Exam Project Management Professional

What may result in projects?

Yasmin is a senior project manager for a project that produces a new line of medical widgets for a Fortune 100 company. The project was estimated to span three years, which excites the entire industry. It requires an investment of $1.5 billion from the company. What type of project is this?

Widgets for Life is a company that provides the latest cool lifestyle gadgets. Two executives of the company have recently decided to create a PMO to further invest in their organization's project management capabilities. They decide to focus on a PMO model that will drive compliance against a set of project management standards after long discussions. What type of PMO is this?

Two project managers named Sally and Joe are working in the corporate offices of a popular fast-food franchise. They are both studying for their PMP certification. They debate the latest topic on the agenda as usual. Joe insists that a project that ends due to a lack of resources is a starvation, while Sally believes it is an integration. Who is correct?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Harry recently met his most senior project management to review one of his directors' proposal pitching a new project. It includes a business summary of market demand that justifies the need for the project, the expected outcomes, return on investment, and a comprehensive cost analysis. What is the best description of the proposal?

Taking ownership for the decisions you make or fail to make, the actions you take or fail to take, and the consequences that result belong to which of the following values?

You are a project manager working on contract. You are out of work when your project comes to a close, and your contract completes. What type of organizational structure are you working in?

As the head of an enterprise PMO, Sue delivers a presentation describing her roles and responsibilities and the value of the PMO at the annual company meeting. She notes that the PMO has the responsibility to make certain that projects, programs, and portfolios are aligned and managed in line with the organization's strategic business objectives. What is Sue describing?

What best describes honesty as a value that project management practitioners should comply with?

You are a project manager working on a contract for an upscale retail toy store. In order to determine if the Party Event Planner department will be a profitable new service that all the stores should offer, 12 Party Event Planner departments are implemented in different locations across the country as a pilot. You've identified two alternative methods of implementing the pilot. Alternative A has an initial investment of $598,000. The PV of the expected cash inflows is $300,000 in year 1 and $300,000 in year 2. The cost of capital is 12 percent. Alternative B has an initial investment of $625,000. The PV of the expected cash inflows is $323,000 in year 1 and $300,000 in year 2. The cost of capital is 9 percent. Choose a correct statement.

Which valid tool or technique helps the project manager, or other assigned organizational resource develop the project charter?

You've Got Dogs is a specialty company that creates custom dog apparel and toys. As the principal project manager of this company, Carina has just finished the Design phase and is scheduled to perform a phase review with the steering committee facilitated by the company's PMO. What are phase reviews also called?

You are a project manager for the information technology division of a local satellite TV broadcasting company. The chief information officer for your company asks you to convert and upgrade all the PCs in the department to the latest release of a specific desktop application. Before that, all manner of desktop software existed on machines throughout the company and had caused increasing problems with sharing files and information across the company. A lot of time was wasted converting information into several formats. What leads to this project?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Robert recently met his project management team to review the project portfolio. He wants to understand more about the governance framework. What is considered to be governance?

What is NOT true about honesty as a value project managers should uphold?

You are the project manager of a construction company that has a project to build a new community of townhomes. Knowing that you are a big fan of a comedian, a vendor that is bidding on the electrical contract for the project sends you two tickets to attend her show. Based on the location of the seats, you know that the tickets are valued at more than $500. What is your best course of action?

A functional manager hosted a celebration to reward the project team for the successful completion of a major project. The team was relaxed and enjoying themselves, with some talking about upcoming vacation plans. What type of organizational structure is this?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Harry recently met his most senior project management to review a project that he will sponsor for. He asks the project manager to review the business value that the project is expected to deliver and how to measure that value. What document will the project manager share with Harry?

The director of marketing tells you about his latest idea for a new phone app called Project UV2. You take him seriously since he was the brains behind the company's top selling app. His idea is to enhance the existing UV app by improving the backend to sit on technology that the company recently rolled out, thereby making response time faster. The backend changes would not affect the phone app functionality or require any new configurations. What is this considered?

What is the disadvantage of working as a project coordinator in a weak-matrix organization?

What is NOT an example of constrained optimization method?

What is a program?

You are working to create a new television series. In the past, your organization has created multiple winning series. No other series on the air is the same as the one proposed. During sweeps week in November, the series needs to be ready to debut. What is true about his scenario?

A project manager is working on the Plan Procurement Management process. To gather information on specific seller capabilities, which tool or technique can be used?

Yasmin is a senior project manager for a project that produces a new line of medical widgets for a Fortune 100 company. The project was estimated to span three years, which excites the entire industry. It requires an investment of $1.5 billion from the company. After a lawsuit against the company, shareholders pulled out their investments, placing the project on hold for the foreseeable future. The project needs liquidating capital to continue. What type of project ending is this?

What is not included in project selection methods?

What should you do if one of your team members who is a fellow PMP credential holder is under investigation for violating the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?

A portfolio manager is leading a project portfolio planning exercise to determine which projects will move forward in the new quarter to support the strategic goals of the portfolio. A scoring model is used to rate projects against the three criteria: profit potential, ease of use, marketability. Which project will likely move forward based on the following table?

To start a project off on the right foot, a project manager reviews lessons learned from past similar projects. Lessons learned and historical information from past projects are included in which input?

What is the advantage of working as a project manager in a project-oriented organization?

While heating coffee in the office kitchenette, you run into the director of marketing for a midsize company. You ask him: "What are you up to?" He explains that he's trying to determine which best supports the department and company's annual goals by evaluating project proposals. What activity is he involved in?

