Quizlet
Quizlet
Quizlet
1. ... You have just completed the initiating processes of a small project and are moving into project planning when a project
stakeholder asks you for the project's budget and cost baseline. What should you tell her?
A. Divide by SPI
B. Multiply by SPI
C. Multiply by CPI
D. Divide by CPI
4. ... Estimate at completion is a periodic evaluation of:
A. 350
B. -75
C. 400
D. -50
6. ... The customer responsible for overseeing your project asks you to provide a written cost estimate that is 30 percent higher than
your estimate of the project's cost. He explains that the budgeting process requires managers to estimate pessimistically to ensure
enough money is allocated for projects. What is the BEST way to handle this?
A. Add the 30 percent as a lump sum contingency fund to handle project risks
B. Add the 30 percent to your cost estimate by spreading it evenly across all project activities
C. Create one cost baseline for budget allocation and a second one for the actual project management plan
D. Ask for information on risks that would cause your estimate to be too low
7. ... Analogous estimating:
A. An understanding of the cost risk in the work that has been estimated
B. The prevention of inappropriate changes from being included in the cost baseline
C. An indication of the range of possible costs for the project
D. Documentation of any assumptions made during the Estimate Costs process
9. ... The main focus of life cycle costing is to:
A. Asking for a percent complete from each team member and reporting that in the monthly progress report
B. Calculating earned value and using the indexes and other calculations to report past performance and forecast future
performance
C. Using the 50/50 rule and making sure the life cycle cost is less than the project cost
D. Focusing on the amount expended last month and what will be expended the following month
11. ... Which of the following is NOT needed in order to come up with a project estimate?
A. A WBS
B. A network diagram
C. Risks
D. Change requests
12. ... A rough order of magnitude estimate is made during which project management process group?
A. Planning
B. Closing
C. Executing
D. Initiating
13. ... A cost baseline is an output of which cost management process?
A. Direct
B. NPV
C. Indirect
D. Fixed
16. ... Which of the following are ALL items included in the cost management plan?
A. The level of accuracy needed for estimates, rules for measuring cost performance, specifications for how duration estimates
should be stated
B. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, rules for measuring cost performance, the level of accuracy needed for
estimates
C. Rules for measuring team performance, the level of accuracy needed for estimates, specifications for estimates should be
stated
D. Specifications for how estimates should be stated, the level of risk needed for estimates, rules for measuring cost performance
17. ... Early in the life of your project, you are having a discussion with the sponsor about what estimating techniques should be used.
You want a form of expert judgment, but the sponsor argues for analogous estimating. It would be BEST to:
A. Earned value
B. Planned value
C. Actual cost
D. Cost variance
23. ... Which estimating method tends to be MOST costly for creating a project cost estimate?
A. Bottom-up
B. Analogous
C. Parametric
D. 50/50
24. ... Value analysis is performed to get:
A. Variable costs
B. Fixed costs
C. Overhead costs
D. Opportunity costs
26. A. $100, $100, Which of the following sequences represents straight line depreciation?
$100
A. $100, $100, $100
B. $100, $120, $140
C. $100, $120, $160
D. $160, $140, $120
27. A. 1 If the optimistic estimate for an activity is 12 days, and the pessimistic estimate is 18 days, what is the standard
deviation of this activity?
A. 1
B. 1.3
C. 6
D. 3
28. A. Adopt a life The previous project manager for your project managed it without much project organization. There is a lack of
cycle approach management control and no clearly defined project deliverables. Which of the following would be the BEST choice
to the project for getting your project better organized?
Your existing project has a cost performance index of 1.2 and a schedule performance index of 1.3, so you have
some room to add work without delaying your existing project or going over budget. However, you cannot see
how the new work fits within the project charter for your existing project. After some analysis, you determine that
the new work and existing work do not overlap and can be done concurrently. They also require different skill sets.
Which of the following is the BEST thing to do?
