PMP

Prototype Question Samples

1. Which one of the following is true?
a. The initiation phase can have a higher ROM estimate
b. The closing phase can have a higher ROM estimate
c. The planning phase can have a higher ROM estimate
d. The monitoring and controlling phase can have a higher ROM estimate

2. Jonathan created the project management plan for one of his customer projects
based on the availability of contract, SOW, and project charter and presented this in
the regular program progress review meeting, which was attended by key
stakeholders including the primary project sponsor and some key personnel from
the customer side as well. While the meeting was in progress, Jonathan discerned a
high level of dissatisfaction from one of the key customer representatives who
hinted that the project might not produce the desired results. In Jonathan’s
understanding and knowledge, all the necessary actions have been planned to meet
the defined and agreed customer requirements. What should Jonathan do next?
a. Request a written statement from the customer detailing the requirements
which they believe are not addressed by Jonathan’s plan
b. Arrange meetings with the customer representative to identify their needs,
wants, and expectations for the project and then create a narrative scope
statement from this information to document the agreed-upon project scope
c. Request a formal meeting at the top-executive level to get the
misunderstandings sorted out and then arrange a change request, replan his
project where necessary, and go ahead with the project work
d. Continue as is and believe that if he performs according to the plan, the
project will produce a convincing product for the customer that will convince
the customer representative

3. John Willy is sharing his project plan for review with the PMO. During the review,
PMO members identified many observations and one of which is that the plan has
many open-ended activities that need to be addressed. What are open-ended
activities?
a. An activity that has an unclear description
b. An activity that does not have a proper duration
c. An activity that has neither a predecessor nor a successor
d. An activity that has zero float
4. The project team from Hannover is working on manufacturing EBS and ADAS
systems for one of their primary original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), but they
are having trouble creating a project charter. Which of the following would best
explain this problem?
a. The project objective was not identified.
b. The team from Hannover is working on a process and not a project.
c. The project closure date was not well defined.
d. They have not identified the product of the project.

5. Dematos Phillipe wants to circulate the work performance report for his Silicon
Design and Development project to the key project stakeholders. But he is not
aware of what report to circulate to which stakeholder. In which document will
Dematos Phillipe find these details?
a. Project stakeholder management plan
b. Project communication management plan
c. Project scope management plan
d. Project quality management plan

6. Martin was assigned the task of identifying the stakeholders for the Low-Cost
Vehicle Tracking System project. Martin would like to have a multidimensional
model to identify and engage with stakeholders and develop communication
strategies. Which technique should Martin choose to do this?
a. Stakeholder analysis
b. Stakeholder cube
c. Document analysis
d. Prioritization

7. You are in a project review meeting representing the PMO as part of the quarterly
business review. The program manager is presenting the following graph to
represent the earned value analysis for those projects that were recently closed out.
Which of the following is true?
a. The project’s deliverables have all been completed. The projects were behind
schedule and on budget.
b. The project’s deliverables have all been completed. The projects were ahead
of schedule and on budget.
c. All projects were canceled. At that time these were cancelled, these projects
were behind schedule and on budget.
d. All the projects were canceled as they were on schedule but over budget.

8. Marlon wanted to initiate the closing process for one of his projects. What must be
attained to begin this process?
a. The deliverables of the project must be accepted
b. The organizational process assets must be updated
c. The final product, service, or result transition must be completed
d. Lessons learned must be organized into a database

9. Dylan was given the most likely cost as $2500, optimistic cost as $3250, and
pessimistic cost as $4000 to compute the expected cost. What will be the computed
expected cost using the PERT method?
a. $3250
b. $2875
c. $2870
d. $3200
10. Jim was making a presentation on the project progress, and in this process, one of
the senior stakeholders suggested that Jim examine the non-value-added activities
that occur during the process. Which analysis technique should Jim follow?
a. Alternative analysis
b. Process analysis
c. Root cause analysis
d. Document analysis

11. In one of the PMO reviews, Sharkey highlighted that a quality audit has to be
conducted for the project handled by Christopher. Christopher's project quality
audit should be conducted by ________.
a. The project teams
b. The project manager
c. The functional manager
d. A team external to the project

12. The concept of __________ states the changes related to scope, time, or cost will at
least influence one other element.
a. Three-point estimation
b. Triple constraint
c. Triple quality factor
d. Three needs theory

13. Vincent was asked to optimize the resources to adjust the start and finish dates of
activities based on resource availability. In this process, there was a constraint
imposed on Vincent to not change the critical path. Which resource optimization
technique should Vincent adopt?
a. Resource leveling
b. Resource smoothing
c. What-if scenario analysis
d. Schedule network analysis

14. A project manager's success in managing project teams depends on which of the
following?
a. The project manager executing the projects without any risks
b. The project manager running the project with minimal variances in schedule
and cost
 c. The project manager resolving conflicts with the project team
d. The project manager satisfying the needs of all stakeholders

15. What are the three I’s of stakeholders?

a. Independence, influence, inquiry
b. Importance, illuminate, interest
c. Interest, influence, importance
d. Influence, inquiry, importance

16. Jim Wan received the project charter which formally authorizes the project. Jim Wan
wanted to know who formally authorizes the project charter. Help him to pick the
correct one from the boxes given below:

Project manager
Project sponsor
End-user of the product
Product engineering manager
Business/marketing head
CEO

17. Peter has scheduled a meeting to decide on a process tailoring method for his
program which started a few weeks back. Using the table, was Peter able to reach a
decision in this meeting?

Category Details
Total number of participants 15
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18. There was a contract signed between ABC Pvt. Ltd. with XYZ Technologies to design,
develop, test, and supply telematics products with basic track and trace
functionality. This contract binds XYZ Technologies to provide products that contain
the agreed features and functionalities and binds ABC Pvt. Ltd. to pay for these
products. In this context, which of the following is a mandatory feature of a
contract?
a. Signatures of the CEOs of both the firms
b. A well-defined and detailed SOW
c. List of deliverables with a timeline
d. A contract is mutually binding

19. Harris entered into a fixed-price contract in the form of a purchase order for the
mechanical enclosure for a rugged display project which needs to be fitted into a
fighter aircraft. The contract is to deliver the mechanical enclosure by a specific date
for a specified price. In this contract, the profit is:
a. Determine by the buyer during the contract signoff
b. Determine by the seller during the contract signoff
c. Determine by the details provided by the buyer to the seller at the end of the
project if defined performance criteria are met
d. Not known at the time of the contract signoff

20. Match the following styles with their features.

Transformational Focuses on goals, feedback, and accomplishment

to determine rewards
Servant leader Is a combination of transactional,
transformational, and charismatic
Interactional Demonstrates commitment to serve, puts other
people first, and focuses on their growth
Charismatic Empowers followers through idealized attributes
and behaviors, inspirational motivation,
encouragement for innovation and creativity, and
individual consideration
Transactional Is able to inspire, high-energy, enthusiastic, self-
confident, and holds strong convictions
21. David is on the verge of completing the planning activities this week and is planning
to move to the execution of project activities in two weeks. He would like to
communicate the objectives of the project and stress the importance of delivering
this project on time and within the budget. What should he do?
a. Send out a mail sharing the approved project charter
b. Follow the procedure defined in the communication plan
c. Organize a project kickoff meeting
d. Neglect this and move forward

22. During the execution of the project, Peter has observed that a team member is
being isolated by other team members. What should he NOT do in such a situation?
a. The interpersonal relationships between team members are their private
issues and he should not interfere.
b. He should apply team-building measures to improve the team’s
effectiveness.
c. He should try to get feedback from the isolated team member to understand
the situation.
d. He should try to get feedback from the other team members to understand
the situation.

