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Head First Pmp: A Brain-Friendly Guide To Passing The Project Management Professional Exam 2nd Edition Jennifer Greene, Andrew Stellman - Solutions
The project team working on a project printing 3,500 technical manuals for a hardware manufacturer can’t inspect every single manual, so they take a random sample and verify that they have been printed correctly. This is an example of:A. Root cause analysis B. Cost benefit analysis C.
Which of the following BEST describes defect repair review?A. Reviewing the repaired defect with the stakeholder to make sure it’s acceptable B. Reviewing the repaired defect with the team to make sure they document lessons learned C. Reviewing the repaired defect to make sure it was fixed
You are using a control chart to analyze defects, when something on the chart causes you to realize that you have a serious quality problem. What is the MOST likely reason for this?A. The rule of seven B. Upper control limits C. Lower control limits D. Plan-Do-Check-Act
You’re a project manager at a wedding planning company. You’re working on a large wedding for a wealthy client, and your company has done several weddings in the past that were very similar to the one you’re working on. You want to use the results of those weddings as a guideline to make sure
What’s the difference between Quality Control and Verify Scope?A. Quality Control is done at the end of the project, while Verify Scope is done throughout the project B. Quality Control is performed by the project manager, while Verify Scope is done by the sponsor C. Quality Control is performed
When is inspection performed?A. At the beginning of the project B. Any time a project deliverable is produced C. Just before the final product is delivered D. At the end of the project
Which tool or technique is used to analyze trends?A. Scatter chart B. Run chart C. Checklist D. Flow chart
You’re managing a highway construction project. The foreman of your building team alerts you to a problem that the inspection team found with one of the pylons, so you use an Ishikawa diagram to try to figure out the root cause of the defect. What process is being performed?A. Quality Management
Which of the following tools and techniques is used to show which categories of defects are most common?A. Control charts B. Pareto charts C. Run charts D. Flowcharts
Which of the following is NOT part of the quality management plan?A. Strategies for handling defects and other quality problems B. Guidance on how the project team will implement the company’s quality policy C. Metrics for measuring your project’s quality D. A description of which deliverables
You’re managing a project to deliver 10,000 units of custom parts to a manufacturer that uses Just In Time management. Which of the following constraints is most important to your client?A. The parts must be delivered on time B. The parts must be delivered in a specific order C. The parts must
You’re working with an audit team to check that your company’s projects all meet the same quality standards. What process is being performed?A. Plan Quality B. Perform Quality Control C. Perform Quality Assurance D. Perform Quality Management
Which of the following is NOT an example of Cost of Quality?A. Having team members spend extra time reviewing requirements with the stakeholders B. Paying extra programmers to help meet a deadline C. Hiring extra inspectors to look for defects D. Sending a crew to repair a defective product that
A project manager is using a histogram to analyze defects found by the team during inspection activities. What process is being performed?A. Plan Quality B. Perform Quality Control C. Perform Quality Assurance D. Verify Scope
Which of the following is NOT a part of quality?A. Fitness for use B. Conformance to requirements C. Value to the sponsor D. Customer satisfaction
You are managing a project for a defense contractor. You know that you’re over budget, and you need to tell your project sponsor how much more money it’s going to cost. You’ve already given him a forecast that represents your estimate of total cost at the end of the project, so you need to
You are starting to write your project charter with your project sponsor when the senior managers ask for a time and cost estimate for the project. You have not yet gathered many of the project details. What kind of estimate can you give?A. Analogous Estimate B. Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate C.
You are managing a project that has a TCPI of 1.19. What is the BEST course of action?A. You’re under budget, you can manage costs with lenience B. Manage costs aggressively.C. Create a new schedule D. Create a new budget
You are managing a project with a BAC of $93,000, EV (BCWP) of $51,840, PV (BCWS) of $64,800, and AC(ACWP) of $43,200. What is the CPI?A. 1.5 B. 0.8 C. 1.2 D. $9,000
You are managing a software project, when one of your stakeholders needs to make a change that will affect the budget. You follow the procedures to implement the change. Which of the following must get updated to reflect the change?A. Project management plan B. Project cost performance baseline C.
You are managing a software project, when one of your stakeholders needs to make a change that will affect the budget. What defines the processes that you must follow in order to implement the change?A. Cost change control system B. Monitoring & Controlling process group C. Change control board D.
What is the range of a Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate?A. –5% to +10%B. –25% to +75%C. –50% to +50%D. –100% to +200%
Project A has a NPV of $75,000, with an internal rate of return of 1.5% and an initial investment of $15,000. Project B has a NPV of $60,000 with a BCR of 2:1. Project C has a NPV of$80,000, which includes an opportunity cost of $35,000. Based on these projects, which is the BEST one to select:A.
