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1. A stakeholder wants to add four more data entry points on the accounts receivable screen of the current application being developed.

Which of the following constraints would this impact directly?

Risks

Scope

Environment

Quality

2. A project team is showing off a new product prototype at a trade show, and potential customers are requesting more information.

Which of the following is the MOST efficient way to provide more information?

Printed media

Meeting

Video conference

3. Which of the following events would MOST likely merit immediate communication to all project stakeholders? (Choose two.)

Business continuity response

Milestone achievement

Incident response

Schedule change

Change request

Stakeholder changes

4. Which of the following roles is MOST involved in checking the quality of the deliverables and supporting the project manager during the project?

Sponsor

Team leader

Project coordinator

Tester

5. Which of the following organization types requires the project manager to report performance issues to another department?

Functional

Strong matrix

Projectized

Weak matrix

6. A project manager recently joined a projectized organization and is having many issues on five different projects.

Which of the following risk activities should be performed FIRST? (Choose two.)

Identify

Coordinate

Qualify

Brainstorm

Mitigate

Assign

7. A project team member states that the tasks identified in the project schedule for the week greatly exceed the number of available hours for the week.

Which of the following activities would have allowed the project manager to identify and correct this issue in advance?

Risk identification

Gate review

Resource allocation

Resource leveling

8. Company A and Company B have come together to form a new Company C. Staff members from both companies have been moved to Company C, and there are rumors that some staff might be asked to leave.

These are examples of: (Choose two.)

business reorganization

business relocation

business outsourcing

business merger

business process change

9. During a meeting, the project manager abruptly interrupts the discussion of two team members who have not reached an agreement on a particular requirement and continues with the meeting.

Which of the following conflict resolutions is the project manager performing?

Smoothing

Forcing

Confronting

Avoiding

10. A project manager has set aside a contingency reserve for unforeseen communications.

Which of the following types of communication is MOST likely to utilize this contingency reserve?

Impromptu meeting

Closure conference

Distributed printed media

Kickoff meeting

11. A project manager receives an initial project assignment.

Which of the following documents is MOST likely to indicate the organizational structure for the project?

Communication management plan

Baseline

Business case

Organizational breakdown structure

12. Rather than sending emails to communicate all project information, the project manager:

✑ Makes telephone calls to key stakeholders for urgent information

✑ Sends emails for routine information

✑ Posts on the project intranet site for required but minimally used information.

Which of the following BEST represents what the project manager is doing?

Prioritizing based on personal preferences

Tailoring the method based on message content

Adjusting the method based on confidentiality constraints

Demonstrating concern for technological factors

13. A major project task involves purchasing and implementing computer equipment with special software, which is valued at $1.5 million, for a 700-employee organization. An IT department manager challenged the PM's ability to authorize expenditures after the purchase was made.

Which of the following documents should the PM provide to the functional manager?

Organizational chart

Project charter

Cost management plan

Change management plan

14. A project manager is assigned a global team. The project manager is having difficulty understanding some of what is communicated during conference calls.

Which of the following is the BEST way to address this issue?

Reassign the project manager to a different project.

Transfer the project team members who are difficult to understand to another project.

Inform the sponsor and ask for feedback on how to address the issue.

Communicate critical conversations and decision points via email.

15. A project manager notices a lack of meeting attendance from the project team.

Which of the following actions might the project manager take to BEST improve the level of attendance?

Schedule the meeting directly on the attendees’ calendars.

Publish an agenda prior to the meeting.

Increase the number of email invitations for the upcoming meeting.

Send the meeting invitation by email with a read receipt.

16. Which of the following is the project phase when quality assurance occurs?

Planning

Closing

Execution

Scoping

Initiation

17. An audit, project change, task initiation/completion, gate review, and incident response are examples of:

change control.

status reporting.

risk events.

communication triggers.

18. A project is running behind schedule. To meet the delivery timelines, the project manager decides to give part of the work to another organization for quicker delivery and to allow the project team to focus on the remaining tasks.

This is an example of:

crashing.

outsourcing.

task reassignment.

relocation.

19. Midway through a project, the building the team works in is destroyed by a hurricane.

Which of the following types of communication is BEST in this event?

Incident response

Business continuity response

Resource change response

Schedule response

20. A project facilitator is working within a large project team that includes 36 members representing different organizational groups. The current communications plan calls for full status updates to be emailed to the whole group twice per week.

Which of the following factors should be considered FIRST when communicating with this group?

Providing all parties with frequent updates keeps the team on the same page as the project moves forward.

The large team may be dispersed over different time zones, preventing the team from receiving the status updates at the same time.

The frequency, method, and level of detail provided should be different for each target audience.

All team members receive the same level of detail, ensuring the accuracy of the status updates

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21. A customer is in the early planning stages of a technology rebuild. To gain a better understanding of the possible solutions, which of the following documents should the customer send to prospective vendors?

RFP

RFQ

RFI

SOW

22. A sports event is coming to a local city, and the project manager for the event fears there might be violence if the local team wins.

Which of the following types of project activities would occur if the local team wins?

Applying a risk mitigation plan

Securing appropriate funding

Implementing quality control measures

Changing the timeline

23. The project team has identified all the tasks needed to create project deliverables and grouped them into work packages covering all project scope.

Which of the following should be done NEXT?

Identify task relationships.

Put the resources on tasks.

Set the quality gates.

Estimate the work package.

24. A financial audit is being performed on a closed project.

Which of the following should be communicated with FIRST?

Stakeholders

Project management office

Functional managers

Quality control

25. A project manager is developing a risk management plan and has decided to score each risk based on composite score of impact and probability. In discussions with the project sponsor, they determined that all risks with a composite score lower than 1 will not receive further attention.

Which of the following risks should the project manager accept? (Choose two.)

26. Project A is delivering the foundation for Project B. Construction regulations have changed during Project A, requiring work to be redone in the allocated buffer.

Which of the following is the MOST likely impact to Project B?

The cost will increase.

There will be no impact.

The scope will change.

The schedule will change.

27. A project has just begun, and people are not clear about the objectives.

Which of the following meeting types is needed?

Stand-up

Scheduling

Impromptu

Kickoff

28. A project is approaching its end when the project manager is informed that a deliverable is exceeding the upper noise limit set by the legislation of the country where it was implemented.

Which of the following constraints has MOST likely been overlooked?

Scope

Resources

Environment

Quality

29. At each project team meeting, the project team raises the same risk repeatedly. A mitigation plan has been developed since the risk was initially identified.

Which of the following risk activities is MOST likely missing since the identification?

Quantification

Response

Prioritization

Communication

Review

30. Which of the following is the BEST method to provide quick status updates on project tasks without interrupting project activities?

Phone call

Interoffice mail

Newsletter

Internal collaboration site

31. Which of the following is the first document issued during the procurement process in a project?

RFP

RFI

RFQ

32. An organization is divided into three separate entities based on geographical region.

Which of the following types of organizational change is this?

