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PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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Practice Questions CPMA

1.

The duration of the whole project will be fixed by the time taken to complete the largest path through

the network. This path is called the ____________and activities on it are known as _______________.

Activities on the critical path must be started and completed on timae, otherwise the total project time

will be extended.

A. critical path, critical activities

B. critical way, critical works

C. critical fact, critical activities

D. critical act, works

2. PRINCE methodologies have three separate progress assurance roles, which includes all of the following

EXCEPT

A. The business – The Business Assurance Co-ordinator (BAC) ensures that the project meets the

organisation’s mission.

B. The specialist – The Technical Co-ordinator is responsible for ensuring that the project does not have

technical problems.C. The user – The User Assurance Co-ordinator represents the user throughout the process.

D. The manager – The Project Co-ordinator organises and leads the team.

3.

An assessment of social feasibility will address a number of areas, among those is:

A. Selecting jobs

B. Building industrial relations

C. Management policies

D. Motivation

4.

Any project will have economic costs and economic benefits. Economic feasibility has all three strands

BUT NOT necessarily

A. The benefits must justify the costs.

B. The project must be the 'best' option from those under consideration for its particular purpose.

C. The project must compete with projects in other areas of the business for funds.

D. The costs, benefit and funding should be always be justified in pre-determined parameter

5.

Many people working on projects find managing unreasonable expectations from sponsors to be the most

difficult. However, practicing ‘_____________________’ can result in a more focused project.

A. careful obedience

B. intelligent disobedience

C. careful disobedience

D. intelligent obedience

6. It is important to understand who has an interest in a project, because part of the responsibility of the

project manager is ________________________________.

A. communication and the management of expectations

B. confirmation and management by exceptions

C. communication and management of conflict

D. confirmation and management of exploitation


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7.

Although the composition of the project team is critical, project managers often find it is not possible to

assemble the ideal team, and have to do the best they can with the personnel available. If the project

manager feels the best available team does not possess the skills and talent required, the project should

be_________________.

A. abandoned or delayedB. abandoned rather than delayed

C. delayed rather than abandoned

D. first delayed and then abandoned

8. Which is FALSE for scalable methodology?

A. This approach recognises the differences in project size, risk and complexity, and allows a customized

best practice management approach for each project.

B. This approach builds on the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK (Project Management Body of

Knowledge),

C. This approach identifies differences between minor and major projects on nine dimensions and theirimpact on project management.

D. This approach enables management and stakeholder involvement at critical times in the project

9. Which of the following approaches was developed for IT projects, however, its focus and flexibility made

it appropriate for marketing projects?

A. Prince2

B. Scalable

C. Adaptive Project Framework (ADF)

D. Predictive Project Framework (PDF)

10. The WBS will go down through a series of levels until the project tasks produce manageable outputs.

These are called___________________.

A. work packages

B. tangible outputs

C. lowest level products

D. deliverables

11. A very important aspect of project planning is the determination of dependencies and interactions.

Careful analysis of dependencies is a major step towards a workable project plan, since it provides _____.

A. an order in which things must be tackled

B. a sequence in which procedures are executed

C. a combination of methodologies

D. an alternative way-out to resist loss

12.

Functional organisation structures are simple and almost intuitive in their operation. However, they tend

to promote insularity of thought and even distrust between functions. Achieving full co-ordination of the

work of the various departments can be very difficult. This sort of problem leads to the _______

structure.

A.

matrixB. complex

C. analytic


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D. vertical

13. __________________ structured organisations can undertake projects successfully, partly, because they

are able to provide in-depth expertise to project managers by allocating expert staff from appropriate

functions. However, such staff can suffer from lack of focus if they still have a major functional role to

play and it can be difficult to integrate their efforts properly.

A. Globally

B. Functionally

C. Matrix

D. Ce-metrical

14. Primary functions in a manufacturing company might NOT be

A. production

B. sales

C. finance

D.

warehousing

15. Sub-departments of marketing might NOT be

A. selling

B. advertising

C. distribution

D. finance

16. The ____________ structure imposes an extra layer of cross-functional management on top of

the___________ structure in order to improve co-operation and integration of effort by granting authority

to project managers. Typically, the superimposed structure will be concerned with individual products orproduct groups.

A. matrix, functional

B. functional, matrix

C.

team based, functional

D.

project based, team based

17. Following is an excerpt from the text: "This approach is very flexible and easy to use; it tends to

complete projects quickly if the discipline of project management is well-understood. In particular, it

requires clear project definition if control is to be effective and comprehensive project review if longer-

term learning is to take place." Which approach does the excerpt refer to?

A.

