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Question 1 of 199
1. Question
Tom is the project manager on a construction project. Midway through his project, he realizes that there’s a problem with the lumber they’ve been using in a few rooms and they’re going to have to tear down some of the work they’ve done and rebuild. One of this team members suggests that the defect isn’t bad enough to cause all of that rework. Tom says that he’s worked on a project that make this same mistake before and they ended up having to redo the work when inspectors looked at the house. He convinces the team member that it’s probably better to fix it now than later. What kind of power is he using to make the decision?
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Expert
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Question 2 of 199
2. Question
A project manager is trying hard to successfully complete a project, but his role in the organization is limited and he has no control over project budget. Although he has some power to authorize decisions he needs to seek approval on most of the major decisions. Also his team members work only part-time on the project. The project manager is mostly in which kind of organization?
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Functional .The project manager has limited authority and no control on project budget. Also, his team members are not allocated full time on project work. The project manager is surely working in a functional organization structure.
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Question 3 of 199
3. Question
A project manager is forced to give a contract to a preferred supplier as he has a strict deadline to meet. What could be the BIGGEST risk in this situation for the project manager?
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The seller has not proven that he has the required expertise and resources to take this assignment. Since this contract is given to the seller without indepth evaluation, his competency for this project is a major risk on the project. Option (b
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Question 4 of 199
4. Question
What is the meaning of term 360 degree feedback in appraisals?.
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A person is appraised by not only the Project Manager but also by peers, supervisors and subordinates. In 360 degree appraisal a person is appraised by not only the Project Manager but also by peers, supervisors and subordinates and hence the term ‘360 degree’.
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Question 5 of 199
5. Question
Which of the following processes has defect repair as one of the outputs?.
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Direct and Manage Project Work. Defect repair is a part of change requests and is one of the important outputs of ‘direct and manage project execution’. The only other process with the defect repair as an output is ‘control quality’ in quality management. Refer to PMBOK 5th edition Project Integration Management PN 79.
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Question 6 of 199
6. Question
Which of the following is the most important parameter that the project schedule should be measured against to recommend corrective and /or preventive actions?.
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Schedule Baseline. Schedule baseline is an important and effective yardstick which acts as a benchmark to determine project status. Meeting schedule baseline is one of the measures of project success.
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Question 7 of 199
7. Question
Your project team is involved in estimating the cost of the project as a part of project cost management. Which of the following tools and techniques will NOT be applicable for this purpose?
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Cost Benefit Analysis. Option (b
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Question 8 of 199
8. Question
‘Halo Effect’ is.
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Based on the assumption that because the person is good at a technology, he will be good as a project manager.
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Question 9 of 199
9. Question
A summary activity in a network logic diagram is often referred to as a.
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Hammock Activity
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Question 10 of 199
10. Question
As a project manager you are estimating the duration of your project activities using PERT technique (Program Evaluation and Review technique). For a particular project activity your Optimistic estimate is 14 days, Pessimistic estimate is 47 days and Most Likely estimate is 27 days. What should be the expected duration of this activity?.
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28.17. PERT allows the estimator to include three estimates: optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely, given by the equation: Expected Duration = [P + 4(ML
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Question 11 of 199
11. Question
You are a PMP trainer and your organization has scheduled you to give training at your spouse’s organization. Your organization is not aware of this situation. As per your organization’s deal, you are scheduled to teach one of the project management software tools. 18 people have been scheduled for this training. Since your spouse’s boss already knows you, he requests that you to allow another 5 people to sit in the class. Another 5 people would add revenue of $50,000, but you agree to let them sit in the class as it is requested by your spouse’s boss. Which of the following is true in this scenario?
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This is an example of conflict of interest. Correct Answer is A. This is surely a conflict of interest because you are favoring your spouse’s organization at the cost of your organization’s business. As per PMI, you have to ensure that a conflict of interest does not interfere with your professional judgment and disclose circumstances that could be interpreted as a conflict of interest.
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Question 12 of 199
12. Question
Which of the following is also known as failure costs?
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Cost of poor quality.Cost of quality is the cost incurred to ensure quality. Failure costs include costs to rework products, components, or processes that are non-compliant, costs of warranty work and waste, and loss of reputation.
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Question 13 of 199
13. Question
You are the project manager of the ABC project which has an allocated budget of $650,000. You have completed 30% of the work with an expenditure of $26,000 against your plan of 45%. What is the earned value?
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$195,000. Correct Answer is ‘A’. Earned value is calculated by multiplying the percentage of completion, 30% by the BAC, i.e. $650,000, for a value of $195,000.
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Question 14 of 199
14. Question
Which of the following is an output from the ‘identify stakeholder’ process?
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Stakeholder Register. The output of identify stakeholders process is a document that lists the stakeholders and their interest in the project – this is nothing but the stakeholder register.
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Question 15 of 199
15. Question
Which of the following processes are in the Initiating process group?
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Develop Project Charter and Identify Stakeholders. Correct answer is A.
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Question 16 of 199
16. Question
Your company has a policy of having every software project reviewed and approved by the Architecture Review Board prior to the construction phase of a project. You need to ensure that the project design is cleared by the Architecture Review Board. This is an example of what?
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Stage Gate that can be a Milestone. Correct Answer is ‘A’. Stage Gate or Phase Exit or Kill Points are known as ‘Phase-end-Review’ which is what the scenario explains. Refer to PMBOK 5th edition Page 41.
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Question 17 of 199
17. Question
Which of the following is a key objective of the Validate Scope process?
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To ensure that the customer accepts the project deliverable. If you have got this question incorrect please read the Scope Management chapter for better understanding what needs to be done in the Validate Scope process.
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Question 18 of 199
18. Question
Which of the following is not an impact of poor quality?
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High Customer Satisfaction. In fact, poor quality may lead to low customer satisfaction. All of the other options listed are the results of poor quality.
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Question 19 of 199
19. Question
Of the following, which is a tool and technique used in the process ‘identify stakeholders’ ?
