PMP exam questions with answers- Chapter 1 Introduction
1- A project manager is
trying to complete a software development project but cannot get enough
attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process-related
work and the project manager has little authority to properly assign resources.
What form of organization must the project manager be working in?
A-) Functional
B-) Matrix
C-) Expediter
D-) Coordinator Introduction & The
Environment in Which Projects Operate
2- Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a Project?
A) It has a beginning and an end
B) Creates a unique product or service
C) Temporary
D) Repetitive and ongoing for years
3- The project life cycle
differs from the product life cycle in that the project life cycle:
A-) Does not
incorporate a methodology
B-) Is different for
each industry
C-) Can spawn many
projects
D-) Describes project
management activities
4- You are working in a software company. To provide better
quality in projects, your company is initiated an
infrastructure renewal
project. This is an example of which project initiation
reason?
A) Market Demand.
B) Technological Advance.
C) Customer Request.
D) Legal Requirement.
5- Your management has
decided that all orders will be treated as “projects” and that project managers
will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure that the
customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue
from the individual orders can vary from $100 to $150,000. The project manager
will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than
daily status. How would you define this situation?
A-) Because each
individual order is a “temporary endeavor”, each order is a project.
B-) This is program
management since there are multiple projects involved.
C-) This is a recurring
process.
D-) Orders incurring
revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project
management.
6- Which of the following is an example for operational work?
A) Extending a subway line with 4 more stations.
B) Manufacturing a new car with new features customized for
men.
C) Sending password renewal emails every 6 months for each
user working in a company.
D) Sending a satellite to space.
7- The previous project
manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is
a lack of management control and no clearly defined project deliverables. Which
of the following would be the BEST choice for getting your project better
organized?
A-) Adopt a life cycle
approach to the project
B-) Develop lessons
learned for each phase
C-) Develop specific
work plans for each work package
D-) Develop a
description of the product of the project.
8- Project management includes processes to manage and deliver
a project successfully. Which of the following is NOT a process group of
project management?
A) Tracking & Reporting.
B) Initiating.
C) Executing.
D) Closing.
9- A company is making an
effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past
projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?
A-) Create project
management plans
B-) Create lessons
learned
C-) Create network
diagrams
D-) Create status
reports
10- Project management profession requires knowledge and
expertise in project management knowledge areas. All the following are project
management knowledge areas EXCEPT:
A) Stakeholder Management.
B) Procurement Management.
C) Budget Management.
D) Schedule Management.
11- One of your team
members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is
working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities among
projects in a company?
A-) The project manager
B-) The project
management team
C-) The project
management office (PMO)
D-) The team
12- Which of the following about projects, programs and
portfolios is NOT correct?
A) Interrelating projects can be groups under a program for
better coordination.
B) All projects and programs under a portfolio must be
related to each other.
C) Programs and projects serving to same business goal can
be grouped under a portfolio.
D) Unrelated projects cannot be grouped under same program.
13- A market demand, a
business need, and/or legal requirement are examples of:
A-) Reasons to hire a
project manager
B-) Reasons projects
are initiated
C-) Reasons people or
businesses become stakeholders.
D-) Reasons to sponsor
a project.
A) Supportive.
B) Controlling.
C) Directive.
D) Managing.
15- Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is
crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance
should:
A-) Be included as activities to be performed during project
closure.
B-) Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because
a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations.
C-) Not be viewed as part of a project. A project is
temporary with a definite beginning and end.
D-) Be viewed as a separate project.
16- Project Management Office (PMO) in an organization may do
all the following in an organization except:
A) Test the functional requirements of products developed.
B) Provide guidance.
C) Manage interdependence between projects.
D) Gather lessons learned document.
17- Lessons learned are
BEST completed by:
A-) The project manager.
B-) The team.
C-) The sponsor.
D-) The stakeholders.
18- Project manager reports to different people depending on the
organization type. A project manager can report to all the following EXCEPT:
A) Functional Manager.
B) Program Manager.
C) Senior Team Member.
D) Portfolio Manager.
A-) Management
attention to scope management.
B-) Management
planning.
C-) A project expediter
position.
D-) A change control
system.
20- All the following are roles of Project Manager EXCEPT:
A) To lead the team to achieve project objectives.
B) Perform the most critical tasks of the project.
C) Using interpersonal skills while managing project.
D) Linking the strategy of the project or organization with
the project team.
21- Which of the following is NOT required to exist in a Project
Manager?
A) Knowledge about project management.
B) Performance on applying project management methodologies.
C) Personal skills to manage communication.
D) Subject matter expertise on the technology used in
project.
22- Your company will hire a project manager for its Project
Management Office (PMO) department. Hiring process of the company evaluates
several aspects of the candidates. Which of the following is the MOST
important aspect that needs to be assessed in a Project
Manager candidate?
A) Team Building.
B) Communication.
C) Leadership.
D) Coaching.
23- Objectives of a project define what needs to be achieved as
a result of project. All the following about
objectives are correct EXCEPT:
A) If 98% of the objectives have been met in a project, it
can be considered successful.
B) A trade off exists between requirements and objectives.
C) Meeting project objectives is under Project Manager’s
responsibility.
D) Quality activities are done for checking project meets
its objectives.
24- Which of the following is NOT a common type of project
constraint?
A) Time.
B) Resources.
C) Technological Advance.
D) Cost.