Project-based

B.

Functional

C.

Team-based

D. Matrix

18.

A high level of motivation is common and the integration of specialist work is eased by commitment to

project delivery. Staff may work on several projects at the same time and thus have responsibilities to

several project managers.

In which structure of organisation is the above mentioned situation TRUE?

A. Project-based

B.

Functional


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C.

Team-based

D. Matrix

19. In the feasibility studies of IS projects, the number of stages "Option Evaluation" has is:

A. 3

B. 4C. 5

D. 6

20. Typically, four stages exist within a project life cycle. It may help you to remember the four stages if

you think of them as the four Ds. Which is TRUE?

A. The project definition stage may also include the procedures required for project selection.

B. The project design phase will include detailed planning for activity, cost, quality and time.

C. The project delivery phase does not necessarily include all the work required to deliver the planned

project outcomes.

D. Longer-term review will examine the project outcomes after the passage of time to establish itsoverall degree of success, but should be avoided because of time and cost consuming.

21.

Performance driver analysis is essentially a _____________________ technique. The essence of the

technique is to identify two groups of performance-related influences: those that enable good

performance and those that hinder or prevent it.

A. calculating and communication

B. risk minimising and motivation

C. brainstorming and presentation

D. consulting and harmonisation

22. Saunders et al (2005) undertook research on the screening and evaluation criteria for new

product development (NPD) research. They found that criteria for acceptance or rejection of product

concepts vary through the NPD process. At the initial screening stage, there is a focus on the

______________ criteria.

A. marketing

B. projecting

C. commercial

D. financial

23.

The decision to terminate a project is not the end of the project management process, which ends afterthe ________________.

A. project analysis

B. project supervision

C. project cancellation

D. project evaluation

24.

________________ determines how well the project met its objectives, including time, cost and quality,

and how well the needs of its stakeholders were met.

A. Evaluation

B. Supervision

C.

Communication


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D.

Formulation

25. Small projects may have informal reviews, but larger projects need formal reviews. Although evaluation

takes place throughout the project, an integrated evaluation at the end of the project reflects on reasons

for success and failure that may be missed in operational management. Project _______ are rigorousreviews, using a structured approach, and often undertaken by an independent party.

A.

audits

B. frauds

C. missions

D. tasks

26.

The project manager should be aware of the following matters for each stakeholder or stakeholder group

EXCEPT

A. GoalsB. Past attitude and behaviour

C. Expected future behaviour

D. Reaction to possible past developments

27.

Project management as a discipline developed because of a need to __________________ to obtain

desired results within a set timeframe. Common project management tasks include establishing goals and

objectives, developing a work-plan, scheduling, budgeting, co-ordinating a team and communicating.

A.

co-ordinate resources

B.

cooperate mechanisms

C.

construct business logic

D.

conduct business analysis

28. The consideration of project management will first address the types of projects (_____________),

how these are undertaken (_______________) and why they do it (______________).

A. activities, strategic goals & competitive position, people and processes

B. people and processes, activities, strategic goals & competitive position

C. strategic goals & competitive position, people and processes, activities

D. activities, people and processes, strategic goals & competitive position

29.

Project management in its widest sense is fundamental to much strategy. This is because veryfew organisations are able to do the same things in the same ways year after year.

___________________ change forces many organisations to include extensive processes of adaptation into

their strategies.

A.

Continuing environmental

B.

Policies

C.

Management discretion

D. Organisational structure

30. The product managers may each have their own ________________; in which case the

_______________department itself would be small or non-existent. The authority of product managersmay vary from organisation to organisation.


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A.

marketing team, marketing

B. finance team, finance

C. hr team, hr

D. IT team, IT

31. The _________ organisation structure is now regarded as rather old-fashioned, since it is essentially a

complex way of retaining the basic functional structure by adding extra resources to overcome itsdisadvantages. More modern approaches seek fundamental improvements and tend to focus on processes

and projects.

A. matrix

B. team-based

C. project-based

D. functional

32. In the project management plan, the project manager will submit the final product and any interim

deliverables to the ________________ for formal acceptance.

A. Standards Project Team (SPT)

B. Standards Performance Team (SPT)

C.

C.Standards Program Team (SPT)

D.

Standards Planning Team (SPT)

33. While the discipline of a Project Portfolio Management approach is perfectly logical, it must be recognised

that the ____________ are often not.

A. steps

B. conditions

C. outcomes

D. methodologies

34. Identifying the work packages forms the foundation for developing schedules, budgets and

resource requirements, and also forms the foundation for assigning _____________.

A. adhoc tasks

B. responsibilities

C. workflows

D. package work

35.

