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Free GIAC Certified Project Manager GCPM Exam Questions

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Question 1

You work as a project manager for company Inc. Your project was baselined at 8 hours, but 11 hours have been spent and the estimate to complete is 1 additional hour. The project must have been completed already. An hourly rate of $100 per hour is provided. Which of the following is the planned value (PV) for the project?

Correct Answer: C. $800

Question 2

Alice is the project manager of the NHQ Project and is entering the project's closing processes. The project, she has managed, has been for another organization in a contractual relationship. Her organization requires Alice to complete performance reviews of the project team, review the deliverables with the project customer, and to obtain formal signoff of the project deliverables. There may be other conditions and activities that Alice likely will need to do in this final project phase. Where can Alice check regarding this project?

Correct Answer: D. Project Contract

Question 3

Kelly is the project manager for her organization and is managing a project to create new software. In this project some of the project team members have misunderstood the project requirements and have added features to the software that were not requested. Kelly needs to examine the amount of time it took to create these features and determine if the changes should be kept or discarded. What scope control tool and technique would help Kelly determine the magnitude of this variation?

Correct Answer: A. Variance analysis

Question 4

The figure given below demonstrates the communication model for a project. What role does the component E play in the communications model?

Correct Answer: B. Noise

Question 5

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You want to calculate the minimum completion time for a project along with the possible start and finish times for the project activities. Which of the following techniques will you use to accomplish the task?

Correct Answer: C. Critical path scheduling

Question 6

Which of the following documents has the specific purpose of conceding or providing formal authorization and/or agreement for the actual and real existence of the project?

Correct Answer: A. Project charter

Question 7

Which of the following documents is described in the statement below? "It is a companion document to the WBS. It describes each component in the WBS. It includes a brief definition of the scope or statement of work, defined deliverables, a list of associated activities, and a list of milestones. It details all work packages in WBS including estimates and billing information."

Correct Answer: A. WBS dictionary

Question 8

You are the project manager of the NHQ Project for your company. You have completed qualitative and quantitative analysis of your identified project risks and you would now like to find an approach to increase project opportunities and to reduce threats within the project. What project management process would best help you?

Correct Answer: D. Plan risk responses

Question 9

Which of the following management skills is described in the statement below?

"It is a strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skill to get others to cooperate towards common goals."

Correct Answer: C. Influencing

Question 10

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

Correct Answer: B. Scope definition

Question 11

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

Correct Answer: D. Verify scope

Question 12

You work as a Project Manager for company Inc. You are developing the schedule for your project. Your project deals with the construction of a new building for company Inc. You want to break the project into small, individual, and manageable components. Which of the following tasks will you perform in the above scenario?

Correct Answer: A. Create WBS.

Question 13

You are the program manager for the HGQ Program in your organization. Your program has eight constituent projects including a small project which you've assigned to Beth a new project manager in your organization. Part of your assignment is to coach Beth on project management in your program. You are telling Beth about the five process groups of project management and how they map to the progression of the project. Which process group would you tell Beth is where she'll likely spend the bulk of the project time and the project budget?

Correct Answer: A. Executing

Question 14

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You have to determine the seller for the project. You have received proposals from five vendors and they are all very good proposals, and the value is worth the same. You have to build a method of ranking each vendor. You have allocated 35 points to experience and 15 points for all the other categories to judge the vendors. Which of the following types of source selection process is used in the above scenario?

Correct Answer: C. Weighting system

Question 15

Virginia is the project manager for her organization. She has hired a subject matter expert to interview the project stakeholders on certain identified risks within the project. The subject matter expert will assess the risk event with what specific goal in mind?

Correct Answer: B. To determine the level of probability and impact for each risk event