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CIPM.  Includes the processes required to ensure that the project include all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the work successfully

CIPM.   Cost plus fixed fee contract stand for?

CFM 20 - Which of the following federal agencies is responsible for implementing and enforcing workplace health and safety standard?

Question - 32 You and a group of managers who conduct a weekly meeting for sharing information and project management best practices. Joe who is a colleague of yours explains the need of correctly identifying all the project stakeholders. He explains that in his current project he has made use of Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix. Many of the other colleagues are not quite aware of the need and usage of this matrix - which of the following is the BEST choice?

CFM12. Which factor influences location strategy for facility location?

CFM 16 - What does a good maintenance ensure?

CIPM. The most important criteria in selecting project selection method is:

CIPM. Your preferred resource is not available at the time needed. What is the best thing to do?

Rather than use Triangular Distribution while doing Three Point Estimation you choose to use Beta Distribution. Based on your analysis and understanding you are confident that the project would be completed with a total cost of 108,000 $. You also estimate that a best case estimate would be 90000 $ while a worst case scenario would result in the costs incurred to shoot up to 138000 USD. What would the Three point Cost estimate be using Beta Distribution?

Question - 25 What is the BEST use of a Work Authorization System?

Question - 48 You are responsible for managing a project that deals with laying out a freeway connecting two major port cities. Progress in the past has been smooth but lately in the past few months you have observed a schedule and budget overrun. You decide to hold a meeting with your team members. On discussions you realize team members went ahead and made changes at the behest of the client requests on site. You are pretty sure the changes were not a part of the project scope statement – which of these project management concept did the team member refuse to follow?

Question - 48 You are responsible for managing a project that deals with laying out a freeway connecting two major port cities. Progress in the past has been smooth but lately in the past few months you have observed a schedule and budget overrun. You decide to hold a meeting with your team members. On discussions you realize team members went ahead and made changes at the behest of the client requests on site. You are pretty sure the changes were not a part of the project scope statement – which of these project management concept did the team member refuse to follow?

CIPM. When you are closing out a project, what must you do?

CIPM   A task was scheduled to use two persons, full time, and take two weeks to complete. Instead, the project manager was only able to assign one person to this task. At the end of two weeks, the person assigned to the task was 75% complete. What is the cost performance index?

CIPM    Which of the following is considered to be a simulation technique?

Question – 16 As a project manager you understand the importance of identifying all relevant stakeholders , their interest and influence and their needs and expectations. You have been assigned to handle a large construction project. You decide to do a thorough stakeholder analysis and you identify Laura and Sean. Based on your interactions and analysis - you know that both Sean and Laura are low in the pecking order so they do not wield any significant authority or power. However where it differs is in their interest in the project. Laura has a lot of interest while Sean is disinterested. You decide to plot them in a Power / Interest grid to help determine how you would manage these stakeholders. Which of the following is the best approach to handle these two stakeholders?

CIPM. The process of managing procurement relationships, monitoring contract performance and making changes and corrections as needed is called

Question - 50 Project Team has created sub plans for each knowledge areas in project plan. These plans are called:

Question - 30 You have received a number of seller responses for contracting work related to setting up office cubicles. One of the bids received happens to be from a very good friend of yours. You know she has done good work in the past. What should be the BEST course of action?

CIPM -Earned value can be described as:

Question - 38 A friend of yours approaches you seeking advice. She indicates she has offers from two organizations. Her role in one of the organization is that of a project Co-ordinator while in the other organization her role is that of a Project expediter. She is not quite clear of the difference between the two roles and seeks your advice. Which of the following statement is true

CFM 19 - First step in managing ergonomic stressors in the workplace is to analyze _____________

Question - 15 You head the engineering department in your company. Lately you have observed that certain deliveries are missing the schedule. On closer scrutiny you observe this to be occurring with a specific team member. You decide to discuss it out with the team member. Initially the team member is reluctant to discuss but finally opens up and indicates that the cause of the delays is often different instructions coming in from you as well as the project manager. She indicates that at such times she is confused related to whose instructions to follow - thereby causing delays - what kind of an Organizational structure is this most likely to be ?

Question - 40 The Scope Baseline consists of the following:

CIPM  A role of the change control board is to:

CFM15.

What is the advantage of good layout design in the case of service organizations?