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Expert Judgment is a tool and technique used in the Identify stakeholders process. Option D, Procurement documents is the input to this process. Option B and C, stakeholder management strategy and stakeholder register respectively are the outputs from this process. For more information on this process, refer to Page No :393 of PMBOK 5th Edition
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Question 20 of 199
20. Question
Legitimate power is based on the subordinate’s perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence because of the leader’s:
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Role or position within the organization. You can see such questions in the PMI exam whose terminology is known or similar to PMBOK, but are included in the PMI exam to judge the difficulty level.
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Question 21 of 199
21. Question
A project manager performs earned value analysis and finds the following results : AC = 220,000 PV=250,000 EV = 220,000. Help him identify CV.
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CV =0.To evaluate CV, we use the formula CV = EV – AC = 0
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Question 22 of 199
22. Question
Of the following, which describes management information systems?
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Software that an enterprise uses to support business and administrative operations. This a dummy question. You can see such questions in the PMI exam whose terminology is known or similar to PMBOK, but are included in the PMI exam to judge the difficulty level
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Question 23 of 199
23. Question
You were about to send a deliverable to your customer when you realize there is a defect that the customer would not notice. What would you do?
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Discuss with the customer. It’s ethically not right to send a deliverable with a known defect to the customer. In the present case, the best thing is to speak with the customer to see if he is ok with you sending the deliverable with the defect.
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Question 24 of 199
24. Question
Brad is the project manager of a new data migration project. He is supposed to come out with his project WBS. In order to create his WBS, Brad goes to the organization process database and pulls out the WBS of a completed data migration project. He uses that as a starting point to create his own WBS. Which of the following tools and techniques of the creating WBS process is he using?
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Templates. It’s important for you to remember the inputs, outputs and tools and techniques of each of the 42 project management processes. Please refer to PMBOK edition 5th for the list of all processes; you can also get this list from Lesson no. 3 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course
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Question 25 of 199
25. Question
A key stakeholder expresses his concern over lack of project visibility and progress. He says that he has been sent project status reports, but most of the time it lacks information relevant to his department. How should the project manager respond?
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Review the Project Communication Management Plan to determine stakeholder’s needs. The communication management plan determines the project stakeholder information needs and defines the communication approach. It is the document that needs to be referred to resolve stakeholder’s issues. Since the stakeholder is receiving timely performance reports options (b) and (c) are not correct .
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Question 26 of 199
26. Question
An infrastructure company had an option of bidding for a toll highway project, with an NPV of $5 million, but they opted for bidding for a power plant project with an NPV of $6 million. $5 million represents the —- for the company
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Opportunity cost is the cost of the opportunity that was foregone in choosing a different option
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Question 27 of 199
27. Question
You are a project manager working on a critical project . You track the project schedule closely. While going through the critical path, you realize that the project is showing negative float. What is your BEST response to the situation?
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Use a schedule compression technique. The best option is to compress the project schedule because the critical path activities can be delayed thus resulting in a negative float. In this case, the project manager should use a schedule compression technique such as fast tracking or crashing.
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Question 28 of 199
28. Question
According to F.C. Moore, ‘Delegation means assigning work to the others and giving them authority to do so’. Which of the following suggests the right order for Delegation?
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Assignment of Duties to Subordinates, Transfer of Authority, Acceptance of Assignment, Creation of Responsibility.
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Question 29 of 199
29. Question
A project sponsor appointed a project manager to a new project and asked her to get started immediately – even before the charter got approved. What should the project manager do?
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The charter is important because it formally authorizes a project. The project manager must do whatever she can to get the charter issued.
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Question 30 of 199
30. Question
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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In a functional organization, the project manager has the least support for the project and has little authority to assign resources. Project expediter and project coordinator are roles in a weak matrix organization.
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Question 31 of 199
31. Question
The project life cycle differs from the project management process in that the project management process:
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The project management process ALWAYS includes the work of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing a project. This methodology is the same for projects within any industry. The work of these process groups may be repeated (iterated).
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Question 32 of 199
32. Question
The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
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High-level constraints are identified in the project charter, which is created during project initiating.
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Question 33 of 199
33. Question
A team member from research and development tells you that her work is too creative to provide you with a fixed single estimate for the activity. You both decide to use the average labor hours to develop a prototype (from past projects). This is an example of which of the following?
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Monte Carlo analysis is a modeling, or simulation, technique. Three-point estimating uses three time estimates per activity. One could use data from past projects to come up with the estimate (analogous estimating), but the best answer is parametric estimating because past history is being used to calculate an estimate.
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Question 34 of 199
34. Question
Earned value measurement is an example of:
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Earned value measurement is a great reporting tool. With it, you can show where you stand on budget and schedule, as well as provide forecasts for the rest of the project.
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Question 35 of 199
35. Question
A manager notices that a project manager is holding a meeting with some of the team and some stakeholders to discuss the quality of the project. The project schedule has been compressed, and the CPI is 1.1. They have worked hard on the project, the team has been rewarded according to the reward system the project manager put in place, and there is a strong sense of team. The manager suggests that the project manager does not have enough time to hold meetings about quality when the schedule is so compressed. Which of the following best describes why the manager is wrong.?
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Did you notice there is a lot of data not relevant to answering the question? Expect distracters to appear in many questions on the exam. Quality efforts should produce a decrease rather than an increase in cost risk as a result of less rework. Quality efforts should also provide increased cost effectiveness due to less rework. This leaves the best answer: Improved quality leads to increased productivity, increased cost effectiveness, and decreased cost risk.”
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Question 36 of 199
36. Question
There are several executing activities underway on your project. You are beginning to get concerned about the accuracy of the progress reporting your team members are doing. How could you verify whether there is a problem?
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Quality audits are a necessary part of the Perform Quality Assurance process. They help you assess whether the processes are being followed correctly on the project.
