Manage Schedule - Prep Questions

Question 1

The team wants to refine their understanding of what needs to be done before scheduling the project. The team will rely on the decomposition technique to identify:

A. Deliverables and schedule activities
B. Schedule activities and dependencies
C. Schedule activities and requirements
D. Work packages and activities

Answer 1

D. Work packages and activities

The decomposition technique decomposes deliverables into work packages and work packages into activities (answer D). The decomposition technique does not identify deliverables (answer A), dependencies (answer B) and requirements (answer C).

Question 2

An agile team is developing an e-commerce website. The product owner wants to understand how the sprint work is progressing towards completion. Which of the following may the product owner check?

A. Scrum board
B. Release burndown chart
C. Product backlog
D. Product roadmap

Answer 2

A. Scrum board

A scrum board is used to visualize how the sprint work is progressing towards completion.

Question 3

You have just joined an existing scrum team that has been working together for several months. The team is using a scrum board to visualize work information. Which of the following statements BEST describes a scrum boards?

A. Shows the tasks’ priorities
B. Shows the amount of work left
C. Shows how tasks progress towards completion
D. Shows how the product Will evolve

Answer 3

C. Shows how tasks progress towards completion

A scrum board is used to visualize how the sprint work is progressing towards completion.

Question 4

Your project will implement the company’s new ticketing system. You are calculating late start and late finish dates by working backwards through the network diagram. Which of the following practice are you performing?

A. Schedule compression
B. Backward pass
C. Reverse scheduling
D. Reverse leveling

Answer 4

B. Backward pass

The backward pass calculates the late start and late finish dates of project activities, by moving backwards throughout the network diagram.

Question 5

A junior project manager is using the critical path method to develop the project schedule? You should remind the project manager that the critical path method does not take __________ into account.

A. Schedule activities
B. Resource availability
C. Schedule risk provisions
D. Dependencies

Answer 5

B. Resource availability

The critical path method does not take resource availability into account (answer B). The critical path method takes activities (answer A), contingency reserves (answer C) and dependencies (answer D) into account.

Question 6

A critical stakeholder wants to know if the team will be able to complete the accepted work within the current iteration. You should refer the stakeholder to the ___________.

A. Product backlog
B. Performance report
C. Product roadmap
D. Iteration burndown chart

Answer 6

D. Iteration burndown chart

Iteration burndown charts are commonly used in agile projects to represent planned and actual sprint performance (answer D).

Question 7

The product owner is updating the release plan for the current release. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. The product backlog items that Will be completed within the remaining iterations are firmly defined because the release is timeboxed
B. The product backlog items that Will be completed within the remaining iterations are firmly defined because the sprints are timeboxed
C. The number of iterations required to complete the minimum viable product are firmly defined because the release is timeboxed
D. The number of iterations required to complete the selected product backlog items may vary because the release is scopeboxed

Answer 7

D. The number of iterations required to complete the selected product backlog items may vary because the release is scopeboxed

A scopeboxed release plan determines the number of iterations required to complete a specific set of product backlog items (answer D). The product backlog items that will be completed within the remaining iterations may vary when the release is timeboxed (answers A and B). The of iterations required to complete the minimum viable product may vary (answer C).

Question 8

You recently joined a government agency and were assigned to an important project. You collected the following estimates for the duration of an activity: Optimistic = 4 days, Most Likely = 6 days,
Pessimistic = 12 days. What is the estimated duration using the Beta estimation technique?

A. 6.6
B. 7 33
C. 8
D. 40

Answer 8

A. 6.6

The Beta expected duration is calculated as (o+p+4pm)/6., using an optimistic (o), pessimistic (p) and most likely (m). Therefore the three-point estimate is 6.7.

Question 9

An agile team has a total of six members, three members who work full time and three members who work part time. At the beginning of the second sprint, team members are defining the tasks required
to meet the sprint goal. Which of the following statements regarding tasks are correct? (Choose three.)

A. They may be displayed in a Kanban board
B. They are defined during product backlog refinement
C. They are recorded in the product backlog
D. Should have sufficient detail to ensure that team members understand how the work Will be done
E. They are the actions required to complete product backlog items
F. They are a concise and intuitive description of a feature

Answer 9

A. They may be displayed in a Kanban board
D. Should have sufficient detail to ensure that team members understand how the work Will be done
E. They are the actions required to complete product backlog items

Tasks represent small actions required to create product backlog items (answers D and E). Tasks may be recorded in the kanban board (answer A). Tasks are defined as part of sprint planning (answer B) and are not recorded in the product backlog (answer C). A user story is a concise and intuitive description of a feature (answer F).

Question 10

A financial institution needs to release a new service until the end of the current year. During the project early stages, the project manager is considering several crashing alternatives to reduce the
project overall duration. All of the following are valid alternatives to crash the schedule, EXCEPT:

A. Allocating more resources to critical activities
B. Shifting resources from non-critical activities to critical activities
C. Adjusting the activity duration estimates
D. Using more skilled resources

Answer 10

C. Adjusting the activity duration estimates

The project manager should not adjust the activity duration estimates (answer C) without adjusting other project constraints. The remaining answers represent valid crashing approaches.

Question 11

You have just taken over a project that is running behind schedule. The sponsor has asked you to compress the schedule without using additional resources. What is the BEST course of action?

A. Level the existing resources
B. Crash the schedule
C. Fast track the schedule
D. Run a schedule simulation

Answer 11

C. Fast track the schedule

Fast tracking accelerates the schedule by overlapping schedule activities that would usually be done sequentially (answer C). Resource leveling (answer A) and schedule simulations (answer D) do not shorten the schedule duration. Crashing (answer B) could compress the schedule but would require bringing in additional resources.

Question 12

An activity has an optimistic estimate of 2 days, a most likely estimate of 5 days and a pessimistic estimate of 14 days. Using the Beta technique, what would be the activity standard deviation?

A. 2
B. 6
C. 8
D. 12

Answer 12

A. 2

Beta uses the formula Sigma = (P-O)/6, where O is the optimistic estimate and P is the pessimistic estimate. Therefore, sigma = (14-2)/6=2.

Question 13

You are working with senior management establishing a common understanding of how the schedule will be managed. Which of the following may you define?

A. Adopted schedule management standards and schedule management responsibilities
B. Schedule data and adopted schedule performance metrics
C. Adopted schedule management standards and activity attributes
D. Schedule reporting formats and schedule forecasts

Answer 13

A. Adopted schedule management standards and schedule management responsibilities

The adopted schedule management standards and schedule management responsibilities are part of the schedule management plan (answer A). Schedule data (answer B) is an output of schedule development. Activity attributes (answer C) are defined in the define activities process. Schedule forecasts (answer D) are an output of the control schedule process.

Question 14

Which of the following statements regarding the critical path method (CPM) are correct? (Choose three.)

A. Increasing the number of critical paths reduces the schedule risk
B. The critical path activities can have zero or positive free float
C. Each project only has one critical path
D. The critical path activities can have zero or negative float
E. The critical path method is used to level project resources
F. A project may have a negative float

Answer 14

B. The critical path activities can have zero or positive free float
D. The critical path activities can have zero or negative float
F. A project may have a negative float

Question 15

Your construction company estimates the time required to paint a house assuming that it takes 30 minutes per square meter of surface painted. Which estimating technique is your company using?

A. Formula estimating
B. Heuristic estimating
C. Parametric estimating
D. Analogous estimating

Answer 15

C. Parametric estimating

Parametric estimating uses a statistical relationship between historical data and project parameters.

