PMP Exam Set D – Q61

A first-time project manager created a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) where the deliverables had different levels of decomposition. What would your comment on this be?

A. This is incorrect. All deliverables need to have the same level of decomposition.
B. This is incorrect. Only deliverables under different branches can have different levels of decomposition.
C. This is fine. Different deliverables can have different levels of decomposition depending on the work involved.
D. This is fine. The focus of the WBS is not the deliverables, but the tasks involved.

C. This is fine. Different deliverables can have different levels of decomposition depending on the work involved.

PMP Exam Set D – Q60

Changes in the projects are inevitable. So, project managers must develop or use a system to manage and control changes. There are four types of changes that need to be controlled in a project. Project changes, deliverable changes, process changes, and baseline changes. The impact of each of these changes must be evaluated and approved or rejected changes must be communicated to all stakeholders as and when required. Which of the following helps controlling the above mentioned changes?

A. Configuration control and Control chart
B. Configuration control and Change control
C. Control chart and Cost control
D. Change control and Control chart

B. Configuration control and Change control

PMP Exam Set D – Q59

Your company has been awarded a very large software project by a government agency. This project has an early completion incentive, and your company has a policy of paying a bonus to the project manager if such an incentive is awarded. However, this particular government agency has a reputation for being very difficult to work with; there is a great deal of bureaucracy within this agency and stonewalling and hostile behavior toward contractors is very common. The project manager will need to have excellent political skills to successfully lead this project. You have been asked to lead the project because of your expertise with this type of project. However, you have never worked within such a highly charged and political environment. What should you do?

A. Decline the project citing lack of experience.
B. Accept the project but disclose your lack of experience in this type of environment.
C. Accept the project and request that a corporate liaison be assigned to your project.
D. Accept the project.

B. Accept the project but disclose your lack of experience in this type of environment.

PMP Exam Set D – Q58

You are managing a project which requires an environmental permit to do work. The approval is in the final stages of being granted when a confidential, reliable report is brought to your notice which indicates that there is a high risk of an environmental hazard due to the project. Your manager tells you that it is better to keep quiet at this stage since the loss due to non-starting/execution of the project is very high. You will:

A. Send an email to your manager documenting the matter and disowning ownership of the project.
B. Inform the necessary authorities of the hazard, even if it means that the project will be cancelled.
C. Wait for the project to start and see if the information in the report was true.
D. Keep quiet about the matter since you will follow your manager’s instructions.

B. Inform the necessary authorities of the hazard, even if it means that the project will be cancelled.

PMP Exam Set D – Q57

The senior analyst on a project came up with Activity Duration Estimates as follows: Activity A: 10 days + a lag of 2 days; Activity B: 1 week + a lead of 3 days. The project manager who reviewed this, came up with some objections to these estimates. What would they most likely be?

A. The analyst should have included % variance information while mentioning the Activity Duration Estimate. This would indicate a range of possible results.
B. Activity Duration Estimates should not include any lag or lead information.
C. It is advisable not to mix up units such as days and weeks while coming up with Activity Duration Estimates.
D. The Activity Duration Estimate should have also mentioned the predecessor or successor activity to which the lag or lead is attached.

B. Activity Duration Estimates should not include any lag or lead information.

PMP Exam Set D – Q56

You have been identified as the project manager for constructing a large shopping mall in your city. Which of the following are not necessarily stakeholders in your project?

A. The suppliers of the project
B. The tenants of the shopping mall
C. A senior project manager in your organization who just completed a similar project.
D. The chief financial officer of your company who controls the project finances.

C. A senior project manager in your organization who just completed a similar project.

PMP Exam Set D – Q54

A project manager scheduled a review at the end of a phase, with the objective of obtaining authorization to close the current project phase and initiate the next phase. Which of the following is an incorrect way of describing this review?

A. Phase gate
B. Phase planning
C. Kill point
D. Stage gate

B. Phase planning

PMP Exam Set D – Q53

What is the difference between a histogram and a Pareto chart?

A. A histogram is a less accurate version of a Pareto chart.
B. A histogram is a type of Pareto chart.
C. A Pareto chart is a type of histogram.
D. A histogram and a Pareto chart simply different terms for the same technique.

C. A Pareto chart is a type of histogram.

PMP Exam Set D – Q52

A project manager is spending majority of the project funding in the current phase of the project. Not only she is spending her money but also managing various resources in the project. What is the stakeholder influence on the project now compared to earlier phases?

A. Cannot be determined
B. More
C. Less
D. Same

C. Less