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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
You are managing a software project. Your QA manager tells you that you need to plan to have her team start their test planning activity so that it finishes just before testing begins. But other than that, she says it can start as late in the project as necessary. What’s the relationship between the test planning activity and the testing activity?
Start-to-Start (SS)
Start-to-finish (SF)
Finish-to-Start (FS)
Finish-to-Finish (FF)
Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique used in Estimate Activity Durations?
SWAG Estimation
Parametric Estimation
Analogous Estimation
Three-Point Estimation
Start-A-B-C-Finish
Start-A-D-E-F-Finish
Start-G-H-I-J-Finish
Start-A-B-J-Finish
A project manager is having trouble securing programmers for her project. Every time she asks the programming manager for resources for her project, he says they’re all assigned to other work. So she is constanly having to go over his head to overrule him. Which type of organixation is she working for ?
Functional
Strong Matrix
Weak Matrix
Projectized
What’s the correct order og the time management planning processes?
Sequence Activities, Define Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule
Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Develop Schedule, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations
Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule
Develop Schedule, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, , Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations
You’re working on a project that has an EV of $7362 and a PV (BCWS) of $8232 what’s your SV?
-$870
$870
0.89
Not enough information to tell
Given this portion of the notwork diagram to the right, what’s the ES of activity F?
9
10
12
13
Given this portion of the Given this portion of the notwork diagram to the right, what’s the LF of activity F?
10
11
16
17
You’re a project manager working in a weak matrix organization. Which of the following is NOT true?
Your team members report to functional managers
You are not in directly charge of resources
Functional managers make decisions that can affect your projects
You have sole responsibility for the success or failure of the project
You’re on the project selection committee. You’re reviewing a document that describes the strategic value of a potential project and its benefits to the company. What’s this document called?
Project Charter
Business Case
Benefit measurement method
Contract
What is the output of Direct and Manage Execution?
Approved change requests
Project management processes
Deliverables
Forecasts
Which of the following is NOT an example of operational work?
Building a purchase order system for accounts payable
Submitting weekly purchase orders through a purchase order system
Deploying weekly anti-virus software updates
Yearly staff performance evaluations
You’re a project manager for a construction project. You’ve just finished creating a list of all of the people who will be directly affected by the project. What process group are you in?
Initiating
Executing
Planning
Monitoring & Controlling
What is the float for activity F in the activity list to the right?
Zero
Seven
Eight
Ten
You’re managing a project to remodel a kitchen. You use earned value calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if your project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?
Knowledge
Performance
Personal
There is no correct answer.
Which process group contains the Develop Project Charter process and the Identify Stakeholders process?
Initiating
Executing
Monitoring and Controlling
Closing
Given the network diagram below, what’s the critical path?
Start-A-B-C-End
Start-A-D-C-End
Start-E-D-C-End
Start-E-F-G-End
You are working on a project with a PV of $56,733 and an SPI of 1.2. What’s the Earned Value of your project?
$68,079.60
$47,277.50
$68,733
72
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?
Managing stakeholder expectations
Managing project contraints
Gathering product requirements
Sponsoring the project
Which of the following BEST describes defect repair review?
Reviewing the repaired defect whit the stakeholder to make sure it’s acceptable
Reviewing the repaired defect defect whit the team to make sure they document lessons learned
Reviewing the repaired defect to make sure it was fixed properly
Reviewing the repaired defect to make sure it’s within the control limits
Project managers spend what percentage of their time in communicating?
90
85
75
50
What are decision models?
Project selection criteria
Project selection methods
Project selection committees
Project resource and budget selection methods
You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. It produces children’s software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You’re performing cost estimates for your project and don’t have a lot of details yet. Which of the following techniques should you use?
Analogous estimating techniques, because this is a form of expert judgment that uses historical information from similar projects.
Bottom-up estimating techniques, because this is a form of expert judgment that uses historical information from similar projects.
Monte Carlo analysis, because this is a modeling technique that uses simulation to determine estimates.
Parametric modeling, because this is a form of simulation used to determine estimates
You know that PV= 470, AC= 480, EAC = 500, and BAC = 525. What about for VAC?
70
20
25
30
What’s the difference between perform quality control and perform quality assurance?
Perform Quality Control involves charts like histograms and control charts, while Perform Quality Asuurance doesn’t use those charts
Perform Quality Control and Perform Quality Asuurance mean the same thing
Perform Quality Control means inspecting for defects in deliverables, while Perform Quality Asuurance means auditing a project to check the overall process
Perform Quality Control means looking for defects in deliverables, while Perform Quality Control means auditing a project to check the overall process
Which is NOT an output of a scope management process?