Question 16

In a pharmaceutical project, the quality control team can perform inspection work once the laboratory work has begun. This is an example of what type of sequence?

A. Start to Finish
B. Finish to Start
C. Finish to Finish
D. Start to Start

Answer 16

D. Start to Start

Question 17

An agile team is developing a geographic information system. Senior management wants to know which requirements qill be delivered at the end of the remaining sprints. Who is primary responsible for providing that information?

A. Team
B. Scrum master
C. Product owner
D. Project manager

Answer 17

C. Product owner

The product owner is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog.

Question 18

You are preparing an early estimate of the duration of your new project by comparing it with a relatively similar project recorded in the organizational knowledge base. You adopted this estimating technique because:

A. It produces accurate estimates
B. Estimates are based on an objective assessment
C. Estimates are based on detailed information
D. Estimates can be quickly obtained

Answer 18

D. Estimates can be quickly obtained

You are using analogous estimating to estimate the project duration. Analogous estimates can be quickly obtained (answer D). Analogous estimates are neither accurate (answer A) nor objective (answer B). Analogous estimates are not typically based on detailed information (answer C).

Question 19

Activity A has a duration of 6 and can start any time. Activity B has a duration of 17 and can start any time. Activity C has a duration of 4 and can start after activity A. Activity D has a duration of 7 and can
start after activity C. Activity E has a duration of 5 and can start after activities B and D. Activity F has a duration of 5 and can start after activities E. What is the project critical path?

A. B-E-F
B. A-C-D-E-F
C. A-C-E-F
D. B-E-F and A-C-D-E-F

Answer 19

D. B-E-F and A-C-D-E-F

The alternative paths are:
- B-E-F with 27 days
- A-C-D-E-F with 27 days
They are both critical

Question 20

Mary is estimating the detailed activities duration based on the organizational historic information. She is comparing her actual project with similar projects in the organization’s history. Which
estimating technique is Mary using?

A. Analogous
B. Lessons learned
C. Expert judgement
D. Parametric

Answer 20

A. Analogous

An analogous estimate estimates durations based on historical information accumulated in the organization.

Question 21

An activity has an optimistic duration of 10 days, a most likely duration of 13 days and a pessimistic duration of 22 days. What is the Beta standard deviation of the activity?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 12
D. 14

Answer 21

A. 2

The Beta standard deviation is calculated based on the optimistic (o) and pessimistic (p) estimates. The Beta standard deviation is calculates as (p-o)/6. Therefore, the standard deviation is 2.

Question 22

An agile team is developing a customer service application. The scrum master recommended the practice of estimating product backlog items relying on relative estimates. Which of the following are valid reasons for estimating based on relative estimating? (Choose two.)

A. Relative estimates express actual time
B. Relative estimates are aligned to the product vision
C. Relative estimates are timeboxed
D. Relative estimates may be used to develop accurate schedules
E. Relative estimates can accommodate uncertainty
F. Relative estimates do not require detailed information

Answer 22

E. Relative estimates can accommodate uncertainty
F. Relative estimates do not require detailed information

Relative estimates can accommodate uncertainty (answer E) and do not require detailed information (answer F).

Question 23

You were asked to help an agile team to adopt agile practices. You want to introduce the practice of estimating product items using story points. Which of the following statements regarding story points are correct? (Choose two.)

A. They promote a shared sense of accountability
B. They express the size of a task in relation to others
C. They express the size of a specific function required to complete an item
D. They enable discussions across all the disciplines required to complete an item
E. They are tied to estimates of time periods
F. They enable the team to avoid detailed discussions about the item

Answer 23

B. They express the size of a task in relation to others
D. They enable discussions across all the disciplines required to complete an item

Question 24

While managing a project, a major defect was identified. Which of the following options should the project manager do NEXT?

A. Ask the team to work overtime
B. Request a formal change to the project schedule to account for the additional time
C. Use the project schedule contingency to repair the identified defects
D. Reduce the time allocated to other project activities to allow the team to correct the default

Answer 24

C. Use the project schedule contingency to repair the identified defects

If there is still available contingency it should be used to compensate for accumulated variances.

Question 25

You are preparing an early estimate of the duration of your new project by comparing it with a relatively similar project recorded in the organizational knowledge base. Which of the following statements regarding analogous estimating are correct? (Choose three.) A. May be obtained on the early project stages B. Can set expectations until a more precise estimate is defined C. May be used to set an acceptable range of a future detailed estimate D. It is a precise estimate E. Is not a type of expert judgment

Answer 25

A. May be obtained on the early project stages B. Can set expectations until a more precise estimate is defined C. May be used to set an acceptable range of a future detailed estimate

Question 26

The project is nearly finished and the team is completing the last technical deliverable. One week before the due date, the team informed the project manager that it Will not be possible to complete the project within schedule. What should be done NEXT? A. Inform the customer that the project Will be late B. Inform management C. Review the communications management plan D. Analyze available alternatives

Answer 26

D. Analyze available alternatives Before informing management, or informing the customer, the project manager should analyze alternative solutions to meet the due date.

Question 27

The project manager wants to determine the probability of completing the project under 4 months. Which technique should he use? A. Probability and impact matrix B. Sensitivity analysis C. Monte Carlo simulation D. Expected monetary value

Answer 27

C. Monte Carlo simulation By completing multiple iterations, the Monte Carlo analysis can calculate the probabilistic distribution of the project duration.

Question 28

You are leading an important research project. You are assessing the critical path to better understand the schedule flexibility. Which of the following statements regarding the critical path method is correct? A. An activity with a positive slack can have a free slack of zero B. The float can be calculated by subtracting the early start date from the early finish date. C. Any activity with a slack of zero is part of the critical path D. There is only on critical path

Answer 28

A. An activity with a positive slack can have a free slack of zero An activity with a positive slack can have no free slack its delay removes slack from its successor activity. All the remaining statements are incorrect.

Question 29

Activity A has a duration of 8 and can start any time. Activity B has a duration of 10 and can start after activity A. Activity C has a duration of 4 and can start after activity A. Activity D has a duration of 8 and can start after activity C. Activity E has a duration of 6 and can start after activity C. Activity F has a duration of 4 and can start after activities B,D and E. What is the project critical path? A. A-B-F B. A-C-D-F C. A-C-E-F D. A-B-F and A-C-E-F

Answer 29

B. A-C-D-F The alternative paths are: - A-B-F: 22 days - A-C-D-F: 24 days - A-C-E-F: 22 days Therefore the path A-C-D-F is critical.

Question 30

You need to record the project's schedule activities, milestones and dependencies. Which document should you use? A. Activity list B. WBS C. Project schedule network diagram D. Project calendars

Answer 30

C. Project schedule network diagram The project schedule network diagram represents the schedule activities, milestones and dependencies.

Question 31

You are using the decomposition technique to define project activities. Before moving on to the next process, what should you do NEXT? A. Prepare an activity template B. Document activity attributes C. Prepare a WBS D. Prepare a milestone chart

Answer 31

B. Document activity attributes Define activities, also includes documenting relevant information (activity attributes) that may be used by the team while completing the work.

Question 32

You know that five days after beginning the development of a new software module, you can start to document the technical solution. This dependency should be modeled as a: A. Start-to-start dependency with a five days Iag B. Start-to-start dependency with a five days lead C. Finish-to-start dependency with a five days slack D. Start-to-start dependency with a five days slack

Answer 32

A. Start-to-start dependency with a five days Iag There is a start-to start dependency between developing the software module and documenting the technical solution with a five days lag.

