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PMI-002 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Certification Question and Answers

Question # 4

You are the project manager of a project .You have just completed the Collect Requirements and Define Scope. What should you do next?

A.

Create WBS

B.

Vei*

C.

Value analysis

D.

Control Scope

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Question # 5

Which of the following is NOT input of Identify Risks?

A.

Project Charter

B.

Stakeholder Register

C.

Pis'* Management Plan

D.

Activity Cost Estimates

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Question # 6

Define Scope involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to __________.

A.

Improve the accuracy of cost, time and resource estimates

B.

Define a baseline for performance measurement and control

C.

Facilitate clear responsibility assignments

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 7

The product description of a project can help to create procurement details. Which one of the following best describes product description?

A.

The product description defines the contracted work, based on the requirements of the project customer

B.

The product description defines the contracted work

C.

The product description defines the requirements for the contract work

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 8

Administrative closure is the process that ________.

A.

Closes all activities pertaining to a specific project

B.

Collects user acceptance of the project product or service

C.

Includes all the activities needed to validate the project products and services

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 9

The project management plan:

A.

Identifies all the steps and processes that will be used after a project is initiated

B.

Steps needed to complete a project task

C.

Prepared at the beginning and fixed throughout the execution of the project

D.

Includes project charter

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Question # 10

PMI discusses procurement focusing on the ______ relationship.

A.

Buyer or seller

B.

Vendor or seller

C.

Purchasing

D.

Sellino-

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Question # 11

Who has the responsibility for Plan Quality?

A.

Project manager

B.

QA manager

C.

Project planner

D.

Team 'ead

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Question # 12

Acceptance of the product should be ________.

A.

Formal

B.

Consistent

C.

Personal

D.

Verbal

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Question # 13

According to the PMBOK guide, the project statement of work(SOW) should contain or reference to all the following elements except ?

A.

Business need, strategic plan, product scope description

B.

Requirements, business need, stakeholder expectations

C.

Strategic plan, product scope description, stakeholder influences, and business need

D.

Project purpose, business case, stakeholder influences, product scope description

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Question # 14

Which of the following are not essential for project close out ?

A.

Documenting formal acceptance of the product.

B.

Documenting the lessons learned

C.

Documenting the final project scope

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Question # 15

Project scope is:

A.

The work that must be done in order to deliver a product with the specified features and functions.

B.

The features and functions that are to be included in a product or service.

C.

A narrative description of work to be performed under contract.

D.

a and b

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Question # 16

When the project team directs staff assignments, which of the following is not considered in the selection of a staff?

A.

Previous experience

B.

staff age

C.

Availability

D.

Personal interest

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Question # 17

Activity Resource Requirements is an input to ____________ :

A.

Estimate Activity Durations

B.

Control Schedule

C.

Sequence Activities

D.

Estimate Activity Resources

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Question # 18

A project plan is:

A.

A formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control.

B.

A document issued by senior management that provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

C.

A narrative description of products or services to be supplie

D.

A document describing the organizational breakdown structure of the company.

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Question # 19

You are in charge of developing a new product for a bank. Your quality metrics are based on the 80th percentile of each of the last three products developed. This is an example of:

A.

Statistical sampling

B.

Metrics

C.

Benchmarking

D.

Operational definitions

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Question # 20

Which of the following is an output of a Verify Scope process?

A.

Accepted deliverables

B.

Change Requests

C.

Project document updates.

D.

All of the above

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Question # 21

The two closing procedures are called:

A.

Contract close out and Verify Scope

B.

Contract close out and administrative closure

C.

Project closure and product verification

D.

Project closure and lessons learned

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Question # 22

The Staffing Management Plan ___________, will be formal or informal.

A.

Depending on the size and complexity of the project

B.

Depending on the management

C.

Depending on the project manager

D.

Depending on the size only

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Question # 23

A change requests can occur due to:

A.

An external event such as a change in government regulation.

B.

An error or omission in defining the scope of the product.

C.

An error or omission in defining the scope of the project.

D.

all of the above

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Question # 24

The __________ task relationship is defined by the activity duration:

A.

Start-to-start

B.

Finish-to-finish

C.

Start-to-finish

D.

None of the above

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Question # 25

Control Costs is concerned with:

A.

Managing changes when they occur

B.

Resource rates

C.

Chart of accounts

D.

Organizational policies

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Question # 26

Resource reallocation from non critical to critical activities is an example of which of the following Project Scheduling technique:

A.

Resource Leveling

B.

