Achieve PMP Exam Success PMBOK® Guide: A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager, 3rd Edition Companion

Appendix B: Sample Final Exam Answers and References

Section numbers refer to the PMBOK Guide.

1.

Once initiated, a project should be halted if:

  1. The project manager leaves

  2. The statement of work by the buyer is incomplete or ambiguous

  3. The project is found to be supportive of the organization's strategic goals

  4. The business need no longer exists

2.

_____ coordinate(s) people and other resources to carry out the plan.

  1. Resource planning

  2. Resource leveling

  3. Controlling processes

  4. Executing processes

3.

Configuration management is NOT:

  1. The cause of variances and the reasoning behind the corrective action taken

  2. Any documented procedure used to identify the functional characteristics of an item

  3. A documented procedure used to record and report change

  4. A subset of the overall project management system

4.

As a project is carried out and slack time is consumed on individual tasks, the slack left over for the remaining tasks is:

  1. Insignificant

  2. Reduced

  3. Unchanged

  4. Increased

5.

Communication is enhanced from the sender to the receiver when the sender_____.

  1. Shows concern for the perspective of the receiver

  2. Speaks up to the receiver

  3. Uses more physical movements

  4. Speaks slowly to the receiver

6.

Culture is:

  1. Taught

  2. Learned

  3. Hereditary

  4. Genetic

7.

Project risk includes:

  1. Threats to the project's objectives and opportunities to improve on those objectives

  2. Threats to the project's objectives and contingency plans to manage those risks

  3. Known risks that can be quantified

  4. All known risks to the project's objectives

8.

All of the following are information gathering techniques except:

  1. Interviewing

  2. Sampling

  3. The Delphi Technique

  4. SWOT analysis

9.

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