Question 33

Your company initiated a project to extend the current facilities. You now need to estimate activity durations but there is no historical information from previous projects. Which estimating technique should you use? A. Parametric estimating B. Analogous estimating C. Use published commercial information and productivity metrics D. Expert judgment

Answer 33

D. Expert judgment It's not possible to prepare analogous (answer B) and parametric estimates (answer A) because there is no historical information from previous projects. Published commercial information and productivity metrics (answer C) may be used as inputs when estimating activity durations but they are not estimating techniques. Expert judgment is, therefore, the best option (answer D).

Question 34

Activity A has a duration of 8 and can start any time. Activity B has a duration of 10 and can start after activity A. Activity C has a duration of 4 and can start after activity A. Activity D has a duration of 8 and can start after activity C. Activity E has a duration of 6 and can start after activity C. Activity F has a duration of 4 and can start after activities B,D and E. What is the float of activity E? A. 0 B. 2 C. -2 D. 12

Answer 34

B. 2 The alternative paths are: - A-B-F with 22 days - A-C-D-F with 24 days - A-C-E-F with 22 days Activity E is in the path A-C-E-F. Therefore it has a float of 2 days (24-22).

Question 35

A contract to construct a gas platform requires that a government agency security audit be performed prior to the construction phase. This is an example of _____________. A. Hard logic B. Soft logic C. Internal dependency D. Discretionary dependency

Answer 35

A. Hard logic A hard logic dependency, also known as a mandatory dependency, is created to the physical nature of the work, or results from a contract or legal requirement.

Question 36

While analyzing a project activity, the project manager determined that an activity has an early start of day 6, an early finish of day 10, a late start of day 12 and no free float. What is the float of this activity? A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6

Answer 36

D. 6 The float can be determined by subtracting the early start from the late start.

Question 37

You have been hired to manage an industrial project. You have completed the project schedule. Before submitting it for approval you should prepare: A. Sequence project activities B. Prepare the schedule management plan C. Record schedule data for future reference D. All ofthe above

Answer 37

C. Record schedule data for future reference Scheduling supporting information should be documented for future reference (answer C). The remaining options should have been performed already.

Question 38

Your project is facing a schedule delay during the design phase. To identify schedule compression opportunities you have performed an analysis of the network diagram that concluded that: Activity X is delayed by 10 days and has now a slack of 1 day, activity Y is delayed by 6 days and is now on the critical path, activity Z has a negative float of 1 day. What should be the project manager 's priorities while compressing the schedule? A. X, Y, Z B. Z, Y, X C.Y, Z, X D. Not enough information

Answer 38

D. Not enough information We know that activity Z has a negative float of 1, but we do not know if it is on the critical path. Activity Y might also have a negative float more severe than 1.

Question 39

An agile team is to develop an e-commerce application. At the beginning of the first sprint, team members are preparing a sprint backlog. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a sprint planning meeting? (Choose three.) A. Define user stories B. Explain the reason why the sprint should be completed C. Inspect and adapt the work D. Inspect and adapt the product E. Select which product backlog items Will be developed F. Plan how to develop the selected product backlog items

Answer 39

B. Explain the reason why the sprint should be completed E. Select which product backlog items Will be developed F. Plan how to develop the selected product backlog items Sprint planning addresses the questions: "Why should the sprint be completed?"; "What items Will be developed?"; "How does the team plan to develop the selected items?"

Question 40

In order to stay competitive, your company started an initiative to develop a transportation drone. The sponsor has asked you to shorten the project timeline to beat the competition. How should you procceed? (Choose three.) A. Reduce the amount of product testing B. Adopt an incremental approach C. Reduce the overall project duration D. Use more resources E. Consider negotiating product requirements

Answer 40

B. Adopt an incremental approach D. Use more resources E. Consider negotiating product requirements The team must perform the amount of product testing required to ensure that the product is done according to quality standards (answer A). Reducing the schedule duration without redefining other project constraints is not an acceptable project management alternative (answer C). The remaining answers are valid options.

Question 41

You are managing a project that will expand the IT infrastructure. The team is struggling to estimate activity durations. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause? A. The project manager is not an expert in the application area B. The scope is poorly defined C. The team is estimating based on a parametric model D. An analogous estimate was prepared during project initiation

Answer 41

B. The scope is poorly defined Poorly defined scope can lead to difficulties while estimating activity durations. The project manager is not necessarily an expert in the application area (answer A). Parametric (answer C) and analogous estimates (answer D) do not explain why the team is struggling to estimate activity durations.

Question 42

Activity A has a duration of 8 and can start any time. Activity B has a duration of 10 and can start after activity A. Activity C has a duration of 4 and can start after activity A. Activity D has a duration of 8 and can start after activity C. Activity E has a duration of 6 and can start after activity C. Activity F has a duration of 4 and can start after activities B,D and E. If the project deadline were 24, what would be the float of activity E? A. 0 B. 4 C. 2 D. 6

Answer 42

C. 2 The alternative paths are: A:B:F with 22 days A:C:D:F with 24 days A:C:e:F with 22 days Activity E is in the path A:C:E:F. Therefore it has a float of 2 days. If there is a deadline of 24 days, the float of activity E does not change.

Question 43

A project has been authorized to develop a new mobile phone. You are preparing a list of milestones. Which of the following statements regarding milestones are correct? (Choose three.) A. Senior management may impose milestones B. They can be used as checkpoints C. They are imposed dates D. They are small work activities E. They are formal project reviews F. They are zero duration events

Answer 43

A. Senior management may impose milestones B. They can be used as checkpoints F. They are zero duration events Milestones are zero duration events (answer F) that may be used as checkpoints (answer B). Senior management may define milestones (answer A). The remaining statements are incorrect.

Question 44

The PMO wants projects managers to produce estimates using a combination of historical information and statistics. The PMO will be focused on _________. A. Developing parametric models B. Preparing parametric estimates that can be used as reference for future projects C. Developing quantitative risk analysis procedures D. Preparing guidelines for using analogous estimates combined with PERT

Answer 44

A. Developing parametric models The parametric estimate uses a statistical relationship between historical data and project variables. The PMO should prepare a model that can be used by the projects.

Question 45

You are leading a complex project adopting an agile approach. The team wants to explain to the product owner how the selected product backlog items will be developed. How should the team proceed? A. Ensure that the product owner attends each daily standup B. Share the definition of done C. Ensure that the product owner receives frequent performance reports D. Prepare an iteration backlog

Answer 45

D. Prepare an iteration backlog The iteration backlog clarifies the details of each item and determine the work and effort required to complete it.

Question 46

You have just determined that your project can be completed with eleven months. However, management wants you to review the schedule to complete the project within ten months. Which of the following statements regarding your current schedule is correct? A. The duration of the critical path has decreased by one month B. Duration of the critical path has increased by one month C. The project has a positive float of one month D. The duration ofthe critical path remains the same

Answer 46

D. The duration ofthe critical path remains the same Without any change to the current schedule, the new schedule deadline does not change the critical path duration.

