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1.James is the Project Manager in charge of for the development of a series of construction projects at his company. As with any construction project, there will be multiple iterations of blueprints and engineering drawings, and James decides to create and online database that can be used to query the documents by name, type, date, etc. This is an example of what type pf communication tool ?
a. Project Management Information System
b. Lessons Learned
c. Configuration management system
d. Project Records
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2.Your team has just bagged a software development project. The executive management is very pleased as this is a very prestigious project. However you are a little worried considering the complex nature of the project. You decide to try and identify the possible risks. You get all relevant stakeholders together and conduct mammoth discussions. Together you have come up with a number of risks. However, based on your experience you still feel that not all the risks have been identified. You decide to set aside some budget for the risks that you have identified but are sure you will encounter. Where does this budget come form ?
a. Cost baseline
b. Cost Management Plan
c. Contingency Reserve
d. Management Reserve

3.While talking to your one of your team leaders you discover that he was in constant critecism form a team member about the allocation tasks. The team leader also indicates that the specific team member also delays many tasks causing delays in the project schedule. What action should you take as a project manager?
a. Direct your team leader to issue a memo
b. Replace the team member
c. Conduct a meeting with the sponsor, team leader, and the team member
d. Approach the team member and understand his point of view
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4.Gordon is managing the development of an Healthcare management system. There are about 24 stakeholder identified. About 76% the project work in Execution phase has been completed. Gordon is reviewing the stakeholder management plan and finds out that some of the Resisting stakeholders have now turned Supportive to the project cause. How should he update the stakeholder management plan now ?
a. There is no need to update the stakeholder management plan at this stage because execution phase is almost over
b. For these supportive stakeholders, continue with the defined resisting stakeholder management strategy as this has produced positive results
c. Transfer these stakeholders to the project supporters group, and for these stakeholders, adopt the stakeholder management strategy defined for the project supporters.
d. Transfer these stakeholders to the project supporters group but continue with the defined resisting stakeholder management strategy with these stakeholders
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5. Your company has been hired to configure software in 500 computers. All computers need equal time to confirgure. The contract for the project is set at a fixed cost, and the incentive based on how fast the project work is going to be completed. Managemetn has requested that you study the work method to determine a faster, less costly, and a better method to complete the project. This scenario is an example of ......?
a. Time Constraint
b. Schedule Constraint
c. Value Analysis
d. Learning Curve
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6. The purpose of a contract is to distribute a reasonable amount of ...... between the buyer and seller.
a. Responsibility
b. Reward
c. None
d. Risk
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7. Comparing target dates with the actual or forecast start and finish dates is called?
a. Earned Value
b. Variance Analysis
c. Progress Reporting
d. Crashing
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8.Rita is managing a project and sees that project behind schedule. She has enough budget and can use spare resources from another project that is ramping down. She needs to pull in the schedule somehow. What is the best option for her to use?
a. Crash schedule
b. Reduce unwanted scope from features
c. Fast track schedule
d. Remove all soft constraints
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9.Which of the following is true regarding the code of accounts ?
a. It is the collection of unique identifiers generally assigned to WBS items
b. It allows one to easily identify the breakdown level of the item in the resource structure
c. It defines ethical behavior in the project and the responsibilities to the customer and the profession
d. It sescribes the coding structure used by the performing organization to report financial information in its general ledger
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10. Tony now that on his project the main purpose of Project Stakeholder Management processes is to engage project stakeholders with the project, and gain their support (or reduce impact of their resistance) . What is the objective of effectively keeping the project stakeholders engaged with the project?
a. To manage stakeholder expectations so that defined project objectives an achieved
b. To motivate the stakeholders to achieve project objectives
c. To make sure the experience of stakeholdre engagement and effectiveness of strategies are logged for the benefit of future similar projects
d. To demotivate the negative stakeholders so impact of their actions are lessensed
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11.You and your team are in the process of creating WBS and WBS Dictionary. What would be the BEST choice of attributes in a WBS Dictionary ?
a. Work Package ID, Control Account ID, Work Package Description, Acceptance Criteria, Responsible Organization, Cost Assumptions
b. Work Package ID and Work Package Description
c. Work Package Description
d. Work Package ID, Control Account ID, Work Package Description
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12.
a. Appetite
b. Tolerance
c. Threshold
d. Management
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13.Identify Risks is part of which Process Group ?
a. Planning
b. Executing
c. Closing
d. Initiating
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14.A project can be defined as a:
a. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
b. Temporary endeavor that products repetitive outputs
c. Permanent endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result
d. Permanent endeavor that products repetitive outputs
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15.What is the probability of occurance if the risk rating is 0.56 and the impact if the risk does occur is very high(0.80) ?
a. 0.45
b. 0.56
c. 0.70
d. 1.36
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16.You are working in a software development project in which specialized resources are required to perform some tasks. You estimate that these resources will be required during the executing phase of the project. However, your estimation fails to account for the fact these resources will be available for only limited hours in the executing phase. What should you do to make schedule changes based on the limited availability ?
a. Update the project schedule
b. Communicate to customers and update the baseline
c. Perform an impact analysis
d. Update the schedule baseline
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17.A seller organization was executing work for a project under a contract. During the course of the project, a number of disputes arose over the scope and quality of work. The project manager from buyer decided to verify compliance in the seller's work processes and deliverable. Which of the following tools the project manager applied for ?
a. Claims court
b. Inspection and Audit
c. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
d. Appeals court