23. Peter was given the responsibility of running a project as the project manager. He
wanted to establish an agreement with all the key stakeholders to secure proper
delivery. Which document should he use to secure proper delivery?
a. Business case
b. Project charter
c. Purchase order
d. None of the options

24. Roger was given the most likely cost as $3500, the optimistic cost as $4250, and the
pessimistic cost as $5000 to compute expected cost. What will be the computed
expected cost? (Choose all that apply)
a. $4250
b. $2875
c. $3875
d. $3200
25. Jacob is looking for a business document that will describe the required, desired,
and optional criteria for meeting the business needs and influences collecting
requirements to finalize the project scope. Which document should Jacob refer to?
a. Project charter
b. Project management plan
c. Project communication plan
d. Business case

26. Sam, the project manager for a product development project, is planning to process
a change request for his product in the next program increment. What is his
responsibility in this process?
a. Completely responsible
b. Partly responsible
c. Not responsible
d. Responsible till change is approved

27. The following is the network diagram for a particular project which is in progress.
Roman shares this with the stakeholders. He also highlights that activity 7 has been
updated with the actual start date before activity 6 has been updated with the
actual finish date. What is this scenario called?

a. Date constraint
b. Schedule risk
c. Lag
d. Out of sequence (OOS) logic
28. Gargi delivered 500 of his automatic remote-controlled toy cars as an initial batch to
his customer. In that batch, 50 were returned as they were defective. What should
Gargi do next?
a. Formally raise a change request to rectify the defect and submit it for review
and approval of CCB
b. Produce another 50 and deliver these to the customer
c. Inform the customer that he will not be able to deliver another 50 toy cars
and ask them to reduce the quantity of the first batch to 450
d. Request the customer to accept the 50 toy cars despite the defects

29. Philippe was making a presentation on the quality-related status of the project and
presented a diagram that has a breakdown of the various causes of the quality
issues noted. Which data representation technique has Philippe used in this slide?
a. Affinity diagram
b. Histograms
c. Flow charts
d. Cause and effect diagram

30. What is the use of sharing the work performance reports with the stakeholders?
a. It is defined in the project stakeholder register
b. To create awareness and generate decisions and actions
c. To avoid conflicts with the stakeholders
d. To have a proper closure report

31. Lenny is presenting the ways in which his team is planning to demonstrate the
product's quality and standards to his PMO team. During the presentation, one of
the PMO members highlighted that a particular test, which costs $250, was not per
the contract. However, Lenny stated that this test will improve the confidence in the
product quality at an early stage of the product qualification process. This is
accounted for under which category?
a. Cost of appraisal
b. Cost of prevention
c. Cost of failure
d. Cost of quality reserve

32. ________________ has clear assignment of roles and responsibilities when the team
consists of internal and external resources.
 a. RACI chart
b. Bar chart
c. Resource chart
d. RAM

33. Which sequence of these steps is the right approach to solve a problem?
a. Investigate, analyze, and solve
b. Analyze, investigate, and solve
c. Solve, analyze, and investigate
d. Solve, investigate, and analyze

34. Frank was asked to take over the project handled by Bobby by the management.
Frank reviewed the status of the project and understood that the requirements
were finalized and that the scope statement was drafted. Frank wanted to study the
attributes associated with each of these requirements. Where would Frank find this
data?
a. Project charter
b. Scope statement document
c. Scope management plan
d. Requirement traceability matrix

35. Crashing describes a technique to speed up a project by ________.

a. Reallocating existing resources or assigning additional resources to the
project
b. Overlapping activities that were originally planned to be completed in a
sequence
c. Reducing the number of features of the product to reduce development
work
d. Reducing the duration estimates for activities to increase the pressure
applied on the staff

36. Barry is in the process of concluding on the resources required for his project
execution. He concluded that he would require resources external to the
organization. How should Barry acquire these resources?
a. Discuss with functional managers
b. Discuss with HR
c. Follow the procurement process
 d. Discuss with the project sponsor

37. Johnathan wants to analyze the efficiency of his team and wants his PMO to suggest
a suitable method to accomplish this? What measure can the PMO suggest?
a. Compute earned value
b. Calculate the schedule performance index (SPI)
c. Use critical path method
d. Analyze the risk mitigation plans to identify if any controls need to be
implemented

38. Which of the following sequences is correct in a basic sender-receiver

communication model?

A Encode Transmi Decode

B Transmi Encode Decode

C Decode Encode Transmi

D Encode Decode Transmi

39. Albert was presenting the project status report to all key stakeholders and in one of
the key slides, he was highlighting that one of the key vendor’s productivity may go
below the target and the number of rejections may be high. He highlighted this as a
___________ risk.
a. Nonevent risk
b. Event-driven risk
c. Procurement risk
d. Stakeholder risk

40. Enzokuhle was attending a training session on project management. The trainer was
concluding their first session by briefing the class about ethics and professional
conduct. Which of the following best describes the term 'respect’?
a. A duty to show high regard for oneself, others, and the resources entrusted
 b. A limitation to trust, confidence, and performance excellence through
cooperation
c. Accepting a level of information that may lead to disrespectful behavior
d. Limited to respecting the physical and intellectual property rights of others

41. Justin delivered 100 units of his product as an initial batch delivery to customers and
would like to know the status of the acceptance of these. Where will Justin have to
look for these details?
a. Work performance information
b. Quality report
c. Delivery list
d. Project status report

42. Lethabo was presenting the below network logic diagram during one of the review
meetings. He also highlighted that the working time was 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. In this
scenario, if the tasks scheduled are going to begin at an early start date, which one
of the following statements is true?

a. Activity B has a free float of 10 days

b. Activity B has a total float of 10 days
c. Activity A has a free float of 10 days
d. Activity A has a total float of 10 days

43. What is typical for critical path project management?

a. Forward and backward pass analysis
b. Level-of-effort activities
 c. Management of security protocols
d. Management of over-allocation of resources

44. Steve wants to formally close the project. Which of the following criteria should the
project satisfy?
a. The project has met its objectives.
b. The project has been dropped due to a change in business requirements.
c. The project could not meet its defined objectives.
d. Any one of the above three.

45. Robert is planning for the procurement of a part that will be integrated with his
product. He is expecting the seller to provide more details. Which procurement
approach should Robert use?
a. RFI
b. RFQ
c. RFP
d. Purchase Order

46. Most projects will have a ___________ number of stakeholders.

a. Resistant
b. Supportive
c. Unaware
d. Diverse

47. Simon was explaining to his colleagues that he was having a few nonconformances
on the products that were realized by his team, and he was unable to conclude on
what to do next. Which document should Simon refer to?
a. Quality management plan
b. Risk management plan
c. Scope management plan
d. Knowledge management plan

48. What do stakeholders like suppliers, customers, and end users have in common?
a. They are in a similar sphere of influence by project managers.
b. They always share common goals.
c. They usually speak the same language.
d. They usually don’t interfere with project management.
49. Luiz was asked by the PMO to present his project schedule in a graphical format and
to highlight the major deliverables and key external interfaces. Which of the
following should Luiz choose?
a. Bar chart
b. Milestone chart
c. Network diagram
d. Pie chart

50. Dolly is presenting the project status to the PMO and key stakeholders. During this
presentation, the PMO asked Dolly to check the expected utilization of some of the
resources. In which project document will Dolly find these details?
a. Physical resource assignment
b. Resource breakdown structure
c. Resource requirements
d. Resource management plan

51. Which of the following can be classified as nonverbal communication techniques?

a. Gestures and facial expressions
b. The tone of voice and eye contact
c. Mirroring
d. All the options

52. _______________ will negotiate a contract with the seller.

a. Project manager
b. Procurement team member
c. Sponsor
d. PMO member

53. Jamie is in the process of engaging with all the key stakeholders identified to obtain
their feedback on the progress of and key decisions in the project. Jamie is looking
for tools to obtain stakeholder feedback. Which of the following will enable Jamie to
obtain stakeholder feedback?
a. Surveys
b. Conversations
c. Progress reporting
d. All of the options
54. Samuel is planning to propose a change. Which of the following should he used to
calculate the impact of the change he is planning to propose in time, budget, and
resources?
a. Milestone list
b. Requirement’s documentation
c. Basis of estimates
d. Quality reports

