PMP Certification Journey 1

Pregunta 1 de 100

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A project manageris managing his second project. It started one month after the first, and both are in process. Though his first project is small, this one seems to be growing size every day. As each day passes, the project manager is beginning to feel more and more in need of help. The project manager has recently heard that there was another project in the company last year that is similar to his second project. What should he do?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Contact the other project manager and ask for assistance
Obtain historical records and guidance from the project management office (PMO)
Wait to see if the project is impacted by the growth in scope
Make sure the scope of the project is agreed to by all the stakeholders

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 100

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Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and that their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expediter, and other realizes he is really a project coordinator.
How is a project expediter different from a project coordinator?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The project expediter cannot make decisions
The project expediter can make more decisions
The project expediter reports to a higher-level manager
The project expediter has some authority

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 100

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All of the following are characteristic of a project EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

It is temporary
It has a definite beginning and end
It has interrelated activities
It repeats itself every month

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 100

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A framework for keeping an organization focused on its overall strategy is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Organizational project management (OPM)
The PMBOK Guide
Project governance
Portfolio Management

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 100

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Which of the following BEST describes the major constraints on a project?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Scope, number of resources, and cost
Scope, cost, and time
Scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, and customer satisfaction
Time, cost, and number of changes

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 100

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If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating, and disseminating the outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on improving the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Communications management plan
Project management information system (PMIS)
Scope management plan

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 100

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A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

They have not identified the project objectives
They are working on a process and not a project
The end date has not been set
The have not identified the product of the project

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 100

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One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities between projects in a company?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The project manager
The project management team
The project management Office (PMO)
The team

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 100

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The difference between a project, program, and portfolio is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program may include other non-project work, and a portfolio is all the project in a given department or division
A project is a lengthy endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program combines tow or more unrelated projects, and a portfolio combines two or more programs
A project is a a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of related projects, and portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific objective
A project is a contracted endeavor with a beginning and end, a portfolio is a group of projects with more open-ended completion dates, and a program combines two or more portfolios

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 100

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Operational work is different from project work in that operation work is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Unique
Temporary
Ongoing and repetitive
A part of every project activity

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 100

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Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned document. Which of the following is the BEST use of lessons learned?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Historical records for future projects
Planning record for the current project
Informing the team about what the project manager has done
Informing the team about the project management plan

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 100

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Lessons learned are BEST completed by:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The project manager
The team
The spnsor
The Stakeholders

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 100

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Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to a products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Be included as activities to be performed during project closure
Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations
Not be viewed as part of a project
Be viewed as a separate project

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 100

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What is a program?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

An initiative set up by management
A means to gain benefits and control of related projects
A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way
A government regulation

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 100

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A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Create Project management plans
Create lessons learned
Create network diagrams
Create status reports

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 100

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Use the project scope statement to gain approval of the "final" scope from the stakeholders before further planning is done. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 100

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Determine high-level requirements, constrains, assumptions, and risks.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 100

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Measure against the performance measurement baseline.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 100

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Implement approved changes, including corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repair.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 100

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Reanalyze existing risks.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 100

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Use the high-level planning and estimating data to determine whether the product can be achieved with the given constraints. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 100

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Verify and document that the project, or project phase, meets completion or exit criteria set in place during project planning. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Execution
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 100

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Hold team-building activities. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 100

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Evaluate the effectiveness of risk responses in a risk audit. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 100

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Determine how you will plan the planning, executing, and controlling efforts for stakeholders, requirements, scope, schedule, cost, quality, process improvement, human resources, communications, risk, procurement, changes, and configuration, and put that information into the beginnings of management plans. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 100

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Obtain formal (legal) sign-off and final acceptance of the product of the project from the customer.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 100

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Increase the effectiveness of processes.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 100

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Recalculate how much the project will cost and how long it will take, and create forecasts.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 100

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Plan what will be communicated on the project, to whom, by whom, when, and how.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 100

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Spend time trying to improve quality.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 100

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Make sure the business case and the analysis supporting the need for the project are documented and understood. During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 100

