Cognitel - PMP Preparatory Classroom Training Post Test – 50 Questions (60 Minutes)

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An input to A tool for A technique for
A make or buy analysis is used as An input for
1 solicitation solicitation procurement
___________. solicitation
planning planning planning
Consult the
In your role as a contract project manager, you
intellectual
are asked to review the plans and satisfactions
Write the article Write the article property clause of
for a new product for company A.
but leverage only and name your contract and
Representatives of technical publication have
2 high level Write the article company A as a consult your
asked you to write a paper on industry and
information from reference in employer prior to
product trends in the same field in which
company A. your paper leveraging any
company A operates. How should you
information from
proceed?
company A
Which of the following methods is least likely
Project Office Project office Project team Formal project
3 to be used for explaining project planning
Memo directive meeting report
guidelines to the team?
"A Project Manager is at the project kick-off
meeting. He confidently states the vision and
4 Hierarchal Authoritarian Charismatic Associative
mission for the project. This PM is exhibiting
the following leadership style:
The expected accuracy level of estimates
5 during the initiation phase of project should 25% to +75% 10% to +25% 35%to +75% 10%to +10%
be:
__________ , a well-known motivational
theorist , stated people can’t ascend to the
6 Maslow McGregor Herzberg Aldelfers
next level of needs until the levels below have
been fulfilled
_________ must be measured regularly to Stakeholder Project Schedule
7 Cost and schedule
identify variance from the plan. requirements performance progress
____ involves clarification and mutual
agreement on the structure and requirements Evaluation Contract
8 Screening System Weighting System
of the contract prior to the signing of the Criteria Negotiation
contract
the contract
money must be there must be an
“For Consideration” in contract management the contract must must be agreed
9 paid from one exchange of
means ____________. be signed to buy both
party to another things
parties
A fixed-price-plus-incentive-fee (FPI) contract
has a target cost of $130,000, a target profit of
$15,000, a target price of $145,000, a ceiling
10 $10,000 $15,000 $0 $5,000
price of $160,000, and a share ratio of 80/20.
The actual cost of the project was $150,000.
How much profit does the seller make?

A foreman reports the production manager

horizontal formal vertical
11 about the completion of a tool set up. This is a b and c
communication communication communication
typical example of
A leadership style in which the project
manager shares problems with team Consultation in a One-to-one
12 Autocratic Consensus
members and formulates solutions as a group group consultation
is called:
A review of management processes and the Testing and
13 Audit Inspection Screening
associated documentation is commonly called measuring
The independent
estimates are The prospective
most likely seller either
A significant difference between
incorrect and the The SOW was not misunderstood
14 independent estimates and proposed pricing B and C
proposed pricing adequate or failed to
could mean that:
correct respond fully to
the SOW.

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A playground fencing project was FPQ’d at $6

per foot. The play area has 4 equal side of 120
feet each and first requires the installation of 2 It is under
round cement posts for decorative purposes. budget, with a
the budget is on It is behind It is over budget
100 feet of fencing can be erected per day cost variance of
target with a 0 schedule with a with a cost
15 once the cement posts are installed. The 2 $500 with the
schedule schedule variance variance of $-
cement posts costs $250 to install and take one completion of
variance. of -$750. 500.
day for both to be installed. At the end of day the cement
three one side of the fence and 2/3 second posts.
side have been completed , What is the current
status of the project?

A production process has been defined as part

of an industrial equipment manufacturing
project. The process is intended to produce
steel bolts with a length of 20 cm. The
acceptable control limits are 19.955 cm and The process is The measuring
The process The control
20.045 cm. under control. It equipment
16 should be limits should be
The measurements made at the end of the should not be should be
adjusted. adjusted
process yielded the following results: adjusted. recalibrated.
20.033 cm, 19.982 cm, 19,995 cm, 20.006 cm,
19.970 cm, 19.968 cm, 19.963 cm, 20.008 cm,
19.962 cm, 19.979 cm, 19.959 cm. What should
be done?

