PMP Exam Sample Questions 6:

1. The Change Control Board reviews all of the change requests for every project in your
company. This board follows all the recommended activities outlined in the PMBOK Guide.
Based on this scenario, which of the following would not be performed by the Change
Control Board?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Documenting change request decisions and recommendations

Reviewing change requests
Creating change requests
Accepting or rejecting change requests

Hint: What specific functions does the Change Control Board perform according to the
PMBOK Guide?
Answer: C
Explanation: According to the PMBOK Guide, the Change Control Board is responsible for
reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to a project, with all
decisions and recommendations being recorded. It is up to the individual project team
members to actually create the change requests.
2. Who has the authority to issue a change request on a project?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Project Manager
Project Sponsor
Project Team
Any Stakeholder

Hint: If the word 'authority' is causing you trouble, the question can be rephrased as, "Who
can issue a change request?"
Answer: D
Explanation: According to the PMBOK Guide, changes may be requested by any
stakeholder involved with the project.
3. You are managing a construction project. You have just finished a project deliverable and
you are now planning to have your customer and your sponsor inspect the deliverable for
acceptance. Which PMBOK Guide process facilitates this activity?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Validate Scope
Control Scope
Perform Quality Assurance
Perform Quality Control

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Hint: You have completed the deliverable and are now seeking its approval from the
customer and project sponsor.
Answer: A
Explanation: Validate Scope is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed
project deliverables. Validating scope includes reviewing deliverables with the customer or
sponsor to ensure that they are completed satisfactorily, and obtaining formal acceptance of
deliverables by the customer or sponsor.
4. Which of the following performance metrics measures project performance against the
project scope?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Schedule Performance Index

Cost Performance Index
Cost Variance
No metric is used

Hint: SPI is Schedule Performance Index, CPI is Cost Performance Index.

Answer: D
Explanation: "SPI is Schedule Performance Index, CPI is Cost Performance Index. None of
these metrics measure the project performance against the project scope. In fact, there is
no metric mentioned whatsoever in the PMBOK Guide that measures this kind of
performance. The performance can be measured against the scope baseline but there is no
metric for doing so. The question is trying to trick you."
5. You are managing a website development project and have just calculated your project
performance measurements. Your project CPI is 0.9 while your project SPI is 1.1. Which of
the following statements is correct regarding your project's current situation?
A.
B.
C.
D.

You are over budget and ahead of schedule

You are under budget and behind schedule
You are over budget and behind schedule
You are under budget and ahead of schedule

Hint: SPI=EV/PV while CPI=EV/AC.

Answer: A
Explanation: An SPI greater than 1.0 indicates that more work was completed than was
planned, while a CPI value less than 1.0 indicates a cost overrun for work completed. Since
your CPI is 0.9 and SPI is 1.1, you are over budget but ahead of schedule.

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