PMP Quiz 3 (100 Questions)

Reviewed by Editorial Team

The ProProfs editorial team is comprised of experienced subject matter experts. They've collectively created over 10,000 quizzes and lessons, serving over 100 million users. Our team includes in-house content moderators and subject matter experts, as well as a global network of rigorously trained contributors. All adhere to our comprehensive editorial guidelines, ensuring the delivery of high-quality content.

Learn about Our Editorial Process

| By Agilep3

Agilep3

Community Contributor

Quizzes Created: 9 | Total Attempts: 9,611

| Attempts: 546

Quiz Flashcard

Questions

Feedback

During the Quiz End of Quiz

Difficulty

Easy First Hard First Sequential

1/224 Questions

The customer has reviewed the deliverables of a project and finds that they are acceptable, and must now communicate that acceptance to the project manager. Which form of communication is appropriate?
- Informal written
- Informal verbal
- Formal written
- Formal verbal

About This Quiz

PMP Quiz 3 features 100 questions on key project management processes and knowledge areas, including inputs, process groups, and planning stages. It tests understanding of PMBOK guidelines and prepares learners for PMP certification.

Quiz Preview

2.

A junior project manager at your company does not know how to perform earned value analysis. You spend a weekend with him to teach him how to do this. This is an example of:
- Contributing to the project management body of knowledge
- Fraternizing, and should be discouraged
- Unpaid overtime
- Giving access to proprietary information, and should be reported to PMI
Correct Answer

A. Contributing to the project management body of knowledge

Explanation

A- Any time you do coaching, mentoring, training, or anything else to help others learn about project management, you’re contributing to the project management body of knowledge.

Rate this question:
3.

You are a project manager on a construction project. You have just prepared an RFP to send around to electrical contractors. You get a call from your uncle who owns an electrical contracting company. He wants to bid on your project. You know he’s done good work before, and it may be a good fit for your company. How do you proceed?
- You disclose the conflict of interest to your company, and disqualify your uncle’s company
- You disclose the conflict of interest to your company, and make the selection based on objective criteria
- You disclose the conflict of interest to your company, and provide your uncle with information that the other bidders don’t have so that he has a better chance of winning the contract
- You do not disclose the conflict of interest, and give your uncle the bid
Correct Answer

A. You disclose the conflict of interest to your company, and make the selection based on objective criteria

Explanation

B- Any time there’s a conflict of interest, it’s your duty to disclose it to your company. After that, you should always proceed based on your company’s policies.

Rate this question:
4.

In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?
- Staffing Management Plan
- Project Management Plan
- Schedule Management Plan
- Communications Management Plan
Correct Answer

A. Communications Management Plan

Explanation

D- The Communications Management Plan defines all of the processes that will be used for communication on the project.

Rate this question:
5.

If you have an unresolved issue while working on a project, what is the best way to communicate that issue?
- Complain to a fellow colleague
- Create an issue log
- Write an email describing the issue
- Assume that someone else is already working on it
Correct Answer

A. Create an issue log

Explanation

C - An issue log allows you to communicate, track, and resolve project issues.

Rate this question:
6.

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 be 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?
- Update the scope and schedule baselines to reflect the approved change
- Start doing the work
- Gather performance metrics on the team’s work so far
- Perform Quality Assurance
Correct Answer

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

Explanation

A - When a change has been approved you always need to update the baseline and then implement the change.

Rate this question:
7.

If you want to have multiple vendors bid on your contract, what is the best way to ensure that all vendors have the same information before bidding?
- Issue a standard request for bid and do not allow any questions
- Hold a bidder's conference
- Communicate only through email
- Communicate only through phone calls
Correct Answer

A. Hold a bidder's conference

Explanation

B - A bidder's conference is a good way to ensure all bidders have the same information at the same time and to ensure fairness and equity within the bidding process.

Rate this question:
8.

Which is the BEST definition of quality?
- A product made of very expensive materials
- A product made with a lot of care by the team who built it
- A product that satisfies the requirements of the people who pay for it
- A product that passes all of its tests
Correct Answer

A. A product that satisfies the requirements of the people who pay for it

Explanation

C- Quality management is all about making sure that the product you are building conforms to your customer’s requirements.