A tool which links the project roles and Responsibility Roles

Scope Definition Project Scope and
17 responsibilities to the project scope definition Assignment Assignment
Matrix Roles Matrix
is called: Matrix Matrix
methods for
description of accessing
information to be schedule showing information
A communication management plan is a
distributed when each type between
18 subsidiary element of overall project plan and all the above
including format, of communication Scheduled
provides
content and level will be produced communication
of detail will be
produced

A company has to make a choice between two

projects, because the available resources in
money and kind are not sufficient to run both
at the same Schedule. Each project would take
9 months and would cost $250,000.

1. The first project is a process optimization

which would result in a cost reduction of
$120,000 per year. This benefit would be
achieved immediately after the end of the
The second
project. The first project is The first project is
Both projects are project is more
19 more attractive more attractive
equally attractive. attractive by
2. The second project would be the by app. 7%. by app. 3%.
app. 5%.
development of a new product which could
produce the following net profits after the end
of the project:

1. year: $ 15,000
2. year: $ 125,000
3. year: $ 220,000
Assumed is a discount rate of 5 % per year.
Looking at the present values of these projects'
revenues in the first 3 years, what is true?

A contract that involves payment to the seller Cost

Fixed Price Unit Price
20 for its actual costs is called a Reimbursable Partnership
Contract Contract
_______________. Contract

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A contract where the buyer reimburses the
Schedule and Cost Plus
seller for the cost incurred by the seller, and Cost Plus Cost Plus Fixed
21 Material Percentage of
also provides for a fixed amount of profit is Incentive Fee Fee
Contract cost
also called:
A contractor is working on a fixed price
contract that calls for a single, lump sum
payment upon satisfactory completion of the
contract. About halfway through the contract, Making no
Negotiating a
the contractor project manager informs their Starting partial payments
Paying for work change to the
contract administrator that financial problems payments for because it would
22 accomplished to payment
are making it difficult for them to pay their work violate the
date. conditions in the
employees and subcontractors. The contractor accomplished. conditions of the
contract
asks for a partial payment for work contract
accomplished. Which of the following actions
by the buyer is most likely to cause problems
for the project?

A control chart for a major project process The process No action is This is consider
The process is
shows that seven consecutive data points of average is moving required because abnormal
out of control
23 the nine sample averages are above the to the upper the points are still behaviour and
and should be
process average within the control limits. What values and needs within the control should be
investigated.
is indicated by the phenomenon? to be corrected. limits. investigated

A control chart shows that the last 8 frames

produced were all a little less than the average Standard
24 rules of seven rules of eight. 3-sigma rule
weight. You know you need to action this deviation rule
because the control chart violates the:

A cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF) contract has an

estimated cost of $150,000 with a
predetermined fee of $15,000 and a share ratio none of the
25 $31,000 $19,000 $15,000
of 80/20. The actual costs of the project is above
$130,000. How much profit does the seller
make?

A cost-plus-percentage-cost (CPPC) contract

has an estimated cost of $120,000 with an
26 agreed profit of 10% of the costs. The actual $1,43,000 $1,42,000 $1,40,000 $1,32,000
cost of the project is $130,000.
What is the total reimbursement to the seller?

A document or tool which describes when and Responsibility Organizational

Resource Resource
27 how human resources will be brought onto and Assignment Breakdown
Management Plan Assignment Chart
taken off the project team is called a: Matrix (RAM) Structure (OBS)
A document that rarely changes, and then only
Change A subsidiary
28 in response to defined criteria, such as a Project plan Project baseline
management plan management plan
change in scope is called a:
A document which describes how project
A scope
scope will be managed and how scope changes A scope
29 A project plan A risk analysis management
will be integrated into the project is: (choose statement
plan
the best answer)

A driver’s license is required by law before an

Project
individual can drive a car .Similarly the project
30 Scope statement Project budget Management WBS
manager requires a _____________
Plan
control a project.

