PMP Practice Exam – Part 3/8 – 22 Questions with Answers
Practice for the PMP exam with 22 multiple-choice questions. Answer each question before the reveal, then review the explanation to understand the reasoning.
This is Part 3/8 in the CertPunch PMP practice exam series.
Topics covered: scope, schedule, risk, stakeholders, agile delivery, change control, team leadership, and project governance.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Question 1 of 22
01:16 Question 2 of 22
02:07 Question 3 of 22
03:03 Question 4 of 22
04:06 Question 5 of 22
04:59 Question 6 of 22
05:52 Question 7 of 22
06:38 Question 8 of 22
07:20 Question 9 of 22
08:09 Question 10 of 22
09:01 Question 11 of 22
10:05 Question 12 of 22
10:52 Question 13 of 22
11:37 Question 14 of 22
12:36 Question 15 of 22
13:23 Question 16 of 22
14:12 Question 17 of 22
15:02 Question 18 of 22
16:04 Question 19 of 22
16:46 Question 20 of 22
17:27 Question 21 of 22
18:14 Question 22 of 22
What you will practice
- While working on a project with a budget of $5,000, the project manager determines that the earned value on t…
- The risk management plan generally outlines the steps the project will take to conduct risk management proces…
- You are currently managing a business process reengineering project and have identified all the risks that ca…
- While managing a datacenter project, a few customers requested a feature be added to the project that will en…
- The project manager is currently reviewing all of the meetings that took place over the past few weeks to ens…
- Which of the following statements is true about projects:
Answers and explanations
Tap a question to expand the answer and the exam reasoning. Try to commit to your own pick first.
Q1. While working on a project with a budget of $5,000, the project manager determines that the earned value on the project so far is $1,750. So far, the project team has spent $2,900. What should the project manager report as the status of th…
Answer: A. The project is over budget by 40%.
The correct answer proves CPI measures cost efficiency. With a CPI of 0.6, the project is 40% over budget, as CPI below 1 indicates cost overrun.
Q2. The risk management plan generally outlines the steps the project will take to conduct risk management processes on the project. Which of the following will the risk management plan not include?
Answer: D. Positive risks that could affect the project
The correct answer proves that positive risks are documented in the risk register, not the risk management plan. The other options are standard components of the risk management plan.
Q3. You are currently managing a business process reengineering project and have identified all the risks that can affect the project. You would like to put the risks in order from most impact to least impact on the project. What is the best p…
Answer: A. Perform qualitative risk analysis
The correct answer proves that qualitative risk analysis ranks risks by impact and probability. The distractors are either invalid processes or describe later stages like quantification or response planning.
Q4. While managing a datacenter project, a few customers requested a feature be added to the project that will enhance the security system in the datacenter. The change was submitted to the change control board and was denied due to the high c…
Answer: B. Inform the customers the change cannot be done
The correct answer proves that a denied change should not be re-submitted. The elimination cue is the prior denial, which makes re-evaluation or re-adding the change inappropriate.
Q5. The project manager is currently reviewing all of the meetings that took place over the past few weeks to ensure that it was done according to the communication management plan. What process is the project manager currently conducting?
Answer: D. Monitor Communications
The correct answer proves the Monitor Communications process, which compares actual work performance data against the plan. The elimination cue is that 'Conduct Communications' is not a defined PMI process.
Q6. Which of the following statements is true about projects:
Answer: C. Projects are temporary endeavors to create a unique product, service, or results
The correct answer proves the PMBOK definition of a project as temporary. The elimination cue is that projects are finite endeavors, not ongoing operations.
Q7. The agile project team has determined that many of its processes have a lot of waiting and would like to remove all of the waste in the processes. What would be the best tool the agile team can use to improve their processes?
Answer: B. Value stream map
The correct answer proves the Value Stream Mapping technique for identifying waste. The elimination cue is that the distractors describe unrelated quality tools.
Q8. Which of the following is not a principle of agile planning?
Answer: C. Conduct most of the planning at the beginning
The correct answer identifies the anti-pattern of upfront planning. The elimination cue is that agile planning is iterative and continuous, contrary to traditional methods.
Q9. When deciding which user stories can be done in the next iteration, what should the project team consider?
