This is a randomized 200-question, time-unlimited exam on PMBoK.

 

Question 1 of 200

1. Two team leads of sub-projects A and B come to the Project Manager. They have an inter-sub-project scheduling issue.

The Project Manager says he is busy and he will look into the problem subsequently.

This is an illustration of:
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Question 2 of 200

2. Project Network Diagram 
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Question 3 of 200

3. Which one of the following is incorrect?
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Question 3 of 200

Question 4 of 200

4. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He is working on the schedule and has just finished the RBS for the project. What process is he likely to have completed
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Question 4 of 200

Question 5 of 200

5. A contractor is working on a fixed price contract. About halfway through the contract, the Contractor’s Project manager informs the contract administrator that financial problems are making it difficult for the contractor to pay employees and subcontractors. The contractor asks for a partial payment for work accomplished. Which of the following actions by the buyer would most likely solve problems for the Project, also factoring the work done so far?
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Question 6 of 200

6. Your project involves coordinating with team members through video conferencing, phone calls etc. Scheduling these team meetings becomes a challenge at times due to different time zones. Which kind of a team are you leading?
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Question 7 of 200

7. Which of the following statements regarding WBS is true?
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Question 8 of 200

8. Backward pass is a method
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Question 9 of 200

9. Quality is responsibility of every individual in a team. Quality Assurance activities on a project should not be performed by which group?
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Question 9 of 200

Question 10 of 200

10. Robert, a PMP coach is helping sally the project manager of AMX project to plan how to elicit requirements, document them document the scope and control the scope. What outputs would be the outcome of Sally's scope management planning process?
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Question 10 of 200

Question 11 of 200

11. You are a project manager who has created a new Project Management Plan. However, just before you baseline it, a stakeholder detects a key omission and requests you to modify the project management plan to accommodate this. What should you do?
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Question 12 of 200

12. You are a Software Project Manager developing a customized package for your customer. Your incentive depends on the value (costs) of the Project in a T & M mode.

You discover that the Project is being completed under target budget, thereby reducing your incentives.

How will you react to this situation?
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Question 12 of 200

Question 13 of 200

13. A Project Manager is documenting the amount of contingencies that need to be added. Which of the following process helps the PM the most?
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Question 14 of 200

14. A Project manager discovers that there is a part of the Project that contains some risk. His or her strategy with this risk is to subcontract the work to an outside supplier by using a firm fixed price contract. The Project manager should:
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Question 15 of 200

15. Jerry is managing a project in which two of the key team leaders were car pooling to travel to office. They were discussing all important technical matters while driving to office and in team meetings, these two team leaders would convey the decision taken in the car to the rest of the team and Jerry was just going with the decision of these two leaders. This trend left the rest of the team disappointed as they were not involved in decision making. They express this to Jerry and Jerry discusses this with the two team leaders and together they come to a conclusion that project issues that impact the whole team will not be discussed in private circumstances and will only be discussed in team meetings so that nobody will be left out.

This newly formed ground rule is an example of:
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Question 16 of 200

16. A team comprising of multiple functional departments has been formed to undertake a Project for process rationalization within a Company.

Since the team members come from multiple departments, they are suspicious of each others and not open to differing ideas.

Which Stage of the Team formation will be impacted first in this context?
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Question 16 of 200

Question 17 of 200

17. A Project Manager is in midway though his Project. The EVM Analysis at this stage shows a value of SPI at 0.75 and CPI at 1.23.

The Project, which is being handled, consists of series of tasks, wherein resource reallocation is possible across tasks.
Which of the following would represent the best option for the Project Manager at this Stage?
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Question 18 of 200

18. Which among the following is not a valide Engagement Level of Stakeholder?
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Question 19 of 200

19. The Project manager prepares a WBS by decomposing to a very large number of levels with accuracy. This would be most needed in case of which type of contract?
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Question 19 of 200

Question 20 of 200

20. One of the Projects executed at Rockwell Automation has faced major problems in the quality of its deliverables. Quality Management plan is a component of the project management plan that describes how the organization quality policies will be implemented. Senior Management now states that quality is the most important constraint in the project. If one more quality problem were to occur, what would be the best thing for you to do assuming you are the project manager?
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Question 21 of 200

21. Which of the following is true about simulation?
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Question 22 of 200

22. Sam, the project manager of AMZ project have floated the RFQ for a sub system that needs to be maintained for 3 years after which it will be decommissioned. Two proposals A and B have been short-listed and their financials are respectively, $ 20,000 license fee and a fee of $1000 per month for maintenance and $10,000 license fee and a fee of $2000 for maintenance. Who will you choose among A and B?

