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Question 1

Mary is the project manager of the H1QZ Project. This project is a subproject of the HQZ Project and the project schedule is fixed and cannot vary. Stephen, a project team member, reports that he's having trouble completing his project assignment and will likely be at least two days late. Examine the figure given below:

If Stephen's assignment is Activity B, what impact will his two days of lateness have on the project end date?

AThe project will complete on time.

BThe project will be late by one day.

CThe project will be late by two days.

DThe project will be early by two days.

Answer : A

Question 2

Adrian is the project manager for her project. This new project needs to identify all the stakeholders that will be affected by the project's outcome. How stakeholders are usually identified?

AStakeholders are usually identified through a stakeholder register.

BStakeholders are identified by the project team, project sponsor, and management.

CStakeholders are identified through the project customers.

DStakeholders are usually identified by interviewing identified stakeholders and expanding the
list until all potential stakeholders are included.

Answer : D

Stakeholders are interviewed and can help identify other stakeholders that should be

included in the project communications.

Answer option B is incorrect. According to the PMBOK, this is not the best answer.

Answer option A is incorrect. Stakeholders are entered into a stakeholder register, not identified by

it.

Answer option C is incorrect. Project customers are stakeholders.

Question 3

Mark works as a project manager for Blue Well Inc. He is making relevant information available to the project stakeholders as required. According to Mark, which of the following are NOT the tools and techniques of the Distribute Information process?

ACommunication requirements analysis

BInformation distribution tool

CCommunication method

DCommunication technology

Answer : A, D

These tools and techniques are used in the Plan communications process.

The tools and techniques used in the Distribute information process are as follows:

Communication methods: These methods includes individual and group meetings, computer chats,

audio and video conferences and

other remote communications methods to distribute information.

Information distribution tools: Various information distribution tools can be used to distribute

information such as electronic tools,

electronic conferencing tools, hard copy document distribution etc.

Question 4

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Some of the activities in your project are not being completed on time. You reviewed these activities with your project team and discovered that the time estimates for the project are much more aggressive than what they are actually experiencing in the completion of the activities. You elect to create a new schedule for the project. What project anagement process are you working with when you create a new target schedule?

ADevelop schedule

BEstimate activity durations

CControl schedule

DEstimate activity resources

Answer : C

In severe cases, new schedule duration estimates with new forecasted start and finish

dates are needed. In these instances, it is an example

of using the control schedule process.

Control schedule process is a method of monitoring the status of the project to update project

progress and deal with the changes to the

schedule baseline. It is concerned with:

Determining the current status of the project

Influencing the factors that create schedule changes

Determining that the project schedule has changed

Managing the actual changes as they occur

Control schedule is a component of the Perform Integration Change Control process.

Answer option D is incorrect. The activity resources would only address the addition or replacement

of resources needed to complete the

project work.

Answer option B is incorrect. This is a tempting choice, but new schedules are a part of the control

schedule process.

Answer option A is incorrect. Develop schedule is not the best choice for this question.

Question 5

You are the project manager of the GHY project. Your project has a BAC of $675,000 and is forty percent complete though you were supposed to be forty-five percent complete. Due to some errors early in the project, you had to spend $278,000 of your project's budget to reach this point. Management is asking for a variance report. What part of your project has the largest variance?

ACost, with a variance of -$8,000

BSchedule, with a variance of -$33,750

CCost, with a variance of $278,000

DSchedule, with a variance of -$20,000

Answer : B

Your schedule variance is -$33,750. You can find this by using the formula earned value-

minus planned.

Answer option C is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project.

Answer option A is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project (it is -$8,000).

Answer option D is incorrect. -$20,000 is the variance at completion for the project.

Question 6

Andy is the project manager of the NHGQ project for his organization. He has elected to use a three-

point estimate for his project. His project team, however, is complaining about participating in this

estimate type because of the time it takes to predict the duration of activities. Andy, as the project

manager, tells the project team that they must create the time estimate, as it will help this project

and future similar projects. What is a three-point estimate?

AEach activity must be estimated for its optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely duration.

BEach activity must be estimated for its optimistic, pessimistic, and most likely duration and then
an average for the estimate is created.

CA three-point estimate, also known as PERT, uses the formula optimistic, plus four times the
most likely, plus the pessimistic. This value is then divided by six.

DA three-point estimate, also known as GERT, uses the formula optimistic, plus four times the
most likely, plus the pessimistic. This value is then divided by six.

Answer : B

A three-point estimate requires that each activity be estimated for its optimistic, most

likely, and pessimistic duration. Once the three

estimates have been created, an average of the duration estimates is found and this is the recorded

duration for the project work.

Answer option A is incorrect. This is not a complete explanation of a three-point estimate.

Answer option C is incorrect. This is a definition of PERT, a similar time estimating technique.

Answer option D is incorrect. This is definition of PERT, but this answer uses the term GERT so it is

not a valid choice.

Question 7

You are the project manager of the HGH Project. Thomas, your project sponsor, asked you to submit

status reports every week, but now he wants you to submit the status reports every other week.

What project management plan would you need to update to reflect this change

from Thomas?

AScope management plan

BPerformance management plan

CCommunications management plan

DProject management plan

Answer : C

The communications management plan needs to be updated whenever there is a

change in the frequency, type, or audience of

communication.

The communication management plan is a document that contains information that is required by

the stakeholders. It also documents when

and how the information should be distributed. It describes the information delivery needs, its

format and level of detail. The communication

management plan is contained in or is a subsidiary of the project management plan.

Answer option D is incorrect. The project management plan is a collection of subsidiary plans,

including the communications management plan.

Answer option A is incorrect. The scope of the project is not being changed in this example, so there

is no need to update the plan.

Answer option B is incorrect. There is no plan by the name of performance management plan, so this

choice is incorrect.

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