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PMI-SP Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Collect resource information and updates via reports, timesheets, meetings, inspections/ Develop the project resource breakdown structure (RBS)
- Topic 2: Identify critical and near-critical path(s) using techniques such as Critical Path Method/ Establish scheduling policies and procedures regarding methodology
- Topic 3: Define activities and milestones through communication with subject matter experts/ Develop the scheduling-related components for project management plans
- Topic 4: Perform schedule analysis and audit, on in-house and subcontractor schedules/ Provide information about project scheduling objectives and goals
- Topic 5: Establish project schedule configuration management policies and procedures incorporating best practices/ Align schedule with the overall program plan or integrated master plan (IMP)
- Topic 6: Obtain a consensus of the project customer, sponsor, project manager/ Update the schedule model and document schedule baseline changes
- Topic 7: Develop schedule approach, based on the unique characteristics of the project/ Incorporate approved risk mitigation activities into the schedule
- Topic 8: Collect activity status at defined intervals from activity owners via reports, meetings, inspections/ Sequence activities, incorporating defined dependencies Perform schedule risk analysis using quantitative tools or techniques/ Analyze major milestones against statement of work (SOW)
- Topic 9: Adjust schedule model based upon resource availability/ Establish the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)
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Note: Premium Questions for PMI-SP were last updated On Jun. 16, 2025 (see below)
Examine the figure given below: Which path is considered the critical path?
The critical path is the path in the project network diagram with the longest duration. In project management, a critical path is the sequence of project network activities which add up to the longest overall duration. This determines the shortest time possible to complete the project. Any delay of an activity on the critical path directly impacts the planned project completion date (i.e. there is no float on the critical path). In this instance path ACGIJ is the longest as it takes 23 days.
Answer options C and D are incorrect. These paths take 13 days. Answer option A is incorrect. This path only takes 19 days.
Beth is the project manager for her organization. Her current project has many deliverables that have been defined at a high level, but the details of the deliverables are still unknown. In her project, Beth is planning in detail only the activities that are most imminent in the project work. This approach to project management planning is known as what?
Rolling wave planning is a technique to plan and do the most imminent project work before moving onto the details that are far off in the project schedule and project plan. Rolling wave planning is a technique for performing progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near future is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure. The work to be performed within another one or two reporting periods in the near future is planned in detail as work is being completed during the current period. Answer option D is incorrect. Decomposition is the process of breaking down work packages into the activity list. Answer options A and C are incorrect. These are not valid project management terms.
You are the project manager for your organization. You are working with your project team to
develop the project schedule. You would like to automate much of the scheduling by using Microsoft
project. Microsoft project as a scheduling tool is an example of what tool and technique for the
Develop Schedule Process?
According to the PMBOK, automated scheduling tools expedite the scheduling process.
The scheduling tool is used in combination with manual methods or further project management
software to carry out the schedule network
analysis to produce an updated project schedule.
Answer option C is incorrect. The project management information system is the complete project
management software package beyond just
the scheduling portion.
Answer option D is incorrect. This is not a valid answer.
Answer option A is incorrect. While the software may be made available as a part of organizational
process assets, the best answer is the
scheduling tool.
You have created the project network diagram for your project. Management is reviewing the network diagram and they are curious as to why you have included levels of effort activities as start- to-start and finish-to-finish successor activities for work that uses particular manufacturing equipment. You explained that the levels of effort activities are maintained for the equipment. This relationship and scheduling scenario is also known as what term?
This is also known as a hammock activity, as the SS and FF relationship hangs off of the
activities in the project network diagram.
A hammock activity is a schedule or project planning term for grouping of subtasks that 'hangs'
between two end dates it is fixed to. It
groups subtasks that are not related in the hierarchical sense of a Work Breakdown Structure. It also
groups subtasks that are not related in
a logical sense of a dependency where one subtask must wait for another.
A hammock activity usually refers to report information that is time-dependent and lasts from the
initial to the latest date of the activities it
encompasses. By using a hammock activity, the top management is able to see an overview of the
project without being besieged by details.
Answer option D is incorrect. Finish-to-start is the most common relationship between project
activities in the project network diagram.
Answer option A is incorrect. Project management overhead describes the work that supports the
project objectives, but is not linked directly
to the project deliverables.
Answer option C is incorrect. A subproject is a discrete set of work that contributes to the project,
but branches off the primary project work. A
subcontract portion of the project is an example of a subproject.
Beth is the project manager for the NHQ project. This project deals with fiber optic cabling in her organizational campus. Tim is the electrical engineer for her company and is the only internal resource that can complete several of the project activities that deal with the fiber optic cables. Because Tim is a highly-skilled resource, he is already scheduled on several projects within the organization and is not available when Beth needs him to complete some of the project activities. This is an example of which term?
Because the activities in Beth's project require Tim and his skills. This is an example of an activity resource requirement. A resource constraint would also have been an acceptable answer. Answer option B is incorrect. This may be a matrix organization, but matrix network is not a valid project management term. Answer option C is incorrect. Organizational process assets are things that have been created to help assist the management of the project. Answer option A is incorrect. A resource calendar conflict is not a valid project management term.
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