1.

During the initiating stage, which of the following elements will be identified to meet the
project goals?
A. Key Deliverables
B. Stakeholders
C. Quality
D. Vendors

2. A car manufacturing company conceptualized a new car that will be more fuel efficient,
ergonomically designed, and that satisfies the latest safety regulations. This car was recently
launched and has now moved into full-fledged production. This is an example of:
A. Operation, as the company is into car manufacturing, which is an ongoing process
B. Project, as this car was conceptualized, designed, and has now been launched
C. Project, as it has clear scope and requirements in terms of safety compliance, fuel efficiency, etc.
D. Operation, as this activity didn't create a unique product

3. When is the cost highest in the project life cycle?

A. At the initiating phase
B. During Planning
C. Midway during the project
D. During closure

4. As a part of Stakeholder Management, a Project Manager can follow all of these management
practices, EXCEPT:
A. Identify all the stakeholders and capture them in the project team directory
B. Ensure that stakeholder’s expectations and gain support for the project
C. Give preference to stakeholders over customers in case of conflict of interest
D. Communicate all relevant information about the project to stakeholders

5. After a high-level management meeting, the manager chairing the meeting asks the Project
Manager to document and communicate the action items to all the stakeholders. The Project
Manager is part of a…………. organization structure.
A. Balanced Matrix
B. Weak Matrix
C. Strong Matrix
D. Tight Matrix

6. Which of the following activities is part of the Initiating Process group,

A. Develop stakeholder engagement plan
B. Conduct benefit analysis with stakeholders (to validate project alignment with organizational strategy and expected
business value)
C. Validate Scope
D. Conduct kickoff meeting

7. A project manager has just assigned to a project. He is involved in creating a document that
would formally authorize the project and capture initial requirements of the stakeholders. What is the
output of this process?
 A. A project management plan
B. project statement of work
C. Project Charter
D. Business case.

8. Which of the following statement Does Not describe the essence of integration management in
context of Project management.
A. Balancing of competing objectives and the exploration of alternative activities.
B. The processes and activities needed, to identify, define, combine, unity and coordinate process and project
management activities within the Project Management Process Group
C Integrating different components from the development cycle to create the final deliverables.
D. Managing interdependencies among Project Management knowledge areas

9. A Project Manager is going through the Project Statement of Work provided by the project sponsor.
Which of the following will NOT be a part of this document?
A. Business Need
B. Product Scope Description
C Strategic Plan
D. Performance Measurement Baseline

10. You are the Project Manager of a project for which a prototype was recently delivered. The
sponsor of the project calls you and gives you an overall estimate for the project. This form of
estimate is known as
A. Analogous Estimate
B. Parametric Estimate
C. Heuristic Estimate
D. Three Point Estimate

11. A Project Manager who has just been assigned to a new project has been asked by his sponsor to
come up with an initial cost estimate called a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM). This would typically
fall in which range?
A. -50% to +100% -
B. -25% to +75%
C. -10% to +15%
D. -100% to +50%

12. In a meeting. the Sponsor has discussed three projects with you: Project A with Net Present Valw
$55,000 and a payback period of 5 years; Project B with Net Pre-,cint Value of $95,000; and ProjE C
with payback period of 10 years. He provides you with additional information about the project and
intends to assign you as the Project Manager for the selected project. As a Project Manager, are NOT
expected to:
A. Conduct project selection methods to select one of the three projects: discussed with you by the sponsor to
evaluate feasibility of new products and services
B. Proceed to select the project with higher NPV
C. Engage in deceitful practices
D. Participate in the project Selection Method
 13. There are three projects A, B. and C. NPV for projects A, B , and C are $50,000, $ 80,000,
and S 40.000 respectively. In a meeting, the management unanimously has chosen projects A
and C. What is the opportunity cost of the project?
A. 80000
B. 130000
C. 90000
D. 0

14. A project is in the initiating stage, and the Project manager is identifying protect communication
constraints. Which of the following could be a valid constraint?
A. The project could face high attrition rate
B. Management and customer exp detailed formal status reports on the project
C. Project team members would be required to work from different geographical locations
D. Many stakeholders of the project would not be able to attend the planned project kickoff meeting

