Most Recent PMI-SP Exam Questions & Answers

The earliest Activity G can start is Day 17. This is because activities A, D, C, and F must

all be completed before Activity G can start.

Answer option A is incorrect. Day 13 does not account for Activity F since Activity F is also a

predecessor to Activity G.

Answer option C is incorrect. Day 22 is the earliest Activity G can finish.

Answer option B is incorrect. Day 7 is not a valid answer.

This is an example of corrective action. The project team will fix the mistake and they

have learned from their mistake so it won't happen again.

Answer option C is incorrect. Risk mitigation is defined as monies spent or actions taken to reduce

the probability and impact of an identified

risk event.

Answer option A is incorrect. A risk response is an action to counteract an identified risk.

Answer option B is incorrect. There may be some team development happening in this instance but

we don't have enough information to know

for certain. Team development is an activity that brings the whole team cohesion, interdependency,

and trust.

All scope changes should also be updated in the project scope baseline. The scope baseline is the

project scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and the WBS dictionary.

Answer option D is incorrect. If the changes affect cost then the cost baseline would also be

updated. The question did not indicate that

therbe would a change in the project cost.

Answer option C is incorrect. Quality control does not change. It always reflects the demands of the

project scope.

Answer option A is incorrect. The project final report evaluates the success and failures of the

project scope.

A good project manager must have all of the above mentioned skills. Out of these, the communication skills are the most important skills for a project manager. Communications skills are part of general management skills and are used to exchange information. Communication has many dimensions: Written and oral, listening, and speaking Internal (within the project) and external (customer, the media, the public) Formal (reports, briefings) and informal (memos, ad hoc conversations) Vertical (up and down the organization) and horizontal (with peers) Communication is the most important skill that a project manager must posses. It is the single most important characteristics of a top-class project manager. Project managers must communicate well in order to integrate and maximize the performance of team members. Oral and written communications are the backbone of every successful project. During different phases of a project, a project manager requires to communicate through different manners (for example, documentation, meeting updates, etc.) and he must ensure that the information communicated is explicit, clear, and complete. Answer options E, C, A, and B are incorrect. All these mentioned skills make a person a good project manager. Communication skills top the list. What are organizational skills? Organizational skills are part of management skills to organize various aspects of a project in order to complete it successfully. A good project manager uses these skills to successfully organize his meetings, as well as to keep documentations, quotes, contracts, etc., which can be fetched at any given moment. Organizational skills also include planning and time management skills. What are budgeting skills? Budgeting skills include the knowledge of finance and accounting principles. A project manager must possess these skills in order to perform cost estimates for project budgeting. Reading and understanding quotes, preparing purchase orders, and reconciling purchase invoices are all part of budgeting skills. In order to make the budget of a project, the project manager must have excellent budgeting skills. What are problem solving skills? Problem solving skills include the ability to define and analyze problems, and to take decisions in order to solve the problems by implementing those decisions. Every project manager must possess strong problem solving skills. Problem solving is a two-fold process: Defining the problem Taking a decision and then implementing it A project manager is responsible for determining the best course of action to take in order to resolve the problem. What are negotiating and influencing skills?

Negotiating skills includes demanding and convincing others for the rightful thing or act. A project manager needs this skill to negotiate on projects in almost every area such as scope definitions, budgets, contracts, resource assignments, schedules, etc. Influencing skills include the convincing power of a person. It is an ability to change minds and the course of events. A good project manager requires these skills to utilize them in all areas of project management.

Activity E has four days of float. The entire project will take 19 days to complete. Float,

also called slack, is the amount of time an activity can

be delayed without affecting any subsequent activities. There are two types of floats available:

Free Float: It is the amount of time a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early

start date of any immediately

following schedule activities.

Total Float: It is the total amount of time that a schedule activity may be delayed from its early start

date without delaying the project

finish date, or violating schedule constraint.

Float is calculated by using the critical path method technique.

Answer option D is incorrect. Activity E is not on the critical path.

Answer options C and B are incorrect. These are incorrect calculations of the amount float available

for Activity E.