1. Which of the following is not a PMBOK Knowledge Area?

B. Procurementmanagement
C. Integration management
D. Execution management
E. Communicationsmanagement

2. A project manager is managing a research project. Typically, research projects are not clearly
defined and involve a lot of uncertainty. The project has four phases in which a phase can only
start when its previous phase is complete. What project lifecycle and phase-to-phase relationship
should the project manager use for this project?

A. Predictive lifecycle with sequential phase to phase relationship

B. Iterative lifecycle with sequential phase to phase relationship
C. Predictive lifecycle with overlapping phase to phase relationship
D. Iterative lifecycle with overlapping phase to phase relationship

3. The transition from one phase to another within a project's lifecycle (e.g., from design to
manufacturing) is typically marked by:

A. Killpoint
B. Monte Carlo
C. Constraint
D. Decisiontree

4. The resource optimization technique during the Control Schedule process allows a project
manager to:

A. Schedule training sessions for the project team members to optimize their performance.
B. Schedule activities considering both the resource availability and the project time.
C. Provide monetary incentives to project team members to boost their performance.
D. Allow overtime so that team members get motivated to work during nonworking hours.

5. Which of the following is an enterprise environmental factor?

A. Configurationmanagementknowledgebase
 B. Change control procedures
C. Historicalinformation
D. Commercial databases

6. Estimating the type and quantities of material, people, equipment, and supplies required to
perform each activity is:

A. EstimateActivityWorkload
B. Estimate Activity Input
C. Resource calendars
D. EstimateActivityResources

7. Projects operating in agile environments where a high degree of uncertainty exists and where
the scope is not yet fully defined, may not benefit from detailed cost calculations due to frequent
changes. Instead, lightweight estimation methods can be used to generate a fast, high-level
forecast of project labor costs, which can then be easily adjusted as changes arise. Detailed
estimates are:

A. Reserved for short-term planning horizons in a just-in-time fashion.

B. Never developed in an agile project.
C. Only developed if the project stakeholders allow the project manager to do so.
D. Developed early during the project but are never updated due to frequent changes.

8._______________ indicates that planning and documentation are iterative or ongoing

activities.

A. Progressive management
B. Iterative elaboration
C. Waterfalldevelopment
D. Progressive elaboration

9. A single point of failure (SPOF) is the part of a system that, upon failure, stops the entire
system from working or makes the system useless. Which of the following events can render a
knowledge management system ineffective?

A. If project team is not motivated.

B. Project team is geographically distributed.
C. When project knowledge cannot be classified as explicit or tacit.
D. Knowledge is shared using a mixture of knowledge management tools and techniques.
10. Which of the following is not a project competing constraint?

A. Budget
B. Procurement
C. Risk
D. Resource

11. At the end of the closing process group ...

A. It is verified that the defined processes are completed within all the process groups to close the
project or project phase.
B. It is determined that the product will be successful in the market.
C. The project management plan is written off by the project sponsor.
D. The new change requests are initiated as required.

12. You are the project manager in a company, which has a balanced matrix organizational
structure. Who do you report to?
A. Functional Manager
B. Program Manager
C. Chief Project Manager
D. Portfolio Sponsor

13. ABC company has recently launched a new model of their car in the market and the market
response has been overwhelming. Sales have gone up to a level much higher than what the
company anticipated. based on the increased market demand, the company plans to start a project
to create a new assembly line for the cars. Who, according to you, is the user for this project?

A. Project manager and project management team

B. Person who may buy the car in the future
C. Project sponsor who provides funding
D. Assembly line worker who is going to work on the new assembly line being created

14. Organizations performing projects will usually divide each project into several project phases
to improve management control. This also provides links to the ongoing operations of the
performing organization. Collectively, project phases are also called:

A. Project management life cycle

B. Project life cycle
C. Product life cycle
D. Project phases life cycle
 15. As a project manager for a construction company, you are responsible to Define Scope,
Define Activities, Develop Schedule, and Determine Budget. These responsibilities are
performed as part of:

A. Closing
B. Initiating
C. Planning
D. Monitoring and Controlling

16. You are responsible for managing a project in your company but you have least authority and
have to constantly report to a functional manager. To which organizational structure does your
company belong?

A. Matrix
B. Functional
C. Projectized
D. Balanced

17. In your organization, all big technical projects go through Initiate, Analyze, Design,
Implement, Test, and Closeout. In this context, a project life cycle:

A. Defines the product life cycle

B. Defines the project phases
C. Contains several product life cycles
D. Has deliverables that must be completed before work starts on the next phase

18. You have recently joined as a project manager in a company where they follow a projectized
organizational structure. All your team members work in the same office where you have a lot of
independence and authority. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a projectized
organizational structure?

A. Loyalty to the project

B. Home for the team members after the project is completed
C. Effective communication
D. Efficiency in project organization

19. In which Process Group will work defined be completed and all the specifications of your
project be satisfied?
A. Planning Process Group
B. Executing Process Group
C. Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
D. Closing Process Group

20. Which of the following is NOT a Project Management Knowledge Area?

A. Project Integration Management

B. Project Procurement Management
C. Project Configuration Management
D. Project Communications Management