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PMP testbank. Mock Exam, Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, graded A+. Verified. 1. Which of the following is least likely to be considered a project? A. The creation of a new automated call-... control system which will be deployed alongside the existing live-operator system the company already has in place B. Performing a marketing survey, then compiling, analyzing and presenting the results of the survey responses C. Modifying a security-related sign-in feature for the company's internal email system D. Organizing and executing a new diversity training day for all company employees - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Framework This suggests a mere tweak to an existing system. The email system is part of the company operations, and while it is true that it may be receiving a new feature, it does not describe a new and unique result or outcome as clearly as the remaining selections do, and is, therefore, least likely to be a project. Remember to look for something new and unique, and try to distinguish that from a mere change or adjustment to existing operations. Which of the following are tools and techniques used in the Develop Project Charter process? A. Expert Judgment B. Expert Judgment and NPV calculations C. Expert Judgment, NPV calculations and focus groups D. Stakeholder analysis and Benefit Measurement Methods - ✔✔-Answer: A Initiating - Integration Management Expert judgment and facilitation techniques are the only tools used in this process. Note that the benefit measurement methods, such as NPV, would already have been employed to decide upon the project which is now being kicked off with the charter. Stakeholder analysis is a tool and technique of Identify Stakeholders, but not of Develop Charter. Which of the following is not true? A. Programs are a group of projects that have relationships and/or interdependencies amongst each other. B. The Project Management Office oversees the project manager and provides resources and support for projects. C. Senior management is responsible for overseeing the portfolio of programs. D. A portfolio consists of programs that have relationships/interdependencies amongst each other. - ✔✔-Answer: D Initiating - Framework Programs need not be related in order to be grouped into a company's portfolio. The portfolio encompasses all projects and programs the company has ongoing. As to the PMO, note that PMBOK identifies 3 types: Supportive, where the role is simply to provide useful information and consultation; Controlling, where the role is to provide support but also dictate certain practices be followed; and Directive, where the PMO directly manages projects. Which of the following would be considered an Enterprise Environmental Factor? A. Budget templates B. Lessons Learned from prior similar projects C. Project management software tool, i.e. Microsoft Project D. Progressive Elaboration - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Framework Because A and B refer to actual written documents, they are considered Organizational Process Assets. D is a technique used in project planning and thus is neither an EEF nor an OPA. C is considered an internal EEF as used by the organization to provide an information technology software working environment which supports project planning files. Which is true regarding the project life cycle? A. As time goes by, stakeholder influence over a project increases. B. As time goes by, project risk increases along with stakeholder influence. C. As time goes by, project risk decreases. D. Costs are at their highest near the very end of the project. - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Framework The opposite is true with respect to A and B. D is incorrect because costs are highest near the middle of the project, as the level of work hits its peak. This is shown using an S-curve. Had option D said - Cost of CHANGE is highest at the end of the project - then it would have been a viable response. Project phases can be characterized by all of the following except: A. The phase structure allows a project to be segmented into logical subsets for ease of management B. Examples of project phases are Initiating and Planning C. A project phase will result in some type of deliverable being provided D. Each of the process groups are invoked in a project phase - ✔✔-Answer: B Initiating - Framework A phase is not a project management process group and should not be confused with one. Indeed, each process group will be applied to a phase, making D true. A and C are likewise true (keep in mind the deliverable from a phase may be tangible as in a product component, or intangible such as a feasibility determination). You might think of phases as mini-projects because every process group is employed for each phase, and each phase will result in a deliverable. A sequential type of phase-to-phase relationship is characterized by which of the following? A. A phase can only start once the previous phase is complete. B. The successor phase begins before the prior phase completes. C. Only one phase is planned at a time, with the next phase being planned as the work progresses on the current phase and deliverables. D. Project iterations are created fairly quickly, then the results are reviewed by the customer before the next iteration occurs - ✔✔-Answer: A Initiating - Framework B describes an overlapping relationship while C describes an iterative phase relationship. A accurately describes the sequential type of phase to phase relationship. This is known as a Predictive life cycle. D describes an Adaptive life cycle. The project charter would most appropriately be signed by which of the following? - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Integration Management The project sponsor or initiator, being both a key stakeholder and the source of funding, would be the best person of the options listed to sign off on the project charter. The project charter should be signed by someone independent of the project team, ruling out (A) and (B). D is incorrect because, while some key stakeholders may well sign the charter, there are too many potential stakeholders for this to be feasible or useful. Which of the following are outputs from the Develop Project Charter process? A. Project Charter B. Project Charter and Feasibility Study C. Project Charter and Project Management Plan D. Stakeholder Registry and Stakeholder Management Strategy - ✔✔-Answer: A Initiating - Integration Management Project Charter and the Assumption Log are the only two outputs of this process making A the only correct option. Which of the following would least likely be considered a stakeholder in a project to build a new road in an uninhabited area? A. The project manager B. The people who plan to use that road when completed C. An environmental conservation group from the area D. The company's head of payroll - ✔✔-Answer: D Initiating - Stakeholder Management A stakeholder is anyone who is engaged in, or otherwise impacted by, the project. There is nothing to in this question that overtly suggests the company's head of payroll is either involved or affected. Note that answer choice C shows an example of a negative stakeholder, i.e. one whose interests will be adversely affected. The end users in B are also stakeholders, as their interests are being affected. Which type of stakeholder needs to be managed most closely? A. Those with a high level of power and high level of interest B. Those with a high level of power and low level of interest C. Those with a high level of interest but low amount of power D. Negative stakeholders with a high level of interest - ✔✔-Answer: A Initiating - Stakeholder Management These are the most crucial stakeholders, and could potentially kill