A. Functional
B. Matrix
C. Expediter
D. Coordinator
38. A. Global Understanding the culture, policies, and procedures of the organization in which the project is being performed is
organizations MOST challenging in:
A. Global organizations
B. Manufacturing organizations
C. Small organizations
D. Agile organizations
39. A. Historical Company procedures require the creation of a lessons learned document. Which of the following is the BEST use of
records for lessons learned?
future projects
A. Historical records for future projects
B. Planning record for the current project
C. Informing the team about what the project manager has done
D. Informing the team about the project management plan
40. A. Imprecise Which of the following can create the MOST misinterpretation of the project scope statement?
language
A. Imprecise language
B. Poor pattern, structure, and chronological order
C. Small variations in size of work packages or detail of work
D. Too much detail
41. A. Initiating The high-level project schedule constraints have just been determined. What project management process group
are you in?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and controlling
42. A. Is the same The project life cycle differs from the project management process in that the project management process:
for every
project A. Is the same for every project
B. Does not incorporate a methodology
C. Is different for each industry
D. Can spawn many projects
43. A. Iterative Which of the following is a characteristic of project management processes?
A. Iterative
B. Unique
C. Unnecessary
D. Standardized
44. A. A framework for keeping an organization focused on its overall strategy is:
Organizational
project A. Organizational project management
management B. The PMBOK guide
C. Project governance
D. Portfolio management
45. A. Parametric A team member from research and development tells you that her work is too creative to provide you with a fixed
estimating single estimate for the activity. You both decide to use the average labor hours to develop a prototype (from past
projects). This is an example of which of the following?
A. Parametric estimating
B. Three-point estimating
C. Analogous estimating
D. Monte Carlo Analysis
46. A. You are PM on a $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your team to develop a network
Precedence diagram, you notice a series of activities that can worked in parallel but must finish in a specific sequence. What type
diagramming of activity sequencing method is required for these activities?
method
A. Precedence diagramming method
B. Arrow diagramming method
C. Critical path method
D. Operational diagramming method
47. A. Project An output of the Close Project or Phase process is the creation of:
archives
A. Project archives
B. A project charter
C. A project management plan
D. A risk management plan
48. A. Project Integration is done by the:
manager
A. Project manager
B. Team
C. Sponsor
D. Stakeholders
49. A. Project The person who should be in control of the project during project planning is the:
manager
A. Project manager
B. Team member
C. Functional manager
D. Sponsor
50. A. Project A PM for a small construction company has a project that was budgeted for $130,000 over a six-week period.
manager According to her schedule, the project should have cost $60,000 to date. However, is has cost $90,000 to date. The
project is also behind schedule, because the original estimates were not accurate. Who has the PRIMARY
responsibility to solve this problem?
A. Project manager
B. Senior management
C. Project sponsor
D. Manager of the project management office
51. A. Which of the following is an output of the Collect Requirements process?
Requirements
traceability A. Requirements traceability matrix
matrix B. Project scope statement
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Change requests
52. A. Risk In attempting to complete the project faster, the project manager looks at the cost associated with crashing each
impact of activity. The BEST approach to crashing would also include looking at the:
crashing each
activity A. Risk impact of crashing each activity
B. Customer's opinion of which activities to crash
C. Boss's opinion of which activities to crash and in which order
D. Project life cycle phase in which the activity is due to occur
53. A. Scope management All of the following are parts of the scope baseline EXCEPT the:
plan
A. Scope management plan
B. Project scope statement
C. Work breakdown structure
D. WBS Dictionary
54. A. The critical path Which of the following is CORRECT?
helps prove how long
the project will take A. The critical path helps prove how long the project will take
B. There can only be one critical path
C. The network diagram will change every time the end date changes
D. A project can never have negative float
55. A. The project Two project managers have just realized that they are in a weak matrix organization and that their power as
expediter cannot make project managers is quite limited. One figures out that he is really a project expediter, and the other realizes
decisions he is really a project coordinator.
A. Validate Scope
B. Control Quality
C. Manage Communications
D. Control Costs
59. A. WBS Dictionary During project executing, a team member comes to the project manager because he is not sure what work
he needs to accomplish on the project. Which of the following documents contains detailed descriptions of
work packages?
