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Project Management Quiz sobre PMP, criado por abdulaziz zaid em 22-11-2017.
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Questão 1

Questão
Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their projects. Most of the time they are just complaining about how hard projects are to manage in their company. Some complain about the stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about how hard it is to get people to cooperate and perform. One project manager wants to focus on the advantages of the matrix-type organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the following would he mention?
Responda
  • Improved project manager control over resources
  • More than one boss for project teams
  • Communications are easier
  • Reporting is easier

Questão 2

Questão
Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and that their power as project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expediter and the other realizes he is really a project coordinator. How is a project expediter different from a project coordinator?
Responda
  • The project expediter cannot make decisions
  • The project expediter can make more decisions
  • The project expediter reports to a higher-level manager
  • The project expediter has some authority

Questão 3

Questão
In a projectized organization, the project team?
Responda
  • Reports to many bosses
  • Has no loyalty to the project
  • Reports to the functional manager
  • Will not always have a home

Questão 4

Questão
A project manager is trying to complete a software development project, but cannot get enough attention for the project. Resources are focused on completing process-related work and the project manager has little authority to properly assign resources. What form of organization must the project manager be working in?
Responda
  • Functional
  • Matrix
  • Expediter
  • Coordinator

Questão 5

Questão
A project manager has very little project experience, but he has been assigned as the project manager of a new project. Because he will be working in a matrix organization to complete his project, he can expect communications to be
Responda
  • Simple
  • Open and accurate
  • Complex
  • Hard to automate

Questão 6

Questão
A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that many people are asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the power to give direction to the team member?
Responda
  • The project manager
  • The functional manager
  • The team
  • Tight matrix

Questão 7

Questão
Who has the MOST power in a projectized organization?
Responda
  • The project manager
  • The functional manager
  • The team
  • They all share power

Questão 8

Questão
All of the following are characteristics of a project EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Temporary
  • Definite beginning and end
  • Interrelated activities
  • Repeats itself every month

Questão 9

Questão
All of the following are parts of the team's stakeholder management effort EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Giving stakeholders extras
  • Identifying stakeholders
  • Determining stakeholders' needs
  • Managing stakeholders' expectations

Questão 10

Questão
A manager and the head of engineering discuss a change to a major work package. After the meeting, the manager contacts you and tells you to complete the paperwork to make the change. This is an example of:
Responda
  • Management attention to scope management
  • Management planning
  • A project expediter position
  • A change control system

Questão 11

Questão
The project is in the planning process group when three stakeholders come to the project manager asking for information on the company's new project management methodology. They want to know where it came from and why it is different from the way they currently manage projects. These stakeholders are also friends of the project manager, and the entire group has worked together for years. The project is using some new terms like corrective action that are making some stakeholders nervous, as they are unsure whether the way projects will be managed is going to change along with new terms. What should the project manager do?
Responda
  • Advise the stakeholders that she will keep them in the communication loop for the project
  • Supply a list of new terms and their definitions
  • Notify the project management office (PMO)
  • Make sure she maintains her authority as the project manager even though the stakeholders are her friends

Questão 12

Questão
A project manager is managing his second project. It started one month after the first and both are ongoing. Though his first project is small, this one seems to be growing in size every day. As each day passes, the project manager is beginning to feel more and more in need of help. The project manager has recently heard that there was another project in the company last year that is similar to his second project. What should he do?
Responda
  • Contact the other project manager and ask for assistance
  • Obtain historical records and guidance from the project management office (PMO)
  • Wait to see if the project is impacted by the growth in scope
  • Make sure the scope for the project is agreed to by all the stakeholders.

