ALL Questions published on Thursday, 16th. Nov. by Engr.

Samir Swelam

1. A scope model that shows a process/ system inputs, outputs and interaction with people and other
systems is defined as:
A. Mind mapping
B. Context diagram
C. Affinity diagram
D. Control chart
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2. Risks appear as a result of a risk response are named as:

1. Secondary risks
2. Residual risks
3. Noncritical risks
4. Watch list

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3. In your project, you planned to buy extra material to account for any damage that could happen
during execution. Which of the following was your strategy?
A. Avoidance
B. Acceptance
C. Mitigation
D. Transfer
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4. The best approach to be planned, when a team member informs that a benefit will be obtained
without impacting time and/or cost, if an action or item chosen is:
A. Accept
B. Exploit
C. Share
D. Avoid
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5. An accepted risk occurred. Which of the following includes potential responses?

A. Workaround, change request, and issue log update.
B. Probability and impact matrix, risk probability and impact assessment and risk register update.
C. Contingency plan, fallback plan, issue log update, contingency reserves review and change request.
D. Contingency reserves review, workaround, fall back plan and change request.
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6. Insurance is an example of:

1. Risk transfer
2. Risk acceptance
3. Risk avoidance
4. Risk sharing
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 7. Prototype is an example of:
1. Risk transfer
2. Risk acceptance
3. Risk avoidance
4. Risk mitigation
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8. After conducting Kick-off meeting. What is the next phase?

A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Initiating
D. Closing
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9. Adopting less complex processes and choosing more stable suppliers are examples of:
A. Risk transfer
B. Risk avoidance
C. Risk mitigation
D. Risk acceptance.
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10. Risks remain after risk response planning are named as:
1. Secondary risks
2. Residual risks
3. Noncritical risks
4. Watch list
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11. Which of the following is not an example of Enterprise Environmental Factor?

(a) Rules and Regulations
(b) Organization Culture
(c) Procedures
(d) Market condition
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12. Many factors affecting your project product. You want to inspect if there is synergy between these
factors or not. What will you use?
1. Ishikawa Diagram
2. Check sheets
3. Design of experiments
4. Cost benefit analysis
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13. Which of the following is not a component of the Scope Baseline?

(a) Project Scope Statement
(b) WBS
(c) WBS Dictionary
(d) Risk Register
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 14. In order to facilitate project closure, you as a project manager should:
A. Obtain final acceptance from relevant stakeholders.
B. Transfer the ownership of deliverables to assigned stakeholders.
C. Obtain financial, legal, and administrative closure.
D. Prepare and share closure report.
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15. Kick-off meeting conducted during:

A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Initiating
D. Closing
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16. A task in your project SPI was calculated to be found 0.68 after review you found out that it was
under estimated, so more resources will be required for schedule compression. What should you do
next?
A. Recommend corrective action
B. Write a change request to the CCB
C. Meet the team and assess the impact.
D. Seek Sponsor direction
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17. In order to receive continued support and manage expectations, you as a project manager should:
A. Follow communication plan to manage the flow of information
B. Follow stakeholder management plan to maintain stakeholder relationships.
C. Identify key deliverables
D. Perform stakeholder analysis
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18. Which of the following is a project constraint?

A. Twenty-five percent staff turnover is expected.
B. The technology to be used is cutting-edge.
C. Project leadership may change due to volatile political environment.
D. The product is needed in 250 days.
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19. The issue log reviewed and updated in order to
A. Minimize impact of risks
B. Minimize the impact on the project
C. Enable continuous improvement
D. Meet project requirements
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20. The degree, amount, or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand is called risk:
A. appetite
B. tolerance
C. threshold
D. management
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 21. The issue log reviewed and updated during:
A. Planning
B. Monitoring and controlling
C. Executing
D. Closing
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22. Many of the organization departments are involved in your project. You want to quickly gather their
requirements to achieve consensus towards the product requirements. Which of the following is
most appropriate?
A. Through face-to-face meeting with each department head, gather requirements.
B. Sending an e mail with a questionnaire attached for all departments.
C. Gathering information through a workshop to discover issues early and achieve mutual agreement.
D. Send an internal memo to each department asking for their requirements.
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23. Which of the following are parts of group creativity techniques?

