Questions Q1 Flashcards
1
Q
Which of the following is controlling changes to the budget.
a. None of them is the correct answer
b. Control Costs
c. Determine Budget
d. Estimate Costs
A
b. Control Costs
2
Q
You are the project manager of the ABC Project. This project will create a walking bridge across the Parramatta River. You’ve been asked to start the process of creating the project scope statement and you need to gather the elements for this process. Which one of the following is not needed to define the project scope?
a. Requirements documentation
b. Organizational process assets
c. A risk management plan
d. A project charter
A
c. A risk management plan
3
Q
Your project manager has requested that you provide him with a forecast of project costs for the next 12 months. He needs this information to determine if the budget should be increased or decreased on this major construction project. In addition to the usual information sources, which of the following should you also consider?
a. Costs that have been authorized and incurred
b. Cost estimates from similar projects
c. Project schedule
d. WBS
A
a. Costs that have been authorized and incurred
4
Q
You’ll use the scope management plan to define the project scope statement. You’ll also use this plan to build the scope baseline. Which two items are parts of the scope baseline for the project?
a. The project scope management plan and project charter
b. The project scope management plan and the WBS
c. The WBS and WBS dictionary
d. Time and cost baselines
A
c. The WBS and WBS dictionary
5
Q
While setting up a project schedule plan- you need to schedule shifts such that no shift should end before the next shift is at work - what is the dependency between the shifts?
a. Start to Start
b. Finish to Start
c. Finish to Finish
d. Start to Finish
A
d. Start to Finish
6
Q
A project is defined as
a. An endeavour, which is NOT planned
b. An endeavour, which is planned, executed, and controlled; performed by people and constrained by limited resources
c. A process of considerable scope that implements a plan
d. A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service
A
d. A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service
7
Q
You and the project team have created the work breakdown structure based on the project scope and requirements. Your next step is to create the project’s activity list. Which one of the following will NOT be included in the activity list created with the project management team?
a. Physical terms, such as linear feet of pipe to be installed
b. Quality control activities
c. Activities that are not part of the project scope
d. Activities to create the work packages
A
c. Activities that are not part of the project scope
8
Q
A graphic display of resource usage hours is called a/an_________________.
a. WBS
b. Organizational chart
c. Histogram
d. Responsibility matrix
A
c. Histogram
9
Q
All of the following are outputs of Estimate Costs process EXCEPT
a. Documented constraints
b. Cost baseline
c. Activity cost estimates
d. Basis of estimates
A
b. Cost baseline
10
Q
During the first half of the project, five team members left for other projects without being replaced, two team members went on vacation without informing you, and other team members expressed uncertainty about the work they were to complete. In this situation, it is BEST if you create a ————————- for the second half of the project?
a. Staffing management plan
b. Responsibility assignment matrix
c. Work breakdown structure
d. Resource histogram
A
a. Staffing management plan
11
Q
Of the following, which is the logical order of the project management processes?
a. Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
b. Planning, initiating, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
c. Planning, initiating, executing, closing, monitoring and closing
d. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
A
d. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
12
Q
The project scope statement addresses and documents all the following items EXCEPT:
a. The relationship between the deliverables and the business need
b. Project exclusions
c. Product scope description
d. Project management methodology (PMM)
A
d. Project management methodology (PMM)
13
Q
Which time estimating tools estimate the basis for activity duration can be quantitatively determined by multiplying the quantity of work to be performed by the productivity rate?
a. Reserves analysis
b. Funding limit reconciliation
c. None of the above
d. Parametric estimating
A
d. Parametric estimating
14
Q
To complete the project charter, a project manager will need to use information provided by the
a. Project initiator or sponsor
b. Organizational process assets
c. Project scope department
d. Enterprise environmental factors
A
a. Project initiator or sponsor
15
Q
To construct a residential complex - you need to estimate the amount of high grade cement in tonnes that would be required. In which Process Group are you likely to do this activity?
a. Estimate Cost
b. Estimate Activity Resources
c. Determine Budget
d. Estimate Activity Duration
A
b. Estimate Activity Resources
16
Q
Which of the following project document is best suited for tracking costs of resources?
a. Work breakdown structure
b. Resource breakdown structure
c. Organizational breakdown structure
d. Risk breakdown structure
A
a. Work breakdown structure
17
Q
On your project, you need to assign costs to the time period in which are incurred. To do this, you should
a. Use the project schedule as an input to determine budget
b. Identify the project components so that costs can be allocated
c. Prepare a cost performance plan
d. Prepare a detailed an accurate cost estimate
A
a. Use the project schedule as an input to determine budget
18
Q
A project is in the middle of the executing process when a stakeholder suggests a major new change. This change will cause the third major overhaul of the project. At the same time, the project manager discovers that a major work package was not completed because a team member’s boss moved him to another project that had a higher priority. Which of the following is the BEST person for the project manager to address these issues with?