CFM11. What is an important aspect of service layout?

CFM14.

Which crucial factor affects the layout?

CIPM.  Project integration management involves all the following processes except

CIPM. One of these is NOT an input  of plan procurement

CIPM. You manage a project whose team members have diverse skills and expertise. You want to encourage your staff to pool its knowledge on project issues to make the best decisions possible. The most appropriate management style to use is:

Question - 21 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?

Question - 25 What is the BEST use of a Work Authorization System?

CFM 25 - ______________ can be defined as an interdisciplinary business function has the objective to coordinate demand and supply of facilities and services within public and private organizations

CFM15.

What is the advantage of good layout design in the case of service organizations?

CFM4. The following factors are to be considered when designing a parking lot except

Question - 28 Over lunch you meet a colleague who is managing a large turnover project for setting up a chemical plant. Your colleague is worried because the client is being unreasonable and asking for changes that will have a severe impact to the scope schedule and also cost. The client is also not ready to absorb the additional impact to schedule and cost. She seeks your advice - what should she do?

CIPM   An output of administrative closure is the creation of:

Question - 41 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

Question - 41 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?

CIPM. The sending or conveying of information from one place to another is the process of:

CIPM. Which of the following is a method for quantifying qualitative data in order to minimize the effect of personal prejudice on source selection?

CIPM. In which of the following project management process groups are the most time and money typically spent?

Question - 49 Your company has won a large project for one of the fund houses to administer their funds. The project work has been going on smoothly and the customer has been singing praises about the work done so far. The client has planned a visit the next month to go over the plans for the next phase of the project as well as to meet with the project team. Your senior management realizes that this client could potentially need additional capabilities in the derivatives segment. Your company happens to have a strong exposure to this segment having executed numerous such projects. Your senior manager also invites key managers from the derivatives segment to showcase the organizations abilities in the derivates vertical - this is an example of ?

Question - 31 You are in charge of building a bridge across a river. All the initial groundwork and structural designs have been completed and work is in progress. You know that the next two months will be particularly critical involving some critical activities such as Arc welding of stiffener plates. You know your company employs welders who specialize in this kind of work. However you are apprehensive regarding their availability for the next two months. What should you refer to first to find if these welders are available for the next two months?

CIPM. One of the following is NOT an input used for control communication

CFM5. The second most valuable resources is the ________________________

Question - 43 You are in the process of executing a project that deals with laying out electrical cables connecting two cities. You have been reporting progress on a monthly basis. In this month due to unplanned vacations many of the staff have not turned up at work. This has caused a delay in the schedule. You decide to check if the schedule variance is within the allowable threshold - what specific document should you refer to ?

CIPM. ------------------------Comprises of the top management of a project

CFM8. Which of these is correct with respect to a product developed or a service performed.

Question - 47 Using historical information to perform estimating is also called _______ estimating.

CIPM.  Which is NOT an input of develop project charter?

CIPM. You manage a project whose team members have diverse skills and expertise. You want to encourage your staff to pool its knowledge on project issues to make the best decisions possible. The most appropriate management style to use is:

CIPM.     A fundamental tool used by the project manager to deliver the successfully is known as

Question - 40 The Scope Baseline consists of the following:

CIPM    Which of the following is not an input to Activity Definition process:

 CIPM. Which acronym  stand for time and material contracts

CFM5. The second most valuable resources is the ________________________

Question - 27 As a project manager you understand the importance of identifying all relevant stakeholders, their interest and influence and their needs and expectations. You have been assigned to handle a large construction project. You decide to do a thorough stakeholder analysis and you identify Bob and Kelly. Based on your interactions and analysis - you know that Bob wields a lot of authority and also has a huge interest in the project. Kelly too wields a lot of power but is largely uninterested. You decide to plot them in a Power / Interest grid to help determine how you would manage these stakeholders. Which of the following is the best approach to handle these two stakeholders?

CIPM. A project manager has been working on a project for six months with the same team yet the team still shows a lack of support for the project. The best thing for the project manager to do would be to?

CIPM. Your preferred resource is not available at the time needed. What is the best thing to do?

Question - 22 You are the project manager and have decided to outsource a part of the project to a vendor. You have offered a bonus to the vendor if the work is completed in two months. This is an example of _____________.

