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34. As a project manager, you present your initial cost estimate to the project sponsor for approval
and he asks you to cut the cost of the project by 10%. What would you do?
A. Replace the originally planned resources with lesser skilled resources at lower rates.
B. Cut specific project activities and obtain the sponsors approval.
C. Strongly say NO to the sponsor and walk away from the project.
D. Ask all team members to reduce the cost of their activities by 10%.
35. Which of the following is not a tool and technique for Determine Budget process?
A. Cost Aggregation
B. Reserve Analysis
C. Funding Limit Reconciliation
D. Resource calendars
36. Which of the following tools and techniques is most likely to be used in Quality Assurance?
A. Fishbone diagram
B. Flowchart
C. Inspection
D. Process analysis
37. The management wants to be sure that a project is following defined quality standards. Which
one would they use?
A. Risk Management Plan
B. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
C. Statement of Work
D. Quality Audit
38. As a project manager, what would you give the highest priority: quality, cost, or schedule?
A. It would depend upon the prevailing circumstances of the project.
B. Quality is most important. Cost and schedule come later.
C. Cost is most important. Everything else comes afterwards.
D. Completing the project as on schedule is most important.
39. A project manager is encountering numerous problems on his project. He wants to identify the
root causes of the problems, so he can focus his attention on those causes. Which of the following
tools should he use?
A. Fishbone diagram
B. Control chart
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C. Pareto chart
D. Histogram
40. As a project manager, you are ensuring that quality standards are followed on your project. In
which process are the quality standards that need to be followed identified?
A. Develop Project Charter
B. Collect Requirements
C. Plan Quality Management
D. Perform Quality Assurance
41. Which of the following is an example of cost of conformance?
A. Quality training
B. Cost of rework
C. Warranty cost
D. Scrap
42. Which conflict resolution technique is best for a long lasting solution?
A. Smoothing
B. Forcing
C. Problem Solving
D. Withdrawal
43. As a project manager, you are deciding the inputs that you need to use on your project. Which
process uses an issue log as one of the inputs?
A. Plan Human Resource Management
B. Manage Project Team
C. Manage Communications
D. Control Communications
44. What type of power would a person have if others believe he or she is highly knowledgeable in
their technical area?
A. Reward
B. Coercive
C. Referent
D. Expert
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45. You have just been assigned as the project manager of an existing project involving 50 company
employees and 10 sub-contractors. You want to know who is assigned to do what. Where should you
look for this information?
A. Responsibility assignment matrix
B. Project organization Chart
C. Pareto chart
D. Resource histogram
46. While assessing the performance of your team members, you found that some of them are not
strong enough to handle the tasks assigned. You will:
A. Communicate the improvement needs and establish a performance review and monitoring
schedule
B. Assign the double work and tell him to report the progress each at the beginning and end of the
day
C. Return the team members to the functional department and warn the functional head
D. Wait for them to fail so that you can prove your point and in the meantime start hiring
additional resources
47. Your software project is in the critical system testing stage when two of the senior members of
the team come to you with a conflict on usage of the simulation software during testing. One senior
member claims that the other person keeps the software engaged for almost all of the working hours
of the project. You decide to change their working schedules so that they no longer overlap. You are
using which of the following techniques for conflict resolution?
A. Forcing
B. Smoothing
C. Compromising
D. Confronting
48. As a project manager, you have a problem with a team members performance. Which is the best
way of communicating this problem with the team member?
A. Informal verbal
B. Formal verbal
C. Formal written
D. Informal written
49. You are managing a project with project teams in different geographical locations. There are
approximately 25 team members plus 3 team leads at 3 different locations. Additionally, there are 3
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members from a supporting group that are working part-time on the project. How many
communication channels are possible in your project?
A. 496
B. 992
C. 424
D. 32
50. As a project manager, you have a project team working for you spread across 5 different
countries. What is the best communication method that you should follow?
A. Informal written
B. Informal verbal
C. Formal written
D. Formal verbal
51. Project information may be distributed using a variety of methods including project meetings,
hard copy document distribution, shared access to networked electronic databases, fax, electronic
mail, voice mail, video conferencing and electronic tools for project management. These are known as
A. Project controls
B. Project reporting system
C. Project distribution systems
D. Information management system
52. As part of a joint venture, a project manager working with another company needs to share some
confidential information related to intellectual property rights. He wants to know the person
responsible for authorizing the release of this confidential information. Which project document
should he refer?
A. Organizational Breakdown Structure
B. Project Charter
C. Communication Management Plan
D. Stakeholder Management Plan
53. A project manager in an information technology project is discussing a complex algorithm with a
new team member. After a long and thorough verbal discussion, the project manager asks the person
if he understood the algorithm it and can put it in the document. The team member implies that he
has understood. However, when the project manager goes through the document, he realizes that
the member didn't understand what was actually said thus resulting in an inefficient use of time and
effort. Who is responsible for this loss of time and how could it have been avoided?