a. The customer
b. The team
c. The sponsor
d. Senior management
A
c. The sponsor
19
Q
Project Human Resource Management processes include ____________.
a. HR planning, Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team and Manage Project Team
b. Staff recruitment, project staff planning and team building
c. Staff acquisition, staff training, and staff deployment
d. Rewarding, salary reviews and penalties
A
a. HR planning, Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team and Manage Project Team
20
Q
When you are developing the estimates for project, you choose in a mathematical model to predict estimate. What type of estimation method are you using?
a. Bottom-up estimating
b. Parametric estimating
c. Analogous estimating
d. Top-down estimating
A
b. Parametric estimating
21
Q
Complete this sentence: Project scope management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling…….
a. Changes to the configuration management system
b. What is and is not included in the product
c. What is and is not included in the project
d. Changes to the project scope
A
c. What is and is not included in the project Correct
22
Q
You prepared cost baseline has changed because of a major scope change on your project. Your next step should be to
a. Estimate the magnitude of the scope change
b. Document lessons learned
c. Execute the approved scope change
d. Issue a change request
A
d. Issue a change request
23
Q
The cost variance is the same as the schedule variance and both numbers are greater than zero, then
Select one:
a. the cost variance is due to the schedule variance
b. The schedule variance can be easily corrected
c. The variance is favourable to the project
d. Labour rates have escalated since the project began
A
c. The variance is favourable to the project
24
Q
Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to crash the project. What is crashing?
Select one:
a. Removing all unneeded project deliverables
b. Adding additional project resources to the project work
c. Adding lag time between all project activities Incorrect
d. Adding lead time between all project activities
A
b. Adding additional project resources to the project work
25
A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called _______.
Select one:
a. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
b. Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
c. Resource Assignment Chart
d. Staffing Management Plan
d. Staffing Management Plan
26
Which of the following is not an example of a type of schedule report?
Select one:
a. Fishbone Diagram
b. Milestone Chart
c. Gantt Chart
d. Bar Charts
a. Fishbone Diagram
27
Which project management process is used to define and document the high-level requirements and description of the project?
Select one:
a. Develop Project Management plan
b. Develop Project Charter
c. Develop Project Scope Statement
d. Monitor and Control Project Work
b. Develop Project Charter
28
You have a number of costs to track and manage because your project is technically very complex. They include direct costs and indirect (overhead) costs. You have found that managing overhead costs particularly difficult because they
Select one:
a. Are handled on a project-by project basis
b. Are usually beyond the project manager's control
c. Represent only direct labour costs
d. Represent only equipment and materials need for the project
b. Are usually beyond the project manager's control
29
You are in charge of a project to build a bridge across a river. You are midway through the project. However due to changes in environmental laws the project can no longer proceed and would need to be terminated. Executive management has asked you to document the level of work completed for the project. This would be done in which of the processes?
Select one:
a. Scope verification Correct
b. Project charter
c. Project closure
d. Contract closure
a. Scope verification Correct
30
What does a resource histogram show that a Responsibility Assignment Matrix does not?
Select one:
a. Interrelationships
b. The person in charge for each activity
c. Activity
d. Time
d. Time
31
Which knowledge area unifies the various processes and activities within the project management process groups?
Select one:
a. Project Quality Management
b. Project Integration Management
c. Project Scope Management
d. Project Human Resource Management
b. Project Integration Management
32
The project plan provides a baseline for several things. Which one of the following does the project plan NOT provide a baseline for?
Select one:
a. Control
b. Schedule
c. Scope
d. Cost
a. Control
33
In which phase project manager is assigned to a project?
Select one:
a. During the planning stage
b. After the project is proven feasible
c. After approval of budget
d. During the initiation stage
d. During the initiation stage
34
ou have calculated the EAC and ETC. Where is this information best utilized ?
Select one:
a. Work Performance Information
b. Making Forecasts
c. Updating Lessons Learned
d. Performing a Root Cause Analysis
b. Making Forecasts
35
project performance appraisals are different from team performance assessments in that project performance appraisals focus on:
Select one:
a. An evaluation of the project team’s effectiveness
b. A team-building effort
c. Reducing the staff turnover rate
d. How individual team member is performing on the project
d. How individual team member is performing on the project
36
Allocating the value of the overall cost estimate to individual work items, in order to establish a cost baseline for measuring project performance is called ______.
Select one:
a. Estimate Costs
b. Control Costs
c. Resource planning
d. Determine Budget
d. Determine Budget
37
Project managers should pay attention to critical and sub-critical activities when evaluation project time performance. One way to do this is to analyse 10 sub-critical paths in order to ascending float. This approach is part of
Select one:
a. Simulation
b. Variance analysis
c. Earned value management
d. Trend analysis
b. Variance analysis
38
A project manager must publish a project schedule. Activities, start/end times, and resources are identified. What should the project manager do NEXT?
