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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 15

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You are working through various options in your project and need to help stimulate your group towards innovation and ideas. Which of the following is a type of group creativity technique?

A)  Monte Carlo Analysis
B)  Regression analysis
C)  Brainstorming
D)  Root cause analysis

Question 2

You are working as a project manager, at the stage where you need to validate the scope and products you have created with the appropriate people. What is the output called that is produced by a project and approved by the end-user or customer?

A)  Accepted Products
B)  Accepted Deliverables
C)  Accepted Results
D)  Accepted Data

Question 3

You are working on your Project Management Plan and will need the opinion of an individual or a group who has a wide range of knowledge and experience in that specific field. What is this called?

A)  Expert Judgment
B)  Expert Findings
C)  Expert Comment
D)  Expert Decision

Question 4

You are developing a new product and decide to add three extra features that the customer did not ask for, to make the product extra special. You feel as though it will work better this way. What is this called?

A)  Scope Creep
B)  Customer first
C)  Verified Deliverables
D)  Gold Plating

Question 5

A project management plan is a formal approved document that defines how the project is planned, executed, monitored and controlled. Who is responsible for creating and updating the project management plan?

A)  The Program Manager
B)  The Project Manager
C)  The Project Sponsor
D)  The Project Team

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 13

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You have started to notice the impact that team motivation has on your project results. If you are giving your team love, affection, acceptance, friendship, you are using their:

A)  Legal Needs
B)  Social Needs
C)  Wealth Needs
D)  Organisational Needs

Question 2

You are working on a project where a strict and powerful union for the employees ensures that no employee can work more than 37 hours a week. This is an example of:

A)  Project permissions
B)  Project regulations
C)  Project constraints
D)  Project laws

Question 3

You are working on an Agile project and have been asked to create a document that lists team principles, agreements, and guidelines about the acceptable behaviour by team members. What are you working on?

A)  The Team Guideline
B)  The Project Management Plan
C)  The Project Charter
D)  The Team Charter

Question 4

You are managing a project team and need to ensure your team members are doing what is needed to get the job done. What is a project document you will use that helps you know the effectiveness of the team?

A)  Team Performance Assessments
B)  Team Progress Assessments
C)  Team Presentation Assessments
D)  Team Achievement Assessments

Question 5

A project manager will spend up to 90% of their time communicating, and your interpersonal skills will directly or indirectly impact the outcome of your project. Which of the following is a type of interpersonal skill?

A)  Selling
B)  Converting
C)  Team building
D)  Physical skills

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 12

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You have been asked to prepare a document to gain the project sponsor’s sign off to access their function’s resources, that details the project goal and business case, high-level scope and requirements, high level dates and milestones, a high-level budget, and initial risk analysis. What are you creating?

A)  Project Management Plan
B)  Project Charter
C)  Risk Management Plan
D)  Lessons Learned

Question 2

You are working with the quality assurance manager of your project, where they are using a fishbone diagram to perform a cause and effect analysis for a problem you are working on to solve. What else is a fishbone diagram called?

A)  Ishikawa Diagram
B)  Value Stream Map
C)  Pareto Diagram
D)  Control Chart

Question 3

You are working in the quality assurance and testing phase of your project, where the test manager makes use of many different ways to assess project quality control. Who has the most responsibility for project quality control?

A)  The vendor
B)  The functional manager
C)  The project manager
D)  The project sponsor

Question 4

Your quality assurance manager on your project is using a technique in order to validate the scope and gain sign off on the deliverables. What is it called when they check the quality of the product against the quality requirements?

A)  Checking
B)  Assessment
C)  Evaluation
D)  Inspection

Question 5

You have noticed your project team starting to drift off, miss deadlines and make quality defects, and decide to learn a skill that will help bring the team together again. What will you research for information on how people, teams, and organizational units function in a project?

A)  Organizational Process Assets
B)  Organizational Theory
C)  Organizational Charts
D)  Organizational Structure

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 10

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

I hope you enjoy!

 

Question 1

You are working as a Project Manager and one of the stakeholders of the project raises a problem with the product requirements, stating they are not correct. Which document will you use to note this for further discussion and resolution?

A)  Change Request
B)  Benefits Management Plan
C)  Issue Log
D)  Requirements Traceability Matrix

Question 2

You are working on a project in the financial sector, and the project sponsor asks you for a written document that outlines the intention of the project with set terms and conditions so she can accept. What is she referring to?

A)  Collaterals
B)  Indemnitees
C)  Settlements
D)  Agreements

Question 3

You as a project manager are listing the things that must be done to close out the project. What should you do in regards to the contracts for your third party suppliers?

A)  Issue a formal written notice of the project completion to the contractors
B)  Put a legal notice in the newspapers indicating that all invoices must be submitted
C)  Request final inspection reports for all vendor-supplied materials
D)  Issue letters of recommendation for the project team

Question 4 

One of your stakeholders needs to make a proposal for modification to the scope, policies, procedures, plans, or processes of the project, after a formal review of the issue. What will they use?

A)  Rectification Requests
B)  Change Requests
C)  Adjust Requests
D)  Amend Requests

Question 5

What is the term used for any product, service or results to be achieved to complete a process, phase or project?

A)  Milestone
B)  Result
C)  Deliverable
D)  Delivery

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 09

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

I hope you enjoy!

 

Question 1

Different Project Management Office types have different levels of control and influence on projects within the organization. What is one of the types of PMO Structures?

A)  Passive
B)  Controlling
C)  Global
D)  Active

Question 2

You are working on a project in the construction industry and your project sponsor has allocated a fixed budget and tight timeline to complete the work. What are the limitations placed upon the project that the project manager and team must work within?

A)  Restrictions
B)  Limitations
C)  Considerations
D)  Constraints

Question 3

Your Project Management Office recommends the use of project management templates and checklists to plan, implement and manage your projects professionally. These templates are an example of:

A)  Organizational Governance Meetings (OGM)
B)  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT)
C)  Enterprise Environmental Factors (EEF)
D)  Organizational Process Assets (OPA)

Question 4

Work Performance Data are the raw observations of your project, without analysing it against other metrics. What is one of the types of Work Performance Data?

A)  Implementation status for change requests
B)  Forecasted estimates to complete
C)  Number of defects
D)  Status of deliverables

Question 5

A Work Performance Report is a document containing organized information about project performance in a report format to enable decision making & actions and project communications. Which of the following is a type of Work Performance Report?

A)  Status reports
B)  Status of deliverables
C)  Forecasted estimates to complete
D)  Implementation status for change requests

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 08

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You have been promoted from your role of project manager into a portfolio manager role. A portfolio is work grouped together to meet a certain strategic business objective and it involves:

A)  Projects and programs
B)  Projects and operations
C)  Programs and operations
D)  Projects, programs, and operations

Question 2

You are working as a project manager and created the cost estimate to bid on a government contract, where the scope was set by the government. Your manager advises you to reduce the cost to win the contract by whatever means, but your analysis shows that reducing the cost estimate will make the project unable to meet the specified scope. What should you do?

A)  Reduce the cost estimate and submit it
B)  Formally communicate to your manager about the implications of reducing the cost
C)  Ask your manager to estimate instead
D)  Submit your estimate without reducing the cost

Question 3

Work Performance Data generally contains raw facts and figures such as start dates for various activities, the number of bugs found in the software, spent cost, etc. What is a type of Work Performance Data?

A)  Forecasted estimates to complete
B)  Implementation status for change requests
C)  Percent of work physically completed
D)  Status of deliverables

Question 4

As you work on projects they can be influenced by many different things, and many different Enterprise Environmental Factors. What sort of influence are Marketplace conditions on your project?

A)  External
B)  Internal
C)  Regulatory
D)  Public

Question 5

You have recently been promoted from your role as Project Manager to a role that manages a related group of projects, and ensures efficient use of resources among those projects to ensure they are delivered. What is your role?

A)  Functional Manager
B)  Project Manager
C)  Portfolio Manager
D)  Program Manager

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 07

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

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Question 1

You are working on a project and your project sponsor asks you to contribute to a decision on whether to continue the project. The project had an initial budget of $500,000, is only half complete and has spent $1,000,000. Should the organization consider the $1,000,000 when determining whether to continue?

