GCPM GIAC Certified Project Manager Certification Practice Test Questions and Answers

Which of the following documents refers specifically to the input output mechanism that serves the purpose of providing a narrative description of the sum of the scope of the project?

Which of the following tasks are NOT part of the project execution phase?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

In which of the following process groups is the project manager responsible for authorizing and applying organization resources to the subsequent project activities?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You have to achieve authorization for a project and define its objectives. In which of the following stages of a project are you working?

You are the project manager for your organization and are planning the project work with your project team. You are currently breaking down the project scope into work packages to determine an accurate time and cost estimate. What document are you and the project team creating?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You want to demonstrate how a process performs over time and when a process is subject to special cause variation, resulting in an out-of-control condition. Which of the following Perform Quality Control tools will help you accomplish the above task?

You are the project manager of TRT project. During execution phase of your project, Rick, a team member, complains that other team members are isolating him and this isolation is bothering him.

Which of the following is not a recommended step in order to resolve the issue?

Which of the following does not require the WBS as an input?

Which of the following processes records the results of executing quality activities?

Which of the following processes is performed to develop a detailed description of the project and product?

Which of the following phases utilizes the most project time and resources?

Don has hired Jerry, a contractor, to complete a portion of his project work. The contract used was a cost-plus contract. If Don was to perform a risk audit, who would carry the risk in this scenario?

You are the project manager of TRT project. During execution phase of your project, Rick, a team member, complains that other team members are isolating him and this isolation is bothering him.

Which of the following is not a recommended step in order to resolve the issue?

Which of the following processes is used to obtain formal acceptance of the project scope by the stakeholders?

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Which of the following techniques will you use to determine whether particular work can best be accomplished by the project team or must be purchased from the outside sources?

You are a new Project Manager that has been entrusted with a project to develop a machine which produces auto components. You have put together your project team and have begun executing your project. Recently, a conflict arose between two of your team members about a feature that will be incorporated in the design of the machine. Which of the following is the MOST APPROPRIATE technique to resolve this conflict?

Which of the following is built by aggregating the costs of the individual work elements and then joining them at time intervals where meaningful actual cost information will be available?

You are the project manager of the HJK project for your organization. You and the project team have created risk responses for many of the risk events in the project. A teaming agreement is an example of what risk response?

In which of the following processes are the results of executing the quality activities recorded and monitored in order to assess performance and recommend necessary changes?

Mark works as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You have to monitor the status of the project and product scope. Which of the following processes will you use to accomplish the task?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You are working on a construction project. You are compiling and reviewing the comments to draft deliverables prior to forwarding them to the contractor for incorporation into the final draft. You are responsible for communicating the changes to the reviewer who initially made the comments. Who among the following will be responsible for updating the draft deliverables and producing the final deliverables in the above scenario?

You are the project manager for your organization. Marcy, a project stakeholder, is demanding that you add some deliverables to your project scope for free. You explain to Marcy that it's too late in the project execution to consider adding these deliverables, as most of the software your project team is creating is nearly done. Marcy and you escalate the issue to management. Management decides that you will add the deliverables to the project scope if Marcy pays a significant fee and allows you additional time to complete the project. What conflict resolution method has management offered?

Tom is the project manager for his organization and he's creating a project network diagram for this project. He has created his project network diagramming with the consideration of the availability of project resources. What network diagramming approach has Tom used in this example?

Which of the following documents refers specifically to the input output mechanism that serves the purpose of providing a narrative description of the sum of the scope of the project?

Which of the following statements about Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are true?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

At which of the following points in a project lifecycle is the level of uncertainty and risk the highest?

In which of the following process groups is the project manager responsible for authorizing and applying organization resources to the subsequent project activities?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. Management has selected the team members for your team in advance. Which of the following techniques of the Acquire project team has been used in the above scenario?

Mark works as a project manager for the SLQ Project. He is working with the project team and several key stakeholders to create a diagram that shows how various elements of a system interrelate and the mechanism of causation within the system. What diagramming technique will Mark use to achieve the above task?

Which of the following is described in the statement below?

