During testing, a team member escalates a quality defect to the

project manager. While brainstorming with the team, the project

manager realizes there is more than one cause of the problem.
What should the project manager use to identify the primary
cause?

Ishikawa diagram

Qualitative risk analysis

Statistical sampling

Scatter diagram

Explanation
Keyword( primary cause ) Cause-and-effect diagrams are also known as fishbone diagrams, why-why
diagrams, or Ishikawa diagrams. This type of diagram breaks down the causes of the problem statement
identified
into discrete branches, helping to identify the main or root cause of the problem..PMBOK 6th
Page, 293

Question: 3 Correct

During the collection of stakeholder requirements, a

disagreement between two key stakeholders delays sponsor
approval of the project charter. What should the project manager

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 do?

Use conflict resolution techniques.

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor.

Conduct a benefits analysis with relevant stakeholders.

Remove all conflicting requirements.

Explanation
Conflict management can be used to help bring stakeholders into alignment on the objectives, success
criteria, high-level requirements, project description, summary milestones, and other elements of the
charter. SO the project manager should Use conflict resolution techniques to handle the situation and
take the approval of the project charter from sponsor. Remember that the Conflict management is tool
and technique in develop project charter process. PMBOK 6th edition page, 80

Question: 4
Correct

You are a project manager of a construction project. While doing

the estimation, you realize that you will need 8 resources for 6
months. You can get only 3 resources after negotiating with the
functional manager and as per the organizational policy, you can
hire 3 more every 6 months. As a project manager, what will be
your next step?

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 Negotiate with External organizations and suppliers

Work with virtual team

Negotiate with the functional manager to get more two resources

Request your project Customer to get more resources

Explanation
The project manager should Negotiate with External organizations and suppliers because he already
negotiated with the functional manager and can not get the required resources. [PMBOK 6th edition,
Page 332]

Question: 5
Correct

A stakeholder who was incorrectly classified as a supporter is

now reluctant and the project manager becomes worried. What
should the project manager do more carefully in future projects?

Create the stakeholders engagement assessment matrix

Develop interpersonal skills to manage stakeholder expectations

Conduct a meeting with senior management

Identify stakeholders.

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 team members’ preferences, aspirations, how they make
decisions, and how they interact with people and can provide
improved understanding, trust, commitment, and
communications among team members?

Individual and team assessment

Recognizing and Rewarding

Conflict Management

Project management information system

Explanation
Individual, and team assessment tools help project managers assess team members’ preferences,
aspirations, how they process and organize information, how they make decisions, and how they interact
with people. Various tools are available such as attitudinal surveys, specific assessments, structured
interviews, ability tests, and focus groups. These tools can provide improved understanding, trust,
commitment, and communications among team members and facilitate more productive teams
throughout the project. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 342]

Question: 8
Correct

You are managing a project with project teams in different

geographical locations. During project execution, the customer
requests a major scope change. The project manager wants to
communicate and get approval for this change. What is the BEST

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 communication method for this purpose?

Interactive communication

Pull communication

Push communication

Static Communication

Explanation
(Interactive Communication) because scope change is critical and need more discussion with the
stakeholders and the best communication method is interactive communication.

Question: 9
Correct

You identified a risk in your project that is difficult for you to

manage, therefore, you give the responsibility to manage this risk
to an outside source. What kind of risk response strategy is this?

Transfer

Exploit

Accept

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 Avoid

Explanation
In a transfer risk response strategy, you transfer the ownership of risk to a third party. Now it is their
responsibility to manage the risk once it happens. Insurance is an example of a risk transfer strategy.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 443]

Question: 10
Correct

At the Closing phase, you noticed that your project team

members document only the reasons for success as lessons
learned. What should you do next?

Meet the project team members and direct them to document both success and failures

The project team is right

Escalate the problem to the PMO manager

Nothing to do

Explanation
At the end of your project, the project team should document both success and failures reasons as
lessons learned to use in future projects

Question: 11
Correct

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 You are a project manager in the XYZ project for your
organization. Due to the lateness of workers' payments, the
workers made a strike, causing delays in an important
component delivery. What could have been done differently to
prevent this type of situation?

What-If Scenario Analysis

Fast-Tracking

Crashing

Change management plan

Explanation
Keyword ( strike ) What-if scenario analysis is the process of evaluating scenarios to predict their effect,
positive or negative, on project objectives. A schedule network analysis is performed using the schedule
to compute the different scenarios, such as delaying a major component delivery, extending specific
engineering durations, or introducing external factors, such as a strike or a change in the permit process.
The outcome of the what-if scenario analysis can be used to assess the feasibility of the project schedule
under different conditions, and in preparing schedule reserves and response plans to address the impact
of unexpected situations. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 213]

Question: 12
Correct

You are a project manager in a software development project. The

developers and the quality control team have a poor relationship,

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 so the developers are resisting the tests. The product cannot be
delivered until it has been tested and passed by quality control.
As a project manager, what should you do?

Immediately meet with the developers and quality control team to ensure that the quality
standards are met.

Update the quality management plan

Outsourcing the quality management activities

Evaluate the impact and inform the customer

Explanation
A very important question for PMP real exam. The project manager should be proactive and manage the
conflict between the quality control department and the developers . so, the project manager should meet
with the developers and quality control team to ensure that the quality standards are met.

Question: 13 Correct

A project manager for a computer life cycle replacement project

has completed the project charter. However, because there is no
documentation of when the computers were deployed, the project
manager develops a risk management plan. What should the
project manager do next?

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 Develop a risk breakdown structure RBS to categorize the risks.

Complete a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact.

Identify the high-level risks associated with reviewing industry studies.

Add risk responses to the risk register.

Explanation
Risk categories is a part of the risk management plan. Risk categories. Provide a means for grouping
individual project risks. A common way to structure risk categories is with a risk breakdown structure
(RBS), which is a hierarchical representation of potential sources of risk. An RBS helps the project team
consider the full range of sources from which individual project risks may arise. This can be useful when
identifying risks or when categorizing identified risks. SO the project manager should Develop a risk
breakdown structure RBS to categorize the risks. Option ( Identify the high-level risks associated with
reviewing industry studies. ) not correct because the project charter already developed. Options ( Add
risk responses to the risk register && Complete a sensitivity analysis to determine the impact. ) will
performed in the next processes. PMBOK 6th edition Page, 405

Question: 14
Correct

Your project is going well, ahead of schedule and under budget. It

is near completion. One of the very vital technical members has
been transferred to another project out of the organization, and
one of the team members told you that he could do his tasks and
complete the work. What should you do next?

Evaluate the impact with team members.

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 Negotiate with the functional manager to assign a new member.

Assign another member to take his duties.

Do nothing; the project is near completion.

Explanation
it's a very important question for real exam, although one of the team members told you that he could do
his job and complete the project without him, the first step you should do Evaluate the impact with team
members because he is one of the very vital technical members transferred to other projects.

Question: 15
Correct

You are the Project Manager of a software telecom development

project. You and your team finished the identification and
analysis risks in the project. Now, you are in the plan risk
response phase, and you want to select the appropriate risk
response strategy to deal with the opportunities that are outside
the scope of the project and are managed at the program level
and portfolio level. What is the BEST Risk response strategy?

Escalate

Avoid

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 Exploit

Enhance

Explanation
Escalate. This risk response strategy is appropriate when the project team or the project sponsor agrees
that an opportunity is outside the scope of the project or that the proposed response would exceed the
project manager’s authority. Escalated opportunities are managed at the program level, portfolio level, or
another relevant part of the organization, and not on the project level. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 444]

Question: 16
Correct

The risk breakdown structure (RBS) helps the project team

consider the full range of sources from which individual project
risks that may arise. The second Level of RBS includes
Regulatory and Legislation. In Which Category are these risks
included?

External Risk

Technical Risk

Commercial Risk

Management Risk

Explanation
Refer to Figure 11-4. Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) . [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 406]

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 Question: 17
Correct

You have just replaced a project manager who was managing a

city street light installation project. The project is in its execution
phase. The new project manager has issues with some
undiscovered risks on previous projects. What document should
the new project manager reference to ensure that all possible
risks are involved in risk identification?

Risk register

Stakeholder register

Project charter

Probability and impact matrix

Explanation
Keyword ( Involved in risk identification ) The risk register provides the details of all identified risks, and
their characteristics, that affect the project.

Question: 18
Correct

As a project manager, what should you do FIRST if the project

sponsor makes several small changes to the project scope

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 without consulting you?

Assess the impact of the change in the project scope.

Update the project management plan to involve the changes.

Negotiate with the project sponsor to make the changes in the next phase of the project

Identify this as a risk and implement risk response strategies

Explanation
Before updating the project management plan, the project manager should first Assess the impact of the
change in the project scope.

Question: 19
Correct

You are a Project Manager for an infrastructure development

project. An unidentified stakeholder is not happy with your
project performance. He has asked for some updates to perform
on the project. As a project manager, what should you do next?

Update stakeholder register

Implement the change

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 Question: 21
Correct

You are in the process of finalizing all activities for the project,
phase, or contract. The Project manager should transfer Lessons
learned and knowledge gained throughout the project to the
lessons learned repository in order to:

Use by future projects

To use them in better vendors’ selection criteria.

Avoid problematic vendors during the project

Combine them with a lesson learned in the whole project

Explanation
Lessons learned and knowledge gained throughout the project are transferred to the lessons learned
repository for use by future projects. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 128]

Question: 22 Correct

Your company won a new project in a country where it is the first

time to do a project. You got information that few companies are
running similar projects in this country, but the government is
not satisfied with their quality. As a project manager, what should

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 Projectized Organization

Weak Matrix Organization

Balanced Matrix Organization

Explanation
it's clear that the project manager has full power to remove the overloaded tasks from team members,
and because of team members have many tasks besides the main tasks in the project so its Strong Org.

Question: 24
Correct

Sayed is a project manager in a Critical Project for the

organization. Sayed held a meeting with the team members to
discuss the status of the project, and during the meeting, he
observed side conversations and some of the team members not
listening well to the meeting. What could have been done
differently to prevent this type of situation?

Meeting management techniques

Presentation techniques

Listening techniques

Writing style

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 Explanation
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 386]

Question: 25
Correct

The flexibility or total float in a schedule is measured by

subtracting the early dates from the late dates. Which one of the
following will help you identify the flexibility in your schedule?

Critical Path Method

Leads and lags

Checklist

What-if Scenario Analysis

Explanation
The critical path of a project is the series of activities that have the least amount of float - usually zero
(flexibility). [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 210]

Question: 26
Correct

You are running one week behind on a project due to late delivery
by a vendor. You are forced to compress your project schedule
due to a government-mandated end date that constrains your

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 project. After meeting with your team, you found a method to
compress the project without adding more resources or increase
the project cost. This is an example of which of the following?

Fast Tracking

Crashing

Risk mitigation

Resource leveling.

Explanation
Fast tracking. A schedule compression technique in which activities or phases are normally done in the
sequence is performed in parallel for at least a portion of their duration without adding more resources or
increase the project cost. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 215]

Question: 27
Correct

Henry is the project manager for a process improvement project.

Henry conducts a kick-off meeting to inform and engage
stakeholders and gain commitment to the project. In which
process group are you currently?

Planning

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 Executing

Monitoring and Controlling

Closing

Explanation
The project kick-off meeting is usually associated with the end of planning and the start of executing. Its
purpose is to communicate the objectives of the project, gain the commitment of the team for the project,
and explain the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 86]

Question: 28
Correct

One of the key stakeholders requested an additional feature to be

added to the product. You remember a specific sentence from the
sponsor about that stakeholder and how critical he is to the
project and you (as a PM), need to listen carefully and closely to
his requests. As a Project manager, what should you do?

Issue a change request to CCB

Update the project plans and baselines to include the change

Implement the change request

Check with your team when to implement the request and satisfy the request

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 Explanation
keyword in this question, the sponsor told the PM to listen (carefully) and (closely) to the Key SH
requests, so you should Issue a change request to CCB to added additional feature to the product.

Question: 29
Correct

Executive Vice President of Finance has informed you that you

will be the project manager for an energy audit the company is
performing in order to save expenses. He has assigned you to
identify the stakeholders and to start documenting the high-level
assumptions and constraints. Your project is in what stage?

