Question 1

Given the information in the table below, which of the following is the total project cost?

Accepted Answer

A)  $40,000 
B)  $70,000 
C)  $95,000 
D)  $120,000

Question 2

A project manager is assigned a project that is part of the company's strategic objectives. Of which of the following is the project a part?

Accepted Answer

A)  Project management office 
B)  Portfolio 
C)  Program 
D)  Mission statement

Question 3

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has announced that the hardware division will be sold to another company. The sale of this division is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outsourcing 
B)  Relocation 
C)  Business process change 
D)  Business merger

Question 4

Which of the following provides tools and standard documentation for the project team?

Accepted Answer

A)  Project management office 
B)  Project manager 
C)  Project coordinator 
D)  Project steering committee

Question 5

Which of the following is a team-building stage that involves the team learning to trust one another's abilities and begin working together as a productive group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norming 
B)  Forming 
C)  Storming 
D)  Performing

Question 6

A number of requirements, conflicts, and reworks during a project delayed the schedule, increased the budget, and required replanning efforts. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were not enough resources assigned to the project execution team. 
B)  The PMO was not involved in project initiation and planning. 
C)  Proper team-building activities were not performed when starting the project. 
D)  A few major stakeholders were overlooked during project initiation and planning.

Question 7

A project manager has taken over a project that is already in progress. The project manager notices the functional manager of one team is unaware of the current progress. Which of the following should the project manager do? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Update the project charter to include the functional manager as a key stakeholder 
B)  Publish the project schedule to the functional manager 
C)  Review the communications plan to ensure proper involvement 
D)  Add the incident to the issue log and seek resolution 
E)  Ensure the functional manager is on the status report distribution list

Question 8

A team member has reported Task 3 will be completed ahead of schedule.  Using the given chart, which of the following represents the critical path if Task 3 is completed in two days?

Accepted Answer

A)  8 days 
B)  10 days 
C)  11 days 
D)  12 days

Question 9

While developing a project schedule, the project manager is attempting to sequence the following tasks:  Which of the following is the correct sequence for the above tasks?

Accepted Answer

A)  F, C, A, E, B, D 
B)  F, E, C, B, A, D 
C)  F, A, B, C, E, D 
D)  D, B, E, F, C, A

Question 10

Which of the following includes setting governance gates as well as predecessors and dependencies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Project communication 
B)  Project constraints 
C)  Project change control 
D)  Project scheduling

Question 11

A project schedule lists a resource as 50% because it likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  is a shared resource. 
B)  depict a resource shortage. 
C)  signifies overallocation of a resource. 
D)  notes underallocation of a resource.

Question 12

Team members have reported that meetings are poorly attended and unproductive. Which of the following steps can the project manager take to make the meetings more productive?

Accepted Answer

A)  Discontinue the meetings with the poorest attendance. 
B)  Decrease the length of the meetings. 
C)  Distribute an agenda before each meeting. 
D)  Document team member attendance and report it to management.

Question 13

A project team has failed to deliver on changes the project manager outlined on a call two weeks ago. The project team members indicate they did not remember the contents on the call. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST to improve the level of awareness of changes to the project schedule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Define the communications plan. 
B)  Record the missed tasks on the issue log. 
C)  Provide meeting minutes after each call. 
D)  Complete a fishbone diagram.

Question 14

Which of the following inherently affects quality standards?

Accepted Answer

A)  SLA 
B)  MOA 
C)  MOU 
D)  WBS

Question 15

A key stakeholder asked several members of the project team to make project changes without submitting them for approval. Because the stakeholder is related to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the team members are reluctant to deny these requests. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST to control this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Have the team members deny all change requests from this stakeholder 
B)  Ask the project sponsor for more funding to anticipate the change requests from the key stakeholder 
C)  Contact the key stakeholder to encourage the submission of written change requests 
D)  Request additional resources from the project team to complete the change requests from the key stakeholder

Question 16

On an OBS chart, there is a dashed line between some team members and the project manager, and there is a solid line connecting other members to the project manager. Additionally, some employees at a lower level on the chart have no connection to the project manager. Which of the following does this signify?

Accepted Answer

A)  Horizontally aligned organization 
B)  Vertically aligned organization 
C)  Matrix aligned organization 
D)  Project aligned organization

Question 17

Due to a new government regulation, a project change is required. The project manager evaluates the change and realizes a representative from the legal department will need to approve the change as well. The project manager should:

Accepted Answer

A)  follow the change process flow and notify the legal department after the change is implemented. 
B)  extend a formal invitation to the legal department representative to join the CCB. 
C)  hold a separate meeting with the legal department representative and ask for approval. 
D)  notify the legal department representative in the event of an upcoming audit.

Question 18

A team lead informs the project manager that the datacenter will not be accessible when the project needs to be completed. The team lead also indicates that the team member who is assigned to complete the datacenter project is out on medical leave. Which of the following should a project manager update to document this information?

Accepted Answer

A)  A list of realized risks 
B)  A list of decomposed activities 
C)  A sequenced list of project tasks 
D)  A document describing agreed-upon communication methods

Question 19

A project manager is trying to ensure the quality of the design and reduce the number of potential defects. The project manager would like to use the fishbone diagram to perform this analysis. This type of modeling relies on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Prioritizing the specific event. 
B)  Variance in the process over time. 
C)  Causes of a specific event. 
D)  Determining the number of events.

Question 20

A project's key stakeholders have requested significant changes that will affect the scope. To adjust the project scope, which of the following need to be changed? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost performance parameter 
B)  Project schedule 
C)  KPI 
D)  Corrective action plan 
E)  WBS

Exam 11: CompTIA Project+