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Question 1 - Qid 6113151, Risk Management, 2. Process, 11.7 Monitor Risks

The project management plan specifies that a predictive development approach has
been selected to produce the project deliverables.

Where in the project life cycle will the overall project risk be the lowest?

(Please note that on the real PMP exam you may be asked to provide your answer by
clicking the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, we are asking you to
select the answer below.)
A

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Question 2 - Qid 6110002, Cost Management, 3. Business Environment, 4.1 Develop

Project Charter

A company is considering two projects, Alpha and Beta. Project Alpha is expected to
result in a $50 million net profit, while project Beta and is expected to net $45 million.
Both projects could be very lucrative and rewarding. However, the financial controller
has stated that the company can only invest in one of these projects.

If project Alpha is selected, what will be the opportunity cost?

$95 million

$50 million

$45 million

$5 million

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Question 3 - Qid 6110003, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.1 Develop Project
Charter

You are managing a project to build five bridges. The project consists of five sequential
phases with each phase delivering one bridge.

After the first phase of the project is complete, which process group of the second
phase should follow?

Initiating

Planning

Executing

Closing

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Question 4 - Qid 6110005, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

The project aims to investigate the feasibility of constructing a hydroelectric dam from a
technical, economic, and social point of view. The project charter created by the project
manager on behalf of the project sponsor is now approved.

Which of the following processes should be performed next?

Develop Project Management Plan

Identify Risks

Identify Stakeholders

Develop Project Charter

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Question 5 - Qid 6110006, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

You are managing a software upgrade project for your company. Your project sponsor
has a great deal of authority regarding project decisions, but you recently discovered
that he doesn't have much interest in your project. To complete the project successfully,
you need your project sponsor's continuous support.

What stakeholder management strategy should you use with your project sponsor?

Keep the sponsor satisfied

Manage the sponsor closely

Monitor the sponsor's actions

Keep the sponsor informed

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Question 6 - Qid 6110008, Scope Management, 2. Process, 5.2 Collect

Requirements

The project sponsor asks for a copy of the document that contains the description,
owner, source, priority, and status of product requirements.

Which project document is the project sponsor requesting?

The requirements management plan

The requirements traceability matrix

The scope management plan

The work breakdown structure (WBS)

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Question 7 - Qid 6110011, Schedule Management, 2. Process, 6.2 Define Activities

You are facing problems decomposing the testing work package into the final activities
required to complete the work package. Detailed testing plans and activities cannot be
determined until the system is at least 50% developed and more details become
available. The system development work package will take at least three months to
complete.

What is the best way to resolve this problem?

Use product analysis techniques such as product breakdown and systems analysis to
decompose the system testing work package

Decompose the system development work package now and decompose the system
testing work package later

Break down the project into multiple phases so that the system testing work package
goes into the second project phase

Consult the project management plan to determine what to do in this situation

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Question 8 - Qid 6110014, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.2 Develop Project

Management Plan
You are about to start planning for a large and complex project. Due to the size of the
project along with the regulatory and environmental considerations, the development of
a detailed project management plan will be critical.

As a starting point for initial project planning, what is the first thing you should do?

Conduct a project kick-oD meeting to inform and engage stakeholders and gain
commitment

Review the project charter to understand the high-level information about the project

Begin the process of identifying stakeholders so they can be engaged as necessary for
project planning

Share the project scope statement with the project team for a common understanding
of project deliverables

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Question 9 - Qid 6110020, Resource Management, 2. Process, 9.0 Project Resource

Management

As you are monitoring the cost baseline for your project, you notice that project
expenses are higher than expected at this point in the project.

What is the most likely cause of the variance?

Overestimated material costs

Lack of stakeholder support

An incomplete milestone list

Excess inventory

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Question 10 - Qid 6110029, Resource Management, 1. People, 9.4 Develop Team

Recently, you promoted your star programmer, Sam, to lead the agile development
team. Sam was a fantastic software coder, and you thought the promotion would mean
that he could now share his expertise with the other development team members.
However, you are surprised to learn that the performance of Sam in his new role is not
meeting your expectations.