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Question 37 of 199
37. Question
The project cost performance index (CPI) is 1.02, the benefit cost ratio is 1.7, and the latest round of performance reviews identified few needed adjustments. The project team was collocated in a new building when the project started. Everyone commented on how excited they were to have all new facilities. The sponsor is providing adequate support for the project, a few unidentified risks have occurred. In an attempt to improve performance, the project manager spends part of the project budget on new chairs for the team members and adds the term “senior” to each team member’s job title. Which of the following is the most correct thing that can be said of this project or the project manager?
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The option of the project manager watching cost more closely includes the concept of cost to trick you into selecting it if you are unsure of the real answer. There is no indication that the costs are trending in any particular direction. There is no reason to think that performance reviews should turn up more adjustments. The project manager should always use good judgment but nothing in this question talks about judgment regarding variances, so this cannot be the best choice. In this situation, the project manager is making great working conditions better by buying new chairs and enhancing the team members’ titles. According to Herzberg’s theory, fixing bad working conditions will help motivate the team, but making good ones better will not improve motivation. The project manager needs to focus on the motivating agents and not the hygiene factors.
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Question 38 of 199
38. Question
A team member is visiting the manufacturing plant of one of the suppliers. Which of the following is the most important thing to do in any telephone calls the project manager might make to the team member?
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Questions like this drive people crazy. There are many choices that are reasonably correct. Look for the most immediate need. Here, the team member is in a manufacturing environment. That means communications will most likely be blocked by noise. It is best for the project manager to ask the team member to repeat back what he says, to ensure the team member correctly heard what the project manager communicated.
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Question 39 of 199
39. Question
In a fixed-price (FP) contract, the fee or profit is:
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The fee or profit is known to the seller, but this question is asked from the buyer’s perspective. The buyer does not know what profit the seller included in the contract.
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Question 40 of 199
40. Question
You have been assigned to manage the development of an organization’s new website. The site will be highly complex and interview, and neither your project team nor the client has much experience with this type of website development. The timeline is extremely aggressive. Any delay will be costly for both you firm and the client. You have a project sponsor and have achieved agreement and sign-off on both the project charter and the project management plan. Client personnel have been kept fully informed of the project’s progress through status reports and regular meetings. The project is on schedule and within budget, and a final perfunctory review has been scheduled. Suddenly you hear that the entire effort may be cancelled because the product being develop is totally unacceptable. What is the most likely cause of this situation?
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A single high-level executive can end an entire project if he or she is not satisfied with the results, even if that person has, by choice, been only tangentially involved in the project. It is critical to ensure that all of the final decision makers have been identified early in a project in order to ensure that their concerns are addressed.
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Question 41 of 199
41. Question
Your team member is three days late with a report. Five minutes before the meeting where the topic of the report is to be discussed, she hands you the report. You notice some serious errors in it. What should you do?
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Allowing the team member to deliver the inaccurate report is penalizing and embarrassing her. The only choice that does not involve decreasing the team member’s morale or wasting the time of the other attendees is to cancel the meeting, and reschedule when you and the team member have identified and addressed the root cause of the problem with the report.
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Question 42 of 199
42. Question
You are the project manager for a railroad construction project. Your sponsor has asked you for a forecast for the cost of project completion. The project has a total budget of $80,000 and CPI of .95. The project has spent $25,000 of its budget so far. How much more money do you plan to spend on the project?
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59210
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Question 43 of 199
43. Question
You have been hired by a contractor, who wants you to manage a construction project for one of their clients. The project team has been working for six weeks. You need to determine whether the team is ahead of or behind schedule. Which of the following tools and techniques is the best one for you to consult?
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Performance Measurement
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Question 44 of 199
44. Question
Which of the following processes is in the initiating process group?
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Develop preliminary scope statement
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Question 45 of 199
45. Question
You are a project manager for a software project. As you are defining the scope of the work you need to do, you sit down with all of the project’s stakeholders and record all of the requirements you can get from them. Which of the following is not a valid requirement from stakeholder analysis?
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The work the team does must be better than they did on their last project.
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Question 46 of 199
46. Question
You are managing a project with 23 team members and six key stakeholders. Two team members identify a problem with the current approach. Addressing that problem will require changes to the project plan and its subsidiary plans. One of the stakeholders previously indicated that any delays are unacceptable, and your team members tell you that it’s possible the change could cause the team to miss at least one critical deadline. What is the BEST way to deal with this situation?
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Analyze the impact that the change will have on the wok to be done, the schedule budget.
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Question 47 of 199
47. Question
You are currently in process of prioritizing risks by their impact and probability of occurrence. The risk register updates from this process include all of the following EXCEPT:
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. Root cause of risks
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Question 48 of 199
48. Question
You are the Chief Technology Officer of a major stock exchange. You are in charge of a project to reengineer the organization’s back office accounting, billing, and aadministrative systems. Your project team has completed all the technical work required for the project and just need toverify scope. All of the following are actions you should perform next EXCEPT:
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Collect project records
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Question 49 of 199
49. Question
Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding Bidder conferences?
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. Bidder conferences involves the receipt of bids or proposals and the application of the evaluation criteria in order to select a vendor
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Question 50 of 199
50. Question
There has been a short delay in your project schedule because of change in scope. To make changes to the start and finish dates, you will require:
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A Revision
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Question 51 of 199
51. Question
You are doing some work under contract, when the buyer requests you to add some additional requirements which were not defined in the original contract. Since satisfying the buyer is of paramount interest, you go ahead and incorporate the requirements as part of the project. You are violating which Code of Professional Conduct:
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Responsibility to maintain and satisfy the scope and objectives
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Question 52 of 199
52. Question
Which project will be selected from the following options?
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Internal Rate of Return of 12%, Opportunity cost $ 0
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Question 53 of 199
53. Question
As a Project Manager, you realize that it is very important to be a good leader. Leading involves all the following except:
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Consistently producing key results expected by stakeholders
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Question 54 of 199
54. Question
Creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) is very helpful in managing the project. The first step in creating a WBS is:
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Identifying the major deliverables for the project.
