Questions 1: Project Basics
A project is coming to the end of a phase. The PMO required that the quality team review the work and budget before moving on to the next phase of the project. The project manager must schedule the review of the phase and have the stakeholders present. This review is referred to as:
A milestone.
A project has been experiencing some difficulties due to third-party vendors. The project manager should request.
A risk register update
The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9. Which of the following describes the project status?
Ahead of schedule and under budget
A project team has failed to deliver on changes the project manager outlined on a call two weeks ago. The project team members indicate they did not remember the contents on the call. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST to improve the level of awareness of changes to the project schedule?
Define the communications plan
Which element is not a component or function of the scope management plan?
Describes the deliverables acceptance criteria
A subcontractor has submitted design documentation on the deliverable due date, but it will require rework. The activity is on the critical path of the project schedule. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Determine the expected duration of the rework and complete a charge request to modify the project baselines
All of the following are considered stakeholder communication requirements except for which one?
Distribution of printed media
The project sponsor wishes to implement a 24/7 solution for the service desk, requiring the establishment of the capability on three different continents. Which of the following factors is MOST likely to influence communication methods across the project?
Level of message/report detail and confidentiality constraints
Team members have reported poor sound quality during critical, time-sensitive conference calls. Which of the following may be a more effective means of communication?
One-on-one meetings
A project sponsor wants to demonstrate progress on a deliverable to all stakeholders at the next tollgate meeting. This feature was not scheduled for this tollgate, but the project manager plans to add it to the next phase. Which of the following describes what the project manager is doing?
Prioritizing tasks
Which of the following is not a key component of scope planning?
Project charter
This team member assists the project manager with administrative functions.
Project coordinator
A new stakeholder has requested the status and progress reports for the project milestones. Which of the following documents should the project manager address FIRST?
Project management plan
Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?
Project manager
The project manager is reviewing the earned value of work completed compared to the planned value and is representing it in a dollar figure. This type of analysis is an example of which of the following?
Schedule variance
A project manager receives a call from the area regional building department and is informed that, upon inspection, waterlines from public water access to the project building do not meet local material and installation code specifications. Which of the following items BEST describes the unmet objective?
Task
A project manager is mapping qualifications and available personnel to the project requirements. Which of the following activities is the project manager completing?
Team Building
At a project kickoff meeting, several team members acted unprofessionally. The project manager would like to set expectations for team interaction. Which of the following would BEST accomplish this?
Team contract
A customer has stated that meeting the project schedule and milestones takes priority and is, therefore, willing to spend additional funds to sustain operations. The project team must ensure completion of the:
risk management plan.
A project team has finished creating a WBS and started developing a schedule. The team should FIRST determine the:
tasks
During the storming stage of a project team's development, it is common to experience confusion about tasks and responsibilities because:
there is a lack of trust among team members
A project is taking more effort than anticipated. Which of the following constraints will MOST likely be affected?
Cost
This is the approved, expected cost of the project.
Cost baseline
Which of the following is not true regarding cost estimating?
Cost estimate accuracy depends on the technique used to determine the estimate
Which of the following documents should be used to provide high-level reporting to key stakeholders?
Dashboard
A project team completed A Brainstorming activity to determine potential issues with a project. Which of the following activities should the project team do NEXT?
Risk identification
You're working on a project that you and your team have estimated takes 15 business days to complete. Your team does not work on Saturday, Sunday, or holidays. Given the work calendar shown here and a start date of Tuesday, November 1, what is the scheduled completion date for this task?
22
There are four participants in your upcoming meeting. How many lines of communication are there?
6
A project coordinator logs potential events that can affect project constraints, and then records the results of brainstorming of potential strategies. Which of the following documents should the project coordinator use?
Risk register
Activity B on your project schedule starts on Monday, October 3, and ends on Wednesday, October 12. You calculate duration in workdays, and the team does not work on Saturdays or Sundays. How many days is the total duration of this task in workdays?
8 days
Your project sponsor told you that the due date for the project is a key to its success and there is no chance of the date changing. What is this known as?
