This practice exam can be used to simulate the actual CompTIA Project+ exam. The practice exam is balanced in the percentage and number of questions it includes in accordance with the mixture of questions that you will see on the actual exam. That breakdown is as follows:
Domain 1: Project Basics Domain 2: Project Constraints Domain 3: Communication and Change Management Domain 4: Project Tools and Documentation |
36% 17% 26% 21% |
Set a timer for 75 minutes, and attempt to complete this practice test without referencing other materials until the test is over.
1. What type of project management tool is depicted here?
2. Which of the following is not a communication trigger?
3. A community has a 125-year-old bridge, and a project has been created to restore the bridge and give it historical status. However, the project is in need of funding and support. The bridge is located in a rural area with a large retirement community. What would be the best way to get project information to the community?
4. What risk tolerance would a startup in the technology industry likely have?
5. How do stakeholders, sponsors, and management exert influence on a project? (Choose all that apply.)
6. As part of the preparation to begin work on a project, the project manager makes a list: (1) There can be no work on weekends and holidays, (2) overtime is not approved without steering committee consent, and (3) seventy-five percent of the project team must be union staff. This list represents which of the following?
7. What are the defining characteristics of a project? (Choose two.)
8. Where should work produced from the high-level risk assessment be documented?
9. Which type of cost estimation uses a mathematical model to compute costs?
10. What is a user story in the Agile methodology?
11. Which type of contract is riskiest for the buyer?
12. Which of the following are a means of communication on the current conditions of a project? (Choose three.)
13. What is the single role in a RACI matrix where it can only be assigned once per task?
14. New processes and leadership are introduced to a project after their company joined forces with another company. What type of organizational change disrupted this project?
15. Which of the following would not receive communication if there was an update to the risk register?
16. All of the following are true regarding kickoff meetings EXCEPT
17. A risk response plan would most likely be activated in which project phase?
18. An airline engineering company is forced to cut the project budget after poor financial results in the previous quarter. How would this most likely impact the project?
19. A resource shortage means which one of the following?
20. A company is located in multiple cities across a continent, and the project will be staffed with team members from various cities. The decision is made to bring the project team to a single location. This is an example of which one of the following?
21. In what type of organizational structure would resources report solely to the functional manager?
22. Which of the following are ways to organize the WBS? (Choose three.)
23. A project sponsor or champion serves what role on a project?
24. Which type of contract allows the seller to recover all allowable expenses associated with providing the goods or services?
25. A popular theme park is doing a major expansion on their property to capitalize on a popular movie franchise. This project has thousands of individuals assigned to the project. The project manager needs to find out which individuals are working on the theming design. Which project-centric document would help give her this information?
26. As a project is being considered, the steering committee asks to know what environmental variables exist, both internal and external to the company. What is the best tool to complete this scan?
27. What type of organizational change has occurred when a company decides to spin off, or sell off, one of its business units?
28. The documentation strategy for a project calls for each change to be logged at the beginning of each document. This is known as which one of the following?
29. A government agency in charge of transportation has completed emergency project work three days earlier than the target they previously communicated. What is the best method to communicate this success to the general public?
30. Which of the following describes a portfolio?
31. What document would be created to outline specific performance criteria or other actions between two parties?
32. The comprehensive collection of documents that spells out communication, risk management, project schedule, and scope management is known as which one of the following?
33. What type of project management tool is depicted here?
34. An organization decides to stop requiring travel receipts and instead will issue per diems. What does this represent for the organization?
35. When considering a change, which role would be responsible for analyzing the schedule, budget, and resource allocations to determine how the change impacts the project?
36. Stress testing of a load-bearing bridge has been going on for two weeks. The test completed successfully, and the project manager informs all local departments concerning transportation that the road is ready for painting and final touches. What is the trigger for this communication?
37. A project manager is managing a team located in multiple cities of the same continent. The communication plan calls for weekly status updates. What is the appropriate method for this communication?
38. What are the standard project phases?
39. About how much time should a project manager spend communicating?
40. Project team members are required to report to both the project manager and their functional manager who share authority for the resources. What type of organization is this?
41. A computer electronics company is building a computer chip. The CPI for the project is 0.77, which means which of the following?
42. Which of the following are characteristics of an Agile project management approach? (Choose three.)
43. Teams normally go through a similar development cycle. Which is the correct order of those stages?
44. As a project manager, you tend to create a plan of the steps to go on vacation. Here are the steps you have decided on:
What is the correct sequence for project Relaxing Vacation?