15 A Project Manager is responding to a business proposal from an overseas company. Which of the
following should he refer to as a guide to understand the business practice(s) that are allowed and
discouraged?
A. Procurement documents including contract statement of work
B. Organization policies and procedures
C. Project Charter
D. PMI code of Profession Conduct

16. Which of the following is NOT a project?

A. Campaigning for an election
B. Family Weekend drives to sea coast
C. Writing an autobiography about project management experience
D. Preparing for PMP' examinations

17. You have been assigned to large Construction Project and you are in the initiating process group.
You have identified the project stakeholders using stake holder analysis tool and defined high level
scope of the project. During these activities, you have identified a key project limitation regarding the
project location what is the best option for you in this situation
A. Document the project limitation as the project constrain
B. Discuss the project constraint with the project sponsor and the customer.
C. Document the project limitation as project constraint and propose the implementation approach to the sponsor
and customer, if required
D. Ignore the project constraint and work toward getting approval for the project charter.

18. The project manager is participating in the development of the Project Charter by gathering and
analyzing the stakeholder’s requirement and ensuring that the project scope, milestone and
deliverables are documented correctly. Which of the following is not achieved by the sponsor’s
approval of the project charter?
A. Formalizing the authority assigned to the project manager.
B. Gaining commitment of the stakeholders.
c. Gaining the acceptance for the project by the stakeholders.
D. Ensuring formal acceptance of the deliverables by the customer.
19. Which of the following is NOT an input to the "Plan Stakeholder Engagement" process?
A. Project management plan
B. Stakeholder register
C. Stakeholder Management plan
D. Enterprise environmental factors

20. John has been assigned to a project recently, and he is in the process of documenting the project
charter with the project sponsor. Which of the following MUST he include in the Project Charter?
A. Project purpose or justification
B. Positive risks
C. Budget estimates
D. Risk Analysis

21. As a Project Manager of a large project with hundreds of stakeholders, which of the following is
the BEST course of action?
A. Incorporate needs of only important stakeholders
B. Incorporate needs of all stakeholders
C. Ask your manager to manage the stakeholders
D. Eliminate some of the stakeholders

22. As part of Stakeholder Analysis. it is important to prioritize the needs of key stakeholders to
ensure efficient use of effort to communicate with them and manage their expectations. Which of the
following is NOT a classification model?
A. Power/Influence grid
B. Power/Impact grid
C. Power/Interest grid
D. Influence/Impact grid

23. 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) be responsible for sign-off the deliverables?
A. Keep informed
B. Monitor
C. Manage closely
D. Keep Satisfied.

24. You are the Project manager of a project in which team member have dual reporting structure. In
addition to reporting to you, they also report to their functional manager. Also, the team are expected
to do the project work along with departmental work. You are working in which form of organization?
A. Functional
B. Projectized
C. Tight Matrix
D. Matrix

25. You are a Project Manager of an ambitious project in an organization, Although you have
successfully managed many critical projects before, this is a new organization and you are working on
this technology for the first time. However, you hear that the company has proven expertise on the
technology and has also done a similar project in the past. In this situation, what is the BEST option
available to you?
A. Approach the Project Manager from the earlier project and take his inputs
B. Obtain historical records and guidance from the project management office.
C. Involve Stake holders and take their opinion and expertise on the project
D. Continue to manage the project by your instincts until there is a major issue.

26. You are managing a large and complex project which is in the planning stage. After assessing the
detailed project requirements with the stakeholders, you ask the team to create a Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS). However, since most of the team is new, you decide to brief them on some rules of
creating a WBS. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about a Work Breakdown Structure?
A. WBS is a list of specific activities used to accomplish the deliverables
B. WBS include only work needed to create deliverables. Hence, work not in WBS is not part of the project
C. Lower level WBS components are a decomposed result of the upper-level WBS components
D. WBS allows better estimation of cost, risk and time.