1. Focus group
2. Observation
3. Affinity diagram and brainstorming
4. Context diagram
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24. After allocation of the risks to the work packages, you found out that work package A has many
risks associated with it, so that you are going to remove this work package from the project scope.
What strategy did you plan?
A. Acceptance
B. Mitigation
C. Avoidance
D. Sharing
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25. The major objective of monitoring and controlling is to:

A. Measure project performance to identify and quantify any variances and corrective actions
B. Manage changes
C. Monitor risks
D. Document lessons learned
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26. During kick-off meeting, who explains the implementation strategy?

A. Project manager
B. Sponsor
C. Customer
D. PMO
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 27. By leading and developing project team, the project manager manage task execution following the
project plan in order to:
A. Establish and define detailed deliverables
B. Identify key deliverables
C. Achieve and complete project deliverables
D. Meet stakeholders’ expectations
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28. You want to prioritize data, therefore you will use:

A. Nominal group technique
B. Affinity diagram
C. Facilitated workshops
D. Context diagram
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29. The management plan that used to ensure the project goals remain aligned with the business needs
is:
A. Scope management plan
B. Stakeholder management plan
C. Change management plan
D. Communication management plan
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30. The benefit of lessons learned documentation is to:

A. Enable future improvements
B. Highlight high performance members
C. Record customer feedback
D. highlight people who did mistakes.
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31. The ownership of deliverables transferred to:

A. Sponsor
B. Customer
C. Assigned stakeholders
D. Marketing
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32. Feedback obtained and collected at closing in order to:

1. Finalize lessons learned
2. Evaluate stakeholder’s satisfaction
3. Update company policies
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33. In order to ensure project stakeholders are in agreement of the project charter elements. As a
project manager what should you do?
A. Participate in the preparation of the project charter
B. Inform stakeholders of the approved project charter
C. Obtain sponsor approval for the project charter.
D. Perform stakeholder analysis
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 34. In order to ensure common stakeholders understanding of the key deliverables, milestones and
stakeholders roles and responsibilities. As a project manager what should you do?
A. Participate in the preparation of the project charter
B. Inform stakeholders of the approved project charter
C. Obtain sponsor approval for the project charter.
D. Perform stakeholder analysis
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35. To propose an implementation strategy, what should you do?

A. Perform project assessment.
B. Identify high level risks, constraints, and assumptions.
C. perform stakeholder analysis
D. Conduct benefit analysis
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36. What is the major objective of kick-off meeting?