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Evaluate how effectively the team members function as a team.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 100

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Determine how you will improve the processes in use on the project.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 100

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Determine measurable project and product objectives.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 100

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Manage time and cost reserves.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 100

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Focus on looking for exceptions to the approved project management plan in team members' performance, rather than checking up on every person's work or babysitting.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 100

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Develop the final project management plan, project documents, and performance measurement baseline by performing schedule network analysis, looking for options, and confirming that project objectives can be met.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 100

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Gather final lessons learned.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 100

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Keep everyone focused on completing the project to the project charter and project management plan.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 100

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Calculate estimate to complete.
During which process group is this done?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring & Controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 41 de 100

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In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Before the project management process
Planning
Executing

Explicación

Pregunta 42 de 100

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The project charter is created in which project management process group?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Executing
Planning
Closing
Initiating

Explicación

Pregunta 43 de 100

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The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The NEXT thing to do is to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Identify risks
Begin iterations
Determine Communications requirements
Create a bar (Gantt) Chart

Explicación

Pregunta 44 de 100

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A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Project Budget
Work breakdown structure
Project management plan
Detailed risk assessment

Explicación

Pregunta 45 de 100

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The person who should be in control of the project during project planning is the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Project Manager
Team member
Functional manager
Sponsor

Explicación

Pregunta 46 de 100

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Which of the following is NOT an input to the initiating process group?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Company processes
Company culture
Historical WBSs
Project scope statement

Explicación

Pregunta 47 de 100

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The project sponsor has just signed the project charter. What is the NEXT thing to do?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Begin to complete work packages
Validate scope
Start integrate change control
Start to create management plans

Explicación

Pregunta 48 de 100

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The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling

Explicación

Pregunta 49 de 100

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The WBS and WBS dictionary are completed. The project team has begun working on identifying risks. The sponsor contacts the project manager, requesting that the responsibility assignment matrix be issued. The project has a budget of US $100,000 and taking place in three countries using 14 human resources. There is little risk expected for the project, and the project manager has managed many projects similar to this one. What is the NEXT thing to do.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Understand the experience of the sponsor on similar projects
Create an activity list
Make sure the project scope is defined
Complete risk management and issue the responsibility assignment matrix

Explicación

Pregunta 50 de 100

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A project manager does not have much time to spend on planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move through planning as effectively as possible. What advice would you offer?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Make sure you have signed charter and then start the WBS
Create an activity list before creating a network diagram
Document all the known risks before you document the high level assumptions
Finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics

Explicación

Pregunta 51 de 100

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The BEST time to assign a project manager to a project is during:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Integration
Project selection
Initiating
Planning

Explicación

Pregunta 52 de 100

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A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the variance warrants a response, he is in which part of the project management process?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Executing
Monitoring and controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 53 de 100

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A team member notifies the project manage that the activities comprising a work package are no longer appropriate. It would be BEST for the project manager to be in what part of the project management process:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Corrective action
Integrated change control
Monitoring and controlling
Project closing

Explicación

Pregunta 54 de 100

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During a meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to assess performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered to be in what part of the project management process?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Closing
Monitoring and controlling
Executing
Initiating

Explicación

Pregunta 55 de 100

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do during the initiating process group?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Create a detailed description of the project deliverables
Get familiar with the company culture and structure as they relate to the project
Identify the root cause of problems
Ensure all project management processes are complete

Explicación

Pregunta 56 de 100

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Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Iterative
Unique
Unnecessary
Standardized

Explicación

Pregunta 57 de 100

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Which project management process group generally takes the MOST project time and resources?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Planning
Design
Integration
Executing

Explicación

Pregunta 58 de 100

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All of the following must be performed during project initiating EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Identify and document business needs
Create a project scope statement
Divide a large project into phases
Accumulate and evaluate historical information

Explicación

Pregunta 59 de 100

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Closure includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Determining performance measures
Turning over the product of the project
Documenting the degree to which each project phase was properly closed after its completion
Updating the company's organizational process assets

