| 1. | The person in the organization who authorizes the commencement of a project is the: 
| A. | Senior manager |
| B. | Project administrator |
| C. | Sponsor |
| D. | Project specialist |
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| 2. | Which phase of a project has the least risk?
| A. | Closing |
| B. | Controlling |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Execution |
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| 3. | One of the functional managers wants to make a major scope change during the execution of the project. The project manager's action should be:
| A. | Refuse the change |
| B. | Complain to the sponsor |
| C. | Detail the impact of the change for the functional manager |
| D. | Make the change and go on |
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| 4. | You define the end of the project by defining the:
| A. | Scope Statement |
| B. | Charter |
| C. | Final deliverable |
| D. | Schedule |
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| 5. | You have been with an organization for a short time, and you find what you think are clear violations of the PMP Code that occur frequently. As a PMP, you should:
| A. | Move to another company. |
| B. | Write down the infractions, discuss them discreetly with other PMPs, and decide how to handle the situation. |
| C. | Confront the PMP in the hall and make sure that you do it loudly and often. |
| D. | Let the situation take care of itself. |
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| 6. | The document that authorizes the release of organizational resources to the project is the:
| A. | Statement of Work |
| B. | Project Design Plan |
| C. | WBS |
| D. | Charter |
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| 7. | The document that describes the objectives, work content, deliverables, and end product of a project is the:
| A. | Project Charter |
| B. | WBS |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Scope Statement |
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| 8. | In scope change control, the project manager must make sure that:
| A. | The team is involved |
| B. | The changes are beneficial |
| C. | Schedules do not change |
| D. | The sponsor takes charge |
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| 9. | The phase in which you define the final deliverable is:
| A. | Planning |
| B. | Execution |
| C. | Closing |
| D. | Control |
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| 10. | You are a PMP-certified project manager and work for a company that is trying to get all its project managers certified. You are asked by some of your non-certified colleagues for guidance on how to take the exam. You should:
| A. | Refer them to the main library for project management information. |
| B. | Tell them that you are far too busy to help them right now. |
| C. | Write a short guide to taking the exam and hand it out to everyone. |
| D. | Give them guidance about the various resources available. |
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| 11. | The project manager is assigned in the:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | Project Plan |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Management Plan |
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| 12. | Which one of these comes first in the project plan?
| A. | Scope Statement |
| B. | WBS |
| C. | Risk Management Plan |
| D. | Quality Plan |
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| 13. | As changes are brought forward, the project manager should always:
| A. | Refuse to consider the change |
| B. | Install the change immediately |
| C. | Consider the impact of the change |
| D. | Stall until given further instructions |
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| 14. | The person who has the responsibility for keeping the final deliverable clear to all stakeholders is the:
| A. | Sponsor |
| B. | Technical lead |
| C. | Team member |
| D. | Project manager |
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| 15. | In your organization, you hear rumors constantly about a certain PMP failing to live up to the PMP Code. You should:
| A. | Confront him or her immediately |
| B. | Ignore the rumors |
| C. | Gather as much information as you can before proceeding |
| D. | Make sure you pass the rumors along |
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| 16. | Without a ________, the project cannot go forward.
| A. | Leader |
| B. | Charter |
| C. | Project administrator |
| D. | WBS |
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| 17. | Which of these plans is not done during the writing of a project plan?
| A. | Risk Management |
| B. | Quality Management |
| C. | Procurement Management |
| D. | Executive Communication |
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| 18. | The one function that must be on the CCB is the:
| A. | Sponsor |
| B. | Executive manager |
| C. | Team lead |
| D. | Project manager |
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| 19. | The project manager should work with all of the ________ to get agreement on a final deliverable.
| A. | Team members |
| B. | Sponsors |
| C. | Stakeholders |
| D. | Line managers |
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| 20. | You should ________ the information you have so that you can present it to others if necessary.
| A. | Write down |
| B. | Memorize |
| C. | Modify |
| D. | Hide |
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| 21. | A project manager is assigned to a project in the ________ phase of the project.
| A. | Management |
| B. | Initiation |
| C. | Closing |
| D. | Control |
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| 22. | Who is responsible for the formation of the final project plan?
