Activedumpsnet Logo
Information distribution involves making needed information available to project stakeholders in a timely manner.
What is an output from information distribution?
You are a project manager for Pizza Direct, which is a retail pizza delivery store. Your company is competing with another retail store for the option of opening two new stores in a foreign country. You know, but have not yet informed your company, that you are going to go to work for the competitor, which happens to be bidding for this same opportunity.
What is the most appropriate response?
Communication always makes use of ___________.
Approved change requests, approved corrective actions, and updates to organizational process assets are all outputs of which project management process?
If the Schedule Variance (SV) =$55, and the Planned Value (PV) =$11, what is the Earned Value (EV)?
A weighting system is a tool for which area of procurement?
Reserve analysis is a tool and technique used in which of the following processes?
What does a CPI value greater than 1.0 indicate?
A project manager and team from a firm that designs railroad equipment are tasked to design a machine to load stone onto railroad cars. The design allows for two percent spillage, amounting to over two tons of spilled rock per day.
In which of the following does the project manager document quality control, quality assurance, and quality improvements for this project?
A team member is not performing well on the project because she is inexperienced in system development work. There is no one else available who is better qualified to do the work.
What is the BEST solution for the project manager?
Who authorizes a project?
Plurality is a type of which of the following?
Forecasts, requested changes, recommended corrective actions, and organizational process asset updates are all outputs of which process?
In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
A project becomes officially authorized when which of the following occurs?
The project manager has, as a prime responsibility, to assure proper integration of activities.
In which organizational form does the project manager probably have the easiest time in integrating work?
Which type of analysis is used to develop the communications management plan?
In what type of contract is the seller reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and receives a predetermined fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives as set forth in the contract?
Which of the following is a strategy for positive risks?
During the initial stages of the project, what do activity attributes include?
You are a project manager for a documentary film company. In light of a recent regional tragedy, the company president wants to get a new documentary on the rescue efforts of the heroic rescue teams to air as soon as possible. She's looking to you to make this documentary the best that has ever been produced in the history of this company. She guarantees you free rein to use whatever resources you need to get this project done quickly. However, the best photographer in the company is currently working on another assignment.
Which of the following is true?
The process of Manage Stakeholder Expectations is part of which process?
Stakeholder analysis identifies what information and relates it to the purpose of the project?
Regardless of style, what information is shown in a process flowchart?
A project manager discovers that two team members discussed what was needed to complete a work package on the project and made many changes to the project scope. The work package is now completed and the team members are planning to go on to the next work package. In looking at what was done, the project manager determines that the work does NOT meet the requirements of the project.
What is the BEST course of action for the project manager?
What is an output of Control Scope?
Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project on which you're working. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year. She would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not her primary concern right now. She needs a ballpark figure by tomorrow. You decide to use ___________________.
Who are the audience of project charter?
Which process group typically consumes the bulk of a project's budget?
How is scheduled variance calculated using the earned value technique?
Which is a true statement regarding project governance?
Which of the following is a KEY output of the Verify Scope process?
Identifying major deliverables, deciding if adequate cost estimates can be developed, and identifying tangible components of each deliverable are all part of which of the following?
In crashing a task, you would focus on:
There are seven members on the project team not counting the project manager and the sponsor. How many communication channels are there?
Co-location can help with:
The Monitoring and Controlling process group contains which of the following processes?
Trend Analysis is best described as:
You are a project manager for an engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp-metering lights to several on-ramps along a stretch of highway at the south end of the city. You subcontracted a portion of the project to another company. The subcontractor's work involves digging the holes and setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor's performance is not meeting the contract requirements.
Which of the following is not a valid option?
Which of the following is a technique for resolving conflict?
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution Process?
Providing forecasts to update current cost and schedule information is a part of which process?
ABC project is at risk for failing to achieve a major project objective due to unresolved stakeholder issues. Team member morale is low.
Who is primarily responsible for the project being at risk?