Explicación

Pregunta 60 de 100

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The first phase of your project has come to an end. What is the MOST important thing to ensure is done BEFORE beginning the next phase?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Verify that the resources are available for the next phase
Check the project's progress compared to its baselines
Confirm that the phase has reached it objectives, and have its deliverable formally accepted
Recommend corrective action to bring the project results in line with project expectations

Explicación

Pregunta 61 de 100

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During which process group does the team measure and analyze the work being done on the project?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Executing
Monitoring and controlling
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 62 de 100

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Which process groups must be included in every project?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Planning, executing, and closing
Initiating, planning, and executing
Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing
Planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling

Explicación

Pregunta 63 de 100

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in project closing?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria
Collect historical information from previous projects
Confirm all the requirements in the project have been met
Gain formal approval of the management plans

Explicación

Pregunta 64 de 100

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Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of the project?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Initiating
Planning
Executing
Closing

Explicación

Pregunta 65 de 100

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All of the following occur during the planning process group EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Develop Project Charter
Create WBS
Estimate Costs
Sequence Activities

Explicación

Pregunta 66 de 100

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A market demand, a business need, and/or a legal requirement are examples of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Reasons to hire a project manager
Reasons projects are initiated
Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders
Reasons to sponsor a project

Explicación

Pregunta 67 de 100

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The need for _______________ is one of the major driving forces for communication in a project.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Optimization
Integrity
Integration
Differentiation

Explicación

Pregunta 68 de 100

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The customer has accepted the completed project scope. However, the lessons learned required by the project management office have not been completed. What is the status of the project?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The project is incomplete because it needs to be replanned
The project is incomplete until all project and product deliverables are complete and accepted
The project is incomplete because the customer has accepted the deliverables
The project is incomplete because it has reached its due date

Explicación

Pregunta 69 de 100

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When it comes to changes, the project manager's attention is BEST focused on:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Making changes
Tracking and recording changes
Informing the sponsor of changes
Preventing unnecessary changes

Explicación

Pregunta 70 de 100

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The customer on a project tells the project manager they have run out of money to pay for the project. What should the project manager do FIRST?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Shift more of the work to later in the schedule to allow time for the customer to get the funds
Close Project or Phase
Stop work
Release part of the project team

Explicación

Pregunta 71 de 100

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All of the following are parts of an effective change management plan EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Procedures
Standards for reports
Meeting
Lessons learned

Explicación

Pregunta 72 de 100

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A work authorization system can be used to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Manage who does each activity
Manage when and in what sequence work is done
Mange when each activity is doen
Manage who does each activity and when it is done

Explicación

Pregunta 73 de 100

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A project is plagued by changes to the project charter. Who has the primary responsibility to decide if these changes are necessary?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The project manager
The project team
The sponsor
The stakeholder

Explicación

Pregunta 74 de 100

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Effective project integration usually requires an emphasis on:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The personal careers of the team members
Timely updates to the project management plan
Effective communication at key interface points
Product control

Explicación

Pregunta 75 de 100

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Integration is done by the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Project Manager
Team
Sponsor
Stakeholders

Explicación

Pregunta 76 de 100

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Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role as an integrator?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Help team members become familiar with the project
Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
Put all the pieces of a project into a program
Get all team members together into a cohesive whole

Explicación

Pregunta 77 de 100

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Approved corrective actions are an input to which of the following processes?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Validate Scope
Direct and Manage Project Work
Develop Project Charter
Develop Schedule

Explicación

Pregunta 78 de 100

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Double declining balance is a form of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Decelerated depreciation
Straight line depreciation
Accelerated depreciation
Life cycle costing

Explicación

Pregunta 79 de 100

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Which of the following BEST describes what a project charter may be used for when the work is being completed?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

To make sure all the team members are rewarded
To help determine if a scope change should be approved
To assess the effectiveness of the change control system
To make sure that all the documentation on the project is completed

Explicación

Pregunta 80 de 100

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Which of the following BEST describes a project management plan?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