During project closeout, what type of organization experiences the least amount of stress?

When carrying out the Identify Stakeholders process, which environmental factor should be paid the most attention?

What is NOT true about a functional organizational structure?

Your friend who is a fellow PMP credential holder has a new LED flatscreen computer monitor at her desk, showed off her new electronic tablet at a meeting two days ago, and unpacked a new ultra-thin laptop while you were in her office today. You suspect that she might be accepting gifts from hardware vendors who are bidding on an upcoming multimillion-dollar project that she's going to manage. What should you do?

Choose a incorrect statement about NPV.

Choose a correct statement about benefit-cost ratio.

What is the priority of product owners?

When closing out a project or phase, which organizational process asset should be considered?

The president of Reasons to Lyv which is the top client of a large marketing firm has decided to launch a product that leverages new GPS tracking technology. She strongly believes that the project will be successful. She asks the marketing firm to generate a unique campaign that will run in parallel with her project. After a top executive from the marketing company briefs his team about this unique situation that they have not managed before, a project is launched. What results in the top executive's project?

As the VP of customer operations for Galactic Kidz and project sponsor of the latest project called Project G, Roshoud works with the project manager to evaluate whether the project is on track to deliver planned value. During the discussion, what document are they likely to reference?

You are a new hired executive in a company. You stand out from your competitors thanks to your previous project management experience. The title of project coordinator is printed on your new business cards. Having discovered that the project charter for the project which you are working on was never written, you volunteered to draft one, even though the work of the project has started. The vendor assisting with the project has already been on board and been working with (and reporting to) the engineering division. After all of this, you send a report to the construction division. Which of the following statements is correct about this scenario?

Which group of individuals does the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct NOT apply to?

What is NOT true about projects?

What is the best description of PMI?

You work in a pharmaceutical organization that is considering building a new laboratory facility in the Northwest. Market demand is driving new research for diet medications, and the new lab would be dedicated to this product development project. Since there is space in an existing building for hosting the diet medication research project, some stakeholders in your organization are not sure if a new lab facility is necessary. After conducting a feasibility study, you get two possible ways to meet the space needs. What is true?

Choose an incorrect statement about fairness.

Widgets for Life is a company that provides the latest cool lifestyle gadgets. Two executives of the company have learned that a new federal law regulating the way personal data may be collected and used will be passed. Many gadgets of the company collect data. They decide to launch a new project to address the requirements of the new law. What leads to the creation of this project?

The departments, work units, or teams within an organization are shown in which of the following organization charts?

A project manager created false responses to a stakeholder satisfaction survey as part of the administrative closure. He said he did that because he didn't want to bother his stakeholders after they had worked so hard to finish the project successfully and he had received positive feedback throughout the entire project. Which core value within the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct did the project manager violate?

As a project manager who is practicing servant leadership, Sue gathers her team together to prepare them for a project. What points should she stress while explaining the benefits of business value?

As a project manager, you are meeting with your team. This meeting is held to determine the processes that should be used to manage the project effectively. What are you doing?

Widgets for Life is a company that provides the latest cool lifestyle gadgets. Two executives of the company are evaluating three projects linked to their department objectives as part of their annual planning process. They decide to use benefit measurement methods to choose the project. Which analysis tool will be used?

Kaylee works as a project manager for a company that builds software for mobile devices. One of her projects is to develop a health app that syncs with other health apps to combine and analyze the data for a comprehensive view. She works with the team to refine the backlog after a recent regulatory change. What is the best description of backlog refinement?

What is the present value of $8,000 after three years if the current interest rate is 7 percent? Assume all options are rounded to the nearest whole.

What is the ethical code a PMP credential holder must adhere to?

Having been assigned to a newly approved project, a project manager has to develop the first draft of the project charter. She decides to review the net present value and payback period calculated for the project to better understand the financials. What can the project manager reference?

You have been working as a project manager for three months and are anxious to start your first project. Your organization is taking into consideration a project with considerable risk. The selection committee is meeting in two weeks from today to decide on this project. You want to make a good first impression since you are new to the company. What should you do?

A project manager is managing a project that produces a fitness tracking device. He works with the team using an adaptive approach to managing the schedule in order to update and prepare stories for the upcoming iteration, accounting for any recent changes that may have occurred. What is this an example of?

What is the definition of business value?

What group is in charge of approving or denying all change requests?

What is NOT true about the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?

As a senior manager, you are overseeing projects for Fun Days Vacation Packages. You weigh the value of each project against the business's strategic objectives and monitor projects to make sure they adhere to those objectives in order to use resources most efficiently. What is described in this scenario?

As the head of an enterprise PMO, Sue has been given a high degree of authority within the company. Project managers report directly to the PMO. What best describes the type of PMO Sue leads?

You are the new project manager for a high-profile, critical project for your organization. You have full authority for this project because the project team is structured outside your normal organizational structure. What type of organization is this?

What influences the use of Agile approaches?

What is functional (centralized), matrix, and project-oriented?

A project manager is managing a project with a high degree of ambiguity. As the scope of work becomes clearer over time, the project team is expected to adapt to changes. What should the project manager communicate about the use of an iterative approach to managing the project life cycle while setting expectations with the team?

