PMI-PMP Exam Question Set

(Exercises)

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 Module – 14 (PMI Code of Ethics and Professional
Conduct)

Question – 1: You have reviewed the schedule of the project and realized it is
going to be slipped when finally delivered. There is no way to cut-down on the
schedule. You talked with you supervisor and he also agrees that it can't be
reduced. However, he told that this should not be informed with the
customer. What should you do?

A) Cancel the weekly status meeting with the customer

B) Request your supervisor to give his statement in writing
C) Explain to your boss saying that it is unethical not to inform on it
D) Inform the customer in confidence

Question – 2: You are on a foreign shore scouting for bidding. In that

country, it is expected to have certain amount of cutback in the bidding for
competitive pricing. One of the bidders informed that he can cut down on the
pricing by 10%, which will make that bid most attractive. And the bidder in
turns asks for some amount to be paid him back in case you make some
profit.

A) Select the bidder as cutback is allowed in that country

B) Do not select the bidder, but proceed with your vendor proposals as if nothing
happened
C) Eliminate the bidder and inform your organization
D) Ask the seller if they could reduce the price even more

Question – 3: You discover that a new electric line in your construction

project may be hazardous to the locality. What is the most appropriate
course of action?

A) Take guidance from government officials

B) Take guidance from the media
C) Take guidance from your attorney
D) Take guidance from your sponsor

Question – 4: You have been assigned to a project which you believe will not
succeed. You have made those feelings known to your organization, but they
wish that you work anyway. What should you do?

A) Excuse yourself from the project

B) Resign from the project
C) Manage the project
D) Resign from the company if nothing works out

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Question – 5: A colleague has informed that he is posing as a PMP, even
though he is not certified. He says he is getting a lot of recognition due to it.
What should you do?

A) Avoid the colleague

B) Call PMI and alert them of the situation
C) Contact police
D) Ask you colleague to do the right thing by pursuing PMP and getting certified

Question – 6: You are working on a project where you need one of the
components is needed from the Government. You realize in the typical case it
will take at least 2 months to get. However, the officials inform that there is a
concept of rush fee and if you pay, it can be done in 2 weeks. What should you
do?

A) Pay the rush fee

B) Do not pay the rush fee and let the project be delayed
C) Ask the official if they can take less rush fee
D) Contact your senior management and ask for guidance

Question – 7: A conflict of interest should be:

A) Resolved quickly
B) Monitored carefully
C) Disclosed openly
D) Ignored

Question – 8: During a make or buy analysis, you found out that if it is built
internally it can save your organization a lot of money. There is a 3rd party
software available, which is of very good quality and of good reputation. You
are undecided on what to do. What should be the correct approach?

A) Resolve the conflict in favor of your employer

B) Resolve the conflict in favor of you and your team so as to remain within budget
C) Need not do anything as it is not your responsibility
D) Resolve the conflict in favor of the customer

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 Mock Exam Set – 30 Questions

Question – 1: You are working as a project manager for a solar power vehicle
project. For some of your components you decided to contact a few
commercial auto-component developers, who are 3rd party developers to
develop the needed specialized components. You contacted prospective
sellers and informed that your organization will be providing the material for
development as well as the services plus a fixed fee for profit.

What kind of contract is possible here with your prospective sellers?

(A) Time and Material.

(B) Fixed Price.

(C) Cost Reimbursable.

(D) Proprietary.

Question – 2: Your project is reaching the end stage of one of your phases. A
number of quality related testing has been done. You have documented these
quality control results in a format specified during quality planning. Now you
want to validate them and evaluate the quality processes which created these
measurements.

What should be your NEXT course of action?

(A) You should go back to quality planning as process standards are defined there.

(B) You should go back to managing quality as quality control measurements process
is validated in this process.

(C) You should go back to managing quality as quality audit is performed there.

(D) You should use another quality control tool and stay in the current process to
check the process validity.

Question – 3: Initial scope of the project is present from the very beginning
with chartering of the project. However, detailed scope planning happens in
planning process group. One of processes in this process group documents
how the scope will be defined, broken down to manageable chunks, validated
and controlled. What can be the output(s) of this process?

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 (A) Scope Management Plan, Requirements Management Plan.

(B) Scope Management Plan, Requirement Documentation.

(C) Scope Management Plan.

(D) Project Scope Statement, Work Breakdown Structure, Work Breakdown Structure
Dictionary.

