PMP Certification Exam Questions and Answers - Project Resouces Management

1. Data analysis during the Control Resources process can include _____ analysis, cost-benefit analysis, performance reviews, and _____ analysis.

A. alternatives; trend
B. funnel; alternatives
C. decisions; contingencies
D. trend; allocation

Ans: A
Data analysis during the Control Resources process can include alternatives analysis, cost-benefit analysis, performance reviews, and trend analysis.

2. Agreements are one of the inputs of the Control Resources process. What term is synonymous with agreements?

A. Affirmations
B. Decisions
C. Contracts
D. Collaborations

Ans: C


3. The Control Resources process falls under which process group?

A. Schedule and Budget
B. Acquire and Develop
C. Plan and Communicate
D. Monitoring and Controlling
Ans: D


4. While managing a team, what is the purpose of a team charter?

A. Describes how the team will handle meetings, allocate rewards, and manage schedules
B. Describes how the team will make decisions, handle meetings, and deal with conflict
C. Describes how the team will deal with conflict and what tasks each member is responsible for
D. Describes the offsite events the team will use to build collaboration 
Ans: B
Describes how the team will make decisions, handle meetings, and deal with conflict

5. While managing a team, if the team is already performing well, what can the manager still provide?

A. Intervention and support
B. Mentoring and rewards
C. Rewards and recognition
D. Critical and constructive feedback
 Ans:C

6. Phil is trying to resolve a dispute between two divisions of the software development teams. This is a part of which process?

A. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
B. Manage Team
C. Develop Team
D. Acquire Resources
 Ans: B


7. Forms of training for your team can include online training, _____, classroom training, and on-the-job training.

A. competitive immersion
B. virtual training
C. mentoring
D. graduate school training
 Ans: C
Forms of training for your team can include online training, mentoring , classroom training, and on-the-job training.


8. Two of the motivational theories you should be aware of for the PMP exam are Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and _____.

A. Fiedler's Contingency Theory
B. Herzberg's Uncertainty Theory
C. McGregor's Theory of Force
Kramer's Double-Dip Theory
 Ans: A