, Dear Reader -
www.pmptools is excited to have published PMP®: Exam Cram Test
Bank, what we believe is the first of its kind in the field or project
management.
Just as the project Management Institute is committed to establishing
measurable standards for certifying project management professional
with the PMP® Exam, www.pmptools.com is happy to help assist
professionals with the knowledge needed to meet those standards.
This test bank assumes you have at least read the Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and the PMP Exam
Cram and have some general project management skills. While this
book will assist you in preparing for the PMP® Exam, it will not act
as substitute to the PMBOK® only a complement. We highly
recommend that you obtain the PMBOK® if you do not currently
have a copy.
,SAMPLE TEST 1
1. Project risk is characterized by three factors: _____.
A. Severity of impact, duration of impact and cost of impact
B. Identification, type of risk category and probability of impact
C. Risk event, risk probability and the amount at stake
D. Occurrence, frequency and cost
2. Contingency planning is a means to _____ risks to the project through a formal
process and provides the resources to meet the risk events.
A. Address
B. Classify
C. Assign
D. Resolve
3. Which of the following situations describes a violation of the PMP® Professional
Code of Conduct?
A. Accepting a gift that is within the customary guidelines of the country or
province you are currently working in.
B. Use of confidential information to advance your position or influence a
critical decision.
C. Complying with laws and regulations of the state or province in which
project management services are provided
D. Disclosing information to a customer about a situation that may have an
appearance of impropriety.
4. Which of the following is a tool or technique used in integrated change control?
A. Organizational procedures
B. Performance reports
C. Project plan updates
D. Performance measurement
5. _____________ invloves using statitical relationship between historical data and
other variables .
A. Analogous estimating
B. Life-cycle costing
C. Parametric estimating
D. Bottom up estimating
PMP® Exam Cram Test Bank
Sample Test 1 1-1
, SAMPLE TEST 1
6. One of your employees is up for promotion. If the promotion is granted, the
employee will be reassigned elsewhere causing a problem for you on your
project. You can delay the promotion until your project is completed.
1 You should:
A. Support the promotion but work with the employee and the
employee's new management to develop a good transition plan
B. Ask the employee to refuse the promotion until your project is
completed.
C. Arrange to delay the promotion until the project is completed
D. Tell the employee that it is his responsibility to find a suitable
replacement so that the project will not suffer
7. The primary characteristic that distinguishes between external and internal risk
areas is the _____________.
A. Magnitude of the impact on the project
B. Project manager's perception of risk
C. Project manager's ability to influence the risk
D. Use of more or less contractors
8. Which is an input to resource planning?
A. Historical information
B. Cost baseline
C. Cost management plan
D. Chart of accounts
9. _____________ involves allocating the overall costs to individual work items in
order to establish a cost baseline for measuring project performance.
A. Resource planning
B. Cost estimating
C. Cost budgeting
D. Cost control
10. Your project is running out of cash and significant work remains. You are
directed by senior management to instruct your people to use another project's
charge numbers while working on your project. You should:
A. Follow instructions
B. Inform the corporate auditors
C. Understand the background of management's instructions before taking
any action
D. Try to close down the project
11. Risk event is the precise description of what might happen to the _____ of the
project.
1-2 Sample Test 1 http://www.pmptools.com
www.pmptools is excited to have published PMP®: Exam Cram Test
Bank, what we believe is the first of its kind in the field or project
management.
Just as the project Management Institute is committed to establishing
measurable standards for certifying project management professional
with the PMP® Exam, www.pmptools.com is happy to help assist
professionals with the knowledge needed to meet those standards.
This test bank assumes you have at least read the Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) and the PMP Exam
Cram and have some general project management skills. While this
book will assist you in preparing for the PMP® Exam, it will not act
as substitute to the PMBOK® only a complement. We highly
recommend that you obtain the PMBOK® if you do not currently
have a copy.
,SAMPLE TEST 1
1. Project risk is characterized by three factors: _____.
A. Severity of impact, duration of impact and cost of impact
B. Identification, type of risk category and probability of impact
C. Risk event, risk probability and the amount at stake
D. Occurrence, frequency and cost
2. Contingency planning is a means to _____ risks to the project through a formal
process and provides the resources to meet the risk events.
A. Address
B. Classify
C. Assign
D. Resolve
3. Which of the following situations describes a violation of the PMP® Professional
Code of Conduct?
A. Accepting a gift that is within the customary guidelines of the country or
province you are currently working in.
B. Use of confidential information to advance your position or influence a
critical decision.
C. Complying with laws and regulations of the state or province in which
project management services are provided
D. Disclosing information to a customer about a situation that may have an
appearance of impropriety.
4. Which of the following is a tool or technique used in integrated change control?
A. Organizational procedures
B. Performance reports
C. Project plan updates
D. Performance measurement
5. _____________ invloves using statitical relationship between historical data and
other variables .
A. Analogous estimating
B. Life-cycle costing
C. Parametric estimating
D. Bottom up estimating
PMP® Exam Cram Test Bank
Sample Test 1 1-1
, SAMPLE TEST 1
6. One of your employees is up for promotion. If the promotion is granted, the
employee will be reassigned elsewhere causing a problem for you on your
project. You can delay the promotion until your project is completed.
1 You should:
A. Support the promotion but work with the employee and the
employee's new management to develop a good transition plan
B. Ask the employee to refuse the promotion until your project is
completed.
C. Arrange to delay the promotion until the project is completed
D. Tell the employee that it is his responsibility to find a suitable
replacement so that the project will not suffer
7. The primary characteristic that distinguishes between external and internal risk
areas is the _____________.
A. Magnitude of the impact on the project
B. Project manager's perception of risk
C. Project manager's ability to influence the risk
D. Use of more or less contractors
8. Which is an input to resource planning?
A. Historical information
B. Cost baseline
C. Cost management plan
D. Chart of accounts
9. _____________ involves allocating the overall costs to individual work items in
order to establish a cost baseline for measuring project performance.
A. Resource planning
B. Cost estimating
C. Cost budgeting
D. Cost control
10. Your project is running out of cash and significant work remains. You are
directed by senior management to instruct your people to use another project's
charge numbers while working on your project. You should:
A. Follow instructions
B. Inform the corporate auditors
C. Understand the background of management's instructions before taking
any action
D. Try to close down the project
11. Risk event is the precise description of what might happen to the _____ of the
project.
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