55. Wing is one of the key stakeholders of a construction project. The project manager
of this project has already defined the activities to be accomplished till final
approvals are obtained. Wing requested the project manager to share a document
in which the detailed scope of work of each activity is available. Which document
should the PM give to Wing?
a. Project schedule
b. Activity list
c. WBS dictionary
d. All of the options

56. Which of the four values that form the foundation of the PMI Code of Ethics and
Professional Conduct?
a. Responsibility, respect, fairness, and honesty
b. Responsibility, authority, respect, and honesty
c. Authority, fairness, honesty, and power
d. Responsibility, fairness, authority, honesty

57. Matt Butcher is preparing a project status presentation to present to the

stakeholders and PMO. While reviewing the status of the risks, he noted that many
risks had occurred, and necessary mitigation plans were executed. While conducting
a detailed analysis, he observed that a few of the risks impacted the schedule.
Considering the pending risks, he wanted to understand the adequacy of the
remaining contingency reserves. What should Matt Butcher do to understand this?
a. Review the risk register for the mitigation plans proposed for the remaining
risks
b. Call for a meeting with all stakeholders and have a brainstorming session
c. Perform reserve analysis to calculate this data
d. Do nothing and proceed with routine activities
58. Ed derived the list of activities required for the project and he wants to calculate the
time needed to complete each of those activities. What should Ed do?
a. Estimate activity duration
b. Define activities
c. Sequence activities
d. Define work breakdown structure

59. The head of the PMO in your organization has made you the project manager for a
safety-critical project where the key stakeholder left midway due to health issues. As
a project manager, you are responsible for adhering to the project schedule. If there
is a delay in the project schedule, you should:
a. Increase the timeline for the project
b. Fast track or crash the project and let the management know the impact of
this action
c. Ask the resources to work overtime to meet the project deadlines
d. Change the project scope

60. You are working in a startup that works on silicon designs for mobile broadband
companies. The HR department is requesting all hiring managers to follow some
guidelines and policies while recruiting people. As a project manager, these
guidelines and policies will be classified as:
a. Regulations
b. Best practices
c. Assumptions
d. Constraints

61. In his project, Yang needs to subcontract the machining of 1000 units of a
mechanical part for a weather radar antenna. Yang has determined the technical
criteria to evaluate the sellers. This is an example of:
a. Objective evaluation criteria
b. Source selection criteria
c. Statement of work
d. Fixed scope contract

62. Zak Abel was presenting his project’s status to all key stakeholders. In this
presentation, he stated that the earned schedule number is greater than 0. What is
the status of the project?
 a. The project is ahead of schedule.
b. The project is behind schedule.
c. The project is on track.
d. There is no reasonable progress in the project.

63. Jenny was asked to perform the analysis to see whether the results obtained
improved over a period of time. What data analysis tool should Jenny use to
perform this analysis?
a. Alternative analysis
b. Variance analysis
c. Trend analysis
d. Reserve analysis

64. Faris Badwan is assigned a project in which he has to deal with many vendors
outside the organization. So, he wants to have a dedicated contract administrator
assigned to this project as a separate function within the organization. Who will the
contract administrator report to in this situation?
a. Sponsor
b. Project manager
c. Supervisor of the function which is formed to handle contracts
d. PMO

65. Which type of organizational process asset should be updated by the project team?
a. Processes, policies, and procedures
b. Organizational knowledge base
c. External enterprise environmental factors
d. Internal enterprise environmental factors

66. Tim identified another risk that arose directly after implementing the risk response
as defined in the risk register for a risk that had occurred. What is this risk, which
occurred due to the implementation of a risk response, called?
a. Secondary risk
b. Potential risk
c. Contingent risk
d. Project risk
67. Bruno identified the stakeholders and updated the stakeholder list. He would like to
categorize the stakeholder and build a relationship with them. Which tool and
technique should Bruno use to categorize the stakeholders?
a. Document analysis
b. Power-interest grid
c. Interviewing
d. Meetings

68. Sipho was assigned with a new project and requested to start the planning-related
activities immediately. He was surprised to learn that his team members are not
sufficiently qualified to execute the tasks in this project. What may be an
appropriate solution to this problem?
a. Reduce the level of effort
b. Organize a training session
c. Plan quality audits
d. Plan quality inspections

69. Benji wants to find out what was initially planned and what was achieved in a
project as a part of project closure. Which data analysis technique should Benji use
to achieve this?
a. Document analysis
b. Regression analysis
c. Trend analysis
d. Variance analysis

70. The change control board (CCB) has deferred a change proposal submitted by a
particular team due to some strategic reasons. What should the project manager do
in this situation?
a. Follow the direct and manage project work processes to implement the
change
b. Communicate to the team that their change proposal is deferred
c. Defer the change proposal and file this in the CCB master file
d. Send a note to the project team to send a mail to understand the status of
this change proposal
71. Adamski was asked to create the project schedule. Adamski decided to divide the
project scope and project deliverables to smaller and more manageable parts. What
technique is Adamski using here?
a. WBS
b. Rolling wave
c. Decomposition
d. Defining activities

72. Harris is applying critical path method (CPM) on a schedule model that is developed
with a list of project activities. Harris wants to calculate the early start and early
finish dates of each of those project activities. Which one of the following should
Harris use to compute these dates?
a. Backward pass
b. Forward pass
c. Schedule network analysis
d. Rolling wave

73. Which of the following interpersonal skills allow us to solve problems and increase
stakeholder support informally?
a. Political awareness
b. Networking
c. Active listening
d. Cultural awareness

74. Miley suspects that the product has a scope creep, and she would like to have the
scope verified for any deviation from the agreed one. Against which document
should Miley compare the scope to check on any deviation?
a. Requirement document
b. Scope statement
c. Test results
d. Performance measurement baseline

75. Zhao monitored and controlled communications throughout her project’s life cycle
to ensure the information needs of the project stakeholders were met. The
information typically provides information on the project’s status and progress at a
level of detail required by the various stakeholders. This is done through:
a. Plan communication management process
 b. Monitor communication process
c. Manage communication process
d. Control communication process

76. Luca uses product analysis to translate the high-level product descriptions into
tangible deliverables and requirements for her project. Which of the following
techniques is NOT used in product analysis?
a. Value engineering
b. Value analysis
c. Product breakdown
d. Alternative’s identification

77. Luisa had 12 members in her project team. One more member will join the team in
one week and one will join the team the week after next. The number of
communication channels will increase by _________ channels in the week after next.
a. 14
b. 25
c. 20
d. 12

78. ________________ is the project document which contains information about the
requirements along with how to validate them.
a. Requirements document
b. Requirement traceability matrix
c. Scope statement
d. Quality reports

79. Which one of the following is a benefit of the “control resource” process?
a. Securing availability of assigned resources at the right time
b. Securing release of assigned resources at the right time
c. Securing availability of assigned resources at the right time and release of
resources when not needed
d. Securing task accomplishments from the team

80. Integration in project management takes place at three different levels. They are:
a. Process, cognitive, and context
b. Knowledge areas, tasks, and resources
 c. Resources, processes, and tasks
d. Cognitive, technology, and risks

81. Jonathan is trying to understand the change management process followed within
the organization. He is handling a web application development project and is trying
to raise a change request for a software design document that is yet to be baselined
by the software team. Which one of the following is correct?
a. Jonathan has to raise a change request and follow the change control
process.
b. Jonathan need not raise a change request and need not follow the change
control process.
c. Jonathan has to raise a change request but need not follow the change
control process.
d. Jonathan need not raise a change request but has to get the change
approved.

