APM APM-PFQ Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

APM APM-PFQ Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  Success criteria can be defined as:

  A. measures of success that can be used throughout the project to ensure that it is progressing towards a successful conclusion.
  B. management practices that will increase the likelihood of success of a project.
  C. the satisfaction needs for the deployment of the project.
  D. the value of benefits that are realised when the project delivers its output into business-as-usual.
  C. the satisfaction needs for the deployment of the project.

• Question 72:

  A typical issue management process could follow the steps:

  A. identification, escalation. action, resolution.
  B. assessment, escalation, closure, resolution.
  C. assessment, planning, action, response.
  D. identification, planning, response, resolution.
  A. identification, escalation. action, resolution.

• Question 73:

  The project you are working on has chosen to produce an estimate using a detailed work breakdown structure (WBS). What estimating method is this approach commonly known as?

  A. Comparative estimating.
  B. Bottom-up/analytical estimating.
  C. Strategic estimating.
  D. Parametric estimating.
  B. Bottom-up/analytical estimating.

• Question 74:

  Which of the following defines quality?

  A. The fitness for purpose of outputs and processes.
  B. The value for money of a product.
  C. The satisfaction of the stakeholders.
  D. The thoroughness of the management plan.
  A. The fitness for purpose of outputs and processes.

• Question 75:

  A generic linear project life cycle might include the sequence:

  A. Definition, concept, design, implementation, transition.
  B. Concept. definition, deployment. transition.
  C. Planning, deployment, closing, learning, review.
  D. Feasibility, planning, deployment, handover. review.
  B. Concept. definition, deployment. transition.

• Question 76:

  Configuration management could best be described as:

  A. the process through which all requests to change the approved baseline of a project is captured. evaluated and then approved. rejected or deferred.
  B. the system that ensures that all changes to configuration items are controlled and the interrelationships between items are identified.
  C. the technical and administrative activities concerned with the creation, maintenance, controlled change and quality control of the scope of work.
  D. A report of the current status and history of all changes to the configuration, together with a complete record of what has happened to the configuration to date.
  C. the technical and administrative activities concerned with the creation, maintenance, controlled change and quality control of the scope of work.

• Question 77:

  Which one of the following is a valid description of the phases of a complete project lifecycle?

  A. Start-up, feasibility, planning, execution and roll-out.
  B. Concept, screening, implementation, handover and closeout.
  C. Concept, definition, implementation, handover and closeout.
  D. Start-up, definition, development and production closedown.
  C. Concept, definition, implementation, handover and closeout.

• Question 78:

  The accuracy of an estimate should:

  A. decrease as a project progresses through its life cycle.
  B. increase as a project progresses through its life cycle.
  C. stay constant throughout the project life cycle.
  D. vary independently of where the project is in its life cycle
  B. increase as a project progresses through its life cycle.

• Question 79:

  Which of the following would be considered part of a configuration management process?

  A. Initiating, identifying, assessing, planning, responding.
  B. Planning, identification, controlling, status accounting, auditing.
  C. Scheduling, baselining, controlling, responding, closing.
  D. Planning. auditing. monitoring, controlling, closing.
  B. Planning, identification, controlling, status accounting, auditing.

• Question 80:

  Which of these is likely to occur if the scope is poorly defined?

  1.

  Additional time spent in the concept phase

  2.

  Scope creep

  3.

  Budget over/under runs

  4.

  Scheduling problems

  A. 1, 2 and 3
  B. 1, 2 and 4
  C. 1, 3 and 4
  D. 2, 3 and 4
  D. 2, 3 and 4