You are the project manager for a company producing mobile phone applications. The director of the consumer division is evaluating two projects in which only one is funded. Project UV aims to produce a mobile phone application that sends alerts that users should stay indoors when the UV rays are at dangerous levels. Project Fun aims to send alerts when users have not visited any destinations outside of their usual routine. After calculating the payback period and NPV for both projects, you get the following results:
Project UV: The payback period is 12 months, and the NPV is -100. Project Fun: The payback period is 18 months, and the NPV is 250. Which is your recommended project?

Kaylee is a project manager for a company that builds software for mobile devices. One of her projects is to develop a health app that syncs with other health apps to combine and analyze the data for a comprehensive view. To prepare for the upcoming iteration, she works with the project team to complete a review of the project's prioritized backlog. What should she do when knowing that several features of the app may be affected by a new regulation passed by the government?

Choose an incorrect statement.

A project manager reports on value achieved to date against the plan as part of project integration management activities. When carrying out this activity, what does the project manager hope to accomplish?

Who has the authority to approve or deny change requests defined by the organization?

What must a new project manager do to be effective when joining a new organization?

Select three types of PMOs.

As the head of an enterprise PMO, Sue delivers a presentation describing her roles, responsibilities and the value of the PMO at the annual company meeting. She outlines the general responsibilities of a PMO in her presentation. What is NOT the type of support that PMOs noramlly provide?

What does honesty as a value upheld by the project management community entail?

A program manager at an infectious disease nonprofit has just been assigned to a program that aims at solving a deadly issue plaguing a third world country. The deadly bacteria has entered into a major water source that branches out into many regions across the country. The first project will involve a feasibility study. What leads to the creation of this project?

A project manager is conducting an audit to measure the extent to which the project is compliant with regulatory standards. What activity is this?

Select two considerations that should be given when applying organizational change management?

What is the type of project ending in which the project manager is reassigned to another project after the previous project evolves to ongoing operations?

As a full-time project manager working within the customer operations organization, you report to the VP of customer solutions. Your manager is in charge of the project budget. What type of organizational structure is this?

What does responsibility entail as a value upheld by the project management community?

Choose an INCORRECT statement
about phase gates.

While putting together the project charter, the project manager wants to reference marketplace conditions to get information about the factors surrounding the project. What valid input can the project manager reference?

As a new project manager, you are destined to achieve good things and wants to attain the coveted PMP designation. You will strive to apply professional knowledge to your future projects and abide by the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct even after attaining the designation. Which theory and what area of the PMI role delineation study is this?

The president of Gharmino which is the top client of a large marketing firm has decided to launch a product that leverages new GPS tracking technology. She discusses with the project manager to see which stakeholders are resistant, unaware, neutral, supportive, or leading within the project. What tool or technique are being used?

What is the best description of project benefits?

As the new Commercial Director of a telecommunications company, Smith recently met his most senior project management to review a project that he will sponsor for. He wants to review the requirements and how the requirements link to the project objectives after discussing business value. What document will the project manager share with Harry?

A project manager is preparing a presentation for a progress review meeting with customers. There is a hardware procurement process that has not been done yet due to the complicated process. This will cause a schedule slippage for 2 weeks. The project manager does not include this information in the presentation so as not to anger the customer. He planned to crash schedule to get back on track. This project manager has violated the following core values. A project manager is preparing a presentation for a progress review meeting with customers. There is a hardware procurement process that has not been done yet due to the complicated process. This will cause a schedule slippage for 2 weeks. The project manager does not include this information in the presentation so as not to anger the customer. He planned to crash schedule to get back on track. This project manager has violated the following core values.

A set of tools and techniques to describe, organize, and monitor the work of project activities is brought together by which of the following?

What is the activity in which a project manager presents a summary of project team's roles and responsibilities, training needs, recognition and rewards to the project sponsor for approval?

You are the project manager for a large project. According to the initial project schedule, it takes approximately three years to complete the project. Over the course of this project, some of the stakeholders have changed and new stakeholders will become involved toward the end of the project. As the project has evolved into a new set of deliverables, the project team members have also changed. You are having a hard time motivating the team. The techniques you used with the previous team don't seem to work with this team. At various stages throughout the life cycle, more resources will be brought on and off the project team, so you wants to resolve this problem soon. According to the Project Resource Management Knowledge Area, what should you do?

Nancy is a senior systems engineer who loves to work with people and can grasp the big picture. Her manager decides to assign her the project manager role because of her functional knowledge, organized nature, and ease in getting others to follow her lead. Nancy struggles greatly with her first project despite her strengths. The first major milestone was missed, and the project was already over budget by $20,000. Nancy is missing which part of the PMI Talent Triangle™?

You are attaining and hiring resources for a project. Some can be found within the organization, but three of the resources you've identified must be hired on contract. Their previous experience, personal interests, personal characteristics, availability, and the competencies and proficiency of the contractors as well as the internal staff must be taken into consideration. Choose a correct statement about this situation.

A project manager held a celebration to reward the project team for successfully completing a major project. The team was relaxed and enjoying themselves, with some talking about upcoming vacation plans. What type of project ending is this?

You started working as a project manager for a new company less than 30 days ago. Your boss has told you that your top priority is to attain and assign internal and external resources to the project as quickly as possible. You need to recruit for two internal full-time positions. A good friend you've known for several years also attends your local PMI chapter. He is well qualified and looking for a job. You call him up and hire him on the spot. You will use a work order against a contract you have with a local staffing agency to hire external resources. What is true about this situation?

A product owner requests the Scrum master to show the remaining work effort for the sprint. What will be shown to the product owner?

What conflict-resolution technique stresses areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?

