PMP Practice Questions | Exam 3

Instructions

  • These 25 PMP practice questions are based on PMBOK Guide, 5th Edition and are prepared by the PMP® certified project managers at MyPM.
  • There may be more than one right answer; however, select only one best answer for every question.
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  • Incorrect answers will have a red X next to them while correct answers will have a green check mark.
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PMP Practice Questions Exam 3

Exam Topic

This exam includes questions that primarily concern project time management. For PMP practice questions that cover additional topics, see our other PMP practice exams.

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1. Resource calendars specify

 
 
 
 

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2. Analogous estimating, parametric estimating, and three-point estimating are all techniques used to

 
 
 
 

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3. Analogous estimating is a technique that uses

 
 
 
 

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4. Linda is uncertain about the estimates for some project activity durations. To improve the estimates, she uses a three-point estimating technique to define an approximate range for each activity. She estimates the expected duration of each activity by calculating a weighted average of the most likely scenario, an optimistic or best-case scenario, and a pessimistic or worse-case scenario. Linda is relying on a an estimating technique known as

 
 
 
 

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5. Meg is managing a complex data migration project. Concerning the road ahead, she received conflicting information from the subject matter experts on her project team. She suspects the loudest voice may not be correct, but she is having a difficult time getting others to speak up. To identify the information she needs, she sent a questionnaire to each subject matter expert. Once she received everyone’s responses, she summarized them and sent them to all the subject matter experts for further comment. She did this two more times and finally reached a consensus regarding the best approach. Meg used the __________ technique to gather information and reach a consensus.

 
 
 
 

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6. Contingency reserves should be

 
 
 
 

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7. If an activity duration is documented as “2 weeks ± 2 days,” (assuming a five-day work week) the activity will take

 
 
 
 

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8. Adding features and functionality without addressing the effects on time, costs, and resources or without customer approval is referred to as

 
 
 
 

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9. The project schedule network diagram is is an input to creating the

 
 
 
 

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10. Rob must estimate the minimum project duration. What schedule network analysis technique should he use?

 
 
 
 

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11. Free float can be determined

 
 
 
 

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12. Positive total float is caused when the backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during forward pass calculation. Negative total float is caused when

 
 
 
 

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13. The critical path is the path on a project network schedule with the

 
 
 
 

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14. On scratch paper, build the following network diagram to answer the next few questions:

 
  • Activity A (2 days) can start right away.
  • Activity B (3 days) and Activity C (4 days) can start after Activity A is finished.
  • Activity D (5 days) can start after Activity B is finished.
  • Activity E (1 day) and Activity F (4 days) can start after Activity C is finished.
  • Activity G (2 days) can start after Activity E is finished.
  • Activity H (3 days) can start after Activity F is finished.
  • Activity I (2 days) can start after Activity D, Activity G and Activity H are finished.
  • After Activity I is finished, the project is complete.
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15. What is the duration of the critical path in question #14?

 
 
 
 

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16. What is the total float of Activity D in question #14?

 
 
 
 

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17. Apply the Forward Pass formula to calculate the Early Start (ES) date for Activity I in question #14?

 
 
 
 
 

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18. The critical chain method (CCM) is

 
 
 
 

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19. The critical chain method

 
 
 
 

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20. Simply put, resource leveling is

 
 
 
 

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21. Schedule compression techniques are used to shorten the schedule duration without reducing the project scope. Which of the following are schedule compression techniques?

 
 
 
 

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22. Zack is attempting to complete the project ahead of schedule by adding additional human resources. Which schedule compression technique is he using?

 
 
 
 

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23. Julia plans to shorten the project duration by performing some tasks in parallel. Which schedule compression technique is she using?

 
 
 
 

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24. Schedule performance measurements such as schedule variance (SV) and schedule performance index (SPI) are used to assess

 
 
 
 

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25. Earned value management (EVM) is

 
 
 
 

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