Rate this question:
9.

You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with performance problems for your team. Which is the BEST response to this situation?
- Stop talking to the QA manager
- Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable skills and interests for your team
- Tell the QA manager that the staffing problems are really no big deal, and you’re sure that the two of you can eventually figure out the right answer together
- Tell the manager that you know which team members you want for your team and he needs to give them to you
Correct Answer

A. Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable skills and interests for your team

Explanation

B- You need to figure out the root cause of the problem if you are going to find a lasting solution to it.

Rate this question:
10.

You are working on a construction project. You, your team, and your senior manager all feel that the work is complete. However, one of your important clients disagrees, and feels that one deliverable is not acceptable. What is the BEST way to handle this conflict?
- Consult the contract and follow its claims administration procedure
- Renegotiate the contract
- File a lawsuit to force the stakeholder to accept the deliverable
- Terminate the contract and follow any termination procedure in the contract
Correct Answer

A. Consult the contract and follow its claims administration procedure

Explanation

A- When there’s a dispute between a buyer and a seller, that’s called a claim. Most contracts have some language that explains exactly how claims should be resolved—and since it’s in the contract, it’s legally binding, and both the buyer and seller need to follow it.

Rate this question:
11.

You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with performance problems for your team. Which is the BEST response to this situation?
- Stop talking to the QA manager
- Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable skills and interests for your team
- Tell the QA manager that the staffing problems are really no big deal, and you’re sure that the two of you can eventually figure out the right answer together
- Tell the manager that you know which team members you want for your team and he needs to give them to you
Correct Answer

A. Call a meeting with the QA manager to try to figure out why he suggested those candidates and how the two of you can work together to find team members with suitable skills and interests for your team

Explanation

B- You need to figure out the root cause of the problem if you are going to find a lasting solution to it.

Rate this question:
12.

Which of the following are enterprise environmental factors influencing a project's success?
- Stakeholder risk tolerances
- Political climate
- Marketplace conditions
- All of the above
Correct Answer

A. All of the above

Explanation

D - All the three listed factors are enterprise environmental factors that influence a project's success. Enterprise environmental factors may enhance or constrain project management options.

Rate this question:
13.

Which of the following best describes decomposition?
- Waiting for a task to expire so that it can break down into smaller tasks
- Taking a deliverable and breaking it down into the smaller work packages so that it can be organized and planned
- Categorizing work packages
- Dividing work packages into deliverables that can be planned for
Correct Answer

A. Taking a deliverable and breaking it down into the smaller work packages so that it can be organized and planned

Explanation

B- Decomposition is the main tool for creating the WBS. It just means breaking the work down into smaller and smaller pieces based on how your company does the work until it is small enough to categorize and organize hierarchically.

Rate this question:
14.

Tom is a project manager on an industrial design project. He is always watching when his team members come into the office, when they take their breaks, and when they leave. He periodically walks around the office to be sure that everyone is doing work when they are at their desks and he insists that he make every project decision, even minor ones. What kind of manager is he?
- Theory X
- Theory Y
- Cost cutter
- Effective
Correct Answer

A. Theory X

Explanation

A- Tom is a Theory X manager. He believes that employees need to be watched all of the time and that all of his team members are selfish and unmotivated.

Rate this question:
15.

If you want to compress a project schedule, what are two of the recommended alternatives to consider?
- Fast Tracking and Schedule Network Analysis
- Crashing and Fast Tracking
- Resource Leveling and What-If Scenario Analysis
- Crashing and Schedule Network Analysis
Correct Answer

A. Crashing and Fast Tracking

Explanation

B - Crashing and fast tracking can increase the project's schedule when necessary, but might come at a higher cost and rework potential.

Rate this question:
16.

