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Question 1

Estimate at Completion is the forecasted cost of the project as the project progresses. Your project has a budget of $10,000.
30% of the work has been completed against planned 30%, and $10,000 has been spent so far. If the CPI impacts our future cost, what is the Estimate At Completion (EAC)?

A)  $17,000
B)  $44,444
C)  $33,333
D)  $22,222

Question 2

You are working on a project and wanting to plan the immediate work in detail, while leaving the remaining work at a higher level. What are you doing?

A)  Executive Planning
B)  Rolling Wave Planning
C)  Progressive Planning
D)  Extra Planning

Question 3

You are working with your project team and wanting to stimulate creativity and new ideas. Which of the following is a group creativity technique you might use?

A)  Nominal group technique
B)  Regression analysis
C)  Tornado diagram
D)  Prompt lists

Question 4

As a project manager, you are wanting to work with the project sponsor to bring more objectivity to the acceptance process. What is this project activity called?

A)  Collecting Requirements
B)  Estimating Activity Durations
C)  Planning Schedule Management
D)  Validating Scope

Question 5

You are working through the scope of your project and wanting to decompose the high level features into smaller pieces of work that a team can deliver using a work breakdown structure. What is that level of the work breakdown structure called?

A)  Work Package
B)  Work Product
C)  Work Deliverable
D)  Work Task

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You are working on a major project for your company, where only 50% of the project has been completed, while 80% of the project budget has been spent. When making a decision on whether or not to continue, what are the costs called that have already been spent?

A)  Earned Value
B)  Exception Report
C)  Sunk Costs
D)  Milestone

Question 2

The To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) is the future cost performance of the project. Your project has a budget of $15,000. 50% of the work has been completed, against planned 60%. $9,000 has been spent so far. What is the efficiency that must be maintained in order to complete as planned (TCPI)?

A)  1.89
B)  1.25
C)  0.56
D)  0.78

Question 3

Your project has a budget of $200,000.
60% of the work has been completed against planned 50%. $590,000 has been spent so far. What is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)?

A)  1.20
B)  0.83
C)  0.63
D)  2.50

Question 4

You are working on a brand new project and need to estimate how much it will cost. You have the cost per unit for all items needed. What is the name of the estimating technique you will use?

A)  Three point estimating
B)  Executive estimating
C)  Data estimating
D)  Parametric estimating

Question 5

Your project has a budget of $500,000. 60% of the work has been completed against planned 70%. $280,000 has been spent so far. What is the Earned Value (EV)?

A)  $500,000
B)  $280,000
C)  $300,000
D)  $350,000

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

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Question 1

You are working through various options in your project and need to help stimulate your group towards innovation and ideas. Which of the following is a type of group creativity technique?

A)  Monte Carlo Analysis
B)  Regression analysis
C)  Brainstorming
D)  Root cause analysis

Question 2

You are working as a project manager, at the stage where you need to validate the scope and products you have created with the appropriate people. What is the output called that is produced by a project and approved by the end-user or customer?

A)  Accepted Products
B)  Accepted Deliverables
C)  Accepted Results
D)  Accepted Data

Question 3

You are working on your Project Management Plan and will need the opinion of an individual or a group who has a wide range of knowledge and experience in that specific field. What is this called?

A)  Expert Judgment
B)  Expert Findings
C)  Expert Comment
D)  Expert Decision

Question 4

You are developing a new product and decide to add three extra features that the customer did not ask for, to make the product extra special. You feel as though it will work better this way. What is this called?

A)  Scope Creep
B)  Customer first
C)  Verified Deliverables
D)  Gold Plating

Question 5

A project management plan is a formal approved document that defines how the project is planned, executed, monitored and controlled. Who is responsible for creating and updating the project management plan?

A)  The Program Manager
B)  The Project Manager
C)  The Project Sponsor
D)  The Project Team

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Question 1

You are working on a project and have been asked to create a plan that shows the practices and procedures to be adopted for execution and monitoring and controlling the project. What will you create?

A)  Risk Management Plan
B)  Project Management Plan
C)  Sponsor Management Plan
D)  Benefits Measurement Plan

Question 2

You have recently discovered the importance of communication in your project after one of your directions was misunderstood. What is one of the most effective way to handle complex communications?

A)  Informal written communication
B)  Oral formal communication
C)  Formal written communication
D)  Oral informal communication

Question 3

You are working in the risk area of a project. The project work is half way complete and dozens of new risks have been found that could jeopardise your project. The risk plan is not yet complete. When should risk management planning have been completed?