 
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Question 23 of 200

23. You have a team of 9 members. The potential number of potential communication channels will be
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Question 24 of 200

24. Your subordinate has written a research paper assigned to you as a part of the Project. The responsibility was particularly assigned to you. You want to take it and modify it with changes, and then submit it to your management yourself. Your subordinate is fine with this approach. What is most appropriate action in this situation?
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Question 25 of 200

25. Increasing or Maintaining the efficiency and effectiveness of Stakeholder engagement activities is a key benefit of which process?
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Question 26 of 200

26. Your project team is using Performance Reporting Tool and Technique. Which process are they likely to be working on?
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Question 27 of 200

27. Which among the following is not a valid output of Manage Communication Process
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Question 28 of 200

28. Business Case : Project Charter == X : Y Which of the options is a suitable replacement for X and Y in the above relationship?
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Question 29 of 200

29. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is
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Question 30 of 200

30. Project Network Diagramlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –
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Question 31 of 200

31. Raj is identified to manage an outsourced project in which the IT manager from the customer organization and a business stakeholder have conflicting opinion about a specific feature. After seeing that this conflict is not getting resolved by itself, Raj takes up the responsibility of resolving the conflict and starts understanding the basis of the opinions of the two parties and communicating this to each other party and finally build a consensus.

Which conflict resolution mechanism is Raj adopting?
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Question 31 of 200

Question 32 of 200

32. You are mid way in a Project. The Project sponsor wants to know how much more money is likely to be spent on the Project. You use the formula
ETC = (BAC/CPI) – AC. What is the assumption made in this case?
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Question 33 of 200

33. Which of the following would you least consider during a Make or Buy decision?
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Question 34 of 200

34. Nagaraj a PMP Certified Professional is currently managing some activities in Executing processes of Integration Management Knowledge Area. Which Tool & Technique would Nagaraj Identify as Incorrect to use.
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Question 35 of 200

35. You are the Project manager for designing a car. The design of ignition system has been outsourced to a vendor. There is a conflict between you and the vendor, because the vendor has just informed you of his inability to meet the original schedule of completion of work. You inform the vendor that you will accept the schedule delay only if he accepts 5% less payment compared to the agreed upon cost. This is an example of:
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Question 35 of 200

Question 36 of 200

36. Michael Charles is managing a project that delivers Measuring Devices. Michael noticed that the quality of the Measuring Devices produced so far has deviated from the parameters specified in the Project Management Plan. In order to bring the identified quality defects back in line with the specifications, which of the following should Michael initiate?
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Question 36 of 200

Question 37 of 200

37. Rahul is working incessantly on project DoubleUp and is sending out the work performance reports as project communications. Which process group is he currently working on?
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Question 37 of 200

Question 38 of 200

38. You have just taken over a Hospital Management project for your company. The project is in the execution phase and one of the first things you notice is that there is no Project Charter. What will be your next step?
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Question 38 of 200

Question 39 of 200

39. “Analogous Estimation” will be the preferred estimation technique to be used by the Project Manager in all of the following scenarios EXCEPT:
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Question 40 of 200

40. One of the subprojects of your Project requires the team members to stay in harsh terrain and perform risky tasks.

As such, the team members are reluctant to join the subproject. Which of the following is a best option for the Project Manager?
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Question 40 of 200

Question 41 of 200

41. You are providing a Service to a Buyer organization under a contract. In between the Contract, the CEO of the Buyer organization has changed and the organization has intimated that it will not proceed ahead with the Project, as the new CEO’s priorities have changed.
Which is the best course of action from your end?
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Question 41 of 200

Question 42 of 200

42. As part of manage communication process, you want to report the project progress to various stakeholders. You need all of the following inputs except for
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Question 42 of 200

Question 43 of 200

43. During the initial phases of Planning, you had identified that the Server Breakdown was a low risk.

However, during the midst of the Project, the Server breakdown has had considerable impact on the Project already causing you to take emergency measures.

What is the best course of action for you?
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Question 44 of 200

44. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is
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Question 45 of 200

45. A company requires skilled electricians for a wiring jobs.
It wants to inspect the wiring done by the electricians periodically and ensure the best quality of work, as it is critical to the Company’s business operations.

Which type of contract is best in this context?
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Question 45 of 200

Question 46 of 200

46. A Project to create an underwater tunnel is in the initiation stage. It was decided to include the name of a few team members in the Project Charter itself. This is an example of:
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Question 46 of 200

Question 47 of 200

47. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:
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Question 47 of 200

Question 48 of 200

48. While running an Interior Designing project, Lakshmi comes to know of a critical problem that threatens to delay her project, which in turn is also very likely to impact the business of the stakeholders. The full impact of the problem is yet to be determined and it will take a day to completely assess the problem. What is the best course of action for Lakshmi in the given situation?
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Question 48 of 200

Question 49 of 200

49. Raghavendra is a key player in Quality Assurance Team. Control Quality is the process of monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes. Seven continuous data points that are within the upper and lower control limit of a control chart are called as:
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Question 49 of 200

Question 50 of 200

50. Which of the following scenarios best describe Risk Mitigation?
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Question 51 of 200

51. Your project team is working on engaging project stakeholders with the project. The objective of effectively keeping the project stakeholders engaged with the project is
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Question 52 of 200

52. The outcome of sequence activities is
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Question 53 of 200

53. One of the Machines to be procured for the Project involves long lead times for import.

Which is the document wherein the Project Manager considers this constraint first in a Procurement Management Lifecycle?
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Question 53 of 200