A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by a month. What is the first thing you should do?
- Tell the team member that you’ve already communicated the deadline for the project, so you can’t make any changes now
- Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you write up the change request
- Make the change; it’s going to save time and nobody will want the project to take longer than it should
- Write up a change request and see if you can get it approved
Correct Answer

A. Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you write up the change request

Explanation

C- Just because the change will help the project’s timeline doesn’t mean that it will be an overall benefit to the project. It’s important to check how the project will impact the other two constraints as part of your change request.

Rate this question:
17.

Which is the BEST definition of quality?
- A product made of very expensive materials
- A product made with a lot of care by the team who built it
- A product that satisfies the requirements of the people who pay for it
- A product that passes all of its tests
Correct Answer

A. A product that satisfies the requirements of the people who pay for it

Explanation

C- Quality management is all about making sure that the product you are building conforms to your customer’s requirements.

Rate this question:
18.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Project Management Plan?
- Collection of subsidiary plans
- Formal, written communication
- A bar chart that shows the order of tasks and their resource assignments
- Must be approved by project sponsor
Correct Answer

A. A bar chart that shows the order of tasks and their resource assignments

Explanation

C- The Project Management Plan is not a bar chart (or a Gantt chart). It’s the collection of all of the planning documents you create through all of the knowledge areas within the five process groups.

Rate this question:
19.

A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?
- Informal written
- Informal verbal
- Formal written
- Formal verbal
Correct Answer

A. Formal written

Explanation

C- All project reports must be communicated as formal written documents. Not only that, but anything that has to do with a contract DEFINITELY needs to be formal written.

Rate this question:
20.

You’re the project manager on a software project that is planning out various approaches to technical work. There’s a 20% chance that a component you are going to license will be difficult to integrate and cost $3,000 in rework and delays. There’s also a 40% chance that the component will save $10,000 in time and effort that would have been used to build the component from scratch. What’s the EMV for these two possibilities?
- $13,000
- $7,000
- $3,400
- - $600
Correct Answer

A. $3,400

Explanation

C- The expected monetary value (or EMV) of the problems integrating the component is the probability (20%) times the cost ($3,000), but don’t forget that since it’s a risk, that number should be negative.
So its EMV is 20% x $3,000 = -$600.
The savings from not having to build the component from scratch is an opportunity. It has an EMV of
40% x $10,000 = $4,000.
Add them up and you get
-$600 + $4,000 = $3,400.

Rate this question:
21.

A change has occurred on your project. You’ve documented the change, filled out a change request, and submitted that request to the change control board (CCB). What’s the NEXT thing that must happen on the project?
- A senior manager decides whether or not to make the change and informs the project management team of the decision
- The project manager informs the CCB whether or not to approve the change
- Stakeholders on the CCB use expert judgment to evaluate the requested change for approval
- The project manager meets with the team to analyze the impact of the change on the project’s time, scope, and cost
Correct Answer

A. Stakeholders on the CCB use expert judgment to evaluate the requested change for approval

Explanation

C- A change control board (or CCB) is a group of people that approves or rejects changes. It usually includes the sponsor, which makes sense because the sponsor is the one funding the project.

Rate this question:
22.

You have just delivered a product to your client for acceptance, when you get a call that some features they were expecting are missing. What’s the first thing you should do?
- Call a meeting with the client to understand exactly what is unacceptable in the product and try to figure out what went wrong along the way
- Tell the team to start building the missing features into the product right away
- Tell the client that the product passed all of your internal quality inspections and scope verification processes, so it must be fine
- Get your team together and reprimand them for building a product that doesn’t meet user expectations
Correct Answer

A. Call a meeting with the client to understand exactly what is unacceptable in the product and try to figure out what went wrong along the way

Explanation

D- You can’t do anything about the problem until you understand it. You should meet with the client to get a better understanding of what went wrong and why the product is not meeting their needs.

Rate this question:
23.

Which of the following is NOT a type of communication ?
- Formal written
- Paralingual
- Nonverbal
- Noise
Correct Answer

A. Noise

Explanation

D- Noise is something that interferes with communication. It’s not a communication type.

Rate this question:
24.

