PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION IIBM EXAM ANSWER

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION IIBM EXAM ANSWER

Project Management Certification

1. A ________________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or

result.

a) Program

b) Process

c) Project

d) Portfolio

Ans: C Project

2. Which of the following is not a potential advantage of using good project management?

a) Shorter development times

b) Higher worker morale

c) Lower cost of capital

d) Higher profit margins

Ans: C. Lower Cost of Capital

3. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project?

a) Projects are unique

b) Projects are developed using progressive elaboration

c) Projects have a primary customer or sponsor

d) Projects involve little uncertainty

Ans: D. Project involve little uncertainty

4. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management?

a) Meeting scope goals

b) Meeting time goals

c) Meeting communications goals

d) Meeting cost goals

Ans: C. Meeting Communication Goals

5. The first stage of any project is

a) Proposal

b) Conceptualization

c) Implementation

d) Management

Ans: B. Conceptualization

6. __________________ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project

activities to meet project requirements.

a) Project management

b) Program management

c) Project portfolio management

d) Requirements management

Ans: A. Project Management

7. Project portfolio management addresses ____________________ goals of an organization, whileproject management addresses _________________ goals.

a) Strategic, tactical

b) Tactical, strategic

c) Internal, external

d) External, internal

Ans: A. Strategic, Tactical

8. Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be

managed as part of a

a) Portfolio

b) Program

c) Investment

d) Collaborative

Ans: B. Program

9. Which of the following is not one of the top ten skills or competencies of an effective project

manager?

a) People skills

b) Leadership

c) Integrity

d) Technical skills

Ans: D. Technical Skills

10. What is the certification program called that the Project Management Institute provides?

a) Microsoft Certified Project Manager (MCPM)

b) Project Manager Professional (PMP)

c) Project Management Expert (PME)

d) Project Management Mentor (PMM)

Ans: B. Project manager professional (PMP)

11. A _________________ is a series of actions directed towards a particular result.

a) Goal

b) Process

c) Plan

d) Project

Ans: B. Process

12. ____________________ Processes include coordinating people and other resource to carry out the project plans and produce the products, service, or results of the project or phase.

a) Initiating

b) Planning

c) Executing

d) Monitoring & controlling

Ans: C. Executing

13. Which process group normally requires the most resources and time?

a) Initiating

b) Planning

c) Executing

d) Monitoring and controlling

Ans: C. Executing

14. A work breakdown structure, project schedule, and cost estimates are outputs of the process.

a) Initiating

b) Planning

c) Executing

d) Monitoring and controlling

Ans: B. Planning

15. Which process group includes activities from each of the nine knowledge areas?

a) Initiating

b) Planning

c) Executing

d) Monitoring and controlling

Ans: D. Monitoring and Controlling

16. Project management as a profession is almost unique in having institutions concerned with its development who promote what they term their

a) Body of language

b) Body of knowledge

c) Strategy

d) Work

Ans: B. Body of knowledge

17. Initiating involves developing a project charter and preliminary project scope statement, which are part of the project _____________________ management knowledge.

a) Integration

b) Scope

c) Communications

d) Risk

Ans: A. Integration

18. A ________________ describes how things should be done, and different organizations often have different ways of doing things.

a) Regulation

b) Process

c) Standard

d) Methodology

Ans: D. Methodology

19. ___________________ involves measuring progress toward project objectives and talking

corrective actions.

a) Initiating

b) Planning

c) Executing

d) Monitoring and controlling

Ans: D. Monitoring and controlling

20. What type of report do project teams create to reflect on what went right with the project?

a) Lessons – learned report

b) Status report

c) Final project report

d) Business case

Ans: A. Lessons-learned report

21. Project manager is responsible for

a) Overseeing change

b) Cross functional activities

c) Ever changing set of tasks

d) All above

Ans: D. All above

22. Many people use ________________ to have a standard format for preparing various project management documents.

a) Methodologies

b) Templates

c) Project management software

d) Standards

Ans: B. Templates