Question 54 of 200

54. In a Balanced matrix Project organization, a functional team member’s

performance has been below par. Which is the best method for the Project

Manager to handle this?
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Question 54 of 200

Question 55 of 200

55. A new car body design is underway, and body style is slated to be one of the more important criteria for buyer selections in the next buying season. The completion date for the Project is moved up to six months earlier than planned due to some market intelligence information received. This revision in schedule causes the Project manager to consider subcontracting part of the Project to an outside party. What is the most important consideration in making this decision?
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Question 56 of 200

56. Identify the correct outputs of Create WBS
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Question 57 of 200

57. Eric Richardson a project manager of a large project. His project team, as part of Direct and Manage Project Work process, found some of the regulatory requirements have not been addressed in the project management plan. The scope and budget exceed if the missing regulatory requirements are considered. What should Eric do as the next step?
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Question 57 of 200

Question 58 of 200

58. You are in charge of a Project for establishment of an outsourcing Center. During the initial phases of the Project Lifecycle, capital items (like building and machinery) are procured intensively. The staffing Management Plan envisages joining of support staff from middle of the Project.

You are preparing two cost baselines for the Project – one for the likely costs relating to procurement of Capital items (Baseline A) and the other relating to likely staff expenses (Baseline B). Which of the following statements is likely to be correct in this scenario?
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Question 58 of 200

Question 59 of 200

59. A Project was scheduled to be performed by four resources for three weeks, working throughout the Project duration. During first week, only two resources were assigned, whereas during second week, two more resources joined in. At the end of second week, 40% of the value of the work had been completed. What is the CPI for this Project at the end of second week?
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Question 59 of 200

Question 60 of 200

60. John is a Project Manager in a Country, where the inherent culture is of fostering individual competition.

In which of the following aspects, John will find it difficult to motivate the Team?
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Question 60 of 200

Question 61 of 200

61. You are working on a Fixed Price Incentive Fee contract. You have decided to maximize your incentive by deploying more talented and experienced resources, so that the Project is completed early. This Risk response strategy is called:
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Question 61 of 200

Question 62 of 200

62. There are two types of reserves used on projects. The __________ is to allow for future situations, which may be planned for only in part, whereas the _________ is for future situations, which are impossible to predict.
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Question 62 of 200

Question 63 of 200

63. Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition
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Question 64 of 200

64. On a contract, you have an apprehension if the vendor will complete all the work satisfactorily. You ask the vendor for a warranty. This is an illustration of:
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Question 64 of 200

Question 65 of 200

65. In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that one anchored swinger can leave the contact of the free swinger only after another anchored swinger holds the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type
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Question 65 of 200

Question 66 of 200

66. Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of a project manager?
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Question 66 of 200

Question 67 of 200

67. One of the software effort estimation methodologies uses the following formula to arrive at effort:

E=ai(KLoC)(bi)(EAF)

What type of estimation methodology is this?
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Question 67 of 200

Question 68 of 200

68. Shelly is in mid of a project and some stakeholders have informed her that their needs have changed on the project. Now shelly is required to adjust her strategy and plans for engaging stakeholders for the remaining project. What process is shelly currently in?
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Question 68 of 200

Question 69 of 200

69. You have been awarded a contract. You have to decide to Self Execute it or subcontract it. If you decide to do the Project yourself, there is a 40% probability of making a profit of $20000, a 50% probability of making a profit of $10000 and a 10% probability of making a profit of $100000. What is the EMV (Expected monetary value) of the Self execute decision?
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Question 69 of 200

Question 70 of 200

70. Charles maintain a written document that helps to address problems that can prevent the team from achieving its goals. This written document is called?
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Question 70 of 200

Question 71 of 200

71. You are working in a lean manufacturing environment in which the watchword is Just-in-time (JIT). After successfully completing your PMP exam you are now asked to select tools and techniques to implement a Quality Assurance Program. Which T&T from the below list would not be appropriate for this purpose?
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Question 71 of 200

Question 72 of 200

72. You have awarded a FFP contract to a building contractor. Which one of the following measures is less suitable for measuring the progress in this context?
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Question 72 of 200

Question 73 of 200

73. You are a project manager of a large project. You find recently, there has been a deterioration in the quality of communication between various team members. This is known as
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Question 73 of 200

Question 74 of 200

74. Which of the following may not be contained in the Cost Management Plan?
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Question 74 of 200

Question 75 of 200

75. Nag is a Quality Analyst and performing quality management on a project, he is working on control quality process. All of the following are Tools and techniques of control quality process except:
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Question 75 of 200

Question 76 of 200

76. You have been appointed as the Program Manager of Sales Wing in an Organisation. There are ten projects that are in various stages of delivery by the department and you would like to know the business justification for each of these projects. Which of the following documents should you review for each project to understand this?
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Question 76 of 200