Which of these is not an approved Estimate Activity Durations technique?
- Three Point Estimating
- Parametric Estimating
- Analogous Estimating
- Critical Path Estimation
Correct Answer

A. Critical Path Estimation

Explanation

D - Analogous, parametric, and three- point estimating techniques are all accepted practices for determining the correct amount of time required for a portion of the project.

Rate this question:
25.

You are the project manager on a construction project. As you’re planning out the work your team will do, you divide up all of the work into work packages and create a WBS that shows how they fit into categories. For each one of the work packages, you write down details such as initial estimates and information about what account it should be billed against. Where do you store all of that information?
- Scope Management Plan
- WBS
- WBS Dictionary
- Project Scope Statement
Correct Answer

A. WBS Dictionary

Explanation

C- The WBS Dictionary is the companion document to the WBS. It gives all the details that you know about each work package in the WBS, including estimates and billing information.

Rate this question:
26.

Which of the following is an Output of Develop Project Charter?
- Requirements Documentations
- Organisational Process Assets
- Resource Calenders
- Project Charter
Correct Answer

A. Project Charter

Explanation

The output of Develop Project Charter is the Project Charter itself. The Project Charter is a document that formally authorizes the existence of a project, provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities, and gives the project manager the responsibility to deliver the project. It includes high-level information about the project, such as objectives, stakeholders, scope, and deliverables. It serves as a reference document throughout the project and is used to ensure that the project remains aligned with its objectives and stakeholders' expectations.

Rate this question:
27.

Ongoing operations and a project both have Initiating Processes, but only a project has __________.
- Planning Processes
- Closing Processes.
- Control processing
- Executing Processes
Correct Answer

A. Closing Processes.

Explanation

B - A project is a finite effort; the Initiating Process Group starts the cycle, and the closing Process Group ends the cycle.

Rate this question:
28.

You have been asked to establish a project charter for your new project. According to PMBOK, who normally has the responsibility to authorize the charter?
- Company president or CEO
- Project initiator or sponsor
- Key project stakeholders
- Project manager
Correct Answer

A. Project initiator or sponsor

Explanation

B - The project initiator or sponsor external to the project authorizes the project charter. However, a project manager should be involved in the process as early as possible.

Rate this question:
29.

A bar chart shows the number and type of resources you need throughout your project is called a _______________.
- Organizational Chart
- Resource Schedule
- Resource Histogram
- Staffing Timetable
Correct Answer

A. Resource Histogram

Explanation

C- The Resource Histogram is a bar chart that shows your staffing needs over time.

Rate this question:
30.

A project manager uses a facilitator to gather opinions from experts anonymously. What risk identification tool or technique is being performed?
- Brainstorming
- Delphi Technique
- Interviews
- SWOT Analysis
Correct Answer

A. Delphi Technique

Explanation

B- The Delphi technique is a way to get opinions and ideas from experts. This is a technique that uses a facilitator who uses questionnaires to ask experts about important project risks.

Rate this question:
31.

Your manager has asked you to include the Human Resource Plan and Schedule Management Plan in your Project Management Plan. Is this the appropriate place for those items?
- No, these are stand alone documents only.
- Yes, you should unquestioningly include anything your manager suggests.
- No, these documents should not be created until later in the project.
- Yes, include them in the Project Management Plan.
Correct Answer

A. Yes, include them in the Project Management Plan.

Explanation

D - These are subsidiary plans and should be included in the Project Management Plan.

Rate this question:
32.

You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:
- War room
- Virtual team
- Socially active team
- Common area
Correct Answer

A. War room

Explanation

A- Co-location means that you have all of your team located in the same room. When you do this, you can increase communication and help them build a sense of community.

Rate this question:
33.

Which is NOT an example of cost of quality?
- The cost of inspecting your product to be sure that it meets requirements
- The cost of reviewing documents used to produce your product to be sure that they do not have defects
- The cost of training your team on techniques that will help them avoid defects
- The cost of contracting another company to build part of the product
Correct Answer

A. The cost of contracting another company to build part of the product

Explanation

D- Any activity that helps you find, prevent or fix defects in your product is included in the cost of quality.