Question – 4: A project is schedule for 9 months. The entire cost of project at

the beginning is estimated to be $ 8,00,000 USD. However, at the end of 3rd
month the project is 20% complete. What is the Schedule Performance
Index?

(A) 0.5

(B) 1.5

(C) 0.6

(D) 1.2

Question – 5: In one of the sub-phases for your project you found out the
activities, which are listed in the below table. The activities are important for
your deliverables and hence you are analysing them.

Activity Duration (in Predecessor

Name Days)
Start 0 -
A1 2 Start
A2 5 Start
A3 4 A2, A5
A4 2 A3
A5 3 Start
A6 4 A5
End 0 A1, A4, A6

Which one of the following statement is correct?

(A) The critical path in this activity is Start – A2 – A3 – A4 – End; Total float of A2 is
zero.

(B) Total float for A5, A3, and A4 is zero and they all are on the critical path.

(C) If you increase the duration of A5 to 5 days, then there will be more risks for the
project.

(D) Both A and C.

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Question – 6: You are managing a software development project where along
with you there are 2 leads, 5 developers, 2 quality professionals and 1
technical writer. Owing to the need of the project, you requested your senior
manager for one more quality professionals, which was approved. How
many new communication channels are added?

(A) 0

(B) 10

(C) 9

(D) 11

Question - 7: An organization is taking a new initiative to wind-powered

irrigation pumps to boost its sales in the farming sector. The organization
has mostly focussed on renewable energy, but has never been into the
farming sector. The organization has decided to have a pilot project and a set
of programs to create these wind-powered pumps. The projects and
programs in the portfolio of this organization are neither related or
interdependent. Hence, which one the following will link the projects to the
strategic objectives of the organization?

(A) Even through projects and programs aren’t interrelated, a set of projects can be
put under a program and collectively they can be linked to the strategic objectives.
(B) The portfolio created will link the projects to the strategic plan and hence
objectives.
(C) As the projects and program aren’t related or interdependent, organization project
management (OPM) is needed to link the project to the strategic objectives.
(D) The business goals of the organization will link the projects to the strategic
objectives as business goals finally translates to strategic objectives.

Question – 8: You project has a schedule of 6 months and 12 days. The end
date has been fixed. This will be considered as a:

(A) Constraint.

(B) Assumption.

(C) Risk.

(D) Management criteria.

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Question – 9: Sarah is working on a multi-million-dollar contract event
management. It will take 4 months to complete. During one of the planning
processes, Sarah found out that a significant threat exists to her project from
one her contractors who may go bankrupt. If that situation arrives, the
project will be delayed by 2 months. Considering it, Sarah decides to be in
touch with another contractor who can provide the needed materials.
This is an example of:

(A) Unethical practice.

(B) Risk Transfer.

(C) Risk Acceptance.

(D) Risk Mitigation.

Question – 10: You head the engineering department in your company.

Lately you have observed that certain deliveries are missing, though they
have been mentioned in the schedule. On closer scrutiny, you observe this to
be occurring with a specific team member. You decide to discuss it out with
the team member. Initially, the team member is reluctant to discuss but
finally opens and indicates that the cause of the delays is often different
instructions coming in from you as well as the project manager. She indicates
that at such times she is confused related to whose instructions to follow -
thereby causing delays. What kind of an organizational structure is this most
likely to be?

(A) Strong Matrix

(B) Balanced Matrix.

(C) Weak Matrix.

(D) Functional.

Question – 11: You are in charge of building a shopping portal. You are fairly
confident as you have a team experienced in doing such work. As per the
agreement at the end of the first month you organize a demonstration of the
software. You invite the sponsor and key stakeholders. Later the sponsor
informs you that she is not very happy with the progress indicating that one
of the clients who would be using this software is not satisfied as her needs
are not being met. To satisfy this client's needs would mean some radical
changes, which will impact both cost and schedule. What could be the root
cause of this issue?

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 (A) Deliverables were not as per requirement.

(B) The stakeholder is making unrealistic demands.

(C) The scope statement was ambiguous leading to this.

(D) All the stakeholders were not identified.