82. Tom was discussing the risks that are recorded in the register for their project with
the project team and the sponsor. While discussing one of the critical risks and its
proposed response, Tom was informed that executing this risk response was not
within his authority level. Tom can adopt which of the following strategies?
a. Escalate
b. Transfer
c. Mitigate
d. Accept

83. Peter wants to sign a contract with a supplier wherein the requirements are clearly
available and there are no major changes expected to the scope of the work. Peter
was discussing with the PMO to decide on the type of contract for this. Which type
of contract should be used by Peter Drucker?
a. Fixed-price contract
b. Cost reimbursable contract
c. Time and material contract
d. Normal contract

84. Charlotte recently attended a project management conference where the purpose
of the management-by-objective (MBO) approach was discussed. In this context,
which of the following is NOT a purpose of MBO?
 a. Aligning project goals with organizational goals
b. Aligning project goals with the goals of other subunits of the organization
c. Aligning project goals with the goals of previous projects
d. Aligning project goals with individual goals

85. Which of the following data analysis techniques should be adopted by the project
manager to close the project?
a. Regression analysis
b. Trend analysis
c. Variance analysis
d. All of the options

86. Task T1 has an estimate of 45 days, a pessimistic estimate of 36 days, and an

optimistic estimate of 30 days. What is the best PERT estimate for these figures?
a. 1 day
b. 37 days
c. 41 days
d. 38 days

87. __________ is responsible for securing risk audits that are being conducted in the
project.
a. Sponsor
b. PMO
c. Project manager
d. Project team

88. Which of the following is the most important part of knowledge management?
a. Creating an atmosphere of trust and motivation to share the knowledge
b. Focus only on tacit knowledge
c. Focus only on explicit knowledge
d. Focus on both tacit and explicit knowledge

89. Toney was assigned a critical product development project wherein he would like to
involve the stakeholders in the early stages and get their feedback on the
requirements prior to moving to the design phase. What technique should Toney
use to achieve this?
a. Context diagram
 b. Prototyping
c. Facilitation
d. Mind mapping

90. Nicholas was involved in the project charter preparation during the initial stage of
the project. After finalizing the requirements and scope, Nicholas was requested to
capture the scope in the project scope statement. Why should Nicholas draft the
scope statement even though he has prepared a project charter?
a. The project scope statement contains a detailed description of the scope and
hence is needed.
b. Per PMBOK, the project scope statement has to be drafted by the project
manager.
c. The project scope statement is another document required by the
organization and hence has to be drafted.
d. Since Nicholas was involved in charter preparation, it would be better if he
drafts the scope statement as well.

91. You are in the process of planning a project and found that stakeholders often have
varying objectives and requirements. This makes it hard to come up with a plan with
which all objectives will be met. Which of the following is best to ensure a common
understanding?
a. Ask the project stakeholders to build focus groups in order to discuss and
deal with the conflicting interests
b. Create an exhaustive document describing your point of view and ask
stakeholders to review it
c. Let each stakeholder write a statement of work and then merge the
documents to create a project scope statement
d. Use your authorization as the project manager to clearly prioritize some
objectives

92. Astro was discussing with her team and the PMO to complete the planning phase of
their project. During the discussion, she raised some queries to the PMO on the
availability of a database with duration estimates and reference data, metrics on
resource productivity, and location of team members who are going to work on her
project. Why was Astro looking for this database’?
a. To conclude on the project schedule
b. To identify potential risks and arrive at a mitigation plan
 c. To identify the enterprise environmental factors that can influence the
project activity duration estimates
d. To sign off on the project estimate

93. Joe wants to understand the agreed upon risk responses for each individual risk and
the owner details prior to initiating risk responses. In which project document will
Joe find these details?
a. Risk management plan
b. Risk register
c. Stakeholder register
d. Responsibility assignment matrix

94. Ethan is trying to use earned value analysis as part of the control scope process and
is asked by the PMO to compare the actual results obtained from the product his
team designed with X to identify if any corrective or preventive action is required.
What is X?
a. Performance measurement baseline
b. Requirements
c. Scope baseline
d. Specifications

95. __________ is a management control point where the scope, budget, and schedule
are integrated and compared to earned value performance measurement.
a. Earned value metrics
b. Control accounts
c. Work package
d. WBS

96. Gilbert completed the requirement analysis and finalized the scope of the project
and product and was instructed to capture this information. In which document
should Gilbert record this information?
a. Project management plan
b. Project scope management plan
c. Project scope statement
d. Project risk statement
97. Which of the following project documents will normally be updated as a result of the
perform integrated change control process?
a. Change log
b. Issue log
c. Change requests
d. Project management plan

98. There was a significant change in a time bound project that Selvi was managing.
Which one of the following should be done?
a. Discuss with the team before implementing the change
b. Repeat the stakeholder identification process
c. Proceed with the execution of the project
d. Email all stakeholders

99. Kevin was presenting the project’s progress to the key stakeholders of that project.
While presenting, the key stakeholders noticed the line ‘project is cost overrun as on
date by 2%, which is still within the agreed upon range of 10%.’ What is this 10%
called?
a. Control threshold
b. Final cost percentage
c. Level of precision
d. Level of accuracy

100. The members of Norman’s project team have been assigned to his project with
general availability levels of 75%. While conducting a review, Norman observed
significant variances. He noticed that the team members have been spending less
than 50% of their time working on his project, which is delaying his project. What
should Norman do?
a. Talk to his sponsor and try to get more resources assigned on similar
conditions as the existing ones
b. Talk with functional managers and negotiate clear and written assignments
with reliable scheduling priorities
c. Ignore the difficulties, adjust the schedule, and negotiate new deadlines
according to the slower progress
d. Focus on internal charges and make sure that his project is not getting
charged for more than the actual work
101. Ian Bell is in the final stage of concluding a contract with a seller based on his
responses. The seller is technically qualified, meeting all the functional
requirements of the product. Ian Bell’s concern is the seller’s schedule, but he does
not have a choice other than to award the contract to this particular seller. What
should he do before awarding the contract to the seller?
a. Raise a formal change request to revise the schedule based on the seller’s
schedule and get that approved
a. Communicate to all stakeholders that project delivery will be delayed due to
the seller’s schedule
b. Reduce the scope to ensure that the seller delivers within the overall project
schedule
c. Don’t do anything and release the contract to the seller

102. Leonardo is planning to engage with stakeholders who are geographically located in
different parts of the world. He understood the communication methods to be
followed for each stakeholder. Which of the following will enable Leonardo to
address all stakeholders without any differences?
a. Conflict management
b. Cultural awareness
c. Negotiation
d. Political awareness

103. Ben is making a presentation on the status of a project, and the project’s earned
schedule is 0.84. What is the meaning of earned schedule equals 0.84?
a. It’s a number to define the project status.
b. It indicates that the project is ahead of schedule.
c. It indicates that the project is behind schedule.
d. It indicates that the project is on track.

104. Rod Argent called for a stakeholders’ meeting on an emergency basis to propose a
change to his project. He decided to go ahead with it if the majority of stakeholders
agreed. Which type of decision-making technique is Rod Argent trying to use?
a. Voting
b. Multi criteria
c. Autocratic
d. Unanimous
105. Katlego is assigned a project to handle dispersed teams working from Chennai
(India), Bangalore (India), and Belgium (Europe). The members of his team have
different cultural backgrounds and primary languages but are educated and able to
communicate fluently in English. What advice would you give Katlego for
communication between these teams?
a. There are cultural differences. You should write one code of conduct for each
nationality and limit access to these codes.
b. You may have to accept that team members from one country may not be
prepared to work with colleagues from different countries.
c. Misunderstandings can occur in spoken communications that do not occur in
written communications.
d. Certain groups will be happy staying up all night to participate in phone and
video conferences throughout the working hours of other members.