Question 77 of 200

77. Raghu a senior project managers has just finished identifying and documenting the qualitative and quantitative information about stakeholders on his project. Tejesh will be taking over the project now and performing the activities in the remaining phases of the project, starting with the planning phase. Which of the following processes should Tejesh perform first?
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Question 77 of 200

Question 78 of 200

78. The key steps in a basic communication model between two parties is:
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Question 79 of 200

79. You are managing a Banking Software Development Team. Your sponsor, who is also heading the Change Control Board (CCB), has sent you an email requesting a scope change. How should you respond?
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Question 79 of 200

Question 80 of 200

80. Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C
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Question 81 of 200

81. Davis is working as a project manager and know that stakeholder participation is critical for project success. While meeting with his project team, Prashanth a team member raises concerns over the behaviour of a key stakeholder. Prashanth complains that the particular stakeholder is causing delays by overdoing quality checks after each deliverable submission. What should Davis do now?
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Question 81 of 200

Question 82 of 200

82. You are performing a construction project for a client. A joint inspection has been agreed at site on a particular day to review the progress. You are present at the site, however, the stipulated client representative has not shown up as per the agreed schedule.

Which of the following is the best course of action for the Project Manager?
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Question 82 of 200

Question 83 of 200

83. All of the following could be a weighting criteria except:
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Question 84 of 200

84. Which Scope element provides the most detailed description necessary to deliver the Work Package?
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Question 84 of 200

Question 85 of 200

85. Chan is co-ordinating requirements collection workshop with his customer site and has generated a large number of ideas. Now, he wants to put them into voting and choose a subset of generated ideas as requirements. When brainstorming is combined with idea reduction, this technique is known as:
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Question 85 of 200

Question 86 of 200

86. Which of the following is not true regarding the benefits of a WBS?
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Question 86 of 200

Question 87 of 200

87. The Project Manager had prepared a list of Assumptions in the beginning of the Project and he is validating if these still hold good in the middle of the Project.

Which of the following processes best describes this activity?
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Question 87 of 200

Question 88 of 200

88. Barry the project sponsor of a project you are managing cancels the project because he no longer sees any business value coming from it. What is the next thing you need to do?
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Question 88 of 200

Question 89 of 200

89. Brainstorming is a technique used to generate ideas; You are a newly certified PMP and have joined a team. You have been assigned the task of brainstorming and removing unnecessary tools not useful in planning quality management. Which tool from the below list would you remove?
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Question 89 of 200

Question 90 of 200

90. The outcome of defining activities is
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Question 90 of 200

Question 91 of 200

91. Sunil Srinivasan is managing a website development project. After performing initial project planning, he is informed that a few of the stakeholders now require different information to be provided to them than initially planned. They also reported being comfortable with different communication methods. In addition, Sunil learned that a few stakeholders hold significantly more power than was initially estimated. What should Sunil do now?
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Question 91 of 200

Question 92 of 200

92. Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths
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Question 92 of 200

Question 93 of 200

93. Amish Soni is handling a project has just moved to the Close Project or Phase process after the completion of all technical work. Choose the activity that Amish is still Required to carry out:
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Question 93 of 200

Question 94 of 200

94. Which of the decision-making styles, the Project manager in a matrix organization can effectively use to resolve conflicts?
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Question 94 of 200

Question 95 of 200

95. A Project Manager is in midway though his Project. The EVM Analysis at this stage shows a value of CPI at 0.75 and SPI at 1.23.

The Project, which is being handled, consists of series of tasks, wherein resource reallocation is possible across tasks.
Which of the following would represent the best option for the Project Manager at this Stage?
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Question 95 of 200

Question 96 of 200

96. You are working for a construction company. You have been identified as the Project manager for one of the projects. You require very costly equipment. There is a 20% probability of equipment breakdown and would result in a loss of $20,000. You have the option of buying insurance for the same for $3,000. The insurance company will reimburse $ 16,000, in case the equipment breaks down.
What will be your best decision?
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Question 96 of 200

Question 97 of 200

97. Being a project manager one of your task would be to measure performance. You have to carry out an industry survey and define a standard against which you can measure the performance in your own project. Which technique would you be using to do so?
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Question 97 of 200

Question 98 of 200

98. You are a Project member in a country, where, unlike your home country and against the rules of your company for acceptance of any gift, there is a custom of giving presents during social occasions. You get invited to one of these social gatherings and have a costly gift presented to you by the client. What is the best course of action for you?
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Question 98 of 200

Question 99 of 200

99. Scope changes always have a ripple effect on which of the following?
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Question 99 of 200

Question 100 of 200

100. The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?
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Question 100 of 200

Question 101 of 200

101. One of the bids you are submitting states that the Project Manager should be a PMP. You have decided that this Project will be handled by John, who is very quick and smart as per your judgment. You have also asked John to prepare for the PMP examination. As a backup, you are also considering Mike (who is also not a PMP) – for the position of PM.

