giac gcpm practice test

You are a Project Manager in your organization who is managing a considerably huge budget project
to develop new software. Considering the varied nature of your stakeholder group, you would like to
put together a plan as to what information the stakeholders need, and how to provide that
information. What is the document that you would need, and as part of which process group would
you achieve this?

• A. Communications Management Plan, Execution Process group
• B. Project Management Plan, Planning Process Group
• C. Communications Management Plan, Planning Process Group
• D. Project Management Plan, Initiating Process Group

You work as a project manager for company 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?

• A. Monitoring and controlling
• B. Initiation
• C. Executing
• D. Planning and design

You work as a project manager for company Inc. Which of the following processes will you use to
formalize the acceptance of the completed project deliverables?

• A. Verify scope
• B. Report performance
• C. Expert judgment
• D. Perform quality control

Which of the following is described in the statement below? "It is a tool that defines a project and
groups the project's discrete work elements in a way that helps organize and define the total work
scope of the project."

• A. WBS
• B. RBS
• C. Gantt chart
• D. Critical path

Which of the following are the characteristics of a project? Each correct answer represents a
complete solution. Choose all that apply.

• A. Its success is measured by evaluating whether it meets or exceeds expectations of the stakeholders.
• B. It is temporary in nature and has a definite beginning and ending date.
• C. It is completed when the project goals are achieved.
• D. It is common in nature.

You are the program manager for your project. You are working with the project managers regarding
the procurement processes for their projects. You have ruled out one particular contract type
because it is considered too risky for the program. Which one of the following contract types is
usually considered to be the most dangerous for the buyer?

• A. Cost plus incentive fee
• B. Time and materials
• C. Cost plus percentage of costs
• D. Fixed fee

Which of the following processes formally permits the initiation of a project and marks the kickoff for
all consequent development activities to begin?

• A. Develop project scope statement
• B. Develop project management plan
• C. Develop project charter
• D. Develop project team

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You are working on a project that has a budget of
$805,000 and you have completed 45 percent of the project work. Due to some errors, however, you
have actually spent $430,000 of the budget. Management wants to know the project's cost
performance index. Which of the following values will you report?

• A. 0.87
• B. 0.80
• C. 0.84
• D. 0.86

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You are working on several projects. Your projects
vary in size and budget. You have to calculate the ratios of schedule and cost compared to plan, so
that you can compare relative schedule and cost performance of each project. Which of the following
components of EVM provide measures of schedule and cost performance that are not affected by the
size of the project?

• A. BAC and EAC
• B. CPI and SPI
• C. CV and SV
• D. PV and EV

James works as the project manager for a software project. He and his team are on the Direct and
Manage Project Execution process. All of the following are inputs of this process except for which
one?

• A. Project charter
• B. Organizational process assets
• C. Enterprise environmental factors
• D. Approved environmental requests
• E. Project management plan