Initiating

Planning

Monitoring and Controlling

Executing

Explanation
Identifying stakeholders, high-level assumptions and constraints are part of developing the project
charter, which is a part of the Initiating Process Group.

Question: 30
Correct

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 Your project is proceeding according to schedule. You have just
learned that a new regulatory requirement will cause a change in
one of the project’s performance specifications. To ensure that
this change is incorporated into the project management plan,
you should:

Prepare a change request

Call a meeting of the change control board

Change the WBS, project schedule, and project plan to reflect the new requirement

Immediately inform all affected stakeholders of the new approach to take on the project

Explanation
it's a very important question, you should know that any regulatory requirement you must follow and
issue a change request

Question: 31
Correct

During the execution of the project, you had to manage a change

request where the sponsor is out of the board. You evaluated the
impact of the change on the other constraints of the project, then
you got the change request approved by the CCB. What is the
next step the project manager should do:

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 Ask the sponsor for authorization.

Implement the change

Review the approved change with the team

Update Project management plan

Explanation
its tricky question, Customer or sponsor approval may be required for certain change requests after CCB
approval unless they are part of the CCB. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 115]

Question: 32
Correct

In the final stage of the project, the sponsor rejected the final
product where he said it didn't meet the project goals. Which
document you will review to convince him:

Project charter

Stakeholder Register

Project management plan

Agreement

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 Explanation
keyword ( Project Goals ). The project goals are a component of the project charter. [PMBOK 6th edition,
Page 81]

Question: 33
Correct

Which of the following documents ensures a common

understanding by the stakeholders at a high level of the key
deliverables, milestones, and the roles and responsibilities of
everyone involved in the project?

Project charter

Project Scope Statement

Change Log

Stakeholder register

Explanation
At a high level, the project charter ensures a common understanding by the stakeholders of the key
deliverables, milestones, and the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved in the project. [PMBOK
6th edition, Page 81]

Question: 34
Correct

You are a project manager, and you are working on a multi-phase

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 project as your project is planned to last three years. A best
practice is to:

Periodically review the business case

Use a single prime contractor and have this contractor award any subcontracts

Rely on your PMO for guidance

Set up a ‘tight matrix’

Explanation
in multi-phase projects, the best practice Periodically reviews the business case to check you will
continue in the project or cancel the project. Although the business documents are developed prior to the
project, they are reviewed periodically. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 77]

Question: 35
Correct

Before considering a project closed, what document should be

reviewed to ensure that all Project work is completed and that the
project has met its objectives?

Project management plan

Communication management plan

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 Project closeout checklists

Scope management plan

Explanation
When closing the project, the project manager reviews the project management plan to ensure that all
project work is completed and that the project has met its objectives. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 123]

Question: 36
Correct

You are in the process of getting the final acceptance on the

deliverables which have been developed as part of your project.
This was done to make sure that project scope and deliverables
are achieved. Which process are we currently performing?

Close Project or phase

Validate Scope

Develop Project charter

Control quality

Explanation
Final acceptance on the deliverables as a part of the close project or phase.Formal acceptance a result
of validate scope process.

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 Question: 37
Correct

In your project, SPI is 0.8, CPI 1.2. You analyzed the baseline and
decided to return the schedule back to meet customer plan. You
will:

Check option of crashing the project

Check with your sponsor

Check tasks which can be removed from baseline

Terminate the project

Explanation
Spi = 0.8 & Cpi = 1.2 so the Project is Behind schedule and under budget ( there are more resources), in
this case, the project manager should check the options to Crashing the project to return the schedule to
meet customer plan.

Question: 38
Correct

You are a project manager who is in charge of an important

project for your company. When the SPI=0.95 and CPI=1.05. How
is the project performing?

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 The project is behind schedule and within budget

The project is on schedule and under budget

The project is ahead of schedule and under budget

The project is behind schedule and over budget

Explanation
If SPI=0.95 is less than 1 that means is bad and the project is Behind schedule. If CPI=1.05 is larger than
1 that means is good or the project is within budget.(Very important Question for the real exam)

Question: 39
Correct

What is the correct sequence for these tools and techniques used
in Project Schedule Management?

Decomposition work packages into activities, Three-Point Estimates and Schedule Task

Dependency determination, Decomposition, Bottom up estimating, and Resource leveling

Variance analysis, Three point estimates, Dependency determination, and Decomposition

Decomposition, Alternatives analysis, Variance analysis, and Three point estimates

Explanation
Decomposition work packages into activities = Define activity & Three-point estimates= estimate activity
Duration & schedule task = Develop schedule.

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 Question: 40
Correct

During the planning phase in your project, you discovered a lot of

numbers of internal stakeholders in various departments: IT
department, HR department, and technical department. Also, you
identified a lot of external stakeholders such as vendors,
subcontractors, governmental organizations. What is the best
way to distribute and retrieve information for such numbers of
stakeholders?

Classify a stakeholder into groups and send to him the required information only

Classify a stakeholder by interest/ influence grid.

Establishing a strict communication models system

Using interactive communications with the various numbers of stakeholders

Explanation
it's a very important question for the real exam. when there is a lot of numbers of internal stakeholders in
various department and external stakeholders, you should Classify a stakeholder into groups and send
him the required information only.

Question: 41
Correct

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 Which of the following tools used to identify and analyze project
risks?

Expert judgment

Probability and impact matrix.

Reserve Analysis

Simulation

Explanation
Expert Judgment is T&T in all Risk processes expect Monitor Risk.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 396]

Question: 42
Correct

You are a project manager, and you have finished the make or
buy analysis and bidder conference & applied source selection
criteria for your sellers. What should you do next?

Selected sellers

Sign contract

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 Close contract

Procurement negotiation

Explanation
Select sellers is the next step after finished make or buy analysis and bidder conference & applied source
selection criteria for the seller.

Question: 43
Correct

You are a project manager for a systems integration effort and

need to procure the hardware components from external sources.
Your subcontracts administrator has told you to prepare a
product description and quantity desired, which is referenced in a
—

Procurement statement of work

Contract scope statement

Risk register

Project Charter

Explanation
The statement of work (SOW) for each procurement is developed from the project scope baseline and
defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within the related contract. The SOW
describes the procurement item in sufficient detail to allow prospective sellers to determine if they are

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 project management plan. What should you refer to persuade the
stakeholders?

Project charter

Cost benefit analysis

Project management plan

SOW Bottom of Form

Explanation
Project charter includes High-level requirements, Project purpose, High-level project description and
boundaries, High-level risks, Summary budget, Key Stakeholder list, and the project charter is the key
input in develop project management plan process. so you refer to charter to persuade the stakeholders.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 81]

Question: 46 Correct

You are a project manager in a Big construction project. During

the implementation phase of the project, the project sponsor told
you that the project will terminate. You already signed a contract
with a supplier and the supplier already started for supplying
materials. As a project manager, what should you do next?

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 Ask the vendor to stop supplying.

Negotiating with vendor

Review the contract terms

Follow the procedures of close procurement.

Explanation
The first step you should ask the vendor to stop supplying then you should follow the procedures of close
procurement.

Question: 47
Correct

As a project manager, which of the following documents you

should direct to the project sponsor to review the roles of
different stakeholders on the project?

Stakeholder Register

Stakeholder’s engagement assessment matrix

Stakeholder management plan

Team charter

Explanation
Stakeholder Register includes ( Name, organizational position, location and contact details, and role on

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 the project) . [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 514]

Question: 48
Correct

One of the shareholders sent a change request from the previous

month, and till now he has not received any response. How can
this situation be resolved?

By reviewing the communications management plan

By reviewing the issue log

By reviewing the stakeholder register

Reach out to your team lead to understand why it was miss

Explanation
The communications management plan is a component of the project management plan that describes
how the project
communications will be planned, structured, implemented, and monitored for
effectiveness. The plan contains:
- Stakeholder communication requirements
- Timeframe and frequency
for the distribution of required information
- The person responsible for communicating the information
-
Person or groups who will receive the information
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 377]

Question: 49
Correct

You are the project manager of a project that is already in the

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 executing phase. A previously unidentified stakeholder requests
a change that could affect the project’s scope. The stakeholder’s
influence within the customer’s organization is strong. What
should the project manager do?

Identify the new stakeholder and update the stakeholder register

Issue a change request to the change control board (CCB).

Meet with the team members and analyze the impact on project constraints

Update the project management plan

Explanation
A very important question for real exam, Keyword ( Unidentified stakeholder ) you should first Identify the
new stakeholder and update the stakeholder register.

Question: 50
Correct

Tom is a project manager who is assigned to a foreign country to

manage a project. The project is a large one and comprises
smaller sub-teams contributing to the entire project. As part of
rewards and recognition within the project, Tom plans for a team
award for the best sub-team. Recognition and Rewards are
associated with which of the following processes?

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 Develop Team

Close Project or Phase

Control Quality

Manage Team

Explanation
Recognition and Rewards is a tool of the Develop Team process. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 341]

Question: 51
Correct

Your project is in the planning phase. The project team

commences estimating the cost by using a work breakdown
structure. What is the tool the project team uses?

Bottom-up estimating

Parametric estimating

Analogous estimating

Three-point estimating

Explanation

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 keyword using (WBS). When an activity’s duration cannot be estimated with a reasonable degree of
confidence, the work within the activity is decomposed into more detail.
Bottom-up estimating is a method
of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the
WBS. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 202]

Question: 52
Correct

Your project is well into the Execution phase. A conflict appeared

between two members of your team, and the conflicts began to
affect the entire project team. The team's morale has become low.
As a project manager, what should you do?

Interfering for solving the problem immediately

Do nothing

Ask the team members to solve the conflict by themselves

Escalate the problem to the HR department.

Explanation
The project manager must Interfere to solve the problem immediately because the conflict start to impact
the entire project team and the moral has become low.

Question: 53
Correct

To create a quality product, the project management team

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 invested in training the project team members and purchasing
high-end equipment. Such costs are:

Prevention costs

Appraisal costs

Costs of Nonconformance

Internal Failure costs

Explanation
Investments in training and equipment are examples of prevention costs. Appraisal costs include the
testing, losses due to destructive testing, and inspections. Collectively, these costs are called Cost of
Conformance. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 282]

Question: 54
Correct

Based on the below table, which of the following risks represent

the greatest concern on the project?

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 Risk (B)

Risk (A)

Risk(C) and Risk (D)

Risk (E)

Explanation
Risk A = 0.1*7= 0.7
Risk B = 0.2*12.5=2.5 Riskc= 0.4*5= 2
Risk D=0.5*4= 2
Risk E= 0.4*3= 1.2
So, Risk
B is the greatest Risk = 2.5

Question: 55
Correct

During the project planning phase, the sponsor of the project

retired, and the new sponsor wishes to delay the project for two
months because he is unsatisfied with the scope of the project.
As a project manager, what should you do next?

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 Meet the troublemakers in the team and communicate to them the importance of meetings
for project success. Warn them of disciplinary action if they don't oblige.

Set objectives of the kick off meeting clearly, so that all the attendees are aware of the
meeting agenda

Explanation
( Communicate ground rules and ensure they are followed in all the meetings ) Ground rules are a set of
rules governing how the team interact, make decisions, and handle issues that must be resolved. This
would also help resolve conflicts inevitable in any project. Ground rules should be established at the very
start of the project, preferably at the kick-off meeting.. so communicate ground rules is best as it helps
the project manager prevent future conflicts without any harmful emotion to the team.

Question: 58
Correct

If you want to reduce the number of quality inspections and

reduce the cost of quality control for your project, which
technique should you use?

Statistical Sampling

Defect Repair Review

Pareto Chart

Histogram

Explanation
Statistical sampling will provide sufficient inspection to ensure a high likelihood of a quality product while

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 saving money for the project. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 303]

Question: 59
Correct

Which of the following risk analysis techniques can help you to

investigate the likelihood that each specific risk will occur?

