Project Management Professional (PMP) - Online Sample Test for Certification exam Preparation

1. Which of the following project quality management process is within the executing process group?

a. Perform quality control

b. Quality planning

c. None of the choices are correct

d. Perform quality assurance

2. Which of the following statements regarding the project charter is FALSE?

a. The project charter grants authority to the project manager to initiate the project

b. The project charter describes the business needs for the project, such as marketing demand, legal requirements, technological advances.

c. The project charter provides the project manager with functional power over personnel

d. The project charter should not be directly published by the project manager.

3. All of the following are another terms of bidder conferences EXCEPT:

a. Pre-bid conferences

b. Vendor conferences

c. Screening conferences

d. Contractor conferences

4. Which of the following LEAST likely describes a weighting system used in the Select Sellers process?

a. Select a single seller that will be asked to sign the contract

b. Ensure that prospective sellers have a clear understanding of the requirements

c. Rank sellers based on seller�s past performance and quality

d. Rank all proposals by weighed evaluation scores

5. Which of the following statements are FALSE regarding the process improvement plan?

a. The process improvement plan is an input to the perform quality assurance process

b. The process improvement plan is an output to the perform quality control process

c. The process improvement plan describes the steps to examine processes for waste and non-value added activities

d. The process improvement plan is a subsidiary of the project management plan

6. The contract management plan is an output of which process?

a. Plan contracting

b. Request sellers

c. Plan purchases and acquisitions

d. Select sellers

7. You are the project manger at an advertising firm that specializes in marketing and promotional campaign for athletic shoes. Your company frequently uses sports celebrities as part of the marketing and advertising campaigns. Advertising that uses celebrities to influence consumer�s purchasing decisions is an example of what type of power?

a. Referent power

b. Exert power

c. Legitimate power

d. Coercive power

8. You are the project manager at a construction company. Your company is in the process of developing a 500-unit apartment complex. Your company has subcontracted all the electrical wiring of the building to XYZ Electrical. The subcontractor�s work involved wiring the building for electrical power, as well as cable and Internet/Ethernet wiring. The subcontractor has just completed the work, and you are in process of inspecting his work.
However, you�ve just discovered that the subcontractor forgot to install the Cat-5 Ethernet/Internet cabling throughout the building. The subcontractor�s performance did not meeting the contractor requirements. Which of the following statements are true?

a. You are in the quality assurance process, and performed a quality audit of the contractor�s work

b. You are in the contract administration process, and performed a contract audit to verify the contractor�s work

c. You are in the contract administration process, and performed a variance analysis to verify the completeness of the contractor�s work

d. You are in the scope verification process, and performed a quality audit of the contractor�s work

9. Which of the following types of contracts requires the greatest amount of time to monitor and audit?

a. T&M;

b. Fixed price

c. CPFF

d. FPIF

10. Which of the following techniques do project manager used most often to resolve conflicts?

a. Withdrawal

b. Smoothing