stakeholders and how you can distribute the info. The description is an output of the planning process.
What is the duration of the near critical path based on figure H?
A:
B:
C:
D:
A: The near critical path is the path closest in length to the critical path.
What is used to facilitate communication among stakeholders, to document alternatives considered and to define the content of key management reviews?
A: Project risk response plan B: Project plan
C: Integrated change control plan D: Earned value management plan A:B
You are a project manager on a US $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, you notice a series of activities that can be worked in parallel but must finish in a specific sequence. What type of activity sequencing method is required for these activities?
A: Precedence diagramming method B: Arrow diagramming method C: Critical path method
D: Conditional diagramming method
A:A The question implies finish-to-finish relationships between tasks. The arrow diagramming method (choice B) does not support these types of relationships. Choice C is not a diagramming method and choice D is a made up term.
The preparation of the scope baseline involves the:
A: functional managers.
B: project team.
C: all the stakeholders.
D: project expeditor.
A:B After the customer's input to the SOW, the performing organization's project team is responsible for scope baseline preparation
A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four weeks earlier than planned. What tool is BEST described here?
A: Resource leveling B: Duration compression C: Crashing
D: Fast tracking
A:B Duration compression looks for ways to shorten project schedule without changing project scope. It is a superset of crashing and fast tracking, making it the better choice.
Which of the following is an output of procurement planning?
A: Statement of work B: Procurement documents C: Proposals
D: Contract
A:A The statement of work (choice A) is correct. Procurement documents (choice B) is an output of solicitation planning. Proposals (choice C) are an output of solicitation.
Contracts (choice D) are an output of source selection.
A team member from research and development tells you that her work is too creative to provide you with a fixed single estimate for the task. You both decide to use the average time the task has taken for past projects to predict the future. This is an example of which of the following?
A: Parametric estimating B:PERT
C: CPM
D: Monte Carlo
A:A Past history is being used to calculate an estimate. Monte Carlo (choice D) is a simulation of the schedule, not a task. One could use past history to come up with the
estimate for CPM or PERT (choices B and C) but the BEST answer is choice A because using past history is a chief characteristic of parametric estimates.
If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating and disseminating the outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on creating a better:
A:WBS
B: communication plan.
C: project management information system.
D: scope management plan.
A:C The only choice that addresses gathering, integrating and disseminating information is choice C.
A project team has members in five different locations with varying information systems.
The project manager works with the project team to determine how stakeholders should be managed. These methods are detailed in which document?
A: Overall project plan B: Scope statement
C: Communications management plan D: Staffing management plan
A:D A concerted effort must be made to determine how to best use stakeholders on the project. The management of this asset is defined in the staffing management plan. The staffing management plan becomes part of the project plan.
Risks will be identified during which phase of the project management life cycle?
A: Initiation B:Planning C:Executing D:All phase A:D
Professional Responsibility
During project execution, one of the electrical engineers informs the project manager that the life cycle cost of the new heating and air conditioning system is higher than the life cycle cost of another heating and air conditioning system. What should the project manager do?
A: Determine if there is room in the project budget for the additional cost B: Select the product with the lower life cycle cost
C: Select the product with the best life cycle cost to earned value ratio
D: Select the product with the lowest maintenance cost to life cycle cost ratio A: B
You are reviewing the expense reports for one of your team members when you notice a payment he made in another country. You think the payment is a bribe.
What is your FIRST course of action?
A: Seek legal advice
B: Contact the payee in the other country and ask if the payment was a bribe C: Ignore the problem; it is in the past
D: File a permit authorizing the team to make such payments
A:A In this situation the company might have to pay large fines. It is best to ask for legal advice.
Your company has just presented its new five-year strategic plan. You have received a new product request from a customer that is in line with the previous five-year strategic plan, but it does not meet the objectives of the new plan. The product description seems to have a valid business driver and to be a
straightforward development effort. As project manager, what is the BEST course of action?
A: Do a benefit/cost analysis of the project and submit it for management approval