Relocation

Outsourcing

Demerger

Split

33. An approved change was implemented.

Which of the following should be accomplished NEXT?

Update the documentation.

Validate the change.

Update the project sponsor.

Validate the impact.

34. A project manager is not going to finish a project on time but cannot change the deadline or add more budget.

Which of the following types of change would allow the project manager to finish the project successfully?

Resources

Communication

Organization

Quality

35. A project manager is overseeing the construction of a new building. There are likely existing underground water, gas, and electrical lines.

Which of the following is an example of mitigation?

Trust the contractor to do the job well because the company has been in business for a long time.

Tell the contractor that the company is responsible for any damage done to underground lines.

Immediately fix any broken lines that are hit during construction.

Ensure the contractor has the appropriate utility maps.

36. A fire alarm goes off in the building where the project team works. Employees are instructed to leave the premises immediately using the stairs; they are not to use elevators, and they must gather in one place outside the building for further instructions.

This is known as a:

business change response

change management response

business continuity response

risk management response

37. A PM has a complex project that requires coordination among numerous stakeholders.

Which of the following is the MOST appropriate type of meeting for the stakeholders to hold?

Virtual

Impromptu

One-on-one

In-person

38. A developer is experiencing constant project scope changes and reaches out to the project manager to discuss the situation. They agree the customer has requested multiple modifications to the core idea and now extra work may need to be performed.

Which of the following approaches would BEST support on-time delivery considering these changes?

Strict change management controls

Regular Scrum meetings

Continuous requirements gathering

Regular milestone reviews

39. Team members in a projectized organization are released at the end of a project and placed on the “bench”.

Which of the following should the benched team members do NEXT?

Find a new project.

Check in with a functional manager.

Report to the project manager.

Contact the project sponsor.

40. Which of the following risk management activities identifies the severity of a risk event?

Quantification

Identification

Response

Mitigation

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41. A stakeholder with whom the project manager has worked on numerous occasions drops by and requests that the project management add two small items to the application under development. The stakeholder has seen the value of these changes in other applications and assures the project manager they are easy, quick changes.

Which of the following BEST describes how the project manager should respond?

Take the request to the CCB

Quickly make the changes

Ask a project team member to make the changes

Inform the sponsor of the stakeholder’s request

42. A project manager was reprimanded for failing to complete timely status reports and providing mixed messaging about a project’s performance.

Which of the following would be responsible for discussing and resolving this issue?

Project coordinator

Project stakeholder

Project management office

Project sponsor

43. A firm, fixed-price project is on pace to exceed the maximum defect rate identified in the project charter. The customer has stated the project must be delivered on time.

Which of the following is the BEST option for the project to complete on time and within parameters?

Reduce the project scope.

Crash the schedule.

Request additional budget from the customer.

Apply new resources to the project.

44. A key team member found a new job and will be leaving in two weeks.

Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST to minimize negative impacts to the project?

Request a replacement from the project sponsor.

Contact human resources to initiate the termination process.

Involve the legal department for contract review.

Inform executive management about attrition.

45. A company just announced all third-party vendors must provide ten cybersecurity resources within six weeks.

Which of the following documents should the project manager create LAST?

RFI

NDA

MOU

RFQ

46. A vendor is late with product deliverables.

Which of the following documents should the PM refer to FIRST?

C&D letter

MOU

SLA

SOW

47. A project manager wishes to track a project’s performance against the original approved schedule.

Which of the following steps is necessary to capture the needed information?

Determine the critical path.

Determine the milestones.

Set phase gates

Set a baseline.

48. As part of the early stages of a potential corporate acquisition, which of the following documents should the acquiring organization complete, showing regulators and investors the offered purchase price and target closing date?

Sales contract

Memorandum of agreement

Letter of intent

Purchase order

49. A manager is reviewing some projects with two project managers who are working on the financial system.

Which of the following BEST describes this type of review?

Operations

Project

Portfolio

Program

50. A project sponsor informs the project manager that the project completion date must be moved one month earlier.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Recalculate the critical path, determine the new cost, schedule baselines, and initiate the change request process.

Recalculate the schedule and cost variance, and report the changes to the project stakeholders and sponsor.

Calculate the cost of crashing the schedule, and obtain the stakeholders’ approval for the new project WBS and timeline.

Calculate the additional resource requirements that are necessary to meet the new project deadline, and work with human resources to hire additional staff.

51. A new project manager would benefit from additional assistance with documenting project activities.

Which of the following job positions should the project manager request be added to the team?

Business analyst

Project scheduler

Quality control analyst

Project coordinator

52. A project manager has updated the risk register with the current risk status, probability, and impact. Risk IDs 2 and 6 have now been realized.

Which of the following is the NEXT appropriate step for the project manager to take?

Identify risk strategies for the realized events

Change the risk status to closed for 2 and 6

Consult the risk management plan

Update the issue log

53. Two parties are beginning conversations regarding the purchase of professional services.

Which of the following should be in place FIRST?

RFP

SOW

NDA

LOI

54. A company purchased a parachute supplier and is now sending parachutes to the research and development department.

Which of the following has occurred?

Risk avoidance

Outsourcing

Business demerger

Business acquisition

55. A project manager has received documented approval from management to begin a project and the authority to start assigning resources to the project.

The project manager has received the:

project charter.

statement of work.

project plan.

project request.

56. A project manager is working on a project, which needs to be delivered within six months. The project sponsor has made it known that the six months is non-negotiable and additional funding can be provided, if required.

The project is in the fifth month, and testing is ongoing. The project team has identified a major defect that will take up to one month to rectify.

Which of the following is the BEST action for the project manager to take to ensure the project finishes as planned?

Obtain additional resources to crash the timelines.

Continue the project as is and communicate the imminent one-month delay to the sponsor.

Fast-track non-critical-path activities.

Deliver the products to meet the timelines and create an additional phase to address issues.

57. Which of the following project management roles is responsible for estimating the duration of tasks?

Project scheduler

Project team

Project manager

Project coordinator

58. A project sponsor promises the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) that a project will be completed before the next quarterly meeting.

The project manager needs to take the following elements into account:

✑ Delivery

✑ Vacation

✑ Cost of overtime

✑ Work effort

Which of the following documents should the project manager use to guarantee the project’s success?

RACI

Schedule

Project charter

SWOT

Burn chart

59. An external customer has requested a modification of the project scope through an official change request.

Which of the following is the appropriate NEXT step?

Implement the change.

Analyze impacts to the project.

Create a new change request.

Modify the configuration documentation.

60. An active project is focused on quality assurance of the deliverable product. In which of the following project phases would this occur?

Execution

Monitor and control

Planning

Closing

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61. A project manager creates a Pareto chart based on the table below:

Which of the following describes why the team was asked to inspect and review missing parts, poor adhesives, and faulty installation?