Rate this question:
34.

You are managing a software project. You are partway through the project, and your team has just delivered a preliminary version of part of the software. Your team gives a demonstration to the project sponsor and key stakeholders. Later, the sponsor informs you that there is an important client who will be using the software your team is building, and whose needs are not being met. As a result, you must now make a large and expensive change to accommodate that client. What is the BEST explanation for this?
- The sponsor is being unreasonable
- Stakeholder analysis was not performed adequately
- The team made a serious mistake and you need to use punishment power to correct it
- You do not have enough budget to perform the project
Correct Answer

A. Stakeholder analysis was not performed adequately

Explanation

B- Stakeholder analysis means talking to the stakeholders and figuring out their needs, and it’s something that you do when you’re defining the project scope.

Rate this question:
35.

A senior manager is presenting to your client’s board of directors about your project. As part of distributing information, you must deliver status updates and other project materials to him via overnight mail. If the materials do not arrive tomorrow, your company will miss a major contract deadline and you will lose future business from this important client. The deadline cannot be negotiated. The team worked right up to the last minute in order to give you the files. Due to a traffic jam, you are running late and the overnight delivery company will close in five minutes. You can only make it if you drive over the speed limit. Which of the following is correct?
- You must drive over the speed limit so that you can save the client relationship
- You must stay within the speed limit, even if you lose the client
- Update the organizational process assets to reflect the change
- You can use the earned value metrics to show that the SPI is over 1, meaning the project is not late
Correct Answer

A. You must stay within the speed limit, even if you lose the client

Explanation

B- The PMP Code of Professional Conduct states that you must follow every law, no matter how trivial, and no matter how serious the consequences are.

Rate this question:
36.

You are managing a software project. During a walkthrough of newly implemented functionality, your team shows you a new feature that they have added to help make the workflow in the product easier for your client. The client didn’t ask for the feature, but it does look like it will make the product easier to use. The team developed it on their own time because they wanted to make the client happy. You know this change would never have made it through change control. What is this an example of?
- Gold plating
- Scope creep
- Alternatives Analysis
- Schedule Variance
Correct Answer

A. Gold plating

Explanation

A- Gold plating is when you or your team add more work to the project that was not requested by the sponsor or client. It is always a bad idea to gold plate a project because the impact is sometimes not immediately known.

Rate this question:
37.

A bar chart shows the number and type of resources you need throughout your project is called a _______________.
- Organizational Chart
- Resource Schedule
- Resource Histogram
- Staffing Timetable
Correct Answer

A. Resource Histogram

Explanation

C- The Resource Histogram is a bar chart that shows your staffing needs over time.

Rate this question:
38.

In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?
- Staffing Management Plan
- Project Management Plan
- Schedule Management Plan
- Communications Management Plan
Correct Answer

A. Communications Management Plan

Explanation

D- The Communications Management Plan defines all of the processes that will be used for communication on the project.

Rate this question:
39.

A project manager is just finishing a project that has not gone well. Apart from cost overruns and schedule overruns, there have been a lot of quality defects and the project required a lot of senior management intervention to finally reach completion. The project manager should now:
- Focus on closing the project and moving on to the next one. Lessons learned is not applicable to this project since it has done badly
- Focus on presenting the data in positive light while ensuring that the reasons for the delays and problems are appropriately documented.
- Mask bad data and only present good data since his performance appraisal will otherwise be impacted.
- Document lessons learned from the project and update the lessons learned knowledge database.
Correct Answer

A. Document lessons learned from the project and update the lessons learned knowledge database.

Explanation

D - A project manager has a professional responsibility to conduct lessons learned sessions for all projects with key internal and external stakeholders, particularly if the project yielded less than desirable results.

Rate this question:
40.

A notice sent to a subcontractor about the contract is an example of which kind of communication?
- Informal verbal
- Formal written
- Formal verbal
- Informal written
Correct Answer

A. Formal written

Explanation

B- Anytime you have any communication having to do with the contract, it’s always formal written communication.

