PMP PMP Free Practice Questions

NEW QUESTION 1
The primary benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process is that it:

• A. provides guidance to identify time or schedule challenges within the project.
• B. tightly links processes to create a seamless project schedule.
• C. guides how the project schedule will be managed throughout the project.
• D. creates an overview of all activities broken down into manageable subsections.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 2
A risk response strategy in which the project team shifts the impact of a threat, together with ownership of the response, to a third party is called:

• A. mitigate
• B. accept
• C. transfer
• D. avoid

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 3
Plan Communications Management develops an approach and plan for project communications based on stakeholders' needs and requirements and:

• A. Available organizational assets
• B. Project staff assignments
• C. Interpersonal skills
• D. Enterprise environmental factors

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 4
Which of the following is TRUE about most project life cycles?

• A. Staffing level is highest at the start.
• B. The stakeholders' influence is highest at the start.
• C. The level of uncertainty is lowest at the start.
• D. The cost of changes is highest at the start.

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 5
Which of the following is developed from the project scope baseline and defines only that portion of the project scope that is to be included within a related contract?

• A. Product scope description
• B. Procurement statement of work
• C. Project schedule
• D. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 6
Which of the following methods is a project selection technique?

• A. Flowcharting
• B. Earned value
• C. Cost-benefit analysis
• D. Pareto analysis

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 7
In which process is a project manager identified and given the authority to apply resources to project activities?

• A. Acquire Project Team
• B. Develop Project Management Plan
• C. Manage Project Execution
• D. Develop Project Charter

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 8
Which of the following is a component of three-point estimates?

• A. Probabilistic
• B. Most likely
• C. Expected
• D. Anticipated

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 9
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?

• A. Mitigate
• B. Transfer
• C. Exploit
• D. Avoid

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 10
Ensuring that both parties meet contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected is a function of:

• A. Conduct Procurements.
• B. Close Procurements.
• C. Administer Procurements,
• D. Plan Procurements.

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 11
Which process is responsible for monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline?

• A. Variance Analysis
• B. Define Scope
• C. Verify Scope
• D. Control Scope

Answer: D

NEW QUESTION 12
Which tool or technique of Plan Quality involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?

• A. Histogram
• B. Quality audits
• C. Benchmarking
• D. Performance measurement analysis

Answer: C

NEW QUESTION 13
Verification of project deliverables occurs during which process?

• A. Develop preliminary project scope statement
• B. Close Project or Phase
• C. Develop project charter
• D. Create WBS

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 14
Conditions that are not under the control of the project team that influence, direct, or constrain a project are called:

• A. Enterprise environmental factors
• B. Work performance reports
• C. Organizational process assets
• D. Context diagrams

Answer: A

NEW QUESTION 15
Which is an example of Administer Procurements?

• A. Negotiating the contract
• B. Authorizing contractor work
• C. Developing the statement of work
• D. Establishing evaluation criteria

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 16
Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?

• A. Cost variance (CV)
• B. Cost performance index (CPI)
• C. Budget at completion (BAC)
• D. Variance at completion (VAC)

Answer: B

NEW QUESTION 17
The Human Resource Management processes are:

• A. Develop Human Resource Plan, Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team, and Manage Project Team.
• B. Acquire Project Team, Manage Project Team, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, and Develop Project Team.
• C. Acquire Project Team, Develop Human Resource Plan, Conflict Management, and Manage Project Team.
• D. Develop Project Team, Manage Project Team, Estimate Activity Resources, and Acquire Project Team.

Answer: A