PMP Exam 4

Topic:

________Monitoring & Controlling PG_________

Batch Number:

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Date of Exam:

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Candidates Name:

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Total Questions: 30

Time Allotted: 30 Minutes

Choose one of the best choices available for each question. All questions are mandatory.

1. The customer wants to make a change to the project scope. The BEST thing for the PM to
evaluate is the:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Effect of the change on scope management

Effect of the change on the project scope
Effect of the change on the project schedule, cost, quality and risk
Effect of the change on the project baselines

2. Quality is achieved when:

a.
b.
c.
d.

The requirement have been met

Customer expectations have been exceeded
The customer indicates acceptance of the product or service
The customer stops asking for additional features

3. Which of the following is an important input to the Verify Scope process?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Validated deliverables
Organizational process assets
Accepted deliverables
Change requests

4. A fire has just destroyed a warehouse that was being constructed as part of a large project
you are managing. What would have been the easiest way to ensure that this force
majeure would not significantly impact the cost of the project?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Reduce the impact of such risk by transference

Reduce the probability that the event will take place
Accept the risk
Eliminate the threat by not building the warehouse

5. Based on the chart, how is the project performing?

a.
b.
c.
d.

You are in trouble because there are three activities with no float
You have a lot of flexibility because you have activities with float
You do not have enough information to make a decision
Everything is fine because you have an even number of activities with and without float
Activity

Float (in months)

Start
B

End
6. All of the following are inputs to the Verify Scope process EXCEPT:
a. WBS

b. Project scope statement

c. WBS dictionary

d. Inspection

7. Recommended corrective actions result from which of the following?

a. Cost aggregation
c. Reserve Analysis

b. Bottom-up estimating
d. Control Costs

8. Which type of cost is team training?

a. Direct

b. NPV

c. Indirect

d. Fixed

9. When would a milestone chart be used instead of a bar chart?

a. Project planning
c. Reporting to management

b. Reporting to team members

d. Risk analysis

10. All of the following are parts of an effective change management plan EXCEPT:
a. Procedures
b. Standards for reports
c. Meetings
d. Lessons learned
11. Your project is currently scheduled to take 117 months. Based on the chart, you could
crash the project by five months at a cost of US $ 20,000. How long will the project take if
you select this option?
a. 55 months

b. 25 months

c. 112 months

Activity

Original Duration
in months

Crash Duration
in months

Time
Savings

24

22

18

15

23

C
H

Original Cost
in $

d. 117 months
Crash Cost

Extra Cost

$ 100,000

$ 114,000

$ 14,000

$ 117,000

$ 135,000

$ 18,000

19

$ 225,000

$ 245,000

$ 20,000

30

25

$ 114,000

$ 134,000

$ 20,000

25

23

$ 127,000

$ 130,000

$ 3,000

12. Which of the following best describes a control chart?

a.
b.
c.
d.

A bar chart showing project activities and their schedule

A chart showing the upper and lower control limits
A chart showing potential causes of issues
A chart showing loops between activities

13. A project is over budget to date. Which of the following is not a reason this could have
occurred?
a. More work that planned was accomplished
supplier
c. Work was delayed

b. There was a cost increase from the

d. Work was done inefficiently

14. A project manager has a problem with a team members performance. What is the best
form of communication for addressing this problem?
a. Formal written communication
c. Informal written communication

b. Formal verbal communication

d. Informal verbal communication

15. One common way to compute estimate at completion (EAC) is to take the budget at
completion (BAC) and:
a. Divide by SPI

b. Multiply by SPI

c. Multiply by CPI

d. Divide by CPI

16. In Quality terms, one of the meanings of out of control is:

a. Someone on the team is upset
b. A data point on a control charts falls inside the upper or lower control limit
c. Several data points fall on the same side of the mean within the upper and lower control
limits
d. A data point is within 1 sigma
17. Your project no longer ties into the companys objectives. What would be the best thing to
do?
a. Decrease the cost
b. Extend the schedule
c. Change the CPI
d. Change the target opportunity cost
18. The purpose of a fishbone diagram is to:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Explore past outcomes and apply them to the current project

Stimulate thinking, organize thoughts and generate discussion
Determine the organization of the project
Show functional responsibilities and how they are related to one another and to the
objectives of the project

19. What does EAC mean?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Each anticipated cost for the project

Estimated average cost at project completion
Anticipated total cost at project completion
Anticipated expenses at project completion

20. Two people on the same project team have just found out they are working on the same
work. This situation can be BEST characterized as a lack of:
a. A good WBS

b. A matrix organization

c. Sponsor direction

d. Effective status meetings

21. A CPI of 0.89 means:

a.
b.
c.
d.

At this time, we expect the total project to cost 89 percent more than planned
When the project is completed, we will have spent 89 percent more than planned
The project is only progressing at 89 percent of that planned
The project is only getting 89 cents out of every dollar invested

22. Project setup costs are an example of:

a. Variable costs

b. Fixed costs

c. Overhead costs

d. Opportunity costs

23. Seven non-random data points that are still within the upper and lower control limit of a
control chart are:
a. Specification limits
plated

b. Out of control

c. In control

d. Gold

24. A manufacturing project has a SPI of 0.89 and a CPI of 0.91. What is the BEST explanation
for why this occurred?
a. The scope was changed
b. A supplier went out of business, and a new one needed to be found
c. Additional equipment needed to be purchased
d. A critical path activity took longer and needed more labor hours to complete
25. In a fixed price contract, which of the following might not be an output of the Administer
Procurements process?
a. Resource approvals
c. Contract changes

b. Payment requests
d. Records collected

26. Which of the following are GENERALLY illustrated BETTER by bar charts than network
diagrams?
a. Logical relationships
c. Resource trade-offs

b. Critical paths
d. Progress or status

27. When should the Verify Scope process be done?

a. At the end of the project
c. A the end of each phase of the project

b. At the beginning of the project

d. During the planning process

28. All of the following are part of the Perform Quality Control process EXCEPT:
a. Pareto charts

b. Control charts

c. Inspection

d. Quality Audits

29. A team manager tells the project manager that her activity will be delayed four weeks. The
project manager investigates and determines that the delay will affect the projects
completion date. Who should approve the change?
a. Change Control Board
c. Team member

b. Project Manager
d. Sponsor

30. If Earned Value (EV) is US $ 300,000, Actual Cost (AC) is US $ 350,000 and Planned Value
(PV) is US $ 375,000. What does the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) indicate?
a. You are only progressing at 86 percent of the rate originally planned
b. You are progressing at 125 percent of the rate originally planned

c. You are progressing at 116 percent of the rate originally planned

d. You are only progressing at 80 percent of the rate originally planned