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Practice Project Management Exam

Question 1 of 10

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Which of the following is NOT an input to Perform Quality Control?

Select one of the following:

  • deliverables

  • work performance measurements

  • quality checklist

  • validated changes

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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You are currently performing the Conduct Procurements process. You are considering two bids from companies on your qualified sellers list. Your project is on a tight budget, and you have been instructed by senior management to consider the cost over any other criteria. You used the company that submitted the lower bid on a previous project, and you were not happy with their work. The company that submitted the higher bid has a reputation for treating their clients well, flying project managers first class and giving them accommodations in five-star hotels. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?

Select one of the following:

  • select the company with the lowest bid

  • give the manager at the company with the higher bid information that will allow him to tailor his bid so that it better meets your needs

  • rewrite the RFP so that the so the company with the lowest bid is excluded

  • select the company with the higher bid

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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Which is the BEST definition of quality?

Select one of the following:

  • a product made of very expensive materials

  • a product made with a lot of care from the people who built it

  • a product that satisfies the requirements of the people paying for it

  • a product that passes all of its tests

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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Which of the following shows roles and responsibilities on your project?

Select one of the following:

  • bar chart

  • resource histogram chart

  • RACI matrix

  • Human Resource Management Plan

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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Brandi is a project manager on a software project. About halfway through development, her team found that they had not estimated enough time for some of the technical work they needed to do. She requested that the new work be added to the scope statement and that the time to do the work be added to the schedule. The change control board approved her change. What’s her next step?

Select one of the following:

  • Update the scope and schedule baselines to reflect the approved change

  • Start doing the work

  • Gather performance metrics on the team’s work so far

  • Perform Quality Assurance

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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Tom is the project manager of an accounting project. He has just finished defining the scope for the project and is creating the WBS. He goes to his organizational process asset library and finds a WBS from a past project to use as a jumping off point. Which of the following describes the asset that Tom is using?

Select one of the following:

  • Decomposition

  • Delphi Technique

  • Brainstorming

  • Templates

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

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Which of the following is NOT true of obtaining project plan approval?

Select one of the following:

  • Until you obtain plan approval, you don’t need to put changes to it through change control.

  • Change control makes sure that only approved changes can make it into the approved plan.

  • Only one person needs to approve the Project Management Plan and that’s the Project Manager.

  • It’s important for the entire team to buy into the Project Management Plan for it to be successful.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by a month. What is the first thing you should do?

Select one of the following:

  • Write up a change request and see if you can get it approved.

  • Make the change. It’s going to save time and nobody will want the project to take longer than it should.

  • Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you write up the change request.

  • Tell the team member that you’ve already communicated the deadline for the project, so you can’t make any changes now.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

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A project manager is faced with two team members who have conflicting opinions. One team member explains her side of the conflict, and presents a possible solution. But before the other team member starts to explain his side of things, the project manager says, “I’ve heard enough, and I’ve decided to go with the solution I’ve heard.” This is an example of:

Select one of the following:

  • Withdrawal

  • Compromise

  • Smoothing

  • Forcing

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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Which of the following BEST describes the main purpose of the project charter?

Select one of the following:

  • It authorizes the project manager to work on the project

  • It identifies the sponsor and describes his or her role on the project

  • It contains a list of all activities to be performed

  • It describes the initial scope of the work

Explanation

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