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Test Name:
PMP Mock Exam (LI TE) - 20
Required to Pass:
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1. The customer requests a change to the project that would increase the project risk. Which of the
following should you do rst?
Analyze the impacts of the change with the Your rst step is to assess the impact of the change with the team.
team Then you can determine possible options, after which you can meet
with management. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 96]
Incorrect response: Talk to the customer about the impact of the change
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Incorrect response: Include the expected monetary value of the risk in the new cost estimate
Withdrawing from conicts Withdrawing from a conict may temporarily alleviate the conict, but
it cannot inuence the team members. The other choices are effective
team inuencing techniques. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 515]
Your response:
3. The project manager of a long-term project to develop a new medical device waits until the later
phase deliverables are more clearly dened before adding those details to the WBS. This is an
example of:
Rolling wave planning Decomposition may not be possible for a deliverable or subproject that
will be accomplished far into the future. The project management team
usually waits until the deliverable or subproject is claried before
adding those details to the WBS. This technique is referred to as rolling
wave planning. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 152]
Your response:
Your response:
5. During the execution of a project, the project manager discovers that the project's stakeholder
register is no longer accurate. What should the project manager do?
Review the stakeholder register and carry out The Identify Stakeholders process is an iterative process. During any
the Identify Stakeholders process. stage of the project, if the stakeholder register is found to be out of
date, it must be updated. The stakeholder register is not a part of any of
the project's baselines. Updating the stakeholder register does not
require issuing a change request. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 394]
Your response:
Incorrect response: The project is in execution, the stakeholder register cannot be updated at this stage.
Incorrect response: The project is in execution, the Identify Stakeholders process cannot be carried out at this stage.
6. The Stakeholder Committee has been given a report that shows zero schedule variance.
However, the rst milestone in the project was missed, which will cause a delay in the project.
Which of the following was not reported correctly?
Your response:
7. For many procurement items, the procuring organization can either prepare its own cost
estimates or have a cost estimate prepared by an outside professional estimator. This estimate
serves as a:
Your response:
Source Activities The Project Time Management processes include Plan Schedule
Management, Dene Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity
Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule, and Control
Schedule. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 141]
Your response:
9. Clear criteria for rewards and a planned system for their use promotes and reinforces desired
behaviors in the project. Creating a plan with established times for rewards ensures that
recognition takes place and is not forgotten. This is usually part of the:
Stang Management Plan The plan for rewards and recognition is part of the Stang
Management plan. The recognition and rewards are developed as part
of the Develop Human Resources Plan process. [PMBOK 5th Edition,
Page 266]
Your response:
10. Lucy has to brief her key project stakeholders on the recent approved changes to the project
scope. Which of the following project documents will provide essential inputs to Lucy for
preparing her presentation?
Change log The change control procedure and the issue management procedure
are organizational process assets. They do not document the details of
the recently approved project changes. Lucy can nd all the essential
inputs for her presentation in the project change log. [PMBOK 5th
edition, Page 407]
Your response:
11. Analysis of project spending against project budget and calculation of the percentage complete
of tasks currently underway are examples of:
Performance reviews Performance reviews compare performance over time and funds
needed to complete the work in progress. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page
222]
Your response:
12. _______________ is the authorized budget for the work scheduled to be completed on an
activity or WBS component up to a given point in time. The projected cost of all painting from a
January 3 start to a February 15 milestone is an example of this.
Planned Value Planned Value is the budgeted cost of the work scheduled to be
completed on an activity or WBS component up to a given point in
time. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 218]
Your response:
13. Which document denes how the project is to be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed?
Project management plan The project management plan denes how the project is executed,
monitored, controlled, and closed. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 76]
Your response:
14. You have found that you do not yet have an accurate estimate of the number and skill levels of
resources needed for the scheduled activity Build Racks for Data Center. You need this estimate for
presentation to your Human Resource department later in the week. You have decided to
decompose the Build Racks for Data Center activity into smaller components such as: Take
equipment out of box, review equipment for completeness, build frame, and install rails. Then you
plan to estimate the resources for each smaller component and combine those estimates into an
aggregate. This is an example of:
Bottom Up Estimating Breaking down the scheduled activity into smaller components and
then combining the estimates for each smaller activity is an example of
bottom-up estimating. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 164]
Your response:
15. Lucy is managing a complex design-and-build project. Stakeholder involvement and inuence
have been signicant since the inception of the project. Under such circumstances, the Control
Stakeholder Engagement process should be:
Your response:
16. Santa Rosa Valley Farms has a project to install new packing equipment in one of its California
farms. One month into the project, Santa Rosa Valley Farms conducts a review to determine how
well the installer selected for this project is meeting goals for scope, quality, cost, and schedule.
This is an example of ___________.
A procurement performance review A procurement performance review is a structured review of the seller's
progress in delivering project scope and quality within cost and on
schedule as compared to the contract. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 383]
Your response:
17. An asphalt company is demanding a code change to a software module your team is
implementing to generate Safety Data Sheets for them. The change will add only one week to the
critical path. As the project manager, what is your next step?
