APM-001 Online Practice Questions and Answers

A regression line is used to estimate:

A. Whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance.

B. How a change to the independent variable influences the value of the dependent variable.

C. The upper and lower specification limits on a control chart.

D. The central tendency, dispersion, and shape of a statistical distribution.

Typical outcomes of a project include:

A. Products, services, and improvements.

B. Products, programs, and services.

C. Improvements, portfolios, and services.

D. Improvements, processes, and products.

While processes in the Planning Process Group seek to collect feedback and define project documents to guide project work, organizational procedures dictate when the project planning:

A. ends.

B. begins.

C. delays.

D. deviates.

Which type of probability distribution is used to represent uncertain events such as the outcome of a test or a possible scenario in a decision tree?

A. Uniform

B. Continuous

C. Discrete

D. Linear

The following is a network diagram for a project.

How many possible paths are identified for this project?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 6

D. 7

The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:

A. objectives

B. schedule

C. product

D. approach

Which type of managers do composite organizations involve?

A. Functional managers and manager of project managers

B. Functional managers only

C. Project managers only

D. Technical managers and project managers

The process of monitoring the status of the project to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline is:

A. Control Schedule.

B. Quality Control.

C. Perform Integrated Change Control.

D. Develop Schedule.

Which of the following is an output from Control Scope?

A. Change requests

B. Variance analysis

C. Accepted deliverables

D. Requirements documentation

The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:

A. majority rule technique.

B. nominal group technique.

C. Delphi technique.

D. idea/mind mapping technique.