PMP Study Guides

Author: Monika Bergmann

Question: 1

An element of the project scope statement is:

A. Acceptance criteria.

B. A stakeholder list.

C. A summary budget,

D. High-level risks.

Answer: A

Question: 2

Which document describes the necessary information to determine if a project is worth the required investment?

A. Cost baseline

B. Service level agreement

C. Memorandum of understanding

D. Business case

Answer: D

Question: 3

Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?

A. Project charter

B. Enterprise environmental factors

C. Stakeholder register

D. Organizational process assets

Answer: A

Question: 4

Which item is an example of personnel assessment?

A. Resource calendar

B. Tight matrix

C. Team-building activity

D. Focus group

Answer: D

Question: 5

Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?

A. Feedback analysis

B. Stakeholder analysis

C. Communication management plan

D. Stakeholder management plan

Answer: D

Question: 6

Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?

A. Procurement documents

B. Communications plan

C. Project charter

D. Stakeholder register

Answer: C

Question: 7

The Identify Stakeholders process is found in which Process Group?

A. Initiating

B. Monitoring and Controlling

C. Planning

D. Executing

Answer: A

Question: 8

An input to Develop Project Charter is a/an:

A. Business case.

B. Activity list.

C. Project management plan.

D. Cost forecast.

Answer: A

Question: 9

Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?

A. Project Risk Management

B. Project Human Resource Management

C. Project Scope Management

D. Project Stakeholder Management

Answer: D

Question: 10

Which input to Collect Requirements is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on requirements?

A. Stakeholder register

B. Scope management plan

C. Stakeholder management plan

D. Project charter

Answer: A

Question: 11

In which Knowledge Area is the project charter developed?

A. Project Cost Management

B. Project Scope Management

C. Project Time Management

D. Project Integration Management

Answer: D

Question: 12

The ability to influence cost is greatest during which stages of the project?

A. Early

B. Middle

C. Late

D. Completion

Answer: A

Question: 13

Which process involves developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities?

A. Estimate Costs

B. Control Costs

C. Determine Budget

D. Plan Cost Management

Answer: A

Question: 14

Which tool or technique is used in the Develop Project Management Plan process?

A. Pareto diagram

B. Performance reporting

C. SWOT analysis

D. Expert judgment

Answer: D

Question: 15

The organization's perceived balance between risk taking and risk avoidance is reflected in the risk:

A. Responses

B. Appetite

C. Tolerance

D. Attitude

Answer: A

Question: 16

An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is:

A. change requests

B. enterprise environmental factors

C. the stakeholder management plan

D. the change log

Answer: A

Question: 17

Which process numerically analyzes the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives?

A. Plan Risk Management

B. Plan Risk Responses

C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

D. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis

Answer: C

Question: 18

Which Collect Requirements output links the product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them?

A. Requirements documentation

B. Requirements traceability matrix

C. Project management plan updates

D. Project documents updates

Answer: B

Question: 19

A temporary endeavor that creates a unique product or service is called a:

A. Project

B. Plan

C. Program

D. Portfolio

Answer: A

Question: 20

The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action is known as:

A. Plan Risk Management.

B. Plan Risk Responses.

C. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis.

D. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis.

Answer: C

Question: 21

Stakeholder satisfaction should be managed as a key project:

A. Benefit

B. Initiative

C. Objective

D. Process

Answer: C

Question: 22

Which cost is associated with nonconformance?

A. Liabilities

B. Inspections

C. Training

D. Equipment

Answer: A

Question: 23

Identify Risks is part of which Process Group?

A. Planning

B. Executing

C. Closing

D. Initiating

Answer: A

Question: 24

The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:

A. Project management plan.

B. Project charter.

C. Work breakdown structure.

D. Stakeholder register.

Answer: B

Question: 25

Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?

A. Executing Process Group and Project Time Management

B. Executing Process Group and Project Cost Management

C. Planning Process Group and Project Time Management

D. Planning Process Group and Project Cost Management

Answer: C

Question: 26

In the Plan Stakeholder Management process, expert judgment is used to:

A. Provide information needed to plan appropriate ways to engage project stakeholders.

B. Ensure comprehensive identification and listing of new stakeholders.

C. Analyze the information needed to develop the project scope statement.

D. Decide the level of engagement of the stakeholders at each required stage.

Answer: D

Question: 27

Power, urgency, and legitimacy are attributes of which stakeholder classification model?

A. Salience

B. Influence/impact

C. Power/interest

D. Power/influence

Answer: A

Question: 28

Through whom do project managers accomplish work?

A. Consultants and stakeholders

B. Stakeholders and functional managers

C. Project team members and consultants

D. Project team members and stakeholders

Answer: D

Question: 29

A stakeholder expresses a need not known to the project manager. The project manager most likely missed a step in which stakeholder management process?

A. Plan Stakeholder Management

B.Identify Stakeholders

C.Manage Stakeholder Engagement

D.Control Stakeholder Engagement

Answer: A

Question: 30

Skills necessary for project management such as motivating to provide encouragement; listening actively; persuading a team to perform an action; and summarizing, recapping, and identifying next steps are known as:

A. organizational skills

B.technical skills

C.communication skills

D.hard skills

Answer: C