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ISEB-PM1 BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

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With triangular distribution, the low, likely and high values are 20, 30 and 40, respectively. The mean is _____.

A.

25.0

B.

22.5

C.

27.5

D.

30.0

Which knowledge area is concerned with the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?

A.

Project Integration Management

B.

Project Communications Management

C.

Project Information Management System (PIMS)

D.

Project Scope Management

How is the process of collecting requirements defined?

A.

Defining and documenting project sponsors' needs to meet the project objectives

B.

Defining and documenting stakeholders' needs to meet the project objectives

C.

Defining and documenting the project teams' needs to meet the project objectives

D.

Defining and documenting the project needs to meet the project objectives

Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?

A.

Exploit

B.

Share

C.

Enhance

D.

Transfer

All of the following are true regarding Communications Planning except for which one?

A.

Communications requirements analysis, communications technology, and PMIS are tools and techniques of this process.

B.

It's the only output of the Communications Planning process.

C.

It's tightly linked with enterprise environmental factors and organizational influences, and lessons learned and historical information are two inputs that should get a lot of attention during this process.

D.

It should be completed as early in the project phases as possible.

Given the following values, what is the calculated expected activity cost (CE) when using PERT?

CO = $7,000

CM = $10,500

CP = $11,000

A.

$ 4,750

B.

$ 9,500

C.

$10,000

D.

$11,500

EAC (estimate at complete) is typically based on actual cost (AC) for work completed plus an ETC (estimate to complete) the remaining work.

Which of the following is a valid formula for calculating EAC?

A.

EAC = AC + [(BAC-EV) / (Cumulative CPI * Cumulative SPI)]

B.

EAC = BAC - AC

C.

EAC = 1 - CPI

D.

EAC = EV + [1 - (Cumulative CPI * Cumulative SPI) / BAC]

What is the lowest level in the WBS at which the cost and activity durations for the work can be reliably estimated and managed?

A.

Work product

B.

Work package

C.

Project deliverable

D.

Scope baseline

What is one of the MAJOR outputs of activity sequencing?

A.

Responsibility assignment matrix

B.

Work breakdown structure update

C.

Project network diagram

D.

Mandatory dependencies list

A project manager has just been assigned to a new project and has been given the approved project charter. The FIRST thing the project manager must do is:

A.

Create a project scope statement.

B.

Confirm that all the stakeholders have had input to the scope.

C.

Analyze project risk.

D.

Begin work on a project management plan.

What is one of the most important skills a project manager can have?

A.

Negotiation skills

B.

Communication skills

C.

Influencing skills

D.

Problem-solving skills

Where are product requirements and characteristics documented?

A.

Product scope description

B.

Project charter

C.

Preliminary project scope statement

D.

Communications management plan

Which of the following is generally the MOST CORRECT use of a project network diagram?

A.

Showing the project schedule

B.

Documenting activity interdependencies

C.

Defining project resources

D.

Defining the project costs

The project manager calculated a schedule performance index of 0.8 and a cost performance index of 1.1 for the project. What is the actual status of this project?

A.

Behind schedule and over budget

B.

Behind schedule and under budget

C.

Ahead of schedule and under budget

D.

Ahead of schedule and over budget

Risk event probability is defined as:

A.

the total number of possible events divided into the expectations or frequency of the risk event

B.

the fraction of the total project tasks which may be affected by the risk event

C.

the number of times the risk event may occur

D.

Both 1) the total number of possible events divided into the expectations or frequency of the risk event and 2) the number of times the risk event may occur.

E.

the total number of possible events divided into the consequences of the risk event.

Collect Requirements is:

A.

Developing a plan from major stakeholders

B.

Developing a written scope statement as the basis for future project decisions

C.

Planning project milestones

D.

Formalizing acceptance of the project scope

If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating, and disseminating the outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on creating a better:

A.

WBS.

B.

Communications management plan.

C.

Project management information system.

D.

Project scope management plan.

Instead of celebrating the end of the project, the stakeholders are breathing a sigh of relief. None of them were confident the project would meet the end date.

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons this project had difficulty?

A.

Lack of a payback period

B.

Lack of milestones

C.

Lack of a communications management plan

D.

Lack of a staffing management plan

By which process may an unsuccessful supplier seek remedy for unjust awards?

A.

None of the other alternatives apply

B.

Contract dispute

C.

Bid protest

D.

Coffective action

E.

Stop work order

Which of the following is NOT part of stakeholder's management?

A.

Identify stakeholder's need

B.

make sure all the stakeholders are in project plan

C.

Identify stakeholders

D.

make sure all the stakeholders are in communication plan

All of the following statements about acceptance sampling are true except:

A.

Acceptance sampling plans do not directly control the quality of a series of lots; they instead specify the risk of accepting lots of given quality.

B.

Acceptance sampling plans are never effective at rejecting nonconforming units as 100 percent inspection, even when the inspection process is very tedious.

C.

Acceptance sampling plans are not very effective for inspecting small lots of custom-made products.

D.

Acceptance sampling plans are beneficial when the cost of inspection is high and the resulting loss of passing nonconforming units is not great.

E.

Acceptance sampling plans are necessary when destructive inspections are required.

Which of the following is NOT a reason to measure variances from the baseline?

A.

To catch deviations early

B.

To allow early corrective action

C.

To determine if there are any wild fluctuations

D.

To create a project control system

The Japanese Quality Control (QC) Circle movement motivated its participants in many ways.

Which of the following represents the most important motivation for the QC circle participants?

A.

strengthening of relationships between co-workers

B.

recognition among co-workers

C.

self-improvement

D.

improving the performance of the company

E.

financial incentives

What is an objective of the Developing Project Team Process?

A.

Feelings of trust and improved cohesiveness

B.

Ground rules for interaction

C.

Enhanced resource availability

D.

Functional managers become more involved.

Information distribution involves making needed information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner.

What is an output from information distribution?

A.

Earned value analysis

B.

Trend analysis

C.

Project records

D.

Performance reviews

All of the following may hinder a person's ability to transmit/receive a message except:

A.

Preoccupation

B.

Assuming

C.

Unfamiliarity with topic

D.

Noise

E.

Withholding information

Which of the following must not performed in the project initiation process?

A.

Evaluate historical information

B.

List down business need

C.

List down stakeholders

D.

Create scope statement

Which of the following does NOT assess the value a project brings to an organization?

A.

Benefit cost analysis

B.

Net present value

C.

Value analysis

D.

Needs assessment

You are a contract project manager working with the State of Bliss. Your latest project involves rewriting the Department of Revenue's income tax system. As project manager, you have taken all the appropriate actions regarding confidentiality of data. One of the key stakeholders is a huge movie buff, and she has the power to promote you into a better position at the conclusion of this project. She's reviewing some report data that just happens to include confidential information regarding one of her favorite movie superstars.

What is the most appropriate response?

A.

Do nothing, because she has the proper level of access rights to the data and this information showed up unintentionally.

B.

Request that she immediately return the information, citing conflict of interest and violation of confidential company data.

C.

Request that she immediately return the information until you can confirm that she has the proper level of access rights to the data.

D.

Report her to the management team.

Job descriptions are examples of ______communications.

A.

horizontal

B.

downward

C.

diagonal

D.

upward

E.

None of the other alternatives apply

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