Business Case
WBS Dictionary
Requested changes
Accepted deliverables
Which of the following is NOT one of the top sources of conflict on projects?
Resources
Technical opinions
Salaries
Priorities
Which of the following statements is true regarding the Project Management Knowledge Areas?
They include Initiation, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing.
They consist of nine areas that bring together processes that have things in common
They consist of five processes that bring together phases of projects that have things in common
They include Planning, Executing, and Monitoring and Controlling processes because these three processes are commonly interlinked
The business need, product scope description, and strategic plan together describe elements of which of the following?
Organizational process assets
Tools and techniques of the initiating processes
The project statement of work
The project charte
Which of the following is NOT true about overlapping phases?
Each phase is typically done by a separate team
There’s an increased risk of delays when a later phase can’t start until an earlier one ends
There’s an increased risk to the project due to potential for rework
Every phase must go through all five process groups
What is one of the most important skills a project manager can have?
Negotiation skills
Influencing skills
Communication skills
Problem-solving skills
Which of the following is NOT a part of quality?
Fitness for use
Conformance to requirements
Value to the sponsor
Customer satisfaction
Risks that are caused by the response to another risk are called
Residual risks
Secondary risks
Cumulative risks
Mitigated risks
What’s the difference between management reserves and contingency reserves?
Management reserves are used to handle unknown unknowns, while contigency reservesare used to handle known unknowns
Management reserves are used to handle known unknowns, while contigency reservesare are used to handle unknown unknowns
Management reserves are used to handle high-priority risks, while contigency reservesare used to handle low-priority risks
Management reserves are used to handle low-priority risks, while contigency reservesare are used to handle high-priority risks
What’s the difference between Quality Control and Verify Scope?
Quality Control is done at the end of the project, while Verify Scope is done throughout the project
Quality Control means looking for defects in deliverables, while Verify Scope means verifying that the product is acceptable to the stakeholders
Quality Control is performed by the project manager, while Verify Scope is done by the sponsor
Quality Control is performed by the sponsor, while Verify Scope is done by the project manager
Which performance measurement tells you the cost of the work that has been authorized and budgeted for a WBS component?
PV
EV
AC
BCWP
What is the “halo effect”?
When a project manager is good, the team is good, to
The tendency to promote people who are good at technical jobs into managerial
positions
When a project manager picks a star on the team and always rewards that person
When a technical person does such a good job that no one can find fault with them
Which of the following are tools and techniques of the identify stakeholder process?
Stakeholder analysis and expert judgment
Stakeholder analysis, expert judgment, and stakeholder register
Stakeholder analysis
Stakeholder analysis, stakeholder management strategy, and expert judgment
Which risk analysis tool is used to model your risks by running simulations that calculate random outcomes and probabilities?
Delphi technique
EMV analysis
Sensitivity analysis
Monte Carlo analysis
What’s the main output of the risk management processes?
The risk management plan
The risk breakdown structure
The risk register
Work performance information
Which of the following is not an example of cost of quality?
Having team members spend extra time reviewing requirements whit the stakeholders
Hiring extra inspectors to look for defects
Paying extra programmers to help meet a deadline
Sending a crew to repair a defective product that was delivered to thw client
Which of the following BEST describes risk audits?
The project manager reviews each risk on the risk register with the team
An external auditor reviews the risk response strategies for each risk
A senior manager audits your work and decides whether you’re doing a good job
An external auditor reviews the project work to make sure the team isn’t introducing new risk
Which of the following is an example of noise?
An email that’s sent to the wrong person
A project manager who doesn’t notice an important clause in a contract
Garbled text and smudges that make a fax of a photocopy hard to read
When the team is not paying attention during a status meeting
You are using an RBS to manage your risk categories. What process are you performing?
Plan Risk Management
Identify Risks
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
You’ve consulted your earned value calculations to find out the EAC and ETC of your project. Which of the following is the BEST place to put that informations?
Work performance informations
Quality control measurements
Forecasts
Lessons learned
Accomplish which is the best place to look for this information?
Project plan
Project charter
Portfolio charter
Program charter
Which communications process is in the monitoring & controling process group?
Distribute Infomation
Manage Stakeholder Expectations
Report performance
Plancommunications
You’ve just received a change request. This means:
The project charter is complete, but the work cannot begin yet because you need to make a change to the scope baseline
You are in the Direct and Manage Execution process, and you can implement the change now
The change needs to be approved before it can be implemented
There is a defect in a deliverable that must be repaired
Which of the following is NOT an output of Direct and Manage project Execution?
Work performance information
Deliverables
Implemented change requests
Forecasts
Which of the following is NOT an input to the Plan Communications process?
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
Information gathering techniques
Project scope statement
