Head First PMP Exam (Practice PMP 2023 Exam) part 1 of 8

1. Which of the following is NOT true of obtaining project plan approval? A. Until you obtain plan approval, you don't need to put changes to it through change control B. Change control makes sure that only approved changes can make it into the approved plan C. Only one person needs to approve the Project Management Plan and that's the Project Manager D. It's important for the entire team to buy into the Project Management Plan for it to be successful - ANSWER-1. Answer: C It's not enough that the Project Manager approves of the Project Management Plan; it needs to be approved by all of the stakeholders in the project. Everyone on the team should feel comfortable with the processes that are going to be used to do the work. 2. Joe is a project manager on an industrial design project. He has found a pattern of defects occurring in all of his projects over the past few years and he thinks there might be a problem in the process his company is using that is causing it. He uses Ishikawa diagrams to come up with the root cause for this trend over projects so that he can make recommendations for process changes to avoid this problem in the future. What process is he doing? A. Plan Quality B. Perform Quality Assurance C. Perform Quality Control D. Qualitative Risk Analysis - ANSWER-2. Answer: B Joe is doing root-cause analysis on process problems: that's Perform Quality Assurance. Remember, Perform Quality Control is when you are trying to find problems in your work products through inspection. Perform Quality Assurance is when you are looking at the way your process affects the quality of the work you are doing. 3. Which of the following shows roles and responsibilities on your project? A. Bar chart B. Resource histogram C. RACI matrix D. Human Resource Management Plan - ANSWER-3. Answer: C The RACI matrix shows roles and responsibilities on your project. RACI stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed. Some people on your project will be responsible for activities, others might be accountable for them. The RACI matrix is a table that shows people and how they relate to the work that is being done. 4. Brandi is a project manager on a software project. About halfway through development, her team found that they had not estimated enough time for some of the technical work they needed to do. She requested that the new work be added to the