PMP exam questions are known for their long paragraphs and could be difficult to understand, answering PMP practice questions, help you to effectively prepare for the main exam. Most times, there are two possible answers, however, you have to pick the best answer to get the correct answer to the question. Also, they are very application based and require a depth of understanding to answer them.
I have found that you get the best answer by breaking down the PMP question using these questions:
- What is the question asking for?
- Is it an input, tool and technique or output?
- What knowledge area or domain is the question scenario in?
Once you have identified these, you would be able to look through the options and eliminate some to get the most correct answer
Practice Test Example
You got appointed as a project manager on an existing project. Upon resumption, you realize that the team members leave at any time and are not team players. You want to know if there are any existing operating guidelines for the team. In what document would you find this information?
- Communications management plan
- Project team assignments
- Team Charter
- Resource management plan
First, breakdown the question by asking the 3 questions:
The question: You got appointed as a project manager on an existing project. Upon resumption, you realize that the team members leave at any time and are not team players. You want to know if there are any existing operating guidelines for the team. In what document would you find this information?
- What is the question asking for? – A document that has the team operating guidelines
- Is it an input, tool and technique or output? – it is an output
- What knowledge area or domain is the question scenario in? – in the project resource management knowledge area and most likely in the plan resource management process which is in the planning domain because these guidelines should be established while planning
Second, look through the options and select the best answer based on the response to the 3 questions:
- Communications management plan
- Project team assignments
- Team Charter
- Resource management plan
From the breakdown of the question, options 1 and 2 are wrong because option 1 is an output in the Plan communications management process and project team assignments is not produced during the plan resource management process but the acquire resources process.
Options 3 and 4 are produced during the plan resource management process. However, the team charter is most accurate because this document is specially created to establish the team operating guidelines
Therefore, the correct answer is option 3
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