Diana, a newly appointed project manager shadows Charlie, a senior project manager when onboarding to the new team. Diana witnesses Charlie using several profanities with an engineer during a team meeting. She cringes in her seat as she sees Charlie talk over the engineer and chastise him for challenging the schedule. Diana decides to report Charlie's behavior to her manager. What is the core value that has been violated by Charlie?

Tom is a project manager for Storm Health. In a recent meeting, he intentionally deceived that the project budget had been fully approved; which causes multiple purchase orders to be processed. Knowing about Tom's action, the manager decided to confront him. On accounting for his deceit, Tom said: "By intentionally giving misinformation, I hoped the budget would eventually be approved and everything should be fine then". What core value has been violated by Tom?

A project manager from the United Kingdom traveled to Mexico for a project kickoff meeting. The team became highly offended when the project sponsor tried to welcome them by a hug. The project manager noticed that many people gave a hug as part of personal introductions. After feeling that the project team was exhibiting inappropriate behavior, he decided to leave the meeting. What did he experience?

According to the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory, humans have five basic needs arranged in a hierarchical order. What is the first set of needs in this order?

You've Got Dogs is a specialty company that creates custom dog apparel and toys. As the principal project manager of this company, Carina struggles to rein in the team, who seem to be at each other's throats. Everyone has good intentions, but they are not yet open and trusting with each other. The team is currently in which phase of the team development model?

What skill set is being exercised when a project manager considers the best way to navigate through the politics of the organization where most of their project team resides?

Your team has done a great job, and you have notified their functional managers that their assignment is over. However, the team members are sorry to see the project come to an end and are reluctant to go back to their functional work group. They enjoy working for you and say that this has been one of the best experiences of their career. According to the adjourning phase of team formation, what should you NOT do?

The project you are working on has contentious team members. You know resolving the conflicts will increase productivity and better working relationships. What does NOT result in most conflicts?

What is NOT a question a project team attempting to adopt an Agile mindset may use to develop an implementation strategy?

Kaylee, a risk manager, works with Alyssa, a project manager for a top healthcare company. They have a heated debate on how a risk should be treated. After further discussion, they decide to get the sponsor's viewpoint. What conflict-resolution technique is this?

What process are Jane and Thomas performing in the following case?
Jane - the president of Reasons to Lyv, which is a huge customer of a large marketing agency, has decided to launch a product that leverages new GPS tracking technology. Therefore, she is gathering with Thomas - the project manager, to decide which stakeholders are resistant, unaware, neutral, supportive, or leading within the project.

Tommy is now working as a project manager for a prominent company within the entertainment industry. During his working process, he found that a top classified movie deal under negotiation may feature his wife's favorite actress. Although in the contract, he agreed with the confidentiality article, Tommy still leaked this info to his wife (and his wife promised not to reveal this info to anyone else). What core value of a project manager has Tommy breached?

The project manager is asking questions about the product and forming answers describing the use, characteristics, and other relevant aspects of what will be delivered in order to facilitate an exercise with the team. What activity is the team involved in?

A project manager conducts training on cultural norms related to countries the team will be closely engaged with to increase cultural awareness. What activity is this?

What is the best description of the directing conflict resolution technique?

Who is in charge of understanding the interests and personal agendas of stakeholders?

John is managing a project which is believed to revolutionize the mobile fitness tracking industry. On discussing with the project's sponsor about its approach, John tells the project sponsor that he wants to promote self-awareness, listening, and coaching versus controlling. What type of approach is being described by John?

Dream Clinics is a research organization specializing in sleep disorders. You are the project manager of an internal service project and are in the Executing process group. You negotiate with a manager to get resources for specific activities on the project that your team cannot fulfill. As soon as the activities are completed, the resources will be rolled off the project. What best describes this scenario?

What is NOT a method used to develop project teams?

As a part of the Manage Team process, you are preparing for your individual team members' performance assessments. Which tool and technique will you use to determine each team member's leadership, influencing, and effective decision-making capabilities?

Dr. William Ouchi developed a theory which cares about the increase in employees' loyalty to their organizations and focuses on the well-being of the employees, both at work and outside of work. What is this leadership theory called?

What best describes a role delineation study?

After accepting a position in a new company, you've spent the first 30 days observing your team. Unfortunately, your findings are not encouraging. The team exhibits a lack of motivation, poor communication among team members, a lack of respect for you and your position, and unsatisfactory project work results. You think about leaving for a fleeting moment but that will violate the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. What is NOT true given the circumstance?

At what point in the project life cycle does measuring stakeholder satisfaction happen at minimum?

A contract project manager was working for an enterprise, one of his responsibilities was to create a project management handbook in combination with several enterprise's agents. When the handbook had been completed, he decided to sell and market it under his consulting group's brand. He accounted that because of his contribution to the handbook's creation, he had the right to sell and market the handbook under his consulting group's brand. How were his actions probably viewed by the contracting organization?

Your virtual project team has 12 members in the same building you're located in, 4 people from the West Coast office, 2 people from the Kansas City office, and 6 people from the London office. The working hours of your office are different from those of the others. Not all of the resources in your building are available at the same time during the day. Three of those 12 team members work swing shift hours. To capture the availability information for these resources and potential future resources, as well as their capabilities and skills, what should you use?

Avoiding, accommodating, reconciling, directing, and problem-solving are all kinds of ____.

A predictive delivery approach is used to develop a project management plan. How the project will be executed, monitored, controlled, and closed is described in the plan. Which tool can the project manager use to ensure the success of the project management plan?