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Question 55 of 199
55. Question
One of your team-member was late to a critical bidder conference, which caused a lot of confusion. In this context,
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You should talk with the team member to understand why he was late and how to prevent similar situations in the future
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Question 56 of 199
56. Question
Which of the following is an output from Staff Acquisition process?
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Project Staff Assignment
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Question 57 of 199
57. Question
Which of the following is an output of Define Scope Process?
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Project Scope Statement
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Question 58 of 199
58. Question
One of the outperforming team members from a support group of the project team wants to move onto the technical team as he finds that work more challenging . As a project manager you know that he is a valuable resource and moving him out of the support group can affect group performance. You decide to give him a hike in salary. However, the employee is still unhappy and dissatisfied. This is an example of which theory?.
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Herzberg’s theory. Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory was developed by Frederick Herzberg, a psychologist who found that job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction acted independently of each other. This two Factor Theory states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction, while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction. Two-factor theory distinguishes between: Motivators (e.g. challenging work, recognition, responsibility
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Question 59 of 199
59. Question
Which of the following is not a project?.
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Family Weekend drives to sea coast. Remember A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. Option (b
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Question 60 of 199
60. Question
An assembly line in a car manufacturing plant produces 250 components in one shift . QA randomly picks 10 of them for quality checking. This is an example of.
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Inspection. An inspection is, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation exercise. It involves the measurements and tests, applied to certain characteristics in regard to an activity. The results are usually compared to specified requirements and standards for determining whether the activity is in line with these targets.
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Question 61 of 199
61. Question
Customer satisfaction should be measured at the end of the project to maintain long-term relationships. Which of the following is NOT always an aspect of customer satisfaction?
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The project is profitable. Customers can be satisfied even when the project is not profitable. Customer satisfaction is not always about money. It could be about making sure that the people who are paying for the end product are happy with what they get.
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Question 62 of 199
62. Question
During the project lifecycle, a project manager can change the schedule baseline ONLY through?.
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A Formally approved change through the change control process. The schedule baseline can only be changed after it is formally approved by the stakeholders and executed through the change control process.
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Question 63 of 199
63. Question
Your client has terminated your project before it is complete. Which of the following is true?
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You must work with the team to document the lessons learned. Even if a project is shut down before the work is completed, you still need to document the lessons learned and add them to the organizational process assets.
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Question 64 of 199
64. Question
The estimating technique that uses the statistical relationship between the historical data and other variables to calculate an estimate for an activity is called?.
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Parametric Estimating. Parametric estimating primarily refers to an estimation technique which utilizes the statistical relationship that exists between a series of historical data and a particular delineated list of other variables. Some examples of these variables include square footage on a construction project, the number of lines or code that exist in a software application, and other similar variables. This information is then implemented for the purpose of calculating and demonstrating an estimate for the entity’s activity parameters.)L2) Parametric Estimating. Parametric estimating primarily refers to an estimation technique which utilizes the statistical relationship that exists between a series of historical data and a particular delineated list of other variables. Some examples of these variables include square footage on a construction project, the number of lines or code that exist in a software application, and other similar variables. This information is then implemented for the purpose of calculating and demonstrating an estimate for the entity’s activity parameters.
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Question 65 of 199
65. Question
A popular Japanese technique which advocates continuous small improvements involving everyone from top management to the lowest level in the organization is called?.
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Kaizen. The term (In the Japanese language, kaizen stands for ‘improvement’) refers to a philosophy or practice focusing on continuous improvement in manufacturing activities and business activities in general. When used in the business sense and applied to the workplace, kaizen typically refers to activities that continually improve all functions of a business. This can include manufacturing to management and from the CEO to the assembly line workers. By improving standardized activities and processes, kaizen aims to eliminate waste. For more information on this technique check the following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaizenL2) Kaizen. The term (In the Japanese language, kaizen stands for ‘improvement’) refers to a philosophy or practice focusing on continuous improvement in manufacturing activities and business activities in general. When used in the business sense and applied to the workplace, kaizen typically refers to activities that continually improve all functions of a business. This can include manufacturing to management and from the CEO to the assembly line workers. By improving standardized activities and processes, kaizen aims to eliminate waste. For more information on this technique check the following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen
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Question 66 of 199
66. Question
A buyer has floated a procurement document to buy cement for his construction company and in response received several price quotations. The buyer has used which of the procurement documents?
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Request for Quotation. A price quote is usually in response to a request for quote. A bid is usually in response to an invitation for bid. A request for proposal is used for responding to proposal documents.)L2) Request for Quotation. A price quote is usually in response to a request for quote. A bid is usually in response to an invitation for bid. A request for proposal is used for responding to proposal documents.
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Question 67 of 199
67. Question
You are probably going to be the project manager for the LMS project and are looking for all possible information before the initiation phase of the project. Of the following, which is the best source of information for your project?
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Organizational process assets. Organizational process assets include any process related assets from all of the organizations involved in the project that can be used to influence the project’s success.
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Question 68 of 199
68. Question
At what level of the WBS should the budget be estimated to assist in budget control during the monitoring and controlling process group?
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Lowest. Correct Answer is ‘B’. By having the WBS at its lowest level, more information is available to make a more accurate cost estimate.
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Question 69 of 199
69. Question
From the diagram, what is the Float for Task D?
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0. Correct Answer is ‘B’. Float for Task D can be calculated as LS -ES = 21-21=0.
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Question 70 of 199
70. Question
Which of the following are addressed by the project managers?
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Correct Answer is ‘B’. The project managers address intermediate-range planning (1-5 years) and short-range/tactical planning (1,year or less). Since only inter-mediate range is provided as an option, B is the correct answer
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Question 71 of 199
71. Question
You are the project manager and are currently in the monitoring process group. You and your team are trying to identify the relationship between an independent variable and the dependent variable by plotting their values on a diagram. One of your team members asks you what is this diagram known as?
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Scatter Diagram. Correct Answer is ‘B’. A scatter diagram displays the relationship between two elements as points on the graph. These elements are the dependent and the independent variables.