Answer: A. How many points the team completed in the past iterations
This question tests Agile velocity for iteration planning. Velocity measures past completed points, making 'past iterations' a concrete planning cue, while distractors focus on individual story characteristics.
Q10. While measuring quality on a project, the project team decided to just measure the quality as pass/fail. The team has determined that this is the best method because the deliverables are mostly functions that will need to produce a correct…
Answer: A. Attribute sampling
This question tests 'Attribute sampling'. A pass/fail measurement is the defining characteristic of attribute sampling, as opposed to the variable scales used in statistical sampling.
Q11. There have been many disputes on the project with the current contractor. The contractor claims the project team is always asking that work not be listed in the contract, and the team claims that the contractor has not been doing the work…
Answer: D. Review the contract
This question tests contract management fundamentals. The first step in any contractual dispute is always to review the contract itself to clarify the original agreement, as it's the source of truth.
Q12. The project manager has brought the project team together to explain what the project will be about and what their roles will be. The team members introduce themselves and learn about the different skill sets each of them brings to the pro…
Answer: B. Forming
This question tests the 'Forming' stage of team development. The initial meeting where members get acquainted and understand their roles is the classic description of the forming stage.
Q13. After the project manager has collected the requirements and received approval for the scope statement, what process should the project manager do next?
Answer: A. Create WBS
The correct answer shows the standard sequence of scope management processes. The Work Breakdown Structure is built directly from the approved scope statement.
Q14. The project manager has been informed that the cost of building a new room in the office will be $15,000, +/- 65%. The project manager wants to know why there is such a large variance in the estimate. The builder said they have not seen th…
Answer: A. Rough order of magnitude estimate
The correct answer identifies the specific type of cost estimate based on its variance range. A Rough Order of Magnitude is characterized by its wide -25% to +75% accuracy.
Q15. In what process does a project manager determine the approach they will use to involve the stakeholders to meet their expectations?
Answer: B. Plan stakeholders engagement
The correct answer proves Plan Stakeholder Engagement, where strategies to meet stakeholder needs are defined. The trap is confusing this with Plan Communications, which focuses only on information distribution.
Q16. While conducting procurement on a project, the project manager has received many different bids with a wide variance of estimated cost for the work. What can the project manager use to best determine which vendor has given a realistic pric…
Answer: C. Independent estimate
The correct answer proves Independent Estimate, an external benchmark for pricing. The trap is distractors used for vendor selection, not price validation.
Q17. You have just been appointed the new project manager on a product upgrade project. One person in particular at the company feels like the project may cause them to lose their job. This person has expert knowledge of the current product and…
Answer: B. Stakeholder
The correct answer proves Stakeholder, anyone impacted by the project. The trap is distractors that assume the person is part of the team.
Q18. Your company has just started a project to allow remote workers to join the network using a virtual private network (VPN). During the execution of the project, one of the VPN servers completely fails, and the team will need to replace it a…
Answer: D. Implement risk response
The correct answer proves the executing process of enacting pre-planned responses. Options A, B, and C are distractors that describe planning activities or non-existent processes.
Q19. Which of the following is an XP practice that helps to create a shared vision between the developers and the customers?
Answer: A. Metaphors
The correct answer identifies the XP practice for aligning vision. Options B, C, and D are distractors that describe other common agile ceremonies.
Q20. Which technique should the agile team use to list the reasons for why a particular process was failing during iteration?
Answer: A. Fishbone analysis
The correct answer identifies the retrospective technique for root cause analysis. Options B, C, and D are distractors that describe other agile practices or goal-setting methods.
Q21. The sponsor would like a report about the resources that are being used on the project. He would like to see them broken down by different categories to make them easier to understand. What process will the project manager use to create th…
Answer: C. Estimate activity resources
Estimate activity resources creates the resource breakdown structure, a categorized resource list. Other process options don't produce this hierarchical document.
Q22. The project manager, Peter, has been informed by the sponsor that the project needs to be completed 2 weeks earlier than the scheduled time. Peter goes to the team and informs them that they will need to work overtime to complete the proje…
Answer: D. Crashing
Crashing shortens a schedule by adding resources, such as overtime, which increases cost. Fast tracking is about parallelism, not adding resources.
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