A histogram ordered by frequency of

Statistical Fishbone
31 occurrence that shows how many results were Juran Histogram Pareto Diagram
Histogram Diagram
generated by each identified cause is:
A histogram that is order by frequency of
occurrence and shows how many results were Statistical control Cause and effect
32 Ishikawa diagram Pareto diagram
generated by type or identified cause is called chat diagram
a ________________:

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When team
When major
members are When formal
A strong matrix problems delay
accountable to training plans
33 A key barrier to team development is: management the project
both functional cannot be
structure completion date
and project implemented.
or budget targets
managers.
Protect the Make sure they Make sure that
A key role of the project manager during relationship Make sure their get all risks everyone receives
34
negotiations is to _____________ between buyer side wins assigned to the a communication
and seller other side plan
Funding for staff Shared work Commitment Removal of
35 A mandatory prerequisite for team building is: development ethics among from top level troublesome
activities team members management individuals
A matrix organization begins a new project.
Project manager knows that the team is more
Scope Resource
36 responsive to their functional managers than Project plan Project charter
statement management plan
to PM. To overcome this, PM decides to
prepare
A modification of a logical relationship that
37 allows an acceleration of the successor task is Lead Lag Float Buffer
represented by:
data not
A negative cost variance for a period indicates sufficient to
38 cost underrun cost overrun scope creep in
______________. predict the cost
performance
A network diagram that uses nodes to
represent activities and arrows to show the
39 AOA AON ADM GERT
activity dependencies and allows no loops is
called:
She should check
A new project manager has just been assigned She should first
She should the project plan
a project that is in progress. The project is two show sympathy
She should first initially contact for contingencies
weeks behind schedule. The team members with the current
revise the Gantt the steering concerning
40 are about to be distributed to another project team and delay
chart with new committee and resources and
based on original Schedule estimates provided decision making
timelines. begin with a new talk to the
by the functional manager. What is the FIRST for another
team. functional
step the project manager should take? week.
manager
It will take the
The company
It will take the project one and
will receive the
project one and The project will half years to
A project has payback period of 1 and a half of profits for the
41 half years before be completed in cover the
years. What does that mean? first one and
they start to incur less than 2 years investment and
half years of the
costs. start generating
project.
profits
A project has several teams. Team C has
missed several deadlines in the past. This has project project manager
manager of team project manager
42 caused team D to have to crash the critical manager and and the team C
C alone
path several times. As the project leader for management. leader.
team D, you should meet with the:
A project management professional can Forecasted final
Technical
compare earned value performance data to all Critical path Risk mitigation costs and
43 performance
of the following project management tools analysis plans schedule
metrics
EXCEPT: estimates
Project Scope
Project scope Management
The processes,
includes the includes the
tools, and Product scope
work that must processes
techniques used includes features
A project management team discusses what be done in required to
by project scope and functions that
44 scope means in a project. All of the following order to deliver ensure that the
management are are to be included
statements are true except : a product with project includes
mostly depending in a product or
the specified all the work
on the application services.
features and required and only
area.
functions the work
required.

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A project management team has
subcontracted work to a service company. The
Control Contract Contract
45 process of ensuring that this service company's Staff Acquisition
Procurements Closeout Negotiation
performance meets contractual requirements
is called:
A process can be
A project management team is evaluating the Normal process Special causes are
Special causes optimized to limit
causes that might contribute to unsatisfactory variation is easier to predict
46 are unusual the bandwidth of
performance and quality. Which of the attributable to and handle than
events variations due to
following statements is not true? random causes. random causes
random causes.
A project manager believes that modifying the Call a meeting Change the
Change the scope Prepare a
47 scope of the project may provide added value of the change project’s
baseline variance report
for the customer. The project manager should: control board objectives
Refrain from
Provide offering or
A project manager disclosed some crucial Maintain and
Prevent conflict of accurate and accepting
48 information to a prospective seller. Which code satisfy the scope
interest truthful inappropriate
of professional conduct did he violate? and objectives
representations payments, gifts
etc.
Weak Matrix
A project Manager has to manage conflict in an Structure with Low position in
Roles that are Work pressure
49 organization. All the following could be sources multiple the organization
not well defined and high stress.
of conflict in an organization except: managers to hierarchy
report to.
A project manager is working with quality Determining if the Determining
Evaluating quality
professionals in the quality assurance phase of right quality what quality
50 Quality control against the
the project. Which of the following activities is standard are standard should
standard.
being performed? being used be used.