Which one of the following represents a violation of code of ethics?
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Question 101 of 200

Question 102 of 200

102. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 8 days and the pessimistic estimate is 12 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to Beta distribution?
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Question 102 of 200

Question 103 of 200

103. Which of the following process is closely related to validating scope by virtue of using its output?
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Question 103 of 200

Question 104 of 200

104. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding an approved change request?
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Question 104 of 200

Question 105 of 200

105. A Project Manager has the reputation of being a Micro Manager.
This is an illustration of:
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Question 105 of 200

Question 106 of 200

106. A new team member gets assigned to the Project. The Project Manager subsequently discovers the team member does not have adequate technical knowledge for Project.
Which of the following represents the best option for the Project Manager?
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Question 106 of 200

Question 107 of 200

107. You are currently carrying out activities to manage stakeholder Engagement. What tool are you not likely to use?
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Question 107 of 200

Question 108 of 200

108. Stakeholders in a project have conflicting opinion on requirements due to which the team is not clear on what is to be delivered. Who is responsible for resolving such requirement conflict?
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Question 108 of 200

Question 109 of 200

109. After obtaining the requirements from stakeholders, Manoj a project manager is analysing the requirements in detail and as part of it, he is determining the factors that might affect specific quality variables and how to manage them. Which process is Manoj involved in?
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Question 109 of 200

Question 110 of 200

110. John works for a cement manufacturing industry. He is assigned and authorized to set up a warehouse for finished products.

He has been able to acquire less human resources than required. He decides to submit the information on ‘overworked’ resources to management and request for further resources to be assigned to his team.

Which of the following documents would provide him with the necessary information?
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Question 110 of 200

Question 111 of 200

111. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is
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Question 111 of 200

Question 112 of 200

112. Tom is managing a project that employs an old technology. One of the star team members is a little disappointed with this project as he wants to work in a project involving cutting edge technology.

Tom arranges for a one-to-one meeting with this star team members and highlights other benefits of being part of this project and what's in it for the star team member.

Which interpersonal skill is Tom using in this scenario?
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Question 112 of 200

Question 113 of 200

113. Which of the following is the least likely reason to modify the cost baseline in a Project?
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Question 114 of 200

114. When are Bidder conferences held?
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Question 115 of 200

115. Cost of Quality refers to the total cost of the conformance work and non-conformance work that should be done as a compensatory effort. Which quality technique should you use in your Quality Management Plan if you wish to analyse all possible process points of failure and the potential impact they may have?
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Question 115 of 200

Question 116 of 200

116. You are handling project that can significantly impact environment either positively or negatively. As part of Manage communication process, you want to communicate to the public about the environmental impact after implementation. The best method of communication method is?
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Question 116 of 200

Question 117 of 200

117. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to triangular distribution?
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Question 117 of 200

Question 118 of 200

118. A task was scheduled to use two persons, full time, and take two weeks to

complete. Instead, the project manager was only able to assign one person to this

task. At the end of two weeks, the person assigned to the task completed 75% of the

work. What is the cost performance index?
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Question 118 of 200

Question 119 of 200

119. After your PMP Certification, you are now proudly preparing your Quality Management Plan. You are now having an uphill task to identify a tool that can demonstrate the relationship between events and their resulting effects. The tool must also show the events that can cause a negative effect on Quality. From the below list choose the one that would be an accurate fit for your purpose.
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Question 119 of 200

Question 120 of 200

120. Which of the following is not a constituent of the stakeholder management plan?
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Question 120 of 200

Question 121 of 200

121. You need to procure a High power transmitter for an Electronic component. Proposals have been called from three vendors A, B and C. You want to ensure that you get the best price for the specifications given for the Transmitter.

Which of the following actions will facilitate this Procurement objective the most?
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Question 121 of 200

Question 122 of 200

122. You have newly joined as a Project Manager for a Product Based Firm. You are required to take several key Quality related decisions. You have been interviewing different stakeholders over the past few weeks and are now in a very good position to start analyzing the processes. What should you do next?
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Question 122 of 200

Question 123 of 200

123. Bob James, a certified PMP is Now in Planning Phase of Integration Management Knowledge Area. What are the correct set of Inputs Bob Would choose.
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Question 123 of 200

Question 124 of 200

124. You have engaged a Subcontractor for a Construction work. The Subcontractor’s quality of work has been generally good. However the bills raised by him are according to his funding requirements, which are different from your earlier projections during the Contract finalization.
Which of the following is the best action for you as the Project Manager?
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Question 124 of 200

Question 125 of 200

125. Surya a project manager who has been newly assigned to a project and receives a request from a stakeholder to add new scope to the project. After going through some of the older correspondence emails, the project manager gets to know this same request had been raised earlier when the project charter was being prepared and the project sponsor had declined to fund this request and therefore it was not included in the project scope at that time. What should Surya as a project manager do in this situation?
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Question 125 of 200

Question 126 of 200

126. Following are the numbers determined during a project review:

PV = 10 K $, EV = 8K $ and AC = 12 K $.