Risk Probability and Impact Assessment

Monte Carlo

Risk categorization

Probability and Impact matrix

Explanation
keyword ( likelihood ) Risk probability assessment considers the likelihood that a specific risk will occur.
Risk impact assessment considers the potential effect on one or more project objectives such as
schedule, cost, quality, or performance. Impacts will be negative for threats and positive for opportunities.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 423]

Question: 60
Correct

You are the project manager for a large software development

project. You are gathering all the information about the
stakeholders and discussing with your team members what

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 changes they can make to the project objective. Which technique
are you using here?

Stakeholders analysis

Stakeholder register

Change requests

Project management plan updates

Explanation
Here, you are using the stakeholder analysis technique. In the stakeholder analysis technique, you
analyze the interests and impact of each stakeholder on the project or its objective. Once you are
finished, you draft your stakeholder management strategy. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 512]

Question: 61
Correct

Which of the following processes gives the project management

team insights into the health of the project?

Monitor and Control Project Work

Plan risk response

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 Develop Project charter

Close Project or phase

Explanation
Continuous monitoring gives the project management team insight into the health of the project and
identifies any areas that may require special attention.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 105]

Question: 62
Correct

Bill is the project manager of an external project for a customer.

During the Develop Project Charter process, the government
announced new Laws and regulations which is going to be
applied within six months and will impact the project. What
should Bill do next?

Consider the new laws and regulations in Enterprise environmental factors

Ignore the new laws and regulations

Ask your management what you should do

Meeting with Stakeholders and evaluate the impact

Explanation
EEF key inputs in Develop Project Charter. Anything issued from the government you MUST consider it.
Option ( Meeting with Stakeholders and evaluate the impact ) not correct because While creating the
Project charter there is no plans or baseline to evaluate the impact. Very important question for the real

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 exam.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 78]

Question: 63
Correct

You are a project manager for an infrastructure project. Your

project team members report monthly on their assigned
activities. What should you do to maintain a healthy cash flow?

Apply earned value (EV) principles.

Perform a qualitative analysis

Provide project reports

Team building Activities

Explanation
Earned Value Management (EVM) helps project managers to measure project performance. It is a
systematic project management process used to find variances in projects based on the comparison of
worked performed and work planned. EVM is used on the cost and schedule control and can be very
useful in project forecasting. EVM provides quantitative data for project decision making.

Question: 64
Correct

Which of the following does the project manager need to

assemble a project team?

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 Resource management plan and negotiation activities.

Work performance reports and pre-assignment Practices .

Ground rules and recognition and rewards.

Resource calendars and acquisition activities.

Explanation
The resource management plan provides guidance on how to acquire resources for the project.
Negotiate with Functional managers, Other project management teams within the performing
organization, and External organizations and suppliers. PMBOK 6th edition page, 330 , 332

Question: 65
Correct

As a client project manager working in an airport development

project, your sponsor has decided to implement a new paperless
ticketing system. To validate project alignment with
organizational strategy and expected business value, which of
the following will you do for this?

Conduct benefit analysis with relevant stakeholders

Develop the communications management plan

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 Establish detailed project

Develop a project management plan

Explanation
Conduct benefit analysis with relevant stakeholders to validate project alignment with organizational
strategy and expected business value. EXAM CONTENT OUTLINE in ( initiating ) task no 7

Question: 66
Correct

Mark is reviewing the resource management plan and begins to

acquire his team. The project is on a short schedule, and Mark is
looking to maximize the time and take advantage of teams that
work in different time zones and different days of the week. The
tool that Mark should be considering is what?

Virtual teams

Project staff assignments

Multi-criteria decision analysis

Co-location

Explanation
Virtual teams are the tool Mark wants to use.

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 Question: 67
Correct

As a project manager, You capture, analyze and manage lesson

learned in order to:

Enable continuous improvement

Minimize the impact on the project

Prioritize stakeholder requirements

Verify compliance with project objectives

Explanation
Capture, analyze, and manage lessons learned, using lessons learned management techniques in order
to enable continuous improvement. Exam Content Outline in ( Monitoring and Controlling) task no.6

Question: 68
Correct

A contract typically is used when a project is being performed for

an external customer. An agreement is used as input to:

Develop project charter

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 Develop project team

Plan procurement management

Conduct procurement

Explanation
( Agreement ) is input in Develop project charter Process. Agreements are used to define initial intentions
for a project. Agreements may take the form of contracts, memorandums of understanding (MOUs),
service level agreements (SLA), letters of agreement, letters of intent, verbal agreements, email, or other
written agreements. Typically, a contract is used when a project is being performed for an external
customer. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 78]

Question: 69
Correct

In your project, you need to verify whether deliverables meet

requirements and documented standards. For this purpose,
which of the following would you rely on?

Inspection

Audits

Expert judgment

Observations

Explanation

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 serious health hazard. What should the project manager do?

Hire a hazardous materials expert to investigate.

Implement the risk response plan.

Ignore the risk until it’s realized.

Assess the risk and update the risk register.

Explanation
Keyword (suspect ) so, the First step you should Hire a hazardous expert to carry out inspection.
The
project manager can stop the work immediately if the scenario mentioned ( ensure ) not suspect.

Question: 72
Correct

You are subcontracting a portion of your project to another

company. The outsourced work is to do the maintenance of your
construction equipment at the site. After several rounds of
negotiations, you award him 1,250,000 USD for each year of
Maintenance. This is an example of:

Time and material

Firm fixed price

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 Lumpsum contract

Cost reimbursable

Explanation
keyword (for each year )Time and material contracts (also called time and means) are a hybrid type of
contractual arrangement with aspects of both cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts. They are often
used for staff augmentation, acquisition of experts, and any outside support when a precise statement of
work cannot be quickly prescribed. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]

Question: 73
Correct

You are a project manager building a prototype board for an

embedded project. Since your organization lacks the required
level of fabrication expertise, you outsource the fabrication
process for board development to an external vendor. During the
course of the project, the vendor informs you of a probable delay
by 3 days in the final delivery of the fabricated board. This is an
EXAMPLE of:

Secondary Risk

Residual risk

Risk Trigger

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 Risk Workaround

Explanation
A secondary risk can be defined as a risk created by the response to another risk. In other words, the
secondary risk is a consequence of dealing with the original risk. In the current scenario, the risk in the
delay of the final deliverable by an external vendor is a response to the existing risk of inadequate in-
house expertise for board fabrication. It is important to understand the difference between secondary risk
and residual risk. Secondary risks are those which are caused by the treatment or response to the risk,
whereas residual risk is the risk which remains even after you have treated or responded to the risk.

Question: 74
Correct

As a project manager, if you would like to check if your project

still aligns with the organizational goals, which document will
help you?

Business Case

Product scope description

Issue log

Business need

Explanation
Projects are initiated to realize business opportunities that are aligned with an organization’s strategic
goals. Prior to initiating a project, a business case is often developed to outline the project objectives, the
required investment, and financial and qualitative criteria for project success. The business case provides
the basis to measure success and progress throughout the project life cycle by comparing the results

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 with the objectives and the identified success criteria. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 546]

Question: 75
Correct

During a presentation to management, you want to display the

project schedule with only the key deliverables displayed. What is
the correct tool for this purpose?

Milestone chart

Control chart

Critical path method

Critical chain diagram

Explanation
Milestone chart using with senior management. A milestone chart displays only the key deliverables and
is simple and easy to understand. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 218]

Question: 76
Correct

The project customer requests a change to the project that would

increase the project risk. As a project manager, what should you
do next?

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 Analyze the impact of the change with the team on other project constraints

Talk to the customer about the impact of the change

A workaround

Change the risk management plan

Explanation
First, you should analyze the impact with the team members on all project constraints ( Cost, Time,
Quality, resources,...)

Question: 77
Correct

You are the project manager of a project that is already in the

executing phase. A project execution phase overlaps with a
holiday in the country. This phase is critical, and all team
members are required to work through the holiday. This
negatively impacts team morale. What should the project
manager have done to avoid this?

Better developed the resource management plan.

Postponed project activities

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 Prepared the stakeholder engagement plan

Requested help from other teams based in other countries

Explanation
The resource management plan is the component of the project management plan that provides
guidance on how
project resources should be categorized, allocated, managed, and released.. Better
development of the resource management plan can avoid this situation.

Question: 78
Correct

You are managing a construction project. During the

implementation phase, one of your project team has told you that
the cement has delayed. As a project manager, what should you
do next?

Workaround

Workaround plan

Ask the sponsor to terminate the project

Update the risk mitigation plan

Explanation
During the implementation phase, the cement has delayed, its unexpected , unidentified risk is occurred.
So the Project manager should take action immediately such as Looking for another supplier, this action
called Workaround.

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 Question: 79
Correct

You have been assigned an ongoing project. This project is about

identifying the key market driver for your company’s financial
product, and your project team tells you that there are a lot of
problems with the stakeholders. To quickly assess the current
situation, which of the following documents will be the FIRST one
that you will refer to?

Issue Log

Stakeholder Management Plan

Communications Management Plan

Project Management Plan

Explanation
Any project or stakeholder concerns are documented in the issue log, as well as any assigned action
items associated with managing the issue.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 525]

Question: 80
Correct

The established upper and lower Control limits are 12 and -12
while you have the following data points readings; 1.6, 3.7, 7.8,

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 9.1, - 6.8, 14, 8.9, 4.2, 0.0, - 5.2 How will you consider this
process?

Out of control

In control

Can't be determined

It has predictable performance

Explanation
There is one point out of control limit ( 14 ) , so the process is out of control.

Question: 81
Correct

Quality metrics used during the Control Quality process are

defined during which process?

Plan Quality Management

Define Scope

Collect Requirements

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 Manage Quality

Explanation
Quality metrics are operational definitions that describe a project or product attribute in very specific
terms. They also define how the quality control process will measure it. These metrics are outputs of the
Plan Quality Management process. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 287]

Question: 82
Correct

A project manager reported the following earned value data: PV:

$12,400,000 EV: $14,500,000 AC: $14,500,000
What does this
mean?

The project is on budget and ahead of schedule.

The project is on budget, but behind schedule.

The project is under budget and on schedule

The project is over budget and on schedule.

Explanation
EV=AC & EV > PV, so The project is on budget and ahead of schedule.

Question: 83
Correct

You are a Project manager in a big construction project. You have

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 different resources such as Civil engineer, Testing Coordinator,
and Electrical Engineer. You should document the role, authority,
responsibility, and competency for each team member. Where
must you document this information?

Resource management plan

Resource calendar

Stakeholder register

Resource histogram

Explanation
Information regarding team roles, responsibilities, authorities and competencies is documented in the
Resource Management Plan. [PMBOK 6th Edition, Pages 318, 319]

Question: 84
Correct

The estimated direct cost for a project is US$150,000. The

estimated of rework is US$10,000. Management holds reserves in
the amount of US$ 15,000. During project execution, the project
sponsor wants to add a new feature that wasn’t defined during
the initial requirement gathering phase. US$10,000 will be
required to add this feature. What should the project manager
do?

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 Create a change request to increase the cost budget by US$ 10,000

Ask management to increase the project budget by US$ 10,000.

Use US$ 10,000 for rework.

Use US$ 10,000 of management reserves.

Explanation
The new feature will require US$10,000 to added ,so the baseline will be affected due to this change. SO
the project manager should Create a change request to increase the cost budget by US$ 10,000.

Question: 85
Correct

A project manager feels the need of updating one of the project

supplier contracts to meet the current needs of the project.
However, before any change can be requested, the project
manager must know the right process to incorporate a change to
this specific contract. What should he do first?

Review the change control procedure as documented in the contract

Review alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures in the contract

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 Update the project procurement management plan

Issue the change request and get it approved through Integrated Change Control process

Explanation
The first step should be to gather enough information so that the right decision and course of action can
be determined. The second step should be to issue a change request and follow its approval. The project
manager must first review the change control procedure specific to the contract and that can be found in
the procurement contract itself. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 489]

Question: 86
Correct

During the implementation phase, you discussed with one of the

stakeholders, you discover that you forgot a significant
requirement. What should you do to correct that:

Issue a change request for revising a requirement documentation.

Update a requirement documentation

Update the Scope Baseline

Review the Risk register

Explanation
keyword ( significant requirement ) so as a project manager, you should Issue a change request for
revising requirement documentation.

