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WorksheetsPMP Exam Prep Quiz
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 31mins
1. A change has been requested by the project team to fix a problem by bringing the future
performance of the project in line with the project management plan. Such a change request is
called __.
a. Corrective action
Submitted change request
Preventive action
d. Supportive action
Which of the following documents is not used as an input for the scope validation process? Select one:
The requirements traceability matrix, which links requirements to their origin and tracks them throughout the project lifecycle.
The verified deliverables, completed and verified for correctness by the quality control process.
The project management plan, which contains the scope baseline consisting of the project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary.
The responsibility assignment matrix, which describes the responsibilities for correcting the scope in case the client rejects the project deliverables.
Nancy is the Project Manager of an overpass project. The project is 18% complete. The Steering Committee will meet tomorrow. She is looking at the schedule forecasts for all of the following except: Select one:
to find out how much more the project will cost.
to identify any necessary change requests.
to determine if the project is within the defined schedule tolerance ranges.
to find out how much the schedule is delayed.
The expected cost necessary to complete the remaining work for a schedule activity, work breakdown structure component, or the project. This is the description of which of the following terms:
Schedule Performance
Cost Performance Index
c. Estimate to Complete
Estimate at Completion
The final performance report of a project that was completed 6 months late shows the Cost Performance Index (CPI) as 0.83. What is the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of this project?
SPI = 1.00
SPI = 0.83
SPI = 0.50
Cannot be determined with the given information
The results of the Risk Response Planning process include:
Secondary risks, process updates, and risk owners
Contingency plans, project management plan updates, and sensitivity analysis
Risk triggers, contracts, and a risk list
Residual risks, contingency plans, and contingency reserves
Which of the following is the best method to control changes in the project? Select one:
Make changes quickly when they occur
Direct changes to the change control board (CCB)
Prevent changes from being made
Look for sources of changes
If a project manager is in a position where an external team is about to start the project's quality audit but the internal team is against such an audit in the middle of the project, what should be their approach?
Inform the sponsor about the team's concern and ask for direction
Inform the team that the quality audit will help identify inefficient and ineffective policies and procedures
Request the audit team to delay the audit until the end of the project so that the project team can focus on completing the work on time
Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:
Secondary risks, process updates, and risk owners
Contingency plans, project management plan updates, and sensitivity analysis
Risk triggers, contracts, and a risk list
Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves
Which of the following is the BEST method to control changes on the project? Select one:
Make the changes quickly when they occur
Direct changes to the change control board (CCB)
Prevent changes from being made
Look for sources of changes
If a project manager finds himself in a position where an external team is about to start the quality audit of the project but the internal team is against such an audit in the middle of the project, what should be his approach?
Inform sponsor about team’s concern and ask for direction
Inform the team that quality audit will help identify inefficient and ineffective policies and procedures
Request the audit team to delay the audit until the end of the project so that the project team can focus on completing work on time
Inform the team that quality audit will verify the time sheets submitted by the team members to ensure compliance with company policies
Which of the following information is correct about the process Monitor Communication? Select one:
a. Work Performance Data gets converted to Work Performance Information
Risk Management Plan is updated.
c. Work Performance Information gets converted to Work Performance Data
d. Work Performance Data is sent to stakeholders
Which of the following processes identifies ways to eliminate the causes of unsatisfactory performance?
Quality Control
Quality Management Planning
Project Quality Management
You are a project manager in a customer-oriented IT project. The project has been delayed. After some analysis, you have determined that the project is two weeks behind schedule. After consulting with team members, they are confident that the work can be recovered in three weeks. In your weekly status report session to management, which of the following options should you do?
Give the management team an update on why you cannot meet the deadline.
Report the project status as delayed and that the solution created by the team will allow the project to be back on schedule in three weeks.
None of these
Report the project status as delayed but that the project will be completed on time.
Kemon is the project manager for a clubhouse project in Toronto, belonging to a large corporation. The project started a week ago. He is currently examining the Enterprise Environmental Factors. Which of the following documents is he not interested in reviewing?
The quality standards of the parent corporation.
Organizational processes and procedures.
The labor standards of the contracting company.
Government regulations of Ontario.
Project managers interested in controlling the quality of projects often focus on project inputs. Which of the following are important considerations for project managers who focus on inputs to ensure project quality?
Ensuring that the assigned workers are capable of doing their job.
Ensuring that all deliverables work before sending them to the client.
Ensuring that rework is kept to a minimum.
Proving to the client that the deliverables are correct.