106. Williams is required to construct software that was originally within the project
team. He is debating whether to carry out the development within the organization
with another team or to outsource it. What is the data analysis technique Williams is
trying to explore?
a. Make-or-buy analysis
b. Source selection analysis
c. Least cost method
d. Fixed budget analysis

107. Melokuhle was assigned a 5-month project. The team is currently 3 months into it
and has completed half of the work. Applying earned schedule technique, what is
the performance data of the project?
a. SV: -0.5 months, SPI: 0.83
b. SV: 1.5 months, SPI: 1.5
c. SV: -2,5 months, SPI: 0.83
d. SV: 0.5 months, SPI: 1.83

108. Jake Bugg received the required parts from his vendor, which were properly
inspected by the quality team. After extensive consideration with the project team,
the parts were approved, and the necessary payments were made by the Finance
department. Jake Bugg wishes to inform the vendor and formally declare that the
contract has been completed. What does Jake Bugg have to do in this scenario?
a. Jake Bugg shall send a communication to the vendor.
 b. Jake Bugg shall release the payment and do nothing.
c. Jake Bugg shall ask his procurement administrator to send a communication
to the vendor.
d. Jake Bugg shall request his quality lead to send a communication to the
vendor.

109. Rufaro was handling risk management on one of her crucial projects. He wanted to
focus or adopt passive risk acceptance. When do you think that passive risk
acceptance is an appropriate approach?
a. When the likelihood of risk occurrence is very low
b. When the risk occurrence is hard to identify
c. When it is best to deal with a risk as it occurs
d. When the risk cannot be assessed or analyzed

110. Rahim was doing postmortem analysis after the scheduled finish date of a project
showed a CPI of 0.92 and an SPI of 1.75. What is a plausible explanation for that?
a. The project was terminated early. At that time, it was over budget and ahead
of schedule.
b. The project produced additional deliverables which were originally not
required.
c. The project finished under budget and behind schedule.
d. The project finished over budget and ahead of schedule.

111. Which of the following is not an action on the changes proposed via the change
request by the Project team?
a. Approve
b. Defer
c. Reject
d. Hold

112. Ben was examining the project status within the team and learned that the software
team was planning to initiate a change to update a certain software document. Ben
wasn’t sure if the change control process for that particular software document had
to be followed. Where will Ben have the details of the documents and configuration
items which will be under configuration control?
a. Project communication management plan
b. Project change Management plan
 c. Project configuration management plan
d. Project stakeholder management plan

113. _____________ is reviewed prior to product acceptance.

a. Scope statement
b. Requirements documentation
c. Risk register
d. Quality reports

114. The main challenge in managing virtual teams is _______________.

a. Communication
b. Society
c. Skill sets
d. Technology understanding

115. You work for an organization with employees around the world. Your company had
troubled projects in the past because it did not identify and collect requirements
from the stakeholders. The key objective of stakeholder engagement is:
a. Communication
b. Satisfaction
c. Coordination
d. Relationships

116. Sbusiso and his team are defining evaluation criteria for one of their mission-critical
projects. Sbusiso was informed that the procurement item they require for their
major integration activity is readily available from a variety of acceptable sellers.
Which criterion can you focus on in such a situation?
a. Seller’s management approach
b. Price offered by the seller
c. Seller’s financial capacity
d. Understanding of your need

117. Carter wants to gather data from the stakeholders to prepare the stakeholder
register. However, the number of stakeholders from whom he has to gather
data/information is very high. He decided to use the web-based software to collect
the data or information from them by posting relevant questionnaires. What type of
data gathering technique is Carter adopting?
 a. Questionnaires and survey
b. Brainstorming
c. Brainwriting
d. Expert judgment

118. Johnny wants to select a seller for his key deliverable based on seller responses and
a contract awarded for delivering the same. Which process should Johnny follow?
a. Plan procurement
b. Seller identification
c. Conduct procurement
d. Control procurement

119. Benjamin is planning to outsource key software development activities required for
his project and would like to organize a meeting with the prospective sellers to
clearly state the requirements and expectations. What is the name of the meeting
Benjamin is planning?
a. Bidder conference
b. Stakeholder meeting
c. Vendor evaluation meeting
d. Technical evaluation meeting

120. Onkarabile was experiencing a shortage of resources for his embedded automotive
braking system products. The use of scarce resources must be decided upon with
functional managers before it causes delays in the project. Which is an important
skill you feel Onkarabile should possess?
a. Planning
b. Negotiating
c. Facilitating
d. Documenting

121. Rufaro was handling an agile project in which Activity 1 had a duration of 20 days,
Activity 2 of 10 days, Activity 3 of 5 days, and Activity 4 of 6 days.
 What is the minimum total duration between the milestones A and B?
a. 36 days
b. 37 days
c. 39 days
d. 42 days

122. Edie noticed disagreements between the team and the stakeholders on a vendor-
supplied part. Which of the following will allow Edie to resolve this problem?
a. Conflict management
b. Cultural awareness
c. Negotiation
d. Political awareness

123. Which of the following forms part of the final report for a product?
a. Scope objectives with evidence that the objectives were met, as well as
variances
b. Summary level description of the project
c. Summary of validation information for the final product
d. All the options

124. Which of the following project documents will be an input to manage the
communication process?
a. Quality and risk report
b. Change and issue log
c. Both A and B
d. Only B
125. Rena is an experienced professional in drafting business case documents, and the
management requested her to document a business case for the current market
demand. _______________ provide key details that Rena has to capture to justify and
establish the boundaries of the project.
a. Need and cost benefit analysis
b. Project sponsor and project manager
c. Project scope
d. Product scope

126. Mpho was telling a coworker that he was about to complete one of the tasks. His
coworker insisted that he concentrate on factors that influence customer
satisfaction. Which factors influence customer satisfaction?
a. Attractive price of the project and low running costs of the product
b. Friendly project manager and effective after-project service
c. Efficiency of the project and skills of the project manager
d. Conformity to project criteria and suitability of deliverables

127. Lorraine identified the source for the fabrication-related activities required for his
project integration. Lorraine selected the bidder with the most credibility,
qualifications, experience, and expertise. What is the selection method Lorraine is
adopting?
a. Qualification only
b. Least cost
c. Sole source
d. Fixed budget

128. Roger is planning to use Design of Experiments (DOE) as part of the planning activity
under the quality framework to determine which factors might influence specific
variables. Which variable can be used in Roger’s analysis?
a. Dollars
b. Pounds
c. Weight
d. Meters
129. Marco is defining the method for identifying the project’s requirements. He notices
critical services may be acquired outside of the project to meet the organization’s
needs. This is done as part of which process?
a. Conduct procurement
b. Control procurement
c. Close procurement
d. Plan procurement management

130. Martin is the project manager responsible for developing a new type of soap with
cow dung. Martin decided to do statistical sampling for this project. Statistical
sampling surveys only a portion of the population of interest. If Martin had chosen
to survey the entire population, which of the following is NOT a problem, you would
encounter?
a. Inaccurate data
b. High cost
c. Extended timeline
d. Inadequate resources

131. Joseph collaborated with his team to determine the duration of his project
activities. He was referring to the fact that, since no proper historical data was
available, he went for a triangular distribution technique to arrive at the duration
estimates. Which estimation technique was Joseph referring to?
a. Three-point estimates
b. Parametric estimates
c. Analogous estimates
d. Bottom-up estimates

132. Which of the following expertise should be considered for providing expert
judgment for developing project charter?
a. Organizational strategy
b. Technical Knowledge of the industry
c. Duration and budget estimation
d. All the options

133. Which of the estimation life cycle sequences is correct?

 a. Prepare, create, manage, and improve
b. Create, prepare, improve, and manage
c. Improve, manage, prepare, and create
d. Create, improve, manage, and prepare

134. Peter is identifying risks and defining their importance. His coworkers advised him
to evaluate the risks based on the probability of occurrence and their impact on any
of the individual project objectives. One of the top PMO members proposed that
Peter evaluate other factors when determining the importance of risks. What are
the criteria that Peter must consider when determining the importance of risks?
a. Which stakeholder identified the risk and their seniority
b. Urgency, manageability, and impact external to the project
c. Risks that are identified and posted by sponsors
d. Risks that are identified and posted by senior management

135. Judy, a key project stakeholder, would like to review all the issues and their status as
tracked by Brad, who is the project manager for the project. Which project
document did Brad have to share with Judy?
a. Work performance report
b. Risk register
c. Variance report
d. Issue logs

136. Tshepiso is struggling to close internal projects as several key stakeholders,

including the sponsor, were reluctant to accept all deliverables and close the
project. What should NOT be Tshepiso’s next step in this situation?
a. Identify any open issues, get them solved, and be firm on formal closure.
b. Close the project formally. Stakeholders will find a way by themselves to sort
things out.
c. Identify and openly discuss the personal rationales underlying the
reluctance.
d. Invite earnest feedback from all sides and try to identify misunderstandings.