Issue a change request You need to issue a change request rst. Once the change request is
approved, the required action can be taken. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page
96]
Your response:
18. Which of the following best describes an input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement
process?
Change log The change log is an input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement
process. The other choices are the tools and techniques of this
process. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 404]
Your response:
19. Lessons learned documentation focuses on identifying project successes and project failures
and includes recommendations to improve future performance on projects. Lessons learned are
compiled, formalized and stored:
Through the duration of the project The correct response is that lessons learned are compiled, formalized
and stored throughout the project's duration. Lessons learned are part
of the organizational process assets, which the project team members
may update throughout the project. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 27]
Your response:
Risk Register The risk register is not an information gathering technique used for
identifying risks. It is a repository for information gathered during risk
identication. The other choices are valid information gathering
techniques. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 324]
Your response:
21. Which one of the following tools and techniques is NOT part of the Develop Project Team
process?
Conict management Conict management is a tool and technique used in Human Resource
Management. However, it is associated with the Manage Project Team
process, not with the Develop Project Team process. [PMBOK 5th
Edition, Pages 273, 279]
Your response:
22. Joanne is attempting to quantify possible outcomes for her project and the probability of
achieving specic project objectives. Which of the following techniques could she use?
Your response:
Cost of Quality (COQ) The total cost incurred by investment in preventing nonconformance
to requirements, appraising the product or service for conformance to
requirements and reworking failures to meet requirements is called
Cost of Quality (CoQ). Cost of Poor Quality refers to failure costs,
which may be categorized as internal or external. [PMBOK 5th Edition,
Page 229]
Your response:
24. You are the Project Manager for Fast Cars Inc. To dene product requirements in the Collect
Requirements process, you and your team members are using facilitated workshops. Which other
process also uses this technique?
Dene Scope Facilitated workshops are also used in the Dene Scope process as a
means of bringing key cross-functional stakeholders together. [PMBOK
5th Edition, Page 123]
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Your response:
25. During the process of establishing the sequence of activities, the project management team
determines which dependencies are discretionary. These are fully documented since they can
create arbitrary oat values and can later limit scheduling options. Discretionary dependencies are
also referred to as:
Your response:
26. The manager of a project to deploy a new ERP system is working to determine what
information the stakeholders want, what format it should take, and how often they should be given
updates. This is called______________.
Plan Communications Management Identifying the informational needs of the stakeholders and
determining a suitable means of meeting those needs are important
factors for project success. The Plan Communications Process
determines the information and communications needs of the
stakeholders, such as who needs what information, when they will
need it, how it will be supplied to them, and by whom. [PMBOK 5th
Edition, Page 289]
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Your response:
27. A project manager is using some information gathering techniques to identify risk. Which of
these is not an information gathering technique used in identifying risk?
Your response:
28. A small project team has been assembled to develop a new retail store concept. The project
manager wants to document the project's organization and position descriptions. Which of the
following formats cannot be used in this case?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Various formats exist to document the roles and responsibilities of
team members. The three most common types of formats are
hierarchical, matrix, and text-oriented. [PMBOK 5th Edition, Page 261]
Your response:
29. Variance thresholds for monitoring cost performance are typically expressed as
_______________ from the baseline plan.
Percentage deviation Variance thresholds for monitoring cost performance are usually
expressed as percentage deviations from the baseline plan. [PMBOK
5th Edition, Page 199]
Your response:
30. A project manager gives monthly status updates to the key stakeholders. After every status
update meeting, a copy of the presentation, the updated action tracker and the stakeholder
feedback must be:
Added to the project folder as an All of the choices are actions that can be performed next. However,
organizational process asset emailing the mentioned documents to the stakeholders and the project
sponsor depends on their needs and the communication management
plan requirements. Further, updating the project management
information system is conditional on the availability of the system.
Hence, these three actions may or may not be done. However, adding a
copy of these documents to the project folder is an absolute must for
the project manager. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 415]
Your response:
Benchmark estimate For many procurement items, the procuring organization can either
prepare its own independent estimates or have an independent
estimate prepared as a check on proposed pricing. This independent
estimate is used as a benchmark estimate. Signicant differences from
these cost estimates can indicate that the procurement statement of
work (SOW) was not adequate or that the prospective seller either
misunderstood or failed to respond fully to the SOW. [PMBOK 5th
Edition, Page 376]
Your response:
32. What strategy should a project manager follow during the early stage of a conict between two
of his team members?
Allow the team members to resolve their During the early stages of a conict between team members, it is best
conict to allow them to resolve it themselves. The team members are initially
responsible for their conict resolution. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 283]
Your response:
Incorrect response: Address the two team-members in a team meeting and warn them.
33. You are aware that cost and schedule risks are prevalent in your project. You want to compare
the planned project performance with its actual performance. What should you perform to provide
this information?
Your response:
34. A software team tracing the root cause of an application failure can use this to help determine
the cause(s) of the failure:
Your response:
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a facilitated workshop technique
to determine critical characteristics for new products. It begins with
collecting customer needs, also known as Voice of the Customer
(VOC). [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 114]
Your response:
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
36. You are working on a mainframe upgrade, but the charter is constantly changing. Who has the
responsibility to determine if these changes are necessary?
