PMP Practice Exam 1

Instructions

  • This 50-question PMP practice exam is based exclusively on PMBOK Guide, 5th Edition. It was prepared by a PMP certified project manager at MyPM. If you are timing yourself, allow one hour.
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PMP Practice Exam 1

Exam Topics

The topics of this exam include an overview of project management and project scope management. For PMP practice questions that cover more topics, see our other PMP practice exams.

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1. What is a stakeholder?

 
 
 
 

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2. Which answer includes the five project management process groups?

 
 
 
 

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3. A project charter

 
 
 
 

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4. WBS is an acronym for

 
 
 
 

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5. Which subsidiary plan is not a part of the project management plan?

 
 
 
 

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6. When does a project reach its end?

 
 
 
 

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7. Which of the following is not a project constraint?

 
 
 
 

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8. Organizational project management is a strategy execution framework that utilizes which of the following?

 
 
 
 

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9. Which answer best describes the PMBOK® Guide?

 
 
 
 

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10. In the classic functional organization, the project manager’s authority is

 
 
 
 

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11. Which of the following best describe organizational process assets?

 
 
 
 

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12. Project management offices (PMO) often serve which function?

 
 
 
 

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13. A directive PMO

 
 
 
 

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14. Which answer includes examples of operational stakeholders?

 
 
 
 

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15. Rather than relying on a functional approach, a particular organization conducts the majority of their work as projects. This organization is referred to as a

 
 
 
 

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16. The role of the project manager includes

 
 
 
 

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17. Which of the following is an organizational influence that’s likely to affect a project?

 
 
 
 

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18. If the organizational structure is projectized, who will most-likely manage the project budget?

 
 
 
 

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19. When the organizational structure is projectized, the project manager’s authority is

 
 
 
 

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20. Which of the following is not an enterprise environmental factor?

 
 
 
 

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21. Select the correct statement.

 
 
 
 

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22. A project to expand a manufacturing park will force Joe’s Hamburger Shack to relocate. Joe does not wish to relocate. His interests are best served if the project never begins. Joe is a

 
 
 
 

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23. A project life cycle

 
 
 
 

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24. The initiating process group includes

 
 
 
 

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25. Which of the following is not an input to developing the project charter?

 
 
 
 

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26. The business case

 
 
 
 

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27. Which subsidiary plans are part of the project management plan?

 
 
 
 

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28. An approved change request

 
 
 
 

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29. When the project manager reviews all change requests, submits each one for approval and then manages the changes to the deliverables and the project management plan, she is performing

 
 
 
 

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30. Regarding change control, which of the following is correct?

 
 
 
 

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31. The Change Control Board (CCB) is responsible for

 
 
 
 

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32. The scope baseline for the project is

 
 
 
 

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33. To create the Work Breakdown Structure, a project manager

 
 
 
 

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34. A baseline is

 
 
 
 

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35. The Scope Management Plan

 
 
 
 

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36. A requirements traceability matrix

 
 
 
 

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37. Which of the following is not a tool or technique for collecting requirements?

 
 
 
 

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38. Joint application design/development (JAD) sessions

 
 
 
 

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39. A user story is

 
 
 
 

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40. Storyboarding

 
 
 
 

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41. Before being baselined, requirements should be

 
 
 
 

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42. Benchmarking involves

 
 
 
 

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43. Alternatives generation is a technique that can be used to help define project scope. It involves developing as many potential options as possible in order to identify different approaches to execute the work of the project. Which of the following is a general management technique that can be used to generate alternatives?

 
 
 
 

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44. A ground excavation project is expected to last for a period of four months. All project work must cease on rainy days. When preparing the project scope, the rain should be cited as

 
 
 
 

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45. A ground excavation project is expected to last for a period of four months. All project work must cease on rainy days. Based on prior weather patterns, the project manager suspects it will rain a total of twelve days. This means, there may be twelve days where work cannot be performed. When preparing the project scope, the prediction of twelve days of rain should be cited as

 
 
 
 

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46. ________ is the work defined at the lowest level of the WBS for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed.

 
 
 
 

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47. It’s not always possible to decompose a deliverable that will be accomplished far into the future. Sometimes, a work item may remain to be agreed upon or all information may not be known. Therefore, items in the very near future are planned in detail and work far into the future is planned at a high level of the WBS. When more information is known, that work becomes planned at greater detail. This technique is referred to as

 
 
 
 

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48. The WBS is finalized by assigning each work package to

 
 
 
 

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49. By controlling the project scope, the project manager ensures all requested changes and recommendations for corrective or preventative actions are processed through the

 
 
 
 

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50. Which of the following is the definition of a project?

 
 
 
 

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