A constraint
A project manager would like to bring vendors into a new project. Which of the following documents should the potential vendors submit so the project manager can find the best vendors for the project?
SOW
The design activity of a project has the following cost attributes: PV = 100,000 EV = 20,000 AC = 90,000 Based on this scenario, calculate the schedule variance.
-80,000
Which of the following statements are correct regarding project management?
An organization's portfolio will include programs
All of the following describe types of project endings except for which one?
Attrition
Which of the following is a characteristics of a matrix organization?
Authority is shared between functional and project managers
Which of the following risk strategies prevents a risk from impacting a project?
Avoid risk
Which of the following measurements would give the project manager the BEST estimate of the total cost of an active project?
EAC
A project manager at a projectized organization is finishing the objective goals for the appraisal process. Performance goals have been identified for co-located individuals working on the team. Which of the following is the appropriate communication method for relaying the goals to the team members?
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate communication method for a highly confidential message to a Multilanguage global project team?
Encrypted email
Fishbone diagrams, Pareto diagrams, process diagrams, Gantt charts, and run charts are examples of which of the following?
Examples of various project management tools used to monitor and control project work
A project manager has an opportunity to add a highly skilled expert to the team who can increase the probability of the project's success. Which of the following risk strategies should the project manager adopt?
Exploitation
A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path. The budget is a low concern. Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?
Fast-track the tasks
One deliverable failed during testing, and this has already happened several times. Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for the project team to use to determine the cause of the problem?
Fishbone diagram
Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?
Forcing
Your project is underway and your team members are working well together, anticipating the needs of the project, and they all understand their roles in the project. A new team member has been introduced and started working with the team this week. Which stage of team development does this situation represent?
Forming
From the following list of options, select three of the five common stages of development that project teams progress through.
Forming Negotiating Acquiring
One of the key project team members is assigned to two other projects. The project schedule shows this resource needed during the same time they're needed on one of the other projects. What does this describe?
Interproject resource contention
Which of the following is used to perform a root cause analysis?
IshikawADiagram
A project team is comprised of a mix of in-house and virtual team members. When a complex announcement needs to go out to the entire project team, which of the following is the MOST effective way to communicate it?
It allows the project manager to reach the project team members wherever they are located.
Which of the following is true for float?
It's the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date
Your subject-matter expert tells you that her most likely estimate to complete her task is 40 hours. The task starts on Thursday, January 20, at 8 a.m. The team works 8-hour days, and they do not work weekends. Which day will the task end?
January 26
The client accepts the critical design review. Which of the following meetings should be held to move to the NEXT step in the project?
Kickoff
You are in the process of determining the cost baseline. All of the following are used in the cost baseline except for which one?
Management reserves
A stakeholder is unaware of a project's status. Which of the following documents should the project manager consult to ensure all stakeholders are notified of project changes?
Meeting minutes
A project sponsor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) disagree about how to release the final deliverables to the market. The sponsor wants to do a massive product release, while the CIO wants to be extremely cautious and add more time for testing and defect resolution. The project manager works with both parties and determines the best solution is to roll the product out in a pilot release to see how it tests, and then use customer feedback to determine next steps. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager using?
Negotiating
What organization is recognized worldwide for setting project management standards?
PMI
Which cost-estimating technique relies on estimating work packages and then rolling up these estimates to come up with a total cost estimate?
Parametric
This chart or diagram is a type of histogram that rank-orders data by frequency over time.
Pareto chart
A project manager is creating the WBS. In which of the following phases is the project?
Planning
Which of the following are project management phases? Choose three.
Planning Documenting Scheduling
When taking over an incomplete project, what item should be of most interest to the new project manager?
Project scope statement
An organization has multiple projects that are taking place simultaneously. Which of the following should be tasked with ensuring resources are appropriately allocated to projects?
Project sponsor
This person is responsible for authorizing the project to begin and for signing the project charter.
Project sponsor
Which of the following is the MOST likely target audience to be notified of the achievement of a key milestone in a project schedule?
Project stakeholders and project team
A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer. Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?