| A. | Project team |
| B. | Sponsor |
| C. | Project manager |
| D. | Team leader |
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| 23. | After a change request has been denied, you should:
| A. | Record it and save it |
| B. | Get on with the next request |
| C. | Forget it |
| D. | Tell the project team |
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| 24. | Administrative Closure should occur:
| A. | Only at the end of a project |
| B. | At the end of each phase |
| C. | Every week |
| D. | On Thursdays |
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| 25. | You believe you have found a PMP who is not disclosing all of the costs involved with an upcoming project. Instead, this person is constructing a WBS that does not include all the tasks necessary to get the project done. You should:
| A. | Ignore it because this PMP is a friend of yours. |
| B. | Call PMI home headquarters. |
| C. | Confront this PMP immediately. |
| D. | Talk to this PMP about the WBS to see if you can rework it to reflect actual costs on the project. |
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| 26. | ________ scope determines the features and functions of the output of the project.
| A. | Management |
| B. | Control |
| C. | Project |
| D. | Product |
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| 27. | What is another name for functional structure?
| A. | Matrix |
| B. | Strict |
| C. | Line |
| D. | Developmental |
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| 28. | Change requests are made against the:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Executive summary |
| D. | Project baseline |
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| 29. | Information needs to go to:
| A. | Everyone on the team |
| B. | The sponsors |
| C. | The stakeholders |
| D. | Everyone in the communication plan |
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| 30. | You are looking for classes that will help you professionally. A helpful five-day seminar is available, but you are unable to attend one of the days. The topic covered that day is important to you, and you have already taken the other four days. What should you do with respect to your resume?
| A. | Sign up for all five days again |
| B. | Put it in your resume that you have attended the set |
| C. | Put only the classes you have actually attended in your resume |
| D. | Do self-learning about the class you missed |
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| 31. | The work that needs to be done to produce a product or service is included in the:
| A. | Execution Plan |
| B. | Product Scope |
| C. | Project Scope |
| D. | SOW |
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| 32. | Which of these types of matrix structures gives the project manager the most control?
| A. | Strong |
| B. | Weak |
| C. | Product-focused |
| D. | Balanced |
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| 33. | Change requests should be:
| A. | Formal |
| B. | Timely |
| C. | Interesting |
| D. | Long |
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| 34. | As you make approved changes to the original scope, you should:
| A. | Save the old versions |
| B. | Shred the old versions |
| C. | Amend the SOW |
| D. | Do a completely new WBS |
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| 35. | You are writing an article about risk. In the middle of the article, you include a statistic that comes from a well-known report that is the standard for explaining risk. Everyone writing in the area of risk knows the report. Because the report is so well known, you:
| A. | Assume that everyone knows where the statistic comes from |
| B. | Hope nobody notices |
| C. | Cite the report |
| D. | Let someone complain |
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| 36. | The tangible measurement or outcome that must be produced to complete part of a project or the project itself is called a:
| A. | Work Statement |
| B. | RFP |
| C. | Deliverable |
| D. | Project Plan |
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| 37. | Three types of organizational structures discussed in PMBOK are:
| A. | Matrix, line, departmental |
| B. | Functional, matrix, product driven |
| C. | Matrix, functional, projectized |
| D. | Projectized, departmental, functional |
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| 38. | If change requests are not done formally, this often leads to:
| A. | Management excellence |
| B. | A new Scope Statement |
| C. | Scope creep |
| D. | Information creep |
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| 39. | If your project comes in 20% ahead of schedule and 25% under budget, you should:
| A. | Reward yourself |
| B. | Demand a raise and throw a party |
| C. | Be proud |
| D. | Find out why there was such a variance from the original plan |
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| 40. | You have been assigned to a major project in another country. Before you go, you check with your providing organization to make sure you understand all of the constraints of working in the other country. When you get there, you settle into a routine and are doing excellent work, bringing the project in within 5% of the planned budget and schedule. To show their appreciation, the sponsors of the project, who are wealthy men in their own country, send you an expensive gift to, as they put it, "Say thank you for your hard work." It turns out that this is a fairly common practice in that country but is against both ethics and regulations in your own country. What should you do?
| A. | Talk to your management about the problem and get them involved. |
| B. | Take it and go home where you can enjoy the gift because you did such an outstanding job. |
| C. | Say nothing but leave the gift in your hotel room when you leave the country. |
| D. | Send it back. |
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| 41. | A description of the final deliverable is one of the best ways to make sure that you are in control of the project in the ________ phase.
