A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
SALEM CARTER
Sixth edition
,The Ten Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK® Guide
The ten knowledge areas outlined in the PMBOK® Guide and
covered by the PMP exam are listed below.
• Project Integration Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Schedule Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Resource Management
• Project Communications Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Procurement Management
• Project Stakeholder Management
Additionally, the PMP practice exam content in this book include
questions on the overall Project Management Framework and
Professional Responsibility; reflecting the real PMP exam.
The ten knowledge areas contain a total of 49 processes which
are applied to five basic process groups. These five basic
process groups, or “domains”, are common across all projects
and listed below along with the percentage of questions one
should expect on the PMP exam:
1. Initiating (13%)
2. Planning (24%)
3. Executing (31%)
4. Monitoring and Controlling (25%)
5. Closing (7%)
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,PMP Lite Mock Exam 1
Practice Questions
Test Name: PMP Lite Mock Exam 1
Total Questions: 50
Correct Answers Needed to Pass: 35 (70.00%)
Time Allowed: 60 Minutes
Test Description
This is a cumulative PMP Mock Exam which can be used as a
benchmark for your PMP aptitude. This practice test includes
questions from all PMBOK® Guide knowledge areas, including the
five basic project management process groups.
Test Questions
1. During the development of the project stakeholder engagement
plan, a project manager is usually dependent on the voice of
the project stakeholders to obtain expert opinion. Which of the
following is an important tool available to the project manager
for gathering and organizing stakeholders’ information?
A. Fishbone diagrams
B. Control charts
C. Histograms
D. Focus groups
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, 2. During which of the following project processes do key
stakeholders engage with the project for the first time?
A. Develop Project Charter
B. Identify Stakeholders
C. Collect Requirements
D. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
3. Which of the following components of a project scope
statement is useful in reducing scope creep?
A. Acceptance criteria
B. Deliverables
C. Scope description
D. Exclusions
4. As you create the Activity List, which technique is
recommended for subdividing the project into smaller
components called activities?
A. Decomposition
B. Rolling Wave Planning
C. Expert Judgment
D. Deconstruction
5. During the development of the project stakeholder engagement
plan, the project manager is usually dependent on the
expert judgment of senior
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