Tag: Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1782

Assume that you are managing a project team. Your team is one in which its members confront issues rather than people, establish procedures collectively, and is team oriented. As the project manager, which of the following represents your team's stage of
development and the approach you should use during this time?


A. Storming; high directive and supportive approach
B. Norming; high directive and low supportive approach
C. Norming; high supportive and low directive approach
D. Performing; low directive and supportive approach

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
There are four stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, and performing. Different leadership styles in terms of the amount of required supportive and directive behavior are appropriate when a team is in a certain development stage. At the
norming stage, the third stage in team development, leaders provide high support and low direction. Verma 1996, 227

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1781

You are planning a project and want to account for how the project will be managed in the future. While building your cost performance data, you want to provide guidance for when the project is later executed, because you know that different responses are
required depending upon the degree of variance from the baseline. For example, a variance of 10 percent might not require immediate action, whereas a variance of 20 percent will require more immediate action and investigation. You decide to include the details
of how to manage the cost variances as part of which following plan?


A. Cost management plan
B. Change management plan
C. Performance measurement plan
D. Variance management plan

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
The management and control of costs focuses on variances. Certain variances are acceptable, and others, usually those falling outside a particular range, are unacceptable. The actions taken by the project manager for all variances are described in the cost
management plan.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1780

All the following statements are true about the grassroots estimate, EXCEPT______________


A. Its accuracy rate is from -5% to +10%
B. It is also called an engineering estimate
C. It is used primarily for Level 1 of the WBS
D. It may take months to prepare

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Estimates are categorized according to accuracy and the time to prepare them. Grassroots or engineering-type estimates are definite estimates and are prepared when detailed information about the project is available. These estimates would use the work-
package level of the WBS.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1779

Your project sponsor wants to know whether process variables are within acceptable limits. To answer this question, you should______________


A. Conduct a process analysis
B. Conduct a root cause analysis
C. Use a control chart
D. Use a run chart

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
A control chart is one of the seven basic tools of quality control that determines whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance. It also illustrates how a process behaves over time. When a process is within acceptable limits, it need not be
adjusted; when it is outside acceptable limits, an analysis should be conducted to determine the reasons why.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1778

Statistical sampling is a method in perform quality control to determine the conformance to requirements for some component or product of a project. Its greatest advantage is that it______________


A. Does not require a large expenditure of resources
B. Is accurate enough with a sampling of less than 1%
C. Does not require 100% inspection of the components to achieve a satisfactory inference of the population
D. Needs to be conducted only when a problem is discovered with the end product or when the customer has some rejects

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The application of the statistical concept of probability has proven, over many years in many applications, that an entire population of products need not be inspected, if the sample selected conforms to a normal distribution of possible outcomes (the “bell” curve).
Sample frequency and sizes should be determined as the quality management plan is prepared in order that the cost of quality includes the number of tests and expected scrap.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1777

In which of the following methods of resolving conflict will the conflict typically reappear again in another form?


A. Smoothing
B. Compromising
C. Collaborating
D. Confronting

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Smoothing emphasizes areas of agreement while avoiding points of disagreement. It tends to keep peace only in the short term.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1776

You were assigned recently as the project manager of a program management office project to implement a new enterprise-wide scheduling system for use throughout your company. You identify the need for a project charter to provide you with appropriate

authority for applying resources, completing the project work, and formally initiating the project. Who should issue the project charter?


A. The project manager you
B. The customer
C. The person who formally authorizes the project
D. A member of the training and development department as they will own the training on the new system

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The charter is issued by the project initiator or sponsor who formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1775

You have been the project manager for your nuclear submarine project for four years. While you did not assume this position until the project management plan had been prepared and approved, you find you spend a significant amount of time collecting data and
communicating. You also spend time reviewing the impact of project changes and implementing ones that have been approved. Often you have had to modify a non-conforming product, which means you are spending time on______________


A. Corrective actions
B. Updating the project's requirements
C. Updating the traceability matrix
D. Defect repair

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
Defect repair is an intentional activity to modify a nonconforming product or project component.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1774

Schedule control is one important way to avoid delays. While planning and executing schedule recovery, one tool available to you for control schedules is______________


A. Changing the schedule management plan
B. Immediately rebase lining
C. Adjusting leads and lags
D. Changing all project and resource calendars

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Corrective action is anything that brings expected future schedule performance in line with the project plan. Adjusting leads and lags is one of many tools available to identify the cause of variation.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1773

Successful project management involves both project leadership as well as project management skills. Several different leadership styles are appropriate in different phases of the project life cycle. Assume that you are working on a project, and it is in the
execution phase. The leadership style that is most appropriate should consist of a blend of all but which one of the following?


A. Change master
B. Decision maker
C. Team and synergy
D. Trustworthiness

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
During the execution stage, the major attributes and emphasis is on realignment. The leadership style/blend that is most appropriate is one who is a decision maker, balances work and fun, is trustworthy, and promotes the team concept and synergy.