Two project managers A and B are working in the corporate offices of a popular fast-food franchise. They are both studying for their PMP certification. They have a spirited debate. A thinks the project sponsor is responsible for managing and performing project integration activities, while B insists it is the project manager. Who is correct?

As a newly hired junior project manager, Silvana is working on projects that aim at supporting the networking team. Her first project is plagued with issues mostly due to team member conflicts. What fact will a sponsor share with Silvana to reassure her?

You are working to create a new television series. The producer for this series tells you that he is the final decision-maker for all questions arising during the course of the series and he'll arrange a meeting with you to discuss the budget for the project. In the past, your organization created multiple winning series, almost all of which had the same producer as this project. The producer believes this will be the best series they have produced to date and they are really excited about the project. No other series on the air is the same as the one proposed. During sweeps week in November, the series needs to be ready to debut. What is true about his scenario?

At 9 a.m. sharp every morning, a Scrum master brings the team together and asks the following questions: What did you accomplish yesterday? What will you work on today? Is there any obstacles in the way of your work? What activity is this?

What is the best course of action in the following situation?
You are the project manager of a research which develops a new food additive. When your product has been ready to be sold on the market, a reaction is discovered. By far, these reactions have been very minor and no long-lasting side effects have been recorded.

You are working as senior project manager for a manufacturing plant whose products are the components used by the aviation industry. The team assignments process has just been finalized. What should you do?

Who leads project teams by focusing on developing team member skills, coaching and empowering them?

As a procurement manager for a project implementing a new system patching service, Cheryl and the project manager review the final performance of the primary vendor used, highlighting many issues that they experienced with the vendor, such as delivering three weeks late and going over budget by $5,000. They also identify what they could have done differently and what they did well to address the vendor issues. What activity is this?

Conflicts among stakeholders lead to the failure of many projects. Conflict often arises because of which of the following?

Your manager wants to discuss the third paragraph of the recent status report you sent her for review. She doesn't understand its meaning and she is afraid that it may cast a bad light on her and the team. Having listened to your explanation and restated it, she offered suggestions on how to phrase this type of information on future status reports. Which style of leadership and power does your manager practice?

Who created the theory saying that people are motivated by the need for power, achievement, and affiliation?

Five engineers are going to travel to Japan to install a high-security network. They have never been outside of the United States. Before they travel, the project manager asks the Japan-based manager to give them an overview of Japanese history, customs, and social norms. Why does the project manager do that?

You have just received some complaints from three of your stakeholders about an individual in your team. They stated that this man kept making inappropriate jokes, interrupting others; furthermore, he was argumentative and unwilling to listen to the stakeholders' ideas. What does this team member need to acquire more?

A developer wants to move toward a career in project management. She is working on a small project implementing a new security feature to protect her company's internal network. She has had baselined the project's scope, schedule, and budget so far. She is now actively helping to resolve issues as they arise. What is she looking to achieve?

You are hiring resources for a project. Some can be found within the organization, but three of the resources you've identified will be contracted from outside the organization. Previous experience, personal interests, personal characteristics, availability, and competencies and proficiency of the contractors as well as the internal staff need to be taken into consideration. Your friend is looking for a job. He isn't qualified for the position, but you know he will come up to speed quickly. A couple of training classes should do the trick. What process and which area of the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is this?

During the closure proccess, a project manager meets with the project sponsor to review the final report. According to the report, the project budget is 90 percent consumed. The project sponsor is concerned about the risk of going over budget. What is the response of the project manager?

As a project manager working in a foreign country, you notice that some of your project team members are having hard time adjusting to the new environment. Before arriving, you gave them training on cultural differences and the customs of this country but they still seem uncomfortable and disoriented. Choose a correct statement about this scenario.

You request updates to work tasks during a project status meeting. Your close friend who is responsible for the most important milestone on the schedule notes that they are on track. The friend had told you the task was two weeks behind schedule over wine the previous evening. As the project manager, what should you do?

A project manager following an Agile life cycle receives a request to alter a requirement from the customer. What is his response?

The project you are working on has contentious team members. You know resolving the conflicts will increase productivity and result in better working relationships. You hold a meeting in which everyone is allowed to express their viewpoint. After the meeting, some team members understand the perspective of some of their teammates. Consensus is reached, and the team members thank you for taking the time to pull them together to discuss the issue. What conflict-resolution technique is this?

When combining Theory Y behaviors and the Hygiene Theory, what motivational theory is constructed?

According to the Herzberg's Hygiene Theory, motivation has two contributing factors. One is hygiene. What is the other?

What tool can you use to evaluate the engagement levels of stakeholders quickly?

What is the best description of the servant leadership approach used in Agile projects?

What is the win-win conflict-resolution technique that project managers should use most?

Looking over project team assignments, you notice that one of your resources is overallocated. It is assigned to more than one critical activity. You are concerned about the future availability of this resource. Which technique should you use to keep the project on schedule?

As the head of an enterprise PMO, Sue delivers a presentation describing her roles, responsibilities and the value of the PMO at the annual company meeting. She notes that practitioners and project managers should adhere to four core values and avoid conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest is addressed in which of the following core values?

Determining and documenting a team's effectiveness process are involved in which of the following activities?

Dancing Apron is a company combining cooking with simple children's cooking recipes and music. As a project manager, Leticia is working on the latest project that involves the release of the company's first digital product which parents can purchase and download online. While overseeing the project, Leticia notices that recent stakeholder engagement levels have decreased considerably, and they've begun to disagree during status meetings. She decides to use prioritized criteria and weights documented in the stakeholder engagement plan to evaluate their engagement levels so that she can share and discuss the results with the project sponsor. What primary activity is she performing?

