QUESTION 21
In the project time management knowledge area, there are six processes. According to the PMBOK, which project time knowledge area will have the majority of the effort?

A. Estimate activity resources
B. Define activities
C. Control schedule
D. Develop schedule

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 22
Nancy is the project manager of a project with 78 stakeholders. This is a high-profile project and she needs to express to her project team and to the management the importance of communication in this project. She would like to show the number of stakeholder communication channels in the project. Based on this information how many communication channels exist within this project?

A. 78
B. 156
C. 3,003
D. 6,084

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 23
You are the project manager for your organization. You and the project team are developing the project schedule for your current project. This project management process will create four outputs. Which of the following is an output of the Develop Schedule process?

A. Work performance information
B. Schedule baseline
C. Resource calendars
D. Activity duration estimates

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 24
You are the project manager of the NDF project. You need to determine how often a complete project report can be made, including forecasted project completion information for your project. How often should the report be created?

A. Weekly
B. One per status milestone reached
C. Regularly or on an exception basis
D. Exception-by-exception basis

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 25
You are the project manager of the OOI Project and you’re forty percent complete with this project. The project has a BAC of $2,345,650 and you have spent $950,000 to date. Based on your aggressive scheduling you should be at the 45 percent milestone today, but due to some early delays you’re running late. What is the planned value of your project?

A. $950,000
B. $2,375,000
C. $1,055,543
D. $938,260

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 26
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. Based on the budget at completion, what is this project’s to-complete performance index?

A. -$108,120
B. 0.98
C. $2,500.000
D. 1.02

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 27
You are working with your project team to control the project schedule. You will need five inputs to this process throughout your project. Which one of the following is an output of the project schedule control, and NOT an input?

A. Work performance information
B. Project schedule
C. Project management plan
D. Work performance measurements

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 28
You work as the project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are recording the activity status for your project team’s performance in the project. Based on the current performance your project is likely to be three months late. What type of communication should be generated based on this performance issue?

A. Issue report
B. Exceptions report
C. Variance analysis
D. Performance report

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 29
You are the project manager of the NHQ project. Your project has a budget of $1,258,456 and is scheduled to last for three years. Your project is currently forty percent complete though it should be forty-five percent complete. In order to reach this point of the project, you have spent $525,000. Management needs a performance report regarding the NHQ project. What is the planned value for this project?

A. $566,305
B. $1,258,456
C. -$54,044
D. $503, 382

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 30
You are the project manager for the GRT Project in your organization. You have created your time duration estimates based on historical information, but the estimates are not holding true in your current project. Unfortunately, many activities are late. You have decided to create a PERT estimate with your project team for each of their activities. What is the formula used for PERT?

A. O+M+P
B. (O+M+P)/3
C. (O+4M+P)/6
D. Average of the estimates

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 31
Choose and reorder the essential steps required in developing the baseline schedule. Select an item from the right pane. Click button to move the selected item to the left pane. Click button to move the item back to the right pane. Click and buttons to sort the list, if required.

Build List and Reorder:

Correct Answer:

QUESTION 32
Terri is the project manager for her organization and she is working with her project team to develop the project schedule. She has identified the float in her project although some of the activities where float exists may be susceptible to risk in the project execution. She is also concerned that the critical path may change during the project if the risk events come into execution. What scheduling method is Terri using in this example?

A. Critical chain method
B. Risk analysis method
C. Activity on the arrow method
D. Critical path method

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 33
You work as a Project Manager for Tech Perfect Inc. You are looking for performance efficiencies of a project. The related key values are provided in the table below:

What will be the cost variance (CV) of the project at the current point of time?

A. +80
B. -80
C. -10
D. +10

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 34
Amy works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. She is working on the SDI project, which has a BAC of $2,816,000. She is currently 20 percent complete with this project, though she should be 25 percent complete with the project work. The project has consumed $495,000 of the project budget to date. Management has asked her the project’s Estimate To Complete (ETC) based on the current project performance. What is the ETC for this project?

A. $1,312,504
B. $1,979,952
C. $1,541,544
D. $2,474,952

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 35
Harry works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. A risk that has been identified and analyzed in the project planning processes is now coming into fruition. Who among the following is responsible for implementing the risk responses or contingency plan?

A. Risk owner
B. Harry
C. Project sponsor
D. Subject matter expert

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 36
Donna is the project manager of the QSD Project and she believes Risk Event D in the following figure is likely to happen.

If this event does happen, how much will Donna have left in the risk contingency reserve if none of the other risk events have happened?

A. $35,000
B. $41,700
C. $6,700
D. $14,000

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 37
John is the project manager for his organization. Management has asked John to fast track his project in order to reach a particular date for the project completion. When John fast tracks the project what project management component must be updated to reflect this decision? Choose the best answer.

A. Organizational process assets
B. Cost management plan
C. Resource calendars
D. Risk register

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 38
You are the project manager of the NHQ Project and are trying to determine which seller you should choose for the project. You have received proposals from six vendors and they are all very good proposal, qualified to complete the project work, and the prices are close to the same.
You would like to create method of ranking each vendor based and assign a score value to several different categories. Because the project is a high-profile project, you have assigned 25 points to experience and 10 points for all of the other categories to judge the vendors. This is considered what type of source selection process?

A. Screening system
B. Preferred vendor list
C. Benefits-cost analysis
D. Weighting system

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 39
Frank is the project manager in BlueWell Inc. He is working with his project to subdivide the project work packages into smaller, more manageable components. He and the project team are planning in detail all of the things the team will need to create, purchase, or do in order to satisfy the project scope. Management is concerned with the activity which Frank is using in this scenario, as they believe that Frank is taking too long to complete this pre-execution activity. Which of the following techniques of the activity process is Frank using in this example?

A. Rolling wave planning
B. Expert judgment
C. Creating a project template
D. Decomposition

Correct Answer: D

QUESTION 40
Kelly is the project manager of her organization. She is reviewing the project network diagram to confirm that the resource she has identified is available to complete the project assignments without conflicting with other activities in the project node. The availability of resources will help Kelly determine the final finish date for the project. What scheduling technique is Kelly using?

A. Critical Chain method
B. Resource utilization
C. Critical Path method
D. Resource leveling heuristics

Correct Answer: A