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:
Company A is launching a new communications satellite system. Resource B was assigned combined projects of design, construction, integration, and launch of the satellite.
Resource B's role is that of a:
Which of the following equations is used to calculate schedule variance?
The project manager notices that project activities being completed by one department are all taking slightly longer than planned. To date, none of the activities/work packages have been on the critical path, nor have they affected the critical chain planning that has occurred. The project manager is bothered by the problem, since four of the next five critical path activities are being completed by this department. After making three calls, the project manager is finally able to converse with the department manager to determine what is going on. The conversation is slow, because both speak different native languages and they are trying to converse in French, a shared language. To make communication easier, the project manager frequently asks the department manager to repeat back what has been said. The department manager communicates that his staff is following a company policy that requires two levels of testing. During the conversation, the department manager also makes a comment that leads the project manager to believe that the policy may include excessive work. This is the fourth time the project manager has heard such a comment.
What is the BEST thing to do?
Within a matrix organization, dual reporting of team members is a risk for project success.
Who is responsible for managing this dual reporting relationship factor?
Who selects the appropriate processes for a project?
Which is the document that presents a hierarchical project organization?
Risk event is the description of what may happen to the _____ of the project.
Which of the following is an input to Collect Requirements?
You are a new project manager who has never managed a project before. You have been asked to plan a new project. It would be BEST in this situation to rely on _______ during planning to improve your chance of success.
Which of the following inputs is required for the WBS creation?
While implementing an approved change, a critical defect was introduced. Removing the defect will delay the product delivery.
What is the MOST appropriate approach to managing this situation?
Which of the following can be used to track the requirements throughout the project life cycle?
All of the following are tools of Perform Quality Control EXCEPT:
Which of the following documents allows the project manager to assess risks that may require near term action?
All of the following may hinder a person's ability to transmit/receive a message except:
What process determines which risks might affect the project?
Inspection is a tool and technique for which of the following processes?
Which of these are logical dependencies in a precedence diagram method?
All of the following are true regarding Communications Planning except for which one?
Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?
All the following are needed to create the WBS EXCEPT:
What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?
What is Project Portfolio Management?
Which of the following processes includes prioritizing risks for subsequent further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact?
The performing organization is trying to decide whether to split the contracts department and assign procurement responsibilities to departments directly responsible for the projects. A procurement professional might not want this split to occur because they would lose ___________ in a decentralized contracting environment.
What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?
Your project has an EV of 100 work-days, an AC of 120 work-days, and a PV of 80 work-days.
What should be your concern?
: 560
Which schedule format usually shows both the project network logic and the project’s critical path
Who decides buyer and seller roles in a teaming agreement?
Verification of project deliverables occurs during which process?
Objectives can be described as all of the following except for which one? Choose the least correct answer.
Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:
Decomposition is a tool and technique used in which of the following?
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
Failure costs are also known as which of the following?
A project manager arranges for project specific training for the new team members.
Under which category does this cost fall?
What tool or technique of Estimate Activity Durations uses parameters such as duration, budget, size, weight, and complexity from a previous, similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measure for a future project?
Which of the following techniques uses historical information to estimate the activity duration?
A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four weeks earlier than planned.
What activity is BEST described here?
Define Activities is typically performed by which of the following:
In which of the following types of contracts is it most important for the contractor to maintain control of cost, schedule and scope changes.
What should a project manager do with low-priority risks?
Which contract type is typically used whenever the seller's performance period spans a considerable period of years?
You receive 25 new computers from the seller, but were expecting only 20. In looking at the contract, you see that it says "seller to provide twenty (25) computers."
What should you do FIRST?
Which of the following must not performed in the project initiation process?
What is one of the objectives of project risk management?
Expected Monetary Value (EMV) analysis is commonly used in:
Which type of analysis is used as a general management technique within the Plan Procurements Process?
The project manager calculated a schedule performance index of 0.8 and a cost performance index of 1.1 for the project. What is the actual status of this project?