| A. | Initiation |
| B. | Closing |
| C. | Execution |
| D. | Planning |
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| 42. | You can use project management skills in which of the following structural organizations?
| A. | Functional |
| B. | Projectized |
| C. | Matrix |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 43. | The Change Control Board should:
| A. | Be flexible |
| B. | Have appropriate authority |
| C. | Include the project manager |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 44. | A complete set of indexed project records is called:
| A. | Project archives |
| B. | Project history |
| C. | The index |
| D. | The SOW |
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| 45. | Offering an estimate that you know will be changed shortly after the contract is signed is:
| A. | Bad practice |
| B. | Unprofessional practice |
| C. | Bad for both the buyer and seller |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 46. | The Work Breakdown Structure is done by:
| A. | The sponsor |
| B. | Senior management |
| C. | The project manager |
| D. | The project team |
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| 47. | The title of a manager who is responsible for more than one project is:
| A. | Team leader |
| B. | General manager |
| C. | Project manager |
| D. | Program manager |
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| 48. | The CEO comes into your office (cubby). He or she asks for changes to be made in the scope of the project but doesn't have enough time to go through a formal procedure, and because everyone on the project actually reports to him or her, it is expected that you get these things done. You should:
| A. | Run like hell. |
| B. | Make sure the project team knows you are important enough to talk to the CEO. |
| C. | Determine what will happen if the change is made and then report that to the CEO. |
| D. | Run like hell. |
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| 49. | The best form to save the project archives in is:
| A. | Log book |
| B. | Electronic database |
| C. | Yellow pads |
| D. | Excel |
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| 50. | Estimates are:
| A. | Always correct |
| B. | Written in stone |
| C. | Estimates |
| D. | Easy to do |
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| 51. | The WBS is done during Scope definition, which comes between:
| A. | Scope Planning and Scope Change Control |
| B. | Scope Verification and Scope Change Control |
| C. | Scope Planning and Scope Verification |
| D. | Scope Management and Scope Planning |
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| 52. | Communication in a matrix environment is usually classified as:
| A. | Simple |
| B. | Direct |
| C. | Complex |
| D. | Relational |
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| 53. | The tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes are called a:
| A. | SOW |
| B. | Scope Statement |
| C. | Management system |
| D. | PMIS |
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| 54. | Acceptance of the product of the project should be:
| A. | Formal |
| B. | Fast |
| C. | Consistent |
| D. | Personal |
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| 55. | Estimates should:
| A. | Never be changed once you write them |
| B. | Be as close to actual costs as you can get |
| C. | Be forgotten as you get into the project |
| D. | Be changed immediately when a contract is signed |
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| 56. | A good WBS:
| A. | Helps pull the team together |
| B. | Is a roadmap for the project |
| C. | Defines the scope |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 57. | A project team member working in a functional organization reports to:
| A. | The project manager |
| B. | The team leader |
| C. | The functional manager |
| D. | Anyone he can contact |
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| 58. | The baseline version number of a document is:
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| 59. | Formal acceptance includes:
| A. | High praise |
| B. | Written acceptance |
| C. | Dialectic |
| D. | Verbal acceptance |
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| 60. | You have just been assigned to a project that has been ongoing for more than three months. In looking over the project plan, you see deliverables that seem to be impossible to deliver to the client in the specified time frame. You should:
| A. | Stop everything until you have talked this problem over with your project team |
| B. | Keep on going |
| C. | Talk to the sponsor and explain your concerns for the accuracy of the schedule |
| D. | Write down your concerns and keep them in a project file |
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| 61. | Getting the WBS done is the responsibility of:
| A. | Senior management |
| B. | The project team |
| C. | The project manager |
| D. | The sponsor |
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| 62. | The person having the responsibility for the outcome of a project is:
| A. | The project team |
| B. | The project manager |
| C. | The executive management |
| D. | The sponsor |
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| 63. | Version control numbers should change when:
| A. | Major changes are made |
| B. | Scope change is involved |
| C. | Any change occurs |
| D. | The sponsor says so |
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| 64. | The ________ is the person/organization that gives project acceptance.