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 Question: 87
Correct

You are managing a highly complex drug manufacturing project,

and your sponsor is highly motivated and influential. You are
optimistic about the outcome of the project; however, you are
unsure about the project approval requirements that measure the
project’s success. You would like to document the name of the
person who signs off on the project and the criteria that
constitute the project’s success. Which of the following
documents should you use first to incorporate project approval
requirements?

The Project Charter

The approval requirement plan

The project management plan

The scope document

Explanation
Project approval requirements must be documented early in the project during the initiation phase. These
requirements show the requisites for project success, the names of persons signing off on the project and
deliverable requirements. Since the project charter is created in the initiation phase of the project, the
project manager must include these requirements in the charter. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 81]

Question: 88
Correct

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 You are a project manager in a project that must be completed
within 12 months to maximize financial benefits. After reviewing
the business case, you realize that it will impossible to complete
the project within this timeframe. As a project manager, what
should you do?

Meet with management to discuss the matter and finalize an action plan

Inform management that the project timeline is not achievable

Include the 12 month project duration in the project charter

Update the project charter

Explanation
Meet with management to discuss the matter and finalize an action plan

Question: 89
Correct

You are the project manager of the GHY Software Project for your
company. You’ve recently completed the project and need to
distribute the project closure report. Who should get a copy of
the project closure report?

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 Follow the guidelines established in the project’s communications management plan

No one. It is created for future historical information

Project sponsor

All stakeholders

Explanation
The Communications management plan include Person or groups who will receive the information,
including information about their needs, requirements, and expectations. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 377]

Question: 90
Correct

You are in the process of ensuring timely and appropriate

collection, creation, distribution, storage, management,
monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information.
Which of the following documents uses a key input to
communicate changes and approved and rejected change
requests to the impacted stakeholders?

Change log

Issue log

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 Risk report

Stakeholder register

Explanation
The change log is used to communicate changes and approved, deferred, and rejected change requests
to the impacted stakeholders. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 382]

Question: 91
Correct

You are in the process of finalizing all activities for the project,
phase, or contract. Which of the Following Key inputs for this
Process?

Project Management Plan and Organizational Process Assets

Accepted deliverables and Enterprise environmental factor

Agreements and Deliverables

Project charter and Final report

Explanation
Project Management Plan, OPA are key inputs for Close Project or phase [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 71 ]

Question: 92
Correct

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 Before initiating any such project, the value of the project to the
organization must be determined. Which of the following is the
most critical factor to be considered in such a scenario?

Alignment with the strategic goals.

Investment requirement

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of the projects.

Net Present Value (NPV) of the projects.

Explanation
All projects must be Alignment with the strategic goals to the organization.

Question: 93
Correct

Brandi is a project manager on a software project. About halfway

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

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

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

Perform Quality Assurance

Start doing the work

Explanation
After approved change request the first step is to update change log, but it's not an option in this question
so you should select Update the scope and schedule baselines to reflect the approved change. Before
solving the change request questions, you should understand and memorize the following steps: 1-
Meeting with stakeholder to understand the reason / What he needs to change.
2- Analyze the impact of
the change with the project team on Project Constraints ( Scope - Cost – Schedule – Quality – Risk –
etc….) 3- Inform stakeholder about the impact of such change.
4- Send change request to the CCB. 5-
Send a request to the sponsor ( if the sponsor is not part of the CCB). 6- After approval by CCB/ Sponsor
record the change in the change log. 7- Update project management plan, Baselines, and documents.
8-
Communicate / inform the key stakeholder. 9- Implement the Approved change Request by the Project
team in Direct and manage project work process.

Question: 94
Correct

A project is contracted on a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) basis

with a Fixed fee of US $5,000. The estimated cost is US$50,000. If
the project comes in at US$60,000 with no changes in project
scope, what would be the total cost of the contract?

US$65,000

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 US$80,000

US$75,000

US$55,000

Explanation
Very important for PMP REAL EXAM. In a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) type of contract, the seller is
reimbursed for allowable costs and receives a fixed fee payment
calculated as a percentage of the
estimated project costs. The fixed fee does not vary with actual costs unless the project scope changes.
In the
current scenario, the fixed fee is US$5,000. Although the actual project comes in at US$ 60,000,
the fixed fee remains the same. Hence, the total
cost of the contract will be 60,000 + 5,000 = 65,000.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]

Question: 95
Correct

A project team is analyzing a major, critical defect to determine

the root cause. In order to do this, the team considered various
factors linked to the defect and grouped them into categories
such as Machine, Method, Material, and Manpower. Which of the
following tools of quality is the team using?

Cause-and-effect diagram

Histogram

Control chart

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 Flowchart

Explanation
Cause-and-effect diagrams are also known as fishbone diagrams, why-why diagrams, or Ishikawa
diagrams. This type of diagram breaks down the causes of the problem statement identified into discrete
branches, helping to determine the main or root cause of the problem. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 293]

Question: 96
Correct

You are the project manager of the OQH Project and are working
with the project stakeholders to determine the project
requirements. Which tools and techniques can BEST use for
generating and prioritizing the project requirements?

Nominal group technique

Brainstorming

Affinity diagram

Mind mapping

Explanation
The nominal group technique enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful
ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 144]

Question: 97
Correct

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 A supplier reports that they are over capacity, which may delay
their delivery. What should the project manager update next?

Risk register.

Stakeholder register.

Issue log.

Project schedule.

Explanation
Keyword ( may delay their delivery ) so the project manager should update the risk register then perform
analysis to assess the impact of this delay on the project objectives .

Question: 98
Correct

You are the project manager for a construction project. You’ve

identified the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions,
and constraints. What is the next step?

Decomposition the project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts

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 Project scope statement

Estimate Activity Duration

Validate Scope

Explanation
Now you are in Define Scope Process, the next process create WBS. Decomposition is a technique used
for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable
parts. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 158]

Question: 99
Correct

You have recently acquired a project to develop organic products

for a retail store. You are having informal social interaction and
online social networking. Online forums where people can ask
open questions and are useful for starting conversations with
specialists. Which of the following best describes the activity you
are performing:

You are using networking to starting knowledge with specialists

You are making use of your interpersonal skills to develop your project team

You are utilizing training that involves interaction between learners

You are using the observation and conversation to manage your project team

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 Explanation
Keyword ( informal conversations ) Networking, including informal social interaction and online social
networking. Online forums where people can ask open questions (“What does anyone know about…?”)
are useful for starting knowledge-sharing conversations with specialists. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 103]

Question: 100
Correct

Which of the following techniques are used to create and connect

people to information, and are effective for sharing simple,
unambiguous, codified explicit knowledge?

Information Management

Focus groups

Benchmarking

Multi criteria decision analysis

Explanation
Information management tools and techniques are used to create and connect people to information.
They are effective for sharing simple, unambiguous, codified explicit knowledge. [PMBOK 6th edition,
Page 103]

Question: 101 Correct

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 You are working on a project as a project manager. Your vendor
selection process took more than the anticipated amount of time.
However, now, everything is complete, and the vendor is
onboard. After a few weeks, the vendor informs you that few of
his resources are left and he is short of the required team to
complete the project. What should you do next?

Make a decision as per the contract

Tell the vendor to continue the work until they find a replacement

Cancel the contract and select the second best vendor

Tell the vendor to analyze the impact of this on the project

Explanation
Always better to take the decision as per the contract Because of it including General terms and
conditions, Termination clause and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and Subordinate
subcontractor approvals. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 489]

Question: 102
Correct

Your organization has decided to cancel some of the projects.

Unfortunately, your project has been selected to be canceled, and
the sponsor informed you about the decision. The team came to
know about it, and their morale is very low. They reached out to

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 you, expressing their concern about losing jobs. As a project
manager, what should you do?

Request the team members to update the lessons learned and organizational process
assets

Award the deserving team members with rewards

Request the team members to continue the work until an official letter is received

Talk to sponsor to revoke his decision

Explanation
The project is no longer valid, you and your teams need to follow the proper closing procedures which
involve documenting the lessons learned and update the OPA

Question: 103
Correct

When is the cost highest in the project life cycle?

Midway during the project

During closure

During planning

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 At the initiating phase

Explanation
Project cost peaks in the middle of the project as maximum resources are utilized during this phase.
Project cost is low at the beginning, peaks midway, and drops rapidly as the project draws to an end.
Initiating, planning, and closing are not part of the project life cycle and are process groups.

Question: 104
Correct

After a high-level management meeting, the manager chairing the

meeting asks the Project Manager to document and communicate
the action items to all the stakeholders. The Project Manager is
part of a ______________ organization

Weak Matrix

Balanced Matrix

Strong Matrix

Tight Matrix

Explanation
The Project Manager is part of a weak matrix organization and is playing the role of project expeditor.
The project expeditor acts primarily as a staff assistant and communication coordinator. The expeditor
personally cannot make or enforce decisions.

Question: 105
Correct

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 Which of the following activities is part of the initiating phase?

Conduct benefit analysis with stakeholders to validate project alignment with organizational
strategy and expected business value

Develop stakeholder management plan

Validate Scope

Conduct kick-off meeting

Explanation
Conduct benefit analysis with stakeholders to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and
expected business value.

Question: 106
Correct

Project Manager has just been assigned to a project. He is

involved in creating a document that would formally authorize the
project and capture the initial requirements of the stakeholders.
What is the output of this process?

Project Charter

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 Business case

Project Statement of work

Project Management Plan

Explanation
The Project Charter formally authorizes the project and provides the Project Manager with the authority to
apply resources to project activities. Although the project sponsor may create the project charter, it is
recommended that the Project Manager participates in the development of the project charter. Please
refer to sPMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition: Project Integration Management page 75.

Question: 107
Correct

John has been assigned to a project recently, and he is in the

process of documenting the project charter with the project
sponsor. Which of the following MUST he include in the Project
Charter?

Project purpose or justification

Positive risks

Budget estimates

Risk analysis

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 Question: 109
Correct

You are the Project Manager of a large and complex project. Your
project team has finished creating a Work Breakdown Structure
for the project. However, some of the team members are still not
sure of the kind of work included in each of their work packages.
Which of the following documents would you suggest they go
through?

Work Break Structure (WBS) Dictionary

The Product Scope document

Project Management Plan

Project scope statement

Explanation
A Work Break Structure (WBS) Dictionary accompanies a Work Breakdown Structure and provides a
description of the work to be done for each WBS package. It provides more detailed descriptions of the
WBS components, such as work description, schedule milestones, schedule activities, resources
required, cost estimates, quality requirements, acceptance criteria, etc. The project scope statement
contains details about

Question: 110
Correct

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 One of the key stakeholders did not attend the project kick-off
meeting. The project manager organizes a separate meeting to
ensure that the stakeholder understands that the project’s
expected business value aligns with the organization strategy.
What are the key areas that should be reviewed?

Goals, objectives, benefits, and risks

Cost, schedule, risk, and work breakdown structure (WBS).

Benefits, effort and resources.

Schedule, benefits, and (WBS)

Explanation
It is not a goal of the project kick-off meeting to discuss resources and a work breakdown structure
(WBS). The project manager arranges a separate meeting to ensure that the stakeholder understands
that the project’s expected business value aligns with the organization strategy. SO, the purpose of this
meeting is discussing the Goals, objectives, benefits, and risks for the project.

Question: 111
Correct

A project team is in the process of identifying quality

requirements and standards for the project. It is documenting
how the project will demonstrate compliance. The team has
referred to organizational process assets and is using tools like
Cost-benefit analysis and Cost of quality. Which process of

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 Quality Management is the project team performing?

Plan Quality Management

Perform Quality Assurance

Perform Quality Control

Manage Project Team

Explanation
Notice the words "identifying quality requirements and standards." This is a part of quality planning. So,
the project is in the Plan Quality Management process in the planning phase. Please refer to PMBOK®
Guide - Sixth Edition Project Quality Management page 277.

Question: 112
Correct

Which of the following is an example of external failure cost?