 

What is the CPI?
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Question 126 of 200

Question 127 of 200

127. You are currently in Plan Stakeholder Management Process. Identify the incorrect Input from the following options
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Question 127 of 200

Question 128 of 200

128. Bhaskar Shintray has been managing an Internet Of Things project and currently his customers are verifying the deliverables to make sure the requirements are met. Which of the following would not contain the acceptance criteria for a Internet of Things project's deliverables?
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Question 128 of 200

Question 129 of 200

129. Peter has just completed the WBS for the project. What should he do next?
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Question 129 of 200

Question 130 of 200

130. Suresh is working as a Product Manager with an organisation but he is not PMI Certified. He is in the Control Communication process and needs help in identifying tools. You are newly PMP Certified member of his team and you have to identify the incorrect tool from the choices listed.
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Question 130 of 200

Question 131 of 200

131. You are a certified PMP and you are engaging a remote team located in a different geographical location. The remote team's technical capabilities are limited due to non-availability of high-speed internet connectivity. You want to document this in Communication management plan. This is an example of
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Question 131 of 200

Question 132 of 200

132. Which of the following could be best used for ranking of risks?
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Question 132 of 200

Question 133 of 200

133. Control Procurement is done to ensure that:
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Question 133 of 200

Question 134 of 200

134. You are midway in your Project. You have been asked by the management to present the status in a Project Manager’s ' meet. Your flight tickets have already been booked for you by the travel desk at the headquarters itself.

On reaching the airport, you discover that your flight has been cancelled. You talk to another airlines and get a seat.

This is an illustration of:
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Question 134 of 200

Question 135 of 200

135. A project manager has just defined the activity list for a project. What is the possible process that he should execute next?
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Question 135 of 200

Question 136 of 200

136. Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He has currently completed estimating resources for this project. What could he possibly do next:
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Question 136 of 200

Question 137 of 200

137. Which of the following Tools & Technique is Rita not likely to use while Defining Scope?
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Question 137 of 200

Question 138 of 200

138. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the length of the critical path is –
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Question 138 of 200

Question 139 of 200

139. As part of Manage Communication process, you identified the tools and techniques to be used in the process of creating collecting, distributing, storing, retrieving, and disposition of project information. You would have dealt with all of the tools and techniques except for:
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Question 139 of 200

Question 140 of 200

140. A Project manager holds the first risk meeting of the Project team. The client is present at the meeting. At the meeting several risks are identified and assigned to members of the Project team for subsequent evaluation and quantification. The result of the meeting is:
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Question 140 of 200

Question 141 of 200

141. Joe is in the mid of a major hotel construction project. The foundation and the pillars are in place, now a senior manager shares his worries with Joe about the project not being able to meet the quality standards. What should Joe do in this situation?
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Question 141 of 200

Question 142 of 200

142. You are developing a new web front end to a legacy system. The functionality of the whole development involves 500 transactions. You are required to deliver the project in one year. You see a big risk in delivering the whole project at the end of year and decide to propose delivery of small, frequent packages of functionality in one month intervals. Which risk responding strategy did you use?
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Question 142 of 200

Question 143 of 200

143. Padma Kiran is using automated tools on her project to capture all change requests made by stakeholders. However, a senior manager, who is also a key stakeholder, recently complained that his change requests were not getting addressed. When Padma Kiran checked the change log, she saw that his requests have a 'completed' status. After doing a little more research, Padma learns that the stakeholder is not getting informed about the status of change requests even though the communication channels are in place. In this context, which of the following project processes is not functioning as designed ?
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Question 143 of 200

Question 144 of 200

144. Risk Response measures can get impacted the most by which of the following?
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Question 144 of 200

Question 145 of 200

145.

Barry, your project sponsor wants to ensure that your project's end-product will be of very high quality and is, therefore, ready to invest in quality improvements. He also mentioned that investing in high quality has its returns and hence his decision is justified. This process of comparing quality investment to potential returns is called:

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Question 145 of 200

Question 146 of 200

146. Ajay a project manager in the executing phase is working on performing Quality Assurance process; which one of the following is not an output of this process?
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Question 146 of 200

Question 147 of 200

147. Raj Malhotra has been choosen as a Project Manager for a travel Management Firm. He is now assisting the project sponsor Ravish who is preparing the project documentation for project approval. Please help him in choosing the right Set of Inputs.
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Question 147 of 200

Question 148 of 200

148. Which of the following is not a benefit of managing stakeholder expectations?
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Question 148 of 200

Question 149 of 200

149. You are a project Manager with a leading MNC in Dubai. You are currently in the Identify Stakeholder process. What would be the output from your current work?
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Question 149 of 200

Question 150 of 200

150. Which of the following is not part of the definition of leadership?
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Question 150 of 200

Question 151 of 200

151. Srikanth is a communication specialist and using Performance Reporting Tool and Technique. This tool and technique is typically used in which process?
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Question 151 of 200

Question 152 of 200

152. Anthony Robins is the project manager for a Supply Chain project and he realises there are several approved changes pending implementation; he needs to decide how to apply project resources in order to implement these changes. What should he do?
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Question 152 of 200

Question 153 of 200

153.

While managing a software project for a leading MNC, one of your senior developers goes on indefinite leave due to a personal emergency. What’s the first thing you should do in such a situation?