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A. Project manager, he shouldn't have given the complex assignment to a new team member
B. Team Member, since he implied he understood the discussion and didn't ask his doubts
immediately
C. Project Manager, as he should have also helped the team member in preparing and reviewing
the document
D. Project manager, since it is his responsibility to ensure his message is clear and concise and
confirm that team member truly understands the message
54. Purchasing insurance coverage for your project equipment is an example of which risk response?
A. Transfer
B. Mitigation
C. Acceptance
D. Avoidance
55. What action should a project manager FIRST take when an unidentified risk event occurs?
A. Inform the customer of the possible consequences
B. Inform the senior management of the possible consequences
C. Redo the risk identification process to get prepared for other 'known unknowns'
D. Create a work around
56. You are a project manager with a financial firm that has multinational dealings. You feel the
financial meltdown in one of the client countries could affect your project adversely, so you want to
hedge your risks. Although the probability of occurrence of the event is low, you are advised to play it
safe. In terms of risk attitude, your organization could best be described as?
A. Risk Seeker
B. Risk Averse
C. Risk Neutral
D. Risk Mitigator
57. Decision tree analysis can be classified as:
A. A probabilistic outcome prediction method.
B. A subset of the EMV technique.
C. A subset of the EVM technique.
D. A risk response strategy.
58. How early a comprehensive risk analysis can be done on a project?
A. During project initiation
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63. A cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF) contract has an estimated cost of $150K with a predetermined fee
of $15K and a share ratio of buyer to seller equal to 70/30. The actual cost of the project is $120K.
How much savings did the seller make in total and out of total savings how much did he make
because of the incentive?
A. $30K, $9K
B. $55K,$30K
C. $32K, $27K
D. $15K,$3K
64. As a project manager of a construction project, you are inviting requests for proposal from eligible
vendors. In going through the list, you find the name of your good friend and ex-colleague from
university. He was a methodical, sharp student and excelled in his subjects. What should you do next?
A. Give him the contract as you are quite sure he would do a good job
B. Give him some inputs on how your organization awards the contract to improve his chances
C. Steer yourself away from the bidding process and inform your sponsor
D. Keep silent and continue with the procurement process
65. Which of the following is not an advantage of a fixed price contract?
A. Less work for buyer to manage
B. Seller has a strong incentive to control costs
C. Buyer knows the total price at project starts
D. Final cost may be more than a cost reimbursable contract because contractors have to inflate
the price to cover their risk
66. The power/interest grid is a tool that helps to:
A. Assign more authority to the interested stakeholders
B. Assess the correct type and level of engagement desired with different stakeholders
C. Identify as many stakeholders as possible
D. Identify ways in which we can make the project more interesting
67. Which of the following are NOT stakeholders on a project?
A. Team members
B. Project manager
C. People whose work is made obsolete by the work of the project
D. None of the above
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68. A project has been in execution for many months and you have been regularly sending updates to
all the stakeholders as per the communications management plan. Suddenly at a phase-gate review,
one of the stakeholders complains that she has not been informed about the changes in the project.
What is the best thing for you to do?
A. Send them copies of past correspondence to prove that she HAS been informed
B. Escalate the issue to the stakeholders manager
C. Review the Stakeholder and Communications management plans
D. Ignore this comment and continue working on the plan
69. A project manager has recently been assigned to a long running project and wants to know who
the key influencers on the project are and what their level of involvement is. The best document to
get this kind of information is:
A. Stakeholder register
B. Stakeholder management plan
C. Project Staffing plan
D. Project management plan
70. The best way to manage stakeholders who are extremely supportive and have a high level of
interest in the project, but who do NOT have a large influence on the project is:
A. Ignore
B. Keep them informed
C. Use them as champions
D. Manage them closely
71. Which of the following is NOT an input to the Control Stakeholder Engagements process?
A. Issue Log
B. Project Management Plan
C. Work Performance Data
D. Change Requests
72. You are about to send a deliverable to your customer when you realize there is a defect. The
customer would probably not notice it, but it is technically against the contract. What should you do?
A. Discuss it with the customer.
B. Go ahead and send the deliverable.
C. Inform your senior management and seek their guidance.
D. Extend the project deliverable timeframe.
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73. Which activity from the following should a project manager perform when confronted with a
situation in which a payment to facilitate an activity is advised by a liaison agent for a project with a
foreign destination country?
A. Seek legal advice to ensure that the payment is not a bribe
B. Do not make the payment
C. Make the payment
D. Insist for documentation
74. A university has contacted you to help it in its research. This assistance would require you to
provide it with some of the client data from your files. What should you do?