Project statement of work
In this organizational structure, you report to the director of project management, and your team members report to their areas of responsibility (accounting, human resources, and IT). You will have complete control of the project team members' time and assignments once the project is underway. Which type of organization does this describe?
Projectized
A company has determined it does not have the in-house capability to perform a project and wants to procure third-party services. Which of the following documents will the company MOST likely release FIRST?
RFI
A PM receives notification that an issue will impact a deliverable on the critical path. The issue is logged with a unique ID and assigned to a team member; however, the team member has not addressed it after a week. Which of the following would be the BEST approach to resolving the issue?
Review the issue with the assigned team member to determine a due date
During the testing phase, a team member has informed the project manager that the test environment was set with inadequate client information, putting the project in jeopardy. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Revisit the contingency plan and provide corrective actions
Resource management concepts include several categories of resources. All of the following are a type of resource except for which one?
Remote and in-house
A project manager procures additional resources from a local company. Which of the following-describes this event?
Reorganizing
A software development project is struggling with a certain technology that is unknown to the project team. A project manager has received a third-party proposal to transfer the risk. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Request for bid
Your project is to be performed outdoors. You are only four days from the big event, and there is a hurricane headed for shore. This is an example of which of the following?
Risk
Two team members approach a project manager with different ideas for completing a task. After listening to the team members' ideas, the project manager does not choose either one and requires both members to finish the task as originally planned. Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager applying?
Smoothing
Which of the following roles has approval authority for project funding?
Sponsor
A project manager is not required to participate in performance appraisal meetings with team members. The project manager is working within which of the following organizational structures?
Strong matrix
The final project report should contain which of the following?
Summary of the project cost
Which of the following is not true for critical path tasks?
The early start date is less than the late start date
Which of the following is not true for critical path tasks?
The early start date is less than the late start date.
An active project has a CPI of 0.92. Which of the following can be determined?
The project is currently over budget
In a project with a of $235,000, the CPI is 0.80, and the SPI is 1.20. Based on this information, which of the following can the key stakeholders determine about the project?
The project is under budget and ahead of schedule
During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the testing phase is dependent on completion of the vendor's tasks. The project team has just informed the project manager their activities are almost complete, and they would like permission to begin testing. The vendor is not scheduled to deliver the products for two months. Which of the following should have occurred to prevent this issue?
The project manager should have crashed the schedule for the vendor to keep it at the same work pace as the rest of the project team
During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the testing phase is dependent on completion of the vendor's tasks. The project team has just informed the project manager their activities are almost complete, and they would like permission to begin testing. The vendor is not scheduled to deliver the products for two months. Which of the following should have occurred to prevent this issue?
The project manager should have crashed the schedule for the vendor to keep it at the same work pace as the rest of the project team.
Which of the following describes a burn rate?
The rate at which the project budget is used
A part that is needed to complete Task 3 has been backordered and will arrive three days later than scheduled. Task 3 must be complete for Task 4 to start. There is one day of float for the two tasks. Which of the following represents the number of days the project schedule will be delayed?
Three
Which of these is not an example of a project selection method?
Top-down estimating
Demonstrating competency, respect, honesty, integrity, openness, and doing what you say you'll do is an example of which of the following?
Trust building
Which of the following inherently affects quality standards?
WBS
A project manager has been assigned a project with a Budget of $50,000. Three change requests are submitted during execution that will increase the overall project cost to $60,000. Which of the following steps should the project manager perform NEXT?
Wait until the change requests are approved by the CCB
A project is coming to the end of a phase. The PMO required that the quality team review the work and budget before moving on to the next phase of the project The project manager must schedule the review of the phase and have the stakeholders present. This review is referred to as:
a milestone
Before a team can start on a sprint, they will need to:
create a set of iterations to work on and prioritize
Two team members are arguing over two different approaches to complete a task. The project manager listens to both sides, determines neither approach will work, and directs the team members to use a third option. This type of conflict resolution is known as:
forcing
A project schedule lists a resource as 50% because it likely:
is a shared resource