137. Joey is interviewing and shortlisting candidates for his project. While Joey was
reviewing the interview progress, he understood that a qualified candidate was not
allowed to prove himself in the pre-final interview. What should Joey do in this
situation?
 a. Give the qualified candidate the required opportunity
b. Leave the issue aside and proceed with further activities
c. Publish the details of all the candidates who attended the interview
d. Take action on the employee who rejected the candidate

138. Christine Brenerke was assigned to a new project as the project manager. She is a
PMP Certified Professional and would like to delegate a few responsibilities to the
Junior project manager. Which responsibility can she neither delegate nor transfer?
a. Project charter preparation
b. Organizing project kickoff meeting
c. Project integration management
d. Project quality management

139. Hjalmar made a 3-point estimate on a critical path along a sequence of Task-1
through Task-5 and found the following results:
Optimistic Most Pessimistic PERT Weighted
Likely Average

Task-1 12 15 24 16

Task-2 6 9 14 9.7

Task-3 15 19 27 19.7

Task-4 10 14 28 15.7

Task-5 17 20 35 22

Estimate for the critical path: 83.1

Assuming ±3 sigma precision level for each estimate, what is the calculated standard
deviation of the allover path?
a. App 4.2 days
b. App 5.2 days
c. App 6.2 days
d. You cannot derive the path standard deviation from the information given.

140. Mackenzie, along with the PMO members, performed a risk mitigation plan and
requested the usage of a portion of the management reserve. After a thorough
 review, the management approved the portion and requested Mackenzie to share
the cost baseline. Which statement is true as per the scenario described here?
a. The amount of management reserve used is added to the cost baseline
b. The amount of management reserve used is reduced from the cost baseline
c. The amount of management reserve used is maintained separately
d. The amount of management reserve used is added to the contingency
reserve

141. ABC Private Limited has been awarded with four major unique projects and the
details are tabulated herewith. The PMO and Management team is working on
defining the life cycle model for these projects. Suggest by matching the life cycle to
the respective projects based on the information provided:

Project Reference Details about the Project

Project -1 The customer wants ABC Private Limited to finish deliverables

for their use immediately

Project – 2 The customer wants ABC Private Limited to have the planning
upfront done and then execute the project in a single and
sequential process.

Project – 3 The customer wants ABC Private Limited to refine the work items
and deliver frequently.

Project – 4 The customer wants ABC Private Limited to ensure unfinished

work can incorporate feedback, if any, so that the work shall be
modified or improved.

Match the projects with a life cycle after assessing the details given in the above table:

Project - 1 Agile life cycle

Project - 2 Predictive life cycle

Project - 3 Iterative life cycle

Project - 4 Incremental life cycle

142. Which of the following orders is followed by leaders as an approach to the project
work in Agile?
a. Power, process, and people
b. Process, purpose, and people
c. Purpose, people, and process
d. Purpose, process, and people

143. Freddie was assigned with a project to be executed in the Agile life cycle model and
the customer wants the team to deliver features every two weeks. During his
analysis, Freddie understood that few internal departments demanded a minimum
of two weeks to complete their work, which would delay the delivery sprint cycle by
two more weeks. What is the best approach that Freddie should choose from the
following?
a. Inform customer that feature delivery will be implemented every four weeks
instead of two due to the internal process requirements
b. Work toward removing this impediment and bringing in an alignment with all
the internal departments to deliver features every two weeks
c. Deliver the feature to the customer without involving internal departments
d. Handle this when the feature is ready for delivery

144. The attributes of a successful team are tabulated below. Choose the appropriate
attributes of a successful Agile team:

Team Name Team Attributes

Amigos Shared resources, develop and often deliver, co-located, team with
specialists

Avengers Dedicated resources, develop and deliver on a longer period, mixed

team of generalists and specialists, team available in one location

Blue Skywalkers Develop and deliver often, team available in one location, dedicated
resources with a mix of generalists and specialists

Brewing Java Team with generalists, co-located, develop, and deliver on a longer
period, limited shared resources

a. Amigos
b. Avengers
c. Blue Skywalkers
d. Brewing Java
145. Theodore and his team are struggling to rank the features shared by the key
customer for a project long back. Ranking is mandatory for them to decide the list of
features that are to be planned for immediate delivery. Who will be the right person
to rank or set the priority of the features?
a. Project manager
b. Cross-functional team member
c. Product owner
d. Customer

146. Vinnie was assigned with a project in which the team members are geographically
distributed across the APAC regions. Choose the techniques from below which will
be handy to manage communication between the team in this scenario:
a. Emails with dedicated groups
b. Fishbowl windows and remote pairings
c. Local pairing within the closest time zones
d. Meeting setup at regular intervals on a pre agreed timeline

147. Helene was assigned with a software development project in which close to 100
features were agreed with the customer. Since the customer wanted delivery of
features every two weeks, they had chosen the Agile life cycle model. She identified
a 10-member team from different departments/verticals and documented the
following as part of project charter:
i. Why this project is important
ii. Project objective and vision
iii. Critical deadlines etc.,

She also wanted to document how the team members interact with each other,
team values, working agreements, ground rules, and group norms, etc. Where does
she have to document this information?
a. Project charter
b. Project management plan
c. Team plan
d. Team charter

148. Spartans is one of the Agile teams within the organization which was assigned to
deliver an application for an online supermarket requirement. The team had
estimated that they will work on 25 increments with a duration of two weeks each.
 Till increment 18, the team was delivering as per the customer expectations. But the
deliveries that happened as part of 19, 20, and 21 did not meet the customer
expectations. They are in their 22nd increment now. What is the one thing that is
right for the Spartans to do in this scenario?
a. Proceed and complete the remaining 4 increments and analyze later
b. Request customer to accept the deliveries made as part of increments 19, 20,
and 21 to proceed with the delivery of others
c. Perform retrospective sessions to find the root cause for not meeting the
customer expectations
d. Escalate to the management about it and motivate the team to work harder
to avoid such lapses

149. Shannon’s team gave a demonstration after completing five key features from an
overall agreed 25 features. After the demonstration was over, the feedback
obtained by the team from various stakeholders are given below:
i. Project manager raised many queries but accepted a few of the features
ii. Key specialist had no queries and accepted all the features
iii. Key cross-functional team member had queries and declined the first two
features
iv. Product owner raised a few critical queries and declined the demonstrated
features

Considering the feedback, what was the result of the demonstration?

a. Demonstration was accepted
b. Demonstration was declined
c. Demonstration was neither accepted nor declined
d. Demonstration was on hold

150. The Volta team with the team capacity of 10 people is working on a critical release in
the next two weeks. In the team, there are 5 members who need to work together,
and their deliverables need to be in sync at an overall product level to meet the
customer expectations. What is technically the best practice that the team shall
follow to achieve a quality deliverable?
a. Do a timeboxed research to ensure that the members understood the
functional aspects of the deliverable
b. Do a continuous integration and perform testing to ensure that they yield the
result as a whole product as intended
 c. Do a retrospective session on a daily basis to ensure that the issues are
addressed then and there
d. Do a daily stand-up meeting to review the progress