18. You are the project manager for a large project. You are currently busy with approximating number of work periods required to complete individual activities with estimated resources. Which of the following inputs do you need for this ?
a. Activity List
b. Resource Breakdown structure
c. Activity resource requirement
d. All answers
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19.You are negotiating with a contractor for staff augmentation a number of software developments and a few testers. As a buyer you don't quite have the exact statement of work ready. What kind of contract is MOST appropriate for this kind of work ?
a. Cost plus fixed free - CPFF
b. Firm Fixed Price Contract - FFP
c. Time and Material - T and M
d. Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contract - FPIF
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20.Jake is preparing for PMP exam and asks this question to John, an experienced project manager: Which of the following defines the total project scope and represents the work as specified in the approved project scope statement. What should be John's answer ?
a. Bill of Material (BOM)
b. Activity Scoping System
c. Work Breakdown Structure
d. Requirement Breakdown Structure (RBS)

21.For a project, the following earn value data have been assessed: AC: $4,000,000 CV: $-500,000 SPI: 1.12 BaC: $9,650,00 What is the earned value of the project ?
a. $3,000,000
b. $3,500,000
c. $4,480,000
d. 5,650,000
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22. Joe's Inc has bid for a work with Matt's Inc. Frank from Joe's Inc is in-charge of proposal and bidding. He has few questions in terms and needs of the work to be done. What is the right wa for him to proceed?
a. Find someone form Matt's Inc and try to get his questions clarified
b. Attend bidder conference called by Matt's Inc
c. Try to influence the person in charge of procurement at Matt's Inc
d. Delegate it to one of this team members to make educated assumptions about these questions

23.Different types of contracts are appropriate for different type of procurement needs on the project. Which one of the following is not one amongest the categories of contracts defined in PMBOK ?
a. Cost-reimbursale
b. Time and Material
c. Fixed-price or Lump-sum
d. Outcome-based

24. What is the process of random selection and inspection of a work product from a population?
a. Statistical Sampling
b. Dispersed Sampling
c. Quality Control
d. Benchmarking

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25. You have two possible projects to manage, but you can only choose one. Project MKTMG is worth $23,000, while Project SALESPTR is worth $25,000. Management elects to choose Project SALESPTR. Which one of the following is the opportunity cost of this choice?
 a. $50,000
 b. $27,000
 c. $23,000
 d. $4,000


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26. You are the project manager and decided to outsource a part of the project to a vendor. The vendor discovered some issues that impact the cost and schedule of its work. How does the vendor update the agreement ?
 a. A new contract needs to be signed by your company and the vendor
 b. Another answer
 c. A contract addendum needs to be signed by our company and the vendor
 d. An SOW needs to be signed by you and the vendor

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27.You are a project manager of a company and your project is currently in execution phase. The customer has requested you for additional work. This work will affect the budget, but not the schedule of the project. What should you do next?
 a. Add the additional requirements to the project plan
 b. Discuss with the project team about the change
 c. Ignore the request
 d. Explain the change proce

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28.Prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact takes place in which process?
 a. Monitor and Control Risks
 b. Plan Risk Management
 c. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
 d. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis

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29.In which Knowledge Area is the project charter developed?
 a. Project Cost Management
 b. Project Scope Management
 c. Project Time Management
 d. Project Integration Management

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30. Which of the following is an output of the Define Activities process ?
 a. Activity list
 b. Project Plan
 c. Activity duration estimates
 d. Project schedule

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31. The stakeholder register is an output of ?
 a. Identify Stakeholders
 b. Plan Stakeholder Management
 c. Control Stakeholder Engagement
 d. Manage Stakeholder Engagement

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32. Risk exists the moment that a project is ?
 a. Planned
 b. Conceived
 c. Chartered
 d. Executed

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 33. The initial development of a Project Scope Management plan uses which technique?
 a. Alternatives identification
 b. Scope decomposition
 c. Expert judgment
 d. Product analysis

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 34. The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements describes management of which of the following?
 a. Project
 b. Scope
 c. Contract
 d. Program

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35. Which of the following processes includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?
 a. Qualitative risk analysis
 b. Quantitative risk analysis
 c. Risk management planing
 d. Risk response planing

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36. What is a hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk register?
 a. Risk register
 b. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)
 c. Risk management plan
 d. Risk category

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37. Which type of contract is a hybrid of both a cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contract?
 a. Cost Plus Award Fee Contract (CPAF)
 b. Firm-Fixed-Price Contract (FFP)
 c. Time and Material Contract (T&M)
 d. Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract (CPIF)

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38. In which type of contract are the performance targets established at the onset and the final contract price determined after completion of all work based on the sellers performance?
 a. Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)
 b. Fixed Price with Ecomonic Price Adjustment (FP-EPA)
 c. Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee (FPIF)
 d. Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)

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39. An issue log is an input to which Project Human Resource Management process?
 a. Manage Project Team
 b. Acquire Project Team
 c. Plan Human Resource Management
 d. Develop Project Team

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40. What are the components of the "triple constrain"?
 a. Scope, Time, Requirements
 b. Resources, time, cost
 c. Scope, management, cost
 d. Scope, time, cost

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41. Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Acquire Project Team process?
 a. Networking
 b. Training
 c. Negotiation
 d. Issue log

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42. Which of the following forecasting methods uses historical data as the basis for estimating future outcome?
 a. Time series
 b. Judgmental
 c. Econometric
 d. Simulation

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43. Which of the following helps to ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives?
 a. Requirements tractability matrix
 b. Work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionary
 c. Requirements management plan
 d. Requirements document

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44. An output of the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is?
 a. Change requests
 b. Enterprise environment factors
 c. The stakeholder management plan
 d. The change log

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45. Project managers who lead by example and follow through on the commitments the make demonstrate the key interpersonal skill of?
 a. Influencing
 b. Leadership
 c. Motivation
 d. Coaching

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46. What characteristic do project and operational work share in common"?
 a. Performed by systems
 b. Constrained by limited resources
 c. Repetitiveness
 d. Uniqueness

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47. The risk response strategy in which the project team acts to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk is known as?
 a. Exploit
 b. Avoid
 c. Mitigate
 d. Share

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48. Which tool or technique is used to develop a project charter?
 a. Project manager information system
 b. Expert judgement
 c. Change control meeting
 d. Brainstorming
Commercial database and company structure
 d. Existing human resources and market place conditions


49. Which tool or technique is used to develop a project charter?
 a. Project manager information system
 b. Expert judgement
 c. Change control meeting
 d. Brainstorming
Commercial database and company structure
 d. Existing human resources and market place conditions


50. Which is the document that presents a hierarchical project organization"?
 a. WBS
 b. CPI
 c. OBS
 d. BOM


51. What is one of the objectives of Project Risk Management"?
 a. Decrease the probability and impact of an event on project objective
 b. Distinguish between a project risk and a project issue so that a risk mitigation plan can be put in place
 c. Increase the probability and impact of positive events
 d. Removal of project risk


52. What process determines which risks might affect the project?
 a. Qualitative risk analysis
 b. Identify Risks
 c. Plan Risk Management
 d. Quantiatative risk analysis

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53. Plan Risk Management is the process of defining how to:
 a. Communicate identified risks to the project stakeholder
 b. Conduct risk management activities for a project
 c. Analyze the impact a specific risk may have on the project
 d. Address unexpected risks that may occur during a project