A)  Ask the Project Team to vote so the process is democratic
B)  No, the money spent is gone
C)  Yes, that is our money spent, we should consider it
D)  Refer to the functional manager as they own the business unit

Question 2

You are working as a project manager, asking for proposals from a Third Parties to complete the work. Your brother works for one of the vendors bidding for the contract. You are part of the executive team which will accept a vendor. What do you do?

A)  Discourage the vendor bid as it would be a conflict of interest
B)  Help the your brother’s vendor in the bid so you can work together
C)  Inform your company and the vendor of the relationship
D)  Don’t tell anyone. Why complicate things?

Question 3

You are working as a project manager in a foreign country. It is customary that gifts be made to the government to obtain the necessary project approvals, however the country where your company is based does not allow this practice. What should you do?

A)  Don’t bother with getting project approvals
B)  Ensure you offer gifts to obtain the project approvals
C)  Allocate additional hidden funds in the project to obtain the gifts
D)  Do not offer gifts to obtain project approvals

Question 4

You are working on a complex project requiring expertise from the functional manager. What is your role as a project manager in a weak matrix organization?

A)  Coordinator
B)  Administrator
C)  Supporter
D)  Functional manager

Question 5

Project Constraints are any restriction that defines a project’s limitations and is the limit of what the project is expected to accomplish. Which of the following is one of the types of competing Project Constraints?

A)  Size
B)  Sponsor
C)  Quality
D)  Location

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PMP Exam Questions – Practice Session | 06

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In this series we will walk through five PMP Practice Exam Questions each day – a great way to set up your morning as you prepare to pass the PMP Exam. It is also useful for the CAPM exam, as the content is very similar.

We will also figure them out together, and you’ll see the thought process behind solving these PMP exam questions.

I hope you enjoy!

 

Question 1

Present Value is the present day value of an amount that is received at a future date. The Present Value (PV) of $12,000 to be received 4 years from now, with an interest rate of 5% would be:

A)  $9,872
B)  $1,787
C)  $11,268
D)  $1,541

Question 2

You are choosing a project for an organization where Project X has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 8%, Project Y has an IRR of 7%, Project Z has an IRR of 9%, Project W has an IRR of 11%. Which project would be the best choice?

A)  Project W
B)  Project X
C)  Project Y
D)  Project Z

Question 3

You are a project manager and meeting the stakeholders along with your team. What is the first meeting of stakeholders and team members, which provides an opportunity to clarify roles and ask questions called?

A)  Meeting
B)  Kick-Off
C)  Launch
D)  Kick-On

Question 4

You are working in the procurement department for your project. One vendor is trying to give you an expensive gift with the understanding it would help them get the contract. What would you do if there are no rules regarding gifts in your company?

A)  Ask the vendor for an additional gift for your boss also
B)  Don’t accept the gift
C)  Accept the gift and help them, it is a nice gesture
D)  Seek advice from your boss

Question 5

You have been working as a project manager for some time, and have found different types of resistance to the change brought about by your various projects. What is the main source of resistance for any change in an organization?

A)  Project
B)  Process
C)  Technology
D)  People

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Below you will find links to hundreds of PMP and CAPM practice exam questions for you to test yourself on and practice before you take the real thing. Each session has five questions, where we go through and solve them together.

If you study hard every day, and take practice exams every day, I absolutely believe that you will gain the skills you need to pass the PMP Exam. I believe in you, and I know you can do it!

Passing the ASQ Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Exam, by a C Student in Maths

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How a C Student Passed the ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt Exam

I nearly failed mathematics at school.  In fact, I was so bad at maths that the teacher “politely suggested” to my parents that I move to the other maths class – the one where all the below average kids go.

And I did.  Not thinking that I could do any better, I moved to the basic maths class and I still only just scraped by with a C (a D is a fail, in Australia).  It was a long time before I would ever look at a maths book again.

Fast forward a few years, and I am now a person who has passed the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Black Belt exam, a marathon at four hours long and heavy on the math.