A. Release the information but remove all references to the client's name
B. Contact your client and seek permission to disclose the information
C. Disclose the information
D. Do nothing and wait to see what happens.
75. You are on a time and materials contract. You have finished your work product an hour earlier
than expected and can go home. However, the billing was expected for a full eight hours and would
affect income goals. What should you be doing?
A. Bill eight hours. Just because you were especially efficient does not mean you shouldn't get a full
day's pay
B. Stay an extra hour looking busy to make up the time
C. Find an additional one-hour task that you can do and legitimately bill the client, even though
they did not ask for it
D. Bill the seven hours you worked and go home
76. There is a previously scheduled project status review meeting and one of your team leads sends
you his report just an hour before the meeting. You find many unacceptable discrepancies within the
report. What should you do?
A. Let him present the report and trash him in front of everyone to teach him a lesson.
B. Cancel the meeting and prepare the report yourself.
C. Postpone the meeting and ask him to fix the report.
D. Do nothing and wait to see what happens.
77. You are managing a project in a just-in-time environment. This will require more attention
because the amount of inventory in such an environment is generally:
a. 45 percent
b. 0 percent
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c. 80 percent
d. 100 percent
78. Inspection shows that roughly 70% percent of your products are produced defect free. What
sigma level does production unit achieve in this case.
a. 6 sigma
b. 3 sigma
c. 2 sigma
d. 1 sigma
79. If a data point falls outside the upper control limit of a control char the process is said to be:
a. Assigned a cause
b. In control
c. Out of control
d. Gold plated
80. A project has gone out of control and the project manager has quit. You are assigned as the new
project manager and have been asked to verify the first?
a. Review the project management plan
b. Meet with the team
c. Create a risk mitigation plan
d. Draw a control chart
81. What percentage of the total distribution is 3 sigma from the mean equal to ?
a. 68.26 percent
b. 95.46 percent
c. 99.73 percent
d. 99.99 percent
82. A control chart shows that the last eight pipes produced were all less than average weight. You
need to inform management that there is a problem because the situation violates the:
a. Rule of seven
b. Rule of eight
c. 80/20 rule
d. 3 sigma rule
83. Which project management process group normally takes the MOST project time and resources?
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a.
b.
c.
d.
Planning
Design
Execution
Monitoring & Controlling
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89. During which project management process group are budget forecasts created?
a. Monitoring and controlling
b. Planning
c. Initiating
d. Executing
90. Which of the following is the least effective way to influence the factors that create changes to
the cost baseline?
a. Review the project scope with the FM responsible for more number of changes
b. Explain to those requesting changes the negative impact of change to project
c. Eliminate the scope causing the most changes
d. Notify all stakeholders that no more changes will be allowed
91. Your project has an SPI of 1.1 and CPI of 0.9. What does this means?
a. We are ahead of schedule but under budget
b. We are over budget and behind schedule
c. We are behind schedule and under budget
d. We are over budget and ahead of schedule
92. Your project reports with earn values CPI=1.2, SPI=0.8, the PV = $600000 and the SV=-120000. You
cant find the CV in the report hence wants to calculate the CV?
a. 80,000
b. -90,000
c. 60,000
d. 100,000
93. One common way to compute estimate at completion (EAC) is to take the budget at completion
(BAC) and:
a. Divide by SPI
b. Multiply by SPI
c. Multiply by CPI
d. Divide by CPI
94. Your project is budgeted at $500000, with a schedule duration of 8 months. You are currently at
the end of month 4 and you are $20000 ahead of schedule. Your estimated earned value is $350000.
How much of the project budget is completed?
a. 70%
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b. 42%
c. 60%
d. 30%
95. Your earn values are PV = 100, EV = 105, BAC = 400, AC = 102, CV = 3, EAC = 390. What will be VAC
a. VAC = 205
b. VAC = 10
c. VAC = 3
d. VAC = -10
96. After joining as a project manager for an ongoing project, you are informed by the team that
certain features are added to the deliverable which were not asked by the customer, to earn
customer appreciation. In this situation:
a. You are concerned, because the project team is gold-plating
b. You are happy, because the project will "exceed customer expectations"
c. You are worried that this is going to increase the project size
d. You are undecided about the increase in the quality metrics of the project
97. You are the PM for a new international project and the project team includes people from several
countries. Most of the team members have no similar project experience, but the project has strong
support from senior management. What is the BEST thing to do to ensure that cultural differences do
not interfere with the project?
a. Spend little more time to creating the WBS and make sure it is complete.
b. As the PM, make sure you chose your words carefully whenever u communicate.
c. Ask one person each team meeting to describe something unique of their culture.
d. Carefully encode all of the PM's communications.
98. One of the risks you have discovered has high probability that the equipment being developed will
not perform as required, and hence you have decided to prototype the equipment before mass
production.
a. Risk Acceptance
b. Risk Avoidance
c. Risk Mitigation
d. Risk Transference
99. Which part of the risk management process receives input from risk response owner?
a. Plan Risk Response
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