Your response:
37. You are a project manager who is in charge of a technical documentation project. The project
is 30% complete after 2 months and has cost $53,000. The budget for the project is $90,000 and is
scheduled to last 6 months.How is the project performing?
The project is behind schedule and over CPI = EV/AC. CPI = (90,000*30%)/53,000 = 27,000/53,000 = 0.51 (i.e.,
budget. over budget). SPI = EV/PV. SPI = 27,000/(90,000*0.33) =
27,000/29,970 = 0.9 (i.e., behind schedule). [PMBOK 5th edition, Page
219]
Your response:
Decomposition of the deliverables into smaller It is most likely that excessive decomposition was done. This typically
more manageable components has been done leads to non-productive management effort, inecient use of
excessively. resources, and decreased eciency in performing the work. The
project team needs to seek a balance between too little and too much
in the level of WBS planning detail. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 131]
Your response:
Incorrect response: The team is likely to be an inexperienced one with the result that the project is running ineciently.
Incorrect response: The team is not working in a cohesive manner and requires some team-building activities to help
improve eciencies.
Incorrect response: The project is a tough one and hence the processes are inecient.
39. When your project rst started, you had 8 stakeholders. There have been changes made to the
project, and now there are 14 stakeholders. How many communication channels have been added
to the project?
Your response:
Incorrect response: 15
Incorrect response: 91
Incorrect response: 28
40. You are the project manager for a software engineering rm that creates customer tracking
software for call centers. You are scheduling an instructor lead training session for your team to
learn the newest features available for use in your development platform. Which statement best
describes the tool or technique you are implementing?
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Improving the skill set of your existing team Improving the skill set of your existing team members is usually
members accomplished through training, which is a tool in the Develop Project
Team process. If project team members are weak in specic skills,
those skills may be developed through formal or informal training.
[PMBOK 5th edition, Page 275]
Your response:
41. You are a member of a project team, and the project manager frequently uses e-mail to provide
you with details about how he feels your work on the project is progressing. What form of
communication does this best describe?
Your response:
42. You are the project manager for Gleeson Associates. You are working with Mary, a junior
project manager on a project. You are currently discussing performance measurement analysis
with her. You explain to her the different variables involved. You tell her that all of the following
statements about the cost variance are true except:
Your response:
Incorrect response: It is calculated by the following formula: Cost Variance = Earned Value - Actual Cost.
Incorrect response: It is used to determine whether or not the project is meeting the planned costs
Incorrect response: Its tendency is to decrease as the project is nearing the end.
43. You are a project manager who is in charge of an important project for your company. A
number of changes and corrective actions have been recommended. The company uses a change
control board to make decisions on its existing projects. Which of the following tools and
techniques is used to determine which change requests should be approved?
Expert judgment Expert judgment involves the stakeholders on a change control board
using past project experience to help them make decisions about
whether to approve or reject requested changes. [PMBOK 5th edition,
Page 98]
Your response:
44. Which of the following is not a common name for one of the various types of procurement
documents?
Bidder conference Bidder conference is a tool and technique. The other choices are valid
procurement documents. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 368]
Your response:
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Value your personal interests Valuing personal interests is not of much help in building trust. The
other choices are valid trust building actions. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page
518]
Your response:
It has specication limits set at plus/minus 3s. The control limits for a control chart are set at plus/minus 3 sigma.
However, the specication limits are based on the customer
requirements. [PMBOK 5th edition, 238]
Your response:
Incorrect response: The collected data shows whether the process is stable and predictable
Incorrect response: It is a specialized type of chart that plots a process variable over time
47. A project audit team discovered that a project did not have a risk register. Which risk
management process creates the risk register?
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Identify Risks The risk register is an output of the Identify Risks process. It contains a
list of identied risks and initial responses to those risks. [PMBOK 5th
edition, Page 319]
Your response:
48. The Direct and Manage Project Work process requires implementation of approved changes
covering all of the following except:
Acceptance criteria Direct and Manage Project Work is the process of performing the work
dened in the project management plan to achieve the project's
objectives. This includes corrective action, preventive action and defect
repair. However, acceptance criteria are not part of this list. The
project's deliverables are evaluated against the acceptance criteria,
which do not usually change in the Direct and Manage Project Work
process. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 79]
Your response:
49. For projects that have a product as a deliverable, product analysis can be highly effective.
Which of these tools is not a product analysis technique?
Systems breakdown Systems breakdown is an invalid technique and is not used for product
analysis. Valid techniques are product breakdown, systems analysis,
requirements analysis, systems engineering, value engineering, and
value analysis. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 122]
CORRECT RESPONSE REASON
Your response:
50. Identify the incorrect statement about risk among the following:
Risk always has an adverse effect on the Risk need not always have an adverse effect on the project. It is an
project uncertain condition that has an effect on one of the project objectives.
This effect can be positive. For example, if limited design personnel are
available and they nish the designs ahead of schedule, this is a positive
risk that may result in potential cost savings. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page
310]
Your response: