PMP sample tests

1. QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is not an example of constraints that can limit flexibility in the
Acquire Project Team process?
A) Organizational structure
B) Resource availability
C) Location
D) Activity resource requirements
2. Question: You are managing a telecommunication project. Three project teams are working for you. Each team
contains four engineers and a team lead. The job requirements is such that there is no requirement for cross-team
communications; every person is only communicating within his team. Only team leads are reporting to you, and in
situations where information from one team is required to be passed on to another team, this information goes through
you. How many communications channels do you have in this scenario?
A. 36
B. 30
C. 33
D. 120
3. Which of the following tools & techniques are used to create a Communications Management Plan?
A) Communications Requirements Analysis & Communications Technology.
B) Communications Skills & Lessons Learned Process.
C) Stakeholder Analysis & Project Scope Statement.
D) Communication Channels & Work Performance Information.
4. Question: "Activity / Duration / Predecessor
A / 4 / START
B/3/A
C/1/B
D / 5 / START
E/4/D
F/6/E
G / 2 / C,F
H/4/D
I/2/H
What is the duration of the critical path?"
A. 10
B. 11
C. 17
D. 18
5. CPI is 1.03 and AC is 6000. How much is EV?

2. A) 200
B) 7000
C) 6180
D) 7200
.
6 Which of the following strategies are suggested to deal with threats or risks that have
negative impact on projects?
A) Avoid, transfer or enhance.
B) Exploit, share or enhance
C) Avoid, transfer or mitigate
D) Avoid, exploit or mitigate
7. Question: "You are managing a construction project. You are currently estimating the duration of a very critical
activity. You have gathered the following information from the experts:
Best case scenario: Activity can take 3 days to complete.
Worst case scenario: Activity may take up to 12 days to complete.
Expected scenario: On average it takes up to 6 days to complete such activities.
What duration you will put into your schedule for this activity if you want to put some weight on the expected
scenario?"
A. 7 days
B. 7.5 days
C. 6 days
D. 6.5 days
8. What is the work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A) It is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work
to be executed by the project team, to accomplish the project
objectives and create the required deliverables.
B) It is a hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization
arranged so that the work packages can be related to the
performing organizational unit.
C) It is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type
to be used on the project.
D) It is a hierarchical tabulation of the physical assemblies,
subassemblies and component needed to fabricate a
manufactured product.
9. Which of the following may be considered as the outputs of performing Quality Assurance?
A) Requested changes, recommended corrective actions, organizational process assets, project management plan.
B) Requested changes, requested preventive actions,Quality metrics
C) Quality management plan, Quality metrics, Quality baseline
D) Quality control measurements, recommended preventive actions

3. 10.Corrective action is:
A. Fixing past anomalies
B. Anything done to bring the project's future performance in like with the project management plan.
C. The responsibility of the change control board
D. An output of project plan execution.

4. ANSWERS
1. The Answer is D.
Source: http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15574
2. Hint : To simplify the mesh, there are teams each having 5 members, then there is another management team
containing you and the three team leads.
Correct : C
Reference: PMBOK4 - pg:253
source: http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15579
PMBOK Section: Manage Stakeholder Expectations
Process Group: Executing Process Group
Question Type: Calculation
Knowledge Area: Communications Management
Difficulty Level: Hard
Explanation: Each team contains 4 engineers and a team lead. So the total number of internal team communications
channels are 5*4/2 = 10. Since there are three such teams, so the total of all internal team communications channels is
30. Since three team leads are also reporting to you and not with each other, that adds three more communication
channels. So the total number of project communication channels is 33. Choice C is the correct answer to this question.
3. Souce: http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15585
4. source: http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15613
Answer
PMBOK Section: Sequence Activities
Process Group: Planning Process Group
Question Type: Calculation
Knowledge Area: Time Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Hint : Use PDM to calculate.
Reference: PMBOK4 – pg:138
The answer is C.
Explanation: The duration of the critical path for the given data is 17. Hence choice C is correct while rest of the
choices are incorrect.
5. The Answer is C
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7. Answer: http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15639
Hint : Use PERT to calculate.
Reference: PMBOK4 – pg:150
Explanation:Since you want to put some weight on the expected scenario, you will use the PERT formula. Your
estimate will then be 6.5 days. Hence choice D is the correct answer.

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10. Answer is B
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