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Question 153 of 200

Question 154 of 200

154. Shiv Shankar a newly certified PMP is trying to receive formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables from stakeholders. However, stakeholders want to compare the requirements to the deliverables using acceptance criteria before issuing the acceptance letter. Where can Shiv find the acceptance criteria for the requirements?
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Question 154 of 200

Question 155 of 200

155. You are performing Plan Human Resource Management process in your project. Which of the following is not a part of this process
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Question 155 of 200

Question 156 of 200

156. Which of the following technique is based on anonymous iteration?
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Question 156 of 200

Question 157 of 200

157. In a carpentry shop, it was required to complete 50 chairs at a cost of $250. As of today, 10 chairs are completed and $150 has been spent. What is the percent complete and percent spent?
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Question 157 of 200

Question 158 of 200

158. Which of the following statements about the Project Management Plan is incorrect?
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Question 158 of 200

Question 159 of 200

159. Bob, the PM of ABB project is creating a context diagram. What is likely to be his purpose behind creating a context diagram?
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Question 159 of 200

Question 160 of 200

160. The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called
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Question 160 of 200

Question 161 of 200

161. A project stakeholder initiates a change request that gets submitted to the Change Control Board (CCB). After careful consideration of the various impacts of the submitted change, the CCB rejects the change. What should be the best course of action for the project manager?
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Question 161 of 200

Question 162 of 200

162.

Suresh an uncertified project manager runs a project having high warranty and inventory costs, due to non-conformance. What's the best advice you can offer to Suresh after your PMP Certification?

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Question 162 of 200

Question 163 of 200

163. A Project manager is managing a Project to design a microchip for a client. He decides to subcontract the work to a microchip subcontractor. The subcontractor fails to deliver the work on time, and the Project manager invokes a penalty clause that was written into the contract. It is found that the person signing the contract for the contractor was less than twenty-one years of age when the contract was actually signed (the local law states that contract must be signed by persons "over 21" years of age - to render a contract valid).   What is the next option for the Project manager?
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Question 163 of 200

Question 164 of 200

164. Jacob is managing a project that have a large number of stakeholders who have to interact with each other. The formula to compute maximum number of communication channels among the stakeholders is:
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Question 164 of 200

Question 165 of 200

165. Which of the statements is true about fast tracking?
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Question 165 of 200

Question 166 of 200

166. Rahul is a Project Manager and is currently working on Plan Communication Process. Which among the following is not a tool that he is likely to be using?
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Question 166 of 200

Question 167 of 200

167. In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that an anchored swinger can start his stunt by holding the hand of the free swinger only after the previous anchored swinger has left the hands of the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type
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Question 167 of 200

Question 168 of 200

168. Barry Jereb who is the sponsor of your project provides you with the list of the project's key stakeholders and asks you to gather requirements immediately. What should be your next step as a project manager if you have just developed the charter?
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Question 168 of 200

Question 169 of 200

169. Mark is the Project Manager for Social Rehabilitation Project. The objective is to rehabilitate the displaced residents of a dam construction Project. He calls important stakeholders for a brainstorming session to identify risks. Majority of stakeholders are concerned that the Project may not be completed on time because of various hurdles.

Mark decides to tackle this issue by postponing the scheduled completion date- if needed.

This risk response plan can be best termed as:
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Question 169 of 200

Question 170 of 200

170. You are working on the Plan Stakeholder Management process. The document which will provide the list of project stakeholders is
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Question 170 of 200

Question 171 of 200

171. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –
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Question 171 of 200

Question 172 of 200

172. You are working on a road construction Project. The Project includes constructing tiled pavement as well. You utilize the total pavement area, cost of paving per square feet to estimate the pavement cost. The technique used herein is:
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Question 172 of 200

Question 173 of 200

173. For a Project, the initial assigned Budget for $ 100. During the middle of the
Project, $ 60 has been spent so far and the EV is $ 50. What is the TCPI value?
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Question 173 of 200

Question 174 of 200

174. Project Network DiagramPlease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –
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Question 174 of 200

Question 175 of 200

175. Ganesh Raghava is running a Gym Studio Setup Project. A stakeholder for the project has just raised a change request. Which of the following does this imply?
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Question 175 of 200

Question 176 of 200

176.

Suresh, a project manager in a leading IT Corporation, has submitted his resignation. Manu is the new project manager who has been appointed as Suresh’s replacement. What should be the first thing that Manu should do when he takes over as the new project manager?

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Question 176 of 200

Question 177 of 200

177. Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?
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Question 177 of 200

Question 178 of 200

178.

Santosh Mateti is running a 11 months project that is on track for completion within scheduled time and within budget. Nevertheless, a month before completion, he gets to know the stakeholders are dissatisfied with the deliverables and this situation is now likely to add a month's delay to the project. Which of the following processes could have prevented the situation Santosh is now facing?