Select one:
a. Publish a bar chart illustrating the timeline
b. Distribute the project schedule according to the communication management plan
c. Refine the project management plan to reflect more accurate costing information
d. Confirm the availability of the resources
d. Confirm the availability of the resources
39
Your company has just bagged a project for electric cable layout and routing for a large shopping complex - and you have been tasked with providing the cost estimates. You choose to rely on your past experience of similar such projects. You breakdown the costs of the cables per foot and unit cost of cable trays. What type of cost estimating technique are you relying on?
Select one:
a. Analogous cost estimate
b. Top down cost estimate
c. Bottom up cost estimate
d. Parametric estimates
d. Parametric estimates
40
You are working with your project team to respond to some delays in the project schedule. You have elected to crash the project schedule and management wants to know what effect this will have on the project as a whole. What happens when a project manager elects to crash a project?
Select one:
a. The project costs will increase.
b. The project team morale will decrease.
c. The project will end on time.
d. The project will end early.
a. The project costs will increase.
41
You are in your third month of project execution which is expected to continue for a duration of 14 calendar months. Your sponsor has asked for a performance report. You decide to create a S curve. Based on the S curve you report your Actual Cost which is more than the Earned Value. Also the Planned Value is greater than the Earned Value. What would be the interpretation of this data?
Select one:
a. The project is on budget but behind schedule
b. The project is on schedule and on budget Incorrect
c. The project is over budget and behind schedule
d. The project is over budget but on schedule
c. The project is over budget and behind schedule
42
You are in the process of making cost estimates for a project. However detailed requirements are not yet available. A similar project was executed by your company and you decide to use the past projects historical data to come up with your estimates. This is called -
Select one:
a. Analogous estimating
b. Bottom-up estimating
c. Parametric estimating
d. Three-point estimating
a. Analogous estimating
43
You have just been assigned as project manager for large-scale construction project. This three-year project is about halfway done. The project team consists of 50 engineers and 200 of your company’s employees. You want to understand who is responsible for doing what on the project. Where would you find such information?
Select one:
a. Responsibility assignment matrix Correct
b. Project organisation chart
c. Bar chart
d. Resource histogram
a. Responsibility assignment matrix
44
Henry is the project manager for his organization, and management has asked him to create a project management plan to define the scope statement. Which project management plan guides the creation of the detailed project scope statement?
Select one:
a. The charter
b. The project scope management plan
c. The project scope plan
d. The project management plan
b. The project scope management plan
45
Control Costs is concerned with...
Select one:
a. Chart of accounts
b. Managing changes when they occur
c. Organizational policies
d. Resource rates
b. Managing changes when they occur
46
The reason that the schedule performance index (SPI) is shown as ratio is to
Select one:
a. Enable a detailed analysis of the schedule regardless of the value of the schedule variance
b. Distinguish between critical path and noncritical path work packages
c. Measure the actual time to complete the project
d. Provide the ability to show performance for specified time period for trend analysis
d. Provide the ability to show performance for specified time period for trend analysis
47
Your project schedule was approved. Management has now mandated that the project be completed as soon as possible. However, you do not think it is possible given resource constraints, you decide to use
Select one:
a. Critical chain scheduling
b. Resource breakdown structure
c. Resource manipulation
d. Resource levelling
d. Resource levelling
48
The project management plan:
Select one:
a. Includes project charter
b. Prepared at the beginning and fixed throughout the execution of the project
c. Identifies all the steps and processes that will be used after a project is initiated
d. Steps needed to complete a project task
c. Identifies all the steps and processes that will be used after a project is initiated
49
The project schedule is being developed. You now have the work broken down into work packages. You are now building a relationship between work packages and the resources .Which tool would you use?
Select one:
a. Requirements Traceability Matrix
b. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
c. Tight Matrix
d. Control Accounts
b. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
50
Change is inevitable on projects. Uncontrolled changes are often referred to as
Select one:
a. Configuration items
b. Rework
c. Scope creep
d. Emergency changes
c. Scope creep
51
The Control Schedule process is performed as part of the process group
Select one:
a. Initiating
b. Executing
c. Planning
d. Monitoring and Controlling
d. Monitoring and Controlling
52
When sequencing project activities in the schedule, all the following are true EXCEPT
Select one:
a. Every activity is connected to at least one predecessor and at least one successor
b. Necessary sequencing of events may be described the activity attributes
c. Lead and lag time may required
d. There may be scheduled dates for specific milestone
a. Every activity is connected to at least one predecessor and at least one successor
53
Which performance measurement tells us how much more of the budget is required to finish the project?
