Senior Healthcare PM Certification Assessment

1. PMI requires that people document 4,500 hours of experience managing projects in the past 8 years. You must also provide the name and address of the executive who sponsored each project. Do you have this much experience?

A) I have 4,500 hours as a PM and a college degree
B) I have 7,500 hours as a PM and no college degree
C) I have 1-2 years PM experience
D) I'm just starting; are there beginner certifications?

2. What should a project manager do when an important stakeholder wants to add additional features to the project scope?

A) Add the feature immediately
B) Try and develop a workaround
C) Analyze the impact of the change on the project
D) Refuse to change so the project finishes on time

3. When a project team member mentions in a status meeting that they may finish their task late, what should the project manager do?

A) Document the poor performance
B) Contact the team member's manager
C) Submit a change request
D) Discuss corrective action

4. What are the key elements of a professional status report?

A) List team members with poor performance
B) Report the forecasted budget at completion
C) Identify variances and corrective action
D) Detail all problems

5. When you are managing a project in a functional organization, what options do you have for dealing with poor team member performance?

A) Solve the problem yourself
B) Talk to human resources
C) Meet with the project sponsor
D) Talk to the functional manager

6. The statement of work (SOW) is used at two different points in the project lifecycle. What are they?

A) Initiation and executing
B) Project planning and executing
C) Critical path
D) Bidder's conferences and vendor selection

7. Earned value management is used when we want to compare ________________ to ____________

A) Plan to actual
B) Were we are to where we should be
C) Order of magnitude to schedule variances
D) Progress to plan

8. At the initial meeting with the project sponsor, the project manager should have one primary objective and that is to...

A) Discover the project due date
B) Unearth the project budget
C) Define the project scope
D) Find out what to do first

9. You are managing a project that will affect operations in 14 different countries. What form of communications will you use primarily?

A) Video conferences
B) Formal written communications
C) Critical path
D) Progress to plan

10. Tell us about the type of projects you have managed:

11. Do you have any other questions for the PMP instructor who will do your assessment?