PMBOK Final Exam With Complete Solutions
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You are the Project Manager of a large construction project. While reviewing the
expenditures, you realize that you are 20% over budget. What process group are you
working in? - ANSWER Monitoring and Control
What is the main advantage of a balanced matrix organization over a projectized
organizational structure? - ANSWER Resources will be used more efficiently
As a Sponsor on a large, multi-national hydroelectric power project, during the
execution phase, your key responsibilities are to: - ANSWER Provide the financial
resources and champion the project
Name the 5 project management process groups. - ANSWER Initiating, Planning,
Executing, Monitoring & Control, Closing
You are retained to manage a new exciting project for a software development company
producing CRM tools. You are new to the project management resources available
within the company. Whom would you approach to help you identify the resources and
best practices? - ANSWER Project Management Office
As you move further along the project life cycle: (risk and cost of changes) - ANSWER
Risk decreases and cost of changes increases
Closing process group has the purpose of: - ANSWER Formal completion of the project
Under the Statement of Work you would be providing: - ANSWER Scope description
,The output for the Develop Project Charter process is: - ANSWER Project charter
Which of the following are some project constraints according to the PMBOK? -
ANSWER Risks, scope, schedule
You are the Project Manager of a project that will design and build the iPhone X, the
latest in mobile phone technology. The requirements call for a new production facility in
Asia. Immediately after working with Senior Management to create a business case and
statement of work for the new production facility, what document will you want to
produce? - ANSWER Project charter
How many is the ideal project team size? - ANSWER 6-9
Your project has been officially approved by your Sponsor. What process group will you
be moving from and to what process group will you move to? - ANSWER Initiation to
planning
Examples of expert judgement? - ANSWER PMI, techincal manuals, PMO
Project Integration Management In developing the Project Management Plan you will: -
ANSWER Define, prepare, and coordinate all subsidiary plans and then integrate the
subsidiary plans into a comprehensive plan.
The process group where you identify if any changes to the plan are required and create
those plans is : - ANSWER Monitoring and control
The organizational structure that gives project managers a very high degree of authority
over their project is: - ANSWER Projectized
The largest portion of the project's budget will be expended in what process group? -
ANSWER Execution
, What are some examples of enterprise environmental factors? - ANSWER Project
management information system, organizational culture, established communication
channels
The project leader is trying to complete a database upgrade but cannot get the
additional resources she needs to be able to complete the project. The other members
of the project team are doing daily operations work. The project leader has not been
given the authority to put additional resources on the project. What kind of
organizational structure does this team work in? ANSWER Functional
Portfolio management means: - ANSWER Centralized management of one or more
portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
A project has what characteristics? - ANSWER Unique, temporary endeavor, specific
end
A program is: - ANSWER Group of related projects, subprograms, and program
activities managed in a coordinated way
The project manager has the lowest level of authority in this type of organization: -
ANSWER Functional
Project Management Process Groups are: - ANSWER Overlapping activities that occur
throughout the project
Decomposition is: - ANSWER Subdividing project scope and deliverables into more
manageable components.
You are exactly half way through a construction project when the customer insists that
you add a third entry way. What process will you need to follow to make the updates? -
ANSWER Control scope
What project management process determines how the scope is defined? - ANSWER
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You are the Project Manager of a large construction project. While reviewing the
expenditures, you realize that you are 20% over budget. What process group are you
working in? - ANSWER Monitoring and Control
What is the main advantage of a balanced matrix organization over a projectized
organizational structure? - ANSWER Resources will be used more efficiently
As a Sponsor on a large, multi-national hydroelectric power project, during the
execution phase, your key responsibilities are to: - ANSWER Provide the financial
resources and champion the project
Name the 5 project management process groups. - ANSWER Initiating, Planning,
Executing, Monitoring & Control, Closing
You are retained to manage a new exciting project for a software development company
producing CRM tools. You are new to the project management resources available
within the company. Whom would you approach to help you identify the resources and
best practices? - ANSWER Project Management Office
As you move further along the project life cycle: (risk and cost of changes) - ANSWER
Risk decreases and cost of changes increases
Closing process group has the purpose of: - ANSWER Formal completion of the project
Under the Statement of Work you would be providing: - ANSWER Scope description
,The output for the Develop Project Charter process is: - ANSWER Project charter
Which of the following are some project constraints according to the PMBOK? -
ANSWER Risks, scope, schedule
You are the Project Manager of a project that will design and build the iPhone X, the
latest in mobile phone technology. The requirements call for a new production facility in
Asia. Immediately after working with Senior Management to create a business case and
statement of work for the new production facility, what document will you want to
produce? - ANSWER Project charter
How many is the ideal project team size? - ANSWER 6-9
Your project has been officially approved by your Sponsor. What process group will you
be moving from and to what process group will you move to? - ANSWER Initiation to
planning
Examples of expert judgement? - ANSWER PMI, techincal manuals, PMO
Project Integration Management In developing the Project Management Plan you will: -
ANSWER Define, prepare, and coordinate all subsidiary plans and then integrate the
subsidiary plans into a comprehensive plan.
The process group where you identify if any changes to the plan are required and create
those plans is : - ANSWER Monitoring and control
The organizational structure that gives project managers a very high degree of authority
over their project is: - ANSWER Projectized
The largest portion of the project's budget will be expended in what process group? -
ANSWER Execution
, What are some examples of enterprise environmental factors? - ANSWER Project
management information system, organizational culture, established communication
channels
The project leader is trying to complete a database upgrade but cannot get the
additional resources she needs to be able to complete the project. The other members
of the project team are doing daily operations work. The project leader has not been
given the authority to put additional resources on the project. What kind of
organizational structure does this team work in? ANSWER Functional
Portfolio management means: - ANSWER Centralized management of one or more
portfolios to achieve strategic objectives.
A project has what characteristics? - ANSWER Unique, temporary endeavor, specific
end
A program is: - ANSWER Group of related projects, subprograms, and program
activities managed in a coordinated way
The project manager has the lowest level of authority in this type of organization: -
ANSWER Functional
Project Management Process Groups are: - ANSWER Overlapping activities that occur
throughout the project
Decomposition is: - ANSWER Subdividing project scope and deliverables into more
manageable components.
You are exactly half way through a construction project when the customer insists that
you add a third entry way. What process will you need to follow to make the updates? -
ANSWER Control scope
What project management process determines how the scope is defined? - ANSWER