Select one:
a. EV
b. AC
c. ETC
d. EAC
c. ETC
54
A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called _____________.
Select one:
a. Resource Assignment Chart
b. Organizational Breakdown Structure
c. Staffing Management Plan
d. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
c. Staffing Management Plan
55
A Three-Point Estimates include_________.
Select one:
a. Most likely
b. Optimistic
c. Pessimistic
d. All
d. All
56
Two of your project team members are having an argument over who was exactly responsible for the task. They have been debating long and hard and no one seems to be wanting to give an inch. You decide to find out who was really responsible for the task - in which document would you find this information?
Select one:
a. RACI Matrix
b. Project Management Plan
c. Resource Levelling
d. Resource Smoothing
a. RACI Matrix
57
Of the following, which is the logical order of the project management processes?
Select one:
a. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
b. Planning, initiating, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
c. Planning, initiating, executing, closing, monitoring and closing
d. Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, executing, closing
a. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
58
You received a frantic phone call from your vice president who says she is going to meet with prospective client in 15 minutes to discuss a large and complex project. She asks you how much the project will cost. You quickly think of some similar past projects, factor in a few unknowns, and give her a number. What type of estimate did you provide?
Select one:
a. Order-of -magnitude
b. Detailed
c. Budget
d. Definitive
a. Order-of -magnitude
59
You have been appointed project manager for a new project in your organization and must prepare a project management plan. You decide to prepare a WBS to show the magnitude and complexity of the work involved. No WBS templates are available to help you. To prepare the WBS, you first step should be to
Select one:
a. Determine the key tasks to be performed
b. Determine the cost and duration estimates for each project deliverable
c. Identify and analyze the deliverables and related work
d. Identify the component of each project deliverable
c. Identify and analyze the deliverables and related work
60
Maria is the project manager of a bridge construction project. His organization and the city inspectors both have an interest in the success and overall performance of the project and have asked Fred to identify the approach he’ll use to measure and report project performance. Which one of the following measures project performance?
Select one:
a. WBS
b. The earned value technique
c. The work authorization system
d. The project plan
b. The earned value technique
61
Throughout the project, you have milestones scheduled at the end of each phase. Tied to these milestones you have a project management requirement of scope validation. Scope validation leads to what?
Select one:
a. Rework
b. Formal acceptance of the complete project scope
c. Inspection
d. Defect repair
b. Formal acceptance of the complete project scope
62
A tool which is used to illustrate links between work packages or activities and team members is called _______.
Select one:
a. Define Scope Matrix
b. Project Scope and Roles Matrix
c. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
d. Roles Assignment Matrix
c. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
63
You can use various estimating approaches to determine activity duration. When you have a limited amount of information available about project, especially when the early phases, the best approach to use is
Select one:
a. Bottom-up estimating
b. Reserve estimating
c. Parametric analysis
d. Analogous estimating
d. Analogous estimating
64
You have been asked to provide Cost estimates for a project which would be responsible for the complete electrical installation in warehouses. As a project manager - you have had past experience in similar projects in your previous organization. The organization you have joined - also has recently done a similar project - and there is an urgency in providing the estimate as mandated by executive management - so what estimation technique would you adopt ?
Select one:
a. Analogous Estimates
b. Ask your prior organization for the estimates
c. Use Parametric Estimating technique
d. Use Bottom Up Estimating
a. Analogous Estimates
65
Which hierarchical chart shows resources?
Select one:
a. OBS
b. RBS
c. WBS
d. PSS
b. RBS
66
Which project management process should a project manager perform to get a formal authorization for a project or a project phase?
Select one:
a. Develop Project Management plan
b. Perform Integrated Change Control
c. Develop Project Charter
d. Direct and Manage Project Execution
c. Develop Project Charter
67
Which of the following statements are not true regarding Scope Verification?
Select one:
a. Used to get formal sign off from clients
b. Used to determine if results conform to requirements
c. Used to determine schedule variance
d. Consists of conducting inspections, reviews and audits.
c. Used to determine schedule variance
68
There are many useful EVM metrics, but the most critical is
Select one:
a. CPI
b. EAC
c. VAC
d. TCPI
a. CPI
69
You are responsible for preparing a cost estimate for a large World Bank project. You decide to prepare a bottom-up estimate because your estimate needs to be as accurate as possible. Your first step is to
Select one:
a. Locate a computerised tool to assist in the process
b. Identify and estimate the cost of each package or activity
c. Consult with subject matter experts and use their suggestions as the basis for your estimate
d. Use the cost estimate from a previous project to help you prepare this estimate
b. Identify and estimate the cost of each package or activity
70
You need to present the monthly status of your construction project to the steering committee. The chair of the committee indicated that she is interested only in the start and finish of key project deliverables. What format should you use to present the project’s monthly status?