How did I go from a struggling, failing maths student who didn’t know how to study, to passing one of the most notoriously difficult examination combinations of statistics and project management in the world?  Well, there are a few things I did, and I’ll pass them all on here so you can use them for yourself if you want to.

First, I Got The Quality Council of Indiana Black Belt Primer

The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Primer is the tome of knowledge that has most, if not all of the Black Belt Body of Knowledge (BOK).  You can get it from the Quality Council of Indiana, which is also affiliated with ASQ I believe.  After going through this book every night for four or more months, I can tell you there is a LOT of great stuff in here.  Not just statistics, but project management, process leadership, team building techniques, and design as well.

I also got the “Black Belt Memory Jogger” – a small book that is associated with the other major Six Sigma organisation – Six Sigma Academy.  This rounded out some gaps with Gage R&R, and was also an easy read on the Bus to work.

Second, I Got the Quality Council of Indiana Black Belt Practice Exam CD

The Practice exam, also from the Quality Council of Indiana, was worth every penny of the $70 or so it cost.  It has 1000 questions, and you can see the answer, with working, if you get it wrong.  You can do practice exams in 10, 25, 50, 100, or 150 question lots, and choose which chapters you want to test for.  This exam really helped me find my best way to study, which brings me to my last note:

Third, I Learned an Easy Way to Study That Suited Me

It wasn’t until I had been struggling with the thousand page tome of information for two months, that I realised in my life that: “I never actually learned how to study”.  I had simply breezed through High School, and studied things afterwards that didn’t require much effort.  This exam was completely different – with no knowledge of stats, or the crazy symbols they come with, or even basic mathematics, I had a huge gap to fill.

My beautiful wife gave me some suggestions on how to study, and I modified them to suit my needs.  Below is the outcome of what I did.

  1. I opened an Excel file, and wrote out every “section” heading within every chapter of the Black Belt Primer in a new cell.  This took about a week, every night after work.
  2. Then, I filled in the details with a quick summary of what that section was about, in my own words.  It wasn’t perfect, but it was a good first draft and it took about four weeks, again every night after work.

Now I had a means for “building” my knowledge, instead of simply reading something and forgetting it by the next day.  Everything I learned, I added under the appropriate section of my Excel sheet.

  • Finally, I took a practice exam (from the Indianna CD) of 25 – 50 questions every single night for the remaining six weeks.  When I got a question wrong, I read their reason why (this is provided – which is excellent!) and added any learnings to my Excel file notes.

In the last four weeks leading up to the exam, I would do a full practice exam (150 questions) on each day of the weekend.  This was quite exhausting, but turned out to be worth it in the end.  The real exam was still a mental marathon.

Doing the Actual Black Belt Exam

Doing the Black Belt exam in Australia requires someone to oversee it – a “proctor”.  Luckily, we had a spare room to sit the exam and a current Black Belt to act as the proctor, overseeing our exam.

Doing each question for the exam took longer than the practice CD, and I still had five questions out of the 150 to go at the end that I had to fill in on instinct.  I remember for the last hour I had to go to the bathroom so badly that I thought I was going to burst.  But there was no time to spare for a toilet break.

When it was over (and had been to the bathroom, thank goodness), I was slightly numb.  I had a bad feeling about the test – as though I had messed it up and would have to sit it again.  I went home angry with myself that I had wasted so much time, and questioned why I ever tried to do a project management exam with maths and statistics in it in the first place.  Even a glass of whiskey that night couldn’t take the edge off.

After that, it was a nervous two week wait.  Every day I would ask my colleagues if they had their results, and every day they would say no.  When they finally did come by email, I checked the result.  It said:

“Congratulations: You Have Passed!”

The Journey is Just Beginning

Using the things I’ve learned by becoming an ASQ Certified Black Belt will be a great reward in itself – now I have a lens I can see any business dealings through to reveal opportunities that others can’t often see.  I will have these skills for life.  And recertifying is much easier, if I have applied what I’ve been taught.

But the real lesson is: if I can do it, then anyone can do it.  When I started I didn’t have even the basic skills.  Now I can make control charts, design experiments, test distributions and much, much more.

Keep at it, study hard, and you can succeed too.

Yours in change,

David McLachlan

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