Schedule Compression

C.

Critical Path Method

D.

What if Analysis

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Question # 27

When should a project manager be assigned to a project?

A.

As early in the project as feasible.

B.

Preferably before much project planning has been done.

C.

At least prior to the start of project plan execution.

D.

All of the above.

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Question # 28

Change requests are made against the ____________?

A.

Project baseline

B.

SOW

C.

Charter

D.

Executive summary

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Question # 29

Which of the following is controlling changes to the budget.

A.

Control Costs

B.

Estimate Costs

C.

Determine Budget

D.

None

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Question # 30

Which of the following includes the process required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete a project successfully.

A.

Project plan update

B.

Project scope management

C.

Control Scope

D.

Product description

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Question # 31

Inputs of Develop Project Team include all EXCEPT:

A.

Project staff

B.

Reward and recognition systems

C.

Resource calendars

D.

Project plan

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Question # 32

The Collect Requirements process is:

A.

Developing a plan from major stakeholders

B.

Developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions

C.

Formalizing acceptance of the project scope

D.

Planning project milestones

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Question # 33

_______ is the most accurate Estimate Cost technique.

A.

Parametric modelling

B.

Bottom up estimating

C.

Analogous estimating

D.

None

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Question # 34

Knowledge of best practices in a particular area is most likely to give rise to which of the following dependencies:

A.

Finish-to-Start dependency

B.

External dependency

C.

Mandatory dependency

D.

Soft Logic

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Question # 35

Quality is _____________.

A.

Zero defects found

B.

Conformance to requirements

C.

The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs

D.

Both B and c

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Question # 36

Which of the following contract types places the greatest risk on the seller?

A.

Cost-plus-fixed-fee contract

B.

Cost plus-incentive-fee contract

C.

Fixed-price-incentive contract

D.

Firm-fixed-price contract

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Question # 37

Which of the following can be used to determine what work is included in each work package for each of your team members?

A.

None of the choices are correct

B.

WBS dictionary

C.

RBS

D.

Project scope statement

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Question # 38

Risks are accepted when ___________.

A.

You develop a contingency plan to execute should the risk event occur

B.

You accept the consequences of the risk

C.

You transfer the risk to another party

D.

Both A and B

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Question # 39

Which of the following is true concerning evaluation criteria?

A.

Can often be found in procurement documents

B.

Can be objective or subjective

C.

Used to rate or score proposals

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 40

Percent complete is calculated by ___________.

A.

ACWP/BAC

B.

BCWP-ACWP

C.

BCWP/BAC

D.

EAC/BAC

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Question # 41

The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards is called _________.

A.

Quality Assurance

B.

Quality Control

C.

plan Quality

D.

Quality Review

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Question # 42

The three major types of communication are: ______________.

A.

Written, verbal, and non-verbal

B.

Verbal, formal documentation, and informal documentation

C.

Verbal, written, and graphic

D.

Verbal, written, and electronic

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Question # 43

Which of the following are the outputs of Collect Requirements Process?

A.

Requirements documentation

B.

Requirements management plan

C.

The requirements tractability matrix

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 44

Which of the following is a method for quantifying qualitative data in order to minimize the effect of personal prejudice on source selection?

A.

Weighting system

B.

Screening system

C.

Selecting system

D.

None of the above

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Question # 45

Employees in a balanced matrix often report to ______________.

A.

Two or more managers

B.

One manager

C.

Only functional manager

D.

None

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Question # 46

Which of the following statements are FALSE about the Rolling Wave plan?

A.

Rolling Wave Planning is a phased iterative approach to project development.

B.

Rolling Wave Planning is a cost and schedule planning technique used in the Define Activities process.

C.

Rolling Wave Planning is the process of decomposing each work package within the WBS into the corresponding schedule activities required to produce the work package deliverables.

D.

Rolling Wave Planning describes a form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be performed in the near time is planned in detail at a low level of the WBS, while work far in future is planned for WBS components that are relatively at a high level of WBS.

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Question # 47

Which of the following is not a process of project human resource management?

A.

Organizational Planning

B.

staff Acquisition

C.

Distribute Information

D.

Team Development

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Question # 48

The independence of two events in which the occurrence of one is not related to the occurrence of the other is called ________________.

A.

Event phenomenon

B.

Independent probability

C.

Statistical independence

D.

Statistical probability

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Question # 49

Mathematical models using linear, dynamic, integer, or algorithm models are considered _____________.

A.

Project selection methods

B.