Select one:
a. Project schedule network diagrams
b. Milestone charts
c. Bar charts
d. Project schedule
b. Milestone charts
71
The precedence diagramming method (PDM) uses different types of dependencies or precedence relationships. What is the most commonly used type of precedence relationship?
Select one:
a. Finish-to-start
b. Finish-to-finish
c. Start-to-finish
d. Start-to-start
a. Finish-to-start
72
What does S Curve depict a relationship between?
Select one:
a. A relationship between Actual Cost , Planned Value and Earned Value
b. Remaining budget
c. Shows the relationship between Cost and Quality
d. Resource Availability over time
a. A relationship between Actual Cost , Planned Value and Earned Value
73
A RAM is:
Select one:
a. Responsibility assignment matrix
b. Responsibilities and methods
c. Rapid and movement
d. Random access memory
a. Responsibility assignment matrix
74
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A ………… is a group of related or similar projects managed in a coordinated way to get the benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
Select one:
a. Project
b. Operation
c. Portfolio
d. Program
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d. Program
75
You must consider direct costs, indirect cost, overhead costs, and general and administrative costs during cost estimating. Which of the following is NOT an example of a direct cost?
Select one:
a. Salary of the project manager
b. Material used by the project
c. Subcontractor expenses
d. Electricity
d. Electricity
76
The _________ details the different tasks for members in the project.
Select one:
a. SOW
b. WBS
c. PSS
d. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
d. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
77
Earned Value Analysis is used to measure performance based on following parameters:
Select one:
a. Scope and Schedule
b. Cost and Schedule
c. Scope, Cost and Schedule
d. Scope and Cost
c. Scope, Cost and Schedule
78
Which of the following must be measured regularly to identify variance from the plan?
Select one:
a. Stakeholder requirements
b. Cost and schedule
c. Project performance
d. Schedule progress
b. Cost and schedule
79
How are the Define Scope and Create WBS processes different?
Select one:
a. The outputs of the Create WBS process serve as inputs to the Collect Requirements process; outputs of the Create WBS can be used as inputs to Define Scope process.
b. A detailed description of the project is developed during the Define Scope process, and the Create WBS process subdivides major deliverables into smaller components.
c. There are no differences between these two processes—both are parts of Project Scope Management, and they interact with each other to produce the WBS
d. Major project deliverables are subdivided during the Define Scope process; the major project deliverables are then created and defined as part of the Create WBS process.
b. A detailed description of the project is developed during the Define Scope process, and the Create WBS process subdivides major deliverables into smaller components.
80
Progressive elaboration of product characteristics on your project must be coordinated carefully with the….
Select one:
a. Customer's strategic plan
b. Scope change control system
c. Project stakeholders
d. Proper project scope definition
d. Proper project scope definition
81
It is important to use the critical path analysis in Control schedule, because?
Select one:
a. It examines project performance over time
b. It assists in reviewing scenarios to bring the schedule in line with plan
c. It enables a consideration of the resource availability and project time
d. It can help identify schedule risks
d. It can help identify schedule risks
82
You are the project manager of the XYZ Project. This project requires a civil engineer for seven months of the project, although there are no available civil engineers within your department. This is an example of which of the following?
Select one:
a. Resource constraints
b. Staffing requirements
c. Organizational interfaces
d. Contractor requirements
b. Staffing requirements
83
You are in the process of defining activities and have broken down the WBS into individual activities. You now decide to uniquely tag each activity with a unique code. So here what you have done is defined an ___ for each Activity
Select one:
a. Activity list
b. Milestone list
c. Schedule Network Diagram
d. Activity identifier
d. Activity identifier
84
There are many useful EVM metrics, but the most critical is
Select one:
a. VAC
b. TCPI
c. CPI
d. EAC
c. CPI
85
Your company has just bagged a project for electric cable layout and routing for a large shopping complex - and you have been tasked with providing the cost estimates. You choose to rely on your past experience of similar such projects. You breakdown the costs of the cables per foot and unit cost of cable trays. What type of cost estimating technique are you relying on?
Select one:
a. Top down cost estimate
b. Analogous cost estimate
c. Bottom up cost estimate
d. Parametric estimates
d. Parametric estimatesv
86
You are the project manager of the Newton Construction Project. This project will use internal and external employees on your project team. Your project requires an electrician at month 8. This is an example of which of the following?