Question 47

An agile team is developing product features to the two business units that are funding the project. Senior management wants to ensure that the team devotes 50% of its effort to each business unit. Which of the following practice would you recommend? A. The team should produce a consolidated product backlog and order items according to their value B. The team should group product backlog items by business unit and ensure that it completes the same number of items per unit each sprint C. The business unit managers should decide what the team will deliver each sprint D. The team should group product backlog items by business unit and allocate 50% of the sprint's estimated velocity to each unit

Answer 47

D. The team should group product backlog items by business unit and allocate 50% of the sprint's estimated velocity to each unit Velocity is an expression of the amount of work a team can complete in one iteration, typically determined by adding the story points of the fully-completed items (answer D). Ordering items by value would not ensure that the team devotes 50% of its effort to each business unit (answer A). Completing the same number of items per unit each sprint would not ensure that the team devotes 50% of its effort to each unit (answer B). An agile team must be able to plan the sprint based on a prioritized product backlog, estimates and velocity (answer C).

Question 48

The team is updating a chart showing the number of points that were actually completed at the end of each iteration. As the projects progresses towards completion, the chart's actual performance line remains in line with the planned performance. Which of the following did the team member update? A. Iteration burndown chart B. Iteration burnup chart C. Release burnup chart D. Release burndown chart

Answer 48

C. Release burnup chart The release burnup chart represents planned and actual work completed in each iteration.

Question 49

Your company is taking on a scrum project for the first time. The project Will build a virtual reality headset and the team will be working in 4-week iterations. As the first sprint progresses, the team realizes that one important item in the sprint backlog cannot be completed within the sprint. Who owns the sprint backlog? A. Team B. Scrum master C. Product owner D. Project manager

Answer 49

A. Team The team owns the sprint backlog.

Question 50

The customer is unpleased because the project is one month behind schedule. The project manager examined the network diagram and concluded that it was not possible to adjust it. How should the project manager proceed? A. Reassign resources to critical activities B. Fast track the schedule C. Use part ofthe schedule contingency reserve D. Bring in resources to expedite the activities with the least schedule risk

Answer 50

A. Reassign resources to critical activities Crashing accelerates the schedule by adding resources to critical activities (answer A). Fast tracking (answer B) could shorten the schedule duration but would require adjusting the network diagram. The schedule contingency reserve (answer C) should account for the identified schedule risks. Crashing should focus on activities with the least amount of schedule flexibility (answer D).

Question 51

After collecting the project actual performance data, the project manager determined that the project is one week behind schedule and 20.000 over budget. The project manager is concerned because he has used all the existing schedule and cost contingency. Which of the following is BEST course of action? A. Eliminate part of the product scope B. Request a baseline revaluation C. Attempt to fast track the schedule D. Attempt to crash the schedule

Answer 51

C. Attempt to fast track the schedule The best available option is fast tracking. Crashing would increase costs and the project manager does not have the authority to review the product scope or schedule.

Question 52

An agile team needs to plan how the product Will evolve. One team member suggested using a serious of numbers in which the first two numbers are zero and one and each remaining number is obtained by adding the two preceding numbers in the sequence. Which of the following statements is correct? A. The team member suggested using the Fibonacci sequence because it is a precise measure of effort B. The team member suggested using planning poker because the team values consensus C. The team member suggested using the Fibonacci sequence because it does not require detailed information D. The team member suggested using the Power ofTwo sequence because it can accommodate uncertainty

Answer 52

C. The team member suggested using the Fibonacci sequence because it does not require detailed information The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical series of numbers in which the first two numbers are zero and one and each remaining number is obtained by adding the two preceding numbers in the sequence. Agile may use this sequence to size items because it can accommodate uncertainty and does not require detailed information.

Question 53

An agile team is developing an e-commerce website. The team is using an iteration burndown chart to assess the iteration performance. Which of the following statements regarding iterations burndown charts are correct? A. The X-axis of an iteration burndown chart represents remaining work B. An upward spike represents an increase in remaining work C. The iteration burndown represents the work completed D. The Y-axis of an iteration burndown chart represents tasks

Answer 53

B. An upward spike represents an increase in remaining work The iteration burndown chart represents the amount of remaining work (answers B and C). The X-axis represent time and the Y-axis represent work left (answers A and D).

Question 54

You recently joined a consulting company and were assigned to a social media application project. You estimated that the team will need three months to complete the development phase. However, management is asking you to complete the development phase in two months. Which of the following is the BEST alternative to address the issue? A. Change the estimate but explain why you disagree and document the risks involved B. Change the estimate but ask management to maintain the estimate confidential C. Refuse to change the estimate D. Change the estimates as requested

Answer 54

C. Refuse to change the estimate Changing the estimate without negotiating other project management constraints would not be an ethical alternative.

Question 55

Activity A takes 3 days, activity B takes 3 days, activity C takes 6 days, activity D takes 7 days, activity E takes 4 days and activity F takes 5 days. Activities A, B, C and D are performed sequentially and determine the project critical path. If activity B is delayed by 1 day, what is the project minimum duration? A. 19 days B. 20 days C. 24 days D. 25 days

Answer 55

B. 20 days Activities A, B, C and D are performed sequentially and determine the project critical path. Their accumulated duration is 19 days. If activity B is delayed by 1 day, the project minimum duration is 20 days.

Question 56

At the end of the first sprint, the team added the story points of the fully-completed items. They will use this measure to forecast the items that can be completed in future Sprints. Which of the following did the team determine? A. Story points B. Velocity C. Cycle time D. Release plan

Answer 56

B. Velocity Velocity is an expression of the amount of work a team can complete in one iteration, typically determined by adding the story points of the fully-completed items (answer B).

Question 57

A junior project manager in your company asked for your help because she does not understand the purpose of story points. Which of the following statements regarding story points are correct? (Choose two.) A. They express the size of a product backlog item in relation to others B. They express the time periods necessary to complete the project activities C. They provide an accurate estimate that may be used to plan releases D. Should take into consideration the amount of work that must be done, the item's complexity and the existing risks E. They express the amount of work a team can complete in one iteration

Answer 57

A. They express the size of a product backlog item in relation to others D. Should take into consideration the amount of work that must be done, the item's complexity and the existing risks Story points express the size of a product backlog item in relation to others (answer A). Story points should take into consideration the amount of work that must be done, the item's complexity and the existing risks (answer D). The duration expresses the time periods necessary to complete the project activities (answer B). Story points are not accurate (answer C). The velocity expresses the amount of work a team can complete in one iteration (answer E).

Question 58

Which project management technique can help the project manager focus on key activities? A. CPM B. Lag C. Monte Carlo D. Three-point estimating

Answer 58

A. CPM The critical path method identifies the sequence of critical activities that cannot be delayed without delaying the project.

Question 59

You were asked to schedule the activities of your research project. You know that activity A takes 6 weeks and can begin any time. Activity B takes 3 weeks and can begin any time. Activity C must begin after activity B and takes 5 weeks. Activity D must begin after A and C and takes 9 weeks. Activity E must begin after C and takes 8 weeks. Activity F must begin after E and takes 3 weeks. What would be the project's critical activities if less experienced resources were used in activity D so that its actual duration was 11 weeks? A. B-C-E-F B. B-C-D-E-F C. B-C-D D. A-B-C-D-E-F

Answer 59

B. B-C-D-E-F The project alternative paths before the resource change were: B:C:E:F with a duration of 19 weeks B:C:D with a duration of 17 weeks A:D with a duration of 1 5 weeks If activity D takes 11 weeks, the new alternative paths will be: B:C:E:F with a duration of 19 weeks B:C:D with a duration of 19 weeks A:D with a duration of 17 weeks There are, therefore, 2 critical paths that include the B, C, D, E and F activities.