151. Which one of the following is an Agile process?

a. Develop Demonstrate Feedback Retrospect

b. Develop Feedback Demonstrate

c. Develop Retrospect Feedback Demonstrate

d. Develop Demonstrate Retrospect

152. Match the following pain points to its apt trouble shooting possibilities.

PAIN POINTS Troubleshooting Possibilities

Technical Debt (degraded Define Product vision, define product

quality) roadmap, and defining backlogs of smaller
concrete requirements

Unclear requirements Workshop user stories together with product

owner and team. Split stories to use smaller
stories

Unclear working agreement Refactoring, agile modeling, pervasive

for the team testing, and definition of done

Work delays/overruns due to Agile Chartering - Team chartering with

insufficiently refined product values and principles and working
backlog items agreements
153. For an Agile project, Peter Drucker was assigned as the PM to replace the role of a
team facilitator. Which of the following are the responsibilities of the team
facilitator? Select two options:
a. Manages the project team
b. Removes impediments
c. Selects the features to be worked on for each sprint
d. Manages the scrum process

154. Denise is a new hire. The day she had joined duty, she was invited to attend a
meeting. In the meeting, she observed that everyone is taking turns to say what they
are working on, what they worked on last week, and the problems they
encountered. She comes to you to ask what the meeting was about, and you tell her
that it was a:
a. Daily stand-up meeting
b. Retrospective meeting
c. Planning meeting
d. Review meeting

155. Olga is working on estimating the duration of an agile project which is very crucial
for the business to earn profit. As a result, Olga decides to review previous sprints to
determine, on average, the number of story points the team can complete within
each sprint. Olga is trying to determine the team’s:
a. Rate of Progress
b. Speed
c. Velocity
d. Effort

156. Hortense is the PM on a project which uses an adaptive life cycle. Hortense notices
that the team members have a board, and they move features across the board as
they progress. What type of adaptive approach are they using?
a. Kanban
b. Scrum
c. Extreme programming
d. Iterative based approach

157. Lena used the predictive life cycle mindset for many of her earlier projects and
successfully delivered them. However, for her new project, his manager Nadia has
 asked her to adopt an agile mindset. Which of the following doesn’t represent such
a mindset?
a. Individuals and integrations
b. Contract negotiation
c. Customer collaboration
d. Working software

158. Patricia was making the project progress presentation in which she was presenting
the story points that were completed by the team so far, as the following:

What is this report called?

a. Burndown chart
b. Burnup chart
c. Daily Progress report
d. Team Dashboard

159. The following graph shows the Schedule Performance Indices of four agile projects.
 Considering the graph, choose which of the following is the correct statement:
a. All the remaining projects except Project-4 are not working at the rate
planned
b. All the remaining projects except Project-4 are working at the rate planned
c. It’s not possible to compute the SPI% for agile projects
d. Need more details about the user stories planned and accomplished by the
project to decide

160. Erika was presenting her status report to the PMO committee. Everyone appreciated
the sincere efforts put by Erika towards bringing this project on track. However, one
key member from the PMO committee requested Erika to create and share the work
in progress across a board in a graphical or diagrammatic format. What is the
diagram or graph Erika shall use to share the requested updates?
a. Burndown chart
b. Cumulative flow diagram
c. Burnup chart
d. Feature chart

161. Theodore wanted to finalize a contract with his designer partner to handle the
current requirement from the customer. However, he doesn’t want to lock an entire
project scope and budget into a single agreement. What kind of contracting
technique does Theodore need to choose?
a. Fixed price increment
b. Fixed scope contract
c. Multi-tiered structure contract
d. Standard contract with clear scope and deliverable

162. Bandile joined the organization recently and had attended a project discussion with
the PMO team. During that discussion, PMO insisted that the sponsor and customer
representatives should be continuously engaged with the project for Web
Development for ABC customers. They should also share their feedback on the
deliverables and prioritize the backlogs to ensure that their current needs are met.
Also, he mentioned the two processes that have to be repeated for each iteration.
What are the two processes?
a. Gate reviews and daily stand-up meetings
b. Retrospective and agile planning
c. Validate scope and control scope
 d. Demonstration and release

163. Firash addressed his agile team about the new project they started a few weeks
back. He briefed the mandatory processes that need to be adhered to for this
project. He also highlighted that it is necessary to have _________________ meetings to
discuss prioritized product backlog user stories and decide which user stories the
team should commit on to work in the upcoming iteration.
a. Sprint planning meeting
b. Gate review meeting
c. Project kickoff meeting
d. Project progress review meeting

164. Daniel is working on an Agile project, and he wants to know the tasks or activities
that are to be done as part of the control schedule process. Choose the correct
option from the following:

Option A Option B Option C Option D

Determine the Determine the Determine the Determine the

current status current status current status current status

Conduct Influence the factors Influence the factors Conduct

retrospectives that change the that change the retrospectives
schedule schedule

Re-prioritize Reconsider the Re-prioritize Call for an

necessary reserves emergency meeting

Determine the Determine if the Escalate to the top Determine the

velocity in which project schedule as management velocity in which the
the deliverables changed deliverables are
are produced produced

165. Bandile attended a meeting on the topic quality management in agile projects with
all the agile team members. There were a lot of queries raised on the topic and a
senior person clarified the queries in the following way. In agile projects, quality
management is performed by whom _______ (1) _______ and when _____ (2) _______.
a. (1) Project manager; (2) Every release or delivery
b. (1) Quality manager; (2) Every release or delivery
c. (1) All the team members; (2) Throughout the project
d. (1) Product owner; (2) Throughout the Project
166. Hadiza, a senior agile certified professional, was presenting a slide deck showing
sequence through a series of images. After the presentation, one of the new joiners
asked Hadiza what it is. Hadiza replied that it is a ________.
a. Context diagram
b. Mind mapping
c. Storyboarding
d. Process flow diagram

167. _____________ provides a high-level summary timeline of the release schedule for an
agile project.
a. Project management plan
b. Project charter
c. Agile release planning
d. Team charter

168. In an agile environment, which of the following is correct:

a. Risk is addressed at the start of each iteration
b. Change is not accepted after the start of any iteration
c. Team members are not dedicated to one project
d. Plan is created for the overall project in the beginning of the project

169. Match the stakeholder’s involvement with the project life cycle as per the details
shared below:

Key stakeholders are involved at Iterative

specific milestones

Incremental
Key stakeholders are regularly
involved
Agile
Key stakeholders are continuously
involved Predictive

170. Skywalk is an agile team that wants to hold retrospectives. When can it hold these
retrospective meetings? (Select all that apply)
a. At the start of the project
b. When the team feels stuck
c. When a major milestone is reached
 d. At the conclusion of an iteration or increment

171. Shuhari is a technique used to develop an agile team. Which of the following are
true about this model? (Select all that apply)
a. Shu means to obey or protect
b. Ha means to separate or leave
c. Ri means to separate or leave
d. None of the options

172. Imani works for an IoT product development firm which has both hardware and
firmware development tasks. His organization always uses an agile life cycle model
for all the projects. Imani learned that the company was being bought out by a giant
in the same technology domain. The good news was that all staff could retain their
jobs with the new company, but the existing company would cease to exist. Imani
was managing several projects that would be impacted by this. Which of the
following are true regarding this? (Select all that apply)
a. Imani’s organization is undergoing an acquisition
b. Imani should assess and prioritize the impact of these changes to the
projects and develop recommendations, action items, and communicate
them to the new management team
c. Imani’s organization is undergoing a merger
d. This is a type of external business environment change

173. According to the Agile manifesto, which of the following should be more highly
valued than contract negotiation?
a. Using motivated individuals to deliver business value
b. Satisfying the customer using continuous delivery
c. Simplicity
d. Customer collaboration

174. Monifa was assigned with a new project and the customer demanded that this
project should be executed using the agile model. Monifa was new to agile, and she
wanted to know the characteristics of the agile life cycle. Agile project life cycle
methodologies are characterized by which of the following options? (Select all that
apply)
a. Dividing tasks into small deliverables that can be completed in shorter time
frame
 b. This methodology allows the project team to quickly adapt to new
requirements and receive continuous feedback
c. This methodology is used primarily in the software development industry but
can be applied across other industries
d. Using a step-by-step process where one task is completed followed by
another

175. Oluchi was asked by her manager to schedule a daily stand-up meeting for
executing the project in a flow based agile approach. She was asked to schedule a
daily stand-up meeting to assess the throughput. Which of the areas that will be
assessed to understand the throughput? (Choose two or more)
a. What will I work on today?
b. What did I accomplish yesterday?
c. What is needed to advance this task?
d. Are there any tasks being worked on that are not on the board?
e. Are there any roadblocks preventing me from doing my work?