To take preventive action and identify the causes resulting in the highest number of issues

To take corrective action and identify the effects resulting in the highest number of issues

To take preventive action and identify and frequencies resulting in the highest number of issues

To take corrective action and identify the causes resulting in the highest number of issues

62. A project’s stakeholders have not been informed of project updates and milestones by the CCB and project team. The stakeholders have threatened to withdraw project support.

Which of the following should the project manager do to get buy-in from the stakeholders for the project?

Update the communications plan to include the stakeholders

Expedite completion of the project before support is withdrawn by the stakeholders

Revise the quality management plan to include the project stakeholders

Increase the number of status reports provided to the project stakeholders

63. A customer has requested a change in an active project.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take FIRST?

Gather input from the team.

Inform the end user of the change.

Submit the change request to the project sponsor.

Update the change log.

64. A customer approaches a team member to report that old functionality is no longer valid due to technology restrictions. The team member has also noticed this during the execution of the project. The team member agrees with the new functionality provided by the customer, implements the change, and notifies the project manager.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take NEXT?

Notify the team that the change has been made.

Update the project management plan based on the change.

Proceed to the next task in the project schedule.

Conduct an impact analysis to verify there is no collateral damage.

65. Which of the following is a risk strategy?

Risk quantification

Risk avoidance

Risk identification

Risk review

66. A company was originally organized using a functional structure; however, the company has decided to go forward with a matrix structure to get the most utilization of resources.

This is an example of:

a business process change

personal preference

internal reorganization

intraorganizational differences

67. In a projectized organization, a project manager has a need for a testing resource. The first place the project manager should look for this resource is:

a dedicated resource pool

an allocated resource pool

a shared resource pool

a benched resource pool

68. An engineer is troubleshooting a malfunctioning physical deliverable and requires assistance from remote team members.

Which of the following would be the BEST communication method for the engineer to use?

Phone conversation

Face-to-face meeting

Instant messaging

Video conference

69. A project manager is collecting work package information from the project team for the first time.

Which of the following elements should the project manager have at the end of the meeting?

Task name, duration, and dependencies

Task leveling, baseline, and critical path

Task assignments, quality requirements, and project governance sign-off

Task start, finish, and estimate cost

70. The PMO has asked the PM to provide a status report indicating the number of events and activities required to complete a project.

Which of the following charts should the PM include in the status report?

Gantt chart

Scatter chart

Run chart

Process diagram

71. Which of the following are characteristics of a matrix organization? (Choose three.)

The project manager has full authority.

Resources report directly to the functional manager.

Authority is shared between functional and project managers.

Resources are assigned from functional area to project.

There is ad hoc resourcing.

The organization utilizes a bench.

The project manager authority ranges from strong to weak.

72. A hurricane occurs in an area where several key project resources are located. When reviewing the project dashboard, the project sponsor sees the project is behind schedule and asks the project manager for an explanation.

Which of the following documents should the project manager examine NEXT to provide an explanation?

Meeting minutes

Issue log

Project schedule

Budget

73. After SOW and contract approvals, the project manager plans to schedule a meeting with the business analyst and several end users.

The project manager’s main objective in this meeting is to:

identify resources

baseline the schedule

create deliverables

define requirements

74. Language barriers will MOST likely influence a PM to:

use more print media to communicate with the stakeholders.

hire a bilingual project team that is fluent in the language to reduce conflict.

hire an interpreter to ensure verbal and written communications are accurate.

learn the unknown language to be able to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

75. A company has been trying to implement a product with multiple challenges for more than two years. Both the company and the vendor mutually agree to cancel the project.

Which of the following should be issued?

MOU

LOI

NDA

C&D

76. A project manager is collecting the number of hours, the resources, and the amount of money spent on hardware and software.

Which of the following is MOST likely the purpose of collecting this information?

Financial stability

Competitive advantage

Budget constraints

Expenditure tracking

77. Which of the following is a component of the project cost control?

Scope statement

Burn rate

MOU

SLA

78. Which of the following charts would indicate the cause and effect of tasks in a project, and for which of the following activities would the chart be used?

Histogram, forecasting

Ishikawa, quality control

Scatter, determining resources

Gantt, leveraging resources

79. A project manager has updated the project schedule but cannot analyze the schedule performance.

Which of the following steps did the project manager miss?

Lock the schedule

Approve the schedule

Baseline the schedule

Fast track the schedule

80. The PMO has removed a vendor from a project for inflating costs and failing to complete deliverables in a timely manner. The PMO received complaints that vendor resources missed appointments and provided poor service. The vendor has initiated a lawsuit against the PMO, asserting the vendor was operating within the terms of the current agreement.

Which of the following documents should be reviewed by the PMO to support vendor removal? (Choose two.)

Communication plan

Project charter

Service level agreement

Project management plan

Action items

Statement of work

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81. A project team member has completed an assigned task on time.

After updating the project schedule, which of the following steps should the project manager take NEXT?

Send an updated schedule to the CC

Send a project status update to the sponsor.

Release the team members to the functional manager.

Notify the team members to begin successor tasks.

82. While planning a project, the project team estimates known expenses but also applies a margin of error for unknown expenses.

Which of the following is the project team trying to determine?

Cost of quality

Expenditures

Total project cost

Burn rate

83. A number of requirements, conflicts, and reworks during a project delayed the schedule, increased the budget, and required replanning efforts.

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

There were not enough resources assigned to the project execution team.

The PMO was not involved in project initiation and planning.

Proper team-building activities were not performed when starting the project.

A few major stakeholders were overlooked during project initiation and planning.

84. Which of the following project roles is ultimately responsible for all project artifacts?

Project sponsor

Project coordinator

Project manager

Project team

85. When a project team member completes a task in the WBS, which of the following are the primary recipients of the notification? (Choose two.)

Project manager

Project sponsor

Key stakeholder

Human resources

Project scheduler

Project management office

86. A concrete pad needs to be laid for a new house and requires three days to cure. The project manager notes that rain may be in the immediate forecast.

Which of the following would BEST avoid the risk of rain damage?

Place a tarp over the fresh concrete to protect it.

Refinish the concrete if it rains during that time.

Pour the concrete as quickly as possible to allow the most drying time.

Wait to pour the concrete until rain is not in the forecast.

87. A company recently discovered that it could save money by moving its call center to another country. The company entered into an agreement for call center services.

Which of the following types of organizational change is this?

Relocation

Outsourcing

Business process change

Business demerger/split

88. A highly skilled project engineer will be on indefinite medical leave. No one on the project team has the required skill set to replace the engineer.

Which of the following will be impacted MOST by the absence of the engineer?

Resources

Environment

Deliverables

Requirements

89. A team member has finalized a discussion with the board of directors, but the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is complaining about the large amount of money the project requires.

Which of the following is the BEST change control process to follow?

