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These 10 free Project Plus questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Project Plus blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Project Management Concepts 33% of exam

Question 1

A project has a Planned Value (PV) of $120,000, an Earned Value (EV) of $100,000, and an Actual Cost (AC) of $110,000. What does the Schedule Variance (SV) tell us about this project?

  1. The project is $20,000 ahead of schedule
  2. The project is $10,000 over budget
  3. The project is $20,000 behind schedule
  4. The project is $10,000 under budget
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Correct answer: C - The project is $20,000 behind schedule

Question 2

During a network infrastructure upgrade, the project manager identifies a risk that a key vendor may not deliver critical hardware on time. The PM arranges for a secondary vendor to be on standby and pre-negotiates pricing. Which negative risk response strategy is being applied?

  1. Avoid - the risk is being eliminated from the project
  2. Transfer - the risk is being shifted to the secondary vendor
  3. Accept - the PM is setting aside a contingency reserve
  4. Mitigate - the PM is reducing the impact if the risk occurs
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Correct answer: D - Mitigate - the PM is reducing the impact if the risk occurs

Question 3

A newly assembled project team has been working together for three weeks. Two senior developers are openly disagreeing about the system architecture, a tester is questioning the PM's technical decisions, and side conversations are creating tension in meetings. According to Tuckman's model, this team is MOST likely in which stage?

  1. Storming - conflict and power struggles are emerging
  2. Forming - team members are still getting to know each other
  3. Norming - the team is establishing roles and ground rules
  4. Performing - the team is working through normal disagreements
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Correct answer: A - Storming - conflict and power struggles are emerging

Question 4

During an ERP implementation, a senior stakeholder emails the project manager requesting a new reporting module be added to the deliverables. What should the PM do FIRST?

  1. Evaluate the cost and schedule impact of the request
  2. Document the request in the change control log
  3. Present the request to the Change Control Board for a decision
  4. Inform the stakeholder the scope is frozen and decline the request
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Correct answer: B - Document the request in the change control log

Question 5

An organization is contracting a consulting firm to redesign its IT security framework. The exact scope, hours required, and materials needed are unknown at the start. Which contract type is MOST appropriate for this engagement?

  1. Time and material - the buyer pays for actual hours and materials used
  2. Firm fixed price - the total cost is agreed upon upfront
  3. Cost plus - the buyer pays actual costs plus a percentage fee
  4. Unit price - the buyer pays a set rate per deliverable unit
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Correct answer: A - Time and material - the buyer pays for actual hours and materials used

Domain 2: Project Life Cycle Phases 30% of exam

Question 6

A project manager is building a RACI matrix for a cloud migration project. For the task "Approve final migration schedule," the IT Director is assigned as Accountable. The PM later discovers that the CTO has also been listed as Accountable for the same task. What is the problem with this assignment?

  1. The CTO should be listed as Responsible instead of Accountable
  2. The IT Director and CTO cannot both appear on the same task row
  3. Accountable and Responsible must always be assigned to different people
  4. Each task must have exactly one person designated as Accountable
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Correct answer: D - Each task must have exactly one person designated as Accountable

Question 7

During sprint execution of a mobile application project, the lead developer and the UX designer disagree on the navigation structure. The project deadline is in five days and a decision must be made immediately to keep the sprint on track. The PM listens to both sides and makes the final call, choosing the developer's approach. Which conflict resolution technique did the PM use?

  1. Collaborating - both parties worked together on a joint solution
  2. Compromising - each party gave up part of their position
  3. Smoothing - the PM de-emphasized the disagreement to reduce tension
  4. Forcing - the PM made a unilateral decision to resolve the conflict
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Correct answer: D - Forcing - the PM made a unilateral decision to resolve the conflict

Domain 3: Tools and Documentation 19% of exam

Question 8

After a software release, a QA team logs 200 defects and categorizes them by type. Analysis shows that "null pointer exceptions" account for 42% of all defects, "timeout errors" account for 23%, and "authentication failures" account for 16%. The remaining 19% is spread across eight other defect types. Which quality chart would BEST display this data to support a decision on where to focus debugging efforts?

  1. A scatter diagram showing the correlation between defect types and severity
  2. A fishbone diagram identifying root causes for each defect category
  3. A Pareto chart ranking defect types by frequency with a cumulative line
  4. A control chart tracking the total defect count over time
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Correct answer: C - A Pareto chart ranking defect types by frequency with a cumulative line

Domain 4: Basics of IT and Governance 18% of exam

Question 9

A company wants to migrate its email system so that all server management, patching, storage, and application maintenance are handled by the provider. Employees will simply log in through a web browser. Which cloud service model does this describe?

  1. IaaS - the provider manages the underlying infrastructure only
  2. SaaS - the provider manages the entire stack including the application
  3. PaaS - the provider manages everything except the application code
  4. XaaS - the provider manages a custom mix of services
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Correct answer: B - SaaS - the provider manages the entire stack including the application

Question 10

A development team has finished coding a new feature and the automated tests have passed. Before the code reaches the production environment where customers interact with the application, it should NEXT be deployed to which environment?

  1. Development - for additional peer code review
  2. Production - since automated tests have already passed
  3. Staging - for final validation in a production-like setting
  4. Sandbox - for exploratory testing by the development team
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Correct answer: C - Staging - for final validation in a production-like setting

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