A printout from project management software
A bar chart
Risk, human resource, process improvement, and other management plans
The project scope

Explicación

Pregunta 81 de 100

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Which of the following is TRUE about the development of a project charter?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The sponsor creates creates the project charter, and the project manager approves it
The project team creates the project charter, and PMO approves it
The executive manager creates the project charter, and the functional manager approves it
The project manager creates the project charter, and the sponsor approves it

Explicación

Pregunta 82 de 100

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A project management plan should be realistic in order to be used to manage the project. Which of the following is the BEST method to achieve a realistic project management plan?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

The sponsor creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager
The functional manager creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager
The project manager creates the project management plan based on input from senior management
The project manager creates the project management plan based on input from the team

Explicación

Pregunta 83 de 100

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You are taking over a project during project planning and discover that six individuals have signed the project charter. Which of the following should MOST concern you?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Who will be a member of the change control board
Spending more time on configuration management
Getting a single project sponsor
Determining the report stucture

Explicación

Pregunta 84 de 100

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The project manager is working to clearly describe the level of involvement expected from everyone on the project in order to prevent rework, conflict, and coordination problems. Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's efforts?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Develop Project Management Plan and Plan Quality Management
Manage Stakeholder Engagement and Direct and Manage Project work
Validate Scope and Control Quality
Identify Risks and Develop Project Team

Explicación

Pregunta 85 de 100

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All of the following are parts of the Direct and Menage Project Work process EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Identify changes
Using a work breakdown structure
Implementing corrective actions
Setting up a project control system

Explicación

Pregunta 86 de 100

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A project manager is appointed to head a highly technical project in an area with which this person has limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop Schedule, Estimate Costs, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources to various project team members, and basically serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities. The results of this approach are likely to be:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and commitment
A team that initially experiences some amounts of confusion, but that after a period of time becomes a cohesive and effective unit
A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work environment created by the project manager
A team tat is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high levels of conflict, and high turnover

Explicación

Pregunta 87 de 100

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You are in the middle of executing a major modification to an existing product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. The BEST thing to do is to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Show how the resources were originally promised to your project
Re-plan the project without the resources
Explain the impact if the promised resources are not made available
Crash the project

Explicación

Pregunta 88 de 100

1

The primary customer of a project has requested an application change during user testing. As project manager, how should you BEST address this issue?

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Develop a risk mitigation plan
Create a formal change request
Inform the project sponsor of changes to scope, cost, and schedule
Ensure the scope change complies with all relevant contractual provisions

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Pregunta 89 de 100

1

Your company just won a major new project. It will begin in three months and is valued at US $2,000,000. You are the project manager for an existing project. What is the FIRST thing you should do once you hear of the new project?

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Ask management how the new project will use resources
Resource level your project
Crash your project
Ask management how the new project will affect your project

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Pregunta 90 de 100

1

The project manager has just received a change from the customer that does not affect the project schedule and is easy complete. What should the Project Manager do FIRST?

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Make the change happen as soon as possible
Contact the project sponsor for permission
Go to the change control board
Evaluate the impacts on other project constraints

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Pregunta 91 de 100

1

Understanding the culture, policies, and procedures of the organization in which the project is being performed is MOST challenging in:

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Global organization
Manufacturing organization
Small organization
Agile organization

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Pregunta 92 de 100

1

In a projectized organization, the project team:

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Reports to many bosses
Has no loyalty to the project
Reports to the functional manager
Will not always have a "home"

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Pregunta 93 de 100

1

A project manager is trying to complete a software development project, but cannot get enough attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process related work, and the project manager has little authority to assign resources. What form of organization must the project manager be working in?

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Functional
Matrix
Expediter
Coordinator

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Pregunta 94 de 100

1

A project manager has very little project experience, but he has been assigned as the project manager of a new project. Because he will be working in a matrix organization to complete his project, he can expect communications to be:

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Simple
Open and accurate
Complex
Hard to automate

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Pregunta 95 de 100

1

A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that many people are asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the power to give direction to the team member?