Identify, implement, approve, evaluate, validate, update, communicate

Identify, evaluate, approve, implement, validate, update, communicate

Identify, approve, evaluate, implement, validate, update, communicate

Identify, validate, evaluate, approve, implement, update, communicate

90. A senior developer abruptly resigned without notice. Because of the senior developer’s expertise, the active task workload was substantial.

This would MOST likely impact the project’s: (Choose two.)

environment

scheduling

requirements

effectiveness

scope

budget

91. A project manager has gathered time estimates for a new project's activities and is now ready to begin developing the schedule.

Which of the following would the project manager most likely do NEXT?

Create a WB

Determine predecessors and dependencies.

Determine the critical path.

Prioritize tasks.

92. A project team is creating a new product, and stakeholders are having a hard time understanding the product.

Which of the following should be sent to the stakeholders?

Printed sketches and potential uses

Memo outlining high-level requirements

Sponsor mandate for the product

Link to the project's intranet site to review status reports

93. Project B cannot start before Project A is complete, but Project B has been given authorization to begin to meet legislative requirements.

Which of the following is the BEST way to expedite the projects?

Project A can reduce the number of deliverables.

Project A can be crashed using Project B's resources.

Project B can have its resources leveled.

Project B can begin without Project A completing, therefore accepting future rework.

94. Which of the following documents is a snapshot in time of a project during the execution phase?

Scope document

Performance indicators

Status report

Risk register

95. A Scrum team is completing a sprint; however, some tasks will need to carry over to the next sprint.

Which of the following should the Scrum master do to improve the team's velocity in the next sprint?

Take a more hands-on leadership approach.

Add the unfinished work to the backlog.

Schedule a sprint retrospective.

Hold additional daily stand-up meetings.

96. In which of the following circumstances would faxing be the MOST appropriate communication method?

When sending confidential information

When resolving complex issues

When providing weekly status updates

When signatures are required

97. A busy project manager has a diverse set of stakeholders and team members with respect to age and cultural background.

Which of the following is the BEST method for communicating to the project manager’s audiences?

Speak with each individual, and communicate with that individual according to stated and demonstrated preferences

Utilize a variety of communication methods, such as email, IM, conference calls, and face-to-face meetings, to reach all the audiences

Develop a communications plan that considers the individual’s impact on the project and preferred communication method

Determine a single best communication method to provide efficient and consistent communications to all the audiences

98. The government wants to start a project that will launch a satellite but lacks the appropriate SMEs.

Which of the following would be BEST to solicit vendors?

LOI

RFQ

RFI

SOW

99. Which of the following are the components of a RACI matrix?

Responsibility, authority, support, inform

Responsible, accountable, consulted, informed

Reliability, accountability, support, inform

Responsibility, acquired, consulted, informed

100. Company A recently partnered with Company B. Over the past few months, multiple teams have been working to refine internal processes to deliver products in a more timely manner.

If the effort is successful, which of the following will MOST likely occur?

Reorganization

Relocation

Outsourcing

Demerger

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101. A functional manager within a project is requesting to edit the display features of an application that is being developed.

Which of the following has the authority to approve the edit?

CCB

PMO

SME

102. Which of the following is the BEST reason to conduct regular risk reviews?

Risk reviews ensure stakeholders take action on assigned items.

Risk reviews allow for the identification of response strategies.

Risk reviews can keep personnel on track with their assigned tasks.

Risk reviews must be reported in status updates.

103. A project sponsor asks if a construction project can be accelerated to meet a new timeline. The project manager analyzes the schedule and finds insufficient float to accommodate the new delivery date.

If more resources are provided, which of the following strategies would BEST help to achieve the new date?

Fast track

Burn

Crash

Reduce durations

104. During planning, a project coordinator publishes the project management plan. After reviewing the plan, the project sponsor is concerned it is too long and detailed.

Which of the following does the project sponsor desire?

Status report

Task durations

Project schedule

Schedule management plan

105. A company has completed its annual strategic planning session. As a result, several related projects, which will achieve the company’s technological improvement goals, are identified.

Which of the following BEST describes these projects?

Portfolio

Program

Deliverable

Outcome

106. The quarterly financial statement has been released, and portfolios are losing funding for projects.

Which of the following options are MOST appropriate to keep the project alive and on schedule? (Choose two.)

Shorten the project duration.

Reduce the features being released.

Request more time with a smaller project team.

Reduce quality control.

Ask for operational team support.

107. A project manager is planning to hold a meeting to discuss what went well, what did not go well, and what should be done differently.

Which of the following meetings should the project manager hold?

Kickoff

Impromptu

Closure

Status

108. A company recently went through a project requiring new equipment, new software, and retraining of personnel.

This is MOST likely a result of:

an internal reorganization.

outsourcing.

a business process change.

resource allocation.

109. The stakeholders who are available for the user acceptance test do not understand the project’s requirements. The tester is trying to identify who requested the feature, but there is no information available.

Which of the following components is missing?

RTM

Quality plan

Project schedule

SOW

110. A key stakeholder claims to have not received status updates per the agreement. The PM reviews the communications plan and determines the updates were provided as agreed upon.

Which of the following should the PM do NEXT to resolve the inconsistency between the communications plan and the stakeholder’s expectations?

Analyze the RASI chart

Review previous meeting minutes.

Initiate a change control request.

Updates the communications plan.

111. A project manager, who previously worked at a construction firm, has just joined an IT organization and has been assigned to handle a security project.

Which of the following roles can provide technical direction during the course of the project?

Security SME

Business analyst

Project scheduler

Project sponsor

112. Task ID 3 did not start on time, and no work has been accomplished yet.

Evaluate the schedule below:

Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Predecessors not properly identified

Scope change

Retrospective in progress

Insufficient resources assigned

113. Which of the following can a project manager use to keep track of finances and ensure costs are accurately applied to a project?

PO numbers

Cost baseline

Bill of materials

WBS codes

114. A stakeholder informs a project manager that a weekly status report has not been delivered via email, but the monthly status reports were received.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Immediately send the current weekly status report

Add email to the distribution list for the weekly status report

Remove email from the distribution list for the monthly status report

Consult the communications plan and act accordingly

115. A project sponsor approaches the project manager with a change request. During the conversation, the project sponsor claims to understand the impact of the change to the project length and has the budget to handle the cost. The sponsor also tells the project manager to send whatever needs a signature.

The project manager’s NEXT step should be to:

document the change

implement the change

communicate the change

prioritize the change

116. Which of the following methods should a project manager use to improve email communication for a time- sensitive, high-visibility global project? (Choose two.)

Limit email recipients to only required team members.

Increase the number of emails to encourage team interaction.

Set up emails with bold text and all caps in the subject line.

Eliminate acronyms from the email to avoid miscommunication.

Include more information to increase the length of each email message.

Include detailed technical consideration in each email.

117. A key stakeholder has communicated a significant project scope change to the project manager.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take FIRST?

Submit a change request to the CC

Implement the change to the project.

Determine the impact of the requested change.

Update the schedule to accommodate the change.