Question – 12: You are working as a project manager for a large, cross-
continental project. You are preparing the work breakdown structure (WBS)
with your team members. However, your senior management team believes a
lot of time is being spent creating the breakdown structure. But you know
good planning for scope is essential and the WBS is a very important element
of the scope baseline. Also, good planning can save a lot of churn later on in
the project. You, along with your team members, have broken down the
scope statement into deliverables, which has further been broken down. As
you explain the importance of the WBS and time consumed to create it to the
senior management team, all of the following are correct about the work
packages in a WBS, EXCEPT:

(A) The cost can be reliably estimated for the work packages.

(B) The effort can be reliably estimated for the work packages.

(C) Work package can be assigned to a person or a group of persons.

(D) Work packages can be broken down further to another level.

Question – 13: Mike has been assigned as the project manager on a large
project for a telecommunication company. He will be replacing another
manager who has quit in the middle of the work due to certain family
emergencies. Unfortunately, Mike couldn’t have knowledge transition from
the manager on leave. Certain deliverables in the project is being supplied by
contractors at Mike’s organisation. Mike would like to know what
performance metrics are going to be tracked for the contract workers.
Where could Mike find this information?

(A) Project Charter.

(B) Schedule Management Plan.

(C) Resource Management Plan.

(D) Procurement Management Plan.

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Question - 14: One of your senior technical members, who is a critical
resource in your project suddenly met with an accident. What should you
FIRST do as the project manager to resolve this risky situation?

(A) Use the contingency reserve.

(B) Create a workaround.
(C) Update the risk register, and immediately analyze the risk next.
(D) Use the management reserve.

Question – 15: Two team members are fighting and it has been escalated to
you. As you intervened and tried to resolve the conflict, you realized that no
one is ready to concede. But you know this conflict if not addressed now will
crop up quite quickly. Hence, you want temporarily resolve the conflict,
which keep the situation calm for a few days. Which conflict resolution
technique should be applied?

(A) Direct.

(B) Withdraw.

(C) Reconcile.

(D) Accommodate.

Question – 16: Statistical sampling involves choosing part of a population of

interest for inspection (for example, selecting ten engineering drawings at
random from a list of seventy-five). Sample frequency and sizes should be
determined during the Plan Quality Management process. Variety of
sampling exists under statistical sampling, such as variable sampling,
attribute sampling, which a project manager can use during verification by
his (or her) team members on the deliverables. In this context, which of the
following statements are true about variable sampling and attribute
sampling.

1. Variable sampling indicates the result rated on a continuous scale.

2. Attribute sampling shows to what degree the sample confirms.
3. Attribute sampling indicates if the result either conforms or doesn't
conform.
4. Both variable sampling and attribute sampling are used in Control Quality
process.

(A) 1, 2, and 3.

(B) 2, 3, and 4.

(C) 1, 3, and 4.

(D) 1, 2, and 4.

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Question – 17: The process of identifying and documenting the specific
actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables is known as:

(A) Direct and Mange Project Work.

(B) Define Activities.

(C) Monitor and Control Project Work.

(D) Manage Project Knowledge.

Question – 18: You are working on a mission critical project for one of your
key customers. During on your status meeting, the customer informed about
a change request with respect to your project. The customer believes it is
highly important and should be delivered with highest priority. What should
be your FIRST step in this case?

(A) Discuss with the subject matter experts in your team and find out the impact of
this possible change.

(B) Start the change control process and direct your team to implement it.

(C) Talk to the sponsor and inform about this change request, as the sponsor is a key
stakeholder and should be immediately notified.

(D) Take it to the change control board (CCB) for immediate approval.

Question – 19: You have 3 projects - Project X, Project Y and Project Z.

Followings are the expected investments in the projects. Project X -
Investment is $2,000,000 and its NPV is $100,000. Project Y - Investment is
$3,000,000 and its NPV is $100,000. Project Z - Investment is $1,000,000,
total cash inflow $1,300,000 and total cash outflow is $1,000,000.
Considering all other parameters equal and consider only NPV as the project
selection criteria, which project(s) will be selected?

(A) Both X and Y.

(B) Project X.

(C) Project Y.

(D) Project Z.

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Question - 20: A stakeholder is documenting the target benefits, strategic
alignment of your project, timeframe for realizing the benefits, the owner of
the benefit as well as the risks in realization of the benefits. Effectively the
stakeholder is creating:

(A) Business Case.

(B) Project Charter.
(C) Project Management Plan.
(D) Benefits Management Plan.

Question – 21: John is well respected and liked as a project manager by his
team members. The team members love to spend time with him and in fact
many times go out with him dinner. What kind of power John has over his
team members?