Warranty cost

Cost of documentation

Cost of training

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 Cost of testing

Explanation
Warranty cost is the only cost which belongs to the category of external failure cost. Training and
documentation are prevention costs. Testing is an appraisal cost. Please refer to PMBOK® Guide - Sixth
Edition Project Quality Management, Cost of Quality page 282.

Question: 113
Correct

Project Manager wants to capture information related to Roles

and responsibilities and release, training needs, resource
calendar, recognition, and rewards. Which of the following
documents would be most appropriate?

Resource Management Plan

Project Management Plan

Project Team Assignments

Issue Log

Explanation
The resource management plan is the component of the project management plan that provides
guidance on how project resources should be categorized, allocated, managed, and released. The
resource management plan may include: - Roles and responsibilities
- Project organization charts
-
Training.
- Team development
- Recognition plan
Please refer to PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition page no
318,319

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 Question: 114
Correct

A project manager starts the project closure process. During a

lessons learned meeting, a stakeholder presents an issue related
to performance improvement, which was part of project scope,
but wasn’t completed by the developer. What should the project
manager have done before starting the project closure?

Validate scope.

Manage stakeholder engagement.

Manage quality.

Control quality.

Explanation
Keyword ( before starting the project closure ) Accepted delivrables is an input in close project or phase,
the project manager should complete the validate scope process where the Deliverables that meet the
acceptance criteria are formally signed off and approved by the customer or sponsor. Formal
documentation received from the customer or sponsor acknowledging formal stakeholder acceptance of
the project’s deliverables is forwarded to the Close Project or Phase process.

Question: 115
Correct

A project team is working on a risk response strategy by

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 evaluating every risk and coming up with suitable response
strategies. However, one particular risk with a negative impact
cannot be avoided or mitigated. Furthermore, there is no way to
transfer risk by outsourcing or buying insurance. What is the best
the team can do about the risk?

Accept the risk

Revisit the Risk Response Strategy

Share the risk by allocating ownership to a third party

Treat it as a secondary risk and update it in the Risk Register

Explanation
The question suggests that the team has already explored all the alternatives, so option (Revisit the Risk
Response Strategy ) would not provide any further solution. In this case, the best strategy is to accept the
risk and, if possible, plan for a contingency to be implemented if risk occurs. Option (Share the risk by
allocating ownership to a third party ) is a strategy for positive risks or opportunities. Option (Treat it as a
secondary risk and update it in the Risk Register ) is not true, as secondary risk is an outcome of
implementing a risk response strategy.

Question: 116
Correct

You are a Project Manager in a construction company and

urgently require some expert welders for a short duration. You
checked their availability internally with the functional manager,

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 but the functional manager is not able to match the skills
required. You decide to acquire these resources on contract.
Which of the following is the BEST type of contract for your
requirements?

Time and Material

Fixed Price

Cost Reimbursable

Cost Plus Incentive Fee

Explanation
Since the requirement is short term and the Project Manager wants to have a brief and quick contract, a
time and material contract is the best option. Time and material contracts are most suitable for staff
augmentation, acquisition of experts, etc. Please refer to PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition Project
Procurement Management page 472.

Question: 117
Correct

A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable

costs for performing the contract work and receives a
predetermined incentive fee based on achieving certain
performance incentives is:

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 Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract

Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract

Cost Plus Award Fee Contract

Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract

Explanation
A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and
receives a predetermined incentive fee based on achieving a certain performance incentive is "cost plus
incentive fee" contract. It helps protect buyer interests as a seller has good incentive to keep costs down.
Please refer to PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition Project Procurement Management page 472

Question: 118
Correct

Brandi is a project manager on a software project. Brandi starts

to conduct weekly face-to-face meetings with a local project team
to obtain status upgrades. During the implementation phase, a
virtual development team is added to handle some additional
scope. Before updating the communication management plan,
what should the project manager do?

Update the stakeholder register.

Send the weekly meeting minutes to the virtual development team by email

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 Update the Scope Baseline

Schedule a separate weekly video conference with the virtual development team

Explanation
Keyword ( a virtual development team is added ) SO, the project manager should Update the stakeholder
register before updating the communication management plan,

Question: 119
Correct

You are a Project Manager, and your project sponsor has asked
you to come up with the total funding requirements of the project.
What will be the total funding requirements for your project?

The total funds, including the cost baseline and any management reserves

The total individual cost estimates

The total project budget plus anticipated liabilities

The total funds, including the cost baseline and any contingency reserves

Explanation
The total funds include cost baseline plus management reserves. Cost baseline includes contingency
reserves for the risk remaining after risk response planning. A management reserve is an extra amount of
funds to be set aside to cover unforeseen risks or changes in the project, and the total fund requirement
for the project would include management reserves. Refer to PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition Project Cost
Management, page 255.

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 A new Project Manager takes over a project during the execution
phase. One of the main issues faced by the project is that the
customer complains of poor visibility on the project. What should
be his first step toward resolving the issue?

Go through the communication management plan to understand customer communication

requirements and assess whether they are being addressed properly

Go through Scope management plan to understand the customer requirements

Have a discussion with the customer to understand why he feels the project lacks visibility

Have a discussion with the team members who have been in the project since the beginning
to understand customer-specific communication needs

Explanation
Since the communication management plan details the communication requirements of all the
stakeholders, the project manager should first ensure that the plan is being properly followed. Refer to
PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition, Project Communication Management, page 377.

Question: 122
Correct

You are managing a large project that has many stakeholders

across various departments in the organization. During the
planning stage, you created a communication management plan

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 based on the project organization structure and external
stakeholder requirements in order to manage the flow of project
information. During project execution, one of the stakeholders
contacts you and informs you that his expectations have not
been completely accounted for in the project. What should be
your BEST response to the situation?

Understand his expectations and update project documents accordingly, starting with
stakeholder register

Since the stakeholder analysis has already been completed and all the other stakeholders
have been agreed to the project deliverables, the process cannot be repeated for this
particular stakeholder

Go through the stakeholder analysis with the team as there might be more unidentified
stakeholders in the project

Inform the stakeholder that he will be included in all project communications and he can
raise his concerns whenever he feels his requirements are not being addressed

Explanation
Managing stakeholder expectations and establishing effective communication with them is one of the
most critical activities for project success. The Project Manager should update the project documents
according to the requirements of the stakeholders

Question: 123
Correct

A project manager receives an approved change request related

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 to the project’s governance framework. What should the project
manager do to implement this change?

Revisit the plan project process and update all planning documents affected by the change.

Submit the change request to the project steering committee for approval

Implement the approved change request

Re-estimate the durations of project activities affected by the change

Explanation
Simple question. A project manager receives an approved change request so the next step is to Revisit
the plan project process and update all planning documents affected by the change.

Question: 124
Correct

You are a project manager in a software project. A development

team completed the project and plans to initiate the closure
phase. However, one key stakeholder refuses to sign-off due to
non-compliance with the agreed-upon deliverables. What should
the project manager do to facilitate acceptance?

Conduct a variance analysis to identify any deviation in the deliverables.

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 Record the noncompliance and initiate project closure.

Document the noncompliance and start the change management process.

Provide a new statement of work (SOW) for the variation in the deliverables

Explanation
variance analysis is a T&T in the Close Project or phase process. First, the project manager should
conduct a variance analysis to identify any deviation in the deliverables by comparing what was initially
planned and the end result.PMBOK 6th edition Page, 126

Question: 125
Correct

A Project Manager is involved in a procurement management

process in a centralized contracting environment. Which of the
following is usually NOT the role of the Project Manager?

Provide increased expertise in contracting and also guide the team on standardized
company practices

Make sure the contract contains all project management requirements

Identify risks and incorporate mitigation and allocation of risks into contracts

Help tailor the contract to the unique needs of the project

Explanation
The Project Manager is working in an organization with a centralized contracting group. The project

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 manager does not have to be a trained expert in procurement management laws and regulations. The
project manager is typically not authorized to sign legal agreements binding the organization; this is
reserved for those who have the authority to do so. For more mature organizations, the actual
procurement, and contracting functions will be carried out by a separate department with the specific role
to purchase, negotiate, and sign contracts (centralized purchasing)..PMBOK,6th Page no, 462

Question: 126
Correct

Some of your project management peers are of the opinion that

leadership and project management software usage skills are
some of the important skills a project manager should have. As
per PMI Talent Triangle. which of the below reflects all the
competencies of a project manager?

Technical project management, leadership , strategic and business management

Knowledge, performance, personality

Project management, people management, Business and strategy

Management experience, process expertise, domain experience

Explanation
This is the correct answer as per PMI Talent Triangle.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 56]

Question: 127
Correct

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 You have been appointed as a project manager for a project but
you find that there is no project charter. You find that there is no
practice of creating project charter in this organization. What will
you do?

Discuss the need to have a project charter with the sponsor

Call for a project kick-off meeting and politely inform everyone that the project has started
and request their cooperation

Create a draft project charter and submit to your supervisor

Create a project charter and inform project team members about it

Explanation
Explanation: The sponsor or initiator of the project is responsible to establish (approve and issue) the
charter, and can take the help of the prospect project manager to develop it.

Question: 128
Correct

After having identified stakeholders, you have performed

stakeholder analysis and begin comparing with stakeholder
analysis done in other projects and also by other organizations.
What is this called?

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 Benchmarking

Monitoring stakeholder engagements

Comparative stakeholder analysis

Expert judgment

Explanation
Explanation: In benchmarking, the comparison is done with best-in-class approaches within and outside
the organization.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 520]

Question: 129
Correct

Having identified stakeholders by performing stakeholder

analysis, you wish to complete this activity fully before moving
on with their engagement planning, What will you do next for this
purpose?

Prioritize stakeholders

Make changes to stakeholder priorities in the plans

Begin engaging with stakeholders

Conduct project kick-off meeting

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 A project manager has been asked by the sponsor to assist in
creating a document that will detail project benefits, when they
will be delivered and how they will be measured. Which document
has been asked for?

Benefits management plan

Project charter

Scope baseline

Business case

Explanation
Explanation: The benefits management plan includes all that has been mentioned in the question plus
strategic alignment, benefit owners, when benefits are planned, risks and assumptions.[PMBOK 6th
edition, Page 29]

Question: 132
Correct

During project closure, due to lack of time, you have created the
final project report and successfully completed the handover to
operations. However, your project sponsor is not allowing you to
leave the project. When you ask the sponsor, the response is that
you need to figure out yourself why you cannot leave. What could
be the main reason that the sponsor is holding you back though

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 everything seems to have been done?

Lessons have not been transferred to the lessons learned repository yet

Baseline documents have not been updated yet

Project resources have been not been released yet

Operations have not provided acceptance sign off yet

Explanation
Explanation: It is important to capture all the project lessons in a lessons learned repository at the end of
the project. Releasing of resources to be done eventually after all closure work is completed. The
baseline cannot be updated with actuals. Operations have already provided their acceptance as
mentioned in the question.

Question: 133
Correct

During project closure, you are checking whether contract

closure was done or not and whether it was performed correctly.
Which document will you refer to in addition to the project
closure procedure in the project management plan?

The agreement

The project closure plan

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 The requirements documentation

The procurement SOW

Explanation
Explanation: The contract must be referred for the closure requirements and responsibilities apart from
what is documented in the project management plan. The procurement SOW does not describe this
procedure and there is no document called the project closure plan. The requirements documentation is
about the project requirements which will be scoped.

Question: 134
Correct

The project closure meeting was scheduled but the customer did
not arrive and then sent an apology and requested to have this a
month later. Postponing this meeting would impact the closure
milestone. What should the project manager do?

Inform the project sponsor and seek advice

Close the project even if customer could not make it to the meeting

Postpone the meeting to next month as per customer's request

Reschedule the meeting to 2 days from now and tell the customer to attend without fail.

Explanation
Explanation: The sponsor should be consulted for major decisions if need be. The sponsor may take part

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 in the closure discussions apart from the project manager. In internal projects. The customer and sponsor
can be the same.

Question: 135
Correct

During a risk review meeting, the team identifies a risk. The

project manager is unable to determine a way to manage the risk
internally because it is in the domain of another project team.
What should the project manager do?

Escalate the risk to senior management.