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Question 178 of 200

Question 179 of 200

179. Each time Sneha perform the Validate Scope process with her customer he points out changes to the design that are nice and often useful but amounts to change in scope which he hadn't really asked for before. Sneha is annoyed by all of this undetected gold plating. Performing which process now would help Sneha unnecessary frustration?
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Question 179 of 200

Question 180 of 200

180. Michael has been managing an IT development project. He is currently auditing the quality requirements and results from quality control measurements. Which of the following is true about project costs?
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Question 180 of 200

Question 181 of 200

181. Life Series publication project is on track with Seven out of Eleven work packages completed on time. In one of the status meetings Joseph Vijay, the sponsor requests that a change be implemented within the initial deadline. When the impact is analyzed, Madhav the PM realizes that the resources working on the deliverables are not happy with the change and want to roll out from the project. A detailed discussion with them indicates that they have had issues that have been outstanding for a while, and this change has triggered their decision. As the project manager what is Madhav's best option now?
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Question 181 of 200

Question 182 of 200

182. Magic software is into the gaming software business. It has a team of professionals to undertake the market survey and recommend features in the game.

Towards completion of the Project, many team members try to gather information about other ongoing and to be started Projects. What should John the Project Manger do to handle this situation?
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Question 182 of 200

Question 183 of 200

183.

As a project manager, it would be a good practice for you to find out all policies prescribed by the organization upfront at the start of the project. Then critically evaluate the tools and techniques from a cost-benefit perspective to your specific project. What is the purpose of control limits in control charts which is one of the quality planning tools?

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Question 183 of 200

Question 184 of 200

184. Which among the following is not a valid Model to classify Stakeholders?
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Question 184 of 200

Question 185 of 200

185. You consider the risk of fire in your godown and decide to install Fire extinguishers. You also consider the event of your godown getting flooded, in case the Fire Extinguishers are activated. The risk of the godown getting flooded is:
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Question 185 of 200

Question 186 of 200

186. You have just completed the preparation of cost baseline. You have all of the information now, except:
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Question 186 of 200

Question 187 of 200

187. Sally a project manager with Microsoft is overwhelmed with problems in her project. She would like to identify the root cause of the problems in order to determine where to focus her efforts. Among the tools provided in the below list which would be the most appropriate for Sally to use?
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Question 187 of 200

Question 188 of 200

188. Salman Khan is the project manager of a large project. The activities in the project communications management processes have potential communication dimensions that need consideration. Body language is related to which one the following communication dimension
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Question 188 of 200

Question 189 of 200

189. You, as a Project Manager, have been invited to be a part of the Procurement Committee to purchase Computers for your Project.

You come to know subsequently that a close acquaintance of yours is also bidding for the order. What is the best course of action for you?
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Question 189 of 200

Question 190 of 200

190. For the home renovation project, the EVMS reports are as follows:

EV = 12

PV = 15

AC = 10

All values are in ‘000 $.

Which of the following statement is true?
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Question 190 of 200

Question 191 of 200

191. Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to defining activities?
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Question 191 of 200

Question 192 of 200

192. You are working on a Mobile Phone Screen Glass Manufacturing project where quality and precision is important for receiving stakeholder approval. Your project team measured several Screen Glasses and found that they all conform to the quality standard. Which of the following techniques inspects each sample item for its conformance to quality requirements and records the results?
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Question 192 of 200

Question 193 of 200

193. You are using a Decision tree to model an uncertain event. On which of the following, the above cannot be of help?
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Question 193 of 200

Question 194 of 200

194. You are managing a Technical Team of Six highly skilled developers and all of you can interact with the customer contact Roger. After one week Rohit Sharma, a Lead developer states that two additional resources are needed to complete the project on time and the management has approved this addition. How many additional lines of communications have been created as a result of this change?
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Question 194 of 200

Question 195 of 200

195. If the SPI of a Project is above 1 and the CPI is below 1, then the Project

Management may like to look into:
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Question 195 of 200

Question 196 of 200

196. You are the Project manager for a building construction. All the baselines have been approved. The customer has now asked for a change in the scope. Which type of estimate will you use for further work?
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Question 196 of 200

Question 197 of 200

197. Under what circumstances is it better for a contractor to subcontract?

Situation A. The subcontractor can perform the work at a lower cost than the     contractor.

Situation B. The work to be subcontracted represents almost the entire overall work effort.

Situation C. The subcontractor possesses special technical and engineering skills that the contractor does not have.

Situation D. The Project team members are not showing sufficient productivity because of morale problems in the company
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Question 197 of 200

Question 198 of 200

198. Your organisation is focused on producing good quality deliverables for the customers. Quality metrics establish an agreement between stakeholders and development team on how quality will be measured. During the last quality planning meeting, there was a disagreement between the stakeholders and your team. Quality metrics, policies and standards are established in:
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Question 198 of 200

Question 199 of 200

199. The Ability of Stakeholders to influence the project is typically highest at which stage?
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Question 199 of 200

Question 200 of 200

200. Rahul documents the escalation process identifying timeframes and the management chain (names) for escalation of issues that cannot be resolved at a lower staff level. This document should be part of
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Question 200 of 200