HEAD FIRST PMP EXAM |QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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151. There have been several rounds of layoffs at your company. Now your project
team is worried about their job security, and you've noticed that their performance
has decreased significantly because of it. This is predicted by which motivational
theory?
A. McGregor's Theory of X and Y
B. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
C. McClelland's Achievement Theory
D. Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory - ✔✔151. Answer: B
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs says that people have needs, and until the lower ones
(like acceptance on the team, job safety or job security) are satisfied, they won't
even begin to think about the higher ones (fulfilling their potential and making a
contribution).
152. Which of the following is NOT included in a cost of quality calculation?
A. Team members' time spent finding and repairing defects
B. Quality managers' time spent writing quality standards
C. Project managers' time spent creating the project management plan
D. Team members' time spent reviewing specifications, plans, and other documents
- ✔✔152. Answer: C
Cost of quality is what you get when you add up the cost of all of the prevention
and inspection activities you are going to do on your project. It doesn't just include
the testing. It includes any time spent writing standards, reviewing documents,
meeting to analyze the root causes of defects, reworking to fix the defects once
they're found by the team—absolutely everything you do to ensure quality on the
project.
153. Which of the following contracts has the MOST risk for the seller?
A. Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF)
B. Time and Materials (T&M)
C. Cost plus percentage of costs (CPPC)
D. Fixed price (FP) - ✔✔153. Answer: D
A fixed price (FP) contract means that the buyer pays one amount regardless of
how much it costs the seller to do the work. A fixed price contract only makes
sense in cases where the scope is very well known. If there are any changes to the
amount of work to be done, the seller doesn't get paid any more to do it.
, 154. You are managing an industrial design project for an important client. Two of
your team members have a disagreement on project priorities. One person wants to
do certain activities first, while the other feels they should be left until the end of
the project. You work with both people to forge a compromise where those
activities are neither first nor last, but instead done in the middle of the project.
Nobody is particularly unhappy with this solution. Another name for a compromise
is a:
A. Win-win solution
B. Win-lose solution
C. Lose-lose solution
D. Standoff solution - ✔✔154. Answer: C
A lot of people think compromise is a great way to handle conflicts. But any time
there's a compromise, it means that everyone needs to give up something. That's
why compromise is often called a lose-lose solution. It's always better to confront
the problem and fix the root cause of the conflict. You should only force people to
compromise if that's the only option.
155. A project manager on a construction project includes a line item in the budget
for insurance for the equipment and job site. This is an example of:
A. Transference
B. Mitigation
C. Avoidance
D. Acceptance - ✔✔155. Answer: A
One effective way to deal with a risk is to pay someone else to accept it for you.
This is called transference. The most common way to do this is to buy insurance.
156. You are talking to experts and gathering independent estimates for your
contract. Which of the following BEST describes what you are doing?
A. Plan Procurements
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Administer Procurements
D. Close Procurements - ✔✔156. Answer: B
When you're working with procurements, Independent Estimates is one of the tools
and techniques of the Conduct Procurements process. It certainly sounds a lot like
something you'd do while planning out your procurements. Don't forget that the
Conduct Procurements process involves finding sellers as well as carrying out the
work to complete the contract. That's why you use things like Bidder Conferences
and Qualified Seller Lists in Conduct Procurements.
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
151. There have been several rounds of layoffs at your company. Now your project
team is worried about their job security, and you've noticed that their performance
has decreased significantly because of it. This is predicted by which motivational
theory?
A. McGregor's Theory of X and Y
B. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
C. McClelland's Achievement Theory
D. Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory - ✔✔151. Answer: B
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs says that people have needs, and until the lower ones
(like acceptance on the team, job safety or job security) are satisfied, they won't
even begin to think about the higher ones (fulfilling their potential and making a
contribution).
152. Which of the following is NOT included in a cost of quality calculation?
A. Team members' time spent finding and repairing defects
B. Quality managers' time spent writing quality standards
C. Project managers' time spent creating the project management plan
D. Team members' time spent reviewing specifications, plans, and other documents
- ✔✔152. Answer: C
Cost of quality is what you get when you add up the cost of all of the prevention
and inspection activities you are going to do on your project. It doesn't just include
the testing. It includes any time spent writing standards, reviewing documents,
meeting to analyze the root causes of defects, reworking to fix the defects once
they're found by the team—absolutely everything you do to ensure quality on the
project.
153. Which of the following contracts has the MOST risk for the seller?
A. Cost plus fixed fee (CPFF)
B. Time and Materials (T&M)
C. Cost plus percentage of costs (CPPC)
D. Fixed price (FP) - ✔✔153. Answer: D
A fixed price (FP) contract means that the buyer pays one amount regardless of
how much it costs the seller to do the work. A fixed price contract only makes
sense in cases where the scope is very well known. If there are any changes to the
amount of work to be done, the seller doesn't get paid any more to do it.
, 154. You are managing an industrial design project for an important client. Two of
your team members have a disagreement on project priorities. One person wants to
do certain activities first, while the other feels they should be left until the end of
the project. You work with both people to forge a compromise where those
activities are neither first nor last, but instead done in the middle of the project.
Nobody is particularly unhappy with this solution. Another name for a compromise
is a:
A. Win-win solution
B. Win-lose solution
C. Lose-lose solution
D. Standoff solution - ✔✔154. Answer: C
A lot of people think compromise is a great way to handle conflicts. But any time
there's a compromise, it means that everyone needs to give up something. That's
why compromise is often called a lose-lose solution. It's always better to confront
the problem and fix the root cause of the conflict. You should only force people to
compromise if that's the only option.
155. A project manager on a construction project includes a line item in the budget
for insurance for the equipment and job site. This is an example of:
A. Transference
B. Mitigation
C. Avoidance
D. Acceptance - ✔✔155. Answer: A
One effective way to deal with a risk is to pay someone else to accept it for you.
This is called transference. The most common way to do this is to buy insurance.
156. You are talking to experts and gathering independent estimates for your
contract. Which of the following BEST describes what you are doing?
A. Plan Procurements
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Administer Procurements
D. Close Procurements - ✔✔156. Answer: B
When you're working with procurements, Independent Estimates is one of the tools
and techniques of the Conduct Procurements process. It certainly sounds a lot like
something you'd do while planning out your procurements. Don't forget that the
Conduct Procurements process involves finding sellers as well as carrying out the
work to complete the contract. That's why you use things like Bidder Conferences
and Qualified Seller Lists in Conduct Procurements.