A)  At the beginning of your project, during initiation and planning
B)  In the middle of your project, during execution
C)  When monitoring your project – you can analyse what isn’t created yet
D)  When the project is finalised – as you will know the risks that have occurred.

Question 4

You are a project manager needing to use a project tool and technique that will inspect, clean, transform and model large amounts of data to uncover the impact of certain project risks. What technique are you using?

A)  Meetings
B)  Assessment Analysis
C)  Information Technology
D)  Data Analysis

Question 5

You are working on Risk Planning in your project and have asked one of your team to find the established records of risk categories within the organisation for you to pick from and re-use. What project management tool and technique are these also called?

A) Prompt Lists
B)  Mitigation Lists
C)  Issue Lists
D)  Risks Lists

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We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You have started to notice the impact that team motivation has on your project results. If you are giving your team love, affection, acceptance, friendship, you are using their:

A)  Legal Needs
B)  Social Needs
C)  Wealth Needs
D)  Organisational Needs

Question 2

You are working on a project where a strict and powerful union for the employees ensures that no employee can work more than 37 hours a week. This is an example of:

A)  Project permissions
B)  Project regulations
C)  Project constraints
D)  Project laws

Question 3

You are working on an Agile project and have been asked to create a document that lists team principles, agreements, and guidelines about the acceptable behaviour by team members. What are you working on?

A)  The Team Guideline
B)  The Project Management Plan
C)  The Project Charter
D)  The Team Charter

Question 4

You are managing a project team and need to ensure your team members are doing what is needed to get the job done. What is a project document you will use that helps you know the effectiveness of the team?

A)  Team Performance Assessments
B)  Team Progress Assessments
C)  Team Presentation Assessments
D)  Team Achievement Assessments

Question 5

A project manager will spend up to 90% of their time communicating, and your interpersonal skills will directly or indirectly impact the outcome of your project. Which of the following is a type of interpersonal skill?

A)  Selling
B)  Converting
C)  Team building
D)  Physical skills

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Question 1

You have been asked to prepare a document to gain the project sponsor’s sign off to access their function’s resources, that details the project goal and business case, high-level scope and requirements, high level dates and milestones, a high-level budget, and initial risk analysis. What are you creating?

A)  Project Management Plan
B)  Project Charter
C)  Risk Management Plan
D)  Lessons Learned

Question 2

You are working with the quality assurance manager of your project, where they are using a fishbone diagram to perform a cause and effect analysis for a problem you are working on to solve. What else is a fishbone diagram called?

A)  Ishikawa Diagram
B)  Value Stream Map
C)  Pareto Diagram
D)  Control Chart

Question 3

You are working in the quality assurance and testing phase of your project, where the test manager makes use of many different ways to assess project quality control. Who has the most responsibility for project quality control?

A)  The vendor
B)  The functional manager
C)  The project manager
D)  The project sponsor

Question 4

Your quality assurance manager on your project is using a technique in order to validate the scope and gain sign off on the deliverables. What is it called when they check the quality of the product against the quality requirements?

A)  Checking
B)  Assessment
C)  Evaluation
D)  Inspection

Question 5

You have noticed your project team starting to drift off, miss deadlines and make quality defects, and decide to learn a skill that will help bring the team together again. What will you research for information on how people, teams, and organizational units function in a project?

A)  Organizational Process Assets
B)  Organizational Theory
C)  Organizational Charts
D)  Organizational Structure

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Question 1

You are working as a project manager and you need a source of information and knowledge on a product to ensure project success. You recognise this as “Expert Judgement” from the PMBOK Guide. What is the first place you should look for expert judgment?

A)  The vendor’s organization
B)  Hire someone outside your organization
C)  Your own organization
D)  Ask the Government

Question 2

Planned Value is the dollar value of the work you have planned to have completed at a given time in your project. Your project has a budget of $10,000. 40% of the work has been completed against planned 30%, and $14,000 has been spent so far. What is the Planned Value (PV)?

A)  $700
B)  $1,200
C)  $200
D)  $3,000

Question 3

You have been asked to use an estimation technique that uses data from past projects to budget for an activity that is very similar in nature and duration. What is this type of estimating technique?

A)  Corresponding Estimating
B)  Analogous Estimating
C)   Parallel Estimating
D)   Symmetrical Estimating

Question 4

You are working on a project with a budget of $10,000. 30% of the work has been completed against planned 40%. $15,000 has been spent so far. What is the Estimate at Completion (EAC), if the CPI is expected to be the same?