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Question 72 of 199
72. Question
You are working on a crucial project when you realize that you may miss the due date of the project. What would you do in such a scenario?
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Evaluate options to meet the due date. When you know that you are going to miss the due date, the right thing to do is to look at options to meet the due date. Only when you cannot find any options should you change the due date and inform all of the stakeholders. It is unethical to not to communicate the due date.
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Question 73 of 199
73. Question
How is contract closure different from administrative closure?
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Contract closure is done before administrative closure. All other options are wrong. The customer may be involved in administrative closure (e.g., contributing to lesson learnt).
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Question 74 of 199
74. Question
Which of the following is a technique of controlling project scope?
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Variance Analysis. The first three are techniques of ‘define scope’. This is a straight forward input, output, and tools and techniques question that you should be prepared to answer.
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Question 75 of 199
75. Question
You are executing a project for an overseas customer. There are multiple stakeholders at the customer’s end; however, your point of contact has not introduced you to one of the managers who is supposed to run a function at the customer’s end and may have some requirements for your project. If you do address his requirement, he might ask for a change in the project. There is also the possibility that the change control board will approve the change. What should you do?
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Schedule a meeting with this stakeholder to understand his requirements. Read the question carefully, it says that there is one stakeholder who has a requirement for your project and it’s most likely going to be approved by the change control board. As a proactive project manager, you should take the initiative to meet the customer and get his requirement. If you do not meet with the customer, you will not be proactively addressing the potential issues.
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Question 76 of 199
76. Question
An activity has an Early Start (ES) of day 5 and Late Start (LS) of day 10, an Early Finish (EF) of day 20 and Late Finish (LF) of day 25. What can be said about this activity?
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Activity is not on the critical path. If you remember the formula to calculate float is LS-ES or LF-EF then you will find this activity has a float of 5 days. Generally, if an activity has float, it will not be on the critical path. Since there is no other information provided, option B is the best answer. There is absolutely no information about the activity progress, so nothing can be said about Option D.
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Question 77 of 199
77. Question
Which of the following is not a technique to plan communication in the project?
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Communication Management Plan. The communication management plan is an output of the plan communication process. In order to find out more about the project communication management knowledge area, please refer to Lesson number 10 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 78 of 199
78. Question
In a matrix organization, a project manager can expect the communication to be?
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Complex. One of the key reasons why communication in a matrix organization is complex is because each team member has two bosses, one is his/her functional manager and another is the project manager. If you are not clear about organization types such as functional or matrix, please consider going through lesson 2 of Simplilearn PMP Preparation Course.
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Question 79 of 199
79. Question
You have recently joined a new construction company and you find that your employer is violating the construction permit issued by the local city government. What should you do?
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Talk to your employer to find out if they are aware they are breaking the law. The best option is to first talk to your employer to discuss your findings and know their perspective. It would also help you verify your observation
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Question 80 of 199
80. Question
Which of the following is an example of Lead?
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Lead means that the successor activity can start in advance of the predecessor activity
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Question 81 of 199
81. Question
You have taken over as a project manager of a complex and technically challenging project. To add to the problems your team is from diverse cultures and lack bonding. You want the team to participate and take ownership of the project activities, as well as understand the ‘big picture of the project’. Which of the following activities would be most helpful?
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Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS dictionary with the team. The project manager wants the team to take ownership, as well as understand how their individual project activities affect the overall project deliverable (the big picture). He also wants the team to develop bonding. All these objectives are met when the team gets involved in creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and WBS dictionary. Option (a) may not be always possible due to physical constraints in the project. Option (d) has limited utility but option (b) is the best choice as it fulfills multiple project objectives.
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Question 82 of 199
82. Question
Your project just completed, and one of your subcontractors has sent you the tickets for the next IPL cricket match to thank you for your business. What is the BEST way to respond?
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Thank the subcontractor, but politely refuse the gift. The PMP Code of Professional Conduct says that you’re not allowed to accept any kind of gift, not even if it’s after the project has finished. That would be the same thing as taking a bribe.
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Question 83 of 199
83. Question
Which of the following is the power that is based on the ability to reward?
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Reward Power. The power that a project manager may possess to reward is referred to as reward power.
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Question 84 of 199
84. Question
All of the following must be performed during project initiating except:
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A project scope statement is created during project planning.
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Question 85 of 199
85. Question
The customer has accepted the completed project scope. However, the lessons learned require by the project management office have not been completed. What is the status of the project?
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Replanning is uncalled for by the situation described. Reaching the planned completion date does not mean the project is necessarily finished. A project is complete when all work, including all project management work, is complete and the product of the project and all project deliverables are accepted. The lessons learned are project management deliverables, and therefore must be completed for the project to be complete.
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Question 86 of 199
86. Question
Which of the following best describes what a project charter may be used for when the work is being completed?
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One of the ways to decide if a change should be approved is to determine whether the work falls within the project charter. If not, it should be rejected, assigned to a more appropriate project, or addressed as a project of its own.
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Question 87 of 199
87. Question
This project is charted to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company’s medium-producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department, and the team comes from the product management and marketing departments. The project scope statement and project planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of the work packages. The stakeholder supplies a technical review letter from his department proving that the new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way. The project manger has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting this to happen on this project. What is the first thing the project manager should do?
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Complaining about the missed deadline could be done, but it is not proactive. It would be helpful to get to the root cause of why this department always comes up with such ideas or changes after the project begins. However, this is not the immediate problem; the change is the immediate problem, and therefore complaining is not best. The type of project organization described is a matrix organization. There is not anything inherently wrong with such an organization, nor is there anything in this particular situation that would require it to be changed, so changing the way the company is organized cannot be best. The department’s history indicates that asking if the department has other changes is something that should definitely be done, but the proposed change needs more immediate attention. Looking at impacts of the change begins integrated change control.
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Question 88 of 199
88. Question
Which of the following best reflects the phrase “influencing the factors that affect change?
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A project manager should be looking at where changes are coming from and doing whatever is necessary to limit the negative effects of change on the project. He or she needs to find the root cause, so future changes may be avoided.