a project. They should be managed closely and frequently apprised of project status. Which of the following are considered project constraints? A. Resources B. Resources and budget C. Resources, schedule and budget D. Resources and third-party contractors - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Framework C is the best answer because it is the most inclusive. D is incorrect - the presence of a third-party contractor, in and of itself, should not materially limit project management options, though it could affect other constraints such as budget and scheduling. In any event, it does not incorporate the 3 very important constraints set out in C. In which of the following would the project manager have the greatest level of authority with respect to staffing matters? A. Tight matrix organization B. Balanced matrix organization C. Functional (centralized) Organization D. Project-oriented Organization - ✔✔-Answer: D Initiating - Framework In a project-oriented organization, the project manager's authority is at its highest. In a balanced matrix organization, the project manager must negotiate with functional managers to acquire staff. In a functional organization, the resource allocation is decided by the functional manager. A tight matrix has nothing to do with the organizational structure, but instead is industry slang for when the project team is primarily located in the same physical location. This is more commonly known as co-location, which will be covered in Communications Management and Agile Teams. Which of the following includes a summary of how stakeholders will be handled? A. Stakeholder Register B. Stakeholder Summary C. Risk Register D. Stakeholder Engagement Plan - ✔✔-Answer: D Initiating - Stakeholder Management This document describes how stakeholders will be managed based on their involvement level and communication needs, while the stakeholders and their interests are documented in the Stakeholder Register (without reference to their required management strategy). There is no stakeholder summary document, and the Risk Register would not contain this information, making (B) and (C) incorrect. Which of the following knowledge areas is utilized in every process group from initiation to closing? A. Project Resource Management B. Project Scope Management C. Schedule Management D. Project Integration Management - ✔✔-Answer: D Initiating - Framework Integration Management, which focuses on coordinating all aspects of the project plan, is the only knowledge area containing processes across each of the 5 process groups. Which of the following processes are most closely aligned in terms of their objectives? A. Perform Integrated Change Control and Control Scope B. Control Schedule and Control Costs C. Conduct Procurements and Control Procurements D. Estimate Costs and Control Costs - ✔✔-Answer: A Initiating - Integration Management Perform Integrated Change Control and Control Scope are very closely aligned in terms of their objectives. Both seek to prevent unauthorized change and ensure that approved changes are properly implemented. You are a project manager overseeing the construction of a large power plant. You are working on your Risk Management Plan. With whom should you be consulting as you prepare this document? A. The Project Team Members B. Project Team Members and Key Stakeholders C. Project Team Members and Project Sponsor D. Key Stakeholders and Project Team Members, plus other people from outside the project team who may be involved in risk planning and execution activities. - ✔✔-Answer: D Planning - Risk Management This question describes the Planning Meetings and Analysis tool and technique, and there is a broad group of people who could/should take part in this. Which of the following best describes progressive elaboration? A. Planning near-term items in more detail than those occurring further down the road B. Meeting with one group of stakeholders right away, and then establishing set times to meet with other stakeholders later in time as the project work is being done C. Starting with a high-level scope description and then refining the project management plan to include more detail through incremental steps as more information is gathered or made available D. Adding additional features to the deliverables which were not part of the scope baseline but which enhance their value nonetheless - ✔✔-Answer: C Initiating - Framework This is the definition of progressive elaboration. Subject matter experts and stakeholders will help provide the information necessary to put the finer touches on the project deliverables/scope, and should be brought on board as early on as possible - not in phases as B suggests. Choice A describes rolling-wave planning and D describes gold plating. Which of the following processes is concerned with defining, coordinating and integrating the various subsidiary project plans? A. Collect Requirements B. Direct and Manage Project Work C. Develop Project Management Plan D. Monitor and Control Project Work - ✔✔-Answer: C Planning - Integration Management Develop Project Management Plan involves identifying and documenting the processes which will be used to manage the project. It is the first step in the planning process, however, the outputs of later planning processes will be incorporated back into the Project Management Plan. Thus, the Project Management Plan begins as a relatively bare-bones document, but becomes more comprehensive as the other planning processes are completed. All of the following are true regarding the Configuration Management System and change control processes except for which one? A. Configuration control is focused on identifying, documenting and controlling changes to the project and the product baselines, while change control focuses on the specifications of both the deliverables and the processes. B. They provide an opportunity to continuously validate and improve the project by considering the impact of each change. C. They provide the mechanism by which the project management team can consistently communicate all approved and rejected changes to the stakeholders. D. They provide a way to consistently identify and request changes to established baselines. - ✔✔- Answer: A Planning - Integration Management The terms are mismatched in A. Configuration focuses on the specifications of the deliverables and processes while change control focuses on identifying, documenting and controlling changes to the project and product baselines. You are managing a major new marketing campaign for a new drug launch, which includes thousands of pages of scientific and other clinical information. Many changes have been made to the marketing materials throughout the process, but you find that you and your team are often referring to outdated versions of the documents and you therefore cannot all get on the same page. What area did you most likely overlook? A. Scope Management B. Configuration Management C. Change Control D. Process Improvement - ✔✔-Answer: B Planning - Integration Management Configuration management is focused on the specification of the deliverables in the context of integrated change control, and as such, would be a primary focus when it comes to version control. Which of the following is a tool and technique used in developing the project management plan? A. Expert Judgment B. Expert Judgment and Product Analysis C. Project Charter D. Stakeholder register - ✔✔-Answer: A Planning - Integration Management Expert Judgment is a tool and technique used in this process, along with facilitation techniques. Note that Expert Judgment is a tool for every process within the Integration knowledge area. Product Analysis is used in the Define Scope process. Project Charter and Stak [Show More]

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