You are working on the project plan for a software project. Your company has a standard spreadsheet that you use to generate estimates. To use the spreadsheet, you meet with the team to estimate the number of functional requirements, use cases, and design wireframes for the project. Then you
You are managing an industrial architecture project. You’ve spent $26,410 so far to survey the site, draw up preliminary plans, and run engineering simulations. You are preparing to meet with your sponsor, when you discover that there a new local zoning law will cause you to have to spend an
A junior project manager is studying for her PMP exam, and asks you for advice. She’s learning about Earned Value Management, and wants to know which of the variables represents the difference between what you expect to spend on the project and what you’ve actually spent so far. What should you
If AC (ACWP) is greater than your EV (BCWP), what does this mean?A. The project is under budget B. The project is over budget C. The project is ahead of schedule D. The project is behind schedule
During the execution of a software project, one of your programmers informs you that she discovered a design flaw that will require the team to go back and make a large change. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?A. Ask the programmer to consult with the rest of the team and get back to
You are managing a project laying underwater fiber optic cable. The total cost of the project is $52/meter to lay 4 km of cable across a lake. It’s scheduled to take 8 weeks to complete, with an equal amount of cable laid in each week. It’s currently week 5, and your team has laid 1,800 meters
A project manager is working on a large construction project. His plan says that the project should end up costing $1.5 million, but he’s concerned that he’s not going come in under budget. He’s spent$950,000 of the budget so far, and he calculates that he’s 57% done with the work, and he
Your project has a BAC of $4,522 and is 13% complete. What is the earned value (EV)?A. $3934.14 B. There is not enough information to answer C. $587.86 D. $4522
You are working on a project with an SPI of .72 and a CPI of 1.1. Which of the following BEST describes your project?A. Your project is ahead of schedule and under budget B. Your project is behind schedule and over budget C. Your project is behind schedule and under budget D. Your project is ahead
Your company has asked you to provide a cost estimate that includes maintenance, installation, support, and upkeep costs for as long as the product will be used. What is that kind of estimate called?A. Benefit Cost Ratio B. Depreciation C. Net Present Value D. Lifecycle Costing
Your company has two projects to choose from. Project A is a billing software project for the Accounts payable department; in the end it will make the company around $400,000 when it has been rolled out to all of the employees in that department. Project B is a payroll application that will make
You are working on a project with a PV of $56,733 and an SPI of 1.2. What’s the Earned Value of your project?A. $68,079.60 B. $47,277.50 C. $68,733 D. .72
You are managing a project for a company that has previously done three projects that were similar to it. You consult with the cost performance baselines, lessons learned, and project managers from those projects, and use that information to come up with your cost estimate. What technique are you
You’re working on a project that has an EV of $7362 and a PV (BCWS) of $8232. What’s your SV?A. –$870 B. $870 C. 0.89 D. Not enough information to tell
You are creating your Cost Performance Baseline. What process are you in?A. Determine Budget B. Control Costs C. Estimate Costs D. Cost Baselining
You’re managing a construction project. You’ve decomposed work packages into activities, and your client needs a duration estimate for each activity that you came up with. Which of the following BEST describes what you are doing?A. Evaluating each activity to figure out how much effort it will
You’re managing a software project. You’ve created the schedule, and you need to figure out which activities absolutely cannot slip. You’ve done critical path analysis, identifying the critical path and calculating the early start and early finish for each activity. Which activities cannot
You’re planning the schedule for a highway construction project, but the final date you came up with will run into the next budget year. The state comes up with capital from a reserve fund, and now you can increase the budget for your resources. What’s the BEST way to compress the schedule?A.
Your company has previously run other projects similar to the one you’re currently managing. What is the BEST way to use that information?A. Check the organizational process assets for lessons learned and other information about the past projects B. Use parametric estimation to estimate your
You’re managing a software project, when your customer informs you that a schedule change is necessary. Which is the BEST thing to do?A. Consult the schedule management plan B. Notify the team and the sponsor that there’s going to be a schedule change C. Influence the factors that cause change
For that same network diagram below, what’s the float for activity E?A. 0 weeks B. 1 week C. 2 weeks D. 4 weeks Start 3 B A 2 D 00 8 E F G 0 End
For that same network diagram below, what’s the float for activity A?A. 0 weeks B. 1 week C. 2 weeks D. 4 weeks
Given the network diagram below, what’s the critical path?A. Start-A-B-C-End B. Start-A-D-G-End C. Start-E-D-C-End D. Start-E-F-G-End
You’re managing a project to build a new project management information system. You work with the team to come up with an estimate of 27 weeks. In the best case, this could be shortened by two weeks because you can reuse a previous component. But there’s a risk that a vendor delay could cause
Which of the following is NOT a tool or technique used in Estimate Activity Durations?A. SWAG Estimation B. Parametric Estimation C. Analogous Estimation D. Three-Point Estimation
What’s the correct order of the Time Management planning processes?A. Sequence Activities, Define Activities, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity Durations, Develop Schedule B. Define Activities, Sequence Activities, Develop Schedule, Estimate Activity Resources, Estimate Activity
You’re managing a construction project. You’ve decomposed work packages into activities, and your client needs a duration estimate for each activity that you come up with. Which of the following will you use for this?A. Milestone list B. Activity list C. Critical path analysis D. Project
Slack is a synonym for:A. Float B. Lag C. Buffer D. Reserve
You’re managing an interior decoration project, when you find out that you need to get it done earlier than originally planned. You decide to fast-track the project. This means:A. Starting the project sooner and working overtime B. Assigning more people to the tasks at a greater total cost,
What is the float for activity F in the activity list to the right?A. 0 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10
What is the critical path in the activity list to the right?A. Start-A-B-C-Finish B. Start-A-D-E-F-Finish C. Start-G-H-I-J-Finish D. Start-A-B-J-Finish
Which of the following tools is used for adding buffers to a schedule?A. Three-point estimates B. Critical chain method C. Expert judgment D. Critical path analysis
Three members of your project team want to pad their estimates because they believe there are certain risks that might materialize. What is the BEST way to handle this situation?A. Estimate the activities honestly, and then use a contingency reserve to cover any unexpected costs B. Allow more time
Which of the following is NOT an input to Develop Schedule?A. Activity list B. Project schedule network diagrams C. Resource calendars D. Schedule baseline
You’re managing an industrial design project. You’ve come up with the complete activity list, created network diagrams, assigned resources to each activity, and estimated their durations.What’s the next thing that you do?A. Use Rolling Wave Planning to compensate for the fact that you don’t
You are managing a software project. Your QA manager tells you that you need to plan to have her team start their test planning activity so that it finishes just before testing begins. But other than that, she says it can start as late in the project as necessary. What’s the relationship between
Given this portion of the network diagram to the right, what’s the LF of activity F?A. 10 B. 11 C. 16 D. 17
Given this portion of the network diagram to the right, what’s the ES of activity F?A. 9 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13
You’re managing a project, when your client tells you that an external problem happened, and now you have to meet an earlier deadline. Your supervisor heard that in a situation like this, you can use schedule compression by either crashing or fast-tracking the schedule, but he’s not sure which
Which of the following is NOT an output of Collect Requirements?A. Requirements Observations B. Requirements Traceability Matrix C. Requirements Documentation D. Requirements Management Plan
A project manager at a cable and networking company is gathering requirements for a project to build a new version of their telecommunications equipment. Which of the following is NOT something that she will use?A. Specific descriptions of work packages that will be developed B. One-on-one
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the project scope statement?A. It describes the features of the product of the project B. It is created before the scope management plan C. It decomposes deliverables into work packages D. It describes the objectives, requirements, and
You are the project manager for a software project. One of the teams discovers that if they deviate from the plan, they can actually skip one of the deliverables because it’s no longer necessary. They do the calculations, and realize they can save the customer 10% of the cost of the project
You are a project manager working on a project. Your sponsor wants to know who a certain work package is assigned to, what control account to bill it against, and what work is involved. What document do you refer her to?A. Scope Management Plan B. WBS C. WBS Dictionary D. Scope Statement
You are the project manager for a construction project. You have completed project initiation activities, and you are now creating a document that describes processes to document the scope, decompose deliverables into work packages, verify that all work is complete, and manage changes to the
The project manager for a design project is using the Define Scope process. Which BEST describes this?A. Creating a document that lists all of the features of the product B. Creating a plan for managing changes to the scope baseline C. Creating a document that describes all of the work the team
You are the project manager for a new project, and you want to save time creating the WBS. Which is the BEST way to do this?A. Make decomposition go faster by cutting down the number of deliverables B. Use a WBS from a previous project as a template C. Don’t create the WBS Dictionary D. Ask the
Which of these processes is not a part of Scope Management?A. Scope Identification B. Collect Requirements C. Control Scope D. Scope Verification
Which of the following is NOT an input to Control Scope?A. WBS Dictionary B. Approved change requests C. Requested changes D. Project scope statement
You are the project manager for a telecommunications project. You are working on the project scope statement.Which of the following is NOT included in this document?A. Authorization for the project manager to work on the project B. Requirements that the deliverables must meet C. A description of
You are managing an industrial design project. One of your team members comes to you with a suggestion that will let you do more work while at the same time saving the project 15% of the budget. What is the BEST way for you to proceed?A. Tell the team to make the change because it will deliver more
You’re the project manager on a software project. Your team has only completed half of the work, when the sponsor informs you that the project has been terminated. What is the BEST action for you to take?A. Verify the deliverables produced by the team against the scope, and document any place
You have just started work on the Project Scope Statement. You are analyzing the expected deliverables, when you discover that one of them could be delivered in three different ways. You select the best method for creating that deliverable. What is the BEST way to describe what you are doing?A.