Select one:
a. Staffing requirements
b. Resource constraints
c. Organizational interfaces
d. Contractor requirements
a. Staffing requirements
87
Your customer wants the project to be completed six months earlier than planned. You believe you can meet this target by overlapping project activities. The approach you plan to use is known as
Select one:
a. Fast tracking
b. Levelling
c. Crashing
d. Critical chain
a. Fast tracking
88
You and your project team recognize the importance of project scope management to project's overall success; therefore, you include only the work required for successful completion of the project. The first step in the project scope management process is to…
Select one:
a. Capture and manage both project and product requirements
b. Clearly distinguish between project scope and product scope
c. Define and document your stakeholders; needs to meet the project's objectives
d. Prepare a scope management plan
d. Prepare a scope management plan
89
All of the following are outputs of Estimate Costs process EXCEPT
Select one:
a. Activity cost estimates
b. Basis of estimates
c. Documented constraints
d. Cost baseline
d. Cost baseline
90
There is a difference between the project, the project life cycle, the project schedule, and the overall project objective. At the core of these terms is the project life cycle. The project life cycle comprises which of the following?
Select one:
a. Estimates
b. Activities
c. Phases
d. Milestones
c. Phases
91
You are in the process of making cost estimates for a project. However detailed requirements are not yet available. A similar project was executed by your company and you decide to use the past projects historical data to come up with your estimates. This is called -
Select one:
a. Parametric estimating
b. Analogous estimating
c. Bottom-up estimating
d. Three-point estimating
b. Analogous estimating
92
Who is responsible for issuing the project charter?
Select one:
a. The project manager
b. The project sponsor
c. The management
d. The Team lead
b. The project sponsor
93
Identification of Mandatory Dependencies is done during which of the following process
Select one:
a. Estimate Activity Durations
b. Develop Schedule
c. Sequence Activities
d. Define Activities
c. Sequence Activities
94
You want to structure your project so that each project team member has a discrete work package to perform. The work package is a
Select one:
a. Task that can be assigned to more than one organizational unit
b. Deliverables at the lowest level of WBS
c. Required level of reporting
d. Task with unique identifiers
Deliverables at the lowest level of WBS
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Which schedule development tool does not consider the availability of the project resources, only when the work may take place in the project?
Select one:
a. The critical path method
b. Schedule compression
c. Arrow on the node method
d. The critical chain method
a. The critical path method
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Which item from the following list may be initiated prior to the development of the project charter?
Select one:
a. Preliminary study and project management plan
b. Market analysis and detailed cost estimates
c. Needs assessment and business case
d. Project scope statement and work breakdown structure
c. Needs assessment and business case
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A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called _____________.
Select one:
a. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
b. Organizational Breakdown Structure
c. Staffing Management Plan
d. Resource Assignment Chart
c. Staffing Management Plan
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Control Costs is concerned with...
Select one:
a. Resource rates
b. Organizational policies
c. Chart of accounts
d. Managing changes when they occur
d. Managing changes when they occur
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Project managers use various tools and techniques to estimate the required resources (people, equipment, and material) in a project. Which statement is correct about the Estimate Activity Resources process?
Select one:
a. The Estimate Activity Resources process is closely coordinated with the Develop Schedule process.
b. The Estimate Activity Resources process is closely coordinated with the Estimate Costs process.
c. The Estimate Activity Resources process requires the activity resource requirements and activity attributes as inputs.
d. The Estimate Activity Resources process produces the following outputs: activity list, activity attributes, and resource availability
b. The Estimate Activity Resources process is closely coordinated with the Estimate Costs process.
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On your project, you need to assign costs to the time period in which are incurred. To do this, you should
Select one:
a. Prepare a cost performance plan
b. Use the project schedule as an input to determine budget
c. Prepare a detailed an accurate cost estimate
d. Identify the project components so that costs can be allocated
b. Use the project schedule as an input to determine budget
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One of the stakeholders of the project you are managing asks why you consider the project scope statement so important in your project management methodology. You answer her question with which of the following?
Select one:
a. It is mandatory to consult the plan before authorizing any change.
b. Project managers must document any changes before approving or declining them.
c. The project scope helps the project manager determine if a change is within or outside of scope.
d. The project plan and earned value management (EVM) work together to assess the risk involved with proposed changes.
c. The project scope helps the project manager determine if a change is within or outside of scope.
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Which of the following is NOT an input to Define Activities process
Select one:
a. Product description
b. Organizational Process Assets
c. Scope Baseline
d. Enterprise environmental factors
a. Product description
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You want to avoid scope creep on your project and sure working hard to do so. You sponsor asked for regular reports as to how the project is performing according to the scope baseline. You should provide the sponsor with which one of the following
Select one:
a. Work performance information
b. The impact analysis results of proposed change requests
c. Inspection and peer review results
d. Variance analysis
a. Work performance information
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project performance appraisals are different from team performance assessments in that project performance appraisals focus on:
Select one:
a. How individual team member is performing on the project
b. An evaluation of the project team’s effectiveness
c. Reducing the staff turnover rate
d. A team-building effort
a. How individual team member is performing on the project
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Which process requires obtaining formal acceptance of the completed project scope and associated deliverables from the stakeholders
Select one:
a. Define Scope
b. Collect Requirements
c. Verify Scope
d. Control Scope
c. Verify Scope
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Of the following tools and techniques, which one is NOT used for Control schedule?
