The activity that is most concerned with the current status of the project schedule is called ___________.
Your company create software products, and introducing a new product. To determine the characteristics and features of the new product line, you will have to perform ________.
Assumptions in the project plan should be _________.
Purchasing insurance is an example of __________.
If you are project manager for a Project and will need as many inputs to the initiation phase as possible. Of the following, which is the best source of information for your project?
Which monitoring or controlling activities would not result in preventive action being applied?
Project just went into inclusion mode. This means that project __________.
Define Scope involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to __________.
The Ishikawa diagram, Pareto chart, control charts, and statistical sampling are examples of ________.
When you are developing the estimates for project, you choose to add the individual estimates for the activities that comprise each phase. What type of estimation method are you using?
Which of the following plans is not done during the writing of a project plan?
Which of the following are the inputs of Define Scope?
Project Quality Management includes:
Which time estimating tools estimate the basis for activity durations can be quantitatively determined by multiplying the quantity of work to be performed by the productivity rate?
Which of the following is NOT an input of Estimate Costs?
The main purpose of project initiation is to ________.
Which of the following is not a form a leadership power?
Assumptions are factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be ______.
Which document is best suited for tracking the assignment of all resources to specific tasks in a project?
If a project with a SPI of 0.8, what you tell?
You are the project manager of a project .You have just completed the Collect Requirements and Define Scope. What should you do next?
From whom do you need to gain the formal acceptance at project closure?
What are the inputs for Initiation process?
On any project, who creates the Lessons Learned document?
Which of the following is useful in Identify Risks because it permits a systemic evaluation of the work?
You are project manager and the monthly report to the client showed zero schedule variance. However, member of the team know that a milestone has been missed which will cause an overall delay to the project. Which one of the following is being inadequately reported?
To determine the impact of a change that has occurred, which of the following should be taken?
You have been assigned to take over a project that is 60 percent complete according to the schedule. After evaluation, you find that the project is running far behind schedule, and that the project will probably take double the time originally estimated by the previous project manager. However, the sponsor has been told that the project is on schedule. What is the BEST course of action you will take?
All of the statements regarding control accounts and planning packages are true EXCEPT:
You have a piece of equipment that was purchased for your ptoject recently for $5,000 and is expected to last 5 years in production. At the end of the five years the expected worth of the equipment is $2,000. Using straight-line deprecation, what is the amount that can be written off each year?
Which of the following are not indirect costs?
The project baseline is:
Which of the following methods is a technique used to predict project duration by analyzing which sequence of activities has the least amount of scheduling flexibility?
You are assigned to a project that has already been decided to be outsourced. As a project manager, you need to organize a formal bid process and select the vendor for this project. Your senior management is forcing you to select a vendor which has good relation with your senior management. What is the BEST course of action for you?
Which of the following describes tool/ technique where expenditure of funds is reconciled with the funding limits imposed by the performing organization?
You are a project manager for your organization. Management has asked you to help them determine which projects should be selected for implementation. In a project selection model, which one of the following is the most important factor?
As a project manager, you know that the most important activity to ensure customer and stakeholder satisfaction is which of the following?
The Person primarily responsible for the quality of deliverables is the.
A response to a risk event that was not defined in advance of is occurrence is called a:
A project is considered successful when
Bar charts generally illustrate:
You are in the process of numerically analyzing the effects of identified risks. Which of the following are NOT tools or techniques you can use in the process?
The responsibility assignment matrix is a project management tool used to ________.
You are a project manager with several years of experience in project management. You have just accepted your first project in a foreign country. You have been in the country a week or two and are experiencing some disorientation. This is known as which of the following?
You are project manager of a project and the funding for your project has been reduced. What is the BEST action to take in response to this?
The customer service VP expresses concern over a project in which you are involved. His specific concern is that if the project is implemented as planned, he will have to purchase additional equipment to staff his customer service center. The cost is substantial and was not taken into consideration in the project budget. The project sponsor insists that the project must go forward as originally planned or the customer will suffer. Which of the following is true?
