01 Medium Exam

William is managing a computer programming project and is attempting to evaluate the time required to write part of the program. Steve and Judy worked on a similar program a few months ago and it took them a week to complete the work. William uses that as his estimate. This type of estimation is known as what?

Your project is due at the end of January. In order to complete some of the work, it needs to be done during a shutdown that runs between Christmas and New Years Day. A number of your team members have requested that time off. What should you do?

Against the desires of a key stakeholder, one procurement contract was written as cost-reimbursable. The contract is concluded and a key step during the procurements closing should be?

Monte Carlo Analysis is a tool and technique of?

The new project manager is concerned about what part of the project he should focus on the most once he is in the direct and managing . His mentor tells him that he should focus and spend most of his time on which of the following?

There are a number of complicated issues that will need to be communicated. What is the best way to handle this?

You are in charge of a small team working with others on a large project. Another team has missed several deadlines which your team depends on. You have spoken to the manager of the other team several times yet they have missed another deadline and your team will have to work through the weekend. What is your best course of action?

Your team is working on a new project and will require training on the new equipment. This training is known as what?

Chris is working on the schedule for a construction project. He sees that on day 14, the concrete is being poured. However, the next step cannot start until day 21. This is known as what?

Project stakeholders are:

The project is running overbudget and the project sponsor has asked you to see if you can negotiate with one of the vendors about their cost. You talk to the vendor and they offer to cut their bill by 10% if you make them the preferred vendor for a bid for another project. Your best course of action is which of the following?

Valerie has been comparing the last six weeks of performance data. She notices that everything is still within specifications but that the data appears to be going up a couple percentage points each week. She is involved in what activity?

You are working as a part-time project coordinator for a software company. You find, however, that a significant part of your effort is to get a certain developer from another department. What type of company are you working for?

Chris is working on the schedule for a construction project. He sees that on day 14, the concrete is being poured. However, the next step cannot start until day 21. This is known as what?

The project management intern is working on the following steps, entering approved change requests into the PMIS and preparing the work performance data to be reviewed by the change control board. Which process group is she working in?

Victor has been instructed to build a fishbone diagram for a quality problem that the project team has been dealing with. He is not familiar with the term and asks Nancy for assistance. She tells him that a fishbone diagram is the same thing as a what?

You are working for a projectized PMO. What is the best description of this?

As your team is performing the quality tests, they are making notes of the various problems that you are having. You compile them into a list that is organized by frequency, from the most frequent to the least. This list can then be turned into what kind of chart?

Documenting projects is a key part of project management. These lessons learned can be used for a wide variety of purposes for a future project. Which of the following includes the best three uses of historical documents in project planning?

Overall, the project to improve the company's internal financial program is going well. The project manager is an expert in financial systems. The project team has been performing smoothly, and the key stakeholders are pleased. However, there has been a large number of change requests that the project manager was not anticipating. What is a likely cause of this?

Stakeholder analysis includes all but which of the following?

The project has a CPI of .9 and an SPI of .92 when a key stakeholder asks you about some concerns she has on the quality of the project standards. What should you do in this situation?

The project manager is reviewing the latest change requests from the quality management stakeholders. He believes that some of their requested changes modify the overall scope of the project and should be its own project. He should refer to which document to confirm his findings?

Tim is concerned about one of the unions on the bridge building project. They are not very involved in the project, and this is the cause of his concern. This particular union could make the project very difficult or very easy depending on how they get involved. The degree to which this stakeholder may be able to affect a project is known as what?

When working with an outside vendor that has a contract in place, most communications should be in which form to prevent misunderstandings?

You are starting your first week with your team. Everyone is acting independently while getting familiar with their roles and responsibilities. What stage is your team in?

You have been asked to begin writing the project scope management plan. You are gathering the necessary documents to begin this process. Which of the following is required to do this?

Gary is preparing the project baselines. Which of the following does not have a baseline?

The change board has just provided you with a corrective action to fix a misaligned sensor used in the product. You instruct a team member to immediately begin work on the correction. He is learning about project management and asks what process this work is in. You tell him that you are in the following process.

The scope management plan interacts with the work breakdown structure in what main way?

Which quality assurance tool follows the process improvement plan to identify needed improvements?

Your organization requires that you obtain three estimates from outside professional organizations and one from the PMO before starting negotiations. This technique is known as what?

Allan is the project manager and is reviewing an upcoming quality audit with his team. Several of the members complain about the extra work that will be needed to go through the quality audit. Allan tells the team that quality audits are good for all of the following reasons except which one?

Chester Inc. Was contracted to install 200,000 square feet of floor tile in three food production facilities in Michigan. There was some concerns raised by the customer that the total square footage was not met and the buyer opened up a claim. The activity of opening this claim is related to:

Communictions have a number of dimensions and skills. Which of the following is not a dimension of communication?

One example of a situation that requires formal written correspondence?

Procurement documents are a part of which initiating process group?

Regularly scheduled meetings are important for consistant updates. Which of the following is not a part of performance reporting?

The president of your company has asked to see you about the project you manage. She tells you that the customer has requested some changes to your project's deliverable. You should do which of the following?

The project is nearing completion but there is one last milestone to reach. The initial excitement of the stakeholders is long gone and you need to keep them involved. What would be the best way to do this?

The project manager has completed a Statement of Work (SOW) for the procurement process. What project component are SOWs based on?

There are three risk themes or attitudes that can affect an organization and stakeholders. Which one of this is not considered an attitude regarding risk?

Valentina has been assigned as the project manager on a global project. She will have teams in Moscow, New York and Berlin. Her best tool for success for dealing with communication issues will be which of the following?

What is correct about cost of quality?

You are managing a project that involves a new website. If you build the website, it will cost $240,000 to build and $9,000 per month to maintain. If you go to an outside vendor, it will cost $180,000 to build and $14,000 to maintain. What is your best option?

You are the project manager of a software development project and you are reporting the performance of the project to the upper management. You have the following data: earned value (EV) = $2000, and actual cost (AC) = $1000. What is the value of schedule performance index (SPI)?

You are working on a project with a new employee. She is reviewing the project charter which discusses that the project needs to meet certain government regulations and industry standards. She asks you what the difference is?

A project is scheduled for completion in 4 months, and costing $100,000. If at the end of second month, the project spent $50,000 and the earned value is $60,000, then the corresponding CPI is:

An organization is forming a new project office. The new manager has decided to use formal project charters. As an experienced project manager, why would you encourage this practice?

In what process groups should the stakeholder register be updated?

One of the sellers has completed their work as specified in the contract and you are proceeding to close out the purchase. Your quality team is not satisfied with the work as the machining tolerances are not as close as they had hoped for. You need to do which of the following with the seller?

The final deliverables have been accepted by the internal department. What is not a tool of project closure?

The project budget is $5,000 and in month four the CPI and SPI are equal to 1. Assuming that the remaining work continues with the same indexes, what will be the final estimate at completion?

The team is meeting regarding a new feature that another part of the company is using. This feature is not referenced in the project scope. What is this known as?

There is a minor conflict between two team members. They ask the project manager to help them resolve the issue. However, the project manager says that he is unable to work with them as he is working on a critical problem with the client. This conflict resolution technique is known as what?

You are a project manager for ACME. You are working on a project to expand the manufacturing capacity for your department. The construction of the new facility will be outsourced to Buildings Inc. Who approves the project charter for this project?

You are managing a project with budget at completion (BAC) $70,000. The actual cost to date you have seen is $22,000 and earned value is $19,000. You calculate estimate to complete (ETC) to $75,000 by doing bottom-up sum of all costs. After so many calculations, what is the estimate at completion (EAC) for the project?

Your project management team is creating the human resource management plan. You are drawing up a grid that shows the project resources assigned to each of the work packages. This grid is known as what?

Adam Burger was leading a special project at his organization. He hired a group of quality experts with manufacturing engineering expertise. The manufacturing process being used by the team was still resulting in products that had many defects. Adam was able to determine this by;

Due to severe quality problems, the project sponsor has told the project manager that quality is the most important issue now. If a problem occurs with quality, what is the best course of action?

During the procurements audit, the team discovered that a miscalculation has occurred and the company is being charged double the contract price. There is no statement in the contract about correcting errors in billing. What should you do as the project manager?

Kevin is presenting the project quality plan to the stakeholder meeting. One of the stakeholders asks what the difference is between grade and quality. What is your best response?

Stephanie is working with the Earned Value of a project. She has a planned value of $4,000 while the actual cost is now $3,000. The SPI is .7. Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding EV (Earned value) of a project?

The bridge framework is being laid and the on-site construction manager is expressing some concern about the quality of the work meeting the project goals. What should you do in this instance?

The most important action to take during the closing process of a project is which of the following?

The project sponsor is asking for information for the stakeholders. He wants to have a list of what stakeholders get notified about certain events and if it requires a phone call or an email. It also should have what information a stakeholder is to provide to the project team. What document would contain this information?

The project will involve far more communication than your team has been used to in previous projects. What is the best way to ensure the best communication with all stakeholders throughout the project?

The three people that are part of the project communications team are finishing up the outputs of a scheduled report. What does not need to be updated in the PIMS?