Transfer the risk to another team

Accept the risk

Mitigate the risk

Explanation
Keyword( The risk in the domain of another project team ) Escalation is appropriate when the project
team or the project sponsor agrees that a threat is outside
the scope of the project or that the proposed
response would exceed the project manager’s authority. Escalated
risks are managed at the program
level, portfolio level, or other relevant part of the organization, and not on the
project level. The project
manager determines who should be notified about the threat and communicates the
details to that person
or part of the organization. It is important that ownership of escalated threats is accepted
by the relevant
party in the organization.PMBOK 6th, Page 442

Question: 136
Correct

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 You have finalized the project's resource estimates for various
activities. Just in case schedule delays occur later in the project
for some activities and resource estimates are a suspect, which
of the following artifacts will be checked?

The basis of estimates

The assumptions used for the estimates

The constraints associated with the estimates

The risks which would influence this estimate

Explanation
Explanation: The basis of estimates includes assumptions, constraints, risks, range, confidence level,
estimation method used and any resource information used from prior projects.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page
326]

Question: 137 Correct

There have been some challenges lately to acquire resources on

time. This has led to a slight delay in some of the activities.
Fortunately, they are not on the critical path. But you would like
to improve this situation, and you think you did not put sufficient
focus on this aspect. As a project manager, which among the

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 below would be your best bet for this?

Negotiate effectively with those who are in a position to provide resources

Ask the functional managers to prioritize this as they own the people responsibilities in the
project

Request assistance from the sponsor, for example a slightly more budget so that you can
obtain alternate available resources on time

Immediately identify the related risks due to non-availability of resources

Explanation
Explanation: Negotiation is the best tool available to a project manager to obtain resources. Identifying
the risk will not solve the issue, action is required. Asking the sponsor to assist is not ok as the project
manager lacked focus and that must be set right first. The project manager is responsible to acquire and
manage resources from a project perspective (assuming a matrix organization) through functional
managers perform people management, therefore asking functional managers to prioritize is not the best
option. Therefore project managers have to negotiate with functional and other managers all the time.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 333]

Question: 138
Correct

Your project expense has increased in the last quarter due to the
required office space for personnel and some of their travel. What
can you do from a resource management planning perspective to
address this?

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 Plan to incorporate a virtual team environment, if not done already

Use video conferencing and web based meetings

Bring all project team members to work from one location

Reduce the travel and office equipment cost

Explanation
Explanation: Virtual team environment helps to move forward with projects that would have been
canceled due to travel expenses, and save expenses of the office and physical equipment for employees.
In this arrangement, project team members need not work face to face, and facilities like video
conferencing may be used. Bringing all team members into one location incurs more expenses due to
relocation and possible higher office rates at that location. The option to reduce office and travel cost
does not exactly specify how to reduce it.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 333]

Question: 139
Correct

You are in the process of communications planning for your

project. You are therefore reviewing the project charter to
understand stakeholders and analyze their communications
needs. What other information is key for this planning, if
available?

Stakeholder engagement plan

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 At least one of the project baselines

The assumptions log, so that project assumptions can be considered in the communications
planning

The issue log of the project, so that any ongoing issues can be related to communications
planning

Explanation
Explanation: The stakeholder engagement plan, stakeholder register, project requirements, resource
management plan are key inputs during communication planning apart from project charter. High-level
project assumptions will already be available in the project charter.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 368]

Question: 140
Correct

You have organized a project meeting. Some participants

acknowledge your messages but you have no idea if they really
understood you. What should you do to improve this
communication model?

Switch from the basic to interactive communication model

Respond to their acknowledgements properly

Decode their acknowledgements properly and encode your message delivery also properly

Use a better transmission medium

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 Explanation
An interactive model of communication will allow you to check whether participants are understanding
you or not, wherein feedback/response from the participants is facilitated rather than just their
acknowledgments. This can do by asking them something simple as "any questions?" or "can anyone
summarize what I just said?[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 372]

Question: 141
Correct

The critical activities of the project have been estimated for their
durations but risks associated with them have not been factored
yet. The risks listed in the risk register are then reviewed and
additional durations are factored for activities which could be
prone to those risks. What type of reserve has been applied?

Contingency reserve

Management reserve

Alternative reserve

Estimation bucket

Explanation
Explanation: Additional duration factored due to possible risks are known as contingency reserves. These
may be applied to cost estimates also. Management reserve is for unknown risks. Alternative reserve and
estimation bucket are not valid terminologies.

Question: 142 Correct

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 In the final meeting to approve these deliverables that are
completed in a project, some stakeholders state that the product
doesn’t meet their needs. What should the project manager do?

Demonstrate that the objectives in the project charter have been achieved.

Validate that the deliverables are as requested and close the project

Demonstrate that the deliverables have been verified and negotiate their approval.

Review the list of stakeholders and determine whether the appropriate individuals attended
the meeting.

Explanation
Keyword ( product doesn’t meet their needs ) The project charter includes the project objectives, the
approval requirements, High-level requirements, Project exit criteria (what are the conditions to be met in
order to close or to cancel the project or phase) , and Project purpose. So the project manager should
Demonstrate that the objectives in the project charter have been achieved. PMBOK 6th edition Page, 124

Question: 143
Correct

Your organization has a reputation for awarding contracts to

bidders based on their solution quality based on the
organization's clear specification of the problem or need. Which
procurement document will be issued in such a case?

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 RFP

RFQ

Purchase Orders

RFI

Explanation
Explanation: RFP (request for proposal) is issued when the solution to the problem requires lot of effort
and is not easy, and therefore the seller proposal is evaluated based on the quality of the solution.

Question: 144
Correct

You are performing risk management planning and are reviewing

the project charter and the project management plan. You think
that another key artefact must be reviewed before finalizing the
risk management plan. Which one should it be?

Stakeholder register

Risk register

Procurement plan

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 Assumptions log

Explanation
Explanation: Stakeholder register needs to be referred to for stakeholder risk appetites. The risk register
will not be available yet. Assumptions log will be reviewed while identifying risks. Procurement plan is
already part of the project management plan.

Question: 145
Correct

Some of your core team members who are situated in different

locations are unable to perform as a team. You are concerned
about this and make a decision to improve their performance as
one core unit. Which among the below would be most suited for
this purpose?

Colocate the core team members

Check employee performance records of the core team members to determine how to
facilitate collaboration among them

Use communication technology like shared portals, audio/video conferencing and email/chat

Allow them to work as a virtual team using latest collaboration technology

Explanation
Colocation or bringing the core team members together into one location will enhance their ability to
perform as a team. It is already a virtual team as some of them do not work face to face.
Communications technology can help but not better than face to face interaction. In case colocation is not

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 possible, then team building will greatly benefit apart from the use of communications and collaboration
technology.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 340]

Question: 146
Correct

The change control board has approved a change. What should

be done to implement this, assuming the relevant baseline has
been updated?

The concerned stakeholders should be first informed that the change is being implemented

Implementat the change

The project manager should check the status of implementation

Team members who will implement the change should be asked to perform the impact
analysis once again to be sure

Explanation
Explanation: As the change is already approved, and it is clear that the relevant baseline has been
updated, it can be now implemented, but after informing the concerned stakeholders about it first.

Question: 147
Correct

In a recent meeting, the customer has asked to reduce the cost of

the product as much as possible while improving product

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 performance and quality. You pass on this message to the
product design team and also advise them to consider aspects of
product reliability, safety, installation, usability, and servicing.
They go back and decide to apply a certain technique. Which of
these do you think it is?

Design for X

Problem solving

Quality improvement method of PDCA

Quality improvement method of Six Sigma

Explanation
Explanation: Design for X (DfX) is a set of technical guidelines that may be applied during the design of a
product for the optimization
of a specific aspect of the design. DfX can control or even improve the
product’s final characteristics.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 295]

Question: 148
Correct

During the execution phase, the project manager discovers that

junior team member is struggling to complete the assigned work
and requires some additional guidance to get back on track.As a
project manager, what should you do?

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 Arrange for coaching from senior project team member.

Remove the team member from the project.

Send the team member to additional training.

Instruct the team member to work overtime to meet deadline.

Explanation
If a junior team member require some additional guidance, the project manager should first arrange for
coaching from senior project team member before the training. Very important question for Real pmp
exam

Question: 149
Correct

Some of your organization's department who are collaborating

together for a project have found a great way to include a few
subject matter experts in their project even though those experts
will work from another geography. You are appointed as the
project manager while this project is in the executing phase. You
notice some conflicts in the project team due to this arrangement
of people working from remote locations. What will you do first to
improve the situation?

Improve the communications plan for the project

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 Bring the other geography resources to the local office for a day every month to meet the
local members face to face

Hold frequent meetings with the other geography resources

Exchange the locations of the other geography resources with the local resources

Explanation
Communications planning is very important in a virtual team environment like this. Having the other
geography resources meet with local resources face to face once in a while will be useful, but the
communications plan will decide what communications actions like this will be performed. Apart from this,
facilitating communications, setting clear expectations within the team, developing protocols for conflict
resolution, including people from all locations in decision making, understanding cultural differences,
sharing credit during success are also important.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 333]

Question: 150
Correct

You administer surveys, interviews, assessments and focus

groups within your project team and create a team performance
assessment with observations on their skills, competencies,
turnover rate and cohesiveness. You then evaluate the team's
overall performance. How will you use this report now?

Identify specific training, coaching, mentoring or other changes required to improve the
team's performance

Estimate the cost of improving the team's performance

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 Estimate the revised project schedule based on the team's performance

Make changes to the team members who are performing poorly

Explanation
Explanation: The team performance assessment is used to identify performance improvement strategies
and actions. Though at some point this may include changing team members, or reviewing impact to
project schedule or estimating training costs, the first step is to identify actions to be undertaken
specifically with respect to team performance improvement. Also, team members cannot be changed
without giving them the opportunity to improve first.

Question: 151
Correct

You are attending a bidder's meeting as the project manager from

the buyer's side and conclude that it is going on fine. What made
you come to this conclusion?

The buyer team is repeating a question asked by a seller for the benefit of all sellers
present, and ensuring that all sellers get to hear the answer.

The buyer is providing excellent answers to each seller's question in private to that seller

The buyer has scheduled separate meetings with small groups of sellers so that there is
sufficient time to take up seller questions

In case the buyer is not able to answer a seller's question, they guarantee to mail that seller
a clear answer within 24 hours

Explanation

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 By understanding the needs of both and guiding them towards successful resolution and
their full satisfaction

When one of them is very flexible to accept the other person's opinion in front of you

When one of them backs out due to frustration

By providing your opinion of who is right

Explanation
Explanation: The approach should be of problem solving or collaboration.

Question: 154
Correct

During competitive bidding, your organization commits to

resources during the discussions with the buyer (customer)
though resource planning has not been initiated as the
contracting process has just begun. What is this known as?

Pre-assignment

Virtual team assignment

Pre-bid assignment

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 Confirmed team assignment

Explanation
Explanation: Pre-assignment is early assignment of resources to a project, used in competitive biddings
and in special expertise projects usually. When physical or team resources for a project are determined
in advance, they are considered pre-assigned. This situation can occur if the project is the result of
specific resources being identified as part of a competitive proposal or if the project is dependent upon
the expertise of particular persons. Pre-assignment might also include the team members who have
already been assigned in Develop Project Charter Process or other processes before the initial Resource
Management Plan has been completed.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 333]

Question: 155
Correct

The project team is busy preparing product design guidelines as

required by the quality plan. In the quality plan, there was a
mention to comply with ISO standards, therefore, the team is also
implementing this standard. A group of people external to the
project have announced an audit of the quality standards being
followed. Which process is the team performing right now?

Manage Quality

Control Quality

Plan Quality Management

Quality Assurance

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 Explanation
Explanation: All the activities being performed by the team are part of Manage Quality.

Question: 156
Correct

You are managing an agile software project. Previously you had

managed only non-Agile projects. Which type of meetings would
you find to be unique to your current project compared to your
earlier projects?

Sprint meetings

Design meetings

Quality review meetings

Vendor performance review meetings

Explanation
Explanation: Sprint meetings are unique to agile projects.

