PMI-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A temporary endeavor that creates a unique product or service is called a:

A. Project

B. Plan

C. Program

D. Portfolio

An input to the Identify Stakeholders process is:

A. The project management plan.

B. The stakeholder register.

C. Procurement documents.

D. Stakeholder analysis.

Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of:

A. Reviewing, approving, and managing all change requests

B. Facilitating change management, manuals, or automation tools

C. Comparing actual results with planned results in order to expand or change a project

D. Documenting changes according to the change control system by the change control board

Which type of analysis is used to determine the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance?

A. Schedule network analysis

B. Reserve analysis

C. Alternative analysis

D. Variance analysis

At the start of a typical project life cycle, costs are:

A. low, peak as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end.

B. low, become steady as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end.

C. high, drop as work is carried out, and increase as the project nears the end.

D. high, become low as work is carried out, and drop as the project nears the end.

A project team member agrees to change a project deliverable after a conversation with an external stakeholder. It is later discovered that the change has had an adverse effect on another deliverable. This could have been avoided if the project team had implemented:

A. Quality assurance.

B. A stakeholder management plan.

C. Project team building.

D. Integrated change control.

The progressive detailing of the project management plan is called:

A. expert judgment.

B. rolling wave planning.

C. work performance information.

D. specification.

The project budget is set at $150,000. The project duration is planned to be one year. At the completion of Week 16 of the project, the following information is collected: Actual cost = $50,000, Plan cost = $45,000, Earned value = $40,000. What is the cost performance index?

A. 0.8

B. 0.89

C. 1.13

D. 1.25

For any given project, the project manager, in collaboration with the project team, is responsible for:

A. Applying knowledge, skills, and processes uniformly.

B. Informing the project sponsor about which processes are going to be used.

C. Tailoring the processes to fit the abilities of the organization.

D. Determining which particular processes are appropriate.

Which of the following tools and techniques is used to estimate cost?

A. Budget forecast

B. Variance analysis

C. Activity cost estimate

D. Three-point estimate