A)  $50,000
B)  $15,000
C)  $150,000
D)  $45,000

Question 5

You are working on a project with a budget of $10,000, where 50% of the work has been completed, against a planned 40%.  $7,000 has been spent so far. What is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)?

A)  1.25
B)  1.39
C)  2.43
D)  0.74

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

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Question 1

You are working as a Project Manager and one of the stakeholders of the project raises a problem with the product requirements, stating they are not correct. Which document will you use to note this for further discussion and resolution?

A)  Change Request
B)  Benefits Management Plan
C)  Issue Log
D)  Requirements Traceability Matrix

Question 2

You are working on a project in the financial sector, and the project sponsor asks you for a written document that outlines the intention of the project with set terms and conditions so she can accept. What is she referring to?

A)  Collaterals
B)  Indemnitees
C)  Settlements
D)  Agreements

Question 3

You as a project manager are listing the things that must be done to close out the project. What should you do in regards to the contracts for your third party suppliers?

A)  Issue a formal written notice of the project completion to the contractors
B)  Put a legal notice in the newspapers indicating that all invoices must be submitted
C)  Request final inspection reports for all vendor-supplied materials
D)  Issue letters of recommendation for the project team

Question 4 

One of your stakeholders needs to make a proposal for modification to the scope, policies, procedures, plans, or processes of the project, after a formal review of the issue. What will they use?

A)  Rectification Requests
B)  Change Requests
C)  Adjust Requests
D)  Amend Requests

Question 5

What is the term used for any product, service or results to be achieved to complete a process, phase or project?

A)  Milestone
B)  Result
C)  Deliverable
D)  Delivery

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Question 1

Different Project Management Office types have different levels of control and influence on projects within the organization. What is one of the types of PMO Structures?

A)  Passive
B)  Controlling
C)  Global
D)  Active

Question 2

You are working on a project in the construction industry and your project sponsor has allocated a fixed budget and tight timeline to complete the work. What are the limitations placed upon the project that the project manager and team must work within?

A)  Restrictions
B)  Limitations
C)  Considerations
D)  Constraints

Question 3

Your Project Management Office recommends the use of project management templates and checklists to plan, implement and manage your projects professionally. These templates are an example of:

A)  Organizational Governance Meetings (OGM)
B)  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT)
C)  Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF)
D)  Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

Question 4

Work Performance Data are the raw observations of your project, without analysing it against other metrics. What is one of the types of Work Performance Data?

A)  Implementation status for change requests
B)  Forecasted estimates to complete
C)  Number of defects
D)  Status of deliverables

Question 5

A Work Performance Report is a document containing organized information about project performance in a report format to enable decision making & actions and project communications. Which of the following is a type of Work Performance Report?

A)  Status reports
B)  Status of deliverables
C)  Forecasted estimates to complete
D)  Implementation status for change requests

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Question 1

You have been promoted from your role of project manager into a portfolio manager role. A portfolio is work grouped together to meet a certain strategic business objective and it involves:

A)  Projects and programs
B)  Projects and operations
C)  Programs and operations
D)  Projects, programs, and operations

Question 2

You are working as a project manager and created the cost estimate to bid on a government contract, where the scope was set by the government. Your manager advises you to reduce the cost to win the contract by whatever means, but your analysis shows that reducing the cost estimate will make the project unable to meet the specified scope. What should you do?

A)  Reduce the cost estimate and submit it
B)  Formally communicate to your manager about the implications of reducing the cost
C)  Ask your manager to estimate instead
D)  Submit your estimate without reducing the cost

Question 3

Work Performance Data generally contains raw facts and figures such as start dates for various activities, the number of bugs found in the software, spent cost, etc. What is a type of Work Performance Data?

A)  Forecasted estimates to complete
B)  Implementation status for change requests
C)  Percent of work physically completed
D)  Status of deliverables

Question 4

As you work on projects they can be influenced by many different things, and many different Enterprise Environmental Factors. What sort of influence are Marketplace conditions on your project?

A)  External
B)  Internal
C)  Regulatory
D)  Public

Question 5

You have recently been promoted from your role as Project Manager to a role that manages a related group of projects, and ensures efficient use of resources among those projects to ensure they are delivered. What is your role?

A)  Functional Manager
B)  Project Manager
C)  Portfolio Manager
D)  Program Manager

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