A. WBS Dictionary
B. Activity list
C. Project scope statement
D. Scope management plan
60. A. WBSs will You have just joined the PMO after five years of working on projects. One of the things you want to introduce to
prevent work your company is the value of creating and utilizing work breakdown structures. Some of the project managers are
from slipping angry that you are asking them to do "extra work." Which of the following would be the BEST thing you could tell
through the the project managers to convince them to use the work breakdown structures?
cracks
A. WBSs will prevent work from slipping through the cracks
B. WBSs are only needed on large projects
C. WBSs are required only if the project involves contracts
D. WBSs are the only way to identify risks
61. B. A means to What is a program?
gain benefits
and control of A. An initiative set up by management
related projects B. A means to gain benefits and control of related projects
C. A group of unrelated projects managed in a coordinated way
D. A government regulation
62. B. Ask the The project is mostly complete. The project has a schedule variance of 300 and a cost variance of -900. All but
customer for a one of the quality control inspections have been completed and all have met the quality requirements. All items in
description of the issue log have been resolved. Many of the resources have been released. The sponsor is about to call a
the change meeting to obtain product validation when the customer notifies the project manager that they want to make a
major change to the scope. The project manager should:
A. Meet with the project team to determine if this change can be made
B. Ask the customer for a description of the change
C. Explain that the change cannot be made at this point in the process
D. Inform management
63. B. Beta A PM is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of
distribution mathematical analysis is being used?
A. Shift more of the work to later in the schedule to allow time for the customer to get the funds
B. Close Project or Phase
C. Stop work
D. Release part of the project team
65. B. Complete One of the stakeholders on the project contacts the project manager to discuss some additional scope they would
integrated like to add to the project. The project manager asks for details in writing and then works through the Control
change control Scope process. What should the project manager do NEXT when the evaluation of the requested scope is
complete?
A. Sequence Activities
B. Develop Schedule
C. Define Scope
D. Develop Project Charter
75. B. Direct and Approved corrective actions are an input to which of the following processes?
Manage Project
Work A. Validate scope
B. Direct and Manage Project Work
C. Develop Project Charter
D. Develop Schedule
76. B. Discretionary You are PM on a $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your team to develop a
dependency network diagram, your data architects suggest that quality could be improved if the data model is approved
by senior management before moving on to other design elements. They support this suggestion with an
article from a leading software development journal. Which of the following BEST describes this type of
input?
A. Mandatory dependency
B. Discretionary dependency
C. External dependency
D. Heuristic
77. B. Get familiar with Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do during the initiating process group?
the company culture
and structure as A. Create a detailed description of the project deliverables.
they relate to the B. Get familiar with the company culture and structure as they relate to the project.
project. C. Identify the root cause of problems
D. Ensure all project management processes are complete
78. B. It increases the A project has three critical paths. Which of the following BEST describes how this affects the project?
project risk
A. It makes it easier to manage
B. It increases the project risk
C. It requires more people
D. It makes it more expensive
79. B. Lack of a change During project executing, the PM determines that a change is needed to material purchased for this project.
management plan the PM calls a meeting to plan how to make the change. This is an example of:
A. Management by objectives
B. Lack of a change management plan
C. Good team relations
D. Lack of a clear work breakdown structure
80. B. Look for how this The project is chartered to determine new ways to extend the product life of one of the company's medium-
change will impact producing products. The project manager comes from the engineering department, and the team comes
the cost to complete from the product management and marketing departments. The project scope statement and project
the work package and planning are completed when a stakeholder notifies the team that there is a better way to complete one of
quality of the product the work packages. The stakeholder supplies a technical review letter from his department proving that the
of the work package new way to complete the work package will actually be faster than the old way.
The project manager has had similar experiences with this department on other projects, and was expecting
this to happen on this project. What is the FIRST thing the PM should do?
