cause
D. Quality assured
11. All of the following are tools of Plan Quality EXCEPT:
A. Cost-benefit analysis
B. A scatter diagram
C. Benchmarking
D. Cost of quality
12. All of the following are examples of the cost of nonconformance EXCEPT:
A. Rework
B. Quality
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C. Cancelling the project

D. Decreasing scope to maintain budget

A. Complete closure of the first phase

B. Fast track the project to add more float

C. Review the management plans

B. Analysis of project success and effectiveness

C. Coordinating the operations and maintenance phase of the project

D. Archiving project information

A. To make sure all the team members are rewarded

B. To help determine if a scope change should be approved

C. To assess the effectiveness of the change control system

D. To make sure that all the documentation on the project is completed

A. Do nothing if the project is progressing on schedule

B. Evaluate the cost of the subcontracted work

C. Determine what the common practices are in that country

A. Forecast when the next milestone will be completed

B. Recommend updates to the project management plan

C. Recalculate how long the project it will take

A. Do your best to provide only what you remember exactly

B. Offer to assist the others by motivating them

B. Communications management plan

C. Project management information system

D. Project scope management plan.

A. Copy the article and pass it around your company

C. Arrange a meeting with your manager to discuss it

A. The project is incomplete because the project needs to be replanned

B. Make certain the discoveries are in the monthly status report.

A. Continue as planned, your customer has not requested a change

15. The project is NOT completed until:

C. The customer is satisfied and final payment is received

D. Lessons learned are completed

A. Implement change control processes to track the change

B. Understand what functionality was added

C. Instruct the team member to remove the extra functionality

D. Issue an approved change request

A. Use the process to complete the activity

B. Ask the speaker for permission to use the information

C. Ignore the information

D. Ask her manager for guidance.

B. Make the change

C. Meet with management

D. Look for other impacts on the project

B. Contact the hotel chain to negotiate a better rate

C. Use the company’s hotel chain

A. Not needed. The schedule should be compressed

B. An example of Control Quality

C. Not going to show why the schedule is delayed

D. Part of integrated change control.

B. When the deliverables are accepted

C. When the work for the next phase is ready to start

D. When it is scheduled in the milestone schedule

A. Thank him and offer a gift in exchange

B. Politely turn down the gift

B. Notify the stakeholders about the new scope

C. Gain sign-off on this change

D. Calculate the risks associated with this change

A. Comply with the request if possible

B. Obtain an understanding of the scope of the

C. Tell the customer that a change will be coming

D. Ask the team to accept the change

A. Inform the customer

B. Make sure marketing is aware of the change