27. You are a Project Manager for an infrastructure development project, and the project involves
building a multi-storey building. You have submitted your project estimates for cost and duration to
the client. You also inform the buyer that the estimates would be true provided there is an 8ft
foundation built on the site already. What does this statement describe in your project?
A. Risk
B. Constraint
C. Assumption
D. Mandatory Dependency

28. You are the Project Manager of a large and complex project. Your project team has finished
creating Work Breakdown Structure for the project. However, some of the team members are still not
sure of the kind of work included in each of their work packages. Which of the following documents
would you suggest they go through?
A. Project scope statement
B. Project Management Plan
C. Work Break Structure (WBS) Dictionary
D. The Product Scope document

29. You are a Project Manager. In the, process of sequencing activities for your project, you create a
schedule network diagram that uses boxes called nodes to represent activities and connects them
with arrows to represent logical relationships between them. What is this popular scheduling diagram
known as?
A. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
B. Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
C. Evaluation and Preview technique (PERT)
D. Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT)

30. As a Project Manager, you are in the process of identifying and documenting relationships among
project activities. You are using the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM). Which of the following
relationships are you UNLIKELY to use for this purpose?
 A. Finish to Start (FS)
B. Finish to Finish (FF)
C. Start to Start (SS)
D. Start to Finish (SF)

31. As a Project Manager, you are estimating the duration of your project activities using PERT
(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?
A. 28.17
B. 31
C. 43
D. 36

32. Sub network or fragment network templates are most useful when project has many :
A. Mandatory Dependencies
B. Discretionary Dependencies
C. Undefined Variables
D. Identical or nearly Identical deliverables

33. As a Project Manager, you have created a Resource Breakdown Structure (PBS) for your project.
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)?
A. It is a hierarchical structure of resources.
B. It is used for estimating resource utilization
C. It is used for organizing and reporting project schedule.
D. It has resources grouped by category and type.

34. A Project is managing a project that has constraints on the availability of required resources
throughout the project. He needs to rearrange the schedule in such a way that a constant number of
resources are used each month. Which of the following techniques should the Project Manager use to
achieve this?
A. Fast Tracking
B. Crashing
C. Leveling
D. Lagging.

35. A project team is in the process of estimating the types and quantities of resources required to
perform each activity. Which of the following activities will NOT be done by the team during this
process?
A. Estimate the type and quantity of resource required to perform each activity
B. Go through the past data and lessons learned from previous projects
C. Study the organization policies and procedures regarding staffing----
D. Identify and show network dependency in the project activities

36. Which estimate technique does the Program- evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) use to
define the approximate range activity costs?
A. Earned Value Technique
 B. Parametric Estimation technique
C. Three Point Estimate--
D. Historical Information

37 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?
A. Cost Benefit Analysis ---
B. Reserve Analysis
C. Cost of Quality
D. Alternatives Analysis

38. The common term for an authorized time-phased budget, which includes the Budget at
Completion (BAC), used to measure cost performance, and displayed in the form of an S-curve is:
A. Earned Value
B. Cost Performance index
C. Cast Baseline
D Project Budget

39. A project, team is in the process of identifying quality requirements and standards for the project.
It is documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance. The team has referred to
organizational process assets and is using tools like benchmarking and flowcharts. Which process of
Qualtty Management is the project team performing?
A. Plan Quality management ---
B. Manage Quality
C. Control Quality
D. Manage Team

40. Which of the following is true with respect to Plan Cost management?
A. Develop a high-level Budget
B. Develop a cost management plan ----
C. Develop a budget Plan
D. Develop both budget plan and cost management plan.

42. A project team is ahead of its schedule, and its SPI and CPI are currently 1.4 and 1.2 respectively.
Project Manager and the team are brainstorming about the scope of the next milestone delivery. They
have found that including an additional feature would enhance the usability of the product, and can
be compressed in the current schedule. What should the project team do next?
A. Add this feature in the next release as long as it doesn't affect the delivery date
B. Go through the change management and analyze the impact of this additional feature
C. Discuss it with the project sponsor
D. Drop this feature as it is gold platting and the customer does not need it.