A. Contact the department and complain again about their missing the deadline for submission of scope
B. Look for how this change will impact the cost to complete the work package and quality of the product
of the work package
C. See if there is a way to change from a matrix organization to a functional organization so as to eliminate
all the interference from other departments
D. Ask the department if they have any other changes
81. B. Make approved During project executing, a large number of changes are made to the project. The PM should:
changes as needed,
but retain the A. Wait until all changes are known and print out a new schedule
schedule baseline B. Make approved changes as needed, but retain the schedule baseline
C. Make only the changes approved by management
D. Talk to management before any changes are made
82. B. Make more The project is calculated to be completed four days after the desired completion date. You do not have
activities concurrent access to additional resources. The project is low risk, the benefit cost ratio is expected to be 1.6, and the
dependencies are preferential. Under these circumstances, what is the BEST thing to do?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Monitoring and controlling
87. B. Put all the pieces of a Which of the following BEST describes the project manager's role as an integrator?
project into a cohesive
whole A. Help team members become familiar with the project
B. Put all the pieces of a project into a cohesive whole
C. Put all the pieces of a project into a program
D. Get all the team members together into a cohesive whole
88. B. Reasons projects are A market demand, a business need, and/or a legal requirement are examples of:
initiated
A. Reasons to hire a project manager
B. Reasons projects are initiated
C. Reasons people or businesses become stakeholders
D. Reasons to sponsor a project
89. B. Scope management During a project team meeting, a team member suggests an enhancement to the scope that is beyond the
scope of the project charter. The project manager points out that the team needs to concentrate on
completing all the work and only the work required. This is an example of:
A. Fixed costs
B. Sunk costs
C. Direct costs
D. Variable costs
93. B. Team buy-in A new PM has asked you for advice on creating a WBS. After you explain the process to her, she asks
you what software she should use to create the WBS and what she should do with it when it is
completed. You might respond that it is not the picture that is the most valuable result of creating a
WBS. The most valuable result of a WBS is:
A. A bar chart
B. Team buy-in
C. Activities
D. A list of risks
94. B. The functional manager A project team member is talking to another team member and complaining that many people are
asking him to do things. If he works in a functional organization, who has the power to give direction
to the team member?
A. The team did not create the estimate, and estimating takes too long using that method
B. The team did not create the estimate, and a network diagram was not used
C. The estimate is too long and should be created by management
D. The project estimate should be the same as the customer's required completion date
98. B. They are working on a A project team is working on manufacturing a new product, but they are having difficulty creating a
process and not a project project charter. What is the BEST description of the real problem?
A. Decelerated depreciation
B. Straight line depreciation
C. Accelerated depreciation
D. Life cycle costing
102. C. Add the implemented It is the middle of the project when the project manager is informed by her scheduler that the project
corrective action to the control limits are secure. That same morning she receives a note from a team member about a
change log, discuss the problem he is having. The note says, "This activity is driving me crazy, and the manager of the
value of documentation at accounting department won't help me until the activity's float is in jeopardy." In addition, the project
the next team meeting, and manager has e-mails from a minor stakeholder and 14 emails from team members. While the PM is
smooth the team member's reading the emails, a team member walks into the PM's office to tell her a corrective action was
issue with the accounting implemented by a team member from the project management office, but was not documented. What
department. should the PM do NEXT?
A. Report the documentation violation to the PMO, evaluate the security of the control limits, and
review the emailing rules in the communications management plan
B. Clarify the reasoning behind documentation being a problem, get the accounting department to
assist the team member, and respond to the minor stakeholder.
C. Add the implemented corrective action to the change log, discuss the value of documentation at
the next team meeting, and smooth the team member's issue with the accounting department.
D. Find out who cause the problem with the accounting department, respond to the minor
stakeholder before responding to the other emails, and review the process listed in the
communications management plan for reporting concerns with the team member having the
documentation problem
103. C. A project is a temporary The difference between a project, program, and portfolio is:
endeavor with a beginning
and an end, a program is a A. A project is temporary endeavor with a beginning and end, a program may include other non
group of related projects, project work, and a portfolio is all the projects in a given department or division.
and a portfolio is a group of B. A project is lengthy endeavor with a beginning and end, a program combines two or more
projects and programs unrelated projects, and a portfolio combines two or more programs.
related to a specific C. A project is a temporary endeavor with a beginning and an end, a program is a group of related
strategic objective. projects, and a portfolio is a group of projects and programs related to a specific strategic objective.
