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a. 24 periods
b. 23 periods
c. 25 periods
d. 22 periods
90. Everyone who will be involved in performing a project activity has given a different estimate of how
long it will take. The most optimistic estimate is 7 days; the most pessimistic is 15 days; and the most
likely is 13 days. What is the three-point estimate for the activity?
a. 14
b. 13
c. 11.67
d. 12.5
91. Activity A will take only three days to complete, but it's showing a duration of four days on the
schedule. What's the most likely cause?
a. Lag
b. Lead
c. Fast-tracking
d. Finish-to-finish relationship
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b. 3
c. 4
d. 6
99. Project HIJ has three negative risks and one positive risk. Based on the probability and impact for
each risk, what contingency reserve should be established?
Risk
Probability
Impact
15%
($5,000)
30%
($7,500)
50%
($2,000)
20%
$3,000
a. $4,000
b. $3,400
c. $3,600
d. $3,200
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109. The project team has decided that technical approach and price are the two most important criteria
for how potential sellers will be evaluated. In what procurement process are evaluation criteria established
for a specific project need?
a. Plan Procurements
b. Administer Procurements
c. Close Procurements
d. Perform Procurement Audits
110. The project team has seven members. How many communication channels exist?
a. 7
b. 14
c. 3
d. 21
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b. 7
c. 2
d. 0
146. The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle is associated most with what knowledge area:
a. Schedule
b. Procurement
c. Quality
d. Communication
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220. A project has just been canceled because of an abrupt change in the company's needs. What should
the project manager do in order to provide final project performance reports?
a. Use the actual project performance information up to the point of cancellation compared to the
project baseline at the same point in time.
b. Projects that are terminated early do not require final project performance reports.
c. Use forecasted performance information based on actual performance compared to the project
baseline.
d. Use the earned value measurements from the last time completed time period.
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PROBABILITY
IMPACT
EMV
15%
($5,000)
($750)
30%
($7,500)
($2,250)
50%
($2,000)
($1,000)
20%
$3,000
$600
($3,400)
100. C: Team meetings and their frequency would be part of the project communication plan. The human
resource management plan includes the methods and procedures for team and individual appraisals,
training plan, resource histogram, release criteria, and the plan for rewards and recognition.
101. B: Monte Carlo analysis is a complex simulation technique that can be used to find contention within
the project schedule or identify areas prone to risk. Monte Carlo analysis is also a tool of risk
identification.
102. A: DOE is a statistical method that mathematically simulates changes to all factors within a process.
The results can find identify relationships between factors, making it easier to hone in on what factors
need improvement.
103. B: The quality management plan is established in the Plan Quality process.
104. B: All requirements are logged onto the requirements traceability matrix. It provides a central
repository for requirements, where they were derived from, and how they relate to one another.
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Start - D - F - End: 5 + 9 + 4 = 18
Start - B - E - End: 12 + 6 = 18
Start - B - E - F - End: 12 + 6 + 4 = 22
Start - C - G - H - End: 5 + 11 + 4 = 20
109. A: Evaluation criteria specific to a procurement need are established before seller responses are
solicited, so they are created during Plan Procurements.
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146. C: PDCA is the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, and it's central to quality management.
147. B: Should contingency or fallback plans be executed then the time and cost are drawn from the
contingency reserve.
148. D: This is a discrete activity, since it is directly related to the project's deliverable and can be
measured. Apportioned efforts are necessary but not directly related to the deliverable, such as project
management activities. A level of effort activity is usually a supportive role that may be directly related to
the deliverable but is hard to measure --for instance, a salesperson acting as a liaison between the project
team and the customer.
149. B: The risk was transferred to the third party. This puts the risk management burden onto the third
party.
150. B: Analogous estimating is a form of expert judgment since it relies on the experience of the
individual to judge the relevancy of the data and how to adjust the data to fit the current situation.
151. A: A contract is established when an offer is made, the offer is accepted, and something of value
(consideration) is exchanged.
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A CPI above one means the project is accomplishing work at a cost below what was originally
planned for
197. B: Based on current performance this project will need $114,855 to reach completion. The basic
ETC formula uses the EAC, CPI, and EV formulas:
EV = Actual % completed X BAC
CPI = EV/AC
$120,000/$175,000 = 0.69
EAC = BAC/CPI
$200,000/0.69 = $289,855
ETC = EAC - AC
198. B: Statistical sampling tests a random, pre-determined number of deliverables for conformance to
requirements.
199. D: The seller should submit a documented claim to the buyer. If the seller doesn't fulfill its
obligations (such as by withholding the deliverable or arbitrarily adding costs to its invoices), it may be
liable for breach of contract.
200. B: Defects in the deliverables are found as part of Perform Quality Control.
201. B: All changes should be immediately logged into the change control system. This is always the first
step that should be done.
202. C: Risk audits look at the effectiveness of the project's risk management. They may also be used to
see how effective risk responses, contingency plans, and fallback plans were.
203. C: The cost variance is $20,000. The cost variance and earned value formulas are:
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1 sigma = 68.25%
2 sigma = 95.46%
3 sigma = 99.73%
6 sigma = 99.99%
216. A: Stakeholder and project team issues should always first be recorded onto the issue log. This
ensures that the issue will not be overlooked.
217. B: Fast-tracking allows activities to be undertaken at the same time when they were originally
sequential. This raises risks, but it can be accomplished without increasing resources. Crashing is adding
more resources to activities to get them completed quicker, but it increases costs since additional
resources are needed.
218. C: The deliverables are needed during Perform Quality Control so that they can be validated against
quality requirements. Quality control measurements are an output of the Perform Quality Control process
--not an input to it.
219. A: The rule of seven states that if seven or more consecutive measurements fall on one side of the
mean that there's an assignable cause that needs investigated.
220. A: The final project performance reports for terminated projects use the deliverables and
performance information up to the point of cancellation compared to the project baseline at the same point
in time.
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