CIPM.

Projects are initiated in response of:

CIPM.  The process of developing a document that formally authorizesa project or a phase and documenting initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations is

CIPM. Which of the fixed-price contracts gives the buyer and seller some flexibility and that it allows for deviation from performance, with financial  incentives tied to achieving metrics

Question - 48 You are responsible for managing a project that deals with laying out a freeway connecting two major port cities. Progress in the past has been smooth but lately in the past few months you have observed a schedule and budget overrun. You decide to hold a meeting with your team members. On discussions you realize team members went ahead and made changes at the behest of the client requests on site. You are pretty sure the changes were not a part of the project scope statement – which of these project management concept did the team member refuse to follow?

Question - 45 Of the following types of contracts - which has the HIGHEST risk for the buyer ?

CIPM. Which of the following are examples of indirect costs?

CIPM. As stated in page 9 of the CIPM study manual, PMP stands for what?            

CIPM. The major purpose of project status reports is to:

Question - 17 You have replaced an earlier project manager. The project is already in its third month of execution. You need to determine if the project is ahead or behind schedule. What would be the BEST source of this information?

CFM9. _____________ is the management of persons and their needs and deficiencies in a particular environment.

CFM13.

Which factor influence location for a service organization?

CIPM. Examples of Projects include:

CFM 22 - Which of the following is the most important function for a project management success?

CFM 18 - __________ is a type or lease such that the lease pays all operating expenses.

CIPM. What technique allows large numbers of ideas to be sorted into groups for review and analysis

Question - 49 Your company has won a large project for one of the fund houses to administer their funds. The project work has been going on smoothly and the customer has been singing praises about the work done so far. The client has planned a visit the next month to go over the plans for the next phase of the project as well as to meet with the project team. Your senior management realizes that this client could potentially need additional capabilities in the derivatives segment. Your company happens to have a strong exposure to this segment having executed numerous such projects. Your senior manager also invites key managers from the derivatives segment to showcase the organizations abilities in the derivates vertical - this is an example of ?

CFM10.

Space management benefits are except

CFM 19 - First step in managing ergonomic stressors in the workplace is to analyze _____________

CFM 22 - Which of the following is the most important function for a project management success?

Question - 15 You head the engineering department in your company. Lately you have observed that certain deliveries are missing the schedule. On closer scrutiny you observe this to be occurring with a specific team member. You decide to discuss it out with the team member. Initially the team member is reluctant to discuss but finally opens up and indicates that the cause of the delays is often different instructions coming in from you as well as the project manager. She indicates that at such times she is confused related to whose instructions to follow - thereby causing delays - what kind of an Organizational structure is this most likely to be ?

CIPM. The major purpose of project status reports is to:

CIPM  Configuration management is:

CFM14.

Which crucial factor affects the layout?

CIPM.  The process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller and awarding a contract is refered to as ?

Question - 28 Over lunch you meet a colleague who is managing a large turnover project for setting up a chemical plant. Your colleague is worried because the client is being unreasonable and asking for changes that will have a severe impact to the scope schedule and also cost. The client is also not ready to absorb the additional impact to schedule and cost. She seeks your advice - what should she do?

CFM 15 - What is the advantage of good layout design in the case of service organizations?

CIPM. The review of key deliverables and project performance at the conclusion of a project phase is called

CIPM. Which of the following is NOT among the processes of project stakeholders management?

CIPM. -------------------------Is an enterprise environment factor which can affect the availability of resources and influence how projects are conducted

Question - 21 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?

CIPM. One  of  the following is NOT among tools & techniques used to conduct procurements

CIPM. Which of the following Project Scope Management processes involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components?

CIPM. Which of the following Project Scope Management processes involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components?

CIPM  You are a project manager leading a cross-functional project team in a weak matrix environment. None of your project team members report to you functionally and you do not have the ability to directly reward their performance. The project is difficult, involving tight date constraints and challenging quality standards. Which of the following types of project management power will likely be the most effective in this circumstance?

CIPM   Which contract type should be used by the owner on a high risk project?

CFM 18 - __________ is a type or lease such that the lease pays all operating expenses.

CIPM.What technique have broad application within project management processes and guide the development of the project charter

CIPM. The process of documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans is known as  

CIPM. Gantt charts are great for: