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41. You are refining the product description
for your company's new line of ski boots. Which of the following is true?
a) You are in the Initiation process of your project and know that the product
description will contain more detail in this stage and that a decreasing amount
of detail will be added to it as the project progresses.
b) You are in the Planning process of your project and know that the product
description will contain less detail in this stage and greater detail as the
project progresses.
c) You are in the Initiation process of your project and know that the product
description should contain the most detail possible at this stage, as this is
critical information for the Planning process.
d) You are in the Initiation process of your project and know that the product
description will contain less detail in this stage and greater detail as the
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Correct Option D. Explaination:
Product descriptions are input to the Initiation process and contain less
detail now and more detail as the project progresses.
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42. This process applies evaluation criteria
to the bids and proposals received form potential vendors:
a) Solicitation
b) Contract Administration
c) Source Selection
d) Quality Assurance |
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Correct Option C. Explaination
: Source Selection receives bids and proposals from potential vendors and
applies evaluation criteria to them to make a selection.
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43. All of the following are
tools and techniques of the Integrated Change Control process except:
a) Configuration management
b) Performance measurements
c) Change requests
d) Additional planning |
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Correct Option C. Explaination:Change
requests are in input to the Integrated Change Control process. The other tools
and techniques of this process are change control system and project management
information system
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44. You need to convey some very
complex, detailed information to the project stakeholders. The best method of
communicating this kind of information is?
a) Verbal
b) Vertical
c) Horizontal
d) Written |
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Correct Option D. Explaination:
Information that is complex and detailed is best conveyed in writing. A verbal
follow-up would be good to answer questions and clarify information. Vertical
and horizontal are ways of communicating within the organization.
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45. You have just prepared an RFP
for release. Your project involved a substantial amount of contract work
detailed in the RFP. Your favorite vendor drops by and offers to give you and
your spouse the use of their company condo for your upcoming vacation. It's
located in a beautiful resort community that happens to be one of your favorite
places to go for a get away. What is the most appropriate response?
a) Thank the vendor but decline the offer, as you know this could be considered
a conflict of interest.
b) Thank the vendor and accept. This vendor is always offering you incentives
like this, so this offer does not likely have anything to do with the recent
RFP release.
c) Thank the vendor, accept the offer, and immediately tell your project
sponsor so they're aware of what you're doing.
d) Thank the vendor but decline the offer because you've already made another
arrangement for this vacation. Ask them if you can take a rain check and
arrange another time to use the condo |
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Correct Option A. Explaination
The best response is to decline- the offer. This is a conflict of interest and
accepting the offer puts your own integrity and the contract award process in
jeopardy.
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46. PERT is:
a) The longest path
b) A weighted average technique
c) A simulation technique
d) Widely used in practice to determine schedule duration |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
PERT is the Program Evaluation and Review Technique that uses weighted average
and standard, deviation to determine project durations. It is used for large/
highly complex projects.
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47. What are the scope Planning process tools
and techniques?
a) Benefits/cost analysis, work breakdown structure templates, expert judgment,
and supporting detail.
b) Product analysis, benefit/cost analysis, alternatives identification, and
expert judgment
c) Product analysis, work breakdown structure templates, supporting detail, and
expert judgment
d) Benefit/cost analysis, alternatives identification, supporting details, and
expert judgment |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
The tools and techniques of the Scope Planning process include product
analysis/ benefit/cost analysis, alternatives, identification and expert
judgment
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48. You are a project manager for Swirling
Seas Cruises food division. You're considering two different projects regarding
food services on the cruise lines. The initial cost of Project Fish'n for Chips
will be $800,000 with expected cash inflows of $300,000 per quarter. Project
Picnic's payback period is six months. Which project should you recommend?
a) Project Fish'n for Chips because its payback period is two months shorter
than Project Picnic's
b) Project Fish'n for Chips because the costs on Project Picnic are unknown
c) Project Picnic because Project Fish'n for Chips' payback period is four
months longer than Project Picnic's
d) Project Picnic because Project Fish'n for Chips' payback period is two
months longer than Project Picnic's |
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Correct Option D. Explaination:
The payback period for Project Fish'n for Chips is eight months. This project
will receive $300,000 every three months, or $100/000 per month. The $800,000
will be paid back in eight months.
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49 .You are the project manager for Xylophone
Phonics. They produce children's software programs that teach basic reading and
math skills. You're performing cost estimates for your project and don't have a
lot of details yet. You will use which Of the following techniques?
a) Analogous estimating techniques, because this is a form of expert judgment
that uses historical information from similar projects
b) Bottom-up estimating techniques because this is a form of expert judgment
that uses historical information from similar projects.
c) Monte Carlo Analysis, because this is a modeling technique that uses
simulation to determine estimates
d) Parametric modeling, because this is a form of simulation used to determine
estimates |
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Correct Option A. Explaination:
Analogous estimating, also called top-down estimating, is a form of expert
judgment. Analogous estimating can be used to estimate cost or time and
considers historical information from previous, similar projects.
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50 .As a PMP, one of your responsibilities is to ensure
integrity on the project. When your personal interest are put above the
interests of the project or when you use your influence to cause others to make
decisions in your favor without regard for the project outcome, this is
considered:
a) Conflict of interest
b) Using professional knowledge inappropriately
c) Culturally unacceptable
d) Personal conflict issue |
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Correct Option A. Explaination:
A conflict of interest is any situation that compromises the outcome of the
project or ignores the impact to the project to benefit yourself or others
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51. Your project is in the Scope Definition process.
You've just completed the WBS. Which of the following is true?
a) The WBS breaks the project' deliverables down to a level where alternatives
identification can be used to determine how level two assignments should be
made
b) The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to a level where project
constraints and assumptions can be easily identified
c) The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level where
product analysis can be documented
d) The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level where
cost and time estimates can be easily determined and quality control
measurements can be determined |
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Correct Option D. Explaination:
The work package level is the lowest level in the WBS. Time and cost estimation
is easily determined at this level as are resource assignments. Quality control
measurements can be determined at this level as well.
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52. The product description, strategic plan, project
selection criteria and historical information are considered:
a) Inputs to the project Planning process
b) Inputs to the project Overview process
c) Inputs to the project Initiation process
d) Inputs to the project Execution process |
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Correct Option C. Explaination:
Initiation process inputs include the product description, which describes the
characteristics of the product; the strategic plan, which outlines the vision
of the company; project selection criteria, which help determine how projects
will be selected; and historical information regarding past projects of a
similar nature.
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53. What are decision models?
a) Project selection criteria
b) Project selection methods
c) Project selection committee
d) Project resource and budget selection criteria |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
Decision models are project selection methods used as tools and techniques in
Initiation. Decision models include benefit measurement methods and constrained
optimization methods.
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54. Performance reporting tools and techniques include all
of the following except:
a) Earned value analysis
b) Statistical sampling
c) Variance analysis
d) Performance reviews |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
Statistical sampling is a tool and technique of the Quality Control process
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55. Which of the following is true regarding constraints
and assumptions?
a) Constraints restrict the actions of the project team, and assumptions are
considered true for planning purposes.
b) Constraints are considered true for planning purposes, and assumptions limit
the options of the project team.
c) Constraints consider vendor availability and resource availability to be
true for planning purposes. Assumptions limit the project team to work within
predefined budgets or time lines.
d) Constraints and assumptions are inputs to the Initiation process. They
should be documented, as they will be used throughout the project planning
process. |
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Correct Option A. Explaination:
Constraints limit the options of the project team by restricting action or
dictating action. Budget, time, and quality are the three most common
constraints. Assumptions are presumed to be true for planning purposes. Always
validate your assumptions.
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56. You are the project manager for a construction company
that is building a new city and county office building in your city. Your CCB
recently approved a scope change. You know that scope change might come about
as a result of all of the following except:
a) Schedule revisions
b) Product scope change
c) Changes to the agreed-upon WBS
d) Changes to the project requirements |
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Correct Option A. Explaination:
Scope changes win cause schedule revisions, but schedule revisions do not
change the project scope. Project requirements are part of the scope statement,
and therefore D is one of the correct responses.
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57. What are the tools and techniques of the Quantitative
Risk Analysis process?
a) Checklists, flowcharting, interviewing
b) Interviewing, sensitivity analysis, decision tree analysis, simulation
c) Checklists, sensitivity analysis, decision tree analysis, information
gathering techniques
d) Interviewing, checklists, assumptions analysis, risk probability impact |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
The Quantitative Risk Analysis process has four tools and techniques:
interviewing, sensitivity analysis, decision tree analysis and simulation.
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| 58. Name the ethical code you'll be required to adhere to
as a PMP a) Project Management Policy and Ethics Guide b) Project Management
Professionals Standards and Ethics c) Project Management Code of Professional
Ethics d) Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct |
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Correct Option D. Explaination:
The Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct is published
by PMI, and all PMPs are expected to adhere to its standards.
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59. You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics.
They produce children's software programs that teach basic reading and math
skills. You are ready to assign project roles, responsibilities and reporting
relationships. Which project planning process are you working on?
a) Resource Planning
b) Organizational Planning
c) Staff Acquisition
d) Human Resource Acquisition |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
The Organizational Planning process identifies project resources, documents
roles and responsibilities of project team members and stakeholders, and
documents reporting relationships.
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60. Critical path tasks are those tasks that:
a) Have equal pessimistic, optimistic and most likely estimated times
b) Have a float time of zero
c) Have the same start date
d) Have multiple early start dates and early finish dates |
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Correct Option B. Explaination:
Critical path tasks are those with zero float time. Float time or slack time is
the amount of time between an activity's early start date and late start date.
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