Exam Prep Questions

1.

A vendor sends you a holiday greeting card signed by the company's staff using digital signatures. A gift certificate addressed to recipient for $100 at a local steakhouse is included. What do you do?

	A.	Go out to dinner with a friend.
	B.	Return the gift certificate and explain your company's policy on gift acceptance.
	C.	Donate the gift certificate to a 503(c) charity.
	D.	Give the gift certificate to your boss.

2.

A colleague overstates her qualifications in her application for PMP certification. PMI selected her application for audit and you have been asked to sign off on her Experience Verification Form. What do you do?

	A.	Explain that the project occurred a few years back and you simply cannot recall the details.
	B.	Ask the colleague what she wants you to do.
	C.	Ask your colleague to submit a new Experience Verification Form accurately stating her experience.
	D.	Do not respond to PMI's request.

3.

You have access to proprietary information a vendor included as part of a bid proposal. The information was marked confidential and included to show the vendor would be issued a patent by the end of the month making their bid the best candidate for your company and significantly improving the market share of the vendor. What do you do with this information?

	A.	Invest in the company immediately.
	B.	Tell your friends to invest in this company.
	C.	Wait until the information becomes public knowledge, and then decide if you want to invest in the company.
	D.	Provide the proprietary information to a competing vendor.

4.

A meeting with a vendor runs late and a suggestion is made that the meeting should be continued over dinner. When the bill arrives, the vendor offers to pay for your meal. How do you respond ?

	A.	You accept and thank him for the meal.
	B.	You accept and tell him you will pay for the next meal.
	C.	You counter and offer to pay for his meal on your expense account.
	D.	You decline and pay for your own meal.

5.

Falsification of information at any point during the PMI Certification Program can result in

	A.	Revocation of your PMI membership
	B.	Revocation of your PMP certification
	C.	Notification of your employer
	D.	Both A and B

6.

Your spouse works for a vendor bidding on a project at your company. You are not affiliated with the specific project team evaluating bids but you are part of the executive project management team. What do you do?

	A.	Inform your company of the relationship
	B.	Inform the vendor of the relationship
	C.	Both A and B
	D.	Disqualify the vendor

7.

You work for a U.S. based company hired to perform project management services in a foreign country. Other companies who have done business in this country inform you that gifts must be made to the government to obtain the necessary project approvals. What do you do?

	A.	Offer the recommended gifts to obtain project approvals.
	B.	Do not offer gifts to obtain project approvals.
	C.	Ignore the need for project approvals.
	D.	Both B and C.

8.

You are responsible for developing a cost estimate to bid on a government contract. The scope was set by the government. Your supervisor says the cost estimate is too expensive and should be reduced by one-third to assure your company wins the contract. Your analysis shows that any reduction to the proposed cost estimate will make the project unable to meet the specified scope. What do you do?

	A.	Reduce the cost estimate and submit the proposal.
	B.	Submit your initial cost estimate without reducing the cost.
	C.	Explain to your supervisor in writing that your analysis shows a reduction in the cost estimate will make the project unable to meet the specified scope.
	D.	Both A and C.

9.

You apply for a position at a company and list PMI membership on your resume. The company wants to hire a PMP. You are scheduled to take the PMP exam in a few days. At your interview, a comment is made implying that you are PMP certified. What do you do?

	A.	Provide no clarification. Your resume states you are a member of PMI. An assumption that you are PMP certified is not your responsibility to correct and you will be certified soon if you pass the exam.
	B.	Clarify you are a member of PMI and are scheduled to take your PMP certification exam soon but are not yet PMP certified.
	C.	Confirm you are a member of PMI but do not address PMP status.
	D.	Confirm you are a member of PMI and PMP certified. You will be certified soon if you pass the exam.

10.

You are a project manager working on a project that has had numerous change requests from the customer resulting in scope creep. The project is overtime and over budget. The remaining scope entails preferred user requirements that do not impact the operation of the application. You can complete the project this month if you reduce the scope removing these preferred user requirements. What do you do?

	A.	Continue with the project and complete the remaining scope.
	B.	Explain to the customer the benefits of reducing scope and make the customer sign off on this final change request.
	C.	Reduce the scope, do not document this change, and tell the customer the project has been completed.
	D.	Explain to the customer the preferred user requirements are not possible and get the customer to sign off on this final change request reducing the project scope.