A project manager needs to determine if a specific engineer is available to work on a task during the next two weeks. Which document should be reviewed FIRST?

The resource breakdown structure

A resource calendar is used in resource planning to show:

The quality requirements for each resource

The availability of resources over time

The hierarchical breakdown of resource types

A project manager is tracking resource usage and finds that a team member has exceeded their planned hours by 30% on a non-critical task. The task has 2 weeks of float. The project manager needs to bring resource usage back in line with the plan. What should the project manager do?

Immediately remove the team member from the task and assign a replacement

Escalate the issue to the project sponsor

Analyze the cause of the overrun and consider reallocating work within the float

Update the project management plan to reflect the higher hours

A project manager is reviewing the weekly resource report and notices that a contractor has billed 15% more hours than planned for the month. The project manager needs to determine if this is a problem. What should the project manager do first?

Immediately stop the contractor from working

Escalate the issue to the procurement department

Update the project budget to reflect the higher hours

Compare the billed hours against the resource calendar and project plan

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Domain 2Objective 4

Task 4 Plan and Manage Resources PMP Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Process domain, which accounts for 41% of the PMP exam. PMI does not publish an official question count, but from its 230-minute exam (~90–155 total, ~37–64 in this domain), expect 4–6 from this objective — we provide 21 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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1foundation · easy
A project manager needs to determine if a specific engineer is available to work on a task during the next two weeks. Which document should be reviewed FIRST?
Select an answer first
2foundation · easy
A resource calendar is used in resource planning to show:
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3expert · hard
A project manager is tracking resource usage and finds that a team member has exceeded their planned hours by 30% on a non-critical task. The task has 2 weeks of float. The project manager needs to bring resource usage back in line with the plan. What should the project manager do?
Select an answer first
4application · medium
A project requires a technical writer for 100 hours to produce documentation. The company has a technical writer available for 20 hours per week. The project manager needs to determine how many weeks the writer will be needed. Which estimation technique should be used?
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5application · medium
A project manager is reviewing the weekly resource report and notices that a contractor has billed 15% more hours than planned for the month. The project manager needs to determine if this is a problem. What should the project manager do first?
Select an answer first

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