Questão 13

Questão
The project life cycle differs from the product life cycle in that the project life cycle:
Responda
  • Does not incorporate a methodology
  • Is different for each industry
  • Can spawn many projects
  • Describes project management activities

Questão 14

Questão
Management by objectives works only if:
Responda
  • It is supported by management
  • The rules are written down
  • The project does not impact the objectives
  • The project includes the objectives in the project charter

Questão 15

Questão
Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as projects and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure that the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from US $100 to US $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status. How would you define this situation?
Responda
  • Because each individual order is a temporary endeavor:' each order is a project
  • This is program management since there are multiple projects involved
  • This is a recurring process
  • Orders incurring revenue over $100,000 would be considered projects and would involve project management

Questão 16

Questão
The previous project manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is a lack of management control and no clearly defined project deliverables. Which of the following would be the BEST choice for getting your project better organized?
Responda
  • Adopt a life cycle approach to the project
  • Develop lessons learned for each phase
  • Develop specific work plans for each work package
  • Develop a description of the product of the project

Questão 17

Questão
A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem?
Responda
  • They have not identified the project objectives
  • They are working on a process and not a project
  • The end date has not been set
  • They have not identified the product of the project

Questão 18

Questão
One of your team members informs you that he does not know which of the many projects he is working on is the most important. Who should determine the priorities among projects in a company?
Responda
  • The project manager
  • The project management team
  • The project management office
  • The team

Questão 19

Questão
A market demand, a business need, and/or legal requirement are examples of:
Responda
  • Reasons to hire a project manager
  • Reasons projects are initiated
  • Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders
  • Reasons to sponsor a project

Questão 20

Questão
Operational work is different from project work in that it is:
Responda
  • Unique
  • Temporary
  • On-going and repetitive.
  • A part of every project activity.

Questão 21

Questão
Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned document. Which of the following is the BEST use of lessons learned?
Responda
  • Historical records for future projects
  • Planning record for the current project
  • Informing the team about what the project manager has done
  • Informing the team about the project management plan

Questão 22

Questão
Lessons learned are BEST completed by:
Responda
  • The project manager.
  • The team.
  • The sponsor.
  • The stakeholders.

Questão 23

Questão
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
Responda
  • Be included as activities to be performed during project closure
  • Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations.
  • Not be viewed as part of a project. A project is temporary with a definite beginning and end.
  • Be viewed as a separate project.

Questão 24

Questão
What is a program?
Responda
  • An initiative set up by management
  • A means to gain benefits and control of related projects
  • A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way
  • A government regulation

Questão 25

Questão
A company is making an effort to improve its project performance and create historical records of past projects. What is the BEST way to accomplish this?
Responda
  • Create project management plans
  • Create lessons learned
  • Create network diagrams
  • Create status reports

Questão 26

Questão
In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Before the project management process
  • Planning
  • Executing

Questão 27

Questão
The project charter is created in which project management process group?
Responda
  • Executing
  • Planning
  • Closing
  • Initiating

Questão 28

Questão
The project team has just completed the initial project schedule and budget. The NEXT thing to do is:
Responda
  • Identify risks
  • Begin iterations
  • Determine communications requirements
  • Create a bar (Gantt) chart.

Questão 29

Questão
A detailed project schedule can be created only after creating the:
Responda
  • Project budget
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Project management plan
  • Detailed risk assessment

Questão 30

Questão
The person who should be in control of the project during project planning is the:
Responda
  • Project manager
  • Team member
  • Functional manager
  • Sponsor.

Questão 31

Questão
The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling

Questão 32

Questão
A project manager does not have much time to spend planning before the mandatory start date arrives. He therefore wants to move through planning as effectively as possible. Which of the following would you recommend?
Responda
  • Make sure you have a signed project charter and then start the WBS
  • Create an activity list before creating a network diagram
  • Document all the known risks before you document the high-level assumptions
  • Finalize the quality management plan before you determine quality metrics

Questão 33

Questão
The BEST time to assign a project manager to a project is during:
Responda
  • Executing
  • Closing
  • Initiating
  • Planning

Questão 34

Questão
A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the variance warrants a response, he is in what project management process?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Questão 35

Questão
A team member notifies the project manager that the activities comprising a work package are no longer appropriate. It would be BEST for the project manager to be in what part of the project management process?
Responda
  • Corrective action
  • Integrated change control
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Project closing