118. A sprint retrospective is being conducted.

Which of the following is the BEST way to obtain input?

Video conference

Face-to-face meeting

Instant messaging

Collaboration site

119. A new executive has joined the organization and is considering adding deliverables to the scope. The sponsor agrees with the executive but does not want to change the completion date.

Which of the following options would be MOST useful to the project manager to accommodate the new scope without extending the completion date? (Choose two.)

Fast-track some tasks to free up time.

Remove some of the previous deliverables.

Document the impact to the scope.

Request additional funds to get more resources.

Deny the scope change.

Perform regression analysis on the changes.

120. Which of the following tasks are responsibilities of the project manager role?

Provide inputs, estimate tasks, and manage a team

Manage the budget, perform quality assurance, and be accountable for artifacts

Set deliverables, control risk, manage risk, and create a project charter

Manage a team, marketing, roadblocks, and project steering

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121. A project is nearing the expected completion date, but it is behind schedule. The project manager has decided to fast-track the resources.

Which of the following impacts will MOST likely occur? (Choose two.)

Cost will increase.

Scope will increase.

Schedule will decrease.

Risk will decrease.

Budget will increase.

Quality will increase.

122. A project manager learns that a key team member is required to work on a different assignment within the next two weeks.

In which of the following organizational structures does the project manager work?

Projectized

Functional

Flat

Strong matrix

123. A highly skilled, key project team member lacks technical writing skills. Documents are often misunderstood, and the wrong instructions are given.

To retain this key project team member, which of the following steps should the project manager take to BEST resolve the issue?

Retrain the key project team member.

Replace the key project team member.

Hire a translator to assist the team member.

Accept the key team member's limitations.

124. An American publisher is participating in a workshop in Hong Kong with the purpose of updating a new book that will be launched in Japan next year. During the workshop, a deep and intense discussion occurs with other local publishers regarding the references the book may contain.

Which of the following BEST describes the situation?

Language barrier

Personal preference

Technological factor

Cultural difference

125. Joe, a stakeholder, threatens to withdraw from a project that is not going according to his wishes. The president talks to the project manager regarding options for a response to the stakeholder, and they decide the project will move forward as originally planned.

Which of the following risk strategies was used?

Mitigate

Avoid

Transfer

126. Which of the following organizational structures uses project team members who are selected from within their department?

Projectized

Balanced matrix

Functional

Strong matrix

127. A project manager noted there were many possible features that could be incorporated into a project, and the customers wavered about whether to include particular features.

Which of the following is the BEST approach to ensure appropriate delivery of the project?

In one section of the project charter, specify which features are included in the project, in another section, specify which features are not included in the project.

The scope statement should enumerate which features are included in the project and which features are not included in the project.

At the beginning and end of every meeting, the project manager should consistently remind the project team which features are included in the project and which features are not included in the project.

The project requirements document lists all the features that are included in the project, and the project manager diligently ensures that features not included in the project are not included in the MOU with the customer.

128. Which of the following includes setting governance gates as well as predecessors and dependencies?

Project communication

Project constraints

Project change control

Project scheduling

129. Which of the following metrics demonstrates to a project manager if a project is overspending or underspending?

EAC

BAC

CPI

ETC

130. The PMO is responsible for: (Choose two.)

managing the project plan, scope, risk, and budget.

contributing expertise, deliverables, and estimates of costs.

setting standards and practices for the organization and providing governance.

outlining consequences of non-performance and coordinating between disparate projects.

approving funding, developing the project schedule, and gathering high-level requirements.

131. When a risk event occurs, which of the following documents is BEST suited for recording and tracking new items corresponding to the risk?

Issue log

Risk management plan

Communications plan

Risk register

Status report

132. A project team member highlights to the project manager that expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion project.

Which of the following would the project manager MOST likely do?

Place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk.

Raise a purchase order to purchase the licensing and ask the team member to install it.

Amend the project scope and raise a project change request to obtain approval of the amendment.

Amend the project schedule and work breakdown structures to remove the use of the software from the project.

133. Which of the following roles has approval authority for project funding?

Champion

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Project Management Office (PMO)

Sponsor

134. A project in the execution phase is over budget, and tasks on the critical path are on schedule.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Update the project management plan.

Issue a change request.

Revise the project charter.

Evaluate the impact to the baseline.

135. A project manager received a change request, immediately documented the required changes, and evaluated the impact of and justification for the changes.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Gain approval for the changes.

Identify the approval authority.

Implement the changes.

Create an emergency change request.

136. new stakeholder has been added to a project with a BAG of $850,000. The stakeholder has raised five change requests to the CCB; two of them have been approved, and three are awaiting initial review.

Considering the project has a CPI of 0.89 and an SPI of 1.14, and the approved ones will be implemented, which of the following should the project manager do LAST?

Identify and document the risk.

Evaluate the impact and justification.

Implement the change.

Update the documents and plans.

137. In a project with a of $235,000, the CPI is 0.80, and the SPI is 1.20. Based on this information, which of the following can the key stakeholders determine about the project?

The project is under budget and ahead of schedule.

The project is over budget and ahead of schedule.

The project is under budget and behind schedule.

The project is over budget and behind schedule.

138. The project manager of a global project constantly receives complaints from individuals at another location that some team members are not available after lunch on Fridays. This is acceptable to the project manager.

Which of the following factors is the MOST likely cause for this scenario?

Personal preference

Intra-organizational differences

Culture

Time zone

139. After identifying all known tasks, the project manager has started to sequence and set durations.

Which of the following describes how the project manager should BEST determine the initial sequence and durations?

Use milestones identified in the project charter.

Use data based on past knowledge.

Hold a full team workshop to review the complete WB

Collaborate with other project managers.

140. A project team added a new member who has proprietary information about a competitor's product. The team member was suddenly removed from the project.

Which of the following MOST likely occurred?

The company received a C&

A higher-priority project needed the expertise.

The new member did not sign an ND

An SLA prevented new team members.

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141. Which of the following describes risk mitigation?

The transfer of the risk to another entity or project inside or outside the organization, along with associated costs.

The understanding of the risk with a detailed explanation of how the project intends to address the potential for occurrence.

The quantification of the risk in terms of how much the risk could potentially cost the project or parent organization.

The weighting or prioritization of the risk against all other identified risks within this project or others associated with it.

142. A change must be made to a project to comply with municipal code. The project manager updates the relevant shared project documents. The key stakeholders subsequently update the documents with new information. When the project deliverables are reinspected, they fail the inspection.

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed inspection?

There were insufficient resources assigned to the task.

The prior document version was not reviewed.

Version control processes were not applied.

The CCB was not contacted.

143. There are four parallel paths on a network diagram.

The summary duration of each path is below:

A, C, G: 10 weeks

A, B, F: 8 weeks

D, E, H: 12 weeks

D, B, F: 7 weeks

Which of the following tasks are on the critical path?