You are conducting the monthly project review with your team. You are discussing whether your schedules and budgets are on track, and if there is any variance from the cost baseline or schedule, what is the magnitude of this variance. Your discussion reveals that project activities are 10 days behind schedule. A team member suggests that to make up for the lost time, while waiting for control validation
This suggestion cannot be accepted as quality control must be completed before starting scope validation.
This suggestion can be accepted as it saves time and gets the schedule back on track at no cost.
Whether this suggestion is accepted or not, it will have no impact on the schedule.
This suggestion is superfluous because scope validation is always completed before quality control.
Activity A is worth $300, is 100% complete, and actually costs $350. Activity B is worth $100, is 95% complete, and actually costs $85 so far. Activity C is worth $200, is 75% complete, and has cost $175 so far. The total budget is $1,500. What is the cost performance index for this project?
Cannot be determined
0.89
When it comes to changes, the project manager's attention is BEST focused on: Select one:
Making changes
Tracking and recording changes
Informing the sponsor of changes
Preventing unnecessary changes
Which of the following is the appropriate tool to implement a quality assurance activity to complement existing quality control activities?
Benchmarking
Problem Solving
Statistical Sampling
Control Chart
What is the difference between quality and grade?
Quality and grade are the same
Grade is how many characteristics are in the product, while quality is how well the product characteristics meet specifications
Quality is what is measured in the Quality Control process, and grade is what is measured as part of quality assurance
Quality is how many characteristics are in the product, while grade is how well the product characteristics meet specifications
To calculate the Estimate at Completion (EAC), you typically need CPIAC+EV .
Cost Performance Index (CPI), Actual Cost (AC), and Earned Value (EV)
Earned Value (EV) and Actual Cost (AC)
Actual Cost (AC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC) the unfinished work
Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Actual Cost (AC)
The following are the objectives of the Quality Management process EXCEPT __.
Increase the chances of achieving the project's quality objectives
Verify that the project results meet the relevant quality standards
Confirm that project activities comply with quality policies and procedures
Identify the causes of poor quality
A project manager needs to determine how the manufacturing of new microsatellites is progressing. Each satellite takes about three days to manufacture and costs $125,000. The inspection process has been a source of concern. The satellites are so small that inspection would destroy them. Under these circumstances, what should the project manager do?
Inspect a sample of the satellites
Evaluate the attributes of the population
Outsource the inspection to another company with more experience
Reduce quality costs
The marketing department has been in the launch phase of a global marketing plan. The client, Acme Cars Inc., will not issue final approval for the project deliverables because they feel the work was not created according to the specific project requirements. What could have prevented this?Which of the following options is the best way to solve this problem?
Clarify your role as Project Manager.
Do additional work where possible to impress the client.
Define acceptable completion criteria standards.
Hold weekly project team meetings with the client.
The project's Cost Performance Index (CPI) is 1.13, and the benefit-cost ratio is 1.2. The project scope was created by the team and stakeholders. Requirements have been changing throughout the project. No matter what the project manager has tried to achieve in project management, what is the most likely problem they will face in the future?
Having to add resources to the project
Ensuring that the client has approved the project scope
Having to reduce project costs and increase benefits
Not being able to measure the completion of the project's product
All of the following are tools used in the Quality Control process EXCEPT ___.
Scatter diagrams
Histogram
Gantt chart
Control charts
You are conducting the monthly project review with your team. You are discussing whether your schedules and budgets are on track and if there are any variances from the cost baseline or schedule baseline, what is the magnitude of this variance? Your discussion reveals that one of the key equipment suppliers had an accident at their factory, which may affect the delivery schedule of your equipment. What will you do in this situation?
You will give this information to the sponsor on the lunch meeting you have already scheduled after four days
b. You will include this information in your next Status Report (as a component of the Risk Status) to the Steering Committee, which is due in one week
. You will submit this information as an exception report immediately after the meeting
. You will submit this information in your special events report of the Project Control Board, which is due in three weeks
Which of the following is the MOST useful place to see the information of Estimate At Completion (EAC) and Estimate To Complete (ETC)?
Cost performance data
Lessons learned
Schedule performance data
Forecast
As a project manager for a payroll application upgrade project, you must report the project status monthly to the steering committee. When presenting last month's status, you informed the steering committee that the Schedule Performance Index is 1.06 and the Schedule Variance is 10,000. A member of the steering committee, attending this meeting for the first time, is confused. She represents the finance department, so her question is "What does this tell me about how much we have saved or spent so far?" What will you tell her based on the information given above?