Project selection criteria

C.

A form of expert judgment

D.

A form of historical information

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Question # 50

The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards is called _______________.

A.

Quality Assurance

B.

Quality Control

C.

plan Quality

D.

Quality Review

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Question # 51

Which of the following Project Scope Management Process defines how scope will be verified?

A.

Control Scope

B.

Verify Scope

C.

Define Scope

D.

Collect Requirements

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Question # 52

You are in process of identifying and documenting the project roles and responsibilities and create staffing management plan. All of the following should be addressed when listing the roles and responsibilities EXCEP:

A.

Competency

B.

Authority

C.

Responsibility

D.

Compliance

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Question # 53

A significant difference between independent estimates and proposed pricing could mean that _________________.

A.

The independent estimates are most likely incorrect and the proposed pricing correct

B.

The sow was not adequate

C.

The prospective seller either misunderstood or failed to respond fully to the SOW

D.

Either B or C

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Question # 54

If a project has an 80% chance of having the scope defined by a certain date and a 70% chance of obtaining approval for the scope by a certain date, what is the probability of both events occurring?

A.

75%

B.

65%

C.

50%

D.

56%

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Question # 55

Which of the following statements concerning compromise as a conflict resolution is false?

A.

Neither party wins but both parties get some degree of satisfaction.

B.

Important aspects of the project may be hindered in order to achieve personal objectives.

C.

Compromise is generally considered a lose-lose situation.

D.

A definitive resolution is seldom achieved.

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Question # 56

Which of the following is not considered a cost of non-conformance to quality?

A.

Scrap

B.

Rework

C.

Expediting

D.

Process control

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Question # 57

A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called ____________.

A.

Staffing Management Plan

B.

Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)

C.

Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)

D.

Resource Assignment Chart

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Question # 58

The cost effective rule for shortening a project is to crash the:

A.

Critical tasks-

B.

Non-critical tasks.

C.

Tasks with lowest cost.

D.

Tasks with highest cost.

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Question # 59

Your selection committee is debating between two projects. Project A has a payback period of 20 months. Project B has a cost of $150,000, with expected cash inflows of $50,000 the first year and $25,000 per quarter after that. Which project should you recommend?

A.

Either Project A or Project B, because the payback periods are equal

B.

Project A, because Project B's payback period is 24 months

C.

Project A, because Project B's payback period is 20 months

D.

Project A, because Project B's payback period is 21 months

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Question # 60

You are a project manager for a manufacturing firm . You discover a design error during a test production run on your latest project. Which of the following is the most likely response to this problem?

A.

Reduce the technical requirements so that the error Is no longer valid.

B.

Go forward with production, and ignore the error.

C.

Go forward with production, but inform the customer of the problem.

D.

Develop alternative solutions to address the error.

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Question # 61

The Person primarily responsible for the quality of deliverables is the.

A.

Quality control inspector.

B.

Project manager.

C.

Design engineer.

D.

Quality manager.

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Question # 62

In the arrow diagramming method, which of the following requires an expenditure of the resources?

A.

Histograms

B.

Milestone events

C.

Path activities

D.

Accounting support costs.

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Question # 63

Which of the following are not indirect costs?

A.

Payroll tax cost.

B.

Subcontract costs.

C.

Insurance costs.

D.

Accounting support costs.

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Question # 64

You are the project manager and have just completed the Collect Requirements and Define Scope process. What should you do next?

A.

Create WBS

B.

Verify Scope

C.

Value analysis

D.

Control Scope

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Question # 65

All of the statements regarding control accounts and planning packages are true EXCEPT:

A.

Control accounts and planning packages are tools and techniques of Develop Schedule process.

B.

A control account is an assigned WBS level used to monitor cost and schedule performance of significant element of work.

C.

Planning packages reflect a future segment of work within a control account that has not yet been decomposed into detailed work packages.

D.

As work becomes more clearly defined, planning packages are converted into work packages.

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Question # 66

Which of the following best describes the conflict resolution technique that involves problem solving and fact finding missions in order to discuss a win-win resolution?

A.

Withdrawal

B.

Forcing

C.

Confrontation

D.

Smoothing

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Question # 67

Integrity in the project management field is accomplished through all of the following except:

A.

Adhering to an ethical code

B.

Applying established project management processes

C.

Following the CAPM Code of Professional Conduct

D.

Training to learn how to manage relationships with others from different cultures

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Question # 68

A project Control Scope system is documented during the ______ process.

A.

Collect Requirements

B.