Question 60

While managing an IT integration project, the team informed the project manager that the technical architecture, previously approved by the customer, can be significantly improved. Such change would meet the customer's initial expectations but could compromise the adopted schedule. How should the project manager proceed? A. Discuss the issue with the customer B. Inform the customer and review the project WBS C. Review the project scope to reflect the improvement in the technical architecture D. Do not inform the customer and capture lessons learned

Answer 60

A. Discuss the issue with the customer The project manager should disclose that there is a potential change that can significantly improve the project value.

Question 61

A large process reengineering project is halfway done and is showing a CPI of 1.3 and a SPI of 0.75. How should the project manager proceed to realign the project with its baselines? A. Use the management reserve B. Crash the schedule C. Reduce the product scope D. Issue a change request to extend the project schedule

Answer 61

B. Crash the schedule The project has a favorable cost performance and an unfavorable schedule performance. The project manager can reduced the schedule duration through an increase in project resources. The project manager does not have the authority to use the management reserve (answer A), reduce scope (answer C) or extend the schedule (answer D).

Question 62

Calculate an activity expected duration using Beta estimating and the following information: Optimistic = 2 days Most likely = 4 days Pessimistic = 12 days A. 7 days B. 5 days C. 4 days D. 2 days

Answer 62

B. 5 days

Question 63

Mary is estimating the minimum project duration by analyzing the schedule activities with the least amount of schedule flexibility. Which technique is Mary using? A. Forward pass B. Critical path method C. Monte Carlo simulation D. Resource leveling

Answer 63

B. Critical path method The critical path method (CPM) defines the project duration by identifying the longest project path, i.e., the sequence of critical activities that cannot be delayed without compromising the entire schedule.

Question 64

You are currently sequencing the project activities. You know that the team must wait three days for the paint to dry before installing the cabinets. To correctly sequence the work, you need to do which of the following? A. Add a Iag time of three days to the painting activity B. Add a lead time of three days to the painting activity C. Remove the dependency between the two activities, and manually supervise them D. Add a slack of three days to the painting activity

Answer 64

A. Add a Iag time of three days to the painting activity A lag is a waiting time between two sequential activities.

Question 65

Which of the following estimating technique takes project uncertainty into account? A. Analogous estimate B. Three-point estimate C. Bottom-up estimate D. Parametric estimate

Answer 65

B. Three-point estimate Three-point estimating uses three points to determine the activity's duration or cost, taking the activity uncertainty into account.

Question 66

The team has estimated all the activities durations. Which of the following can be done before moving on to develop the project schedule? A. Document the availability of each specific resource B. Sequence activities C. Estimate the number of resources required to complete the project D. Estimate a provision oftime to account for schedule risks

Answer 66

D. Estimate a provision oftime to account for schedule risks The team is performing the estimate activity durations process. Estimating a schedule reserve (answer D) is part of the estimate activity durations process. The remaining answers are not performed in the estimate activity durations process.

Question 67

You were asked to lead a project team that Will develop a vaccine. You want to introduce the practice of estimating the effort required to complete a product backlog item in relation to other items. Which of the following are you recommending? A. Three-point estimating B. Story points C. Ideal days D. Velocity

Answer 67

B. Story points Story points express the effort required to complete a product backlog item in relation to other items.

Question 68

Activity A has an early start of 8, an early finish of 18, a late start of 12 and a late finish of 22. Which of the following statement is correct? A. Activity A is critical B. Activity X is late C. Activity A has a duration of4 D. Activity A has a slack of 4

Answer 68

D. Activity A has a slack of 4 The slack can be determined by the difference between the late start and early start.

Question 69

An agile team is using relative estimates to size the effort required to complete the product backlog items. What is the best advice regarding agile estimating you can offer? A. The team should minimize the time spent estimating B. The team can estimate the product backlog items to be completed within the following iterations more precisely C. The team should estimate in great detail to improve the accuracy of the estimates D. Larger product backlog items should be estimated more precisely than smaller items

Answer 69

B. The team can estimate the product backlog items to be completed within the following iterations more precisely The team can estimate the product backlog items to be completed within the following iterations more precisely because they are smaller and better understood (answer B). Agile teams do not minimize the time spent in estimating. Instead, they delay some of estimating effort until the items are better understood (answer A). Estimating in greater detail does not necessarily improve the accuracy of the estimates (answer C). Larger product backlog items should be estimated less precisely than more detailed items (answer D).

Question 70

In a product backlog refinement meeting, the product owner described a new product backlog item and the team assigned it a score of "XL" according to its size. Which estimating technique is the team using? A. Story points B. Planning poker C. Backlog refinement D. Affinity estimating

Answer 70

D. Affinity estimating Affinity estimating is an estimating technique that can quickly estimate a large set of items by grouping similar-sized items. These groups may express size using an estimation qualitative scale such as T-shirt sizes (e.g., XS, S, M, L and XL).

Question 71

The organization PMO is progressively introducing parametric models to support the planning effort. When should parametric estimating be adopted? A. A significant part ofthe project has already been completed B. It can be applied to every work package C. There is sufficient historical data D. Is used to calculate the cost contingency reserve

Answer 71

C. There is sufficient historical data Parametric estimating requires historical information to be precise. Parametric estimating can be used at the beginning of the project (answer A). Parametric estimating is not usually used to estimate work packages and contingency reserves (answer B and D).

Question 72

You want to use a steady amount of resources each month, but you do not want to change the project completion date. What technique should you use? A. Crashing resources B. Resource smoothing C. Resource leveling D. Histogram

Answer 72

B. Resource smoothing The resource smoothing's priority is promoting constant resource utilization, using the flexibility provided by the activities' float. Resource smoothing outcome cannot change the project duration, nor change the project critical path.

Question 73

The team has decided to consult three different subject matter experts (SMEs) to estimate the time needed to complete an unfamiliar activity. The first SME estimated that the activity can be completed in three days. The second SME experienced serious issues with similar activities and estimates that the activity Will take 10 days. Finally, the third SME believes that the activity can be completed in two days. What is the expected duration of the activity? A. 3 days B. 4 days C. 5 days D. 6 days

Answer 73

B. 4 days Apply three-point estimate.

Question 74

You are leading a software development project that is critical to a program milestone. You are assessing free floats to better understand the schedule flexibility. Which of the following is a definition of a free slack/float? A. Timeframe an activity may be delayed, from its early start, without delaying the project B. Timeframe an activity may be delayed, from its early start, without delaying the early start of the successor activities C. Timeframe an activity may be delayed, from its early start, without delaying its late start D. Timeframe a project can be delayed without compromising a deadline

Answer 74

B. Timeframe an activity may be delayed, from its early start, without delaying the early start of the successor activities Free slack is the amount of time an activity can slip without delaying the early start of its successor.

Question 75

In the beginning of the project, the team needs to estimate a set of product backlog items. The product owner clarifies the details of each item and team members select a numbered card with their estimate. The process is repeated until a consensus is achieved. Which of the following practice is the team adopting? A. Planning poker B. Stories points estimating C. Affinity estimating D. Delphi

Answer 75

A. Planning poker Planning poker is an estimating technique that seeks a consensus by asking participants to repeatedly play numbered cards. The process is repeated until participants reach a consensus (answer A).

