Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is called
1. To control the schedule, a project manager is reanalyzing the project to predict project duration. She does this by analysing the sequence of activities with the least amount of scheduling flexibility. What technique is she using? 1. Answer A 2. A dependency requiring that design be completed before manufacturing can start is an example of a(n): 2. Answer C 3. Which of the following are GENERALLY illustrated BETTER by bar charts than network diagrams? 3. Answer D 4. If the optimistic estimate for an activity is 12 days, and the pessimistic
estimate is 18 days, what is the standard deviation of this activity? 4. Answer A 5. A heuristic is BEST described as 5. Answer D 6. Lag means: 6. Answer C 7. Which of the following is the BEST project management tool to use to determine the longest time the project will take? 7. Answer B 8. Which of the following is CORRECT? 8. Answer
A 9. What is the duration of a milestone? 9.
Answer C 10. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between standard deviation and risk? 10. Answer C 11. The float of an activity is determined by: 11. Answer D 12. A project has three critical paths. Which of the following BEST describes how this affects the project? 12. Answer B 13. If project time and cost are not as important as the number of resources used each month, which of the following is the BEST thing to do? 13. Answer C 14. When is a milestone chart used instead of a bar chart? 14. Answer C 15. Your project management plan results in a project schedule that is too long. If the project network diagram cannot change but you have extra personnel resources, what is the BEST thing to do? 15. Answer C 16. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do when asked to complete a project two days earlier than planned? 16. Answer C 17. In attempting to complete the project faster, the project manager looks at the cost associated with crashing each activity. The BEST approach to crashing would also include looking at the: 17. Answer A 18. Which of the following processes includes asking team members
about the time estimates for their activities and reaching agreement on the calendar date for each activity? 18. Answer B 19. A project manager is in the middle of executing a very large construction project when he discovers the time needed to complete the project is longer than the time available. What is the BEST thing to do? 19. Answer D 20. During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then add up the estimates to create the project estimate. You commit to completing the project by this date. What is
wrong with this scenario? 20. Answer
B 21. You are a project manager on a US $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, you notice a series of
activities that can he worked in parallel but must finish in a specific sequence. What type of activity sequencing method is required for these activities? 21. Answer A 22. You are a project manager on a US $5,000,000 software development project. While working with your project team to develop a network diagram, your data
architects suggest that quality could be improved if the data model is approved by senior management before moving on to other design elements. They support this suggestion with an article from a leading software development journal. Which of the following BEST describes this type of input? 22. Answer B 23. Based on the following, if you needed to shorten the duration of the project,
which activity would you try to shorten? 23. Answer D The critical path is 16 (Start, C, E, H,
End). Many people immediately look for the longest duration activity on the project to cut. Here activity D is the longest, at 10 weeks. However, that activity is not on the critical path, and cutting it would not shorten the project's duration. You must change the critical path. In this case, both activity C and activity II are on the critical path. If you have a choice, all things being equal, choose the earlier option. Therefore, activity C is the best answer. 24. You have a project with the following activities: Activity A takes 40 hours and can start after the project starts. Activity B takes 25 hours and should happen after the project starts. Activity C must happen after activity A and takes 35 hours. Activity D must happen after activities B and C and takes 30 hours. Activity E must take place after activity C and takes 10 hours. Activity F takes place after Activity E and takes 22 hours.