"It is a common clause in contracts, which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term "act of God", prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract."

You are the project manager of the NNH project. In this project you have created a contingency response that the cost performance index should be less than 0.93. The NHH project has a budget at completion of $945,000 and is 45 percent complete - though the project should be 49 percent complete. The project has spent $455,897 to reach the 45 percent complete milestone. What is the project's cost performance index?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You want to calculate the probability of loss due to cost overrun. Which of the following terms describes the above metric?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You have to work on an agreement that creates and defines obligations between two or more parties. Which of the following types of agreement will you work on?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. Which of the following stages of the process group, if not performed well by you, is unlikely that the project will be successful in meeting the business needs?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You are using market risk, value at risk (VaR), historical simulation (HS), and extreme value theory (EVT) so as to analyze a portfolio and make forecasts of the likely losses that would be incurred for a variety of risks. Which of the following processes are you using to accomplish the task?

Which of the following process groups involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan?

Which of the following techniques is used to acquire the required services from outside sources when the organization lacks the internal staff required to finish a project?

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Management has asked you to work with the key project stakeholder to analyze the risk events you have identified in the project. They would like you to analyze the project risks with a goal of improving the project's performance as a whole.

What approach can you use to achieve the goal of improving the project's performance through risk analysis with your project stakeholders?

Mark works as a project manager for the SLQ Project. He is working with the project team and several key stakeholders to create a diagram that shows how various elements of a system interrelate and the mechanism of causation within the system. What diagramming technique will Mark use to achieve the above task?

Which of the following are outputs of the Plan Quality process?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

In which process group does the project manager and the performing organization choose the vendors the project will use?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You want to illustrate how various factors might be linked to the potential problems or effects. Which of the following tools of the Perform Quality Control process will help you to accomplish the task?

Don is the project manager of the PFO project for his organization. Don is working with the project team members and two subject matter experts to assess the identified risk events in the project. Which of the following approaches is the best to assess the risk events in the project?

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. You want your team to be placed in a single location where they can work in a face-to-face environment to enhance their ability to perform as a team. Which of the following techniques will you use to accomplish the task?

Which of the following are the essential qualities of an HR manager?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

You work as a project manager for PassGuide Inc. A new project has been proposed to change all keyboards of every computer in your organization. There are 1,600 keyboards that will need to be removed and replaced with wireless keyboards. What document will you first need to start this project?

Which of the following elements facilitates people to know large amounts of information as a picture rather than a table of names and numbers?

Charlie has just completed the project according to the terms of the contract. She and the customer are completing a walk through of the project deliverables, and the customer is asking for changes to the deliverables before she'll accept the product. What project management process should manage the documented change request that may come from scope verification?

Which of the following techniques is used to acquire the required services from outside sources when the organization lacks the internal staff required to finish a project?

Fill in the blank with the appropriate term.

The______ defines the period in which, during the development of the project scope statement, a clear and very thorough project scope statement narrative is documented.

You are using the PDCA model to determine, implement, monitor, control, and maintain Information Security Management System or ISMS. You have to evaluate the new processes and match up to the results against the probable results to determine the differences. In which of the following phases of the PDCA are you working?

You are in need of procuring several tons of pea gravel for a construction. You'll need the vendor to provide a bid for the pea gravel on a specific date and time and that's one of the requirements included in the procurement document package you are reviewing. Who creates the procurement document package?

Which of the following are inputs of the Acquire Project Team process?

Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

You are a new Project Manager who has been entrusted with a project. You have been directing and managing the execution of your project. Which of the following is the most likely outcome as part of this phase of the project?

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Which of the following techniques will you use to determine whether particular work can best be accomplished by the project team or must be purchased from the outside sources?

You are the project manager for your organization. Marcy, a project stakeholder, is demanding that you add some deliverables to your project scope for free. You explain to Marcy that it's too late in the project execution to consider adding these deliverables, as most of the software your project team is creating is nearly done. Marcy and you escalate the issue to management.

Management decides that you will add the deliverables to the project scope if Marcy pays a significant fee and allows you additional time to complete the project. What conflict resolution method has management offered?