Define Scope

C.

Verify Scope

D.

Control Scope

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Question # 69

A forward and backward pass indicted total float is equal to - 30 days. This indicates that:

A.

The critical path must be evaluated to determine actual slack time.

B.

The project is estimated to be-20 days ahead of schedule.

C.

Two branches converge on a node.

D.

Duration compression may be required to meet the original project scope.

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Question # 70

The stakeholder's influence is greatest at the ______ of the project.

A.

beginning

B.

closing

C.

controlling

D.

none

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Question # 71

You are project manager of a project. A scope change requested by a client after acceptance of the design has a potential impact on several components of the project. What do you do?

A.

Convince the client to postpone the change.

B.

Estimate the impact to the cost and schedule and the approval before proceeding.

C.

Make the change if it is critical, regardless of its cost and impact, and in form the change control boar

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Question # 72

The level of authority a project manager has is __________.

A.

based on the organizational structure

B.

based on the amount of authority the manager of the project manager possesses

C.

based on the key stakeholder's influence on the project

D.

based on the project managers communication skills

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Question # 73

Which characteristic distinguishes the network diagram from the Gant chart?

A.

Critical dependencies

B.

Few resources

C.

Critical dates

D.

key milestones

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Question # 74

As a project manager, you know that the most important activity to ensure customer and stakeholder satisfaction is which of the following?

A.

Documenting and meeting the requirements

B.

Reporting project status regularly and in a timely manner

C.

Documenting and meeting the performance measurements

D.

Reporting changes and updating the project plan and other project documents where appropriate

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Question # 75

Which of the following is true regarding IRR?

A.

IRR is a constrained optimization method.

B.

IRR assumes reinvestment at the cost of capital.

C.

IRR is the discount rate when NPV is greater than zero.

D.

IRR is the discount rate when NPV is equal to zero.

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Question # 76

As a project manager, you know that the most important activity to ensure customer and stakeholder satisfaction is which of the following?

A.

Documenting and meeting the requirements

B.

Reporting project status regularly and in a timely manner

C.

Documenting and meeting the performance measurements

D.

Reporting changes and updating the project plan and other project documents where appropriate

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Question # 77

_______ must be measured regularly to identify variance from the plan.

A.

Project performance

B.

Stakeholder requirements

C.

Schedule progress

D.

Cost and schedule

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Question # 78

23 Reverse analysis is a tool or technique in all of the following processes EXCEPT:

A.

Monitor and Control Risks

B.

Activity resource estimation

C.

Cost estimation

D.

Determine Budget

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Question # 79

What are the inputs for Initiation process?

A.

Product description and Strategic plan

B.

Selection criteria

C.

Historical information

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 80

Which of the following activities is not part of Plan Risk Management?

A.

Updating risk register

B.

Determining risk roles and responsibilities

C.

Identifying risk categories

D.

Developing a risk management plan

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Question # 81

Who is responsible for the creation of the final project plan?

A.

Project Manager

B.

Team Leader

C.

Sponsor

D.

Project Team

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Question # 82

Which type of network diagram is also referred to Activity-on-Node (AON) diagrams?

A.

Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

B.

Gantt Cnart Diagram (GCD)

C.

Dependency Diagramming Method (DDM)

D.

Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)

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Question # 83

The buyer and seller are bound by the ________.

A.

Contract

B.

Responsibilities

C.

WBS

D.

Identification

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Question # 84

Which of the following technique to identify the underlying cause of a problem and take steps to prevent further occurrence?

A.

Root cause analysis

B.

Quality audits

C.

Project audits

D.

Risk audits

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Question # 85

What are the outputs of Initiation process?

A.

Project charter and PM assigned

B.

Constraints

C.

Assumptions

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 86

Which monitoring or controlling activities would not result in preventive action being applied?

A.

Control Scope

B.

Manage project team

C.

Quality control

D.

Manage Scope statement

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Question # 87

During the planning phase of your project, your project team members have discovered another way to complete a portion of the project scope. This method is safer for the project team, but may cost more for the customer. This is an example of _______.

A.

Alternative identification

B.

"'s^ assessment

C.

Alternative selection

D.

Product analysis

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Question # 88

You are project manager of a project and you are offering an estimate that you know will be changed after the contract is signed is ___________.

A.

Bad practice

B.

Unprofessional practice

C.

Bacl f°r both tne buyer and seller

D.

Al1 of the above

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Question # 89

ISO Stands for __________.

A.

International Organization for Standardization

B.

