50 Basic Predictive Project Management Questions: A great primer for the PMP® and CAPM® Exams

By Phill Akinwale

The purpose of this book is to rapidly study basic questions for the PMP exam to familiarize students with the process groups, knowledge areas and processes of project management.

The first half of the book focuses on basic questions from a predictive standpoint to give students a flavor of traditional project management through a PMI lens. Some of the questions are open-ended whereas others are closed ended. The PMI publication Process Groups, a Practice Guide is a good reference document for this as it focuses on process groups and knowledge areas.

The second-half of the book focuses on PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition questions. the questions are at the basic level to gently ease students into the narrative for this publication.
The book concludes with a final word about how to prepare for the exam.

• Language: English
• Publisher: PRAIZION MEDIA
• Release date: Jan 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9781934579169

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50 BASIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS

PART 1 – PROCESS GROUPS

Which process group is responsible for chartering?

In which process group do we decide how to carry out the project?

In which process group does work get executed?

Which process group is responsible for checking the work?

Which process group is responsible for closing a phase?

PART 2 – KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Which knowledge area is involved with the coordination, combination, and unification of project components?

Which knowledge area is concerned with creating the project timeline?

Which knowledge area is concerned with creating a work breakdown structure?

Which knowledge area is concerned with managing uncertainty that can impact the project?

Which knowledge area is concerned with scanning prospective sellers or vendors and proposals?

Which knowledge area is concerned with deciding the medium for transmission of information?

Which knowledge area is concerned with computing the overall project budget and managing it?

Which knowledge area is concerned with identifying standards and benchmarks that the project and product should adhere to?

Which knowledge area is concerned with the identification of individuals who could affect the project or who could be affected by the project?

Which knowledge area is concerned with hiring the team and acquiring necessary items to complete the project?

PART 3  – PROCESSES

Which three business documents should you expect to be completed before the project charter is signed? Investigate the answer in the 6th edition on page 30.

You have been made the project manager of a project. Which action do you need to carry out to put stakeholders and the sponsor on the same page as to the purpose of the project before planning begins?

As a project manager who has just completed working on the project charter with the project sponsor, what is the next action you should carry out on the project before planning begins?

You are a project manager working with a team of individuals to complete all aspects of planning. What should be done to ensure a streamlined planning process with uniformity across how each knowledge area is planned and how change is executed?

Which subsidiary plan deals majorly with how artifacts (deliverables, widgets, regulatory documents, and drawings) on a project are version-controlled.

What is a baseline in project management?

Your program manager tells you that each knowledge area should have a planning step or a planning component. Is this true? Explain based on your understanding of page 25 in the PMBOK guide sixth edition.

You are a project manager who has been asked to use a traditional approach for planning. Run through the different process steps that she would take in order to ensure that projectscope is well planned out. There should be at least four steps mentioned in your answer.

You are a project manager who has been asked to create a detailed schedule. Run through five major process steps that you would carry out when creating a projectschedule for baselining your project before monitoring and controlling.

You are a Registered Nurse working in a very busy hospital on a 13-hour shift.