Which is the best description of the critical path.

Which of the following is NOT an input in to the 'Control Scope' process

You are currently working on validating the scope on your project. Which of the following will you be doing?

You have been running the quality control tests without any problems. However, your high-priority client is asking that you run an additional test that was not covered in the project scope. This is a fairly simple, low-cost test and you perform the test without notifying anyone. This is an example of which of the following?

Your team has been working extensively over the phone regarding a problem on the project. Everyone has become frustrated because of the lack of progress at resolving the issue. Everyone has a different perspective on it and there is no clear understanding. What type of communication would help in this situation?

Carl is the project sponsor and you have been working with him on the human resources plan. Which of the following is true about the project sponsor and human resources?

PMI defines project management as which of the following?

The project is implementing a new quality system and the quality department is doing its own investigation of this new system. What action does this department take to make sure the new system is working?

Tonda is the purchasing manager for a project management company. She is working with the PM and together they have a firm list of what is needed and want to select one vendor with a firm price. What form of document does she need to send to the vendors?

You are the project manager for a software firm and you start the project with a budget of $115,000. Two months into the project, you have the statistics of Earned Value as $55,000 and the Actual Cost incurred as $75,000. You calculate your current CPI and realize you are going to be over budget. This was due to lack of skill in the resources of the team. You meet with your project sponsor and get approval to train your team on the skill set and have a new budget of $125,000 to meet this requirement. Using this information, calculate the TCPI (To Complete Cost Performance Index)

A team member notices that there is a variance between the performance measurement and the planned performance. She notifies the project manager. The project manager reviews the scope document and discovers that this measurement was not identified in the planning process. What project management process is this event a part of?

All of the following are examples of 'group creativity techniques' EXCEPT

John is a project manager on a commercial construction project and has finished 8 months of a 12-month project. He has earned $1,000 of value per month into the project monthly thus far and expects to continue at that rate. He had only planned on earning $7,000 up to this point and has spent $4,000 thus far. John reviews this information and then determines that the schedule variance for the project is:

Nick is preparing to open a new location for his business and is very concerned about the quality of the new location. The previous location had a number of issues and he does not want to repeat the mistakes again. He is planning the quality management plan but has no specifics on the new location. What should he be doing?

The key benefit of a cost-reimbursable contract is which of the following?

The new project team is confused about the difference between the project charter and the project management plan. Which of the following is not true about project charter?

The team wants to know why they need to maintain communications with the stakeholders all the way through the project. What is the key benefit of stakeholder engagement?

There are five tools and techniques used in the plan human resources process. Which of the following is one of these?

You are being interviewed by your PMO manager about the opportunity to take over a high-visibility project. It is similar to other projects that you have managed successfully before with the developers in your office. The manager mentions that this project will involve a number of developers from remote offices and that there will be no on-site meetings for this project. You are concerned about this and tell the manager the following:

You are in the norming stage of the Tuckman model when a difficult choice needs to be made on the implementation of a scope change. The senior team lead is pushing for option X because he has experience in the area. However, the rest of the team wants to use option Y because it will be using some new technology that will reduce the complexity of the implementation. You decide that you will follow the senior member's recommendation. This is an example of what?

Your small team is in the forming stage and are meeting to discuss the approach to handle communications with several of the stakeholders. Which process are they working in?

Your team is working on providing the initial budget estimate of $200,000 now that the project is approved. The team is working from a previous project and are able to present a definitive budget. How much is the budget?

Andrea is the project manager for the PSW Project. It is a large multi-year project and she is breaking down the project into the most likely phases. What is the best reason why a project be is broken down into phases?

During a meeting between the key stakeholders and key team members a dispute has come up as how to handle a technical issue. What type of skills does the project manager need to use most to get the group to come to a consensus?

One of your contractors calls you and explains that due to a missed shipment of raw materials, he will not be able to make the contractual delivery on his part of the project. This will put you behind schedule but the contractor is willing to give your company a 10% discount based on the purchase agreement. This is an example of what?

Steven was engaged in selecting his resources for the quality team he will lead in on a major project the following calendar year. During the selection process one of the resources asked a quick question attempting to clarify understanding related to prevention versus inspection as it relates to the context of Total Quality Management (TQM) What is the difference between the terms that is correct?

The project calls for 10,000 screws of a certain dimension. The quality department wants to inspect all of the screws, but this will take too long. You recommend that they do what instead?

The project team has a quality standard of 3 sigma. What is the percentage that is represented by this number?

There is a resistant stakeholder who is key to the project success. Which set of skills would the project manager need to use to change their outlook on the project?