A, C, G

A, B, F

D, E, H

D, B, F

144. Which of the following would indicate a project manager is working in a matrix-based organization?

The project manager has full authority over resources and the project.

The project manager has no authority over the project resources and limited-to-no authority over the project.

Resources align to the project, report to the project manager, and have no functional home at the end of the project.

Resources report to business area functional managers and return to the functional area at the end of the project.

145. A project manager has an opportunity to add a highly skilled expert to the team who can increase the probability of the project’s success.

Which of the following risk strategies should the project manager adopt?

Exploitation

Avoidance

Acceptance

Mitigation

146. A project manager has received a change order that will reduce a project's timeline and budget. However, the change order also indicates the goals and deliverables of the project must remain unchanged.

Which of the following is the MOST logical impact to the project?

The reduced timeline will impact the quality of the deliverables because the amount of time to test will be reduced.

The reduced budget will result in reduced resources, which will lead to a strong matrix organizational structure being used.

The reduced timeline will decrease risk, resulting in an increased contingency reserve.

The reduced budget will cause the project manager to reject the change order.

147. Assuming an iterative approach, which of the following will be conducted at the end of each iteration?

SCRUM retrospective

Kickoff meeting

Budget baseline

Risk review

148. A project manager is creating the WBS.

In which of the following phases is the project?

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Closing

149. An outsourced project team member approaches the project manager and complains that the contract does not permit overtime. The project manager had fast-tracked tasks that require additional hours.

Which of the following documents did the project manager fail to reference?

MOU

MOA

SOW

SLA

150. A project team is composed of numerous team members who are located throughout a country. All personnel have identified core business hours. A team engineer based in a machine shop has a question during business hours for the project manager, who is located at a different facility.

Which of the following is the MOST expedient communication method, assuming the question can be resolved quickly?

Social media

Text messaging

Face-to-face

151. A project sponsor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) disagree about how to release the final deliverables to the market. The sponsor wants to do a massive product release, while the CIO wants to be extremely cautious and add more time for testing and defect resolution. The project manager works with both parties and determines the best solution is to roll the product out in a pilot release to see how it tests, and then use customer feedback to determine next steps.

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager using?

Forcing

Negotiating

Compromising

Avoiding

152. A team has been assembled and assigned a project to reduce recent, unanticipated production cost overruns.

Which of the following tools should the project team select to determine the possible origins of the increased costs?

Pareto chart

Fishbone diagram

Process diagram

Run chart

153. A department manager asks a project manager about the status of a project that has only a few employees from the department assigned to it.

Which of the following were MOST likely missed during project planning?

Issue log and process diagram

Resource analysis and Gantt chart

Stakeholder analysis and communication plan

Scatter chart and scope analysis

154. At a weekly project team meeting, it is apparent the project is over budget. The project manager needs to determine the reason for this issue.

Which of the following documents should MOST likely be analyzed to obtain the answer?

Project charter, organization chart, scope statement, and issue log

Dashboard information, action items, project schedule, and status report

Project management plan, scope statement, communication plan, and meeting agendas

Project schedule, project management plan, communication plan, and issue log

155. A project manager was directed to complete a project sooner than previously planned.

Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective step to take to ensure the project’s success?

Reduce the scope

Increase the budget

Decrease staff

Update the WBS

156. An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise.

Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?

Exploitation

Acceptance

Validation

Transfer

157. An organization has multiple projects that are taking place simultaneously.

Which of the following should be tasked with ensuring resources are appropriately allocated to projects?

PMO

Project sponsor

Project coordinator

158. During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the testing phase is dependent on completion of the vendor’s tasks. The project team has just informed the project manager their activities are almost complete, and they would like permission to begin testing. The vendor is not scheduled to deliver the products for two months.

Which of the following should have occurred to prevent this issue?

During the planning phase, the project manager should have recognized the relationship between the vendor’s and project team’s tasks and adjusted the schedule for the project team to begin activities two months later.

The project manager should have crashed the schedule for the vendor to keep it at the same work pace as the rest of the project team.

During the project team’s regular status meeting with the vendor, the project team should have informed the vendor that the team was ahead of schedule and to speed up their work.

During the project team’s regular status meeting with the vendor, the vendor should have informed the project team that it required another two months, and to slow down.

159. A part that is needed to complete Task 3 has been backordered and will arrive three days later than scheduled. Task 3 must be complete for Task 4 to start. There is one day of float for the two tasks.

Which of the following represents the number of days the project schedule will be delayed?

Zero

One

Two

Three

160. In which of the following organizational structures would a project manager have the MOST authority?

Projectized

Strong matrix

Balanced matrix

Functional

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161. A project manager is informed that a team member would like to enhance the code with an additional function.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Submit a change request.

Evaluate the impact of the change.

Get approval from the CC

Communicate the change to stakeholders.

162. A project is coming to the end of a phase. The PMO required that the quality team review the work and budget before moving on to the next phase of the project. The project manager must schedule the review of the phase and have the stakeholders present.

This review is referred to as:

change management.

a milestone.

a tollgate.

an incident response.

163. The project manager for a TV tower construction project receives notification that a strong storm is expected the following week.

Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?

Evaluate the risk, inform major stakeholders about the problem, and issue a change request immediately.

Evaluate the risk, fill in the issue log, and communicate it according to the communication plan.

Evaluate the risk, develop a mitigation plan, and communicate it according to the communication plan.

Evaluate the risk, reschedule all outdoor tasks for a later time, and inform major stakeholders.

164. A project team is comprised of a mix of in-house and virtual team members.

When a complex announcement needs to go out to the entire project team, which of the following is the MOST effective way to communicate it?

Composing a project team email with the details of the announcement is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain but not be overcome with questions from the team.

Using text messaging to make the announcement is the best method. It allows the project manager to reach the project team members wherever they are located.

Sending a fax is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain the announcement and come up with questions and answers the team may have.

Hosting a web conference meeting is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain the announcement and answer any questions from the team.

165. A team member was replaced on a project by a new team member of equal capability.

Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?

Resource loading

Resource leveling

Prioritizing tasks

Allocating resources

166. A critical stakeholder has requested additional status updated beyond the schedule.

Which of the following factors MOST likely needs to be accounted for when communicating with this stakeholder?

Confidentiality

Criticality

Frequency

Cultural differences

167. A project manager is creating the monthly report for top management. The project manager has collected the information below:

AC = 100

PV = 80

EV = 120

Based on this information, the CPI reflects which of the following about the project?

It is under budget.

It is over budget.

It is ahead of schedule.

It is behind schedule.

168. Team members have reported that meetings are poorly attended and unproductive.

Which of the following steps can the project manager take to make the meetings more productive?

Discontinue the meetings with the poorest attendance.

Decrease the length of the meetings.

Distribute an agenda before each meeting.

Document team member attendance and report it to management.

169. Which of the following describes how a project is related to a program?

A program is a combination of multiple projects.

A program contains an element of the project.