45. What is the activity of determining and documenting any potential risks called?
46. A government agency has issued a request for quotation (RFQ) for a new fleet of snowplows. What other procurement method is comparable to an RFQ?
47. Which of the following components is not included in the communication plan?
48. Primarily used in the federal government and utility industry, what is the performance attribute of a system that is considered critical or essential to the development of an effective capability?
49. A company is struggling with a lack of flexibility for specialized needs using a centralized model for purchasing and receiving goods. What type of organizational change could help this problem?
50. The original project plan for the uptime of a network to be available is 98 percent of the time. The customer does not want many hassles for their online customers and changes this to 99.5 percent of the time. What type of project change does this represent?
51. Who is the target audience, and what is the rationale behind conducting a gate review?
52. Pete is the CEO of a company, and there is an update on a security breach at a customer site. He needs to be notified immediately but is in a meeting off-site. What is the best method to notify him of the problem?
53. A project is entering the Execution phase, and the project plan has been completed. It is time to introduce the project team members to one another and lay out the objectives, deliverables, and milestones of the project. What is the appropriate form of communication for the next step?
54. What do you call the consequence or opportunity that a risk poses to the project?
55. The scope of a project is expanded through the formal change control process, causing the schedule to be extended beyond the original due date. This is an example of which type of influence?
56. In what stage of team development do things begin to calm down because the team members become more comfortable with one another?
57. A project management office (PMO) has which of the following responsibilities? (Choose two.)
58. During the Planning phase, all of the following are created, EXCEPT
59. Cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio is known as which one of the following?
60. The project schedule development should include which critical elements?
61. After establishing the product backlog, what tool would you use to determine the project’s velocity?
62. In terms of resource assignments, which best describes how resources are assigned in a projectized environment?
63. Which type of contract is riskiest for the seller?
64. How should a project team memorialize what was said and agreed to during project gatherings?
65. The dynamite blasting phase of a mountain tunnel project has completed and there were no safety accidents to report. This triggers a call to the project sponsor to report the current status. Which role does the project sponsor have assigned to them on this task?
66. What type of project management tool is depicted here?
67. An organization decides to use an external firm for their hiring, firing, payroll, and tax functions instead of their internal staff. This is an example of which one of the following?
68. Which risk response strategy attempts to minimize the impact or the probability of a negative risk?
69. What are the three common constraints found in projects? (Choose three.)
70. An organization needs to add vendor resources to a project, but they do not have the physical space to house the team. What approach should the organization use for their personnel management?
71. All of the following are characteristic of an Agile project management approach, EXCEPT
72. What is another name for analogous estimating?
73. What is the definition of a work breakdown structure?
74. A team is not going to finish a project within the allowed budget, and it has asked for several requirements that are not essential to be moved to a later date. This is an example of which one of the following?
75. Sharing a positive risk means what will happen?
76. A project team is assigned two individuals who are both approaching or are already on performance improvement plans. The two team members require explicit instruction, require much supervision to accomplish menial tasks, and are often not where they are supposed to be. This is an example of which one of the following?
77. What is the correct formula for schedule variance?
78. The pouring of a foundation for a new building took three days longer than planned. What type of project change would this represent?
79. An external group has completed an investigation and made recommendations for process improvement to a project team. What type of communication trigger is this?
80. What best describes a request for information?
81. A startup company is attempting to compete in an emerging product market. There are constant disruptive technology changes, and the market is shifting in their product tastes. This type of environment would be best served by which one of the following?
82. What is fast tracking a project?
83. The customer site for a project is located in a rural part of a country, while the project headquarters is located in metropolitan hub. What would be the biggest impediment to face-to-face communication?
84. What indicates an individual or organization’s comfort level with risky situations or decisions?
85. A large organization has a finance project that will change purchase requisitions, invoicing, and financial reporting for the entire company. They set up a listserv that emails project updates and allows receivers to set the frequency to daily, weekly, or monthly. This is an example of which one of the following?
86. Which of the following is not a common potential risk to a project?
87. A project team is located in three different continents. Which of the following would be the biggest factor in scheduling recurring status meetings?
88. All of the following activities are included in risk planning, EXCEPT
89. What is a potential future event that can have either a negative or positive impact on a project called?
90. An adaptive method would be preferable to a more rigid project management style in which situation?