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Question 89 of 199
89. Question
One of the Stakeholders on the project contacts the project manager to discuss some additional scope they would like to add to the project. The project manager asks for details in writing and then works through the control scope process. What should the project manager do next when the evaluation of the requested scope in complete?
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Notice that there are many things the project manager could do listed in the choices. The question asks what is the BEST thing to do NEXT. Management of the change is not complete when the Control Scope process is completed. It is important to look at the impact of the change on other parts of the project, such as time and cost. Therefore, performing integrated change control is the best thing to do next. This would probably be followed by making sure the impact of the change is understood by the stakeholder, then determining why this scope was not identified in planning, and asking the stakeholder if there are more changes expected.
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Question 90 of 199
90. Question
During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then add up the estimates to creates the project estimate. You commit to completing the project by this date. What is wrong with this scenario?
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Time estimates for the activities should be created by the team and should not be added together to create the project estimate. Some activities may take place concurrently; these would be identified in the network diagram.
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Question 91 of 199
91. Question
At the end of a project, a project manager determines the project has added four areas of functionality and three areas of performance. The customer has expressed satisfaction with the project. What does this mean in terms of the success of the project?
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Gold plating a project wastes time and probably cost. It makes the project unsuccessful.
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Question 92 of 199
92. Question
Purchasing insurance is best considered an example of risk.
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To mitigate risk, we either reduce the probability of the event happening or reduce its impact. Acceptance of risk means doing nothing (if it happens, it happens, or contingency plans are created). Avoidance of risk means we change the way we will execute the project so the risk is no longer a factor. Transference is passing the risk off to another party. Many people think of using insurance as a way of decreasing impact. However, purchasing insurance transfers the risk to another party.
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Question 93 of 199
93. Question
A project has had some problems, but now seems under control. In the last few months, almost all the reserve has been used up and most of the negative impacts of events that had been predicted have occurred. There are only four activities left and two of them are on the critical path. Management now informs the project manger that it would be in the performing organization’s best interest to finish the project two weeks earlier than schedule, in order to receive an additional profit. In response, the project manager sends out a request for proposal for some work that the team was going to do, hoping to find another company that might be able to do the work faster. The project manager can BEST be said to be attempting to work with:
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The wording of this question can be confusing. Scope validation involves meeting with the customer to gain formal acceptance, so that cannot be the best choice. Reserve is mentioned in the situation, but the use of reserves is not the primary concern. The project manager is working to make a positive impact on the project more likely to occur. Therefore, he is working with an opportunity. This may include analyzing the appropriateness of using management reserves to cover the cost of the opportunity.
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Question 94 of 199
94. Question
A project manager is in the middle of creating a request for proposal (RFP), what part of the procurement process is he in?
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The procurement documents are created during the Plan Procurement Management process. The request for proposal is one of those documents, so the project manager is in the Plan Procurement Management process.
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Question 95 of 199
95. Question
Your are managing an accounting project when a new CFO is hired at your company. He’ll be affected by all accounting projects in your company. What’s the best thing for you to do?
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Work with him to understand the current requirement and determine if he has new ones to add to the project.
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Question 96 of 199
96. Question
Which of the following is NOT a stakeholder?
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An attorney from your company’s competitor
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Question 97 of 199
97. Question
As you are executing your projecting you are constantly checking your risk register to be sure that you have planned responses for all of your risks. At one team status meeting, you find that a lower priority risk has suddenly become more likely. Where do you deep information about low priority risks?
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The watch list
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Question 98 of 199
98. Question
A company uses a management techniques that employs quality assurance technique to continuously improve all processes. This is called:
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Kaizen
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Question 99 of 199
99. Question
Rohit works for a manufacturer of automotive engines. He has been recently assignedto supervise and manage the manufacturing of a new model of diesel engine. He isinformed that his new assignment will be to have 500 units of the new diesel enginemanufactured in 60 days. He is currently in the process of analyzing activity sequences,activity durations, and resource requirements in order to develop the project schedule.Which of the following processed is Rohit performing?
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Develop Schedule
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Question 100 of 199
100. Question
You are the project manager for a large children’s toys manufacturer. You’ve been asked to manufacture the latest craze in \”Dancing Widgets\” for the upcoming Christmas season. You’ve been informed that the company needs at least one month lead time to distribute the Widgets in order to have the Widgets on retailers’ shelves for the Christmas season. You’ve been asked to breakdown the costs associated with production. Which of the following can be categorized as variable costs associated with the production?
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. Direct materials and labor
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Question 101 of 199
101. Question
A program is a:
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Group of related projects managed in a coordinated way
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Question 102 of 199
102. Question
Perform quantitative risk analysis involves all of the following except:
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Ensure that risk management policies are being followed
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Question 103 of 199
103. Question
Which of the following are not the direct results of managing the project team?
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. Negotiating staff assignments
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Question 104 of 199
104. Question
All the following statements about Close Project or Phase are correct except
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Close Project or Phase should be done at the end of the project
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Question 105 of 199
105. Question
. You had 4 people in your project, one more person will be joining next week. You know that once the new person joins, the number of communication channelswill increase by:
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4
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Question 106 of 199
106. Question
As part of Risk Management process, you just created an overall risk ranking of the project, created list of prioritised risks, identified which risks need additional analysis and determined trends in risk analysis results. What should you be doing next?
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Analyzing numerically the probability of each risk and its impact on the project objectives
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Question 107 of 199
107. Question
. All the following statements about Risk Management processes in real-life project situations are typically correct EXCEPT:
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Processes always have discrete elements with well-defined interfaces
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Question 108 of 199
108. Question
All the following are inputs to Direct and Manage Project Execution Except:
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Report Performance
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Question 109 of 199
109. Question
All the following are examples of projects EXCEPT:
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Running a campaign for political office
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Question 110 of 199
110. Question
Amongst the conflict resolution modes (Confrontation, Compromise, Withdrawal, Forcing and Smoothing), which conflict resolution mode is Most Preferred and LeastPreferred by Project Managers?(answer format: Most Preferred, Least Preferred)
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Confrontation, Withdrawal
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Question 111 of 199
111. Question
Factors like Probability of successfully completing the project, Cost of changes, Cost of error correction etc. are highest:
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At end of the project
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Question 112 of 199
112. Question
All the following are features of projectized organization EXCEPT:
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There is a \”home\” for project team members after a project is completed
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Question 113 of 199
113. Question
You are the project manager of a software telecom development project. You and your team are working together to create a billing software. Which quadrant of the Power / Influence Grid will the person(s) responsible for sign-off of the deliverables fall in?.