D. A project is a contracted endeavor with a beginning and end, a portfolio is a group of projects
with more open-ended completion dates, and a program combines two or more portfolios.
104. C. At the end of each phase When should the Validate Scope process be done?
of the project
A. At the end of the project
B. At the beginning of the project
C. At the end of each phase of the project
D. During the planning processes
105. C. Complex A project manager has very little project experience, but he has been assigned as the project manager
of a new project. Because he will be working in a matrix organization to complete his project, he can
expect communications to be:
A. Simple
B. Open and accurate
C. Complex
D. Hard to automate
106. C. Confirm all the Which of the following is the MOST appropriate thing to do in project closing?
requirements in the
project have been met A. Work with the customer to determine acceptance criteria
B. Collect historical information from previous projects
C. Confirm all the requirements in the project have been met
D. Gain formal approval of the management plans
107. C. Confirm that the phase The first phase of your project has come to an end. What is the MOST important thing to ensure is done
has reached its objectives, BEFORE beginning the next phase?
and have its deliverables
formally accepted. A. Verify that the resources are available for the next phase
B. Check the project's progress compared to its baselines
C. Confirm that the phase has reached its objectives, and have its deliverables formally accepted.
D. Recommend corrective action to bring the project results in line with project expectations.
108. C. Consult with the The client demands changes to the product specification that will add only two weeks to the critical
sponsor about options path. Which of the following is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?
A. Initiating
B. Planning
C. Executing
D. Closing
117. C. Executing During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to
assess performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to activities assigned to him
are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered to be in what part of the project management
process?
A. Closing
B. Monitoring and controlling
C. Executing
D. Initiating
118. C. Explain the impact You are in the middle of executing a major modification to an existing product when you learn that the
if the promised resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. The BEST thing to do is to:
resources are not
made available A. Show how the resources were originally promised to your project
B. Replan the project without the resources
C. Explain the impact if the promised resources are not made available
D. Crash the project
119. C. Gaining a better understanding of Which of the following BEST describes product analysis?
the product of the project in order to
create the project scope statement A. Working with the customer to determine product description
B. Mathematically analyzing the quality desired for the project
C. Gaining a better understanding of the product of the project in order to create the
project scope statement
D. Determining whether the quality standards on the project can be met
120. C. Identify the level at which individual A work breakdown structure numbering system allows the project team to:
elements are found
A. Systematically estimate the costs of work breakdown structure elements
B. Provide project justification
C. Identify the level at which individual elements are found
D. Use it in the project management software
121. C. Initiating The BEST time to assign a project manager to a project is during:
A. Integration
B. Project selection
C. Initiating
D. Planning
122. C. Initiating, planning, executing, Which process groups must be included in every project?
monitoring and controlling, closing
A. Planning, executing, and closing
B. Initiating, planning, and executing
C. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing
D. Planning, executing, and monitoring and controlling
123. C. Integration The need for ___ is one of the major driving forces for communication in a project.
A. Optimization
B. Integrity
C. Integration
D. Differentiation
124. C. It ensures customer acceptance, Which of the following BEST describes the Validate Scope process?
shows the deliverable meets
specifications, and provides a chance A. It provides assurances that the deliverable meets the specifications, is an input to the
for differences of opinion to come to PM plan, and is an output of Control Quality.
light B. It ensure the deliverable is completed on time, ensures customer acceptance, and
shows the deliverable meets specifications
C. It ensures customer acceptance, shows the deliverable meets specifications, and
provides a chance for differences of opinion to come to light
D. It is an output of Control Quality, occurs before Define Scope, and ensures customer
acceptance
125. C. It gives the project manager A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project
authority management procedures and has decided to start improving the company's project
management by obtaining a project charter for each of his projects. Which of the
following BEST describes why a project charter would help the project manager?