_________________ can be split into activities or tasks that are used to create a workflow. These contrastwith activities and tasks, which are about what is involved in doing work.

A. Work functions

B. Work packages

C. Work statuses

D. Work tasks

36.

A very important aspect of ________________ is the determination of dependencies and interactions. At

any level of WBS analysis, some tasks will be dependent on others; that is to say, a dependent task cannot

commence until the task upon which it depends is completed.

A. project terminating

B. project implementing


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C. project planning

D. project initiating

37. __________________are the artefacts used to manage the project. They include the project management

organisation structure, planning documentation, reports and so on.

A. Technical products

B. Quality products

C. Mature products

D. Management products

38.

In contrast to the multitude of such small events, modern organisations are likely to undergo

_______________ change far less often, but sufficiently frequently and with developments that have

sufficiently long lives for project management to be an important aspect of strategic implementation.

A. significantB. specific

C. sporadic

D. minor

39.

_____________ is the term when work is added to the project after the scope has been established and

agreed.

A. Scope change

B. Scope creep

C. Strategic scope

D. Strategic scope change

40. Monitoring cannot make a project successful – it is a ‘neutral’ part of the project process. However,

timely monitoring (followed by effective control) can help identify – and avoid if necessary – the three

Cs constrictions that challenge projects, which DOES NOT include:

A. Crises

B. Catastrophes constraint

C. Change

D. Complexity

41.

_________________ is usually the responsibility of the project co-ordinator and may be carried outinformally (through weekly briefs) or through routine review of the project documents.

A. Project planning

B. Monitoring

C. Estimating

D. Delayering

42.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Relationship Management could give significant shorter-term returns.

B. Relationship Management could give significant longer-term returns.C. Relationship Management could give insignificant shorter-term returns.

D. Relationship Management could give insignificant longer-term returns.


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43.

Initiating tasks are carried out by the ___________________.

A. project stakeholder

B. project charter

C. project manager

D. project sponsor

44. Some project managers have the job title 'Project Manager'. Which is TRUE about them?

A. These people usually have one major responsibility: the project planning.

B. These people usually have one major responsibility: the project.

C.These people usually have one major responsibility: the project monitoring.

D. These people usually have one major responsibility: the project initiating.

45.

Project management is the combination of ________________and _______________used to control and

monitor activities undertaken within the project.

A. systems techniques, people

B. machine, technicians

C. software, programmer

D. techniques, project managers

46.

A project will be deemed successful if it is completed at the specified level of quality _______and ______.

A. by the manager, in time

B. on time, within budget

C. within budget, before planned time

D. on time, in minimal budget

47.

The way in which a project manager co-ordinates a project from initiation to completion, using project

management and general management techniques, is known as the ____________________.

A. Project Management system

B. Project Management techniqueC. Project Management process

D. Project Management coordination

48. An effective project management process helps project managers maintain _________________and meet

their responsibilities.

A. adjusting projects

B. control of projects

C. ad hoc tasks

D. cost of projects


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49.

Project management techniques encourage ______________________by identifying, from the outset,

those activities which might threaten successful completion of a project.

A. management of action

B. management by section

C. management by exceptionD. managing from direction

50.

The ideal project team achieves project completion on time, within budget and to the required

specifications – with the minimum amount of ________________from the project manager.

A. direct supervision

B. indirect supervision

C. complex supervision

D. mix supervision

51.

The project team will comprise individuals with___________________________. The project managershould choose a balanced team that takes advantage of each team member's skills and compensates

elsewhere for their weaknesses.

A. equal skills and education

B. differing skills and personalities

C. various experiences and complexions

D. same age and equal abilities

52.

The project manager should keep in touch with the relationships of team members and act as

a ___________________ if necessary.

A. conciliator

B. facilitator

C. substitute

D. mentor

53.

______________________refers to the number of subordinates or team members responsible to a person.

A. Span of management

B. Area of management

C. Focus of management

D. Circle of management

54.

__________________ is accountable for the resources invested into the project and responsible for the

achievement of the project's business objectives.

A. Project vendor

B. Project manager

C. Project stakeholder

D. Project sponsor

55. One approach to stakeholders dispute management strategy is to organise affairs in a way that minimises

exposure to the___________________.


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A. risk of disputes

B. risk of control

C. risk of management

D. risk of functions

56.

Conflict between project stakeholders may be resolved by all EXCEPT

A. Negotiation

B. Partnering

C. Mediation

D. Bargaining

57. Meredith and Mantell (2003) state that success or failure of a project is based on whether they have

achieved targets on the following EXCEPT

A. Required performance

B. No. of projects

C. Cost

D. Due date

58. Project management’s contribution is now widely recognised as important within the

_______________areas of organisations.

A. business

B. management

C. departmental

D. functional

59.