Question 76

You were asked to schedule the activities of your research project. You know that activity A takes 6 weeks and can begin any time. Activity B takes 3 weeks and can begin any time. Activity C must begin after activity B and takes 5 weeks. Activity D must begin after A and C and takes 9 weeks. Activity E must begin after C and takes 8 weeks. Activity F must begin after E and takes 3 weeks. What is the project critical path? A. B-C-D B. B-C-E-F C. A-D D. A-B-C-D

Answer 76

B. B-C-E-F Alternative paths: - A-D: 15 wks - B-C-D: 17 wks - B-C-E-F: 19 wks B-C-E-F is the critical path.

Question 77

Your company is taking on a scrum project for the first time. The project will build a virtual reality headset and the team will be working in 4-week iterations. One team member does not know when is the sprint backlog created. What should you reply? A. Before the first sprint B. At the beginning of the project C. At the beginning of each sprint D. At the beginning of the first sprint

Answer 77

C. At the beginning of each sprint The sprint backlog is prepared at the beginning of each sprint.

Question 78

You are coaching a junior project manager who is managing his first project. You want to ensure that he controls the schedule properly. Which of the following activities may the project manager perform as part of schedule control? (Choose three.) A. Determine the actual schedule performance B. Document the basis of estimates C. Define the schedule control approach D. Avoid drifting away from the agreed-upon scope of work E. Communicate schedule changes F. Crash the schedule to address a schedule delay

Answer 78

A. Determine the actual schedule performance E. Communicate schedule changes F. Crash the schedule to address a schedule delay Documenting the basis of estimates (answer B) is part of cost estimation. Defining the schedule control approach is part of schedule management planning (answer C). Avoiding drifting away from the agreed-upon scope of work (answer D) is part of scope control. The remaining options are part of schedule control.

Question 79

Your company has been awarded a contract to build a highway and you were formally assigned to lead the project team. After preparing a preliminary schedule, you used the Monte Carlo technique to assess the schedule risk. Monte Carlo technique analyzes the schedule risk based on: A. Work breakdown structure B. Contingency reserves C. Three-point estimates D. Risk register

Answer 79

C. Three-point estimates Monte Carlo is based on three-point estimates. The remaining options are not used by the Monte Carlo analysis.

Question 80

The project manager is determining the slack of an important activity. What does a negative float mean? A. A schedule delay is affecting another project on the same program B. The project has high risk C. The project started before the planned date D. The scheduled completion date is after an imposed deadline

Answer 80

D. The scheduled completion date is after an imposed deadline A negative float shows how many days have to be recovered to meet a deadline or baseline.

Question 81

You are considering using the resource levelling technique before submitting the schedule for approval. Resource leveling is applicable to all of the following situations, except: A. Senior management has limited the access to a scarce organizational resource B. A critical resource has to be shared among two projects C. The project manager needs to compress the schedule D. A resource is fully assigned to two concurrent activities

Answer 81

C. The project manager needs to compress the schedule Resource levelling would not compress the schedule. The most likely result of resource levelling is increasing the schedule duration.

Question 82

You were asked to help an agile team to adopt agile practices. The team needs to estimate a large number of product backlog items. Which estimating technique would you recommend? A. Planning poker B. Affinity estimating C. Velocity estimating D. Delphi estimating

Answer 82

B. Affinity estimating Affinity estimating is an estimating technique that can quickly estimate a large set of items by grouping similar-sized items.

Question 83

Very late in an offshore wind farm development project, the team determined that the design documents do not meet specifications. Rectifying the design documents will compromise the schedule and trigger late delivery contract penalties. You know that the customer is unable to notice the nonconformities and that the product quality will not be impacted. What is the BEST course of action? A. Develop the offshore wind farm as planned and ignore the design documents' nonconformities because they do not impact quality B. Develop the offshore wind farm as planned and rectify the design documents once the development is complete C. Rectify the design documents and inform the customer that the project will be late D. Inform the customer and discuss options

Answer 83

D. Inform the customer and discuss options The team should deliver the design documents according to requirements. The project manager should inform the customer and discuss options (answer D). The project manager cannot unilaterally decide if the project should compromise the scope (answers A and B) or the schedule (answer C).

Question 84

A product development project requires the help of a senior marketing expert to design the communication campaign. How should the project manager proceed if the only available expert can only be assigned to the project in a specific timeframe? A. Use the critical chain method B. Use the Monte Carlo analysis C. Adjust start and finish dates according to the expert's availability constraints D. Perform a resource smoothing

Answer 84

C. Adjust start and finish dates according to the expert's availability constraints Resource levelling can be used to adapt utilization to temporary resource constraints (e.g., a resource that is only available in a specific timeframe).

Question 85

You are assessing alternative scheduling scenarios in order to determine if the project is feasible. You are currently evaluating the negative impact of a potential delay during the design stage on the overall project schedule. Which of the following are you performing? A. PERT analysis B. Monte Carlo analysis C. What-if analysis D. Decision tree analysis

Answer 85

C. What-if analysis The what-if scenario analysis is the process of evaluating alternative scenarios.

Question 86

The project manager is determining the slack of an important activity. All of the following may be used to determine the activity's slack, EXCEPT: A. Amount of time an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the project B. Amount oftime an activity can be delayed from its early start without compromising a schedule constraint C. Subtracting the early start date from the late start date D. Waiting time of the successor activity in relation to the predecessor activity

Answer 86

D. Waiting time of the successor activity in relation to the predecessor activity A Iag represents a waiting time of the successor activity in relation to the predecessor activity (answer D). The remaining answers represent different ways to determine the activity's slack.

Question 87

You have been put in charge of a hydropower station construction project. After producing a preliminary project schedule based on the critical path method, you now need to reconcile the schedule with resource capacity. Which of the following tools or techniques would help you the MOST? A. Crashing B. Resource reconciliation C. Resource smoothing D. Resource leveling

Answer 87

D. Resource leveling Resource levelling is a resource optimization technique used to reconcile the schedule with the existing permanent or temporary resource constraints, adjusting the resource allocation to match resource capacity.

Question 88

Two agile teams are working on a common product. The product owner prepared a high-level, rough timeline of how the product will evolve over multiple sprints and releases. Which of the following did the product owner prepare? A. Product roadmap B. Product backlog C. Sprint backlog D. Vision statement

Answer 88

A. Product roadmap A product roadmap provides a high-level, rough timeline of how the product will evolve multiple sprints and releases.

Question 89

Your agricultural development project is running behind schedule by a month. You are considering several alternatives to compress the schedule. Which of the following statements regarding schedule compression is correct? A. Schedule compression minimizes risk B. You should focus on critical activities C. Schedule compression minimizes costs D. You should focus on non-critical tasks

Answer 89

B. You should focus on critical activities Schedule compression should be focused on critical activities. Compressing non-critical activities (answer D) would not have an impact on the overall project duration. The remaining statements are incorrect.

Question 90

A friend of yours asked for your help because she does not understand the purpose of milestones. You should reply that a milestone is: A. A predefined event in the project, typically at the end of a phase, which enables senior management to review the project's performance and justification B. A meaningful zero duration project event C. An action required to produce a work package D. All ofthe above

Answer 90

B. A meaningful zero duration project event A milestone is a meaningful zero duration project event (answer B). Milestones are neither phase reviews (answer A) nor schedule activities (answer C).

Question 91

While controlling the project schedule, Paul is comparing actual finish dates with planned dates. Which technique is Paul using? A. Managing schedule changes B. Forecasting C. Analyzing trends D. Analyzing schedule variances

Answer 91

D. Analyzing schedule variances Schedule variance analysis compares actuar start and finish dates with planned dates.

Question 92

You are managing a railway infrastructure project that is running behind schedule. You are measuring schedule performance and determining schedule variance. The project manager is __________. A. Developing the schedule B. Performing integrated change management C. Controlling the schedule D. Issuing a schedule corrective action

Answer 92

C. Controlling the schedule Measuring schedule performance and assessing schedule variance are schedule control activities.