A project manager on an industrial design project finds that the sponsor wants to make a change to the scope after it has been added to the baseline, and needs to know the procedure for managing changes. What is the BEST place to look for this information?A. WBS B. Scope management plan C. Change
You have just been put in charge of a project that is already executing. While reviewing the project documentation, you discover that there is no WBS. You check the Scope Management Plan and discover that there should be one for this project. What is the BEST thing for you to do:A. Immediately
It’s the end of execution for a large highway construction project. The work has been done, and the workers are ready to pack up their equipment. The project manager and project sponsor have come by with specialists to check that each requirement has been met, and that all of the work in the WBS
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a traceability matrix?A. It describes how WBS Dictionary entries are traced to work packages, and how work packages are decomposed from deliverables B. It’s used to make sure that all of the sub-plans of the Project Management Plan have been
You’ve taken over as a project manager on a highway construction project, and the execution is already underway.Your sponsor tells you that moving forward, all asphalt should be laid down with a 12” thickness. The scope statement and the WBS call for 9” thick asphalt. What is the BEST course
Historical information and lessons learned are part of:A. Organizational process assets B. Enterprise environmental factors C. Project management information system (PMIS)D. Work performance information
The goal of Verify Scope is:A. To inspect the scope statement for defects so that it is correct B. To gain formal acceptance of the project deliverables from the sponsor and stakeholders C. To get everyone in the project working together towards a common goal D. To verify that all PMBOK® Guide
You are managing a software project. Your team has been working for eight weeks, and so far the project is on track. The lead programmer comes to you with a problem: there is a work package that is causing trouble. Nobody seems to know who is responsible for it, the accounting department does not
What is the correct order of the scope management processes?A. Define Scope, Create WBS, Collect Requirements, Scope Verification B. Collect Requirements, Control Scope, Create WBS, Scope Verification C. Collect Requirements, Define Scope, Create WBS, Scope Verification D. Collect Requirements,
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about a work breakdown structure?A. It describes processes to define the scope, verify work, and manage scope changes B. It contains a graphical, hierarchical list of all work to be performed C. It can be broken down by project phase or deliverable D. It is an
Which is NOT an output of a scope management process?A. Business Case B. WBS Dictionary C. Requested changes D. Accepted deliverables
Which of the following is TRUE about a work breakdown structure?A. It contains work packages that are described in a linear, unstructured list B. Each item in the WBS represents a feature in the product scope C. The WBS represents all of the work that must be done on the project D. The WBS is
Which of the following is NOT an output of Perform Integrated Change Control?A. Approved change requests B. Rejected change requests C. Validated defect repair D. Recommended change requests
You are the project manager on a network engineering project. Two weeks ago, your team began executing the project. The work has been going well, and you are now a day ahead of schedule. Two stakeholders just approached you to tell you that they have an important change that needs to be made. That
Which of the following is NOT an input to the Develop Project Management Plan process?A. Outputs of the planning processes B. Project Charter C. Expert judgment D. Enterprise environmental factors
Which is NOT true about the project charter:A. The project manager must be consulted before the charter is finalized B. The charter is issued by the project sponsor C. The project manager’s authority to manage the project is granted by the charter D. The charter gives a summary milestone schedule
You are a project manager starting a new project. Your manager warns you that previous projects ran into trouble. Which of the following would be BEST for you to rely on to help plan your project:A. Our project management expertise B. Historical information C. The change control system D. Forecasts
Which of the following is NOT an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?A. Work performance information B. Deliverables C. Implemented change requests D. Forecasts
Which of the following is NOT true about the Project Management Plan?A. The project management plan contains the scope management plan B. The project management plan gives authority to the project manager A. The project management plan contains the quality baseline A. The project management plan
You have just verified that all of the work on your project is completed. Which of these things is NOT part of the Closing process?A. Update historical information by documenting lessons learned B. Document the work performance information to show the deliverables that have been completed and
Which of the following is NOT true about the project charter?A. The project charter defines the requirements that satisfy customer needs B. The project charter defines the work authorization system C. The project charter makes the business case that justifies the project D. The project charter
You are the project manager on a construction project, and you have just received a change request. You consulted the project management plan, and followed the procedures laid out in the Change Control System. You are in the process of reviewing the change and documenting its impact.Your manager
You’re a project manager on a software project. Your team is busy executing the project and creating the deliverables, but there have been several changes requested by stakeholders over the past few weeks. Each time you got one of these changes, you called a meeting with your team and the
You are a project manager on a software project. There are several changes that need to be made, and you need to decide how to apply project resources in order to implement them. What do you do?A. Decide the priority of the changes and announce them to the team B. You should call a team meeting and
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