PMI CAPM PMI-100 Questions & Answers

• Question 271:

  An output of Control Schedule is:

  A. A project schedule network diagram

  B. A schedule management plan

  C. Schedule data

  D. Schedule forecasts

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation:

  Process: 6.7 Control Schedule Definition: Control Schedule is the process of monitoring the status of project activities to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline to achieve the plan. Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it provides the means to recognize deviation from the plan and take corrective and preventive actions and thus minimize risk.

  Inputs

  1.

  Project management plan

  2.

  Project schedule

  3.

  Work performance data

  4.

  Project calendars

  5.

  Schedule data

  6.

  Organizational process assets

  Tools and Techniques

  1.

  Performance reviews

  2.

  Project management software

  3.

  Resource optimization techniques

  4.

  Modeling techniques

  5.

  Leads and lags

  6.

  Schedule compression

  7.

  Scheduling tool

  Outputs

  1.

  Work performance information

  2.

  Schedule forecasts

  3.

  Change requests

  4.

  Project management plan updates

  5.

  Project documents updates

  6.

  Organizational process assets updates

• Question 272:

  The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables is known as:

  A. Validate Scope.

  B. Close Project or Phase.

  C. Control Quality.

  D. Verify Scope.

  Correct Answer: A

  Explanation:

  Process: 5.5 Validate Scope

  Definition: The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables.

  Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it brings objectivity to the acceptance process and

  increases the chance of final product, service, or result acceptance by validating each deliverable.

  Inputs

  1.

  Project management plan

  2.

  Requirements documentation

  3.

  Requirements traceability matrix

  4.

  Verified deliverables

  5.

  Work performance data

  Tools and Techniques

  1.

  Inspection

  2.

  Group decision-making techniques

  Outputs

  1.

  Accepted deliverables

  2.

  Change requests

  3.

  Work performance information

  4.

  Project documents updates

• Question 273:

  Which component of the human resource management plan describes when and how project team members are acquired and how long they will be needed?

  A. Resource breakdown structure

  B. Staffing management plan

  C. Project organizational chart

  D. Scope management plan

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation: Staffing management plan. The staffing management plan is a component of the human resourcemanagement plan that describes when and how project team members will be acquired and how

  long they will be needed. It describes how human resource requirements will be met. The staffing management plan can be formal or informal, highly detailed, or broadly framed, depending upon the needs of the project. The plan is updated continually during the project to direct ongoing team member acquisition and development actions.

• Question 274:

  The creation of an internet site to engage stakeholders on a project is an example of which type of communication?

  A. Push

  B. Pull

  C. Interactive

  D. Iterative

  Correct Answer: B

  Explanation:

  10.1.2.4 Communication Methods

  There are several communication methods that are used to share information among project stakeholders. These methods are broadly classifed as follows:

  Interactive communication. Between two or more parties performing a multidirectional exchange of information. It is the most effcient way to ensure a common understanding by all participants on specified topics, and includes meetings, phone calls, instant messaging, video conferencing, etc.

  Push communication. Sent to specific recipients who need to receive the information. This ensures that the information is distributed but does not ensure that it actually reached or was understood by the intended audience. Push communications include letters, memos, reports, emails, faxes, voice mails, blogs, press releases, etc.

  Pull communication. Used for very large volumes of information, or for very large audiences, and requires the recipients to access the communication content at their own discretion. These methods include intranet sites, e-learning, lessons learned databases, knowledge repositories, etc. The choices of communication methods that are used for a project may need to be discussed and agreed upon by the project stakeholders based on communication requirements; cost and time constraints; and familiarity and availability of the required tools and resources that may be applicable to the communications process.

• Question 275:

  The links between the processes in the Process Groups are often:

  A. Intuitive

  B. Iterative

  C. Measured

  D. Monitored

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 276:

  The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified: A. objectives

  B. schedule

  C. product

  D. approach

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 277:

  The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:

  A. Plan Procurements.

  B. Control Procurements.

  C. Close Procurements.

  D. Conduct Procurements.

  Correct Answer: C

  Explanation:

  Process: 12.4 Close Procurements Definition: The process of completing each project procurement. Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it documents agreements and related documentation for future reference. Inputs

  1.

  Project management plan

  2.

  Procurement documents

  Tools and Techniques

  1.

  Procurement audits

  2.

  Procurement negotiations

  3.

  Records management system

  Outputs

  1.

  Closed procurements

  2.

  Organizational process assets updates

• Question 278:

  Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?

  A. Coaching

  B. Avoidance

  C. Consensus

  D. Influencing

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 279:

  Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?

  A. Estimate Costs

  B. Plan Cost Management

  C. Determine Budget

  D. Control Costs

  Correct Answer: D

  Explanation:

  7.4.3.2 Cost Forecasts

  Either a calculated EAC value or a bottom-up EAC value is documented and communicated to stakeholders.

  4.4.1.5 Work Performance Information

  Work performance information is the performance data collected from various controlling processes, analyzed in context, and integrated based on relationships across areas. Thus work performance data has been transformed into work performance information. Data in itself cannot be used in the decision-making process as it has only out-of-context meaning. Work performance information, however, is correlated and contextualized, and provides a sound foundation for project decisions. Work performance information is circulated through communication processes. Examples of performance information are status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete.

  Process: 7.4 Control Costs Definition: The process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and managing changes to the cost baseline. Key Benefit: The key benefit of this process is that it determines the cost baseline against which project performance can be monitored and controlled.

  Inputs

  1.

  Project management plan

  2.

  Project funding requirements

  3.

  Work performance data

  4.

  Organizational process assets

  Tools and Techniques

  1.

  Earned value management

  2.

  Forecasting

  3.

  To-complete performance index (TCPI)

  4.

  Performance reviews

  5.

  Project management software

  6.

  Reserve analysis

  Outputs

  1.

  Work performance information

  2.

  Cost forecasts

  3.

  Change requests

  4.

  Project management plan updates

  5.

  Project documents updates

  6.

  Organizational process assets updates

• Question 280:

  The most commonly used type of precedence relationship in the precedence diagramming method (PDM) is:

  A. start-to-start (SS)

  B. start-to-finish (SF)

  C. finish-to-start (FS)

  D. finish-to-finish (FF)

  Correct Answer: C