Question 93

The team is using an iteration burndown chart to assess the iteration performance. Which of the following statements regarding iterations burndown charts are correct? (Choose two.) A. The Y-axis of an iteration burndown chart represents remaining work B. Are used to visualize the process flow and limit the work in progress C. The actual burndown line represents the amount of points completed D. If the actual burndown line is below the ideal burndown line the team is ahead of schedule E. Represent the amount of work left at the start of each iteration

Answer 93

A. The Y-axis of an iteration burndown chart represents remaining work D. If the actual burndown line is below the ideal burndown line the team is ahead of schedule An iteration burndown chart represents planned and actual performance. The actual burndown represents the amount of work left (answer A and C). If the actual burndown line is below the ideal burndown line the team is ahead of schedule (answer D). Kanban boards are used to visualize the process flow and limit the work in progress (answer B). Release burndown charts represent the amount of work left at the start of each iteration (answer E).

Question 94

You are taking on an agile project for the first time. Senior management wants to know which requirements will be delivered at the end of which iteration. How should you proceed? A. Explain to senior management that the schedule is timeboxed B. Define, sequence and estimate tasks C. Prepare a sprint backlog that meets expectations D. Coach the product owner on how to combine velocity, priorities and story points to forecat how the product will evolve

Answer 94

D. Coach the product owner on how to combine velocity, priorities and story points to forecat how the product will evolve Release plans use a combination of velocity, priorities and story points.

Question 95

To project manager needs to identify a corrective action for a schedule delay. She is analyzing the network diagram looking for opportunities to perform activities in parallel. Which technique is she trying to use? A. Variance analysis B. Preventive action C. Fast tracking D. Change request

Answer 95

C. Fast tracking Fast tracking compresses the schedule by overlapping activities that would normally be done sequentially.

Question 96

In a large hotel refurbishment project, you are estimating the time that it Will take to furbish each of the 400 rooms. Which of the following concepts would be of most help? A. Analogous estimating B. Bottom-up estimating C. Heuristic D. Learning curve

Answer 96

D. Learning curve Project managers should take the learning curve into account when estimating recurring work.

Question 97

The planning effort has been running well. The team prepared a work breakdown structure and used a rolling wave planning approach to identify activities that will be performed in the short-term. The team is now preparing a network diagram where activities are represented by nodes and dependencies by arrows. The team is using the ________________. A. Arrow diagraming method B. Critical path method C. Precedence diagramming method D. All ofthe above

Answer 97

C. Precedence diagramming method The precedence diagramming method (PDM) is the main technique used to sequence activities, representing activities by nodes and dependencies by arrows.

Question 98

Jennifer has just been assigned to her first project. She is preparing a network diagram using the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM). The most commonly used logical relationship in the precedence diagramming method (PDM) is: A. Start-to-finish B. Finish-to-start C. Dummy D. Critical activities

Answer 98

B. Finish-to-start

Question 99

While analyzing the schedule, the project manager identified that activity X can be delayed 4 days from its early start date, without delaying the early start of its successor, activity Y. Which of the following statements is correct? A. Activity X has a slack of 4 days B. Activity X has a free float of 4 days C. Activity X has a Iag of 4 days D. Activity Y has a slack of 4 days

Answer 99

B. Activity X has a free float of 4 days A free float is the number of periods that an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of a successor activity.

Question 100

The team wants to estimate the duration of the schedule activities taking the activities' uncertainty into account. Which technique should the team use? A. Expert judgment B. Reserve analysis C. Three-point estimating D. Monte Carlo simulation

Answer 100

C. Three-point estimating The three-point estimating technique takes the activity uncertainty into account by considering three points to estimate the schedule activities' duration (answer C). Expert judgment (answer A) does not address uncertainty in a structured manner. Reserve analysis (answer B) and Monte Carlo simulations (answer D) do not estimate the schedule activities' duration.

Question 101

You are working with senior management establishing a common understanding of how the schedule will be managed. Which of the following can provide expert judgment while preparing the schedule management plan? A. Project management office (PMO) B. Team members C. Subject matter experts D. All ofthe above

Answer 101

D. All ofthe above All stakeholder can provide expert judgment while preparing the schedule management plan.

Question 102

To estimate the duration of a construction design activity, you have used the duration of a relatively similar activity on a previous project and increased it by 10 percent. What estimate activity duration technique are you using? A. Analogous B. Heuristic C. Three-point estimating D. Parametric

Answer 102

A. Analogous An analogous estimate estimates the duration or costs using historical information accumulated in the organization. An analogy estimate can be adjusted considering the project complexity.

Question 103

You are starting a new waste management project that seeks to reduce industrial, household and municipal waste. You want to ensure that the schedule is properly managed. All of the following options may be included in a schedule management plan, EXCEPT: A. Resource calendars B. Schedule reporting formats C. Rules for measuring schedule performance D. Variance thresholds for monitoring schedule variances

Answer 103

A. Resource calendars Resource calendars document when team members are available to work on project activities. Therefore they are not a schedule management procedure.

Question 104

To provide good customer service on a restaurant a table should be thoroughly prepared before a new customer is seated. This is an example of: A. A mandatory dependency B. A discretionary dependency C. Lag D. Start-to-start dependency

Answer 104

B. A discretionary dependency 'A table should be thoroughly prepared" represents a good practice. It is not physically mandatory. Therefore it is a discretionary dependency.

Question 105

While working on a construction project, City hall explains that it will take one month to process the building permit application. This in an example of: A. An assumption B. An external dependency C. A mandatory dependency D. A Iag

Answer 105

B. An external dependency An external dependency from actions and decisions from external entities.

Question 106

You have just determined resource requirements. Which of the following options should you do NEXT? A. Planning resource management B. Estimate activity durations C. Estimate activity resources D. Prepare resource calendars

Answer 106

B. Estimate activity durations You have determined resource requirements. Therefore, you already estimated activity resources (answer C). The resource management plan (answer A) and resource calendars (answer D) should already exist. You should now estimate activity durations (answer B).

Question 107

You are leading a project team to design a new laptop. Before approving the schedule, the project manager wants to run a Monte Carlo Analysis to: A. Assess overall schedule risk B. Compress the project schedule C. Assess schedule risks on a quantitative basis D. Estimate the duration ofthe schedule activities

Answer 107

A. Assess overall schedule risk The Monte Carlo simulation is a quantitative risk analysis technique that assesses the overall schedule risk. The remaining options are incorrect.

Question 108

A global organization has two teams working on different components of a single product. The first team has a velocity of 20 and the second has a velocity of 10. Senior management wants the second team to increase their velocity in order to match the first team and has asked the project manager to take the necessary measures. How should the project manager proceed? A. Reallocate resources between the teams to ensure they are more evenly distributed B. Organize a common retrospective where both teams common together to share best practices C. Explain to senior management the meaning of velocity D. Increase the duration of the second team's sprint

Answer 108

C. Explain to senior management the meaning of velocity We cannot compare the velocity of different teams because the velocity is based on relative measures (e.g., story points) that may have different meanings for different teams.

