Tag: Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1692

Requirements typically are classified into product requirements and project requirements. Capturing and managing both types of requirements is important for project success, so you and your team decided to follow this classification system on your project to
modernize all the telecommunications equipment in your company. During such an approach, all the following are examples of product requirements EXCEPT______________


A. Action requirements
B. Level of service requirements
C. Security requirements
D. Performance requirements

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Such classification systems are helpful in both defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives. Project requirements are ones that involve actions, processes, or other conditions the project needs to meet.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1691

On your project to construct a new runway for your City's airport, you are in the process of selecting vendors for various parts of this project. You have conducted your make-or-buy analysis and have issued Requests for Proposals. You believe it is important to
examine past performance of potential vendors. This means you are using______________


A. Proposal evaluation techniques
B. Multi-disciplinary review teams
C. Analytical techniques
D. Independent estimates

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Analytical techniques are a tool and technique n conduct procurements. They are used to help organizations identify the readiness of a vendor to provide the desired end state, determine costs to support budgeting, and avoid cost overruns In evaluating past
performance they identify areas that have more risk and that may need to be monitored closely for project success.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1690

In the initial stage of the project life cycle, the project's technical objectives are apt to be understood only in a general sense. A major component of project conflict during this stage of the project is______________


A. Concerns over priorities and procedures
B. Concerns about technical issues
C. Schedules
D. Confusion of establishing a project in the matrix management environment

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
During project formation, there is always an element of confusion or lack of clarity regarding the balance of power between the project manager and functional managers. If not resolved, such confusion manifests itself in conflicts regarding technical decisions,
resource allocation, and scheduling later in the project.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1689

You recently took over a relatively new project expected to last another seven years. The previous project manager completed most of the WBS. When you begin to define the project activities, you realize that the WBS work packages expected to occur in the
next year are planned in detail, but the work packages for later in the future (three years or more) are not planned with much detail, if any detail at all. You determine______________


A. It is a major problem. The WBS is incomplete and you need to redefine the project scope to complete the project schedule.
B. It is a problem that must be resolved quickly. The previous project manager was not done with the WBS, and you must stop the project to complete the WBS in sufficient detail.
C. It is not a problem at this time. The previous project manager was using the rolling wave planning technique, so you are able to continue defining the activities.
D. It is not a problem at this time. You can only plan what you know. You plan to communicate to the project sponsor that the WBS is not sufficient to plan the whole project and that the sponsor can worry about the details.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Rolling wave planning provides progressive detailing of the work to be accomplished throughout the life of the project.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1688

Table reporting, spreadsheet analysis, and presentations are examples of______________


A. Project reports as an input to manage stakeholder engagement
B. Work performance information as an output of control stakeholder engagement
C. Tools and techniques used in control stakeholder engagement
D. Updates from the plan stakeholder management process

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
In control stakeholder engagement, they are examples of distribution formats from information management systems, a tool and technique in this process. Such systems provide a structured tool for the project manager to capture, store, and distribute information
to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance. The project manager can use these systems to consolidate reports from several systems and facilitate report distribution.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1687

A number of organizational process assets are useful as inputs to the manage stakeholder engagement process. Similarly a number of organizational process assets require updates because of this process. An example of one that is an input is______________


A. Project reports
B. Historical information
C. Project records
D. Stakeholder notifications

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Historical information about previous projects, organizational communications requirements, issue management procedures, and change control procedures are examples of organizational process assets that can influence the manage stakeholder engagement
process.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1686

Identifying interrelationships and potential overlap between stakeholders is useful to the project manager as he or she works with stakeholders. It should be documented as part of the______________


A. Stakeholder register
B. Stakeholder management strategy
C. Stakeholder management plan
D. Stakeholder engagement assessment matrix

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The stakeholder management plan identifies the management strategies required to effectively engage stakeholders. It includes, among other things, the identified interrelationships and potential overlap between stakeholders. This information is invaluable
especially if some stakeholders are resistant or negative to the project and also in determining the level of frequency of desired interaction and communications requirements.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1685

As a result of the control stakeholder expectations process, you realize even though this process is under way until the closing phase that you have identified the root cause of some issues you have faced in controlling stakeholders expectations. You should

therefore______________


A. Review them with your Governance Board
B. Revise and reissue your stakeholder management plan
C. Prepare a change request
D. Update the lessons learned documentation

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation:
This documentation is an example of an organizational process asset to update as it includes the root cause analysis of issues faced, the reasons certain corrective actions were taken, and other types of lessons learned about stakeholder management.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1684

A supporting input for controlling stakeholder engagement is______________


A. Budget
B. Project schedule
C. Historical information
D. Number of defects

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Project documents are an input to control stakeholder engagement. They originate from initiating, planning, executing, or controlling processes and include the project schedule, stakeholder register, issue log, change log, and project communications.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1683

Working on your project to design and construct five new bridges for your City, you are striving to actively manage the stakeholders on your project, especially those who will be inconvenienced by the project and have indicated they do not support it. You decided
to review your communications management plan as it______________


A. Contains issue management procedures
B. Describes the project's life cycle and the processes to be used in each phase
C. Sets forth an escalation process
D. Provides guidance as to how to best involve stakeholders in the project

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
Among other things, an escalation process is helpful especially if there are issues or risks involving communications that the project manager wishes to escalate to determine the most appropriate response or to share the approach he or she plans to follow.