176. Jahzara is assigned with a project that should be executed using the Agile life cycle.
The team members and stakeholders who are going to work with Jahzara are new to
agile techniques. Which of the following are important steps that Jahzara should
take to ensure that they receive the training to be successful with the new
methodology?
a. Determine the required competencies they need and tailor the training
according to the needs
b. Determine training options including onsite, offsite, video training, or others
c. Measure training outcomes to ensure that the concepts are learned, and the
competencies are realized
d. Allocate resources for training, including funding for travel to the training site
if needed, funding to bring an instructor on-site, a dedicated room with
computers and other tools needed for learning, and more
e. All the options

177. Which of the following means a negative result from an SV calculation?

a. PV is higher than EV
b. PV equals 1
c. EV is higher than PV
d. EV is higher than AC
178. Bamidele’s team is working on an agile project for developing an app that alerts if
the driver deviates from the defined parameters once the vehicle moves beyond 40
km/h speed. They are having a difficult time understanding how the user stories
work together toward the big picture. Which of the following options should be
chosen to tackle the problem? (Select all that apply)
a. Create a burndown chart
b. Perform one-hour backlog refinement meetings midway through the
upcoming iterations
c. Tailor the approach to help team members gain a better understanding of
the user stories
d. Create an impact map

179. Observe the following KANBAN board with the work limit of each column indicated
with the headers, during the daily review meeting, which of the following actions the
team might consider? (Choose 3 options)

To Do (8) Development (4) Integration (2) Testing (2) Deploy to Production

User Story 16 User Story 13 User Story 11 User Story 9 User Story 1
User Story 17 User Story 14 User Story 12 User Story 10 User Story 2
User Story 18 User Story 15 User Story 3
User Story 19 User Story 4
User Story 20 User Story 5
User Story 21
User Story 22
User Story 23

a. Add another item from backlog to “To Do” list

b. Replace one item from “To Do” list with another item from the backlog
c. Move one item from “To Do” list to “Development”
d. If the integration of User Story 12 is complete, move the item to “Testing”
e. Deploy user story 10 to “Production” as it doesn’t have any limit
f. Pull user story 8 from “Acceptance” to “Deploy”
 180. You are a new product owner and undergoing an Agile training, the Agile Coach
explains the 4 values of the Agile Manifesto and how these values connect to the
projects, at the end of the session the coach asks you to match the values with the
correct answers, as a product owner how would you make the pairs:
1 Individuals and Interactions over 1 Comprehensive documentation
2 Working software over 2 Contract negotiation
3 Customer collaboration over 3 Processes and tools
4 Responding to change over 4 Following a plan

a. 1-1, 2-4, 3-2, and 4-3

b. 1-3, 2-1, 3-2, and 4-4
c. 1-1, 2-3, 3-2, and 4-4
d. 1-2, 2-1, 3-4, and 4-3

181. In the following node, a project network includes information about activity E. Given
the information, what is the total float of E?

36 Activity E 38
Duration – 6
Days

48 50

a. 2 days
b. 12 days
c. 6 days
d. 24 days

182. In the burndown chart shown, what could be a likely reason for the increment of
velocity in a certain sprint?
 a. Change of business priorities
b. Uncertainty and risk in the project
c. Learning or increased scope
d. Increase in product backlog entries

183. From the given information in table 1, construct the network diagram and identify
the project duration.

Table 1
Activity Duration Predecessor
A 5 None
B 2 A
C 3 None
D 7 A, C
E 6 C
F 4 E, D
G 5 B
H 9 F, G

a. 21 days
b. 25 days
c. 23 days
d. 22 days
 184. From the given information in table 1, construct the network diagram and identify
the critical path.
Table 1
Activity Duration Predecessor
A 5 None
B 2 A
C 3 None
D 7 A, C
E 6 C
F 4 E, D
G 5 B
H 9 F, G

a. ABGH
b. CEFH
c. CDFH
d. ADFH

185. From the given information in table 1, construct the network diagram and identify
the float in activity F?
Table 1
Activity Duration Predecessor
A 5 None
B 2 A
C 3 None
D 7 A, C
E 6 C
F 4 E, D
G 5 B
H 9 F, G

a. 3
b. 4
c. 0
d. 2

186. From the given information in Table 1, construct the network diagram and identify
the float in activity E.
 Table 1
Activity Duration Predecessor
A 5 None
B 2 A
C 3 None
D 7 A, C
E 6 C
F 4 E, D
G 5 B
H 9 F, G

a. 3
b. 4
c. 0
d. 2

187. From the given information in Table 1, construct the network diagram, identify, and
choose which is the early start of activity G?
Table 1
Activity Duration Predecessor
A 5 None
B 2 A
C 3 None
D 7 A, C
E 6 C
F 4 E, D
G 5 B
H 9 F, G

a. 3
b. 4
c. 7
d. 2
 188. From the given table, what is the schedule performance index at the end of stage 3?
Table
Values Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Planned Value (PV) 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00
Earned Value (EV) 4,500.00 10,000.00 14,000.00 21,000.00
Actual Cost (AC) 4,500.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 19,000.00

a. 1.05– ahead of schedule

b. 1.05– behind schedule
c. 0.93– behind schedule
d. 0.93– ahead of schedule

189. From the given Table, what is the schedule variance at the end of stage one?
Table
Values Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Planned Value (PV) 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00
Earned Value (EV) 4,500.00 10,000.00 14,000.00 21,000.00
Actual Cost (AC) 4,500.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 19,000.00

a. 500
b. 1000
c. -500
d. -1000

190. From the given Table, what is the cost variance at the end of stage 4?
Table
Values Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Planned Value (PV) 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00
Earned Value (EV) 4,500.00 10,000.00 14,000.00 21,000.00
Actual Cost (AC) 4,500.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 19,000.00

a. 2000
b. 2500
c. -2000
d. 1500

191. From the given Table, what is the Cost Performance Index at the end of stage 2?
 Table
Values Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Planned Value (PV) 5,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00
Earned Value (EV) 4,500.00 10,000.00 14,000.00 21,000.00
Actual Cost (AC) 4,500.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 19,000.00

a. 1.05– under budget

b. 1– per the budget plan
c. 0.93– over budget
d. None of the options

192. From the given control chart, which of the following is the correct statement?

a. The process is under control throughout the process.

b. The process is out of control during the red curve.
c. The process is under control during the red curve.
d. The process is out of control during the blue curve.

193. Referring to the burn down chart provided, which of the following best describes it?

a. The height of the bar increases as the deliverables are completed

 b. The height of the bar decreases as the deliverables are completed
c. The height of the bar increases as the deliverables are pending
d. The height of the bar indicates the number of deliverables completed

194. Referring to the burn-up chart provided, which of the following best describes it?

a. The height of the bar increases as the deliverables are completed

b. The height of the bar decreases as the deliverables are completed
c. The height of the bar decreases as the deliverables are pending
d. The height of the bar represents the number of deliveries that have been
completed.