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Manage Closely. Since the person responsible for sign-off will have high Power and his interest in the project will be High, he will fall in the ‘Manage Closely’ quadrant, i.e. High Power High Interest grid. Refer PMBOK 5th Edition Page 397 for more information on the Power / Influence Grid.
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Question 114 of 199
114. Question
As a part of Stakeholder Management, all of the following are acceptable management practices to be followed by project managers EXCEPT?.
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Give preference to stakeholders over customers in case of difference of interest. In case of differences, it should be generally resolved in favor of the customer or organization who would use the project’s product or service.
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Question 115 of 199
115. Question
After a major milestone release, some of the key stakeholders are not happy and complain their requirements are not met. The project manager should have involved them in which of the following processes to ensure their approval for the release?
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Validate Scope. Validate Scope is the process of formal acceptance of completed project scope and deliverables by stakeholders through signature on paper or via an email that specifically states project approval. Prior validation of scope would have avoided dissatisfaction of stakeholders after the milestone release. Although involving stakeholders from the development of project plan (option a) would have eliminated the root cause of the problem, completing scope verification with the stakeholder would have ensured their approval for the release.L2) Validate Scope. Validate Scope is the process of formal acceptance of completed project scope and deliverables by stakeholders through signature on paper or via an email that specifically states project approval. Prior validation of scope would have avoided dissatisfaction of stakeholders after the milestone release. Although involving stakeholders from the development of project plan (option a) would have eliminated the root cause of the problem, completing scope verification with the stakeholder would have ensured their approval for the release.
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Question 116 of 199
116. Question
A project manager in a warehousing company is mapping resources required on the project, along with the number of hours that will be required during the course of the project . Which of the following tools would be most suitable for this purpose?
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Resource Histogram. A resource histogram can be used to show the usage of resources individually or by groups over time. Option (a) Gantt or Bar Chart illustrates a project schedule by capturing start and finish dates, as well as the expected duration of a project. Option (b) Responsibility Assignment Matrix maps specific resources against work packages from the WBS and would not indicate timelines. Option (d)L2) is a standardized list of personnel resources related by function and arranged in a hierarchical structure and would not be helpful. Resource Histogram. A resource histogram can be used to show the usage of resources individually or by groups over time. Option (a) Gantt or Bar Chart illustrates a project schedule by capturing start and finish dates, as well as the expected duration of a project. Option (b) Responsibility Assignment Matrix maps specific resources against work packages from the WBS and would not indicate timelines. Option (d) Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) is a standardized list of personnel resources related by function and arranged in a hierarchical structure and would not be helpful.
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Question 117 of 199
117. Question
You are in the process of implementing approved changes, corrective actions, preventive actions, and defect repairs on the project. Which of the following process groups are you in?
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Executing. The executing process group involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance to project management plan.)L2) Executing. The executing process group involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance to project management plan.
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Question 118 of 199
118. Question
WBS for your project has been prepared and distributed to the project team members. When execution begins, which document will be providing the detailed descriptions of the WBS elements?
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WBS Dictionary. Answer Correct Answer is C. WBS dictionary provides detailed descriptions about the deliverables listed in the WBS.
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Question 119 of 199
119. Question
In the project environment, the individual ultimately responsible for quality control is:
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The project manager is ultimately responsible for quality control, as well as the project as a whole. Correct Answer is C. The project manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the quality of the project meets expectations.
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Question 120 of 199
120. Question
What is the MOST important thing that a project manager should ensure during the ‘Validate scope’ process?
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Acceptance. Correct Answer is C. Validate Scope involves formal acceptance of the work deliverables.
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Question 121 of 199
121. Question
You are a project manager in the IT industry. You have been asked to perform a cost benefit analysis for two proposed projects. Project A costs $2.4 million with potential benefits of $12 million and future operating costs of $3 million. Project B costs $2.8 million with potential benefits of $14 million and future operating costs of $2 million. Which project should you recommend?
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Project B, because the potential benefits minus the implementation and future operating costs are greater in value than the same calculation for Project A. Correct Answer is ‘C’. Project B’s cost benefit analysis is $9.2 million benefit to the company compared to $6.6 million for Project A. Cost-benefit analysis takes into consideration the initial costs to implement and future operating costs.
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Question 122 of 199
122. Question
When work on the first phase of the project has finished, what should the project manager ensure as part of closing before beginning the next phase?
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Ensure that there has been formal acceptance of the deliverables of the first phase. Correct Answer is C. As part of the closing of the first phase, the project manager must ensure that there has been formal acceptance of the deliverables of the first phase. Thereafter, only the project manager can initiate activities for the next phase.
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Question 123 of 199
123. Question
Product analysis is done during the development of which of the following deliverables?
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Project Scope Statement. For projects that have a product as a deliverable, as opposed to a service or a result, product analysis is an effective tool.
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Question 124 of 199
124. Question
The customer has asked you to get the project completed one week ahead of schedule. What is the best thing for you to do?
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Advise the customer of the impact of the change. Yes, the other options are done to reduce the project schedule, but the first thing is to understand the impact of the change.
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Question 125 of 199
125. Question
When is the best time to do scope verification?
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At the end of each phase of the project. If you are confused with option A, please note that at the end of the project you should verify the product scope
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Question 126 of 199
126. Question
You are currently working as a project manager of a major software project that is facing severe time pressures. The quality department informs you that they have to perform a quality audit of the project. The team members are not cooperating. As a project manager, how do you explain to them the purpose of the quality audit?