A program is a part of a project.

A program uses half of the project’s budget.

170. Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process.

Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?

Smoothing

Forcing

Compromising

Avoiding

171. Which of the following Agile ceremonies is used to determine the backlog items that will be worked on the next weeks?

SCRUM retrospective meeting

Sprint planning meeting

Daily standup meeting

Review meeting

172. A project manager is working on the project charter.

Which of the following phases does this describe?

Initiation

Planning

Execution

Closing

173. A project team is overseeing the installation of a new reptile habitat at the local zoo. During execution, zoo personnel decides to house a different type of reptile that will require a different temperature range than the capacity of the installed system. The modification has been approved.

Which of the following constraints are MOST likely to be affected? (Choose two.)

Quality because the existing system is now outside the threshold.

Requirements because this is a change to initial scope.

Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.

Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.

Stakeholders because they will need to understand the modification and provide buy-in.

174. The project team is distributed throughout a single country. The scrum master has decided to hold remote "stand-ups" on a daily basis.

Which of the following would be the MOST effective means to do this?

Instant messaging

Video conference

Phone call

Collaboration website

175. Which of the following is an example of a project?

Purchasing pedometers from local retail stores for employees

Implementing a health awareness program at an organization

Conducting semi-annual blood drives at an organization

Presenting a scripted workshop at an organization’s three locations

176. Which of the following activities are associated with the closing phase of a project? (Choose two.)

Risk mitigation

Archiving of project documents

Tracking of expenditures

Lessons learned

Quality assurance

177. A program manager informs a project manager that a new, high-priority project has been approved and will need the current project’s resources before the scheduled project close date. The project team meets and determines that the project should be fast-tracked.

Which of the following documents should the project team reference to fast-track the project? (Choose two.)

Scope management plan

Configuration management plan

Network diagram

Project schedule

Project plan

178. The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9.

Which of the following describes the project status?

Ahead of schedule and over budget

Behind schedule and under budget

Ahead of schedule and under budget

Behind schedule and over budget

179. A project manager wants to introduce the practice of a WBS to the PMO, but the other managers believe this will create extra work.

Which of the following would BEST communicate the need for a WBS to the other managers? (Select TWO).

Using the WBS will help prevent work from slipping or being forgotten.

TheWBS will be required on very large projects.

TheWBS will be required if the project manager has the time available to complete it.

TheWBS will aid in determining which resources are required for the project.

The WBS is the best way to determine risks of the project.

180. Which of the following is a team-building stage that involves the team learning to trust one another’s abilities and begin working together as a productive group?

Norming

Forming

Storming

Performing

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181. A governance committee has just approved a new project. The project scheduler is now developing the project schedule.

Which of the following activities should be done FIRST?

Add durations.

Add the start and finish dates

Add tasks.

Add resources.

182. A team member was assigned a new task during a meeting. The team member did not complete the task by the end of the phase, and the PM is looking for evidence to escalate the issue.

Which of the following documents could help in this situation?

Issue log

Action items

Dashboard information

Communication plan

183. A project manager travels abroad to meet the offshore team and sends out a meeting invitation to review requirements. However, many team members decline the meeting invitation. The PM approaches one team member to determine why people are declining. The team member indicates the project manager scheduled the meeting at a time when employees typically have permission to take a nap.

Which of the following is the project manager facing?

Language barriers

Time zones

Cultural differences

Personal preferences

184. A project manager is managing a transactional project. One of the key team members is having difficulties understanding the client requirements.

Which of the following actions would be BEST for the project manager to take?

Ask the client to provide additional language resources to the team.

Purchase a language translation program.

Hire a translator to help the key team member

Ask the client to provide requirements in the native language of the team.

185. A project manager would like to bring vendors into a new project.

Which of the following documents should the potential vendors submit so the project manager can find the best vendors for the project?

SLA

SOW

Change request

RFP

186. A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages.

Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?

Establish each WBS work package resource.

Establish and set the baseline.

Establish and set the quality gates.

Establish the tollgates.

187. A senior manager asks a project manager for an estimated budget on a new project.

Which of the following is the BEST step for the project manager to take?

Tell the senior manager the estimation is not available yet.

Use the budget from a similar project to generate estimates.

Ask a SME for an opinion and propose an estimate.

Gather the team to immediately generate estimates.

188. A new project charter is being drafted.

Which of the following would be the BEST source for the high-level project requirements?

Sponsor

Project manager

Project management office

Project team

189. A company decides to give a large section of its development project to another firm to manage and complete because that firm has the appropriately skilled resources to execute the work. This approach is referred to as:

Resource leveling

Staff Augmentation

Work relocation

Outsourcing

190. A project manager provides status reports to a customer on a biweekly basis, but the customer is very busy and only has a few minutes to review the project.

Which of the following are critical for the project manager to provide?

Cost, schedule, organizational chart, and risks/issues

Risks/issues, cost, RACI chart, and action items

Schedule, cost, risks/issues, and milestones

Action items, organizational chart, schedule, and NDA

191. Which of the following risk strategies is represented by the purchase of insurance?

Mitigate

Transfer

Avoid

192. A project team on a four-year project has a shortage of workspace within an office.

Which of the following is the MOST viable solution for the project team while ensuring work hours are not wasted?

Secure a new facility, permit remote work, and reduce staff.

Reduce staff, implement BYOD, and permit remote work.

Implement BYOD, secure a new facility, and utilize shared workspaces.

Permit remote work, utilize shared workspaces, and implement BYO

193. Which of the following is the MOST likely target audience to be notified of the achievement of a key milestone in a project schedule?

Project manager and project scheduler

Project coordinator and project sponsor

Project champion and project scheduler

Project stakeholders and project team

194. During the execution phase of a project, a project task has run longer than anticipated.

Which of the following is the new critical path of the project if Task 2 requires an additional two days to complete?

12 days

14 days

16 days

19 days

195. While working on risk ranking, the project team is unsure about the qualitative scales to be used for probability and impact. The project manager directs the team to look in the:

quality plan.

project management plan.

risk register.

process diagram.

196. An authorized change to a construction project was implemented. During the modification, the team identified a defect in which the change caused the building power output to be outside the KPPs.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take?

Submit a new change request.

Initiate the regression plan.

Add remediation to the schedule.

Accept the new power output.

197. A new project sponsor has joined the project team, and the constraints on the project have been reprioritized. The project cost was previously the most important factor, but the new sponsor has indicated that meeting a new, shorter deadline is the priority.

Which of the following effects is this MOST likely to have on the project?

The deliverables and quality will remain the same, but the cost will increase.

The deliverables and quality will remain the same, but the cost will decrease.

The deliverables and cost will remain the same, but the quality will increase.

The cost and quality will remain the same, but the deliverables will increase.

198. A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.

Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)

The project manager should notify the affected project team and, if necessary, adjust the schedule because the project could potentially encounter delays.