| A. | Sponsor |
| B. | Project team |
| C. | Delivering organization |
| D. | Customer |
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| 65. | The final arbiter of any service scope change is the:
| A. | Project manager |
| B. | Project team |
| C. | Delivery managers |
| D. | Customer |
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| 66. | Most projects need ________ meeting(s) to do a good WBS.
| A. | One |
| B. | Multiple |
| C. | Long |
| D. | Interactive |
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| 67. | Which of the following is generally not a stakeholder?
| A. | Project manager |
| B. | Sponsor |
| C. | Project observer |
| D. | Project team member |
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| 68. | Version control helps make meetings easier because:
| A. | People like it |
| B. | It puts everyone on the same page |
| C. | It is easy |
| D. | It is a predecessor to a SOW |
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| 69. | The project manager must comply with the requirements of both the customer and:
| A. | His own organization |
| B. | The functional managers |
| C. | The line manager |
| D. | Executive management |
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| 70. | When the project was begun, both the customer and the project manager understood that it was likely that some type of service scope changes would occur. A few weeks into the project, some services need to be added. Because you, as the project manager, and the customer already have talked over the possibility of this happening, you should follow standard scope change procedure, which includes:
| A. | A written request for service scope change |
| B. | A tacit understanding agreement so that you can make all appropriate changes |
| C. | A new SOW |
| D. | Verbal assurances that you will be able to make the service scope change quickly |
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| 71. | The project team is created in the ________ phase.
| A. | Initiation |
| B. | Control |
| C. | Execution |
| D. | Planning |
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| 72. | Stakeholders are important because:
| A. | Their intense interest in the workings of the project gives the project energy. |
| B. | Their interests may be positively or negatively affected by the project. |
| C. | Their knowledge of important product information helps the project manager. |
| D. | They know whom to talk to in order to get things done. |
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| 73. | A formal procedure for sanctioning project work is a:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | Scope Statement |
| C. | Statement of Work |
| D. | Work authorization system |
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| 74. | A ________ must be written in order to require contract closeout.
| A. | WBS |
| B. | Formal contract |
| C. | SOW |
| D. | Scope Statement |
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| 75. | The objectives of the project are agreed to in the ________ phase of the project.
| A. | Execution |
| B. | Planning |
| C. | Closing |
| D. | Control |
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| 76. | The document that shows the tasks needed to complete the project in detail is the:
| A. | Statement of Work |
| B. | Schedule |
| C. | WBS |
| D. | Network diagram |
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| 77. | What is the difference in the number of channels between 5 people and 8 people?
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| 78. | Verbal authorization of project work is often seen in ________ projects.
| A. | Smaller |
| B. | Strange |
| C. | Large |
| D. | Important |
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| 79. | A(n) ________ performs the procurement audit.
| A. | Project manager |
| B. | Project team |
| C. | Sponsor |
| D. | Outside individual/organization |
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| 80. | If the objectives of the project are changed, these changes are accepted only with the consent of the ________.
| A. | Project manager |
| B. | Stakeholders |
| C. | Customer |
| D. | Project team |
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| 81. | The single most important position for completing a project successfully is the:
| A. | President of the company |
| B. | Sponsor |
| C. | Project manager |
| D. | Scribe |
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| 82. | What is the difference in communication channels between 6 and 9 people?
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| 83. | Procurement items are detailed in the:
| A. | WBS |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Charter |
| D. | Scope Statement |
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| 84. | What information goes into lessons learned?
| A. | Everything that happens |
| B. | Only major concerns |
| C. | Only minor concerns |
| D. | Information that will help future project managers |
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| 85. | You are a project manager and are sitting in a meeting with executives of the company for which you project manage as a contract manager. These executives include the president of the company, who begins the meeting by specifically stating, "What is said in this room at this meeting stays in this room. There are no exceptions to this." This is a clear statement from the president, so you do not report on some issues discussed in the meeting when you file your weekly report to your manager. The manager calls you, asking why you have not filed a complete report, and you reply that the president specifically said that no one outside of the people in the room should hear the information. Your manager replies that both parties have signed a confidentiality agreement, so it is OK for you to report. What do you do to keep both parties satisfied?
| A. | Tell your manager whatever he or she wants to know |
| B. | Have a major lapse of memory |
| C. | Get written permission from the president to give out the information |
| D. | Stall as long as you can, hoping that your manager will forget the whole thing |
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| 86. | The acronym for the value of the work already completed on the project is:
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| 87. | When do you discuss lessons learned?