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To check if the project is following any ineffective or inefficient policies. A quality audit is a structured, independent review to determine whether project activities comply with the organizational and project policies, processes, and procedures. For more information, refer to the PMBOK 5th Edition. Page 247.
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Question 127 of 199
127. Question
You just started a new project as a project manager when a couple of stakeholders, with whom you have worked in the past, come to you raising concerns about the utility of the new project management package being used and the way project changes would be logged. What should you do?
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This is a tricky question. You should expect a number of questions like this one on your PMP examination. Do you think all of them are right? If yes, you need to identify the best answer. The best answer is choice C. Inform the Project Manager Office because they control the project management procedures and tools. In directing stakeholders to the PMO, the project manager is referring them to the right authority.
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Question 128 of 199
128. Question
You are managing a complex, critical project and have made a lot of efforts to make the team technically competitive during the process . The project is in the final acceptance testing stage when a senior resource comes to discuss his plans of continuing his education and leaving this current assignment. He would require a positive recommendation for work from you to fulfill admission requirements. What should you do?
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Discuss and plan his smooth exit which would least affect the project schedule. The project manager should take steps to minimize the impact of any change on the project which can affect the ‘triple constraints’ in the project. Option (d) is wrong and it sets a wrong example.
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Question 129 of 199
129. Question
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to product of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
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Remember the definition of a project: temporary and unique. Operations and maintenance are considered ongoing activities, not temporary. Therefore, such work is not considered a project or part of a project.
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Question 130 of 199
130. Question
When should the validate scope process be done?
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The Validate Scope process occurs during project monitoring and controlling. It is done at the end of each project phase to get approval for phase deliverables, as well as at other points to get approval for interim deliverables.
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Question 131 of 199
131. Question
Which of the following BEST describes product analysis?
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You need to have a product description before you can do product analysis. Analyzing the level of quality desired is related to the Plan Quality Management process. Determining whether the quality standards on the project can be met is done in the Perform Quality Assurance process. Product analysis includes gaining a better understanding of the product of the project, in order to create the project scope statement.
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Question 132 of 199
132. Question
Which of the following best describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk?
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An estimate can have a wide range and still be accurate if the item estimated includes identified risks. There is no such thing as a pad in proper project management. An estimate might be inflated, but it is a calculated reserve to account for risks, not arbitrary padding. The standard deviation tells you the amount of uncertainty or risk involved in the estimate for the activity.
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Question 133 of 199
133. Question
If a project has a 60 percent chance of a US $ 100,000 profit and a 40 percent chance to a US $ 100,000 loss, the expected monetary value (EMV) for the project is:
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Expected monetary value is calculated by EMV = probability x impact. We need to calculate both positive and negative values and then add them: 0.6 x $100,000 = $60,000 0.4 x ($100,000) = ($40,000) Expected monetary value = $60,000 – $40,000 = $20,000 profit
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Question 134 of 199
134. Question
A project manager for the seller is told by her management that the project should do whatever possible to be awarded incentive money. The primary objective of incentive clauses in a contract is to:
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Incentives are meant to bring the objectives of the seller in line with those of the buyer, so both are progressing toward the same objective.
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Question 135 of 199
135. Question
A stakeholder’s belief about or mental picture of the future is a(n):
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Expectations are not as direct or straightforward as requirements. Nonetheless, they are important to recognize and address to ensure stakeholder satisfaction with the project. Therefore, the project manager must do additional work to uncover the expectations of stakeholders.
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Question 136 of 199
136. Question
One way contract closure differs from administrative closure is:
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Administrative closure means verifying that the project is complete or terminated, contract closure means verifying that the control terms were satisfied
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Question 137 of 199
137. Question
You’re managing a project that is currently executing. You’re evaluating the work being performed by constantly measuring the project performance, and recommending changes, repairs and corrections where necessary. What process are you performing?
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Reprimand Suzanne is private for her racist comment, and follow any company policies for reporting racism among employees
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Question 138 of 199
138. Question
Which of the following are valid ways to breakdown the work in a WBS?
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By project phase or project deliverable
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Question 139 of 199
139. Question
Which of the following is not typically found in a project charter?
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An initial set of schedule milestones
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Question 140 of 199
140. Question
Your department just took over an important project, to which you are considering moving some resources from existing projects. But moving these resources will definitely cause delays to the ongoing projects. To minimize the impacts, which of the following should you divert resources from?
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Project A: Benefit/Cost Ratio is 0.7, without project charter, with 4 resources.
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Question 141 of 199
141. Question
You are a project manager at New Burgers, a rapidly growing franchise selling premium burgers ata discount. Currently your company is planning for opening new stores throughout India.You have been asked to open a store in Preet Vihar, New Delhi. Construction on new store is about tobegin. This corporate head quarter wants to be informed when construction is nearly complete, sothey can produce all the supplies and inventories just in time.You have been given a project charter, progressively elaborate the requirements, and have justcompleted the define scope/create WBS processes. However while you are in Define Activitiesprocess, you realize that certain deliverables are missing from create WBS process. What is yournext plan of action?
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Review the WBS to include the missing deliverables, and define the relevant appropriate activities
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Question 142 of 199
142. Question
Thomas is a project manager at a biotech company. He is an excellent project manager with avery successful track record managing large, complex R&D projects. During his leisure time,Thomas competes in amateur athletic contests.Athletics’ is an extremely competitive sport. So Thomas takes performance enhancing drugs,such as steroids, in order to maintain his competitive edge. His company does not have anypolicies prohibiting usage of such performance enhancing drugs. How does this affect his PMIstatus?
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Thomas is violating one of the responsibilities of the PMI code of conduct
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Question 143 of 199
143. Question
Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding project funding requirements?
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Funding usually occurs in incremental amounts that are continuous, and hence appears as S-shaped curves
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Question 144 of 199
144. Question
Which of the following statements are true regarding funding limitreconciliation?
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