43. You are the Project Manager of a large team with people from diversified locations. There are any
groups within a project, such as architects, human resource, legal, quality engineers, etc., with their
own hierarchy and reporting structure. In order to ensure that each team member has clarity on their
own and other members' reporting structure, you decide to capture of this, information graphically.
Which of the following documents will you be using for this purpose?
A. Project Organization Chart
 B. Resource Breakdown Structure
C. Organization Breakdown Structure
D. Resource Assignment Matrix

44. A Project Manager wants to capture information related to staff acquisition and release, training
needs, resource calendar, recognition, and rewards. Which of the following documents would be most
appropriate?
A. Project Management Plan
B. Resource Management Plan
C. Project Team Assignment
D. Issue Log

45. You are a Project Manager in an organization with a functional structure; hence, it is important
that you negotiate suitable resources for your project from the functional manager. Which of the
following tools could be a valuable asset to prove your project resource requirements to the
functional manager?
A. Staffing Management Plan
B. Network Diagram and Project Schedule
C. Resource Assignment Matrix
D. Project organization chart

46. In a project kickoff meeting, there is utter chaos, with all the attendees talking simultaneously. The
Project Manager is not able to present his report due to the commotion, and the stakeholders feel
that their expectations are not being met properly. Also, many of the invited attendees are not
present. What must have the Project Manager done to avoid this situation?
A. Communicate the agenda of the meeting clearly to all the Stakeholders
B_ Postpone the meeting, to ensure availability of all the Stakeholders
C. Conduct a brainstorming session to reach a consensus with Stakeholders
D. Establish ground rules for the meeting and communicate the rules to all the attendees

48. Risk breakdown structure is an example of:

A. Text-oriented format.
B. Functional Chart
C. Hierarchical representation of risk according to risk categories.
D. Matrix-based organization chart.

49. A Project Manager is managing a short duration pilot project and has started with a risk
management planning process. He has identified new risks and, arranged them based on probability
and the impact matrix. The Project Manager now proceeds to plan responses for the risks without
analyzing the risks numerically. According to you, this decision of the Project Manager is:
A. Incorrect. It is important to numerically analyze each risk in order to come up with appropriate responses.
B. Correct. Quantitative Risk Analysis is a waste of time and I's not required if risks are already assessed qualitatively.
C. Incorrect. Quantitative risk analysis is important. We need to Calculate EMV for each risk and later move on to risk
response planning.
D. Correct. This is a short duration project, and the Project manager might skip Quantitative risk analysis, if he feels it
does not assist in the Risk Management processes.
50. Which of the following elements are to be considered while developing the project schedule? Pick
the best answer.
A. Project deliverables
B. Project Timeline
C. Quality
D. Cost

51. As part of Quantitative Risk Analysis, a Project Manager has derived four packages with the
following probability and impact. Using EMV (Expected Monetary Value), which one should he use in
the project?
A. Work package I: Probability 15° a &Impact $20,000
B. Work package II: Probability 7 % and Impact $10,000
C. Work package III: Probability 7 % and Impact $15,000
D. Work package IV: Probability 15% and Impact $10,000

53 A project team in a software project started with risk management planning and
identified new risks. Next, it conducted qualitative risk analysis using a probability and
impact matrix and thereafter completed the 'plan risk response' process. What is an
important step that the team needs to complete before moving to risk monitoring and
control?
A. Evaluate risks quantitatively using any of the tools of Quantitative Risk Analysis
B. Identify risk owners among stakeholder and project team
C. Evaluate the amount of contingency time and cost reserve needed
D. Communicate the status of identified risks and response strategy to stakeholders

54 A project team is working on a risk response strategy by evaluating every risk and
coming up with suitable response strategies. However, one particular risk with a negative
impact cannot be avoided or mitigated. Furthermore, there is no way to transfer risk by
outsourcing or buying insurance. What is the best the team can do about the risk?
A. Treat it as a secondary risk and update it in the Risk Register
B. Share the risk by allocating ownership to a third party
C. Accept the risk and put it in the watch list
D. Revisit the Risk Response Strategy

