This document provides sample questions to help guide and prepare those studying for the PMP certification exam. It includes sample questions in various topics like risk management, quality management, procurement, and human resource management. For each question, it provides an explanation of the correct answer and why the other answer options are incorrect. The questions and explanations are intended to help those taking the PMP exam understand the types of questions that may be asked and learn the concepts required to pass.

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3. Sample PMP® Exam Question
Sensitivity Analysis has strong similarities to which of the following?
a. Probability Distributions
b. Risk Identification
c. Design of Experiments
d. Statistical Sampling
HINT: Sensitivity Analysis is a risk
analysis technique not a risk
identification technique.

4. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is C
Don't get carried away by choice B. Sensitivity Analysis
is a risk analysis technique not a risk identification
technique. It is not a sampling technique or a
distribution. In Design of Experiments one studies the
effect of some process or intervention (the treatment)
on some objects (the experimental units). In Sensitivity
Analysis one looks at the effect of varying the inputs of
a mathematical model on the output of the model itself.
In both disciplines one strives to obtain information
from the system with a minimum of physical or
numerical experiments.

5. Sample PMP® Exam Question
You are performing the Plan Risk Responses process for your
manufacturing project when encounter a critical risk that may have a
high impact on the project completion. All of the following are valid
responses to this new risk except?
a. Allocating Contingency Reserves
b. Developing Fallback Options
c. Conducting Bidder Conferences
d. Reviewing risks driven by strategies
HINT: A Fallback Plan is used when a
primary response plan proves
to be inadequate.

6. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is C
Conducting Bidder Conferences is not a strategy
used in Risk Management. All other answer
choices are valid risk responses.

7. Sample PMP® Exam Question
Cultural resistance is the root cause of quality issues according to
whom?
a. Deming
b. Malcolm Baldridge
c. Juran
d. Shelby
HINT: Juran is credited for adding
human dimensions to quality
management.

8. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is C
Juran says the cultural resistance or resistance to
change is the primary reason for quality
problems.

9. Sample PMP® Exam Question
You are working on a web development project. You looked on the
internet for some off-the-shelf software to support the project. Your
internet search may lead to better products but which of the following
problems are associated with those products?
a. Off-the-shelf-products always charge variable rates.
b. Often the software does not work.
c. It is difficult to get support after installation.
d. Internet search cannot be used for highly complex
procurements.
HINT: Internet search may be good for procuring small products.

10. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is D
Highly complex, and high-risk procurement efforts
that must be closely monitored cannot be
obtained by internet search.

11. Sample PMP® Exam Question
Which of the following documents is in a text-oriented format
compared to other documents?
a. Organizational Breakdown Structure
b. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
c. Resource Breakdown Structure
d. Role-Responsibility-Authority Forms
HINT: Look for the keyword 'forms'.

12. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is D
Role-Responsibility-Authority Forms are text-
oriented forms used as a tool to in the Develop
Human Resource Plan.

13. Sample PMP® Exam Question
On your project you handle known risks by performing the Plan Risk
Responses process. Which of the following would you use when you
encounter unknown risks?
a. Risk Reserves
b. Risk Mitigation
c. Risk Transfer
d. Risk Acceptance
HINT: Unknown risks cannot be
managed proactively.

14. Answer and Explanation
The correct answer is A
Unknown risks are handled by applying Risk
Reserves in the project.