The project manager should notify the project sponsor to update the schedule in the documentation because the project could potentially encounter delays.

The project manager should adjust the schedule in the documentation and, if necessary, take steps to rush other areas of the schedule so the project will not encounter delays.

The project manager should update the project management plan in the documentation to reflect the reason for the possible delay in the project timeline.

The project manager should update the procurement plan and action items to reflect the possible delay in the project timeline.

199. A project manager is trying to ensure the quality of the design and reduce the number of potential defects. The project manager would like to use the fishbone diagram to perform this analysis.

This type of modeling relies on:

Prioritizing the specific event.

Variance in the process over time.

Causes of a specific event.

Determining the number of events.

200. A risk with minor impact has been realized. There is no change to the triple constraint. The PM should notify the:

internal project team.

key stakeholders.

affected team members.

full project team.

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201. A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added

to a project that was started two months earlier.

Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?

Time

Schedule

Scope

Cost

202. Several team members report that meeting objectives are not being met.

Which of the following documents would a project manager create to make team meetings more effective? (Choose two.)

Create an SOW prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

Create a meeting agenda prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

Create a lessons learned list prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

Create a project charter prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

Create an action item list during the meeting and adhere to it.

Create a corrective action plan prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

Create a WBS prior to each meeting and adhere to it.

203. A WBS is being developed for a project.

Which of the following would be BEST suited to contribute cost and time estimates for the project activities?

Project team members

Project sponsor

Project manager

Project scheduler

204. Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?

Project scheduler

Project manager

Project sponsor

Project coordinator

205. A project manager is assigned to a project and has not had a handover meeting with the previous project manager. The new project manager is reviewing the percent of project completion, schedule progress, and budget constraints.

Which of the following documents should the project manager use to obtain this information?

Project schedule

Balanced scorecard

Issue log

Status report

206. A project manager is releasing resources and archiving documents.

Which of the following phases is the project MOST likely in?

Initiation

Planning

Monitor and control

Closing

207. The project sponsor has cut the resources required for project completion. The project manager cannot complete the project without additional resources.

Which of the following should the project manager do to obtain the resources?

The project manager should identify and document the reasons for the additional resources in a change request.

The project manager should hire additional resources temporarily to complete the project.

The project manager should terminate the project until additional resources are added to the project.

The project manager should ask the project team members to take on more tasks to complete the project on time.

208. A project team is mainly based in a metropolitan area. The team also has members in a remote area, where Internet access is limited and unstable.

Which of the following factors will MOST likely influence the communication methods used in the project?

Personal preferences

Technological factors

Language barriers

Cultural differences

209. A project has been experiencing some difficulties due to third-party vendors. The project manager should request.

Additional resources

A gate review

A risk register update

A performance audit

210. Which of the following is the primary purpose of an MOA or an MOU?

State expectations of all signatory parties to reduce potential misunderstandings.

Facilitate potential legal action and resulting remediation if one of the signatory parties violates any terms.

Enumerate a detailed code of conduct for all employees, contractors, and subcontractors participating in the program.

Provide transparency to competitors regarding all signatory parties.

211. In which of the following categories does a business process change fit?

Project change

Organizational change

General change

Departmental change

212. Due to a new government regulation, a project change is required. The project manager evaluates the change and realizes a representative from the legal department will need to approve the change as well.

The project manager should:

follow the change process flow and notify the legal department after the change is implemented.

extend a formal invitation to the legal department representative to join the CC

hold a separate meeting with the legal department representative and ask for approval.

notify the legal department representative in the event of an upcoming audit.

213. A project manager has been assigned a project with a budget of $50,000. Three change requests are submitted during execution that will increase the overall project cost to $60,000.

Which of the following steps should the project manager perform NEXT?

Wait until the change requests are approved by the CC

Approve the changes because the additional functionality is required to complete the process.

Speak with the project sponsor and provide a detailed analysis of the changes and impacts to the project budget.

Schedule the changes as part of the second phase of the project when additional funding will be available and work can be completed.

214. During a project assessment, a project manager determines the initial project cost estimates were incorrect, and there is not enough budget left, including reserves, to complete the project.

Which of the following actions should the project manager take?

Alert the project sponsor of the situation.

Contact the customer and request more funding.

Announce the project will end early due to lack of funds.

Attempt to save money in downstream activities.

215. An agreement document that is intended to prevent two or more organizations from sharing specific, confidential information with anyone but each other is called:

an RF

an ND

an SL

an MO

216. The project manager is reviewing the earned value of work completed compared to the planned value and is representing it in a dollar figure.

This type of analysis is an example of which of the following?

Cost performance index

Risk mitigation

Schedule variance

Cost variance

217. During a project, the project manager discovers there is insufficient time allotted for quality control.

The project manager prepared to submit a revised schedule to the CCB.

Given the attached chart, which of the following is the critical path if one day is added to each task for quality control?

12 days

16 days

17 days

22 days

218. Which of the following charts is a graphical representation of the causes of a specific event?

Histogram

Scatter

Fishbone

Gantt

219. A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon.

Which of the following is the BEST explanation?

In the beginning, projects entail a degree of uncertainty that needs to be specified.

In the beginning, projects have start and finish dates that require elaboration.

In the beginning, projects are part of a program that requires coordination.

In the beginning, projects start with detailed inputs that need to be explained.

220. Which of the following vendor documents specifically address quality? (Select TWO).

LOI

SLA

Warranty

NDA

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221. A business has implemented a new online performance management tool that allows functional and project managers to rate employees online.

This action is known as which of the following?

Business process change

Organizational change

Internal reorganization

Business continuity planning

222. A project requires daily status updates.

Which of the following is the MOST effective method for providing these updates?

Backlog

Standup

Kickoff

Retrospective

223. A project has just finished performance testing and found that the application can only handle 100 concurrent users where the requirement was to handle 500 concurrent users.

In which of the following components of the project plan should this be documented?

Scope statement

Issues log

WBS

Change form

224. When forming a project team, there are a number of phases.

When a project team is productive and effective this phase is known as which of the following?

Forming

Norming

Performing

Storming

225. Which of the following is a definition of an RFP?

A document sent to potential vendors to solicit a bid for a project.

A document sent to potential vendors to request information for skills and experience for a project.

A document sent to potential vendors to request a commitment for a project.

A document sent to potential vendors to solicit information that excludes pricing information for a project.

226. Which of the following are characteristics of a project? (Choose two.)

Ongoing

Temporary

Start and finish

Achieving a goal

Consisting of milestones

Restricting the budget

227. A project is in the initiation phase.

Which of the following tasks will take place during this phase?

Develop a WB

Define the project requirements.

Create a project charter.

Acquire the project resources.

228. A project manager is assigned to a new project that must start immediately. No formal or approved documents have been authored for the project. The project manager must identify project roles, justify the business need, and determine project scope boundaries.

Which of the following documents should the project manager create?

Business case

Project charter

Scope statement

Project management plan

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