55 You are a Project Manager in a construction company and urgently require some
expert welders for a short duration. You checked their availability internally with the
functional manager, but the functional manager is not able to match the skills required.
You decide to acquire these resources on contract. Which of the following is the BEST
type of contract for your requirements?
A. Cost Reimbursable
B. Fixed Price
C. Time and Material
D. Cost Plus Incentive Fee

56 A contract type where the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing
the contract work and receives a predetermined incentive fee based on achieving certain
performance incentives is:
A. Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract
B. Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract
C. Cost Plus Award Fee Contract
D. Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract

57 A Project Manager is in the process of preparing a plan that documents how the
procurement process will be managed: from developing procurement documents to
contract closure. She is also going through project requirements and scope documents
with the team and discussing different contract types to decide the one most suitable for
the project. According to you, which process of procurement management is the Project
Manager in?
A. Plan Procurement Management
B. Conduct Procurements
C. Control Procurements
D. Close Procurements

58. A Project Manager has used a popular cost estimating model to come up with cost
estimates for his upcoming project. However, the sponsor asks him to add 15% to the
total cost estimate as the customer always negotiates and asks the prices to be reduced
by 10% to 15%. What is the BEST option for the Project Manager?
A. Do as the sponsor says as she is your senior and project sponsor
B. Recalculate the cost estimates using a more suitable technique and check the difference between the estimates
C. Provide the sponsor with details on cost estimation and suggest that she share this with the customer
D. Refuse to make any changes or increase the estimated cost

59. A large project with a team of 150 people with a planning stage. It will span over a
duration of 3 years and is under strict budget. A Project Manager is using the project
charter to assess the detailed project requirements in consultation with the stakeholders
and to establish the key project deliverables. He sets his project quality objective based on
the organization capability ' baseline set by the quality policy. However, one of the
stakeholders refuses to accept this and asks him to reduce the quality objective as it will
help cut down cost of, quality of the project. He also refuses to approve the project if the
Project Manager' does not agree to his suggestion. What should the Project manager?
A. Explain to the stakeholder that cost of quality is less then the project
B. Explain to the stake holder that if Quality objectives are set lower than expected, they will be highlighted during
Quality Audit.
C. Explain to the stake holder that the Quality Policy is used to set the quality objectives for all the projects in the
organization and they need to abide by it.
D. Agrees to the stakeholder suggestion and reduce the metric as he will not approve the project otherwise.

60.After a project management plan is prepared and approved, a project stakeholder asks
the Project Manager to correct some syntax and grammatical errors in the project
document as they could be misleading. What should the Project Manager do?
A. Refuse as these are trivial changes and can be ignored
B. Refuse as the project management plan has already been discussed and approved
C. Refuse and ask the stakeholder to meet the project sponsor
D. Refuse and ask the stakeholder to raise a change request that can be considered by the change control board
63.A Project Manager has submitted a formal document that describes the procurement
item in sufficient detail. This document allows prospective sellers to determine if they are
capable of providing the product and details methodology and results that will be
provided to the buyer. What is this called?
A. Invitation for Bid
B. Request for Proposal
C. Request for Quotation
D. Contract Statement of Work

64 Which of the following is NOT true about the human resource plan created by the
Project Manager during the planning process group?
A. Defines the roles and responsibilities of the project team members
B. Includes an effective project organization structure
C. Provides guidance about how resources will be utilized and managed
D. Defines the work breakdown structure

65 You are a Project Manager for a big project, and quality is a top priority. You have
devoted a lot of the project time to the creation of the quality management plan. What is
the advantage of the quality management plan?
A. Prevents defects from reaching the customers
B. Guarantees improvement in project quality
C. Provides a systematic approach to meet the project's quality goals
D. Conforms to customers' testing methodology

66. A Project Manager is trying to successfully complete a project, but her role in the
organization is limited and she has no control over project budget. Although she has
some power to authorize decisions, she needs to seek approval on most of the major
decisions. Also, her team members work only part-time on the project. The Project
Manager is in a _______ organization.
A. Functional
B. Projectized
C. Composite
D. Strong Matrix