We cannot determine that from this information
We have saved 10,000
We have spent 10,000
Earned Value Management is the best technique to see the value of the work performed and is presented using indices and variances
The variation in performance is caused by factors that will continue until the end of the project.This is the description of which of the following terms?
Cost Variation
Schedule Variance
Atypical Variance
Typical Variance
If the actual total cost of a project is 300,000 against a total budget of 400,000 and the project is 75% complete, what is the earned value?
Cannot be determined with the given information
The earned value is 300,000
The earned value is 0.75
The earned value is 100,000
The network provider has contacted the project manager to inform them that the recent earthquake will affect the delivery of critical components. The project team meets to determine the impact on the overall project. It is determined that staffing levels will not be affected, but changes will need to be made in the areas of risk and cost management. It is too early to know if the quality baselines will be affected by this schedule change. What is the project team involved in?
Project status review meeting.
Monitoring and controlling work.
Integrated change control.
Work authorization analysis.
A project manager wants to determine how his project is performing at the end of the sixth month. The actual total expenditure of the project is 720,000. The planned budget for this time period was 600,000. He finds that __.
The project is ahead of schedule
The project is behind schedule
The project is within budget
The project is over budget
The process of formalizing the acceptance of completed project deliverables is known as:
Product acceptance.
Validate scope
System transfer
Which of the following statements is true about constructive changes?
Uniquely identified and documented through formal project communication
Approved changes aimed at specific action
Formal or informal change that can be implemented without going through the integrated change control process once the other party agrees
Submitted by the seller to the buyer to improve the quality of the offer
Which process in the Project Communications Management knowledge area is part of the Monitoring and Controlling process group?
Control Communications
Manage Communications
Monitor and Control Communications
Monitor Communications
There are many documents that are inputs for the process of Monitoring and Controlling Project Work. Which of the following is not an input for the process of Monitoring and Controlling Project Work?
a. Issue log
Quality reports
c. Work performance report
. Schedule forecast
The process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and managing changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan; and communicating their disposition, is known as:
Perform project monitoring.
Configuration management.
Perform integrated change control.
Variance analysis and control.
All of the following are incorrect about the Validate Scope process EXCEPT ___.
It is concerned with the completion of change requests.
It ensures the project is completed on time and within budget.
It is concerned with the acceptance of completed project deliverables.
It is concerned with meeting requirements to deliver business benefits.
The process of ensuring that the physical resources assigned and allocated to the project are available as planned, as well as monitoring planned versus actual resource usage, and taking corrective actions as necessary. This is the definition of the following process:
Control Resources.
Control Procurements.
Control Schedule.
Control Costs.
You have been appointed as the manager of a new, large, and complex project. Because this project is critical to the business and highly visible, senior management has told you to analyze the project risks and prepare response strategies for them as soon as possible. The organization has risk management procedures that are rarely used or followed, and it has a history of poorly handling risks. The first project milestone is in two weeks. When preparing the risk response plan, whose input is generally least important?
Project sponsor
Individuals responsible for risk management policies and templates
Project team members
Key stakeholders
What is the main objective of the Validate Scope process?
Complete the project on time and within budget
Initiate the Project Closure process
Receive feedback from the client
Acceptance of the work
The development phase of a new software product is nearing completion. A series of quality issues have increased the cost of building the product, but the project team feels these costs will be insignificant once the product reaches the market. The next phases are testing and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. Which of the following processes should be the most important for the project manager?
Quality control
Risk management
Cost management
Schedule management
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Scope Control process?
An effective scope definition can lead to a more complete project scope statement.
Controlling the schedule is the most effective way to control the scope.
The Scope Control process should be performed before scope planning.
The Scope Control process should be integrated with other control processes.
You are the project manager of an enterprise application time tracking project. Your project requires several changes to meet customer needs, stay on schedule, and within budget. You have a system to manage and control these project changes. Each proposed change undergoes an analysis of its impact on the project scope, deliverables, cost, and schedule. A change is approved, rejected, or deferred, and stakeholders can be notified if necessary. What helps you achieve this?
Configuration and Cost Control Chart
Configuration Control and Change Control
Control Chart
Change Control and Control Board
You are working on your research and development project when your client asks you to include a particular component in the project. You know this represents new work and you do not have additional funds available. What should you do?
