APM APM-PFQ Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APM APM-PFQ Online Questions & Answers

• Question 291:

  Which of the following is a difference between deployment baselines in linear life cycles and iterative life cycles?

  A. Linear project life cycles set the deployment baseline for the whole project.
  B. In an iterative project life cycle the scope and quality are fixed in the deployment baseline.
  C. Only deployment baselines in iterative life cycles have an integrated baseline review.
  D. Only deployment baselines in linear life cycles have an integrated baseline review
  A. Linear project life cycles set the deployment baseline for the whole project.

• Question 292:

  Which one of the following is NOT typically associated with a project's context?

  A. The issues and areas that matter to stakeholders.
  B. Technical, social or political considerations.
  C. The environment in which the project is being carried out.
  D. The sequence and dependencies of activities.
  D. The sequence and dependencies of activities.

• Question 293:

  A portfolio can best be defined as:

  A. A group of projects and programmes carried out within an organisation.
  B. A group of programmes carried out under the sponsorship of an organisation.
  C. A group of projects carried out under the sponsorship of an organisation.
  D. A range of products and services offered by an organisation.
  A. A group of projects and programmes carried out within an organisation.

• Question 294:

  Which of the following statements about estimating is true?

  A. Post project reviews are a prime source of estimating data.
  B. An estimated cost for a project must be 10 per cent to be any use
  C. If you cannot estimate task durations to within 20 per cent there is no point in developing a schedule.
  D. The project manager should always add 10 cent to peoples duration estimates to allow for natural optimism
  A. Post project reviews are a prime source of estimating data.

• Question 295:

  Which one of the following is NOT a function of leadership?

  A. Reinforcing positive relationships.
  B. Inspiring the individual.
  C. Maintaining constant tight control.
  D. Promoting the project vision.
  C. Maintaining constant tight control.

• Question 296:

  What is likely to be a benefit to a project of having a communication plan?

  A. The project is more likely to finish on time.
  B. There will be greater adherence to the organisation's governance and standards.
  C. The project will be less susceptible to uncontrolled change.
  D. There will be more focus on what benefits the project will be delivering.
  B. There will be greater adherence to the organisation's governance and standards.

• Question 297:

  At which stage, in the Tuckman team development model, are team members clear and comfortable with their roles and responsibilities, and the project manager starts to see signs of the team working together?

  A. Storming.
  B. Forming.
  C. Norming.
  D. Performing
  C. Norming.

• Question 298:

  An extended project life cycle can be defined as:

  A. an approach that adds operational and termination phases to a linear life cycle.
  B. an approach that adds adoption and benefits realisation phases to a linear life cycle.
  C. a framework for conducting a cost-benefit analysis once a project has closed.
  D. a framework for ensuring the re-deployment of assets post project.
  B. an approach that adds adoption and benefits realisation phases to a linear life cycle.

• Question 299:

  Which one of the following statements best defines an estimate?

  A. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined throughout the project life cycle.
  B. A prediction of a future condition or event based on information or knowledge available now.
  C. The value of useful work done at any given point in a project to give a measure of progress.
  D. A situation that affects or influences the outcome of the project expressed in time or cost term
  A. An approximation of project time and cost targets, refined throughout the project life cycle.

• Question 300:

  How is 'quality' best defined?

  A. The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.
  B. The fitness for purpose or the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process or the process itself to requirements.
  C. discipline for ensuring the outputs, benefits and the processes by which they are delivered meet stakeholder requirements and are fit for purpose.
  D. The satisfaction of stakeholder needs measured by the success criteria as identified and agreed at the start of the project.
  B. The fitness for purpose or the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process or the process itself to requirements.