A. Engage stakeholders and gain commitment
B. Inform stakeholder of the project objectives
C. Effectively manage stakeholder expectations.
D. Obtain approval of the project plan
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37. To validate the project alignment with the organizational strategy and expected business case, what
should you do?
A. Perform stakeholder analysis
B. Conduct benefit analysis
C. Participate in the preparation of the project charter.
D. Perform project assessment.
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38. In order to communicate formal project closure and ensure transfer of liability, you as a project
manager should:
A. Obtain final acceptance from relevant stakeholders.
B. Transfer the ownership of deliverables to assigned stakeholders.
C. Obtain financial, legal, and administrative closure.
D. Prepare and share closure report.
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39. Project documents and materials are archived at closing in order to:
A. Be used in future projects or in future audits
B. Communicate project performance.
C. Collect feedback from stakeholders.
D. Communicate formal closure.
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 40. In order to confirm the project scope and deliverables were achieved, you as a project manager
should:
A. Obtain final acceptance from relevant stakeholders.
B. Transfer the ownership of deliverables to assigned stakeholders.
C. Obtain financial, legal, and administrative closure.
D. Prepare and share closure report.
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41. The benefit of a project manager prepare and share project final report at closing is:
1. Document and convey project performance.
2. Assist in project evaluation.
3. 1&2
4. Ensure transfer of liability.
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42. 2 members having discussion regarding an idea. Each one has different perspective. You as the
project manager did not participate as you know it is normal in the current stage.
In What stage is your team?
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
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43. The project manager should prepare and share project final report at closing to convey project
performance. Who will receive closure report
1. All stakeholders
2. As per the guidelines in the communication management plan
3. Key stakeholders.
4. Project team
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44. In order to keep stakeholders engaged and informed, you as a project manager should:
A. Follow communication plan to manage the flow of information
B. Follow stakeholder management plan to maintain stakeholder relationships.
C. Identify key deliverables
D. Perform stakeholder analysis
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45. Following risk management plan the project manager implement risk responses in order to:
1. Minimize threats impact and maximize opportunities impact.
2. Meet project requirements
3. Align expectations
4. Achieve deliverables
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 46. To manage customer expectation an direct the achievement of goals, as a project manager you
should:
A. Conduct benefit analysis
B. Identify key deliverables
C. Perform stakeholder analysis
D. Prepare communication management plan.
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47. Based on the project charter, lessons learned and using requirements gathering techniques, the
project manager and stakeholders review and assess detailed project requirements, assumptions
and constraints in order to:
A. Propose implementation strategy
B. Establish detailed project deliverables
C. Identify key deliverables
D. Define and manage project scope.
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48. Your project team informed you that an uncertain event may slightly impact the project schedule,
you answered the team; it is not critical, if occurred, record it in the issue log. Which strategy did
you planned?
A. Mitigation
B. Avoidance
C. Passive acceptance
D. Active acceptance
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49. Cost and schedule forecasts are given. You want to quickly identify and quantify changes to meet
performance requirements. Which from the following will you do first?
A. Integrated change control.
B. Monitor and control project work
C. Direct and manage project work
D. Manage project team
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50. You got information that your project will be terminated. What should you do next?
A. Collect lessons learned then archive project documents.
B. Document reasons for termination and measure extent of completion then put the plan for transferring
finished and unfinished deliverables.
C. Obtain financial and legal closure.
D. Prepare closure report.
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51. Project resources acquired and managed based on:

A. Human resources management plan
B. Procurement management plan
C. Both human resources management plan and procurement management plan
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 52. As the procurement statement of work was not precise, a conflict occurred and the execution phase
did not started. 2 days ago Contractor, your company procurement manager, and relevant
stakeholders met and mutual agreement achieved to only increase the contract price 15% more. As
the project manager, what should you do next?
A. As the conflict has been resolved, start the execution phase.
B. Meet your project team to assess the impact.
C. Issue a change request to the change control board.
D. Seek senior management direction.
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53. Which of the following helps achieve common understanding among all prospective sellers?
A. Independent estimates
B. Bidder conference
C. Procurement negotiations
D. Proposal evaluation
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54. Senior management requested to complete your project within only 5 months. However the original
duration was 14 months. As a project manager you know that analysis is of high importance to be
performed first to convince key stakeholders if an option is applicable or not. So you need to
calculate the probability of ending the project within the requested 5 months. Which of the following
will you use?
1. Critical path method
2. Risk qualitative analysis.
3. Monte Carlo
4. What-if-scenario analysis
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55. Which of the following are all Enterprise environmental factors?