Question: 157 Correct

During project executing, the project manager is spending a lot of

time-solving problems that arise. It would be BETTER for the

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 project manager to focus on:

Identifying additional risks and following the risk management process

Performing sensitivity analysis on past problems and transferring them to other projects

Executing the project management plan and making sure the quality management plan is
viable

Having the team solve the problems, thus freeing his time to hold more meetings

Explanation
This question includes a lot of things that could be done. Before you read on, look again at the choices.
The project manager need not focus on holding more meetings, and the team should not solve ALL
problems. choice (Executing the project management plan) is not as proactive. Sensitivity analysis is
done during the Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Process. Only identifying more risks gets to the root
cause of the problem.

Question: 158
Correct

As a project manager, many of your project team members are

new to the project, and while they are working well as a team, you
are concerned as to whether they are following the procedures
correctly. What tool or technique is likely to help you determine if
there is a problem?

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 Quality audit

Inspection

Histogram

Ishikawa diagrams

Explanation
A quality audit is a tool used in the Manage Quality process to determine if the project activities are
following organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures. Since the team members are
new to the project, a quality audit could identify compliance with the procedures as well as proactively
offer assistance to improve implementation of the procedures. PMBOK 6th, Page(s) 294-295

Question: 159
Correct

You intend to increase the probability of meeting the quality

objectives of the project, identify ineffective processes and
causes of poor quality. Which project quality management
process should you pick?

Manage Quality

Control Quality

Plan Quality Management

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 Plan Process Improvement

Explanation
Explanation: Manage Quality is correct. There is no process named Plan Process Improvement.

Question: 160
Correct

Some of your team members have examined the problems

experienced and constraints experienced in a certain design
process. They have also identified a few non-value add activities.
Which of the following tools they must have applied to analyze
the processes?

Process analysis

Root cause analysis

Alternatives analysis

Audit

Explanation
Explanation: This is typical of process analysis performed as part of managing project quality. Process
analysis identifies opportunities for process improvements. This analysis also examines problems,
constraints, and non-value-added activities that occur during a process.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 292]

Question: 161 Correct

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 Your team has created a project related blog site which also
allows non-project readers to comment on articles written by
project staff. Which method of communication is being used?

Push Communication

Interactive Communication

Pull Communication

Small Communication

Explanation
Explanation: A blog is a push method of communication where the writer expresses himself/herself
irrespective of whether the reader has asked for or interested in it or not.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 374]

Question: 162
Correct

You have asked your delegate to create an assumptions log draft

which you wish to finalize and then later to create lessons
learned register. When are they created?

These are created while developing the project charter and managing project knowledge
respectively

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 Both are created when developing the project charter

Both are created when executing the work, that is in the Direct and Manage Work process

The assumptions log is created while developing the project charter and the lessons learned
register in the Monitor and Control Project Work

Explanation
Explanation: The assumptions log is created at the time of project charter creation, and the lessons
learned register when managing project knowledge.

Question: 163
Correct

During a staffing plan meeting, there are discussions related to

the flexibility, skills, attitudes, salary expectations of prospective
candidates for the project. A decision to finalize some of them
will be made based on these factors and most likely by assigning
different weights to each of these factors based on what is
desired. What is this technique called?

Multi-criteria decision analysis

Autocratic decision making

Voting

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 Source selection criteria

Explanation
Explanation: Multi-criteria decision analysis considers various factors related to resources (or the entity in
consideration) in order to make decisions about them. Weighed scoring is carried out to make decisions.

Question: 164
Correct

A project manager must evaluate and simulate the impact of a list

of risks for the project duration. What should the project manager
do?

Conduct a what-if scenario analysis

Perform a schedule network analysis

Perform an expected monetary value (EMV) Analysis

Prepare a contingency and fallback plan

Explanation
Keyword ( evaluate and simulate ) What-if scenario analysis is the process of evaluating scenarios in
order to predict
their effect, positive or negative, on project objectives. PMBOK 6th edition. Page 213

Question: 165
Correct

You have submitted the cost baseline to the sponsor. After a

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 review, the sponsor tells you that the amount you have estimated
for a certain month is more than the funds the sponsor can
disburse you for that month. What do you think the sponsor will
advise you next?

To reschedule the work of that month

To remove some of the work scope for that month

To motivate the project team do the work of that month without being fully paid for it

To reduce the cost estimates of the activities for that month

Explanation
Explanation: Rescheduling work for the period where funds are lower than estimated will be required in
this situation. Removal of scope is not a correct option. It will be tough to motivate people to work without
being paid and this may not be legally ok also. Reducing the estimates is also not an option as this will
mean that the original estimates were incorrect. The chosen option will require a change request which
will impact the cost baseline.

Question: 166
Correct

Your project has been progressing well so far. Due to an

expected increase in the cost of raw materials which was not
factored as project risk, you are in need of some management
reserve. The management reserve is available but the sponsor
asks you to do something to obtain it. What is the sponsor asking

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 you to do?

To follow the change approval process to move the required management reserve funds to
the cost baseline

To first move the required funds from the contingency reserve to the management reserve

There is no need of a management reserve as the risk was not factored, and therefore it
may be funded from the contingency reserve

To put in a request to the sponsor for the management reserve

Explanation
Explanation: A standard procedure in such a situation is to obtain change approval to move the required
funds from the management reserve to the cost baseline and then use that amount from the cost
baseline. All other options are incorrect. Putting in a request to the sponsor has already been done.
Management reserves are intended to address the unknown unknowns that can affect a project.
The
management reserve is not included in the cost baseline but is part of the overall project budget and
funding
requirements. When an amount of management reserves is used to fund unforeseen work, the
amount of management
reserve used is added to the cost baseline, thus requiring an approved change
to the cost baseline.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 252]

Question: 167
Correct

A seller has performed all the work as per the contract but the
buyer states that the seller performance is not within the allowed
range of values for one of the buyer's internal metrics. The buyer
decides to deduct a part of the payment to the seller. As per the

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 Update the issue log to record the stakeholder concerns

Update the assumption log with any changed assumptions about the stakeholders

Revise the project schedule to satisfy the stakeholders

Explanation
Explanation: The Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process needs to be triggered under which
stakeholder analysis is one of the techniques. This will help understand the stakeholder's position and
revise engagement plans for them as appropriate. Just updating any logs or revising the schedule will not
put this challenge to rest.

Question: 169
Correct

A project manager is creating a program evaluation and review

technique (PERT) diagram. A primary activity on the critical path
has a most optimistic time of three weeks, a most pessimistic
time of seven weeks, and a most likely time of five weeks. What is
the activity’s expected time?

5 weeks.

7 weeks.

6 weeks.

3 weeks.

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 Explanation
The formula for three-point estimate (based on triangular distribution) is Estimate = (Optimistic + (Most
Likely ) + Pessimistic)/3. ( 5+7+3 ) /3=5 weeks . Note: to estimate activity duration, use triangular
distribution, while the cost estimation you should use triangular or beta distribution.

Question: 170
Correct

You come with a lot of project risk management experience. You

are particular that risks should be continuosly monitored
properly. Which will of the below will you perform as part of such
monitoring?

Review any secondary risks which arise due to agreed risk responses

Integrate risk response activities with other project execution work

Influence risk owners to take necessary actions for the planned risks, particularly when they
are busy with other work

Arrange for a meeting to identify risks in the project. So far no risks have been identified.

Explanation
Explanation: Identifying any secondary risks occurred due to agreed risk responses is part of risk
monitoring. Influencing risk owners to take actions and integrating risk response activities with other
project execution work are part of risk implementation. Identifying risks for the first time is risk planning.

Question: 171
Correct

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 You are trying to find out the effectiveness of communications
activities. For this purpose, you would like to adjust
communications based on any changes to stakeholder
engagements. How will you do this?

Review and update the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix and make changes to
communications as appropriate

As this is about stakeholders and communications both of which are very important for any
project, you must first discuss this with the project sponsor

Create the stakeholder engagement strategy based on the existing stakeholder engagement
assessment matrix

Schedule a joint meeting with all stakeholders to conclude changes to stakeholder

engagements, then adjust project communications based on it

Explanation
Explanation: The existing stakeholder engagement assessment matrix should be reviewed to understand
the current engagement levels and modify desired levels as appropriate, after which communications
may be adjusted. Just creating a stakeholder engagement strategy will not help in improving
communications, and it should already exist. Discussion with a sponsor will be necessary in case any
guidance is required for any major matters you cannot handle or inform about anything major. Holding a
joint meeting with stakeholders will not help understand everyone's engagement levels.

Question: 172
Correct

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 A checksheet has been created in your project. Some team
members had already created a checklist. This has caused some
confusion about checksheets and checklists. You call for a
meeting to clarify. You tell them that the following correct
meanings of both terms:

A checklist may be used to check compliance to steps of a procedure, whereas a

checksheet may be used to tabulate test results

The confusion has been created unnecessarily, both checklist and checksheet mean the
same

Checksheets are quality test scenarios, whereas a checklist may be used when taking those
measurements

Checksheets are created in quality planning, whereas checklists in quality control

Explanation
Explanation: Checksheets are tabulated results of quality tests, they are not quality test scenarios. A
Checklist is used to check compliance to steps in a procedure, for example, whether all steps are being
followed while measuring something. Checklists are created in the Manage Quality process, whereas
checksheet in quality control.

Question: 173 Correct

Internal restructuring by the customer has resulted in the

replacement of some key stakeholders. What should the project

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 manager do first?

Review and update the stakeholder engagement plan.

Distribute a summary of the project’s current status to the new stakeholders.

Hold another kick-off meeting with the new stakeholders to re-establish the project baseline.

Review and execute the communication management plan.

Explanation
As a result of the replacement of some key stakeholders, the project manager should Review and update
the stakeholder engagement plan. The stakeholder engagement plan is updated regularly to reflect
changes to the stakeholder community. Typical trigger situations requiring updates to the plan include::
When there are changes to the organization structure or within the industry and When new individuals or
groups become stakeholders, current stakeholders are no longer part of the stakeholder community, or
the importance of particular stakeholders to the project’s success changes. PMBOK 6th edition Page,
518

Question: 174
Correct

You are managing a software upgrade project for your company.

One of the key stakeholders has a great deal of authority
regarding project decisions, but resistant to any changes that
may occur as a result
of the work or outcomes of the project. To
complete the project successfully, you need his continuous
support. What stakeholder management strategy should you use

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 with the key stakeholder?

Manage the key stakeholder closely

Keep the key stakeholder satisfied

Monitor the key stakeholder actions

Keep the key stakeholder informed

Explanation
High authority = High power & Resistant it means he is involved and very interested. Based on the power
- interest grid, High authority with high interest it means ( manage closely ).

Question: 175
Correct

A few employees have left the project team due to unavoidable

circumstances. You do not have any back resources at the
moment. Due to this, certain activities are being unattended.
What would be the best solution to progress these activities?

Take a corrective action

Perform a root cause analysis of why the employees left

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 Take a preventive action

Discuss this with HR department immediately

Explanation
Explanation: A corrective action is required to resolve the issue immediately and progress the work. This
may involve bringing backup resources at the earliest, asking existing resources to do overtime if
possible with extra wages until backups are in place, etc.

Question: 176
Correct

As the project is progressing, the next status meeting is

scheduled for tomorrow. You have a list of planned performance
measures for scope, cost, and schedule. Ahead of this meeting,
you have received actual performance values from relevant
project team members. What will you do before the meeting to
compare the planned and actual values?

Perform variance analysis

Perform a trend analysis of the actual values for the last week and this week

Ask the concerned team members to perform alternatives analysis for their actual measures,
in case of deviation from the planned values

Perform a root cause analysis wherever there is a difference in planned and actual value

Explanation

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 Explanation: Variance analysis compares planned and actual measures. As a project manager, you are
responsible to check whether there is any variance between planned and actual measures for the project
progress. Trend analysis is not required as per the question. Root cause analysis and alternatives
analysis will have to be done later. Refer PMBOK Guide 4.5.2.2 Data Analysis (Variance analysis, page
111).

Question: 177
Correct

A change was raised by the customer to remove some of the

product functionality. This will impact the scope baseline. The
implementation plan has been worked out. What should be done
next, now that this change has also been approved?