67. How is the role of project expediter different from project coordinator?
A. Project coordinator has some power to make decisions
B. Project coordinator acts primarily as Staff assistant
C. Project coordinator acts as a communication coordinator
D. Project coordinator can control project budget

68. You are working on a critical project for a large enterprise. The project has a major
milestone delivery next week and is in the final testing phase. The project team is working
on two critical showstopper bugs that are affecting the project. One of the senior members
of the project has resigned, and the outsourced component that was scheduled for delivery
next week may be delayed. Additionally, the current performance indices are 1.09 (CPI)
and 1.90 (SPI). What is the MOST critical issue faced by the project?
A. Cost and Schedule
B. Delay in third party component
C. Resource movement
D. Testing defects

69. Which of the following is NOT an enterprise or environmental factor that can
influence, direct, and manage project work?
A. Stakeholder risk tolerance
B. Organizational culture and structure
C. Project Management Information System (PMIS)
D. Standardized guidelines and work instructions

70. A work authorization system is a:

A. Part of change control system in a project
B. A privately created software tool to submit and track changes and monitor and control project activities from project initiation
to closure
C. Tool used to notify team or contractors that they may begin work on a project or work package
D. Tool that helps the team create a Work Breakdown Structure

71. Which of the following processes does not have defect repair as one of the outputs?
A. Perform Integrated Change Control Process
B. Control Procurements
C. Monitor and Control
D. Control Schedule

72. You are a Project Manager of a software project that is in a critical phase of testing
and bug fixing. An enthusiastic test engineer working on the project tells you that he
found a major bug the previous night during testing. He assures you that there is nothing
to worry about as he has 'patched' the code and it is working fine now. What should be
your main concern about this incident?
A. There is nothing to be concerned about; the incident shows the proactive approach of the team member, and he should be
appreciated
B. It can be a case of scope creep
C. It shows disrespect to the project management authority as the team member didn't ask his opinion
D. The patch or bug fix may not work correctly in all scenarios.

73. You are a Project Manager in an oil company and have joined a project midway. You
want to understand how requirement activities and configuration management activities
such as changes to the product requirement will be initiated. You want to know how
impacts will be analyzed, tracked, and reported. You also want to know the authorization
levels required to approve these changes. Which of the following documents will provide
this information?
A. Requirements Management Plan
B. Integrated Change Control
C. Project Charter
D. Project Scope Statement

74. To acquire and manage the project team, which of the following plan or documents
should be referred to?
A. Human Resource management plan
B. Procurement management plan
C. Project charter
D. Human Resource management plan and Procurement management plan

75 An instrument that has a screw of 15 mm diameter gives the following readings:

16.001 mm, 16.00015 mm, 16.0003 mm, and 15.900 mm. Assuming that the instrument is
capable of measuring up to the third place decimal, what BEST can be concluded about
the performance of the instrument?
A. The instrument is accurate and precise
B. The instrument is not accurate but is precise
C. The instrument is accurate but is not precise
D. The instrument is neither accurate nor precise

76. You are a Project Manager in a leading manufacturing company, and you are
managing a critical project for the company. Your project is facing severe cost
constraints, and you cannot delay the delivery date of the product. After consulting
stakeholders and the customers, you decide to lower both the quality and grade of the
product. The decision to lower the quality and grade of the product is _______.
A. Wrong, as grade and quality should never be compromised in a product.
B. Wrong, as grade can be compromised but not quality
C. Wrong, as quality can be compromised but not grade
D. Correct, as both grade and quality can be compromised according to project need

77. A project is in the execution stage. The customer comes back with an additional
feature to be added in the forthcoming milestone delivery. The project team has
assessed the impact of the change by performing Integrated Change Control. The Project
Manager should:
A. Hold a meeting with the customer to explain why it is not a good option to incorporate change requests during project
execution
B. Create a change request and proceed for review by the Change Control Board
C. Review Quality Management Plan and evaluate the effect of the additional feature on quality
D. Notify stakeholders affected by change

78. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what comes at the BOTTOM of the
pyramid
A. Physiological
B. Social
C. Esteem
D. Self-Actualization

79. A project is in the final testing stage and is approaching a critical deadline. Two
senior members of the team who have already had disagreements throughout project
execution are caught up in a deadlock. The Project Manager has earlier tried his best to
sort out their differences but it hasn't worked. What is the BEST the Project Manager can
do in this situation?

