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WorksheetsChapt 6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
If earned value (EV) = 350, actual cost (AC) = 400, and planned value (PV) = 325, what is cost
variance (CV)?
A. 350
B. -75
C. 400
D. -50
Estimate at completion (EAC) is a periodic evaluation of:
A. The cost of work completed.
B. The value of work performed
C. The anticipated total cost at project completion
D. What it will cost to finish the project.
Which of the following is NOT needed in order to come up with a project estimate?
A. A WBS
B. A network diagram
C. Risks
D. Change requests
A rough order of magnitude estimate is made during which project management process group?
Planning
Closing
Executing
Initiating
Cost performance measurement is BEST done through which of the following?
A. Asking for a percent complete from each team member and reporting that in the monthly progress report
B. Calculating earned value and using the indexes and other calculations to report past
performance and forecast future performance
C. Using the 50/50 rule and making sure the life cycle cost is less than the project cost
D. Focusing on the amount expended last month and what will be expended the following month
Project setup costs are an example of:
A. Variable costs.
B. Fixed costs.
C. Overhead costs
D. Opportunity costs
Your cost forecast shows that you will have a cost overrun at the end of the project. Which of the following should you do?
Eliminate risks in estimates and re-estimate
Meet with the sponsor to find out what work can be done sooner
Cut quality
Decrease scope
You are having difficulty estimating the cost of a project. Which of the following BEST describes the most probable cause of your difficulty?
A. Inadequate scope definition
B. Unavailability of desired resources
C. Lack of historical records from previous projects
D. Lack of company processes
A cost management plan contains a description of:
The project costs.
How resources are allocated
The budgets and how they were calculated.
The WBS level at which earned value will be calculated
The difference between the cost baseline and the cost budget can be BEST described as
The management reserves
The contingency reserves
The project cost estimate
The cost account
