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PMP Exam Sample Questions:

1. You are considering using WBS templates to create your project's WBS. Where would you most likely find these templates?

A. Enterprise Environmental Factors B. Requirements Documentation C. Project Management Plan D. Organizational Process Assets

Hint: Get your mind out of the PMBOK Guide and think freely for this question.

Correct Answer: D

Explanation: This question isn't asking about "inputs" to the Create WBS process. The question is simply asking: Where could you find templates to help you build a WBS? Organizational Process Assets contain WBS templates.

2. You are managing a water supply network deployment project. During project planning you are considering two approaches to lay the pipe network. Approach A will most likely cost $50,000 (+/-5%). Approach B will most likely cost $25,000 (+/-40%). Which approach will you select if your project stakeholders' risk tolerances are low and if you want to select the less risky approach?

A. Neither approach since they are not definitive estimates B. Approach B since it ranges from $15,000 to $35,000 C. Approach A since it ranges from $47,500 to $52,500 D. A combination of approach A and B

Hint: Estimates are never definitive.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation: Please note that the question doesn't ask for the approach that is more financially feasible. Instead, the question asks you to identify the approach that has the lower risk. The larger the range of an estimate, the larger the risk. Since approach B is a wide range estimate, it is more risky. Approach C has a narrow estimate, which makes this approach less risky.

3. An element of a Work Breakdown Structure that can be viewed at the lowest level of each branch is referred to as which of the following?

A. Control Account B. Work Breakdown Structure Component C. Work Package

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D. Task

Hint: A work package is at the lowest level of a WBS.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation: A control account is a management control point where scope, budget, resources, actual cost and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement. Control accounts are placed at selected management points (specific components at selected levels) of the Work Breakdown Structure. A work package is a deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the Work Breakdown Structure. Tasks are the results of further decomposition of work packages.

4. Sensitivity analysis has strong similarities to which of the following?

A. Probability Distributions B. Risk Identification C. Tornado Diagram D. Statistical Sampling

Hint: Sensitivity analysis is a risk analysis technique, not a risk identification technique.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation: Sensitivity analysis is a risk analysis technique, not a risk identification technique. It is not a sampling technique or a distribution. In Sensitivity analysis one looks at the effect of varying the inputs of a mathematical model on the output of the model itself. The Tornado Diagram is an example for sensitivity analysis.

5. You are managing a nationwide telecom network deployment project. You learned that you are unable to start any civil works before obtaining a government agency's permit, which could take months. The project deadlines are aggressive and you might face penalties if you don't meet them. Obtaining the government agency's permit prior to civil works on any site is an example of which of the following?

A. Mandatory Dependency B. External Dependency C. Project Constraint D. Project Requirement

Hint: All of the choices are correct in a way but considering the relationship of the permit to the civil work will yield only one correct choice.

Correct Answer: B

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Explanation: The question asked you about the relationship between civil works and the government agency permit to perform these works. When we are talking about relationships between activities we are talking about dependencies between the tasks. Obtaining the permits will definitely be in your project's scope of work and will also be a part of your contract. Therefore, it is considered a mandatory dependency. Similarly, as you have to fulfil this requirement it is both a project constraint and a project requirement. Most importantly, as obtaining the permit and the lead time to do so is beyond your control, it is an external dependency, which is the best answer to this question given the scenario.