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PMP® Exam
Practice Test
and Study
Guide
Tenth Edition
ESI International Project Management Series
Series Editor

J. LeRoy Ward, Executive Vice President
ESI International, Arlington, Virginia
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PMP® Exam
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Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................vii
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................xi
Introduction ..........................................................................................xiii
Authors .................................................................................................xvii
Acronyms ...............................................................................................xix
Project Integration Management ........................................................................ 1
Project Scope Management ...............................................................................31
Project Time Management ................................................................................61
Project Cost Management .................................................................................93
Project Quality Management...........................................................................123
Project Human Resource Management ...........................................................153
Project Communications Management ............................................................185
Project Risk Management ................................................................................213
Project Procurement Management ..................................................................245
Project Stakeholder Management ....................................................................271
An Overview of the Domains ..........................................................................299
Practice Test ................................................................................................... 309
Answer Sheet ........................................................................................ 357
Appendix: Study Matrix .......................................................................363
Answer Key ...........................................................................................373
References ............................................................................................439
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Preface
We have been helping people to prepare for the project management profes-
sional (PMP®)* certification exam since the A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge PMBOK® Guide was published by the Project Management
Institute (PMI®) in 1996. We then prepared the first edition of this Study Guide.
In 1996, there were approximately 1,000 people who were certified as Project
Management Professional (PMP®), while in 2015, there are approximately 700,000
PMP®s around the world. Throughout the years, we have updated our PMP
Practice Test and Study Guide books so that now this book is in its 10th Edition.
Since our first Study Guide book was published, it has become quite clear that
most prospective exam takers (ourselves included when we studied for the exam)
ask two questions when they decide to earn PMP® certification: “What topics are
covered on the exam?” and “What are the questions like?” Not surprisingly, some
of the most sought-after study aids are practice tests, which are helpful in two
ways: first, taking practice tests increases your knowledge of the kinds of ques-
tions, phrases, terminology, and sentence construction that you will encounter
on the “real” exam; and second, taking practice tests provides an opportunity for
highly concentrated study by exposing you to a breadth of project management
content generally not found in a single reference source.
We initiated and continued the development of this specialty publication with
only one simple goal in mind: to help you study for, and pass, the PMP® certifi-
cation exam. Because (PMI®)† does not sell “past” exams to prospective certifica-
tion candidates for study purposes, the best anyone can do is to develop practice
test questions that are as representative of the real questions as possible. And
that is exactly what we have done. This tenth edition contains 600 practice test
questions.
As we developed this publication, we have worked hard to make the ques-
tions difficult ones yet representative of what you may encounter on the actual
exam. Having attained the PMP®, we know it is a difficult exam, and one that
requires study and dedicated effort.
* “PMP” is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is registered in the United
States and other nations.
† “PMI” is a service and trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is registered in the
United States and other nations.
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viii ◾ Preface
The result of our effort is the PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide. This
tenth edition contains study hints, a list of exam topics, and 40 multiple-choice
questions for each of the ten knowledge areas presented in A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge Fifth Edition (PMBOK® Guide).*
And, as in previous editions, this edition includes a plainly written ratio-
nale for each correct answer, with a reference to the appropriate pages in the
PMBOK® Guide, and in some cases to the other sources.
We have listened to your comments and have expanded our rationales to dis-
cuss in more depth why an answer is correct, often by explaining why the other
answers are incorrect, and to help you broaden your understanding of the con-
cepts in the answer. We also have provided some study tips in these rationales.
You additionally will find a reference to one or more of the five process
groups, Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, or Closing at
the end of each rationale. Those references are important because they give you
an understanding of the types of exam questions that fall within each of these
five major project management performance domains.
What is different, however, with this tenth edition is each question also con-
tains a reference to the June 2015, “Examination Content Outline (ECO)”, pub-
lished by PMI, which is the blueprint for the exam. You can download the ECO
from the PMI web site, and you will see it consists of numerous tasks associated
with the domains on the exam. These domains are the process groups, and we
have a chapter in this tenth edition that describes each domain in more depth.
This tenth edition is completely aligned with this new ECO.
This tenth edition includes scenario-based questions, which may comprise
approximately 50 percent of the questions found on the PMP® exam. It omits
many of the purely definitional questions, but focuses on the key concepts you
need to understand and study. Additionally, we have reduced the length of many
of our questions, to more accurately represent the real exam.
We have included a completely original, 200-question on-line practice test,
which is also in the book. We have a Study Matrix in this edition as well. The
matrix is included as an appendix. The matrix, which is based on PMI®’s Role
Delineation Study, the basic document for the ECO, will help you to use the
200-question exam to its full advantage. It provides a way for you to assess your
strengths and weaknesses in each performance domain and to identify areas that
require further study.
A special note to those who speak English as a second language (ESL): Our
experience in teaching project management programs around the world has
shown that most of our ESL clients understand English well enough to pass
the PMP® exam as long as they know the content. Nevertheless, in an effort to
avoid adding to your frustration before taking the exam, we have painstakingly
reviewed each question and answer in the Study Guide in the knowledge areas
* “PMBOK” is a trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc., which is registered in the United States
and other nations.