| A. | Once a month |
| B. | At a formal meeting after the project |
| C. | At regular status meetings |
| D. | At the New Year's party |
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| 88. | You are a contracted PM and are working within an organization. The sponsor of the project comes to you and asks you for some extra work not within the agreed project plan. She makes it clear that she expects it to be done without a change in cost and that this is something that happens often in projects that she sponsors, even suggesting that your company will be removed from the project if you do not comply. Now what?
| A. | There is no one answer to this question. |
| B. | Give in because if you do not, you may lose the project. |
| C. | Check with your engagement manager before doing anything else. |
| D. | Run. |
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| 89. | Who should be going to status meetings?
| A. | The project team |
| B. | The people in the communication plan |
| C. | The project team and sponsor |
| D. | Stakeholders |
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| 90. | If your AC = $25,000 and your EV = $20,000, how are you doing?
| A. | Over budget $5,000 |
| B. | No variance |
| C. | Under budget $5,000 |
| D. | You are in deep yogurt |
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| 91. | If your AC = $3,000 and your EV = $3,400, how are you doing?
| A. | $400 |
| B. | No variance |
| C. | +$400 |
| D. | Here's that yogurt again |
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| 92. | Lessons learned should be:
| A. | Written down |
| B. | Carried around in the project team's head |
| C. | Chiseled in stone |
| D. | Only done at the end of the project |
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| 93. | The president of a major international firm had just arrived in our city. During our first meetings to go over project expectations, the conversation turned to sports, and he said that his favorite was soccer (European football). It just so happened that the U.S. national team was playing a World Cup qualifying game in our city that evening. I bought tickets and drove him to the game, which he enjoyed immensely. He said it was good to see his home country's sport and was gracious in his thanks. Was I right or wrong to do this?
| A. | Even by revealing this now I should be flayed and sent to jail. |
| B. | Because nothing was gained except an enjoyable experience, it was acceptable. |
| C. | One little gift could lead to another. |
| D. | Did the U.S. win? |
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| 94. | Status meetings should be held at least:
| A. | Once a year |
| B. | Once a week |
| C. | Every day |
| D. | As little as possible |
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| 95. | Your Earned Value is $10,000 and your Actual Cost is $8,000. That means that your CPI is:
| A. | Incomprehensible |
| B. | .80 |
| C. | 1.25 |
| D. | 80 |
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| 96. | Here is another example. Your EV is $10,000 and your AC is $12,000. What is your CPI?
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| 97. | The most important document for running a status meeting professionally is:
| A. | The WBS |
| B. | The Scope Statement |
| C. | The agenda |
| D. | SOW |
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| 98. | Lessons learned are valuable to:
| A. | Project managers |
| B. | Project teams |
| C. | Stakeholders |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 99. | The person writing down meeting notes for a project status meeting is called a:
| A. | Bookkeeper |
| B. | Secretary |
| C. | Scribe |
| D. | Project manager |
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| 100. | The sum of all individual EV budgets divided by the sum of all individual ACs is:
| A. | Cumulative EVs |
| B. | Cumulative CPI |
| C. | Cumulative SPI |
| D. | GNP |
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| 101. | A projection tool for looking at project costs at the completion of a project is:
| A. | WBS |
| B. | Cumulative CPI |
| C. | Baseline Schedule |
| D. | SOW |
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| 102. | Who is responsible for keeping a lessons learned log?
| A. | The project manager |
| B. | The sponsor |
| C. | Team members |
| D. | Stakeholders |
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| 103. | What are the actions called that are done in response to unexpected problems?
| A. | Stopgaps |
| B. | Patches |
| C. | Hail Marys |
| D. | Workarounds |
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| 104. | Your EV = $8,000 and your PV = $6,000. What is your SPI?
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| 105. | The contract file consists of ________ records.
| A. | All |
| B. | Good |
| C. | Indexed |
| D. | Accounting |
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| 106. | Which is more important, Planning or Execution?
| A. | Neither |
| B. | Both |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Execution |
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| 107. | Your EV = $500 and your PV = $600. What is your SPI?
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| 108. | Before the primary vendor is paid, be sure that ____________ are paid.
| A. | Employees |
| B. | Sub-contractors |
| C. | Sponsors |
| D. | Developers |
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