Question 109

At the beginning of the last project phase, you are briefing the team on the work required to complete the project. Team members require information about activity descriptions, dependencies, resource requirements, imposed dates, estimates, and activity constraints and assumptions. Where can team members obtain that information? A. Schedule B. Activity attributes C. WBS D. Activity list

Answer 109

B. Activity attributes Defining activities also includes documenting relevant information that may be used by the team while completing the work. This additional information is known as activity attributes.

Question 110

You are leading a complex project adopting an agile approach. The team is preparing a short-term detailed understanding of the iteration work. What agile artifact is the team preparing? A. Sprint schedule B. Product backlog C. Sprint backlog D. Work breakdown structure

Answer 110

C. Sprint backlog A sprint backlog is a short-term detailed understanding of the iteration work.

Question 111

Two activities, A (4 days duration) and B (3 days duration), have a finish to start dependency. If the project manager decides there is 1 day of Iag time between the activities, what is the early finish of activity B? A. 4 days B. 6 days C. 7 days D. 8 days

Answer 111

D. 8 days Activity A has an early start of 0 and an early finish of 4. Activity B has an early start of 5 and an early finish of 8.

Question 112

The team is estimating the activity durations of an oil and gas project. All of the following techniques may be used to estimating activity durations, EXCEPT: A. Parametric estimating B. Analogous estimating C. Affinity estimating D. Three-point estimating

Answer 112

C. Affinity estimating Affinity estiamting is used to estimate the size of product backlog items.

Question 113

Before developing the project schedule, team members are estimating the time periods required to complete the schedule activities. Team members adopted the practice of inflating the duration estimates to handle risk. Which technique are team members using? A. Increasing the activity slack B. Mitigating risks C. Padding estimates D. Estimating contingency reserves

Answer 113

C. Padding estimates Padding is an estimating technique that attempts to manage risk by inflating the estimate.

Question 114

After attending a project management class, one of your friends is worried because he does not understand the concept of Monte Carlo Simulation. Which of the following statements regarding the Monte Carlo technique is correct? (Choose two.) A. It estimates activity costs B. Is analyzes the network diagram C. It evaluates the overall project risk D. It compresses the schedule E. It is a simulation tool

Answer 114

C. It evaluates the overall project risk E. It is a simulation tool The Monte Carlo technique assesses the overall project risk (answer C) based on the simulation of multiple project iterations (answer E).

Question 115

You need to quickly provide a preliminary cost estimate of a construction project. How should you proceed? A. Provide an analogous estimate B. Estimate the work packages costs and aggregate them into an overall estimate C. Wait until there is enough information for an accurate and detailed estimate D. Collect historical data and work with the PMO to develop a parametric model

Answer 115

A. Provide an analogous estimate The project manager needs to prepare a quick and preliminary estimate. Therefore an analogous estimate is the best choice available. A bottom-up estimate (answer B) and developing a parametric model (answer D) would be very time consuming. Waiting for an accurate and detailed estimate (answer C) is not a reasonable choice when a preliminary estimate is requested.

Question 116

You were asked to explain the difference between a work breakdown structure and an activity list. How should you describe it? A. The WBS identifies mandatory work, while the activity list identifies optional work B. The WBS focuses on project scope, while the activity list focuses on the actions required to produce the deliverables C. The WBS focuses on project deliverables, while the activity list focuses on product requirements D. There is no significant difference between the two

Answer 116

B. The WBS focuses on project scope, while the activity list focuses on the actions required to produce the deliverables The WBS is a deliverable-oriented, tree-like depiction of the work required to accomplish the project objectives (answer B). The activity list records the actions required to produce work packages. Schedule activities are not optional (answer A). Schedule activities are not exclusively focused on product scope (answer C). A WBS is not a list of schedule activities (answer D).

Question 117

After completing the project schedule using the critical path method, the project manager noticed that one resource is over allocated because he is assigned to two concurrent activities. Which technique should the project manager use next? A. Critical chain management B. Resource smoothing C. Resource levelling D. Fast tracking

Answer 117

C. Resource levelling Resource levelling allows the project manager to adapt resource utilization to resource capacity, avoiding resource over allocation.

Question 118

You are mentoring a junior project manager who doesn't understand the concept of velocity. Which of the following statements are correct? (Choose two.) A. May be determined by adding the story points of the items completed in an iteration B. May be used in combination with story points to determine what the team can complete in future iterations C. Will remain stable throughout the project because the iteration is timeboxed D. May be used to compare the performance of different agile teams E. Should be used to determine the sprint's duration

Answer 118

A. May be determined by adding the story points of the items completed in an iteration B. May be used in combination with story points to determine what the team can complete in future iterations Velocity is an expression of the amount of work a team can complete in one iteration, typically determined by adding the story points of the fully-completed items (answer A). An agile team can combine the story points' estimates with an assessment of the team's velocity to determine what it can be accomplished in future iterations (answer B). Velocity may change throughout the project (answer C). Velocity cannot be used to compare the performance of different agile teams because they are expressed in relative measures (answer D). The sprint's duration is not determined by the team's velocity (answer E).

Question 119

A junior project manager is unsure of when to use a Gantt chart instead of a network diagram. You should tell him that the Gantt chart is BEST used to: A. Model the dependencies between activities and milestones B. Spot opportunities for overlapping schedule activities C. Assess multiple critical paths D. Assess schedule variances

Answer 119

D. Assess schedule variances The Gantt chart is best used to assess schedule variances (answer D). The Gantt chart does not include dependencies. It cannot, therefore, be used to model the dependencies between activities and milestones (answer A), identify fast tracking opportunities (answer B) and assess multiple critical paths (answer C).

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The project manager needs to provide a high-level snapshot of the schedule performance to senior management. The project manager should use a ___________. A. Gantt chart B. Milestone chart C. Project schedule network diagram D. Network diagram

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B. Milestone chart A milestone chart is a high-level schedule that identifies project milestones and their specific dates. Because it's based on high-level information, it is an instrument best suitable for communicating with management or the customer.

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While preparing the project network diagram, the project manager is deciding how to represent a particular dependency. If activity Y can only start 2 days before activity x finishes, the project manager should use _____________. A. Finish-to-start with a 2-day slack B. Finish-to-start with a 2-day lead C. Start-to-start with a 2-day Iag D. Finish-to-start with a 2-day Iag

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B. Finish-to-start with a 2-day lead The logical relationship is finish-to-start (because Y can only start when X finishes) with a lead of 2 days (because they can overlap).

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One project activity must start with a one-week delay from the start of another. What method should be used to represent that dependency in a network diagram? A. Resource leveling B. Activity on arrow C. Activity on line D. Activity on node

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D. Activity on node The described situation requires a start-to-start dependency. The activity on arrow method (answer B), also known as activity on line (answer C), does not support start-to-start dependencies. The resource leveling method (answer A) is not used to represent dependencies in a network diagram.

Question 123

A biotech company organization has assembled a project team to work on a high-stakes project. The team wants to refine their understanding of what needs to be done before scheduling the project. All of the following options are part of the project management decomposition technique, EXCEPT: A. Decomposing deliverables into work packages B. Decomposing the project into deliverables C. Decomposing work packages into activities D. Documenting decomposition assumptions on the WBS dictionary

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B. Decomposing the project into deliverables Product deliverables are identified through the product analysis technique.

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Your company has established that it takes an average of 2 days to develop a customized report. This is an example of what type of estimating technique? A. Three-point estimate B. Analogous C. Expert judgment D. Parametric

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D. Parametric The parametric estimate uses a statistical relationship between historical data and project variables.