Questão 36

Questão
During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to judge performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered in what part of the project management process?
Responda
  • Closing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Executing
  • Initiating

Questão 37

Questão
Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate thing to do during the initiating process group?
Responda
  • Create a detailed description of the project deliverables
  • Get familiar with the company culture and structure as it relates to the project
  • Identify the root cause of problems
  • Ensure all project management processes are complete

Questão 38

Questão
Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
Responda
  • Iterative
  • Unique
  • Unnecessary
  • Standardized

Questão 39

Questão
Which project management process group normally takes the MOST project time and resources?
Responda
  • Planning
  • Design
  • Integration
  • Executing

Questão 40

Questão
All of the following must be performed during project initiating EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Identify and document business needs
  • Create a project scope statement
  • Divide large projects into phases
  • Accumulate and evaluate historical information

Questão 41

Questão
Closure includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Determining performance measures
  • Turning over the product of the project
  • Documenting the degree to which each project phase was properly closed after its completion
  • Updating the company's organizational assets

Questão 42

Questão
The work on the first phase of your project has come to an end. What should you ensure is done BEFORE beginning the next phase?
Responda
  • Verify that the resources are available for the next phase
  • Check the project's progress compared to its baselines
  • Confirm that the phase has reached its objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted
  • Recommend corrective action to bring the project results in line with project expectations

Questão 43

Questão
In which process group does the team measure and analyze the work being done on the project?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Questão 44

Questão
Which process groups must be included in every project?
Responda
  • Planning, executing, and closing
  • Initiating, planning, and executing
  • Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing
  • Planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling

Questão 45

Questão
Control Schedule, Report Performance, and Administer Procurements are parts of which process group?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Monitoring and controlling

Questão 46

Questão
Which process group focuses on completing the requirements of the project?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Executing
  • Closing

Questão 47

Questão
All of the following occur during the planning process group EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Develop Project Charter
  • Create WBS
  • Estimate Costs
  • Sequence Activities

Questão 48

Questão
The project kick-off meeting should ideally occur when?
Responda
  • After the project scope statement is completed
  • Once the scope management plan is approved
  • Before you begin creating the WBS
  • After the project charter is signed

Questão 49

Questão
In which of the following structures can managers plan and evaluate project implementation but not have any actual authority over the workers?
Responda
  • Traceability matrix
  • Strong matrix
  • Coverage matrix
  • Weak matrix

Questão 50

Questão
Which of the following is a time-phased budget that is used to measure and monitor cost performance throughout the project life cycle?
Responda
  • Cost estimating
  • Cost variance
  • Change control
  • Cost baseline

Questão 51

Questão
The ongoing definition of a project as more information becomes available to the team is called:
Responda
  • Strategic planning
  • Progressive elaboration
  • Scope validation
  • Quantitative elaboration

Questão 52

Questão
Four project managers are having lunch together and discussing their projects. Most of the time they are just complaining about how hard projects are to manage in their company. Some complain about the stakeholders and the number of changes they cause. Others talk about how hard it is to get people to cooperate and perform. One project manager wants to focus on the advantages of the matrix-type organization they all work in for their projects. Which of the following would he mention?
Responda
  • More than one boss for project teams
  • Communications are easier
  • Improved project manager control over resources
  • Reporting is easier

Questão 53

Questão
The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group are you in?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Executing
  • Planning

Questão 54

Questão
A project manager receives a change request from the customer. The change requires adding a new filtration system to the project in place of a cleaner bag. When the project manager evaluates the change, it is MOST important that she consider the impact on the:
Responda
  • Subsequent work packages
  • Communications management plan
  • All Project aspects
  • Sponsor

Questão 55

Questão
Which project management process group generally takes the MOST project time and resources?
Responda
  • Integration
  • Design
  • Planning
  • Executing

Questão 56

Questão
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in project closing?
Responda
  • Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria
  • Collect historical information from previous projects
  • Confirm all the requirements in the project have been met
  • Gain formal approval of the management plans.