A. Crashing
B. Floating
C. Leveling
D. Fast tracking
129. C. Mandatory A dependency requiring that design be completed before manufacturing can start is an example of a(n):
dependency
A. Discretionary dependency
B. External dependency
C. Mandatory dependency
D. Scope dependency
130. C. Meet with the team Which of the following is the BEST thing to do when asked to complete a project two days earlier than
to look at options for planned?
crashing or fast
tracking the critical A. Tell senior management that the project's critical path does not allow the project to be finished earlier
path B. Tell your boss
C. Meet with the team to look at options for crashing or fast tracking the critical path
D. Work hard and see what the project status is next month
131. C. Monitoring and A project manager gets a call from a team member notifying him that there is a variance between the speed
controlling of a system on the project and the desired or planned speed. The project manager is surprised because that
performance measurement was not identified in planning. If the project manager then evaluates whether the
variance warrants a response, he is in which part of the project management process?
A. Initiating
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and controlling
D. Closing
132. C. Monitoring and During which process group does the team measure and analyze the work being done on the project?
controlling
A. Initiating
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and controlling
D. Closing
133. C. Monitoring and A team member notifies the project manager that the activities comprising a work package are no longer
controlling appropriate. It would be BEST for the project manager to be in what part of the project management
process?
A. Corrective action
B. Integrated change control
C. Monitoring and controlling
D. Project closing
134. C. Not being able to The CPI on the project is 1.13, and the benefit cost ratio is 1.2. The project scope was created by the team
measure completion and stakeholders. Requirements on the project have been changing throughout the project. No matter what
of the product of the the project manager has tried to accomplish in managing the project, which of the following is he MOST
project likely to face in the future?
A. Initiating
B. Before the project management process
C. Planning
D. Executing
139. C. Project C Project A has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 21 percent. Project B has an IRR of 7 percent. Project C has an
IRR of 31 percent. Project D has an IRR of 19 percent. Which of these would be the BEST project?
A. Project A
B. Project B
C. Project C
D. Project D
140. C. Project If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating, and disseminating the outputs of all project
management management processes, she should concentrate on improving the:
information system
A. Work breakdown structure
B. Communication management plan
C. Project management information system
D. Scope management plan
141. C. Reporting to When is a milestone chart used instead of a bar chart?
management
A. Project planning
B. Reporting to team members
C. Reporting to management
D. Risk analysis
142. C. Risk, human Which of the following BEST describes a project management plan?
resource, process
improvement, and A. A printout from project management software
other management B. A bar chart
plans C. Risk, human resource, process improvement, and other management plans
D. The project scope
143. C. Scope, time, cost, Which of the following BEST describes the major constraints on a project?
quality, risk,
resources, and A. Scope, number of resources, and cost
customer satisfaction B. Scope, cost, and time
C. Scope, time, cost, quality, risk, resources, and customer satisfaction
D. Time, cost, and number of changes
144. C. Standard Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk?
deviation tells you
how uncertain the A. There is no relationship
estimate is B. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate is accurate
C. Standard deviation tells you how uncertain the estimate is
D. Standard deviation tells you if the estimate includes a pad
145. C. Tell the During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the
stakeholders the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project
scope cannot be charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope
added mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:
A. The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project finish date
B. The amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of its successor
C. Waiting time
D. The product of a forward and backward pass
154. C. You are An SPI of .76 means:
progressing at
76 percent of A. You are over budget
the rate B. You are ahead of schedule
originally C. You are progressing at 76 percent of the rate originally planned
planned D. You are progressing at 24 percent of the rate originally planned
155. D. Ask management how Your company just won a major new project. It will begin in three months and is valued at US
the new project will affect $2,000,000. You are the project manager for an existing project. What is the FIRST thing you should do
your project. once you hear of the new project?