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54. The project scope statement and resource calendars are inputs to which Project Time Management process
 a. Sequence Activities
 b. Estimate Activity Resources
 c. Develop Schedule
 d. Control Schedule

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55. Which standard has interrelationships to other project management discipline such as?
 a. Program management of body knowledge
 b. Resources, time, cost
 c. Scope, management, cost
 d. Scope, time, cost


56. What are the components of the "triple constrain"?
 a. Scope, Time, Requirements
 b. Resources, time, cost
 c. Scope, management, cost
 d. Scope, time, cost


57. Which input to the Identify Stakeholder process provides information about internal or external parties related to this project"?
 a. Procurement document
 b. Communications plan
 c. Project charter
 d. Stakeholder register


58. Which is an output of the Collect Requirement process?
 a. Requirements tractability matrix
 b. Project scope statement
 c. WBS dictionary
 d. Work performance measurements


59. Which Process Group and Knowledge Area include the Sequence Activities process?
 a. Executing Process Group and Project Time Management
 b. Executing Process Group and Project Cost Management
 c. Planning Process Group and Project Time Management
 d. Planning Process Group and Project Cost Managemen


60. The purpose of developing a project scope management plan is to:
 a. Manage the timely completion of the project
 b. Ensure that the project includes all of the work required
 c. Make sure the project will satisfy the needs for which it was begun.
 d. Reduce the risk of negative events in the product


61. Which Knowledge Area involves identifying the people, groups, or organizations that may be impacted by or impact a project?
 a. Project Risk Management
 b. Project Human Resource Management
 c. Project Scope management
 d. Project Stakeholder Management


62. Stakeholder satisfaction should be managed as a key project:
 a. Benefit
 b. Initiation
 c. Objective
 d. Process


63. Plan Communications Management develops an approach and plan for project communications based on stakeholders needs and requirements and:
 a. Available organizational assets
 b. Project staff assignments
 c. Interpersonal skills
 d. Enterprise environmental factors


64. Which type of risk diagram is useful for showing time ordering of events?
 a. Ishikawa
 b. Milestone
 c. Influence
 d. Decision tree


65. A tool and technique used in the Develop Project Charter process is:
 a. change control tools
 b. expert judgment
 c. meeting
 d. analytical techniques


66. PMBOI Guide is a standard that describes?
 a. product-oriented processes.
 b. project management process.
 c. product-oriented and project management processes.
 d. program management and project management processes


67. Which of the following is an input to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
 a. Risk register
 b. Risk data quality assessment
 c. Risk categorization
 d. Risk urgency


68. Projects are separated into phases or subprojects; these phases include:
 a. feasibility study, concept development , design, and prototype
 b. initiate, plan, execute, and monitor
 c. Develop Charter, Define Activities, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, and Report Performance
 d. Identify Stakeholders, develop concept, build, and test


69. An element of the project scope statement is:
 a. Acceptance criteria
 b. A stakeholder list
 c. A summary budget
 d. High-level risks


70. Which process is conducted from project inception through completion and is ultimately the responsibility of the project manager?
 a. Control Quality
 b. Monitor and Control Project Work
 c. Control scope
 d. Perform Integrated Change Control


71. What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type?
 a. Scope, Time, Requirements
 b. Resources, time, cost
 c. Scope, management, cost
 d. Scope, time, cost


72. What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resource typ?
 a. Organizational breakdown structure (OBS)
 b. Resource breakdown structure (RBS)
 c. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
 d. Project breakdown structure (PBS)


73. The component of the human resource management plan that includes ways in which team members can obtain certifications that support their ability to benefit the project is known as:
 a. recognition and rewards
 b. compliance
 c. scaff acquisition
 d. training needs


74. Which Collect Requirements output links the product requirements to the deliverables that satisfy them ?
 a. Requirements documentation
 b. Requirements traceability matrix
 c. Project management plan updates
 d. Project document updates


75. Which type of probability distribution is used to represent uncertain events such as the outcome of a test or a possible scenario in decision tree
 a. Uniform
 b. Continuous
 c. Discrete
 d. Linear


76. Which process involves determining, documenting, and managing stakeholders needs and requirements to meet project objective?
 a. Collect Requirements
 b. Plan Scope Management
 c. Define Scope
 d. Define Activities