What should you do if you witness a trusted colleague violating a privacy law of the country where both of you are temporarily stationed for an assigned project?

The project you are working on is critical to your organization. The CEO has made it clear this is a top priority. The replacement of one of the key stakeholders who resigned started three weeks ago. She does not make time for you or seem to have the same level of urgency regarding this project as the CEO. The success of the project is important to you and you want to manage the processes involved with this project efficiently. What is NOT a method referred to within this scenario?

What is NOT a common role used in Agile projects?

You want to become a project manager. In order to learn more about how to be an effective project manager, you have mentored with other experienced project managers in your organization. One of the mentors tells you that you have excellent organizational skills and communication skills. However, you need additional training in general management areas such as accounting and budgeting skills. How can the mentor explain this?

The project sponsor of a project has provided the organization's senior executives with a summary of the latest project that is about to start in a meeting. He introduces the project manager Yasmin, and commits to the room of executives that the project is bound to be a success. Who takes responsibility for the success of the project?

After your project has kicked off, you begin a series of overview sessions with key users to determine requirements for a new enterprise resource software implementation. One of your stakeholders is very contentious and throws obstacles up at every turn. One of the problems she has described seems to be legitimate. Before moving forward, there is an issue with the data from the legacy system that needs to be resolved. Choose an INCORRECT statement.

Carter is a senior project manager for a project whose target is to produce a new line of medical widgets for a Fortune 100 company. This project has been estimated to span in the next three years and need a $1.5 billion investment from the company. On the weekend, Carter receives a fifth call from a vendor that has been pursuing an active RFP for the project. She was informed that this vendor has connections in the offshore company which can manufacture the project's product; if they win the contract, they will assure to save Carter's company millions of dollars in the process by bypassing customs. What should Carter do?

At the company annual meeting, Sue - the head of PMO, is delivering a presentation about her role's responsibilities, the value of the PMO and the critical skill sets of a project manager. Throughout her presentation, one particular point strongly stressed by Sue is that a project manager must show the knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed to guide, motivate, and direct a team. What skill sets is being stressed by Sue?

Your position is primarily concerned with meeting stakeholder needs and issues including plans, controls, budgets, policies, procedures, and team motivation. You have signed a nondisclosure agreement, promising not to give away trade secrets, and a noncompete agreement with your current employer, saying that you will not work for a competitor within 18 months after the termination date. Your staff members have signed similar agreements, but their noncompete agreement is for 12 months. You have discovered that one of your staff members is interviewing at a competing company, which violates the noncompete agreement. What is your position and what is the domain within the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is this?

You are managing a project on contract with contingent bonus on the timely completion of the project. The project is behind schedule and it won't take more than a week to complete the remaining easy tasks. What is the most appropriate response?

You are working on an exciting project for a midsize company providing pet sitting services in people's homes. Having decided to branch out into project management consulting, you have landed your first contracting assignment. The designated project manager on this project doesn't have much experience. He insists that all the stakeholders have been identified and there is no need for you to meet them since he alone understands their expectations. What is true?

As a project manager, Alyssa has to manage an infrastructure project that aims at consolidating five data centers into one. She holds a team-building workshop with the core project team after kicking off the execution of the project work. What is she attempting to achieve?

What is a key benefit of rapid delivery approaches?

You are the project manager of a new project for a customer in a foreign country. You've requested a business analyst and two other project team members from the country of the customer to participate in your team. The remaining team members are from your country. What is the best way to ensure that the project team doesn't get bogged down in cultural differences and hold up project progress?

As a project manager for Dakota Software Consulting Services, you're working with a major retailer that offers its products through mail-order catalogs. Knowing customer's characteristics, the amount of first-time orders and similar information is what it is interested in. At one of your first project meetings, you tell the team that the number-one priority with this project is quality and you will immediately deal with any project results (and those who caused them) that are not in keeping with this goal. The last software company working with this retailer was terminated due to unacceptable product quality. You tell the team there will be rewards for those who meet the quality requirements of this project. You also tell them the guidelines for escalating issues with the retailer and instruct them there are to be no deviations from this process. You want to know about anything that has the potential to become an issue. You conclude the meeting and return to your office to write the next status report. Choose a correct statement.

The project you are working on involves some top-secret manufacturing techniques your organization has invented and patented. A team member on the project has a lot of knowledge about this technique. Others in the organization always ask her for advice and she will need to help the team with the current project. Nothing involving this technique is discussed outside of this project. What type of power is this?

You are in the middle of some difficult procurement negotiations. The schedule, service-level agreements, and incentives have not been agreed upon. During the negotiations, one of the parties representing the vendor lashes out at you. You are not expecting this outburst and are just about to stoop to their level. According to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, what process is this?

You've Got Dogs is a specialty company that creates custom dog apparel and toys. As the principal project manager of this company, Carina kicks off the second phase of a project that is developing high-tech dog bones three months after the project starts. She sits down with her sponsor to determine whether there are any new players that they missed in the first phase, and they hold a discussion on the direction of influence of these new stakeholders. What activity is this?

