QUESTION 101
You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Which of the following tools/techniques will you use to demonstrate how a process behaves over time, and when a process is subject to special cause variation, resulting in an out-of-control condition?
A. Pareto Chart
B. Ishikawa Diagram
C. Scatter Chart
D. Control Chart
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 102
All of the following statements about the critical path are false except for which one?
A. The critical path cannot be crashed.
B. The critical path is the shortest path in the project network diagram.
C. The critical path is always one path with the longest duration.
D. The critical path shows the project’s earliest date for completion.
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 103
What component of the change management system is responsible for evaluating, testing, and documenting changes created to the project scope?
A. Scope Verification
B. Configuration Management System
C. Project Management Information System
D. Integrated Change Control
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 104
Your project team has identified a project risk that must be responded to. The risk has been recorded in the risk register and the project team has been discussing potential risk responses for the risk event. The event is not likely to happen for several months but the probability of the event is high. Which one of the following is a valid response to the identified risk event?
A. Risk audit
B. Technical performance measurement
C. Earned value management
D. Corrective action
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 105
There are seven inputs to the estimate activity durations process. Which one of the following is NOT an input to this process?
A. Scope baseline
B. Activity attributes
C. Activity list
D. Activity resource requirements
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 106
In which of the following group decision making techniques does the largest block in a group decide the group decision even if a bulk is not achieved?
A. Majority
B. Unanimity
C. Dictatorship
D. Plurality
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 107
You are project manager of HHK project. Examine the network diagram given below: A vendor reports that he will be four days late on the materials you’ll need in order to complete Activity E. Based on the project network diagram, how many days can Activity E be delayed?
A. Four days
B. Six days
C. Five days
D. Zero, it is on the critical path.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 108
Paula works as a project manager for her organization. She is working with the project team to define the activity attributes. Which of the following is NOT a valid activity attribute?
A. Activity Name
B. Activity ID
C. Risk event
D. WBS ID
Correct Answer: C
QUESTION 109
You are the project manager of the NGG Project. This project will be using a new material that the project team has never worked with before. You’d like to use some preventive action to ensure that the installation of the new materials is successful in the project. Which one of the following project actions is an example of the best preventive action for this project?
A. Hire a subject matter expert to train the project team how to install the materials.
B. Purchase additional materials so in case the team wastes materials during their installation.
C. Hire a subject matter expert to install the new materials.
D. Create incentive by rewarding the project team if they don’t waste the materials.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 110
John works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. His project has a budget of $795,000 and he has spent $325,000 on the project. But, he has completed only 40 percent of the project work till now. Management wants to know what the project’s cost performance index is. What value will John report?
A. 0.76
B. 0.85
C. 0.80
D. 0.92
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 111
Yolanda is the project manager for her organization. She is creating a performance report for her sponsor. Typically, the performance report includes all of the following factors except for which one?
A. Current status of risk and issues
B. Quality control activities
C. Analysis of past performance
D. Work to be completed next
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 112
Holly is the project manager for her organization. Her current project is running late and her project customer has asked Holly to find a method to apply corrective actions to the project schedule. Holly is exploring the concept of crashing the project. Which of the following statements is true about crashing the activities in Holly’s project?
A. The activities to be crashed must have additional quality control metrics associated with them.
B. The activities to be crashed cannot be of fixed duration.
C. The activities to be crashed cannot have risks associated with them greater than 0.80.
D. The activities cannot be on the critical path in order to be crashed.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 113
John is a scheduler in ABC Company. He has to plan an activity for the schedule models. Which of the following activities will he use to make the schedule models? .Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A. Hammocks
B. Critical path scheduling
C. Flags
D. Tasks
Correct Answer: ABD
QUESTION 114
You are the project manager for your organization. You have worked with the project team to create the project scope statement. The key stakeholders have signed off on the project scope and they are eager for you and the project team to begin creating the deliverables identified within the project scope. What process must you and the project team complete next in this scenario?
A. Create the activity list.
B. Create the WBS.
C. Create the risk assessment.
D. Determine the project budget.
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 115
Your organization wants to start a new project. The study shows that the new project will save organization approximately $200,000 per year. Now it is required to move forward with the project. Which of the following documents will define the project justification?
A. Feasibility study
B. Project charter
C. Work breakdown structure
D. Project scope
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 116
Complete this sentence: is the process of collecting and distributing performance information including status reports, progress measurements, and forecasts.
A. Corrective action
B. Report performance
C. Earned value management
D. Monitor and control project performance
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 117
You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. You are coaching Alice, a new project manager, on the relationships in a project network diagram. Which relationship type between activities are the most common?
A. SS
B. FS
C. FF
D. SF
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 118
If you are the project manager of the BNQ Project and you add “waiting time” between two activities, then what have you added in the project?
A. You have added lag time to the project activities.
B. You have added management reserve to the project activities.
C. You have added lead time to the project activities.
D. You have added float to the project activities.
Correct Answer: A
QUESTION 119
You are the project manager for your project. Your project is scheduled to last for one year and you are currently forty percent complete with the project. Based on your current performance measurements you have an SPI of .95 and a cost variance of -$24,000. You need to report this information to the management, but you will also need a solution to present with the variance information. Which one of the following can you present to the management as a part of the control schedule tools and techniques for variances?
A. Work performance measurements
B. Corrective actions
C. Trim the project scope
D. Causes of variances
Correct Answer: B
QUESTION 120
Alicia works as a project manager for NacTec project. She is undergoing the project monitoring phase in her project. Which of the following will she choose to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
A. Reports
B. Meetings
C. Diaries
D. Future planning
Correct Answer: AB