77. What is the definition of project plan execution?
 a. Integrating all planned activities
 b. Performing the activities included in the plan
 c. Developing and maintainning the plan
 d. Execution of deliverables


78. Organizations perceive risks as:
 a. events that will inevitably impact and organizational objectives
 b. the effect of uncertainty on their and organizational objectives
 c. events which could have a negative impact on project and organizational objectives
 d. the negative impact of undesired events on their project and organizational objectives


79. Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?
 a. Recognized by every project manager
 b. Constantly evolving
 c. The sum of all knowledge related to project management
 d. A sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project


80. Which Process Group contains those processes performed to define a new project"?
 a. Initiating
 b. Planning
 c. Executing
 d. Closing

81. The project manager notes that stakeholders are aware of the project and potential impacts and are actively engaged in ensuring that the project is a success. The engagement level of the stakeholders should be classified as:
 a. Supportive
 b. Leading
 c. Neutral
 d. Resistant


82. Scope verification is PRIMARILY concerned with which of the following?
 a. Acceptance of the work deliverables
 b. Accuracy of the work deliverables
 c. Approval of the scope statement
 d. Accuracy of the work breakdown structure


83. The diagram below is an example of a:
 a. Risk breakdown structure (RBS)
 b. Project team
 c. SWOT Analysis
 d. Work breakdown structure (WBS)


84. Who MUST know when a risk event occurs so that a response can be implemented ?
 a. Customers
 b. Project sponsors
 c. Project management team
 d. Insurance claims department


85. The process of defining how the project scope will be validated and controlled is known as:
 a. Define Scope
 b. Develop Project Management Plan
 c. Plan Scope Management
 d. Plan Quality Management


86. A weighting system is a tool for which area of Conduct Procurements?
 a. Plan contracting
 b. Requesting seller responses
 c. Selecting sellers's
 d. Planning purchase and acquisition


87. Where are product requirements and characteristics documented ?
 a. Product scope description
 b. Project charter
 c. Preliminary project scope statement
 d. Communications management plan


88. One of the objectives of a quality audit is to
 a. highlight the need for root cause analysis
 b. share the process documentation among stakeholders
 c. offer assistance with non-value-added activities
 d. identify all of the gaps or shortcomings


89. Which activity is an input to the Conduct Procurements process?
 a. Oraganizational process assets
 b. Resources avalibility
 c. Perform Integrated Change Control
 d. Team performance assessment


90. Which of the following investigates the likelihood that each specific risk will occur?
 a. Risk register
 b. Risk audits
 c. Risk urgency assessment
 d. Risk probability and impact assessment


91. The product scope description is used to:
 a. Gain stakeholders' support for the project
 b. Progressively elaborate the characteristics of the product service, or result
 c. Describe the project in great detail
 d. Define the process and criteria for accepting a completed product, service, or result


92. What entity is assigned various responsibilities related to the centralized and coordinated management of those projects under its domain?
 a. Project management office
 b. Project team office
 c. Executive sponsor office
 d. Program management office


93. Which is an enterprise environmental factor?
 a. Marketplace conditions
 b. Policies and procedures
 c. Project files from previous projects
 d. Lessons learned from previous projects


94. Projects that share common outcomes, collective capability, knowledge, or skills are often grouped into a:
 a. portfolio
 b. program
 c. selection
 d. sub portfolio


95. The formal and informal interaction with others in an organization industry, or professional environment is known as:
 a. negotiation
 b. organizational theory
 c. meeting
 d. networking


96. The probability and impact matrix is primarily used to:
 a. Quantify risk issues for trends during a quality audit
 b. Develop a risk register for risk planning
 c. Evaluate each risk's importance and priority during Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
 d. Define risk and compare impacts during Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis


97. Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess to assess the priority of identified risks?
 a. Risk identification
 b. Qualitative risk analysis
 c. Risk management planning
 d. Quantitative risk analysis


98. Which type of diagram includes groups of information and shows relationships between factors, cause, and objectives?
 a. Affinity
 b. Scatter
 c. Fishbone
 d. Matrix

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99. Which of the following methods is a project selection technique?
 a. Flowcharting
 b. Earned value
 c. Cost-benefit analysis
 d. Pareto analysis


100. A complete set of concepts, terms, and activities that make up an area of specialization is known as:
 a. a Knowledge Area
 b. a Process Group
 c. program management
 d. portfolio management