Rate this question:
41.

A company is about to begin work on a large construction project to build four new buildings for a bank that wants to open new branches. The sponsor is writing a project charter. She recalls that a previous project the company performed for another bank ran over budget because the team had underestimated the effort required to install the reinforced walls in the vault. The previous project manager had documented the details of the lessons learned from this project. Where should the sponsor look for these lessons learned?
- The project records management system
- The company’s organizational process assets
- The project’s work performance information
- The project’s work performance information
Correct Answer

A. The company’s organizational process assets

Explanation

B- Lessons learned from past projects are always part of a company’s organizational process.

Rate this question:
42.

Which of the following is NOT found in a project charter?
- The summary budget
- High-level requirements
- Procedures for managing changes to contracts
- Responsibility and name of the person authorized to manage the project
Correct Answer

A. Procedures for managing changes to contracts

Explanation

C- The procedure for managing changes to a contract is found in the Contract Management Plan.
The other three answers are all things you typically find in a project charter.

Rate this question:
43.

A junior project manager at your company does not know how to perform earned value analysis. You spend a weekend with him to teach him how to do this. This is an example of:
- Contributing to the project management body of knowledge
- Fraternizing, and should be discouraged
- Unpaid overtime
- Giving access to proprietary information, and should be reported to PMI
Correct Answer

A. Contributing to the project management body of knowledge

Explanation

A- Any time you do coaching, mentoring, training, or anything else to help others learn about project management, you’re contributing to the project management body of knowledge.

Rate this question:
44.

You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:
- War room
- Virtual team
- Socially active team
- Common area
Correct Answer

A. War room

Explanation

A- Co-location means that you have all of your team located in the same room. When you do this, you can increase communication and help them build a sense of community.

Rate this question:
45.

What is a risk owner?
- The person who monitors the watchlist that contains the risk
- The person who meets with stakeholders to explain the risk
- The person who makes a risk happen
- The person who is responsible for the response plan for the risk
Correct Answer

A. The person who is responsible for the response plan for the risk

Explanation

D- Every risk should have a risk owner listed in the register. That person is responsible for keeping the response plan up to date and make sure the right actions are taken if the risk does occur.

Rate this question:
46.

You’re the project manager on a software project that is planning out various approaches to technical work. There’s a 20% chance that a component you are going to license will be difficult to integrate and cost $3,000 in rework and delays. There’s also a 40% chance that the component will save $10,000 in time and effort that would have been used to build the component from scratch. What’s the EMV for these two possibilities?
- $13,000
- $7,000
- $3,400
- - $600
Correct Answer

A. $3,400

Explanation

C- The expected monetary value (or EMV) of the problems integrating the component is the probability (20%) times the cost ($3,000), but don’t forget that since it’s a risk, that number should be negative.
So its EMV is 20% x $3,000 = -$600.
The savings from not having to build the component from scratch is an opportunity. It has an EMV of
40% x $10,000 = $4,000.
Add them up and you get
-$600 + $4,000 = $3,400.

Rate this question:
47.

Randy is managing a project and identifies that there are 8 stakeholders in the project. He is worried that he might end up with an unmanageable number of communication channels. In your view, how many communication channels does Randy have to plan for?
- 64 channels
- 56 channels
- 8 channels
- 28 channels
Correct Answer

A. 28 channels

Explanation

D - The correct response is 28. The formula to identify the number of communication channels is n X (n-1) / 2 where n is the number of stakeholders. Hence in this case, it works out to 8 X (8-1) / 2 = 8 X 7 / 2 = 56 / 2 = 28.

Rate this question:
48.

If you are working on a project where there is no definite project detailed scope, but similar projects have been completed in the past, what is the correct Estimate Activity Durations tool to use?
- Analogous Estimating
- Parametric Estimating
- Critical Path Estimation
- Three Point Estimating
Correct Answer

A. Analogous Estimating

Explanation

A - Analogous estimation relies on comparing a project to previous such projects that were similar in nature.

Rate this question:
49.