Ask the project sponsor for more funds
Use project contingency funds to cover the cost
Eliminate another lower-priority task to make more time and funds available
d. Follow the change control process
The project information has been distributed according to the communication plan. Some project deliverables have been changed. These changes were made according to the change control process. A stakeholder expressed surprise to the project manager upon being informed of a previously published change in a project deliverable. All stakeholders received the communication containing the change notification. What should the project manager do?
Determine why the stakeholder did not receive the information and let them know when it was published
Review the communication plan and make revisions if necessary
Address the situation at the next steering committee meeting so others do not miss the published changes
Ask the functional manager why the stakeholder did not understand their responsibility
A project has a budget of 700,000 and is expected to be completed in two years. The project is now 20 percent complete and is on track. What is the Budget at Completion (BAC)?
140,000
Cannot be determined with the given information
70,000
700,000
Midway through the execution phase of your project, a team member alerts you about a potential cost overrun for a specific deliverable. What do you do FIRST?
Determine the projected actual cost
Inform the client
Determine the cause of the cost overrun
A stakeholder wants to make a change to the work breakdown structure that does not affect the time or cost of the project. What is the BEST thing to do?
Meet with management to discuss the change.
Make the change.
Look for other impacts due to the change in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Tell the stakeholder that this change cannot be made without reviewing the project management plan.
You are a project manager hired to work with the State of Bliss. Your latest project involves rewriting the income tax system for the Department of Revenue. As a project manager, you have taken all appropriate actions regarding data confidentiality. One of the key stakeholders is a big movie fan and has the power to promote you to a better position upon the conclusion of this project. She is reviewing some report data that includes confidential information about one of her favorite movie stars. What is the most appropriate response?
Request that she immediately returns the information, citing a conflict of interest and violation of the company's confidential data.
Request that she immediately returns the information until you can confirm that she has the appropriate level of data access rights.
Report to the management team.
Do nothing, because she has the appropriate level of data access rights and this information appeared unintentionally.
Rasha is the project manager of a playground project. She is currently conducting a variance analysis. She is not interested in:
Defect reports
Cost estimates
Duration estimates
Project scope
An organization has a great reputation for the quality of its deliverables. What would be an appropriate statement that BEST represents this situation?
The organization uses a standard quality management plan for all projects
The organization has a high cost of quality
The organization has a low cost of quality
The organization's schedules are highly robust
You are a project manager responsible for delivering under an extremely tight schedule. The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is highly complex. It is a new company initiative to automate manual sales processes. Stakeholders have been informed about the project status and project plan through recurring sessions. The project is within budget and seems to meet the original plan. Suddenly, you hear that the entire project would be canceled because the CRM system is unacceptable. What would BEST describe the cause of this situation?
The project charter and project management plan were not clearly explained during team sessions.
Steering committee support was not adequately provided.
A key stakeholder was not involved in the project.
Project communication did not provide adequate information.
How is quality related to the scope of the project?
Quality meets the scope by fulfilling needs whether stated or implied
Quality is the measurement of the scope of a project
Quality, whether stated or implied, is meeting needs whether stated or implied
Which of the following options best describes the process of Validate Scope?
a. Ensures customer acceptance, shows that the deliverable meets specifications, and provides an opportunity for differences of opinion to arise.
b. It is an output of Quality Control, occurs before Define Scope, and ensures customer acceptance.
c. Ensures the deliverable is completed on time, ensures customer acceptance, and shows that the deliverable meets specifications.
d. Provides assurances that the deliverable meets specifications, is an input to the project management plan, and is an output of Quality Control.
In a product development project that is taking a completely new approach to product development unprecedented in the industry, what would be the BEST way to develop the quality management plan?
a. Take the old plan and add the continuous improvement tool, the tests required by stakeholders, and the tests preferred by the project team.
b. Delay the quality management plan until execution to ensure all requirements are fully defined.
c. Create the plan from scratch with input from subject matter experts using brainstorming.
d. Use the quality management plan from the last product development project that was successfully completed.
The cost performance index (CPI) of a project is 0.6, and the schedule performance index (SPI) is 0.71. The project has 625 work packages and will be completed over a period of four years. The team members are inexperienced, and the project received little support for proper planning. Which of the following is the best thing to do?
a. Update risk identification and analysis.
b. Eliminate as many work packages as possible.
c. Spend more time improving cost estimates.
d. Reorganize the responsibility assignment matrix.
Which of the following options explains why quality should be planned and not inspected?
Improves quality and is more expensive.
Improves quality and is cheaper.
Reduces quality and is more expensive.
Reduces quality and is cheaper.
Measurement is the value of the work that has been completed to date compared to the budget.
AC
PV
EAC
EV