International Standardized Organization

C.

'n Standardized Organization

D.

Indiana Standardized Organization

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Question # 90

If a project with a SPI of 1.8, what you tell?

A.

The project is running ahead of the schedule

B.

The project is running behind of the schedule

C.

Resources assigned to the project cost 1.8 units

D.

None

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Question # 91

Purchasing insurance is an example of __________.

A.

Transfer

B.

Acceptances

C.

Mitigation

D.

Contingency

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Question # 92

The end of the project comes after which of the following?

A.

Project charter

B.

F'na' deliverable

C.

Schedule

D.

QA activities are done

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Question # 93

The project manager should be assigned ___________ as an output from the Initiation process.

A.

Once a budget has been approved

B.

As early in the project as is feasible

C.

After the stakeholders have approved the assignment

D.

As soon as the project plan is ready to be executed

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Question # 94

Parametric Estimate Costs involves:

A.

Calculating individual cost estimates for each work package

B.

Using rates and factors based on historical experience to estimate costs

C.

Using the actual cost of a similar project to estimate total project costs

D.

Both A and B

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Question # 95

Correspondence, contract changes, and payment requests are ___________ of contract administration.

A.

Outputs

B.

Tools

C.

Functions

D.

InPuts

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Question # 96

Which of the following is not a process of project human resource management?

A.

Organizational Planning

B.

stan< Acquisition

C.

Distribute Information

D.

Team Development

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Question # 97

Which of the following is considered during the Plan Procurement Process?

A.

Whether to procure

B.

How to procure and how much to procure

C.

What and when to procure

D.

All of the above

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Question # 98

Group brainstorming encourages all of the following except ___________.

A.

Team building

B.

Analysis of alternatives

C.

Convergent thinking

D.

Uninhibited verbalization

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Question # 99

Projects are typically authorized as a result of any of the following except:

A.

Market demand

B.

Successful RFP bidding

C.

Regulatory requirement

D.

Technological advance

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Question # 100

The sender is responsible for __________.

A.

Confirming that the message is understood

B.

Ensuring that the receiver agrees with the message

C.

Scheduling communication exchange

D.

Presenting the message in the most agreeable manner

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Question # 101

Which of the following is not a process of Project Communications Management?

A.

Identify stakeholders

B.

Report Performance

C.

Distribute Information

D.

Conflict Management

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Question # 102

Formal acceptance by the client or sponsor of the project should be prepared and distributed during which of the following process?

A.

Distribute Information

B.

Administrative Closure

C.

Organizational Planning

D.

Report Performance

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Question # 103

The BEST way to organize project activities for scheduling is by ________.

A.

WBS

B.

Critical Path

C.

Task start date

D.

Responsible organization

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Question # 104

The adjustment of task schedules in order to deploy human resource more effectively is called resource _______.

A.

Tracking

B.

Loading

C.

Crashing

D.

Levelling

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Question # 105

Wgich of the following is NOT considered as strategy for positive risk ?

A.

Avoid

B.

Transfer

C.

Accept

D.

ExPlot

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Question # 106

Developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions is called _________________.

A.

Product Analysis

B.

Define Scope

C.

Project Development

D.

Collect Requirements

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Question # 107

The practice of ceasing mass inspections and ending awards based on price is credited to which of the following:

A.

Edward Deming

B.

Philip Crosby

C.

Juran

D.

Pareto

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Question # 108

A key barrier to team development is _________.

A.

A strong matrix management structure

B.

When major problems delay the project completion date or budget targets

C.

When team members are accountable to both functional and project manager!

D.

When formal training plans cannot be implemented

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Question # 109

In a large, complex project, the authority to accept or reject a requested change should rest with the ________.

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Question # 110

A scope management plan describes __________.

A.

An assessment of the stability of the stakeholder environment

B.

A highly detailed approach to managing the work breakdown structure scope

C.

How the project scope will be managed and how scope changes will be integrated into the project

D.

The stakeholder's expectation on how changes will be identified and by what priority they will be addressed

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Question # 111

The independence of two events in which the occurrence of one is not related to the occurrence of the other is called _______.

A.

Event phenomenon

B.

Independent probability

C.

Statistical independence

D.

Statistical probability

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Question # 112

Which of the following statements concerning bottom up estimating is true?

A.

The cost and accuracy of bottom-up estimating is driven by the size of the individual work items

B.

Smaller work items increase both cost and accuracy

C.

Larger work items increase both cost and accuracy

D.

Both A and B are true

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