QUESTION 181
Maurice is the project manager of the NHQ Project and his project team has just finished the project activities. The quality control team reports that the project deliverables are perfect. The only thing left to in the project is to verify scope. This process will be performed by the project stakeholders. Maurice is required to submit a final project report and report on the project performance. Maurice’s project had a budget of $234,000 but the project spent $245,000. In the final report management wants to know the project’s cost performance index (CPI). What value should Maurice report?

A. -$11,000
B. .96
C. There is not enough information to know.
D. 1

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 182
You are the project manager of the GHQ Project. You are working with your project team to create the project network diagram. You have created the PND and are identifying the critical path with your team using your project management information system. All of the activities on the critical path are showing in red in the software that you are using to evaluate the critical path.
What are schedule activities on the critical path called?

A. Critical activities
B. Action items
C. High alert activities
D. Red rated activities

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 183
You are the project manager of the HQQ Project. Your project is running late by ten percent of where you should be at this time. Management is concerned and they’d like to know what your schedule variance is. Considering that the project has a BAC of $567,899, you are thirty percent complete, and you have spent $179,450. What is the schedule variance for this project?

A. -$45,789
B. -$56,790
C. There is not enough information to know.
D. -$30,268

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 184
Which of the following characteristics of conflict and the conflict management process should be recognized by the project managers while handling conflict in a team environment? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. Conflict resolution should focus on issues, not personalities.
B. Conflict is natural and forces a search for alternatives.
C. Openness resolves conflict.
D. Conflict is an individual issue.

Correct Answer: ABC

QUESTION 185
What formula would you use if your project had a BAC of $450,000, you have spent $191,000, and you are 40 percent complete though you are supposed to be 55 percent done and management wants to know your project’s schedule performance index?

A. ($450,000 – $180,000) / ($450,000 – $191,000)
B. $450,000 – $477,500
C. $180,000 / $247,500
D. $180,000 – $247,500

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 186
A company hires a scheduler for one of its projects. What skills should he possess to efficiently work with the project team? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.

A. Performance control
B. Execution scheduling
C. Leadership
D. Feasibility planning

Correct Answer: ABD

QUESTION 187
Which of the following is NOT an output of the control schedule process?

A. Organizational process assets
B. Change requests
C. Project termination request
D. Project document updates

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 188
You are the project manager of the NHQ project. This project is scheduled to last for six months and will require $345,000 to complete. If the project completes earlier than scheduled, your organization will receive a bonus of $5,000 per day for the early completion. Management has asked you to develop an aggressive schedule to realize as much of the bonus as possible, but you must be careful not to increase project risk beyond an acceptable level of risk exposure. Which of the following approaches is most likely to increase project risk?

A. Using the critical chain method
B. Crashing
C. Adding leads to the project work
D. Fast tracking

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 189
You are the project manager of the GHY Project. This project is scheduled to last for one year and has a BAC of $4,500,000. You are currently 45 percent complete with this project, though you are supposed to be at your second milestone, which accounts for half of the project completion. There have been some errors in the project, which has caused you to spend $2,073,654. What is this project’s planned value?

A. $2,025,000
B. There is not enough information to know
C. $4,500,000
D. $2,250,000

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 190
You are the project manager for your organization. You want to record some details about the work that the project team has to complete. You want to document the level of effort, where the work is to be performed, and the person who will be responsible for completing the work. Which of the following is the best place to document this information?

A. Activity attributes
B. Project management plan
C. Schedule Management Plan
D. Roles and Responsibilities Matrix

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 191
Steve is the project manager for the POK Project. He is working with the project customers to determine how frequently they’d like to receive the project information. The customers would like weekly status reports on how the project is performing. Where should Steve document this information?

A. Communications management plan
B. Issues log
C. Project schedule
D. Schedule management plan

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 192
Jenny is the project manager for her organization. Her project is not doing well on project schedule performance, and management wants her to predict how the project schedule and cost will end. Management has asked Jenny to report and forecast her project’s performance based on the Judgmental methods. Which of the following judgmental methods will Jenny use to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

A. Forecast by analogy
B. Technology forecasting
C. Autoregressive moving average
D. Scenario building

Correct Answer: AD

QUESTION 193
You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are creating the activity list for the project. The activity list is based on the work packages defined in the project’s WBS. Activities provide a basis for all of the following information except for which one?

A. Scope baseline
B. Executing
C. Scheduling
D. Estimates

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 194
Tom is the project manager of the GHQ Project for his organization and he is working on recovering the project schedule. As Tom examines his schedule, he is especially aware of project activities with hard logic. What is hard logic?

A. Hard logic describes activities that can be completed in any order but are positioned with finish-to-start relationships.
B. Hard logic describes activities that have external constraints, such as a vendor.
C. Hard logic describes activities that must be completed in a particular order unless additional resources with comparable skill sets can be added to the project.
D. Hard logic describes activities that must be completed in a particular order.

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 195
You are the project manager for your organization. You are working with your project team to create the schedule baseline for your project. You will also be creating the schedule data for this project. The schedule data typically includes all of the following except for which one?

A. Risk activities
B. Schedule activities
C. Activity attributes
D. Schedule milestones

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 196
Mary is the project manager of the H1QZ Project. This project is a subproject of the HQZ Project and the project schedule is fixed and cannot vary. Stephen, a project team member, reports that he’s having trouble completing his project assignment and will likely be at least two days late. Examine the figure given below:
If Stephen’s assignment is Activity B, what impact will his two days of lateness have on the project end date?

A. The project will complete on time.
B. The project will be late by one day.
C. The project will be late by two days.
D. The project will be early by two days.

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 197
Which of the following provides a method to track project progress during project execution against what was planned?

A. Team members profile
B. Benefit-cost ratio
C. Schedule baseline
D. Detailed project budget

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 198
You have been hired as a contract project manager for Tech Perfect Inc. The project has already been started. Sufficient details of the project have already been structured. You are working with your team for cost estimation of the project. Which of the following estimating techniques will you use for the highest degree of accuracy?

A. Parametric modeling
B. Analogous
C. Top-down
D. Bottom-up Correct
Answer: D
QUESTION 199

Beth is the project manager of the KJH project. Sarah is Beth’s administrative assistant and Ben is the project team leader. Beth’s project has eight virtual teams throughout the world that will be working on the activities relevant to the deliverables in their locales. Thomas, the project sponsor, has told Beth that he is to be kept abreast of all communication between her project and the stakeholders. In this project, who is the lead person responsible for communication with all stakeholders?

A. Thomas
B. Sarah
C. Each of the team leaders for the eight virtual teams
D. Beth

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 200
What project management plan will document the time frame and frequency for the distribution of required information?

A. Scope Management Plan
B. Communications Management Plan
C. Stakeholder Management Plan
D. Schedule Management Plan

Correct Answer: B