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PMP Exam Question Session 7
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.
I hope you enjoy!
Question 1
You are working on a project and your project sponsor asks you to contribute to a decision on whether to continue the project. The project had an initial budget of $500,000, is only half complete and has spent $1,000,000. Should the organization consider the $1,000,000 when determining whether to continue?
A) Ask the Project Team to vote so the process is democratic
B) No, the money spent is gone
C) Yes, that is our money spent, we should consider it
D) Refer to the functional manager as they own the business unit
Question 2
You are working as a project manager, asking for proposals from a Third Parties to complete the work. Your brother works for one of the vendors bidding for the contract. You are part of the executive team which will accept a vendor. What do you do?
A) Discourage the vendor bid as it would be a conflict of interest
B) Help the your brother’s vendor in the bid so you can work together
C) Inform your company and the vendor of the relationship
D) Don’t tell anyone. Why complicate things?
Question 3
You are working as a project manager in a foreign country. It is customary that gifts be made to the government to obtain the necessary project approvals, however the country where your company is based does not allow this practice. What should you do?
A) Don’t bother with getting project approvals
B) Ensure you offer gifts to obtain the project approvals
C) Allocate additional hidden funds in the project to obtain the gifts
D) Do not offer gifts to obtain project approvals
Question 4
You are working on a complex project requiring expertise from the functional manager. What is your role as a project manager in a weak matrix organization?
A) Coordinator
B) Administrator
C) Supporter
D) Functional manager
Question 5
Project Constraints are any restriction that defines a project’s limitations and is the limit of what the project is expected to accomplish. Which of the following is one of the types of competing Project Constraints?
A) Size
B) Sponsor
C) Quality
D) Location