Your position is primarily concerned with meeting stakeholders' needs and issues including plans, controls, budgets, policies, procedures, and team motivation. You have signed a nondisclosure agreement, promising not to give away trade secrets, and a noncompete agreement with your current employer, saying that you will not work for a competitor within 18 months after the termination date. You will be working with a virtual team, and all team members will be required to sign similar agreements, but their noncompete agreement is for 12 months. Since the virtual team members are from all over the world, you should be particularly concerned with one area of the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Choose a correct statement about this scenario.

A superuser of a customer relationship management system calls the project manager to ask for help in resolving a system bug recently discovered by a member. What has the project manager failed to do?

Ralph, a project manager for Storm Health, has struggled since joining the company. His manager has noticed a gap in his critical PM skill. He struggled to answer questions on how the project aligns with the organization's goals, insisting it wasn't relevant in a recent kick-off meeting. What critical skill should he improve?

Taylor is a chief project manager of You've Got Dogs, a specialty company whose main products are customized dog apparel and toys. As usual, she has a meeting with her sponsor to evaluate the project's performance by reviewing feedback from the most recent prototype, which the team has produced successively to yield additional insight. Taylor notes to the sponsor that timeboxing has been helpful in reducing the uncertainty in the project. What type of life cycle is being used by Taylor?

Project managers must balance stakeholder interests and attain customer satisfaction. To ensure customer satisfaction, you can define and document __.

You are the project manager for a network cabling project with six full time employees and three contractors. All of them have worked together on a previous project a year ago. Only you are new to the team. Choose a correct statement.

You are facilitating a change control meeting. You review a change request to double the scope of the project but not yield a major increase in the project's resulting benefits. The submitter of the request bloats a project's scope without fully thinking through the consequence, but his changes tend to be approved thanks to his position in the company. After a financial analyst walks the team through the negative impact of the change request, they reject the change. What power do you use?

The completion of the work and release of staff are addressed in which of the following stages of the Tuckman ladder?

You are performing activities associated with the Executing process group with your stakeholders. You want to maintain consensus on the project objectives among the five stakeholders. You have finally come to consensus on the issue at hand by using both influencing and negotiating skills. What is the best description of this question's contents?

A permanent resolution is NOT the result of which conflict-resolution technique?

Although Alfred was not qualified for the security program manager position, he accepted the job anyway, reasoning that he could learn on the job. Which of the following values did Alfred fail to uphold?

At the annual company meeting, a project manager of an Agile PMO was awarded for his performance, including: define critical success factors of the project, facilitate iteration planning, and ask for information when he needed. What skill set is this project manager recognized for?

Lewis, a marketing associate, pulls you aside to get your opinion about the latest project that he claims was his idea. He expresses frustration that Antwon, the company's director of marketing, was named sponsor of the project instead of himself. Who is the correct project sponsor in this situation?

The project management office (PMO) leader wants to shift the organization from using a predictive to an adaptive delivery model. Most of the key stakeholders she works with have been around for a long time and tend to be averse to change. What approach should she use to shift to an adaptive approach?

What is NOT a characteristic of the Agile life cycle?

Julia, the president of Gharmino which is the top client of Markko (a large marketing firm) has decided to launch a product that leverages new GPS tracking technology. She strongly believes that the project will be successful. She asks Markko to generate a unique campaign that will run in parallel with her project. After a top executive from Markko briefs his team about this unique situation that they have not managed before, a project is launched. What results in the top executive's project?

What process involves distributing information about the project to the stakeholders? And; What process manages communications with stakeholders to meet their needs?

Shinta is a project manager who will produce a new application. She directs project team members in defining project requirements in detail and in depth prior to development. She implemented a strict change request process. What method is she using?

Jane is a senior project manager for an IT Provider company. He is often paired with a loud sponsor. In a meeting the sponsor starts cursing out of frustration caused by an important team member who is sick. The sponsor began to scold Jane and question her ability to carry out the project. Jane calmly reassured Sponsor that a contingency plan would be implemented soon and requested him to discuss this face-to-face. Jane then excused from the meeting participants. What values ​​is Jane upholding at the meeting

Alan works as a project manager for a nonprofit organization. The aim of this project is to collect unused smartphones for distance learning use for poor students in one state. All project team members are dedicated workers from the same organization and motivated by the desire to help people in need. They are people who have an outstanding record of performance. At a recent meeting, Alan reiterated the expectations of this project to all members. Allan listened to their ideas with great enthusiasm and made sure he would support them in achieving their project goals at all costs. What theory is Alan following?

What is the performing stage of the team development model developed by Tuckman?

While carrying out activities related to controlling the project and product scope, a project manager finds scope creeping. A close friend, one of key stakeholder, is to blame for the scope. What should the project manager do?

Ann introduces herself to main team members at the project kickoff meeting. She will try her best to minimize distraction that could disturb the team work and will act as facilitator. What is her position?

The knowledge wich difficult to express, is…

Which of the following values does a project manager uphold when he complies with laws and regulations, confidentiality of information, and accepts assignments for which he is qualified?

What may result in projects?

Yasmin is a senior project manager for a project that produces a new line of medical widgets for a Fortune 100 company. The project was estimated to span three years, which excites the entire industry. It requires an investment of $1.5 billion from the company. What type of project is this?

Widgets for Life is a company that provides the latest cool lifestyle gadgets. Two executives of the company have recently decided to create a PMO to further invest in their organization's project management capabilities. They decide to focus on a PMO model that will drive compliance against a set of project management standards after long discussions. What type of PMO is this?

