APM APM-PFQ Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APM APM-PFQ Online Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  Which of the following statements about the business case is true?

  A. The business case should always be referred to throughout the project
  B. The business case once written will never change.
  C. The business case becomes the project manager's responsibility, once the project is in the implementation phase.
  D. The business case contains key information on how the project will be performed.
  A. The business case should always be referred to throughout the project

• Question 32:

  The phases of a project life cycle are:

  A. starting, planning, control and closing.
  B. concept, definition, development, handover and closure.
  C. initiation, definition, planning, monitoring and operations.
  D. concept, definition, implementation and operations.
  B. concept, definition, development, handover and closure.

• Question 33:

  Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used for measuring how a project is progressing towards success and are monitored by project managers:

  A. at the post-project review.
  B. not more frequently than monthly.
  C. throughout the project.
  D. only when assessing project risk.
  C. throughout the project.

• Question 34:

  During the consideration of when and how the development of the project management plan should take place, the objectives of carrying out such an exercise can often appear to be uncertain. As a recommendation, the project management plan should be:

  A. assembled when all information is available.
  B. developed iteratively throughout the early stages of the project.
  C. completed in detail before the project is authorised.
  D. free from detailed schedule information.
  B. developed iteratively throughout the early stages of the project.

• Question 35:

  What would be the effect if the resources required for a project's critical path activities were insufficient?

  A. It would reduce the project duration.
  B. It would extend the project duration.
  C. The quality of the deliverables would suffer.
  D. Resource smoothing should be applied to the critical path.
  B. It would extend the project duration.

• Question 36:

  What action can lead to more consistent communication in the project?

  A. Only transmitting information that stakeholders have requested, ensuring that any excess information is kept to a minimum.
  B. Communication is carried out en-masse ensuring that all stakeholders get all information.
  C. Communication is planned in advance and all messages delivered use the approved framework.
  D. Communicating information on a one-way basis reducing the need for stakeholders to waste their time providing feedback
  C. Communication is planned in advance and all messages delivered use the approved framework.

• Question 37:

  For successful risk identification to take place what must the project team know as a minimum?

  A. Skills of the team delivering the project.
  B. Project objectives.
  C. Amount of time allowed for risk identification to take place.
  D. Location of the venue Where risk identification Will take place
  B. Project objectives.

• Question 38:

  Why is environmental analysis the most important analysis for an organisation to undertake?

  A. It allows the detailed execution plans, to be defined, that are likely to be developed in order to deliver the project.
  B. It is the only way in which the scope of the project can be identified and detailed in plans.
  C. It identifies the problems, opportunities or business needs which may require some degree of response.
  D. It is the only form of detailed planning that can be carried out in the earliest phases of the project life cycle.
  C. It identifies the problems, opportunities or business needs which may require some degree of response.

• Question 39:

  A key aspect of managing a project involves:

  A. defining which operational systems to put in place.
  B. identifying routine tasks.
  C. ensuring ongoing operations are maintained.
  D. planning to achieve defined objectives.
  D. planning to achieve defined objectives.

• Question 40:

  Which of these is a correct definition of an Estimate?

  A. The use of a range of tools and techniques to produce forecasts of the probable time or cost of completing work
  B. An educated guess that improves over time
  C. A forecast of the probable time or cost of completing work
  D. An estimate is an approximation of project time and cost targets that forms the basis of the contract
  C. A forecast of the probable time or cost of completing work