Questão 57

Questão
Which of the following is NOT a Project Management Knowledge Area? A. B. C. D.
Responda
  • Project Integration Management
  • Project Procurement Management
  • Project Configuration Management
  • Project Communications Management

Questão 58

Questão
The project charter is created in which project management process group?
Responda
  • Planning
  • Initiating
  • Executing
  • Closing

Questão 59

Questão
Project management can be thought of as a start-_______-do-check-act cycle.
Responda
  • Control
  • Execute
  • Initiate
  • Plan

Questão 60

Questão
All of the following must be performed during project initiating EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Divide a large project into phases
  • Accumulate and evaluate historical information
  • Identify and document business needs
  • Create a project scope statement.

Questão 61

Questão
In which process group does authorization to start a new phase of the project occur?
Responda
  • Initiating
  • Planning
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing

Questão 62

Questão
In which process group does Close Procurements occur?
Responda
  • Closing
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Initiating
  • Planning

Questão 63

Questão
To complete the project initiating processes, a project manager needs the project charter and:
Responda
  • A scope management plan
  • A project scope statement
  • The stakeholder register
  • A work breakdown structure

Questão 64

Questão
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in the monitoring and controlling process group?
Responda
  • Implement recognition and reward systems
  • Obtain sign-off of the product of the project
  • Keep everyone focused on completing the project to the charter
  • Create work performance reports.

Questão 65

Questão
A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the variance warrants a response, he is in which part of the project management process?
Responda
  • Monitoring and controlling
  • Closing
  • Executing
  • Initiating

Questão 66

Questão
A project manager measures the project against the project management plan to determine if the project is in control. Which of the following is also done in project monitoring and controlling?
Responda
  • Validate scope
  • Manage communications
  • Implement quality assurance procedures
  • Continuous improvement

Questão 67

Questão
Which of the following BEST describes formal acceptance of a project?
Responda
  • Final payment is made
  • Final deliverables are sent to the customer
  • Substantial completion is reached
  • Customer sign-off of the product is documented

Questão 68

Questão
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in the planning process group?
Responda
  • Hold a meeting of all parties to make certain everyone is familiar with the details of the project
  • Perform Quality Assurance
  • Implement approved process improvements
  • Determine high-level stakeholders

Questão 69

Questão
Lessons learned are BEST gathered from:
Responda
  • The team
  • The project manager
  • The sponsor
  • The stakeholders.

Questão 70

Questão
Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role during project planning?
Responda
  • Creating a bar chart and getting management to approve it
  • Determining what can get in the way and how to prevent it
  • Making a list of activities the team members are required to perform
  • Managing the creation of a document that can be used to guide the project

Questão 71

Questão
While the project is being completed, management requests a change. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?
Responda
  • Tell the customer that a change will be coming
  • Comply with the request if possible.
  • Ask the team to accept the change
  • Obtain an understanding of the scope of the change.

Questão 72

Questão
All of the following are purposes of the project charter EXCEPT:
Responda
  • It gives the project manager authority
  • It identifies the project acceptance criteria
  • It identifies high-level risks and constraints
  • It establishes the project

Questão 73

Questão
In your project, you are in the process of leading and performing the work defined in the project management plan and implementing approved changes to achieve the project`s objectives. This is done during:
Responda
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Create Deliverables

Questão 74

Questão
You are preparing a document using project statement of work, business case, agreements, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. These are valid inputs for:
Responda
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Direct and Manage Project Work
  • Develop Project Charter
  • Perform Integrated Change Control

Questão 75

Questão
You are the project manager of a pharmaceutical company responsible for releasing a new drug in the market. While managing the project, you have created several documents (e.g., project management plan; risk registers and other registers; project calendars; change management documentation; etc.). All these documents should be stored in:
Responda
  • Historical information
  • Project documents
  • Project or phase closure documents
  • Configuration management system

Questão 76

Questão
The director (information systems) in your company is in the process of creating a project charter to formally authorize a new project in your company. In this context, what should be done FIRST?
Responda
  • Develop Project Management Plan
  • Assign a project manager for the project
  • Acquire Project Team
  • Integrate the work of the project with the ongoing operations of the performing organization