Which empirical rule did you forget while considering the promotion of Sam?

Expectancy theory

Halo eDect
Pareto concept

Murphy's law

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Question 11 - Qid 6110032, Communications Management, 2. Process, 10.3 Monitor

Communications

You have just taken over a project in execution. During your first week, you determine
that the project team members spend a lot of time responding to unexpected requests
for information from diDerent project stakeholders. Because of these interruptions, the
team cannot focus on their project activities, and as a result, the project is behind
schedule.

What should you do first?

Tell the team members to stop responding to unexpected requests since it is not the
responsibility of the team

Push the team to respond to all the requests faster so that they can perform their
assigned project activities on time

Ask the team to forward all stakeholder inquiries to you so that the team members can
focus on their assigned tasks

Review the communications management plan to understand how stakeholder

requests should be handled

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Question 12 - Qid 6110034, Scope Management, 2. Process, 5.1 Plan Scope

Management

A team member submits a draft of the requirements management plan to the project
manager for a review. The project manager notices that one of the components
included in the plan does not belong there.

Which of the following components did the project manager most likely notice?

A process that describes how the project requirements will be prioritized

The metrics that will be used and the rationale for using them

A process that specifies how a project scope statement will be prepared

How requirement activities will be planned, tracked, and reported

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Question 13 - Qid 6110038, Scope Management, 2. Process, 4.5 Monitor and Control
Project Work

While reviewing your project's performance, you discover a significant variance. If the
issue is not fixed before the next customer inspection, your project might be canceled.
However, after a further review conducted by the project team, you are glad to hear that
bringing the project back on track requires only a minor correction to a configuration
element.

What should you do first?

Implement the corrective action

Submit a change request

Consult the project sponsor

Delay the customer inspection

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Question 14 - Qid 6110039, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.5 Monitor and

Control Project Work

A project manager is leading a process improvement project for a factory operation.

Currently, the project manager and the team are performing the Monitor and Control
Project Work process.

Which of the following activities might be carried out during this process?

Comparing actual project performance against the project management plan

Implementing approved change requests to achieve the project's objectives

Analyzing change requests and either approving or rejecting them

Gaining formal acceptance of the deliverables by the customer or sponsor

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Question 15 - Qid 6110040, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.6 Perform

Integrated Change Control

An organization has a policy that a change control board (CCB) must review all change
requests for every project in the organization, and that the CCB follows the
recommended activities outlined in the PMBOK® Guide. Project managers and the
project team do not serve as members of the CCB.

Based on this scenario, which of the following activities might be performed by

members of the CCB?
Submitting a change request

Implementing approved change requests

Initiating and closing a project

Monitoring implementation of approved changes

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Question 16 - Qid 6110041, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.6 Perform

Integrated Change Control

A company has authorized a dedicated change control board (CCB) to review and
evaluate all change requests that are submitted for any project.

If the project sponsor is a member of the CCB, which of the following best describes an
individual or group that can request a change on a project?

Project manager

Project sponsor

Project team

Any stakeholder

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Question 17 - Qid 6110055, Procurement Management, 2. Process, 12.3 Control

Procurements

One of your contractors is not performing to the agreed-upon standards. You want to
terminate the contract and engage another contractor for the same job. You need to
determine the specific legal procedure for the early termination of the contract.

What should you do?

Check the procurement management plan

Look at the scope statement

Review the risk register

Consult the contract

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Question 18 - Qid 6110058, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders
A project is divided into four sequential phases. The second phase of the project has
just been completed, and the third phase is about to begin.

What should the project manager do first?

Begin the process of directing and managing the project work

Perform the process of identifying the project stakeholders

Start the process of monitoring and controlling the project work

Begin the process of developing the project management plan

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Question 19 - Qid 6110061, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

An organization has a project management oDice (PMO) that ensures all relevant
project documents are created, and all project management processes are followed
according to established best practices.

What should the project manager review first to identify stakeholders for a newly started
project?