25- Organizational Process Assets is input or output in most of
the project management processes. Which of the following about Organizational
Process Assets is NOT Correct?
A) Functional Organization structures do not need
Organizational Process Assets in the company.
B) Includes lessons learned documentation and historical
information from past projects.
C) Acts as corporate knowledge base for storing and
retrieving information.
D) Includes plans, processes, and procedures used by
organization.
26- You are working as a project manager in a smartphone
manufacturer. There is a harsh competition in smart phone market and several
patent conflicts are ongoing between the smartphone manufacturers in courts.
This is an example of:
A) Stakeholder.
B) Objective.
C) Organizational Process Assets.
D) Enterprise Environmental Factor.
27- You are working as a project manager in a health products
manufacturer. All of the following are examples of Enterprise Environmental
Factors EXCEPT:
A) Structure of the organization.
B) Budget provided for your new project.
C) Standards published by World Health Organization (WHO).
D) Market conditions.
28- Stakeholders are the people whose interests may be
positively or negatively impacted by the project. All the following about
stakeholders are correct EXCEPT:
A) Requirements of all stakeholders’ must be met in a
project.
B) Project team members are part of stakeholders.
C) Stakeholders might have competing requirements with each
other.
D) Meeting expectations of stakeholders are critical to
success of the project.
29- Project governance provides the project manager and team
with structure, processes, decision making models and tools for managing the
project. In this concept, which of the following is not an example of project
governance?
A) Documentation of the organization for how to assign tasks
to resources.
B) Tool for requesting resources from line managers.
C) Requirements of the customer.
D) Source selection procedure of the organization for
procurement.
30- Organizations choose different types of organizational
structures for their organization. Which of the following is not a type of
organizational structure?
A) Functional.
B) Line.
C) Projectized.
D) Matrix.
31- Which of the following is NOT true about Functional
Organizational Structure?
A) People are grouped by areas of specialization.
B) Team members do project work and departmental work.
C) Information is exchanged through heads of regarding
departments.
D) Least common type of organizational structure seen in
market.
32- You are working in a software company and your company has a
projectized organizational structure. Which of the following is TRUE?
A) People in resources will turn back to their departments
after project finishes.
B) Functional managers have control of projects.
C) Company is organized by departments based on
specializations.
D) Project manager has the ultimate control of the project.
A) Tight Matrix.
B) Strong Matrix.
C) Balanced Matrix.
D) Weak Matrix.
34-Your friend is working in a weak matrix organizational
structure in his company. When you discussed with him, he described that he
does the paperwork of the projects, acts as staff assistant and communications
coordinator in projects. His role can be defined as:
A) Project Assistant.
B) Project Organizer.
C) Project Expediter.
D) Project Coordinator.
35- When you are talking to one of your friends who works as a
senior architect in a construction project, he mentioned that they are assigned
to projects and after project finishes, they return to their departments. Also,
he said that they report both to project manager and their department manager.
Your friend works in a:
A) Projectized Organization.
B) Matrix Organization.
C) Functional Organization.
D) Departmental Organization.
36- All the following are advantages of Functional Organization
EXCEPT:
A) More effective communication is ensured in projects compared
to matrix or projectized organizations.
B) Team members report to only one manager.
C) Employees can have clearly defined career paths.
D) Similar resources specialized in similar topics are
centralized.
37- All the following are advantages of Projectized Organization
EXCEPT:
A) Efficient project organization.
B) Loyalty to the project.
C) Most efficient communication compared to matrix or
functional organizations.
D) Resources can turn back to their departments when project
finishes.
38- All the following are advantages of Matrix Organization
EXCEPT:
A) More support can be ensured from functional areas.
B) There is only one manager for resources.
C) Better coordination.
D) Better utilization of resources in the company.
39- Which of the following is TRUE about project life cycle?
A) Project life cycles can change depending on the industry
or organization’s preferences.
B) All project life cycles have same 5 phases: initiating,
planning, executing, controlling, and closing.
C) Project management processes must be customized based on
different project life cycles.
D) Project management processes are followed only once
through a project life cycle.
40- Lessons learned documentation includes what would be done if
the project could be redone. Lessons learned documentation can cover all the
following EXCEPT:
A) Technical aspects of project.
B) Best practices experienced throughout the project.
C) Personal details of every project team member.
D) Mistakes done during project management.
41- Which of the following is NOT true about lessons learned
documentation?
A) Must be collected and updated throughout the project.
B) Only best practices of the project should be mentioned.
C) Lessons learned documentation will be used in future in
organization.
D) Once finished, lessons learned documentation is stored in
organizational process assets library of the company.
A) Project Management Plan.
B) Project Charter.
C) Business Case.
D) Scope Document.
43- Which of the following statements is NOT true about
“tailoring” in project management?
A) Good practice does not mean that all processes and
techniques of project management should be applied in all projects.
B) Selecting only the appropriate and required processes for
a project.
C) Tailoring is a must since each project is unique.
D) Mapping each process of project management in new
project.
44- Benefits management plan is a business document of a
project. Benefits management plan covers all the following EXCEPT:
A) Resource List.
B) Target Benefits.
C) Strategic Alignment.
D) Assumptions.
45- You are starting a new project. Some parts of the project
are very well predictable and can be estimated clearly. However, some parts of
the project has unclear points that the project team feels uncomfortable to
provide any estimation. Which development lifecycle best matches for this
project?
A) Predictive.
B) Iterative.
C) Incremental.
D) Hybrid.
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