Quiz Questions

Question 1

When identifying requirements, where would you expect to document project reporting requirements?

Answer 1

As part of the Project Requirements

Question 2

Which Scope Management process output is the creation of the Scope Statement?

Answer 2

Define Scope process

Question 3

What term describes your ability to convince, persuade or bring others to your way of thinking without force or coercion?

Answer 3

Influence

Question 4

This statement represents what key area of project manager value:

“The ability to identify work efforts and business processes between various teams that are in conflict and to work with key stakeholders to align them”

Answer 4

Integration

Question 5

What are the internal and external factors that cause someone to pursue a task or behave in a certain way?

Answer 5

Motivation

Question 6

Which component of the PMI Talent Triangle includes Statusing and performance measurements?

Answer 6

Technical Project Management

Question 7

Which process group can be defined as:

The systematic process of collecting, analyzing and using information to ensure the project is meeting objectives or performance targets

Answer 7

Monitoring

Question 8

Which term describes the expected behaviors associated with a particular position or status within a group or organization?

Answer 8

Role

Question 9

Creating a project schedule falls within which project life cycle phase and process group?

Answer 9

The planning phase and planning process group

Question 10

Competitive analysis skills can be found within which component of the PMI Talent Triangle?

Answer 10

Strategic and Business Management

Question 11

What is progressive elaboration?

Answer 11

The iterative process of adding more detail as more information becomes available

Question 12

According to the PMBOK Guide, what are tools and techniques?

Answer 12

Part of a process

Question 13

Which process group is responsible for establishing the total scope of the effort, defining and refining objectives, and developing the course of action to attain those objectives?

Answer 13

Planning Process Group

Question 14

A ____________ is a systematic series of actions taken to achieve an end result.

Answer 14

Process

Question 15

Which source of power is associated with your position in an organization or group?

Answer 15

Legitimate power

Question 16

Which process group expends the largest portion of the project’s resources, budget, and schedule?

Answer 16

Executing Process Group

Question 17

Which group of technical project management skills is most overlooked?

Answer 17

Project transition and closing skills

Question 18

Which of the following is mandatory in every project?

• Schedule data
• Activity cost estimates
• Quality metrics
• Scope baseline

Answer 18

Scope baseline

Question 19

What pre-project work effort is a common input to the development of the project charter?

Answer 19

A business case

Question 20

What is the relationship between the project management plan and subsidiary management plans?

Answer 20

The project management plan provides the overarching framework for the subsidiary plans

Question 21

What metric would be appropriate if a company wanted to determine if a project was a good business investment?

Answer 21

Return on Investment (ROI)

Question 22

How is the project manager role similar across all industries?

Answer 22

A project manager is primarily concerned with achieving the goal of the project while managing time, costs, scope and quality.

Question 23

What is the relationship between productivity and labor costs?

Answer 23

As productivity increases, labor cost decreases

Question 24

What percentage of project failures is due to ineffective communcations?

Answer 24

20%

Question 25

Which process group includes project management processes found in every project management knowledge area?

Answer 25

Planning Process Group

Question 26

You are initiating the next phase of an existing project. What activity occurs as part of this process group?

Answer 26

Review the project objectives, and confirm with key stakeholders that the project is still on track.

Question 27

What term is defined as providing the means to reach desired project outcomes?

Answer 27

Strategy

Question 28

How does PMBOK define "accountability"?

Answer 28

To be answerable for one's actions or results

Question 29

What level of authority is given to project managers in a projectized organizational structure?

Answer 29

The project manager has formal and project authority over the project team.

Question 30

What term is defined by: the observable patterns of behaviors within an organization

Answer 30

Organizational culture

Question 31

Who is responsible for maintaining the project benefit management plan?

Answer 31

The benefit owner

Question 32

Which project life cycle is characterized by continuous key stakeholder engagement and provides fully functional deliverables through the project life cycle to its customer?

Answer 32

Adaptive

Question 33

How does success criteria differ between a program and a portfolio?

Answer 33

Program benefit is measured by the outcome or deliverable, whereas a portfolio is measured in terms of contribution to strategic objectives.

Question 34

What is the main purpose of project life cycle phase gates?

Answer 34

The project's performance and progress is compared to the expectation to confirm and approve that the project is ready to continue to the next phase.

Question 35

What activity dependency is most commonly used and has the lowest schedule risk?

Answer 35

Finish-to-Start (FS)

Question 36

You are required to use a contractor to conduct inspections of your project. What type of dependency does this represent?

Answer 36

Mandatory External Dependency

Question 37

A lead modifier can only be used with which activity dependency type?

Answer 37

Finish-to-Start (FS)

Question 38

What are the two budgetary estimating techniques?

Answer 38

Delphi and Three-Point Estimating

Question 39

Name three components of the Scope Baseline.

Answer 39

1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 2. WBS Dictionary 3. Scope statement

Question 40

This is the responsibility of the Project Manager and cannot be delegated or transferred to other stakeholders.

Answer 40

Integration Management

Question 41

The requirements management plan is an output of which scope management process?

Answer 41

Plan Scope Management

Question 42

What is the purpose of the scope management plan?

Answer 42

Describes how project scope will be planned, managed, and controlled.

