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61. At what point inthe project is there the most risk of project failure?
A. Close out
B. Development
C. Implementation
D. Concept
ANS: D
Reference: PMBOK 2.1.2
62. Phase exits, kill points and stage gates are used for what purpose?
A. Planning the next stage in the project
B. Communicating milestones to stakeholders
C. Determining if the project should continue into the next phase
D. Measuring earned value
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 2.1.1
63. A complex project will fit best in what type of organization?
A. Functional
B. Cross-functional
C. Matrix
D. Balanced
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 2.3.1
64. Which knowledge area involves organizational theory as a tool/technique?
A. Communications Management
B. Cost Management
C. Risk Management
D. Human Resource Management
ANS: D
Reference: PMBOK 9.1.2.3
65. Human Resource Managenrnt is tightly linked to which other knowledge area?
A. Cost Management
B. Risk Management
C. Communications Management
D. Time Management
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 9.1
66. Which of the following is not considered a constraint in Organizational Planning?
A. Recruitment practices
B. Collective bargaining agreenrnts
C. Preferences of the project management team
D. Expected staff assignments
ANS: A
Reference: PMBOK 9.1.1.3
67. Outputs from Organizational Planning include all of the following except:
A. Staffing Management Plan
B. Organization Chart
C. Project Team Directory
D. Role and Responsibility Matrix
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 9.1.3
68. Inputs to Staff Acquisition include all of the following except:
A. Staffing Management Plan
B. Resource Histogram
C. Staffing pool description
D. Recruitment practices
ANS: B
Reference: PMBOK 9.2.1
69. Which of the following is not an input to Team Development?
A. Project Plan
B. Staffing Management Plan
C. Performance Reports
D. Reward and recognition systems
ANS: D
Reference: PMBOK 9.3.1
70. Cost Budgeting is defined as:
A. The estimated total cost of the project when done
B. Allocating the cost estimates to the individual work items
C. Estimating the cost of the resources needed to complete project activities
D. The sum of the approved cost estimates
ANS: B
Reference: PMBOK 7.3
71. The cost baseline is an output of what process?
A. Cost planning
B. Cost estimating
C. Cost budgeting
D. Cost control
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 7.3.3.1
72. The time phased budget that is used to measure and monitor cost performance is:
A. The project budget
B. The cost budget
C. The cost baseline
D. The cost estimate
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 7.3.3.1
73. Which knowledge area does not provide input into cost budgeting?
A. Time
B. Quality
C. Scope
D. Cost
ANS: B
Reference: PMBOK 7.3.1
74. At the beginning of a project you are asked for an order of magnitude budget.
What type of budget estimate are you likely to use?
A. Analogous
B. Parametric modeling
C. Bottom-up
D. Detailed
ANS: A
Reference: PMBOK 7.3.2.1
75. The major process groups of project management are:
A. Planning, control, initiation, closing, execution
B. Monitoring, start up, execution, close out, planning
C. Conceptual, demonstration, validation, development, production
D. Feasibility, planning, design, production, close out
ANS: A
Reference: PMBOK 3.2
76. Project Stakeholder are:
A. Anybody who is actively working on the project
B. Individuals and organizations who are actively involved in the project,
or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected as a result of
project execution or successful project completion
C. The plan sponsor, project manager, team members, client
D. The customer
ANS: B
Reference: PMBOK 2.2
77. The Project Life Cycle:
A. Defines the Product Life Cycle
B. Has distinct phases that are the same for all projects
C. Defines what work should be done in each phase
D. Has gates that must be completed before moving onto the next phase of the project
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 2.1.3 1996 PMBOK 2.1.2 2000
78. In planning your resources for a new building project you are working with an engineering
firm, a construction management firm and a general contractor. You are mindful that the general
contractor will have to manage several sub-contractors over the next 9 months and that the
structural and civil engineers will need to communicate frequently. You must select the best
reporting relationships among the parties. This is an example of:
A. Staffing requirements
B. Communication planning
C. Project interface planning
D. Staffing management plan
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 9.1.1.1
79. As a Project Manager you havejust completed a 9-month project where you had
accountability for the schedule, budget, team members and quality of the end product.
You are up for your annual review and expect a bonus based on your perfonmnce
What is not an area that you would expect to be rewarded for?
A. Meeting 95% of your milestones on time
B. Finding a way to use Jr. Level Engineers to complete tasks that Sr. Level Engineers
were scheduled for
C. Inspiring the team to work overtime due to an oversight in the scope plan
D. Developing project managenrnt skills in a Jr. Project Manager who was assigned to the
project
ANS: c
Reference: PMBOK 9.3.2.3
80. You have inherited a project that is in trouble. The team members are spread out inS states,
the schedule is behind by 20%, the former project manager alienated the team and
there is no conmunication plan. The first issue you must work on is building a cohesive
team to get the project back on track. Which of the following is not a technique that
you would use in team development:
A. Flying everyone in for a team meeting
B. Provide training for those areas that are suffering the most
C. Establish a reward system that will pay out based on getting the critical path back
within the established time frame
D. Use perfonmnce reports to get feedback on individual perfonmnce
ANS: D
Reference: PMBOK 9.3.2
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