Select one:
a. Trend analysis
b. Adjustment leads and lags
c. Three-pint estimates
d. Fast track
c. Three-pint estimates
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You have calculated the EAC and ETC. Where is this information best utilized ?
Select one:
a. Work Performance Information
b. Performing a Root Cause Analysis
c. Updating Lessons Learned
d. Making Forecasts
d. Making Forecasts
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You are in charge of constructing a High Rise residential building. After creating a Network diagram - you have identified the Critical Path. Work has started - but suddenly due to inclement weather plinth work has got delayed. This plinth work activity was on the critical path. As a manager driving this project would you be worried and why?
Select one:
a. No - Activities on the critical path do not impact the schedule
b. No - It will not matter if the Plinth work is delayed.
c. Yes - you will now have to relay this bad news to the client
d. Yes - Any delay of activities on the critical path would lead to a delay of the entire project
d. Yes - Any delay of activities on the critical path would lead to a delay of the entire project
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Which of the following is controlling changes to the budget.
Select one:
a. None of them is the correct answer
b. Estimate Costs
c. Determine Budget
d. Control Costs
d. Control Costs
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An example of an organizational process asset that could affect how project scope is to be managed is
Select one:
a. Personnel administration
b. Organizational culture
c. Marketplace conditions
d. Historical information
d. Historical information
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A scope change has been approved in Marcy’s project. All of the following must be updated to reflect the change except for which one?
Select one:
a. Defect repair review
b. The WBS dictionary
c. The WBS
d. The project scope statement
a. Defect repair review
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You are working with your project team to schedule activities for your construction project. You have scheduled the painting activity to be completed before the carpet installation activity may begin. The relationship between the painting activity and carpet installation activity can best be described as which one of the following?
Select one:
a. Lead
b. Finish-to-start
c. Lag
d. Start-to-finish
b. Finish-to-start
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Which performance measurement tells us how much more of the budget is required to finish the project?
Select one:
a. AC
b. EAC
c. ETC
d. EV
c. ETC
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You are managing a project to set up a brand-new play area for the community. You and your team have been working as per plan and things are moving smoothly. Suddenly one of the stakeholders indicates that the play area must also include a sand pit. This was not originally planned for so you analyse the impact to the cost, schedule and scope. You then submit the change request to the Change control board for their approval. You have immediately received an approval - what should your next step be?
Select one:
a. Setup a meeting with the change control board
b. Update the work performance reports and share with stakeholders
c. Get the work done immediately and start executing
d. Update the impacted baselines - scope , cost and schedule
d. Update the impacted baselines - scope , cost and schedule
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You are trying to determine how to deliver a marketing campaign project on time. You considered using the precedence diagramming method (PDM) to place the project activities in logical order. Which process would normally use the PDM technique?
Select one:
a. Develop Schedule
b. Estimate Activity Resource
c. Define Activity
d. Sequence Activity
d. Sequence Activity
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When you are developing the estimates for project, you choose in a mathematical model to predict estimate. What type of estimation method are you using?
Select one:
a. Bottom-up estimating
b. Parametric estimating
c. Analogous estimating
d. Top-down estimating
b. Parametric estimating
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Project schedule development is an iterative process. If the start and finish dates are not realistic, the project probably will not finish as planned. You are working with your team to define how to manage schedule changes. You documented your work in which of the following?
Select one:
a. Schedule risk plan
b. Service-level agreement
c. Schedule management plan
d. Schedule change control procedures
c. Schedule management plan
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Mary has created an activity list with her project team. She has included activity attributes for each of the activities in her project activity list. Of the following, which one is not an example of an activity attribute that Mary likely included?
Select one:
a. Leads and lags
b. Scope verification processes
c. Predecessor activities
d. Geographic area where the work must take place
b. Scope verification processes
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Allocating the value of the overall cost estimate to individual work items, in order to establish a cost baseline for measuring project performance is called ______.
Select one:
a. Estimate Costs
b. Resource planning
c. Determine Budget
d. Control Costs
c. Determine Budget
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In order for a project to be successful, the project manager must consider various enterprise environmental factors. Which of the following lists contain only enterprise environmental factors?
Select one:
a. Automated tool suite, electronic document repository, and configuration management system
b. Standardized cost estimating data; strengths, weaknesses/limitations, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis; and industry risk study information
c. Business need, product scope description, Lessons Learned knowledge base, and strategic plan
d. Government standards, infrastructure, and project management information systems
d. Government standards, infrastructure, and project management information systems
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On the WBS, the first level of decomposition may be displayed by using all the following EXCEPT
Select one:
a. Major deliverables
b. Subcomponents
c. Project organizational units
d. Phases of the project life cycle
c. Project organizational units
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Project Human Resource Management processes include ____________.