Two project managers named Sally and Joe are working in the corporate offices of a popular fast-food franchise. They are both studying for their PMP certification. They debate the latest topic on the agenda as usual. Joe insists that a project that ends due to a lack of resources is a starvation, while Sally believes it is an integration. Who is correct?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Harry recently met his most senior project management to review one of his directors' proposal pitching a new project. It includes a business summary of market demand that justifies the need for the project, the expected outcomes, return on investment, and a comprehensive cost analysis. What is the best description of the proposal?

Taking ownership for the decisions you make or fail to make, the actions you take or fail to take, and the consequences that result belong to which of the following values?

You are a project manager working on contract. You are out of work when your project comes to a close, and your contract completes. What type of organizational structure are you working in?

As the head of an enterprise PMO, Sue delivers a presentation describing her roles and responsibilities and the value of the PMO at the annual company meeting. She notes that the PMO has the responsibility to make certain that projects, programs, and portfolios are aligned and managed in line with the organization's strategic business objectives. What is Sue describing?

What best describes honesty as a value that project management practitioners should comply with?

You are a project manager working on a contract for an upscale retail toy store. In order to determine if the Party Event Planner department will be a profitable new service that all the stores should offer, 12 Party Event Planner departments are implemented in different locations across the country as a pilot. You've identified two alternative methods of implementing the pilot. Alternative A has an initial investment of $598,000. The PV of the expected cash inflows is $300,000 in year 1 and $300,000 in year 2. The cost of capital is 12 percent. Alternative B has an initial investment of $625,000. The PV of the expected cash inflows is $323,000 in year 1 and $300,000 in year 2. The cost of capital is 9 percent. Choose a correct statement.

Which valid tool or technique helps the project manager, or other assigned organizational resource develop the project charter?

You've Got Dogs is a specialty company that creates custom dog apparel and toys. As the principal project manager of this company, Carina has just finished the Design phase and is scheduled to perform a phase review with the steering committee facilitated by the company's PMO. What are phase reviews also called?

You are a project manager for the information technology division of a local satellite TV broadcasting company. The chief information officer for your company asks you to convert and upgrade all the PCs in the department to the latest release of a specific desktop application. Before that, all manner of desktop software existed on machines throughout the company and had caused increasing problems with sharing files and information across the company. A lot of time was wasted converting information into several formats. What leads to this project?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Robert recently met his project management team to review the project portfolio. He wants to understand more about the governance framework. What is considered to be governance?

What is NOT true about honesty as a value project managers should uphold?

You are the project manager of a construction company that has a project to build a new community of townhomes. Knowing that you are a big fan of a comedian, a vendor that is bidding on the electrical contract for the project sends you two tickets to attend her show. Based on the location of the seats, you know that the tickets are valued at more than $500. What is your best course of action?

A functional manager hosted a celebration to reward the project team for the successful completion of a major project. The team was relaxed and enjoying themselves, with some talking about upcoming vacation plans. What type of organizational structure is this?

As the new leader of the marketing department of a telecommunications company, Harry recently met his most senior project management to review a project that he will sponsor for. He asks the project manager to review the business value that the project is expected to deliver and how to measure that value. What document will the project manager share with Harry?

The director of marketing tells you about his latest idea for a new phone app called Project UV2. You take him seriously since he was the brains behind the company's top selling app. His idea is to enhance the existing UV app by improving the backend to sit on technology that the company recently rolled out, thereby making response time faster. The backend changes would not affect the phone app functionality or require any new configurations. What is this considered?

What is the disadvantage of working as a project coordinator in a weak-matrix organization?

What is NOT an example of constrained optimization method?

What is a program?

You are working to create a new television series. In the past, your organization has created multiple winning series. No other series on the air is the same as the one proposed. During sweeps week in November, the series needs to be ready to debut. What is true about his scenario?

A project manager is working on the Plan Procurement Management process. To gather information on specific seller capabilities, which tool or technique can be used?

Yasmin is a senior project manager for a project that produces a new line of medical widgets for a Fortune 100 company. The project was estimated to span three years, which excites the entire industry. It requires an investment of $1.5 billion from the company. After a lawsuit against the company, shareholders pulled out their investments, placing the project on hold for the foreseeable future. The project needs liquidating capital to continue. What type of project ending is this?

What is not included in project selection methods?

What should you do if one of your team members who is a fellow PMP credential holder is under investigation for violating the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct?

A portfolio manager is leading a project portfolio planning exercise to determine which projects will move forward in the new quarter to support the strategic goals of the portfolio. A scoring model is used to rate projects against the three criteria: profit potential, ease of use, marketability. Which project will likely move forward based on the following table?

To start a project off on the right foot, a project manager reviews lessons learned from past similar projects. Lessons learned and historical information from past projects are included in which input?

What is the advantage of working as a project manager in a project-oriented organization?

While heating coffee in the office kitchenette, you run into the director of marketing for a midsize company. You ask him: "What are you up to?" He explains that he's trying to determine which best supports the department and company's annual goals by evaluating project proposals. What activity is he involved in?

During project closeout, what type of organization experiences the least amount of stress?

When carrying out the Identify Stakeholders process, which environmental factor should be paid the most attention?

What is NOT true about a functional organizational structure?

Your friend who is a fellow PMP credential holder has a new LED flatscreen computer monitor at her desk, showed off her new electronic tablet at a meeting two days ago, and unpacked a new ultra-thin laptop while you were in her office today. You suspect that she might be accepting gifts from hardware vendors who are bidding on an upcoming multimillion-dollar project that she's going to manage. What should you do?

Choose a incorrect statement about NPV.