For project planning is fundamental to project success, ________________________must be established,

use of shared resources must be planned and, most fundamental of all, jobs must be done in a sensible

sequence.

A. prudent management and online support

B. practical understanding and trained-up team

C. realistic timescales and resource requirements

D. quick reviews and suitable locations

60.

Models such as Kerzner’s are a guide to progress; in particular they indicate ____________________for

project managers.

A. leading challenges

B.

organisational changes

C.

departmental progress

D.

career development routes

61. Project management is a way of making ___________________ more deliberate and therefore better-

considered.

A. competitive strategy


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B. policy changes

C. ad hoc strategy

D. management style changes

62. According to Johnson, Scholes and Whittington (2008), the ________________________of knowledge

requires effective systems to link the people who have knowledge with the applications that need it.

A. collection and dissemination

B. creation and exploitation

C. achievement and allocation

D. moderation and storage

63. Functional structures of organisations are simple and almost intuitive in their________________.

A. operation

B. implementation

C. application

D. synchronization

64. The matrix structure is now regarded as rather _______________, since it is essentially a

_______________way of retaining the basic functional structure.

A. latest, simple

B. old, modern

C. old-fashioned, complex

D. classical, traditional

65.

The permeability of a project is the extent to which its ___________________________are subject to

influences outside the control of the project manager. The extent of these influences might be very

limited in a short, simple project of a well-understood type.

A. objectives and solutions

B. solutions and processes

C. objectives and processes

D. management and solutions

66. Paisley Ltd plans to purchase a machine costing £13,500. The machine will save labour costs of £7,000 in

the first year. Labour rates in the second year will increase by 10%. The estimated average annual rate

of inflation is 8% and the company's real cost of capital is estimated at 12%.

The machine has a two-year life with an estimated actual salvage value of £5,000 receivable at the end of

Year 2. All cash flows occur at the year end.

What is the NPV (to the nearest £10) of the proposed investment?

Note: The present value at a discount rate of 11%:

Period Discount Rate


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1 1.0000

2 0.8267

3 0.6835

What is the NPV (to the nearest £10) of the proposed investment?

A. £1,150

B. £970

C. £770

D. £550

67.

A fishbone is also known as:

A. Poka-yoke diagram

B. Kaizen diagram

C. Taguchi diagram

D. Ishikawa diagram

68.

Project managers often use control chart to view overall progress of projects against planned schedule.

Following is a typical project schedule control chart demonstrating progress of a software programme

development of Sansung i-Phone:

What should be interpreted from this control chart?

A. By the end of period 3, the project had fallen behind by almost one and a quarter day.

B. By the end of period 3, the project had fallen behind by almost one and a half days.

C. By the end of period 3, the project had fallen behind by almost two days.

D. By the end of period 3, the project had fallen behind by almost one day.

Days Ahead of schedule

Days behind of schedule 0 1 2 3 4

Reporting eriod

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

0


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69.

Maclan Motors is undertaking a project for upgrading its sports car engine. At the initial stage the project

team has developed a fish bone diagram to aid them focus in areas on priority basis.

How a fish bone diagram may help the project team in this respect?

A. Fish bone diagram itself is an essential tool to the process of analysis.B. Fish bone diagram will arrange key areas in a chronological manner.

C. Fish bone diagram forms a good medium forbrainstorming a problem and for presenting the

eventual results.

D. Fish bone diagram helps in constructing scenario for upgraded model of sports engine only.

70.

Project managers often view resource diagram in order to know:

A. The time scale and to estimate resource requirements.

B. Resource requirement, usage and availability throughout the whole process.

C. Resource requirements, usage and availability for a known time.

D. How to plan and control projects.

71. Milestone slip chart compares planned and actual progress towards project milestones. Shown below is a

typical milestone chart:

State what is indicated by milestone 4?

A. Planned and actual progress towards milestones was achieved.

B. Planned and actual progress towards milestones was not achieved.

C. Planned progress was faster than actual progress but repetition is not expected.

D. Planned progress was faster than actual progress but repetition is not possible.

1

2

3

4


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72.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding control charts?

