Straight from our free PMI paper (PMP (Project Management Professional) — Free Practice Test).
No sign-up needed to try. Pick an answer and you will see why it is right.
Question 1 of 5
What is the purpose of a Project Charter?
Answer: To formally authorize a project's existence and grant the project manager authority to apply organizational resources
The Project Charter formally authorizes the project, establishing its existence and granting the project manager authority to use organizational resources.
Question 2 of 5
What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
Answer: A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team
The WBS decomposes the total project scope into smaller, more manageable components, organized hierarchically.
Question 3 of 5
What is the critical path in project scheduling?
Answer: The longest sequence of dependent activities that determines the shortest possible project duration
The critical path is the longest sequence of dependent tasks, determining the minimum time needed to complete the project — any delay on it delays the whole project.
Question 4 of 5
What does 'float' (or 'slack') mean in project scheduling?
Answer: The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date or a subsequent activity
Float (slack) is the amount of scheduling flexibility for a task, indicating how much it can be delayed without impacting the project's overall timeline.
Question 5 of 5
What is Earned Value Management (EVM) used for?
Answer: To integrate scope, schedule, and cost data to objectively measure project performance and progress
EVM is a technique for objectively measuring project performance by integrating scope, schedule, and cost baselines into a single, quantifiable assessment.
That was 5 questions. A full PMI paper is 40, timed, and scored the same way — with the reasoning on every answer.