A. Talk to the project sponsor since they are senior members of the project
B. Give them a final warning and make it clear that such behavior is not encouraged
C. Talk face-to-face with each of them individually to sort out their differences
D. Use an Autocratic approach and make a decision that is best for the project

80 Which of the following is the MOST COMMON reason for conflict?

A. Schedules
B. Personalities
C. Technical Beliefs
D. Administrative policies and procedures

81 In order to achieve the project deliverables, the project manager has to manage task
execution based on project management plan. In doing so, which of the following
elements should be considered?
A. Budget and schedule
B. Leading and developing the project team
C. Quality and cost
D. Acquiring the team

82. You are managing a large diversified project team. In the initial days of the project,
the team members behaved like independent individuals and seemed reserved, learning
about their roles and responsibilities. Then, as the team began to work on the project and
participate in technical decisions, their trust level grew. The team members now support
each other's needs and work together. According to you, which stage of team
development is the team in?
A. Norming
B. Performing
C. Forming
D. Adjourning

83 Which of the following is NOT a technique used in "develop project team" process?
A. Training
B. Interpersonal Skills
C. Co-Location
D. Observation and Conversation

84. You have delivered many complex and technically challenging projects in the past
and have won respect and appreciation for your work from the customers and senior
managers in the organization. Which form of power are you using?
A. Formal (Legitimate)
B. Reward
C. Expert
D. Referent

85. A new Project Manager takes over a project during the execution phase. One of the
main issues faced by the project is that the customer complains of poor visibility on the
project. What should be his first step toward resolving the issue?
A. Have a discussion with the customer to understand why he feels the project lacks visibility
B. Have a discussion with the team members who have been in the project since the beginning to understand customer-specific
communication needs
C. Go through the communication management plan to understand customer communication requirements and assess whether
they are being addressed properly
D. The Project Manager should first understand the project and go through project management plan to understand the project
properly

86. You are managing a large project that has many stakeholders across various
departments in the organization. During the planning stage, you created a
communication management plan based on the project organization structure and
external stakeholder requirements in order to manage the flow of project information.
During project execution, one of the stakeholders contacts you and informs you that his
expectations have not been completely accounted for in the project. What should be your
BEST response to the situation?
A. Understand his expectations and update project documents accordingly, starting with stakeholder register
B. Since the stakeholder analysis has already been completed and all the other stakeholders have been agreed to the project
deliverables, the process cannot be repeated for this particular stakeholder
C. Go through the stakeholder analysis with the team as there might be more unidentified stakeholders in the project

D. Inform the stakeholder that he will be included in all project communications and he can raise his concerns whenever he feels
his requirements are not being addressed

87. A software project run in an IT company has 14 stakeholders and is in the final
testing stage. At this point, the technical architect leaves the project and two new test
engineers join. What is the change in the potential communication channels of the
project?
A. Communication channel would remain unaffected by change in team members.
B. Number of communication channels will increase by 13.
C. Number of communication channels will increase by 26.
D. Number of communication channels will increase by 14.

88. Which of the following types of organizations would have the most complex
communication management ?
A. Functional Organization
B. Projectized Organization
C. Matrix Organization
D. Ad hoc Organization

89. You are a Project Manager of a software project that has finished the design stage
and is moving to the implementation stage. At the end of the design phase, you got the
document reviewed and you tracked and closed the defect logs. Also, as part of the
design stage review and kick-off for the implementation phase, you checked current SPI
and CPI and revisited the risks. What did you forget to do?
A. Identify new risks for the next stage and update risk register
B. Take corrective and preventive actions from design review so that defects can be minimized
C. Conduct an impact analysis of the defects found during the design review
D. Communicate project stage review findings to all the stakeholders
90.In which of the following types of contracts does the buyer have the MAXIMUM cost
risk?
A. Cost Reimbursable
B. Fixed Price
C. Time and Material
D. Cost Plus Fixed Fee