Question 43

Which Collect Requirements tool visually depicts product scope by showing a business system and how people and other systems interact with it?

Answer 43

Context Diagram

Question 44

The Define Scope process is in which process group?

Answer 44

Planning

Question 45

Where are project boundaries, inclusions, and exclusions documented?

Answer 45

Scope Statement

Question 46

This is used often to assess inputs and provide opinions utilizing acquired specific subject area knowledge.

Answer 46

Expert judgment

Question 47

The companion document that provides details of elements in the Work Breakdown Structure is known as what?

Answer 47

WBS Dictionary

Question 48

Which Enterprise Environmental Factor (EEF) can influence the Develop Project Charter process?

Answer 48

Legal and regulatory requirements

Question 49

What type of requirement captures all conditions and criteria that must be met to confirm a deliverable is completed?

Answer 49

Quality requirements

Question 50

When is the best time to ensure that project scope is acceptable?

Answer 50

When each phase concludes

Question 51

What is the completion of project scope measured against?

Answer 51

Project management plan

Question 52

What technique is used to divide project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts?

Answer 52

Decomposition

Question 53

When defining scope of a product, which tool can be used on new products during product development when they are being evaluated regarding costs and functionalities?

Answer 53

Value Engineering

Question 54

A high-level project description, boundaries, and key deliverables are documented in what document?

Answer 54

Project charter

Question 55

What process group includes Validate Scope?

Answer 55

Monitoring and Controlling

Question 56

Which tool and technique is included in the Control Scope process?

Answer 56

Variance Analysis

Question 57

A project team member would like to understand more about their specific deliverable. Which document contains the information they need?

Answer 57

WBS Dictionary

Question 58

What is the lowest-level item of a work breakdown structure called?

Answer 58

Work package

Question 59

You are finalizing your plans and schedule. When will you schedule tasks associated with the Validate Scope process?

Answer 59

At the end of every project phase

Question 60

Rolling Wave Planning is an example of a scheduling _____________.

Answer 60

technique

Question 61

Which activity type is best used for long-duration work efforts that aren't very measurable?

Answer 61

Level of Effort (LOE)

Question 62

Where should you document required schedule components and scheduling guidelines?

Answer 62

Schedule Management Plan

Question 63

Whenever you save a copy of your schedule to capture current status information, this is called a __________________.

Answer 63

Schedule instance

Question 64

What is another name for a Gantt chart?

Answer 64

Bar chart

Question 65

What is the correct list of the processes in the Project Schedule Management knowledge area?

Answer 65

- Plan Schedule Management - Define Activities - Sequence Activities - Estimate Activity Durations - Develop Schedule - Control Schedule

Question 66

What is the purpose of a lag?

Answer 66

Allows a delay of the successor activity

Question 67

What is the formula to calculate Total Float (TF)?

Answer 67

``` Late Start (LS) - Early Start (ES) or Late Finish (LF) - Early Finish (EF) ```

Question 68

What is the formula to calculate Free Float (FF)?

Answer 68

(Early Start (ES) of successor activity - Early Start (ES) of target activity) - Duration of target activity

Question 69

What is the formula to calculate Early Finish (EF)?

Answer 69

(ES + Duration) - 1

Question 70

What is the formula to calculate Late Start (LS)?

Answer 70

(LF-duration) + 1

Question 71

Rolling wave planning is a type of Scheduling Technique, Scheduling Method, or Scheduling Model?

Answer 71

Scheduling technique (approach to planning and managing schedule)

Question 72

Which is not an activity attribute: - Early start date - Predecessor - Duration estimate - Resource requirements

Answer 72

Early start dates (used for schedule analysis, not activity attribute)

Question 73

What are the outputs of the Control Schedule process?

Answer 73

Change Requests and Work Performance Schedule Forecasts

Question 74

If the critical path is increased, what happens to the project's completion date?

Answer 74

The date changes to match the revised critical path date

Question 75

Which activity type is used to indicate a significant event in the schedule?

Answer 75

Milestone

Question 76

What is the major benefit of using Precedence Diagramming Method?

Answer 76

Identifies project activity interdependencies

Question 77

What characteristic is unique for Critical Chain Method?

Answer 77

Use of buffers to minimize impacts at critical schedule points

Question 78

How is the critical path best described?

Answer 78

The longest path

Question 79

Analogous estimating can be used to develop which type of estimate?

Answer 79

Preliminary (Analogous is quick and easy, appropriate for initial estimating)

Question 80

A lead can only be used on which activity dependence type?

Answer 80

Finish-to-Start (FS)

Question 81

What is the formula to calculate a three-point estimate duration?

Answer 81

(Optimistic + 4xMost Likely + Pessimistic)/6

Question 82

What is involved in fast tracking a project?

Answer 82

Working on two activities in parallel

Question 83

You are considering adding approved overtime work for extended 10-hour workdays to get the project schedule back on track. What is this an example of?

Answer 83

Crashing

Question 84

Which scheduling method is distinguished by providing a simplified display of network and allows for all four activity dependency types?

Answer 84

Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

Question 85

How do you determine early start and early finish dates on a project schedule?

Answer 85

Perform a forward pass analysis

Question 86

In order for there to be float, what condition must be true?

Answer 86

There must be multiple paths of unequal duration