A. Ask the team member how the need for the functionality was determined
B. Hold a meeting to review the team member's completed work
C. Look for other added functionality
D. Ask the team member how he knows there is no time, cost, or quality impact
157. D. A team that is A project manager is appointed to head a highly technical project in an area with which this person has
characterized by poor limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop Schedule, Estimate Costs,
performance, low morale, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources to various project team members, and basically
high levels of conflict, and serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities. The results of this approach are likely to
high turnover beL
A. A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and
commitment
B. A team that initially experiences some amounts of confusion, but that after a period of time becomes
a cohesive and effective unit
C. A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work environment
created by the project manager
D. A team that is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high levels of conflict, and high
turnover
158. D. Complete lessons All technical work is completed on the project. Which of the following remains to be done?
learned
A. Validate Scope
B. Plan Risk Responses
C. Create a staffing management plan
D. Complete lessons learned
159. D. Compress the schedule A new product development project has four levels in the work breakdown structure and has been
sequences using the precedence diagramming method. The activity duration estimates have been
received. What should be done NEXT?
A. Planning
B. Design
C. Integration
D. Executing
164. D. Gain approval You are the PM for a new product development project that has four levels in the work
breakdown structure. The network diagram and work duration estimates have been created, and a
schedule has been developed and compressed. Which time management activity should you do
NEXT?
A. Control Schedule
B. Estimate Activity Resources
C. Analogously estimate the schedule
D. Gain approval
165. D. Generally accepted rule A heuristic is BEST described as:
A. Control tool
B. Scheduling method
C. Planning tool
D. Generally accepted rule
166. D. Increases The program was planned years ago, before there was a massive introduction of new
technology. While planning the next project in this program, the project manager has expanded
the scope management plan because, as a project becomes more complex, the level of
uncertainty in the scope:
A. Executing
B. Planning
C. Closing
D. Initiating
168. D. Is not on the An activity has an early start of day 3, a late start of day 13, an early finish of day 9, and a late finish of day 19.
critical path The activity:
A. Change requests
B. Schedule change control system
C. Recommend corrective actions
D. Reserves
178. D. Schedule A project manager is taking over a project from another PM during project planning. If the new PM wants to
management plan see what the previous PM planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be BEST to look at the:
A. Team
B. Project manager
C. Customer
D. Stakeholder
181. D. Start to create The project sponsor has just signed the project charter. What is the NEXT thing to do?
management plans
A. Begin to complete work packages
B. Validate scope
C. Start integrated change control
D. Start to create management plans
182. D. The business Which of the following is included in a project charter?
case for the
project A. A risk management strategy
B. Work package estimates
C. Detailed resource estimates
D. The business case for the project
183. D. The PM did During the completion of project work, the sponsor asks the project manager to report on how the project is
not assign work going. In order to prepare the report, the PM asks all the team members what percent complete their work is.
packages There is one team member who has been hard to manage from the beginning. In response to being asked what
percent complete he is, the team member asks, "percent complete of what?" Being tired of such comments, the PM
reports to the team member's boss that the team member is not cooperating. Which of the following is MOST
likely the real problem?
A. The PM did not get buy-in from the manager for the resources on the project
B. The PM did not create an adequate reward system for team members to improve their cooperation
C. The PM should have had a meeting with the team member's boss the first time the team member caused trouble
D. The PM did not assign work packages
184. D. The project Which of the following is TRUE about the development of a project charter?
manager
creates the A. The sponsor creates the project charter, and the project manager approves it.
project charter, B. The project team creates the project charter, and the PMO approves it
and the C. The executive manager creates the project charter, and the functional manager approves it
sponsor D. The project manager creates the project charter, and the sponsor approves it
approves it
185. D. The project A project management plan should be realistic in order to be used to manage the project. Which of the following
manager is the BEST method to achieve a realistic project management plan?
creates the
project A. The sponsor creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager.
management B. The functional manager creates the project management plan based on input from the project manager.
plan input from C. The project manager creates the project management plan based on input from senior management.
the team. D. The project manager creates the project management plan input from the team.
186. D. The Lessons learned are BEST completed by:
stakeholders
A. The project manager
B. The team
C. The sponsor
D. The stakeholders
187. D. Will not In a projectized organization, the project team:
always have a
"home" A. Reports to many bosses
B. Has no loyalty to the project
C. Reports to the functional manager
D. Will not always have a "home"