Update the scope baseline, and any other impacted baselines as assessed for the change

Create the implementation plan

Ask the project team to implement the change

Assess whether this change will impact the scope baseline

Explanation
Explanation: Any impacted baselines should be updated before the change is implemented. The
implementation plan is already done and it has already been assessed that the scope baseline will be
impacted.

Question: 178 Correct

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 You are planning for project resources and have created a table
showing individual roles for various tasks in the project. What
sort of representation is this called, from a resource planning
perspective?

A RACI chart

A text based format of an organization chart

A project organization chart

An OBS

Explanation
Explanation: A RACI chart (a type of responsibility assignment matrix) tabulates individuals and their
roles for various tasks in the project. R = responsible, A = accountable, C = consult, I = inform.

Question: 179
Correct

During a risk audit, it was found that some risks were not
analyzed correctly. It was suspected that risk related information
were not properly reviewed before concluding characteristics of
risks like probability, etc. What could have been done to prevent
this issue?

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 Risk data quality assessment

Effective interviews during the risk identification process

Analysis of other risk parameters

Risk probability and impact assessment

Explanation
Explanation: Risk data and quality assessment is about validating the accuracy and reliability of risk-
related information.[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 423]

Question: 180
Correct

The project charter for a new project is authorized, and the

company’s executive appoint a project manager. What should the
project manager do first?

Define and prepare the project management plan.

Define the project scope.

Appoint and assign project team members.

Identify and report the high-level risks to the executives.

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 Explanation
After developing the project charter , the next step is identify stakeholders but this option not available. so
the next process is plan scope management to create the scope management plan which is a part of the
project management plan.

Question: 181
Correct

You are a project manager and having a dispute with your seller
over certain changes. You have met him to discuss the dispute,
but you didn't reach an agreement by negotiation. What should
be the best way to resolve this?

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

Involve your sponsor to settle this claim

Litigation

Renegotiate if possible

Explanation
Explanation: If the parties themselves do not resolve a claim, it may have to be handled in accordance
with alternative dispute resolution (ADR) typically following procedures established in the contract.
Settlement of all claims and disputes through negotiation is the preferred method..[PMBOK 6th edition,
Page 498]

Question: 182
Correct

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 A project requires five tasks to complete. Task A begins on day 1
and will take two days to complete. Task B will take 6 days to
complete and can not begin until task A is finished. Task C will
take 4 days to complete, cannot begin before task A is finished,
and must be completed before task D begins. Task D will take 8
days to complete and cannot begin until task B is finished. Task
E will take 1 day to complete and cannot begin until task D is
finished. What is the duration of the critical path?

17 days.

19 days.

21 days.

15 days.

Explanation
The duration of the critical path is 17 days

Question: 183
Correct

A project lost 10 productive days due to bad weather. In order to

make up for the lost time, the project management team calls for
an emergency meeting and decides to apply fast-tracking as a

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 schedule compression technique. This is an example of:

Work-around

Risk escalation

Risk avoidance

Risk Mitigation

Explanation
Workarounds are responses to unidentified risks or passively accepted risks if they occur. . This is not a
PMBOK Guide term BUT very important for real exam.

Question: 184
Correct

A drug manufacturing is testing samples of medicines for their

designed dosage during clinical trials. In which process will the
sample sizes be defined and in which process the testing will be
carried out?

Plan Quality management, Control Quality

Plan Quality Management, Manage Quality

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 Manage Quality, Control Quality

Plan Quality Management, Quality Assurance

Explanation
Explanation: The sample sizes will be defined during quality planning and the tests will be carried out in
quality control

Question: 185
Correct

A customer is validating scope towards the end of a project and

finds some unexpected features added to the product. Upon
discussion with the project manager, there is confusion
regarding how this feature got added. Unfortunately, no
document existed wherein this could be verified. Which
document could have avoided this confusion?

Requirements traceability matrix

Scope baseline

Scope management plan explaining how confusions can be prevented

Issue log with a record of this confusion having occurred

Explanation
Explanation: The requirements traceability matrix is the best document as it traces the origin of all
requirements. The scope baseline will list how the requirement will be made available or will be fulfilled in

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 the product and not where the requirement originated from, for example during product design.

Question: 186
Correct

In a project team, there are regular issues related to the

resignation of staff and delay in acquiring replacements for them.
You take a serious view of this and begin to clearly understand
what is going on and then have broken it down into smaller
issues to address. Next, you proceed to gather all the information
you can about what happened in the past with respect to these
issues. You perform a root cause analysis. What should you do
next?

Identify various potentials solutions, select the most appropriate ones, implement them and
check if that solves the issue

Meet with HR to address this issue

Create an action plan and implement it

Focus only on quick replacements and not the resignations

Explanation
Explanation: This option reflects the steps of problem-solving. It is important to identify various options
before finalizing the action plan. Though this is mentioned as a technique for controlling physical
resources in the PMBOK Guide, it may be used for solving any type of problem.

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 Question: 187
Correct

A project manager notices that work started by the project team

is misaligned with an industry regulation. The project manager
recalls that this topic was previously discussed during a
stakeholder meeting. What should the project manager reviews?

Issue log.

Project management plan.

Work performance data.

Organisational process Assets.

Explanation
The project team is misaligned with an industry regulation this is an issue and recorded before in the
issue log. So the project manager should review first the issue log to check the status and understand
why the team misaligned with an industry regulation although this topic was previously discussed then
take the decision.

Question: 188
Correct

You are the Project Manager of the Carpet Installation project for
a new building. The project BAC (Budget at Completion) is
$60,000 and you have spent $27,000 so far, in delivering 38.4% of

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 the work, against an expected 38.1%. How much is the CPI (Cost
Performance Index)?

0.85

38.1

0.38

8.5

Explanation
Explanation: Answer = B. 0.85; AC (Actual Cost) = $27,000, EV (Earned Value) = BAC (Budget at
Completion) * percent completed = $60,000 * .384 = $23,040; CPI = EV / AC = $23,040 / $27,000 = 0.85.

Question: 189
Correct

You are preparing to manage a project in Ethiopia. This is the first

time you will be managing a project outside your own country.
Where would you look to find details of what you should and
shouldn't do when working in this country?

Enterprise Environmental Factors

Project Charter

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 Business Case

Organizational Process Assets

Explanation
Explanation: Answer =. Enterprise Environmental Factors, as this includes cultures and global, regional
or local trends, practices and habits.

Question: 190
Correct

The Project Manager to build a concrete waterfall at a theme park

likes to plan everything up front and follow the waterfall method.
However, the customer doesn't want everything fixed from the
beginning, as she may change her mind in a number of areas
once the project is underway, and needs to be sure that the
Project Manager can allow for flow on effects. What sort of
project life cycle should the Project Manager use?

Adaptive

Predictive

Explicit

Tacit

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 You have recently joined an organization as the Marketing
Manager. You have been told that a new product has just been
created and you will need to get it into market within the next
month. This means press released, TV, Radio, Internet and
newspaper adverts, a big launch, with at least one local celebrity.
You request a meeting with a project manager for advice on
initiating the project, but you are told the organization doesn't
have a Project Manager, it just has a part time Project
Coordinator. What is the organizational structure of the
organization?

Balanced matrix

PMO

Strong matrix

Project-oriented

Explanation
Explanation: Answer = . Balanced matrix. (See Table 2-1. Influences of Organizational Structures on
Projects. PMBOK Guide pg47).

Question: 193
Correct

Your current project phase has 8 activities, A to H. A and E can

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 start at the same time. A must finish before B starts. B must
finish before C and F start. C must finish before D starts. E must
finish before F and G start. F and G must finish before H starts. C
and H must finish before D starts. Duration of: A = 5, B = 8, C =
15, D = 10, E = 6, F = 9, G = 19, H = 5. What is the critical path?

EGHD

ABCD

ABFHD

EFHD

Explanation
Explanation: Answer = EGHD because EGHD is the longest path with 40 days and therefore all activities
have zero float

Question: 194 Correct

You are managing a project and the original scope baseline of the
project was budgeted at $100,000. Since work on the project
started there have been 13
authorized and approved changes to
the project. The changes have a value of $12,000 and the cost of
investigating them prior to their approval was $1,500. What is the
current budget for the project?

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 $113,500

$109,500

$112,000

$100,000

Explanation
The current budget of the project contains all of the authorized funding for the project including additions
to the project since the setting of the original baselines. This includes any and all authorized work done
on the project, including the investigation of work that may be done to investigate the feasibility of
changes.

Question: 195
Correct

A previously unknown risk surfaces on a project and creates an

issue that is estimated to cost $50,000. The project manager
submits a change request to adjust the schedule baseline and
uses the already approved contingency reserves to address the
cost. What did the project manager do wrong?

The project manager used contingency reserves instead of management reserves.

The project manager should not have included the schedule baseline in the change request.

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 The project manager did not account for all possible risks during project planning.

The project manager should not have submitted the change request since the risk was
unknown.

Explanation
According to the scenario, the project manager is performing the Monitor Risks process. The risk in this
scenario is stated to be an unknown risk, and the project manager is using contingency funds, rather than
management reserves, to address the risk. Contingency reserves are included in the cost baseline to
address specific identified risks. Management reserves are included in the project budget to address
unknown risks. Using contingency reserves for unknown risks adversely affects the project’s cost
baseline. Management reserves are not included in the cost baseline; therefore, a change request is
required to transfer funds from the management reserves into the cost baseline. Therefore, of the
choices provided, using contingency reserves instead of management reserves is what the project
manager did wrong.

Question: 196
Correct

During the implementation phase, the project manager identifies

a new project activity that will not affect the project end date.
What should the project manager do next?

Create a change request.

Ask the sponsor to approve the new activity.

Update the schedule baseline and Begin working on the new task immediately

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 Update the change log and update the schedule baseline

Explanation
Although the new project activity does not affect the end date of the project, but it may affect the scope
baseline and the other project constraints, therefore the project manager should submit the change
request first and take approval from CCB.

Question: 197
Correct

While reviewing the business case during the initiation phase, the
project manager finds that information is incomplete. What
should the project manager do ?

Review the business case with the sponsoring organisation to confirm that the project align
with business needs.

Update the risk register

Evaluate the impact on the project constraints

Issue a change request

Explanation
The project manager does not update or modify the business documents since they are not project
documents; however, the project manager may make recommendations. so the project manager should
meet the project sponsor and inform him to confirm that the project align with business needs. [PMBOK
6th edition, Page 78]

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 Question: 198
Correct

As a project manager for a large construction project, the project

is being fast-tracked because the stakeholders committed to the
schedule. Some construction activities must be initiated before
all basic scope specifications are completely developed. What
type of contract should the procurement manager negotiate?

Cost plus incentive fee (CPIF).

Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF).

Firm fixed price (FFP).

Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF).

Explanation
The project scope not well defined so you can easily remove option Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contracts
(FPIF) and Firm fixed-price contract (FFP). Option Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contracts (CPIF) is the Best
because this type Provides low risk for the buyer from CPFF.T he risk also lies with the buyer; however,
this risk is lower than the Cost Plus Fixed Fee where the buyer has to pay a fixed fee along with the cost
incurred.
[PMBOK 6th edition, Page 472]

Question: 199
Correct

You are a project manager managing a project for the company. A

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 company’s financial year-end is approaching. A seller delivers
most of a project’s deliverables but a few defects require
correction before the contracted payment can be made. What
should the project manager do?

Pay to the seller with a formal written commitment to complete the work

Arrange an extended financial project close until contract closure is completed

Claim penalties for the value of the outstanding payment.

Terminate seller contract

Explanation
A very important question for pmp exam. A company’s financial year-end is approaching, so the project
manager should Pay to the seller with a formal written commitment to complete the work.

Question: 200
Correct

Assume you are a project manager in an IT hardware

manufacturing project. During the project, you discover that
certain batches of components are failing quality inspections.
What should the project manager use to lower the failure rate?

Cause and effect diagram

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 Probability and impact matrix.

Tornado diagram.

Control chart.

Explanation
Keyword ( lower the failure rate ) The project manager should use the cause and effect diagram to find
the root cause of the problem to lower the failure rate.

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