(A) Expert.

(B) Legitimate.

(C) Charm.

(D) Personal.

Question – 22: Changes may be initiated verbally, they should be recorded in

written form and entered into the change management and/or configuration
management system. Change requests are subject to the process specified in
the change control and configuration control systems. If you apply the
configuration management system along with change control processes
project wide, you will achieve all but one of the which following objectives?

(A) Provide the basis for which the product configuration is defining.

(B) List the approved configuration identification.

(C) Document the specific responsibilities of each stakeholder in the performance

(D) Ensure the composition of a project’s configuration items is correct.

Question – 23: Your team has decided to use Bluetooth technology for your
smartwatch project. With this technology, the smartwatch can connect to
smartphones, tablets and even hand-held devices. However, the team
members don’t have the domain expertise on it and hence you decide to form a
forum on this technology. Here team members can participate in the
discussion, raise questions, fix issues which are technologically unique and
also can share information on the latest standards and practices. What kind of
communication dimension is considered by you while creating this forum?

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 (A) Official.

(B) Formal.

(C) Horizontal.

(D) Downward.

Question – 24: You have planned for the risks in your project by creating a
risk management plan, which has the information about the probability and
impact scales, the probability and impact matrix, the risk audit timings,
among others. Next, you identified all possible risks with the help of
stakeholders in your project. You have created the risk register, identified
and assigned the possible owners for the risks and further elaborated on the
risk breakdown structure. What should you do NEXT?

(A) Analyze the risks qualitatively to find the probability and impact of each risk.

(B) Find the potential responses, if any, for each risk.

(C) Find the possible risk responses for each risk.

(D) Analyze the risks quantitatively to quantity with respect to schedule and cost
impact for each risk.

Question – 25: Out of the following qualities, which one is MOST important
for a project manager?

(A) An excellent communicator.

(B) A great leader.

(C) A subject matter expert.

(D) An able integrator.

Question – 26: You are working on a construction project. You, your team,
and your senior manager all feel that the work is complete. Your
stakeholders have communicated their final acceptance of the project. You
are now meeting with your team to update the organizational process assets
with a record of knowledge gained about the project to help future project
managers with their projects.

Which one of the following best describes it?

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 (A) Historical Records.

(B) Work performance information.

(C) Lessons Learned.

(D) Project Records.

Question - 27: You have created all the subsidiary plans of the consolidated
project management plan. One of the subsidiary plan describes when and
how project team members as well as physical resources will be acquired,
and how the organization chart will be. It also has recognitions and rewards
will be given to the team members. It will have all of the following EXCEPT:

(A) Recognition plan.

(B) Resource control methods.
(C) Values, ground rules, operational guidelines for resources
(D) Role, responsibility, authority and competency of resources.

Question – 28: A project life cycle is the series of phases that a project passes
through from its initiation to its closure. The life cycle provides the basic
framework for managing the project, regardless of the specific work
involved. However, among the following which is not true for project life
cycle?

(A) The phases in the project life cycle are generally sequential.

(B) In the life of the project, the level of risk remains high in the beginning, but goes
down gradually.

(C) The stakeholder influence for an adaptive life cycle remains constant throughout.

(D) The cost of making changes typically decreases substantially as the project
approaches completion.

Question – 29: Your project is about to be completed. Most of the

deliverables have been accepted by your customer. In one the status
meetings, the customer requested for an additional feature. The customer
wants to have this feature as his competitor just released a feature in a
similar kind of a product. The customer says, this feature will be one of the
most marketable features for them, if available. What should your BEST
course of action?

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 (A) Accept the request and implement the feature

(B) Take the new feature request through change control steps

(C) Speak with the sponsor about the inclusion of the feature and decide

(D) Tell the customer politely that at this stage it can't be taken up

Question – 30: Your development team completed working on the

deliverables in a phase of your project and your test team is now working on
it. You are following a predictive life cycle for your project. Your testing team
now finds a number of defects, which you find to be beyond acceptable limits.
However, you aren’t highly concerned because this cost has already been
factored into estimation earlier. This kind of cost, which is already
considered and part of your estimation, will be known as:

(A) Quality related cost

(B) Internal failure costs under cost of nonconformance
(C) Appraisal costs under cost of conformance
(D) Cost (buffer) available from your contingency reserve

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