The business documents as a source of information about the project's stakeholders

The communications management plan to learn about the project's stakeholders

The stakeholder engagement plan to identify the management strategies and actions
required to engage stakeholders eDectively

The requirements documentation for information on potential stakeholders

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Question 20 - Qid 6112348, Schedule Management, 2. Process, 6.5 Develop

Schedule

The following table is an activity list that includes the duration and predecessor for a
series of project activities.

What is the duration of the critical path?

11

14

13

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Question 21 - Qid 6110065, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

A project manager is in the process of developing the stakeholder register. As the first
step in this process, she needs to create a list of potential stakeholders and decides to
use a data gathering technique called brain writing.

What is the first thing to do when using that technique?

Convene a data gathering meeting with the participants

Develop your own template for a stakeholder register

Send a list of questions to participants before the creativity session

Consult the stakeholder engagement plan to understand how the stakeholders are to
be identified

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Question 22 - Qid 6110066, Communications Management, 2. Process, 10.0 Project

Communications Management

A project manager does most of her communicating with team members, internal
project stakeholders, and external project stakeholders via email. The project manager
incorporates specific techniques when composing her emails to reduce any
misunderstandings.

Which of the following is not considered one of these techniques?

Concise expression

Clear purpose directed to the needs of the reader

Controlled flow of words and ideas

Communications register

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Question 23 - Qid 6110070, Risk Management, 2. Process, 11.3 Perform Qualitative

Risk Analysis

As the project manager, you are leading a brainstorming session with key stakeholders
to identify project risks. Once the project risks are determined, you immediately
proceed to nominate diDerent team members as risk owners and assign them the task
of developing individual risk response plans.

Have you properly conducted risk management planning?

No, you should be the one developing the risk response plans as you are ultimately
responsible for the outcomes of the project.

Yes, the risk response plans are an output of the Identify Risks process and should be
developed right after the risks have been identified.

No, before assigning risk responsibility to team members, you need to assess each
risk's probability of occurrence and its impact.

Yes, the team members should be assigned responsibility for a risk as soon as possible
and tasked with creating a risk response plan.

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Question 24 - Qid 6110072, Scope Management, 2. Process, 5.2 Collect
Requirements

You are managing a project to build a database and need to acquire information from
the stakeholders of the project. The team is using brainstorming, focus groups,
interviews, questionnaires, and benchmarking to understand and document the
stakeholders' needs.

The methods the team is using are representative of which tool and technique?

Data gathering

Data analysis

Decision making

Data representation

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Question 25 - Qid 6110074, Scope Management, 2. Process, 5.4 Create WBS

The project is in execution, but your project team is unable to stop arguing about the
project milestones and the specific risks associated with them. This on-going conflict
puts the project at risk of running behind schedule.

What would likely have helped avoid this conflict had it been properly created first?

A project charter

Physical resource assignments

Quality metrics

A work breakdown structure

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Question 26 - Qid 6110075, Scope Management, 2. Process, 4.5 Monitor and Control
Project Work

During project execution, the team discovers that some of the buttons on the remote
control developed by the project for a new product do not work according to the
specifications. A change request is submitted and approved to replace the buttons.

Which of the following best describes this change request?

Corrective action

Preventive action

Defect repair
Gold plating

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Question 27 - Qid 6110076, Schedule Management, 2. Process, 6.4 Estimate Activity

Durations

A project manager meets with a customer for initial discussions about an upcoming
project. At the end of the meeting, the customer asks the project manager for a rough
estimate of the project duration. Based on her experience with three similar projects,
the project manager provides an estimate of 8-10 months.

What estimation technique does the project manager use?

Expert judgment

Three-point estimating

Analogous estimating

Bottom-up estimating

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Question 28 - Qid 6110079, Quality Management, 2. Process, 8.2 Manage Quality

A project manager is performing quality assurance for a project whose quality standards
are very stringent. In order to meet and exceed the quality requirements, the project
manager uses a set of technical guidelines, which were applied during the design phase
of the project to optimize quality.

What tool or technique is the project manager using in this scenario?

Design for X (DfX) where the X in DfX represents the quality aspect of the product

Design of experiments (DOE) as a quality improvement methodology

The Manage Quality process to ensure compliance with project quality requirements

Process analysis to identify opportunities for process improvements

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Question 29 - Qid 6110081, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

You have compiled a list of potential stakeholders for your project, and now you are
classifying the stakeholders with regard to the direction of their influence. As you work
through your way down the list of stakeholders, you have come to the project sponsor.

How should this stakeholder be classified?

Downward

Sideward

Outward

Upward

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Question 30 - Qid 6110083, Scope Management, 2. Process, 4.5 Monitor and Control
Project Work

During project planning, the project team rigorously defined the project scope. During
project execution, a senior engineer calls the project manager and suggests a simpler
and more eDicient design which could benefit the project.

What should the project manager do next?

Nothing, no changes are needed since the project scope was rigorously defined

Discuss the change with the project sponsor

Evaluate the impact of the proposed change on the project constraints

Ask that the engineer submit a change request

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Question 31 - Qid 6110087, Schedule Management, 2. Process, 6.4 Estimate Activity

Durations

You are working with a team to estimate how much time is required for each activity. You
are using a document that contains information on the categories of labor, material, and
equipment required to complete the project. You are also interested in the skill levels,
required certifications, and the grade levels for supplies.

Which of the following documents would you primarily refer to for this purpose?

Resource breakdown structure

Organizational breakdown structure

Work breakdown structure

Risk breakdown structure

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Question 32 - Qid 6110090, Risk Management, 2. Process, 11.2 Identify Risks

While performing project work, a team member notices that there is a potential new
risk, which could impact the project's critical path.

What should the team member do immediately?

Recommend the project be placed on hold for a day to avoid the risk

Document the risk in the risk register

Draft an emergency fallback plan since the critical path is in jeopardy

Generate a risk report using quantitative and quantitative analysis of the identified risk
to alert the team of the schedule impacts

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Question 33 - Qid 6112005, Procurement Management, 2. Process, 12.3 Control

Procurements

You are managing a project that is nearing its end and planning to settle all pending
claims with the vendors. In one case, you are not satisfied with the delivery of their final
product. All conversations with the vendor have ended in an impasse.

What should you do in this situation?

Pay the vendor as some products were delivered

Take the vendor to court

Discontinue further meetings with the vendor and hold back payment

Identify some form of alternative dispute resolution

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Question 34 - Qid 6112009, Risk Management, 2. Process, 11.0 Project Risk

Management

Your company was awarded a contract that includes a 10% bonus payment if the
project is completed two months early. You consider several options to exploit this
opportunity.

What is the best course of action for you to increase the chances of receiving the
bonus?

Reduce project scope

Level resources

Crash the schedule

Purchase insurance
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Question 35 - Qid 6112010, Quality Management, 2. Process, 8.2 Manage Quality

The quality management plan specifies the use of a data representation technique to
show the strength of relationships between four factors.

Which of the following tools or techniques should be used to comply with the plan?

ADinity diagram

Matrix diagram

Scatter diagram

Quality diagram

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Question 36 - Qid 6112012, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.1 Identify

Stakeholders

You have just taken over a project in which some of the deliverables will be produced by
external vendors. You want to familiarize yourself with those who are involved in the
project from the sellers' side.

Where would you look to obtain this information?

Bid documents

Stakeholder register

Seller proposals

Stakeholder engagement plan

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Question 37 - Qid 6112018, Stakeholder Management, 2. Process, 13.0 Project

Stakeholder Management

Your project has been plagued with numerous change requests.

What is the most likely reason?

Incomplete stakeholder register

Lack of a detailed procedure to close the project

Failure to implement risk responses

Change management plan did not authorize a change control board

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Question 38 - Qid 6112019, Quality Management, 2. Process, 8.3 Control Quality

In the design phase, external experts verified that the team's blueprints for a new crane
complied with requirements. During the build phase, the customer performed a
walkthrough and found that some welding joints on the crane were defective. The crane
needs to be reworked to ensure it can be operated safely.

How could this situation have been avoided?

Outsourcing the welding to an external vendor

Testing the welding before the customer walkthrough

Using the requirements traceability matrix

Defects are part of any project and cannot be avoided.

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Question 39 - Qid 6112028, Integration Management, 3. Business Environment, 1.2

Foundational Elements

For an upcoming project, a needs assessment and business case have been
completed, and the project management oDice (PMO) is reviewing a draft of the
benefits management plan. The PMO highlights an element of the benefits
management plan and requests that the element be removed before the document is
finalized.

Which of the following was most likely the element the PMO requested to remove?

Expected tangible and intangible value to be gained by the implementation of the

project

A set of options to be considered for addressing the business opportunity

A timeframe for realizing the benefits of the project

Measures to be used to show benefits realized

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Question 40 - Qid 6113170, Resource Management, 1. People, 9.4 Develop Team

You have been requested to fill in for a project manager who has called in sick midway
into project execution. As you get yourself familiar with the project team, you are
impressed to see how well the team members collaborate and work through issues
smoothly and eDectively.

Based on your observations, where is the team on the Tuckman ladder?

(Please note that on the real PMP exam you may be asked to provide your answer by
clicking the correct area in the image. But here in the simulator, we are asking you to
select the answer below.)

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Question 41 - Qid 6112039, Scope Management, 2. Process, 5.3 Define Scope

To define the product that will be produced by the project, the project team is using a
product analysis technique that helps with breaking down the high-level requirements
into the level of detail needed to design the product.

Which of the following is the product analysis technique used by the team?

Work breakdown structure

Product planning

Progressive elaboration

Product breakdown

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Question 42 - Qid 6112054, Integration Management, 3. Business Environment, 4.7
Close Project or Phase

A three-phase project to build a prototype is underway. The first phase entails design. In
the second phase, the manufacturing team would produce the parts from the design
specifications. In the third phase, the production team would assemble the parts to
construct the prototype. The project is now at the end of the first phase.

What should be done with the phase's deliverables?

Verified by the testing team for quality compliance

Transferred to the production team

Transitioned to the project management oDice (PMO)

Handed over to the manufacturing team

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Question 43 - Qid 6112056, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.3 Direct and

Manage Project Work

A project is nearing its end when the project manager receives an approved change
request to replace a defective unit.

What should the project manager do next?

Capture the problem in the issue log

Meet with the change control board

Have the defective unit repaired

Have the defective unit replaced

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Question 44 - Qid 6112060, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.6 Perform

Integrated Change Control

A technician has just tested a piece of equipment and found a defect. The technician
has informed the project manager and submitted a change request to repair the defect,
indicating that the repair will require significant rework.

What should the project manager do first?

Approve the change request

Consult the change management plan

Instruct the team to repair the defect

Reject the change request due to significant rework

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Question 45 - Qid 6112061, Integration Management, 2. Process, 4.0 Project

Integration Management

At the end of a design project, a competitor has gained market share with a new
technology that has rendered the project?s deliverable obsolete. The project sponsor is
pleased with the work of the project team who finished within budget and on time but
thinks that the project should have been terminated much sooner.

What might have the manager of the project done diDerently in this situation?

Used phases and phase gates

Established a change control board (CCB) to review and render decisions for all
submitted change requests

Terminated the project when the new technology was introduced

Scheduled more frequent lessons learned meetings with the project team

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Question 46 - Qid 6112064, Schedule Management, 2. Process, 6.0 Project

Schedule Management

A project is underway to construct a wind farm in an area with no communication

infrastructure. The plan is to monitor progress and coordinate the scheduling of the
project activities using project management software and provide daily status updates
to the project sponsor at the home oDice. Two project teams will work and reside onsite
in rotating seven-day tours.

Which of the following is the most likely challenge the teams will face while controlling
the schedule?

Stability of requirements

Technology support

Human resource availability

Project importance

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Question 47 - Qid 6112068, Resource Management, 1. People, 9.5 Manage Team

A project is behind schedule because department managers reassigned project team

members to work on other assignments. After negotiations with the managers, you