Which of the following best describes decomposition?
- Waiting for a task to expire so that it can break down into smaller tasks
- Taking a deliverable and breaking it down into the smaller work packages so that it can be organized and planned
- Categorizing work packages
- Dividing work packages into deliverables that can be planned for
Correct Answer

A. Taking a deliverable and breaking it down into the smaller work packages so that it can be organized and planned

Explanation

B- Decomposition is the main tool for creating the WBS. It just means breaking the work down into smaller and smaller pieces based on how your company does the work until it is small enough to categorize and organize hierarchically.

Rate this question:

Quiz Review Timeline (Updated): Mar 21, 2023 +

Our quizzes are rigorously reviewed, monitored and continuously updated by our expert board to maintain accuracy, relevance, and timeliness.

Current Version
Mar 21, 2023

Quiz Edited by
ProProfs Editorial Team
Mar 05, 2013

Quiz Created by
Agilep3

PMP Quiz 3 (100 Questions)

The customer has reviewed the deliverables of a project and finds that they are acceptable, and must now communicate that acceptance to the project manager. Which form of communication is appropriate?

Quiz Preview

A junior project manager at your company does not know how to perform earned value analysis. You spend a weekend with him to teach him how to do this. This is an example of:

In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?

If you have an unresolved issue while working on a project, what is the best way to communicate that issue?

If you want to have multiple vendors bid on your contract, what is the best way to ensure that all vendors have the same information before bidding?

Which is the BEST definition of quality?

You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with performance problems for your team. Which is the BEST response to this situation?

You are working on a construction project. You, your team, and your senior manager all feel that the work is complete. However, one of your important clients disagrees, and feels that one deliverable is not acceptable. What is the BEST way to handle this conflict?

You are the project manager for a software development project. When you need to get staff from the manager of the QA department, he suggests a few test engineers with performance problems for your team. Which is the BEST response to this situation?

Which of the following are enterprise environmental factors influencing a project's success?

Which of the following best describes decomposition?

If you want to compress a project schedule, what are two of the recommended alternatives to consider?

A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by a month. What is the first thing you should do?

Which is the BEST definition of quality?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Project Management Plan?

A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?

A change has occurred on your project. You’ve documented the change, filled out a change request, and submitted that request to the change control board (CCB). What’s the NEXT thing that must happen on the project?

You have just delivered a product to your client for acceptance, when you get a call that some features they were expecting are missing. What’s the first thing you should do?

Which of the following is NOT a type of communication ?

Which of these is not an approved Estimate Activity Durations technique?

Which of the following is an Output of Develop Project Charter?

Ongoing operations and a project both have Initiating Processes, but only a project has __________.

You have been asked to establish a project charter for your new project. According to PMBOK, who normally has the responsibility to authorize the charter?

A bar chart shows the number and type of resources you need throughout your project is called a _______________.

A project manager uses a facilitator to gather opinions from experts anonymously. What risk identification tool or technique is being performed?

Your manager has asked you to include the Human Resource Plan and Schedule Management Plan in your Project Management Plan. Is this the appropriate place for those items?

You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:

Which is NOT an example of cost of quality?

A bar chart shows the number and type of resources you need throughout your project is called a _______________.

In which plan do you define the processes that will be used to keep people informed throughout the project?

A project manager is just finishing a project that has not gone well. Apart from cost overruns and schedule overruns, there have been a lot of quality defects and the project required a lot of senior management intervention to finally reach completion. The project manager should now:

A notice sent to a subcontractor about the contract is an example of which kind of communication?

Which of the following is NOT found in a project charter?

A junior project manager at your company does not know how to perform earned value analysis. You spend a weekend with him to teach him how to do this. This is an example of:

You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:

What is a risk owner?

Randy is managing a project and identifies that there are 8 stakeholders in the project. He is worried that he might end up with an unmanageable number of communication channels. In your view, how many communication channels does Randy have to plan for?

If you are working on a project where there is no definite project detailed scope, but similar projects have been completed in the past, what is the correct Estimate Activity Durations tool to use?

Which of the following best describes decomposition?