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The project manager
The functional manager
The team
The PMO

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Pregunta 96 de 100

1

The previous project manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is a lack of management control and no clearly defined project deliverables. Which of the following would be the BEST choice for getting your project better organized?

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Adopt a life cycle approach to the project
Develop lessons learned for each phase
Develop specific work plans for each work package
Develop a description of the product of the project

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Pregunta 97 de 100

1

The project life cycle differs from the project management process in that the project management process:

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Is the same for every project
Does not incorporate a methodology
Is different for each industry
Can spawn many projects

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Pregunta 98 de 100

1

Who has the MOST power in a projectized organization?

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The project manager
The functional manager
The team
The all share power

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Pregunta 99 de 100

1

Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as "projects" and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from US $100 to US $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?

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Because each individual order is a "temporary endeavor", each order is a project
This is program management since there are multiple projects involved
This is a recurring process
Orders incurring revenue over $1000,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management

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Pregunta 100 de 100

1

To obtain support for the project throughout the performing organization, it's BEST if the project manager:

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Ensures there is a communications management plan
Correlates the need for the project to the organization's strategic plan
Connects the project to the personal objectives of the sponsor
Ensures that the management plan includes the management of team members

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Practice questions

PMP Certification Journey 1

Pregunta 1 de 100

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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Pregunta 2 de 100

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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Pregunta 3 de 100

All of the following are characteristic of a project EXCEPT:

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Pregunta 4 de 100

A framework for keeping an organization focused on its overall strategy is:

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Pregunta 5 de 100

Which of the following BEST describes the major constraints on a project?

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Pregunta 6 de 100

If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating, and disseminating the outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on improving the:

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Pregunta 7 de 100

A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem?

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Pregunta 8 de 100

One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities between projects in a company?

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Pregunta 9 de 100

The difference between a project, program, and portfolio is:

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Pregunta 10 de 100

Operational work is different from project work in that operation work is

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Pregunta 11 de 100

Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned document. Which of the following is the BEST use of lessons learned?

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Pregunta 12 de 100

Lessons learned are BEST completed by:

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Pregunta 13 de 100

Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to a products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:

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Pregunta 14 de 100

What is a program?

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Pregunta 15 de 100

A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?

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Pregunta 16 de 100

Use the project scope statement to gain approval of the "final" scope from the stakeholders before further planning is done. During which process group is this done?

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Pregunta 17 de 100

Determine high-level requirements, constrains, assumptions, and risks. During which process group is this done?

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Pregunta 18 de 100

Measure against the performance measurement baseline. During which process group is this done?

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Pregunta 19 de 100

Implement approved changes, including corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repair. During which process group is this done?

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Pregunta 20 de 100

Reanalyze existing risks. During which process group is this done?

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Explicación

Determine high-level requirements, constrains, assumptions, and risks.
During which process group is this done?

Measure against the performance measurement baseline.
During which process group is this done?

Implement approved changes, including corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repair.
During which process group is this done?

Reanalyze existing risks.
During which process group is this done?

Obtain formal (legal) sign-off and final acceptance of the product of the project from the customer.
During which process group is this done?

Increase the effectiveness of processes.
During which process group is this done?

Recalculate how much the project will cost and how long it will take, and create forecasts.
During which process group is this done?

Plan what will be communicated on the project, to whom, by whom, when, and how.
During which process group is this done?

Spend time trying to improve quality.
During which process group is this done?

Evaluate how effectively the team members function as a team.
During which process group is this done?

Determine how you will improve the processes in use on the project.
During which process group is this done?

Determine measurable project and product objectives.
During which process group is this done?

Manage time and cost reserves.
During which process group is this done?

Focus on looking for exceptions to the approved project management plan in team members' performance, rather than checking up on every person's work or babysitting.
During which process group is this done?

Develop the final project management plan, project documents, and performance measurement baseline by performing schedule network analysis, looking for options, and confirming that project objectives can be met.
During which process group is this done?