Questão 77

Questão
Which of the following is part of the integration management process?
Responda
  • Define Activities
  • Monitor and Control Project Work
  • Create WBS
  • Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Questão 78

Questão
What is the benefit of the closing process if the project has been terminated?
Responda
  • The benefit of the closing process is to document how much work the project manager did.
  • The benefit of the closing process is to gather lessons learned for the benefit of future projects.
  • There is no benefit to closing a project if the project has been terminated.
  • The benefit of the closing process is to get everyone together and acknowledge that the team did a good job, even though the project was terminated.

Questão 79

Questão
Adhering to legal requirements, satisfying competing needs, providing accurate and truthful representations, and disclosing conflicts of interest are all:
Responda
  • Examples of the professional and social responsibility of the project manager.
  • Examples of scope management.
  • Examples of the intellectual property requirements of subcontractors.
  • Examples of project closure activities.

Questão 80

Questão
Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role regarding project changes?
Responda
  • Prevent the addition of profit in sellers' changes.
  • Discover changes as early as possible.
  • Have the sponsor approve all changes.
  • Prevent changes that affect the project scope.

Questão 81

Questão
A software development project has been suffering through many major project changes. Because of this, the project manager has not been able to do much but complete change request forms. Which statement BEST describes the other activities the project manager should be doing?
Responda
  • Determine that a change has occurred. Notify all stakeholders affected by the change, and list all the changes in the scope management plan.
  • List all changes in the project charter, notify stakeholders affected by changes, and ensure the team signs off on all changes.
  • Determine that changes have been made and whether the changes are beneficial. List all of them in the scope management plan.
  • Determine if a change is needed. Determine whether that change is beneficial, and notify stakeholders affected by the change.

Questão 82

Questão
During the creation of lessons learned for a project, the team determines that the project would have been better if they had a change control board. Which of the following is the BEST description of what a change control board helps the team to do?
Responda
  • Create procedures
  • Formulate the change
  • Approve or reject changes
  • Create change requests

Questão 83

Questão
Who issues the project charter?
Responda
  • Project team
  • Sponsor
  • Project manager
  • Stakeholders

Questão 84

Questão
Which of the following is included in a project charter?
Responda
  • Detailed resource estimates
  • The business case for the project
  • Work package estimates
  • A risk management strategy

Questão 85

Questão
You are a project manager in a large organization that uses a matrix structure. You have been asked to investigate what organizational structures your competitors use and how the choices affect their ability to manage projects successfully. Which type of organizational structure gives the LEAST amount of authority to project managers?
Responda
  • Functional
  • Profit centers
  • Matrix
  • Projectized

Questão 86

Questão
Consideration of ongoing operations and maintenance is crucially important to products of projects. Ongoing operations and maintenance should:
Responda
  • Not be viewed as part of a project.
  • Be viewed as a separate project.
  • Have a separate phase in the project life cycle, because a large portion of life cycle costs is devoted to maintenance and operations.
  • Be included as activities to be performed during project closure.

Questão 87

Questão
In a projectized organization, the project team:
Responda
  • Reports to many bosses.
  • Has no loyalty to the project.
  • Reports to the functional manager.
  • Will not always have a "home."

Questão 88

Questão
You are working in the Project Management Office (PMO) of your organization. Your job responsibility is to:
Responda
  • Manage the operational activities in the company
  • Manage human resource and risk management issues for individual projects
  • Provide support functions to project managers in the form of training, providing software,standardizing policies, etc.
  • Provide subject matter expertise in the functional areas of the project

Questão 89

Questão
An organization is going through an evolutionary phase of restructuring the way it does projects. In a shift from a weak matrix organization to a strong matrix organization, the power is shifted from the:
Responda
  • Project manager to the functional manager.
  • Functional manager to the project manager.
  • Functional manager to the sponsor.
  • Expediter to the coordinator.

Questão 90

Questão
Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
Responda
  • Unique
  • Unnecessary
  • Repeated
  • Standardized

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