91. A cost reimbursable contract has an estimated cost of $20,000. If the seller beats the
cost, 80% of the savings will go to the buyer and 20% will go to the seller. If the actual
costs come in at $18,000, what is the final price?
A. $18,000
B. $18,200
C. $18,400
D. $18,600

92. A project team is in process of obtaining the seller responses, selecting a seller,
awarding a contract. For this purpose, the team is using some predefined selection criteria
to evaluate the bids and select the most appropriate seller. Which purpose of the project
management is the team working on?
A. Plan Procurement management
B. Conduct procurement.
C. Control Procurement.
D. Procurement Evolution

93. A Project Manager is involved in a procurement management process in a centralized

contracting environment. He is assigned a full-time contract manager who reports to him
for the project. In this scenario, which of the following is usually NOT the role of the
Project Manager?
A. Provide increased expertise in contracting and also guide the team on standardized company practices
B. Make sure the contract contains all project management requirements
C. Identify risks and incorporate mitigation and allocation of risks into contracts
D. Help tailor the contract to the unique needs of the project

94. 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?
A. The seller has not proven that he has required expertise and resources to take this assignment
B. The Project Manager didn't get a chance to evaluate other vendors who could be better
C. The seller may not fulfill the evaluation criteria to bid for the project
D. The seller may not meet acceptance criteria in the contract, and Project Manager might have to accept what he gets

95. Your company is bidding for a major project from Company X. You have a friend in
Company X, and he requests your help in evaluating the proposals. What action should
you take?
A. Accept the friend's request and work impartially while helping on the proposal evaluation
B. Accept the friend's request and take care of your company's interests while helping on the proposal evaluation
C. Reject the friend's request
D. Ask your Manager's opinion
96. As a Project Manager of a complex and relatively new technology, you have asked for
an expensive training for yourself and the team from the project sponsor. Although the
sponsor has agreed to your request, he asks you to start the project in the meantime.
Which of the following is NOT an option for you?
A. Since you have already asked your sponsor for training, you can do nothing to enhance your skills in the meantime
B. Visit PMO and Organization project database to go through lessons learned from previous projects
C. Talk to fellow Project Managers who have executed similar projects in the organization
D. Join an organization or library to gain access to journals featuring the technology

97. A Project Manager has worked on many challenging projects and has managed teams
across the globe in the last 20 years of his career. Now, he intends to share his best
practices and lessons learned throughout his professional career. The Project Manager
is:
A. Enhancing his professional skills by evaluating his experience and strengths
B. Contributing to the project management knowledge base
C. Capturing his professional stint in an autobiography
D. Informing others about project management principles and helping the profession grow

98. You work in a pharmaceutical company, and your client has shared some confidential
information with you. A medical university requests you to share the information about
the client for their research. What should you do?
A. Share the information as it will be used purely for academic purposes
B. Share the information but hide all references that could expose the client
C. Never share any information about the client as you are bound by Non-Disclosure Agreement
D. Contact your client and seek permission to disclose the information

99. Which of the following is an example of smoothing as part of promoting interaction

among stakeholders?
A. The Project Manager keeps himself aloof and uninvolved from team conflicts and lets the team handle it themselves
B. The Project Manager calls the troublemakers and tries to resolve their problems through discussion
C. The Project Manager downplays the difference of opinion, saying the difference lies only in perception
D. The Project Manager takes the side of the more experienced resource as he is more valuable to the project

100. A Project Manager defines a personal plan for his career and professional
development every year. As a part of 100 this plan, he goes through his project experiences
and lessons learned and decides on the training needs to help him excel as a Project
Manager and contribute to his organization. In this scenario, the Project Manager is:
A. Contributing to the project management Knowledge base.
B. Enhancing his Personal Professional competencies.
C. Helping his organization through his project success.
D. Putting the project’s need before his own and making decision in the best interest of the project.