The party that needs the change resulting from the project, and who will be its custodian on completion is the _______.
A scope management plan describes __________.
You are the project manager of a project. You have to determine the staffing requirements of the project. Which of the following you need:
A unilateral contract under which the seller is paid a preset amount per unit of service is called __________.
Group brainstorming encourages all of the following except ___________.
What is CI?
Which of the following statements concerning compromise as a conflict resolution is false?
Which of the following techniques is used to control the project schedule?
Project management processes can be organized into the following:
As part of the quality audit, the scope statement is checked against the work results to ensure the conformance to the customer requirements. The results should be documented and used for which of the following:
Which of the following is not a process of project human resource management?
You are the controller on your project. Your project manager has requested that you provide him with a forecast of project costs for the next 12 months. He needs this information to determine if the budget should be increased or decreased on this major construction project. In addition to the usual information sources, which of the following should you also consider?
The seller delivers a fixed price plus incentive fee project at a cost of $90,000. The terms of the contract are a ceiling price of $120,000, a target cost of $ 100,000, a target profit of $10,000, and a target price of $110,000. The share ratio is 70/30. The final price (your total reimbursement) is _________.
Cost of quality includes ___________.
Which of the following is true concerning the evaluation criteria?
Projects are typically authorized as a result of any of the following except:
The overall intentions and direction of an organization with regard to quality as formally expressed by top management is a __________.
A work breakdown structure is a ______.
How much time does a typical project manager spend communicating both formally and informally?
Percent complete is calculated by _________.
The party that needs the change resulting from the project, and who will be its custodian on completion is the ___________.
All of the following are communication tools EXCEPT _________.
During project lose out, the final task is __________.
Identification of Mandatory Dependencies is done during which of the following process:
A Project Manager is at the project kick-off meeting. He confidently states the vision and mission for the project. This PM is exhibiting the following leadership style:
If you are a project manager and a change request has been denied, you should:
Activity Resource Requirements is an input to ____________ :
All are output of verify scope.
A Reserve Analysis technique is NOT used during __________.
Which of the following is an output of a Verify Scope process?
A RAM is:
Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of schedule report?
A complex project will fit best in what type of an organization?
Constraints do not include:
___________ coordinates people and other resources to carry out the plan.
Contingency planning is a means to _____ risks to the project through a formal process and provides the resources to meet the risk events.
An input of the Collect Requirements process is a/an:
A Trend Analysis is best described as:
A Reserve Analysis involves:
A _______ is a series of actions bringing about a result.
A Project Scope Management includes :
What is not among the tools and techniques of an Organizational Planning?
A project plan is:
The process that is not a part of time management is:
Staffing requirements do not define:
A Reserve Analysis is a technique for:
A risk response which involves eliminating a threat is called ________.
According to the PMBOK Guide, the project statement of work (SOW) should contain or reference all the following elements except?
In communications management, to assimilate through the mind or senses is the process of ________________.
A structured tool, usually industry or activity specific, used to verify that a set of required steps has been performed is called _________.
The project manager's leadership style should be matched to the corresponding developmental level of the project team and should move through successive steps in the following order: _____________.
The process of evaluating overall project performance on a regular basis to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards is called _________.
The independence of two events in which the occurrence of one is not related to the occurrence of the other is called ________________.
Complete final contract performance reporting and verify product is done in _______.
Forcing as a means to manage conflict ______________.
On any project, who creates the Lessons Learned document?
Which of the following statements concerning acceptance sampling is false?
A unilateral contract under which the seller is paid a preset amount per unit of service is called _________.
A document or tool which describes when and how human resources will be brought onto and taken off the project team is called ____________.
Life cycle costing __________________.
Which of the following statements concerning compromise as a conflict resolution is false?
Risks are accepted when ___________.
Which of the following best describes a sub network?
The sending or conveying of information from one place to another is the process of _______________.
Analogous estimating ____________.
Which of the following is part of the expectancy theory of motivation?