A- Organizational culture, Marketplace conditions, political climate, and organizational communication
requirements.
B- Personnel administration, stakeholders risk tolerance, templates, and work instructions.
C- Industry standards, project management information system, organization established communication channels, and
lessons learned
D- Infrastructure, existing human resources, company work authorization systems, and commercial databases.
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56. The benefit of a project manager reviews, updates the project issue log with the team and
determines corrective action is:
A. Complying with customer requirements.
B. Minimization of the impact on the project.
C. Verification of meeting stakeholders expectations
D. maintaining the project goals aligned with the company’s strategy.
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 57. You manage a contract in your project. You want to verify compliance of seller deliverables. What
should you do?
1. Procurement audit
2. Inspection and audit
3. Procurement performance review
4. Procurement negotiations
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58. The prospective sellers replied for your RFB. All relevant stakeholders choosed the lowest price
which is $ 1500,000. In this context what is the contract type?
1. Time and material
2. Firm Fixed Price
3. Cost plus fixed fee
4. Cost plus award fee.
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59. A seller requested an advance payment before signing the contract. What will you refer to?
1. Company policies and procedures
2. Procurement management plan
3. Contract
4. Source selection criteria
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60. You want to close the project, the contract and keep records. What will you use?
1. Procurement audit
2. Record management system
3. Procurement negotiations
4. Bidders’ conference
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61. After identifying risks, you want to focus only on the main risks, you will use:
1. Cause and effect diagram
2. Checklist analysis
3. Probability and impact matrix
4. Brainstorming
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62. As of the current schedule delays in your project, you met the team to identify alternatives to
compress the schedule, but unfortunately you found no any option applicable. What is the best
course of action?
A. Seek sponsor approval for time extension
B. De-scope some activities to decrease duration
C. Cut quality to compress the schedule
D. Do nothing, you did all your best.
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63. The risk with the highest impact on the project identified through using:
1. Tornado diagram
2. Decision tree
3. Risk categorization
4. Document analysis
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 64. A dispute with the supplier has not been resolved by negotiation. What is the best next step?
1. Arbitration
2. Litigation
3. Mediation
4. Integration
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65. You want to generate and organize data, therefore you will use:
A. Nominal group technique
B. Affinity diagram
C. Facilitated workshops
D. Context diagram
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66. A new team assigned to identify your project risks. The appropriate tool to be used in this scenario
is:
1. Checklist analysis
2. Cause and effect diagram
3. Probability and impact matrix
4. Control chart.
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67. Evaluating the effectiveness of risk risk responses and risk management is:
1. Risk audit
2. Risk assessment
3. Risk reassessment
4. Risk planning
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68. The seller in your project informed he became not able to complete the remaining work. What should
have been done differently to prevent this scenario?
1. Procurement performance review
2. Procurement negotiations
3. More strict selection criteria
4. Procurement audit
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69. As of poor performance of supplier A who was not expected. A workaround created to replace him
by supplier B. The change control board approved the change and supplier B successfully finished
the works. You are the buyer project manager. Now all deliverables met and all the seller scope of
work completed accepted and transferred. What should you do next?
1. Validate scope of supplier B against scope baseline.
2. Facilitate project closure.
3. Review procurement statement of work
4. Perform stakeholder analysis.
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70. Your team wants to review the project seller deliverables. They need to refer to quality
specifications. They will refer to:
1. Contract
2. Statement of work
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 3. Procurement documents
4. Proposals.
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71. Allocation of contingency reserves for a risk in a project is an example of:

A. Avoidance
B. Mitigation
C. Transfer
D. Acceptance
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72. Closing outdated risks, defining new risks and inspecting current risks status is:
1. Risk audit
2. Risk assessment
3. Risk reassessment
4. Risk avoidance
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73. The first action to do when an accepted risk occurs is :

1. Update risk register
2. Review contingency reserves
3. Implement contingency plan
4. Update project management plan
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74. Which of the following are part of group creativity techniques?

1. Focus group
2. Observation
3. Affinity diagram and brainstorming
4. Context diagram
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75. You have been given $100,000 USD to complete the project. $60,000 USD has been spent, though as
per the schedule, $55,000 USD should have been spent to complete the same work. What is the
Actual Cost (AC)?
(a) $55,000 USD
(b) $100,000 USD
(c) $60,000 USD
(d) $105,000 USD
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76. You manage a very important project in your organization, the project timeline is very tight and you
expect cost overruns. Which of the following will BEST help you know potential cost overrun to
recommend preventive actions?
A) Expert judgement
B) Reserve analysis
C) Forecasting
D) Analogous estimating

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 77. While executing the project. Kanban & Six Sigma were used to analyze a process and determine
whether it is effective, efficient or the process requires improvement. What does the situation
describe?
A. Plan quality
B. Quality audit
C. Control quality
D. Process improvement plan.

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78. Your project will be terminated. And the contract you already signed with an external supplier
requires an early termination as a result of the project cancellation. What should you do first?
1. Instruct the supplier not to deliver any material
2. Consult the termination clause to confirm the rights and responsibilities of buyer and seller in this
scenario.
3. Seek sponsor direction
4. Follow close procurement process.

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79. Which of the following identify and analyse risks?

1. Expert judgement
2. Cause and effect diagram
3. Probability and impact matrix
4. Tornado diagram.

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80. The seller in your project reported a schedule delays and low quality level. What should you do
next?
1. Procurement audit
2. Procurement performance review
3. Procurement negotiations
4. Change request.

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