Activities F and D are the last activities of the project. Which of the following is TRUE if activity B actually takes 37 hours? 24. Answer C Start, A, C, E, F, End 107 25. A project manager has received activity duration estimates from his team. Which of the following does he need in order to complete the Develop Schedule process? 25. Answer D 26. A project manager is taking over a project from another project manager during project planning. If the new project manager wants to see what the previous project manager planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be BEST to look at the: 26. Answer D 27. A project manager is using weighted average duration estimates to perform schedule network analysis. Which type of mathematical analysis is
being used? 27. Answer B 28. The WBS, estimates for each work package, and the network diagram are completed. The
NEXT thing for the project manager to do is: 28. Answer C 29. A new product development project has four levels in the work breakdown structure and has been sequenced using the precedence
diagramming method. The activity duration estimates have been received. What should be done N EXT? 29. Answer D 30. You are the project manager for a new product development project that has four levels in the work breakdown structure. The network diagram and duration estimates have been created, and a schedule has been developed and compressed. Which
time management activity should you do NEXT? 30. Answer D 31. A team member from research and
development tells you that her work is too creative to provide you with a fixed single estimate for the activity. You both decide to use the average labor hours to develop a prototype (from past projects). This is an example of which of the following? 31. Answer
A 32. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day
13, an early finish (EF) of day 9, and a late finish (LF) of day 19. The activity: 32. Answer D 33. The project is calculated to be completed four days after the desired completion date. You do not have access to additional resources. The project is low risk, the benefit cost ratio is expected to be 1.6, and the dependencies are preferential. Under these circumstances, what is the BEST thing to do? 33. Answer B 34. A project manager for a small construction company has a project that was budgeted for US $130,000 over a six-week period. According to her schedule, the project should have cost US $60,000 to date. However, it has cost US $90,000
to date. The project is also behind schedule, because the original estimates were not accurate. Who has the PRIMARY responsibility to solve this problem? 34. Answer A 35. Senior management is complaining that they are not able to easily determine the status of ongoing projects in the organization. Which of the following types of reports would help provide summary information to senior
management? 35. Answer D 36. Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is called: 36. Answer C 37. Which of the following is a benefit of an analogous project estimate? 37. Answer C 38. During project executing, a large
number of changes are made to the project. The project manager should: 38. Answer B While planning the schedule for your project, you frequently refer to the project calendar. The project calendar is: B - A project calendar is a calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked. It also establishes non-working days that determine dates on which schedule activities are idle, such as holidays, week-ends and non-shift hours. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 184] [Project Time Management] As a project manager, you are in the process of preparing the project schedule for the project. Which of the following accurately depicts the sequence of your activities before you begin preparing the project schedule? A - The correct sequence of processes in the Time Management Knowledge Area is: Plan Schedule Management, Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule and Control Schedule. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 141] [Project Time Management After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled to be completed on 30th January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to completion of the building. Which of the following
relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the completion of the office building? A - The landscaping work needs to start on completion of the office building, so it is a finish-to-start relationship. Since it needs to start 15 days before completion of the building, it requires a lead of 15 days. Hence the answer is finish-to-start with a 15 day lead. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 156] [Project Time Management] You are the project manager of a project. As part of the planning process, you utilize a planning technique to subdivide the project scope and deliverables into smaller, more
manageable components. What is this technique called? B - Decomposition is the correct response. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 151] [Project Time Management] The accuracy of Activity Duration
estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are: D - The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are: Most likely, Optimistic, and Pessimistic. An Activity Duration can be created using a value derived from these three estimated durations. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 170] [Project Time Management] You have decided to apply Resource
Leveling to a project due to a critical required resource being available only at certain times. Which of the following will likely be true? A - Resource Leveling can often cause the original critical path to change. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 179] [Project Time Management] Bar charts, with bars representing activities, show activity start dates as well as end dates and expected activity durations. For control and management communication, the
broader, more comprehensive summary activity that is used between milestones is referred to as: C - The correct response is the Hammock activity. The comprehensive summary activity that is displayed in bar chart reports for control and management communication is called Hammock activity. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 182] [Project Time Management] A technique that iterates the project schedule many times, to calculate a distribution of possible project completion dates is called: A - Monte Carlo Analysis is a technique that computes, or iterates, the project cost, or the project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations, to calculate a distribution of possible total project costs or completion dates. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 180, 340] [Project Time Management] The critical path method (CPM) calculates the theoretical early
start and finish dates; and late start and finish dates. The difference between the late and early start of a task is called: D - The difference between the early and late finish of a task is called the total float for that task. Total float is the amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date. [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 177] [Project Time Management] You are managing a project that involves work on a film shoot. The editing activity can happen only after the film has been shot. The logical relationship between the editing and shooting of the film can best be described as: D - This is a situation where the Editing activity can happen ONLY after the film shooting has been completed. Hence the logical relationship between the two tasks is Finish to Start (FS). [PMBOK 5th edition, Page 156] [Project Time Management] In which project management process group is the detailed project budget created?Detailed Project Budget is created in the Planning Process Group.
Which of the following is the best method to achieve a realistic project management plan?Which of the following is the BEST method to achieve a realistic project management plan? If we were to rephrase the question, it is asking, "Who creates the project management plan?" The best answer is that project management plans are created by the project manager but require input from the team. 17.
Which of the following is the best thing to do to try to complete a project two days earlier?Which of the following is the BEST thing to do when asked to complete a project two days earlier than planned? C. Meet with the team to look at options for crashing or fast tracking the critical path.
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