A. Values above the upper and lower control limits indicate points out of adjustment.

B. Control charts are built so that retrospective data can be quickly compared to past performance data.

C. Control charts graphically present data.

D. Control charts plot data over time.

73. When a sample measurement falls inside the control limits, it means that

A. each unit manufactured is good enough to sell

B. the process limits cannot be determined statistically

C. the process output exceeds the requirements

D. if there is no other pattern in the samples, the process is in control

74. If a sample of parts is measured and the mean of the measurements is outside the control limits the process

is

A. in control, but not capable of producing within the established control limits

B. out of control and the process should be investigated for assignable variation

C. within the established control limits with only natural causes of variation

D. d. monitored closely to see if the next sample mean will also fall outside the control limits

75.

The following is a project network diagram. (The numbers in parenthesis represent hours.)

The length of the critical path from A is:

A. 14 hours

B. 5 hours

C.

6 hoursD. 11 hours

76. Which of the following statements is correct for a project with a positive Net Present Value (NPV)?

A. Internal rate of return (IRR) exceeds the cost of capital

B. Accepting the project has an indeterminate effect on shareholders

C. The discount rate exceeds the cost of capital

D. The profitability index equals one

B (4)

E (6)

Start (0)

A (6)

C (8)F (4)

End (0)

G (2)

D (3)


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77.

Which of the following capital budgeting methods states the project return as a percentage?

A. Payback period

B. Net present value

C. Internal Rate of Return

D. Discounted payback period

78.

What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of a project that costs $100, 000 and returns $45, 000 annually for

three years if the cost of capital is 14%?

Number of periods Discount factor

1 0.877

2 0.769

3 0.675

A. $16, 100.00

B. $35, 000.00

C. $3, 397.57D. $4, 445.00

79. Following is a simple network diagram that illustrates a typical computer installation project in one of the

factory of super motor car company Bintally Motor Works.

D1 F3

A3

START E6 G3 END

B5 C2


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Can activity D be delayed without delaying the completion of the project? If so, how many days?

A. Yes, 4 days

B. No, 4 days

C. Yes, 8 days

D. No, 8 days



What is the duration of the critical path for this project?

A. 7 days

B. 12 days

C. 10 days

D. 4 days

81.

Following is a simple network diagram that illustrates a typical computer installation project in one of the


What is the earliest start time for Activity G?

A. 3 days

B. 9 days

C. 6 days

D. 7 days

D1 F3

A3

START E6 G3 END

B5 C2

D1 F3

A3

START E6 G3 END

B5 C2


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What is the latest start time for Activity F?

A. 3 daysB. 4 days

C. 7 days

D. 9 days

83. A Gantt chart is used to:

A. Show how activities are related

B. Show when activities take place

C. Enable the critical path to be evaluated

D. Show resources used over time

84. A resource histogram is used to:

A. Show how activities are related.

B. Show when activities take place.

C. Enable the critical path to be evaluated.

D. Show resources used over time.

D1 F3

A3

START E6 G3 END

B5 C2


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85. Crashing is the term used when:

A. The project time has to be at minimum extra cost.

B. Insufficient resources are available for the project to be completed on time.

C. The cost of a project has to be reduced.D. The project time has to be at minimum cost.

86. If the earliest start time and latest start time of an activity are 8 and 9 respectively, the float for this

activity is:

A. Zero

B. 1

C. 17

D. 3

87. A project manager wishes to identify abnormality in his project. Which of the following tools would aid him

in this respect?

A. Control charts

B. Scatter diagram

C. HistogramsD. Pareto charts

88.

Mr. MacDowell is considering of selling tickets of education programmes. He is determined that the

attendants will vary on the personality and popularity of the professor making speech in the programme. It is

not possible to arrange speech of well-known professor throughout the year. Mr. MacDowell cannot sort out

any probable outcome from the relationship between personality of professor and the attendees.

Which of the following technique may help Mr. MacDowell as a better planning tool for his project of selling

tickets of education programmes?

A. A Gantt Chart

B. PERT

C. Resource Histogram

D. Scatter Graph diagram


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Answers

1 A 26 D 51 B 76 A

2 D 27 A 52 A 77 C

3 D 28 D 53 A 78 D

4 D 29 A 54 D 79 C

5 B 30 A 55 A 80 B

6 A 31 A 56 D 81 B

7 A 32 C 57 B 82 D

8

D33

C58

D83

B

9 C 34 B 59 C 84 D

10 A 35 B 60 D 85 A

11 A 36 C 61 C 86 B

12 A 37 D 62 B 87 A

13 B 38 A 63 A 88 B

14 D 39 B 64 C

15 D 40 D 65 C

16 A 41 B 66 B

17 A 42 B 67 D

18 A 43 C 68 C

19 B 44 B 69 C

20 A 45 A 70 C

21 C 46 B 71 C

22 D 47 C 72 B

23 D 48 B 73 D

24 A 49 C 74 B

25 A 50 A 75 D

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