Tag: Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1762

Your project has a budget of $1.5 million for the first year, $3 million for the second year, $2.2 million for the third year, and $800,000 for the fourth year. Most of the project budget will be spent during______________


A. Starting the project
B. Organizing and preparing
C. Carrying out the work
D. Closing the project

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The implementation phase (carrying out the work) is when all interfaces affecting the project must be coordinated and when the product or service of the project is created. In most projects, this phase is also where a large portion of the project budget is spent.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1761

You are working on a project and want to know how many activities in the previous month were completed with significant variances. You should use a(n)______________


A. Control chart
B. Inspection
C. Scatter diagram
D. Trend analysis

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
Trend analysis is used in many control processes in project management. The trend analysis examines the performance of the project over time to determine whether performance is improving or deteriorating. Graphical analysis techniques are valuable in trend
analysis to understand performance to date and to compare it to future performance goals in the form of completion dates.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1760

You are working on a new project in your city to construct an environmentally friendly landfill. The existing site is so undesirable that many residents have moved to other neighboring cities because of their proximity to it. However, even though the project has the
support of the public, you need to have a number of hearings of the city's government before you are authorized to begin work. As you are in the planning phase of the project, you are waiting for these hearings to be scheduled and held before you can begin site
preparation. These hearings are an example of______________


A. A milestone
B. An external dependency
C. An item to be scheduled as a fragnet
D. A mandatory dependency

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Some dependencies are external ones, and they involve a relationship between project activities and non project activities. In sequencing activities, the project management team must determine which dependencies are external as they are usually outside of the
team’s control.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1759

Activity attributes are used to extend the description of the activity and to identify its multiple components. In the early stages of the project, an example of an activity attribute is______________


A. Activity codes
B. Activity description
C. Predecessor and successor activities
D. Activity name

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
The components for each activity evolve over time. In the initial stages of the project, they include the activity ID, WBS ID, and the activity name. Later, additional information is added as other time management processes are performed.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1758

The schedule management plan is a key document. It is______________


A. An output of the develop schedule process
B. A tool and technique used in the develop schedule process
C. The first time management process
D. A separate planning effort completed in conjunction with the time management processes

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The schedule management plan is the output of plan schedule management, the first of the seven time management processes. It is a subsidiary plan to the project management plan.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1757

Decomposition is a technique used to break larger, complex items into smaller and more manageable items. Which following statement best describes the role decomposition plays in creating the WBS?


A. Final output of creating the WBS is described in terms of phases of a project life cycle.
B. Final output of creating the WBS is described in terms of schedule activities.
C. Final output of creating the WBS is described in terms of verifiable products, services, or results.
D. Final output of creating the WBS is described in terms of the scope of the project.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
By using decomposition, the upper-level WBS components are subdivided for the work for each of the deliverables or subcomponents into its most fundamental elements, where the WBS components then represent verifiable products, service, or results.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1756

Recording and reporting information regarding when appropriate configuration information should be provided and regarding the status of proposed and approved changes effectively is done through______________


A. Configuration status accounting
B. Configuration verification and audit
C. Project management methodology
D. A project management information system (PMIS)

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Configuration status accounting captures, stores, and accesses the needed configuration information to manage products and product information effectively.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1755

All the following are examples of project document updates from the manage project team process EXCEPT______________


A. Issue log
B. Roles description
C. Project staff assignments
D. Personnel skills

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
Personnel skill updates are an example of an enterprise environmental factor that may require updates as a result of the manage project team process along with inputs to the organizational performance appraisals.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1753

If a team member, when facing schedule delays and cost overruns, develops several alternatives for completing the project successfully on schedule and within budget and asks questions such as, "Can we do it?," "If we do it what are the consequences?," and "Is
it really worth the effort involved?," he or she is primarily motivated by the______________


A. Contingency Theory
B. Expectancy Theory
C. Reinforcement Theory
D. Equity Theory

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Developed by Victor Vroom, Expectancy Theory asserts that people think seriously about how much effort they should put into a task before doing it. Motivation is linked to an expectation of a favorable outcome. It is based on the concept that people choose
behaviors that they believe will lead to desired rewards and outcomes.