Select one:
a. Staff acquisition, staff training, and staff deployment
b. Rewarding, salary reviews and penalties
c. HR planning, Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team and Manage Project Team
d. Staff recruitment, project staff planning and team building
c. HR planning, Acquire Project Team, Develop Project Team and Manage Project Team
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Which process is not included in the Project Time Management process?
Select one:
a. Sequence Activities
b. Define Activities
c. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
d. Develop Schedule and Control Schedule
c. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
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A project team member has asked you what a scope statement is. Which of the following is a characteristic of a project scope statement?
Select one:
a. Defines the scope baseline for the project
b. Defines the roles and responsibilities of each project team member
c. Defines the project deliverables and the work needed to create those deliverables
d. Defines the requirements for each project within the organization
c. Defines the project deliverables and the work needed to create those deliverables
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You are in the process of executing a project that deals with laying out electrical cables connecting two cities. You have been reporting progress on a monthly basis. In this month due to unplanned vacations many of the staff have not turned up at work. This has caused a delay in the schedule. You decide to check if the schedule variance is within the allowable threshold - what document should you refer to?
Select one:
a. Schedule Management Plan
b. Project Schedule Network Diagram
c. Activity Definition
d. Project Management Plan
a. Schedule Management Plan|
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Collecting requirements is critical in project scope management as it becomes the foundation for the projects?
Select one:
a. Scope management plan
b. Scope change control system
c. Schedule
d. WBS
d. WBS
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The project management plan:
Select one:
a. Includes project charter
b. Identifies all the steps and processes that will be used after a project is initiated
c. Steps needed to complete a project task
d. Prepared at the beginning and fixed throughout the execution of the project
b. Identifies all the steps and processes that will be used after a project is initiated
128
In which phase project manager is assigned to a project?
Select one:
a. After approval of budget
b. After the project is proven feasible
c. During the planning stage
d. During the initiation stage
d. During the initiation stage
129
Which of the following are outputs of the Develop Schedule process?
Select one:
a. Activity list (updates), activity attributes (updates), and project management plan (updates)
b. Schedule data, schedule baseline (updates), and performance measurements
c. Project schedule, schedule baseline, schedule data, and project document updates
d. Requested changes, recommended corrective actions, and organizational process assets (updates)
c. Project schedule, schedule baseline, schedule data, and project document updates
130
The project statement of work (SOW) serves as one of the inputs when developing a project charter. What type of information should a project manager look for in a SOW?
Select one:
a. Business need, product scope description, and strategic plan
b. Infrastructure, human resources, and organizational culture
c. Stakeholder risk tolerances, commercial databases, and marketplace conditions
d. Organizational structure, industry standards, and authorization system
a. Business need, product scope description, and strategic plan
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A key tool and technique used in Define Scope is
Select one:
a. Decomposition
b. Expert judgment
c. Project management methodology
d. Templates, forms and standards
b. Expert judgment
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Activity Resource Requirements is an input to ____________
Select one:
a. Control Schedule
b. Estimate Activity Duration
c. Estimate Activity Resources
d. Sequence Activities
b. Estimate Activity Duration
133
Which of the following project document is best suited for tracking costs of resources?
Select one:
a. Organizational breakdown structure
b. Risk breakdown structure
c. Resource breakdown structure
d. Work breakdown structure
d. Work breakdown structure
134
The project schedule is being developed. You now have the work broken down into work packages. You are now building a relationship between work packages and the resources .Which tool would you use?
Select one:
a. Requirements Traceability Matrix
b. Tight Matrix
c. Control Accounts
d. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
d. Responsibility Assignment Matrix
135
Which one of the following is a key input to Define Activities process?
Select one:
a. Project charter
b. Project scope statement
c. Project scope baseline
d. Project management plan
c. Project scope baseline
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Marty is the project manager of the M5 Bridge Project and he’s working with his project team members to create the WBS. Marty shows the team how to break down the project scope into the WBS components, but the team doesn’t understand how far down the breakdown should occur. Marty should call the lowest-level item in a WBS what?
Select one:
a. A work package
b. A deliverable
c. An activity
d. A leaf object
a. A work package
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Which type of network diagram is also referred to Activity-on-Node (AON) diagrams?
Select one:
a. Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
b. Dependency Diagramming Method (DDM)
c. Gantt Chart Diagram (GCD)
d. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
d. Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
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What inputs are needed to develop the project charter?
Select one:
a. Project scope statement, requirements documentation, and approved changed requests
b. Project management plan, work performance information, and rejected change requests
c. Project management processes, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
d. Contract, project statement of work, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
d. Contract, project statement of work, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets
