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CAPM/PMP Project Management Certification All-In-One Exam Guide 3rd Edition Phillips, Joseph - Solutions
Marty is the project manager of a software development project. He has reviewed the project’s costs and progress and he realizes that he has a cost variance of $44,000. He needs to complete what type of report?A. Status report B. Exceptions report C. Forecast report D. Lessons learned
A project had a budget of $750,000 and was completed on time. The project expenses, however, were 15 percent more than what the project called for. What is the variance at the completion for this project?A. Impossible to know—not enough information B. $112,500 C. $637,500 D. $750,000
A project had a budget of $750,000 and was completed on time. The project expenses, however, were 15 percent more than what the project called for. What is the earned value of this project?A. Impossible to know—not enough information B. $112,500 C. $637,500 D. $750,000
Linda is the project manager of a construction project. The budget for her project is $275,000. The project team made a mistake early in the project that cost $34,000 in added materials. Linda does not believe the mistakes will likely happen again because the team is 30 percent complete with the
You have created a cost estimate for a new project that you’ll be managing in your organization. All of the following should be included in your cost estimate except for which one?A. Description of the schedule activity’s project scope of work B. Assumptions made C. Constraints D. Team members
Which one of the following is an example of resource cost rates that a project manager could use to predict the cost of the project?A. Analogous estimating B. Bottom-up estimating C. Commercial database D. Procurement bid analysis
You can purchase pea gravel for your project at $437 per metric ton.You need four tons of the pea gravel, so you predict your costs will be$1,748. This is an example of which cost-estimating approach?A. Parametric B. Analogous C. Bottom-up D. Top-down
You are the project manager of the Network Upgrade Project for your company. Management has asked that you create a cost estimate of the project so they can determine the project funding. You gather the inputs for the cost estimate and begin the process of cost estimating. Of the following
You need to procure a highly specialized chemical for a research project. There is only one vendor available that provides the materials you need. This scenario is an example of what market condition?A. Constraint B. Single source C. Sole source D. Oligopoly
Management has requested that you complete a definitive cost estimate for your current project. Which one of the following must exist in order to complete this estimate?A. Project scope statement B. Work breakdown structure (WBS)C. Project team D. Expert judgment
You are the project manager of the BHG Project. Your BAC is$600,000. You have spent $270,000 of your budget. You are now 40 percent done with the project, though your plan called for you to be 45 percent done with the work by this time. What is your CPI?A. 100 B. 89 C. .89 D. .79
You are the project manager of a construction project scheduled to last 24 months. You have elected to rent a piece of equipment for the project’s duration, even though you will need the equipment only periodically throughout the project. The costs of the equipment rental per month are $890. This
You are the project manager for the CSR Training Project, and 21,000 customer service reps are invited to attend the training session.Attendance is optional. You have calculated the costs of the training facility, but the workbook expense depends on how many students register for the class. For
You are the project manager for a consulting company. Your company has two possible projects to manage, but they can only choose one.Project WQQ is worth $217,000, while Project LB is worth $229,000.Management elects to choose Project LB. The opportunity cost of this choice is which one of the
You and your project team are about to enter a meeting to determine project costs. You have elected to use bottom-up estimating and will base your estimate on the WBS. Which one of the following is not an attribute of bottom-up estimating?A. People doing the work create the estimates.B. It creates
You have just started a project for a manufacturer. Project team members report they are 30 percent complete with the project. You have spent $25,000 of the project’s $250,000 budget. What is the earned value for this project?A. 10 percent B. $75,000 C. $25,000 D. Not enough information to know
Amy is the project manager for her company and she’s working with the project team to determine the effect of a proposed change on the project’s budget. When Amy looks at the change, she tells the team that the change will pass through project’s cost change control system. What does the cost
You are the project manager for a new technology implementation project. Management has requested that your estimates be as exact as possible. Which one of the following methods of estimating will provide the most accurate estimate?A. Top-down estimating B. Top-down budgeting C. Bottom-up
You are using a previous similar project to predict the costs of the current project. Which of the following best describes analogous estimating?A. Regression analysis B. Bottom-up estimating C. Organizational process assets D. Enterprise environmental factors
You are working with your project team to respond to some delays in the project schedule. You have elected to crash the project schedule and management wants to know what effect this will have on the project as a whole. What happens when a project manager elects to crash a project?A. The project
Which schedule development tool does not consider the availability of the project resources, only when the work may take place in the project?A. The critical path method B. The critical chain method C. Schedule compression D. Arrow on the node method
Terry is the project manager of the network update project and the project stakeholders have requested that four new servers be added to the project. This addition will cause changes in the project costs and schedule. Which system can manage changes to the project schedule?A. Change control system
Management has asked that you create the schedule management plan to identify the different processes and procedures your project will require. During the creation of the plan, you need to identify schedule control and its components. Schedule control is part of which project management process?A.
You are the project manager of the Data Warehouse Project. You’ve just recently created the project network diagram and you now want to identify the critical path. Which one of the following best describes the critical path?A. It is always one path with no float.B. It determines the earliest the
The framing activity cannot begin until the concrete has cured for 36 hours. The time between the concrete activity and the framing activity is best described as which one of the following?A. Hard logic B. Lag time C. Lead time D. Finish-to-start relationship
You are using a three-point estimate for your project. Howard reports that his optimistic estimate is 16 hours, his most likely estimate is 24 hours, and the pessimistic estimate is 65 hours. What is the estimated duration for Howard’s activity?A. You won’t know until Howard actually does the
You are the project manager of the PJG Project for your company. This project is similar to a project you completed a few months ago and you’d like to reference the older project for information. Which estimating technique uses a similar project to predict how long the current project will take
Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to crash the project. What is crashing?A. Adding lag time between all project activities B. Adding lead time between all project activities C. Adding additional project resources to the project work
Consider a project that is to begin work on a Monday and a project team that will not work any weekends. The critical path of the project is 17 days. On what day of the week will the project be completed?A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday
Ronald is the project manager for his company. He has created a project network diagram for the activities in the activity list and he’s trying now to begin the process of float determination. He’s asked for your help. Examine the following illustration. Which path is the critical path?A.
Beth is the project manager of her company and she’s asked you to help her with project schedule network analysis. Examine the illustration to the right. If Activity B is delayed by two days, how late will the project be?A. The project will not be late because Activity B may use float.B. The
You are the project manager for your organization, and the following illustration represents your project. Based on the following illustration.How long will the project last?A. 15 days B. 12 days C. 14 days D. 41 days 2 A 4 6 B C 3 5 D E 2 G 8 F
You are working with your project team to schedule activities for your construction project. You have scheduled the painting activity to be completed before the carpet installation activity may begin. The relationship between the painting activity and carpet installation activity can best be
Your project team agrees that the server operating system must first be installed before the application can be installed. This best describes which one of the following?A. Hard logic B. Soft logic C. Start-to-start relationship D. Finish-to-finish relationship
Mary has created an activity list with her project team. She has included activity attributes for each of the activities in her project activity list. Of the following, which one is not an example of an activity attribute that Mary likely included?A. Scope verification processes B. Predecessor
You and the project team have created the work breakdown structure based on the project scope and requirements. Your next step is to create the project’s activity list. Which one of the following will NOT be included in the activity list created with the project management team?A. Activities that
You are working with your project team to break down the project work into activities. Which component in the WBS must be broken down to get to the schedule activities?A. Project scope B. Work packages C. Planning packages D. Product scope
You are the project manager of a large project for your organization.Much of the project will center on new software which you’ll be installing on 4500 laptops in stages. Because of the likelihood of change, you’ve recommended a rolling wave planning approach. Which one of the following is the
You are the project manager of the HGF Project. You would like to use a portion of the activity list from the HGB Project, which is similar to your current project. The portion of the activity list from the HGB Project is best described as which one of the following?A. Rolling wave planning B.
Complete this sentence: Project scope management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling ____________________.A. What is and is not included in the project B. What is and is not included in the product C. Changes to the project scope D. Changes to the configuration management system
You are the project manager for a large construction project. The architect has provided your project team with blueprints detailing the exact layout of the building your team will be creating. He insists that the team follow the blueprints as he’s designed them. The blueprints are an example of
One of the stakeholders of the project you are managing asks why you consider the project scope statement so important in your project management methodology. You answer her question with which of the following?A. It is mandatory to consult the plan before authorizing any change.B. Project managers
A project team member has asked you what a scope statement is. Which of the following is a characteristic of a project scope statement?A. Defines the scope baseline for the project B. Defines the requirements for each project within the organization C. Defines the roles and responsibilities of each
You are the project manager of a large project. Your project sponsor and management have approved you to outsource portions of the project plan. What must be considered if a change request affects the procured work?A. The project sponsor B. The contractual agreement C. Vendor(s)D. The cause of the
You are the project manager for the JHG Project. Your project is to create a new product for your industry. You have recently learned that your competitor is also working on a similar project, but their offering will include a computer-aided program and web-based tools, which your project does not
It’s important for you, the project manager, to understand what each of the project management processes create. One of the key processes you’ll do is scope control throughout your project. Which of the following is an output of scope control?A. Work-around B. Change request for a corrective
A project team member has, on his own initiative, added extra vents to an attic to increase air circulation. The project plan did not call for these extra vents, but the team member decided they were needed based on the geographical location of the house. The project team’s experts concur with
A scope change has been approved in Marcy’s project. All of the following must be updated to reflect the change except for which one?A. The project scope statement B. The WBS C. The WBS dictionary D. Defect repair review
As the project manager, you are averse to change once the scope statement has been approved. You do not want changes to enter the project because these changes can have a wide impact on the project as a whole. Which system defines how the project scope and the product scope can be changed?A. The
David, one of your project team members, has been making changes to his work, which, as a result, changes the project scope. David’s changes are also known as what?A. Gold plating B. Scope control defect C. Scope creep D. Improvised scope composition
You’ve just reached the end of your project and management has asked you and several key stakeholders to begin the scope validation process.What is a tool and technique used during scope validation?A. Inspection B. Quality control C. Stakeholder analysis D. Defect repair review
Throughout the project, you have milestones scheduled at the end of each phase. Tied to these milestones you have a project management requirement of scope validation. Scope validation leads to what?A. Defect repair B. Formal acceptance of the complete project scope C. Rework D. Inspection
You’ll use the scope management plan to define the project scope statement. You’ll also use this plan to build the scope baseline. Which two items are parts of the scope baseline for the project?A. The project scope management plan and project charter B. The project scope management plan and
You are the project manager for your organization and you’re creating the WBS for a new project. In your WBS, you’re numbering each level of the components following a project sequenced numbering order.Your WBS is numbered in a hierarchical fashion for easy identification and reference. This
You are working with the project team to create the WBS. There are some elements in the WBS that can’t be broken down yet. You and the team elect to break down these items later in the project as more details become available. This approach to creating the WBS is also known as what?A.
Marty is the project manager of the Highway 41 Bridge Project and he’s working with his project team members to create the WBS. Marty shows the team how to break down the project scope into the WBS components, but the team doesn’t understand how far down the breakdown should occur. Marty should
December 1 is an example of which one of the following?A. A constraint B. An assumption C. A project boundary D. Product acceptance criteria
You are the project manager of the GYH Project. This project will create a walking bridge across the Tennessee River. You’ve been asked to start the process of creating the project scope statement and you need to gather the elements for this process. Which one of the following is not needed to
Henry is the project manager for his organization, and management has asked him to create a project management plan to define the scope statement. Which project management plan guides the creation of the detailed project scope statement?A. The charter B. The project management plan C. The project
You are the project manager for your organization. A change has recently been approved by your organization’s change control board.You need to update the scope baseline and what other document?A. The cost baseline B. The quality baseline C. The risk management plan D. The change log
The project steering committee is considering which project they should invest capital in. Mary’s project promises to be worth $175,000 in four years. The project steering committee is interested in Mary’s project, but they would like to know the present value of the return if the interest rate
The project management plan has several purposes and all projects should have a plan. What is the purpose of the project management plan?A. It defines the project manager and their level of authority on the project.B. It authorizes the project manager to assign resources to the project work.C. It
You and the project management team are creating a project statement of work. As part of this activity, which one of the following should be referenced in the project statement of work document?A. Risk responses B. Organizational process assets C. The initial work breakdown structure D. A reference
Terri’s organization is moving through the process of selecting one of several projects. Her organization utilizes mathematical models to determine the projects that should be initiated. Which one of the following is an example of a mathematical model used to select projects for selection?A.
The project manager can help write the project charter, but is not the person signing the project charter. Regardless of who actually writes the charter, there are several elements that should be included in the document. All of the following are addressed in the project charter, except for which
Configuration management is a process for applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance of the project implementation.Which activity is not included in configuration management?A. Controlling changes to the project deliverables B. A method to communicate changes to stakeholders
Fred is the project manager of a bridge construction project. His organization and the city inspectors both have an interest in the success and overall performance of the project and have asked Fred to identify the approach he’ll use to measure and report project performance.Which one of the
You have just informed your project team that each team member will be contributing to the lessons learned documentation. Your team does not understand this approach and wants to know what the documentation will be used for. Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the lessons
You are a project manager of a project that is part of a program. There has been some conflict among the project team about who assigns activities and directs the project execution. In this scenario, who directs the performance of the planned project activities?A. The project manager and the
You are assisting the project manager for the DGF Project. This project is to design and implement a new application that will connect to a database server. Management has requested that you create a method to document technical direction on the project and any changes or enhancements to the
Keisha is the project manager for her organization and she’s working with her project team to develop the project management plan for a new project. The project team is confused about the change management plan and how it governs changes within the project. The project plan provides what in
You are the project manager for your organization. When it comes to integrated change control, you must ensure that which one of the following is present?A. Supporting detail for the change B. Approval of the change from the project team C. Approval of the change from a subject matter expert D.
You are the project manager of the NHG Project. You have had to terminate a contract with a vendor. What is this an example of?A. A special case of contract closure B. Mitigation C. A contract claim D. Scope closure
Robert is the project manager of the HBQ Project. This project requires all of the telephones in the organization to be removed and replaced with an Internet phone. He’s learned that the removal of some of the phones has damaged the walls in the office building and they will need to be repaired.
In your project management plan development, you’ll need several inputs. Of the following, which one is an input to project plan development?A. Assumptions B. Outputs from other project management processes C. Earned value management D. Business needs
You are the project manager of a new project to develop a new software product. Management has not required a formal project management plan in the past, but they’d like you to develop a project management plan to serve as a model or template for all other projects in the organization. The
You are the project manager for the HALO Project. You and your project team are preparing the project plan. Of the following, which one is a project plan development constraint you and your team must consider?A. The budget as assigned by management B. Project plans from similar projects C. Project
You are the project manager for a pharmaceutical company. You are currently working on a project for a new drug your company is creating.A recent change in a law governing drug testing will impact your project and change your project scope. The first thing you should do as project manager is:A.
This date is an input to your planning process group and is considered what?A. A constraint B. An enterprise environmental factor C. An organizational process asset D. An assumption
Mick is the project manager of the CHA Design Project. The project has been performing poorly on both costs and schedule. The customer has become very aggravated with the project problems and has decided to cancel the project. Which process must happen next?A. Scope control B. Procurement
You are the project manager of an IT upgrade project for a health care client. The client demands perfection in the project’s product because of the lives your project’s product will affect. Which process aims to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance?A. Scope definition B. Scope
You are working on a new high-profile project. Management has asked that you pause the project at the end of each project phase to communicate with them about the work and the project progress, and provide cost and schedule forecasts. Which process group can provide feedback between project
You have identified a negative risk within your project and would like to implement a work-around to the risk. A work-around is an example of what?A. A corrective action B. A defect repair C. Preventive action D. Poor project management
You are the project manager of a new project to construct a children’s playground in your community. The project is being funded by a private donor, but they expect you to manage the project with the fullest attention. When does the vast majority of a project’s budget get expended?A. During the
Ben is the project manager for his company. A customer has requested a new website and asked that Ben serve as the project manager since he’s done great work in the past for her company. Based on this information, when does a project become officially authorized?A. When the project charter is
Ron is the project manager of a new project and he’s eager to meet the project team to get the project planned and the work moving. However, he’s confused as to when he will actually acquire the team. In which process group will the project team be acquired?A. Initiating B. Planning C.
In order for a project to be successful, there must be four conditions.Which one of the following is not a condition required for project success?A. The project team must select the appropriate processes to meet the project objectives.B. The project team must select applicable knowledge areas in
Gary is teaching a group of project managers about the PMP and the PMBOK Guide. Gary wants to clearly communicate what project management is according to the PMBOK Guide. Which one of the following statements best describes what project management is?A. Project management is the application of
Beth is the project customer for a home construction project. The project is likely to be awarded to your company’s design firm, but there are still some questions regarding the proposal your company has offered to Beth. Robert, your manager, wants you to be the project manager on this project
You are coaching several new project managers in your organization about the project management life cycle and the purpose of each group.There is some confusion, however, about the actual purpose of the project management planning process group. What is the primary purpose of the planning process
You are the project manager of a new mobile application project for a client. You have requested that several of the stakeholders participate in the initiation of the project. Why is this important?A. It improves the probability of shared ownership.B. It allows for scope constraints.C. It prevents
You are the project manager for the AQA Project. You would like to include several of the customers in the project planning sessions. Your project leader would like to know why the stakeholders should be involved since your project team will be determining the best method to reach the project
You are the project manager of the GRT Construction Project. Your project team announces how they are happy to be done with project planning. You inform the team, however, that you and they will likely be returning to project planning throughout the project. This ongoing process of project planning
There are five project management process groups that allow projects to move from start to completion. Which one of the following is NOT one of the project management process groups?A. Initiating B. Planning C. Communicating D. Closing
Yolanda is the project manager of the Data Migration Project for her organization. As the project manager Yolanda should identify which project management processes are most appropriate for this type of project. What is a project process?A. The creation of a product B. The progressive elaboration
You are the project manager in your organization. Unlike your last job, which used a functional structure, this organization is utilizing a weak matrix. Who has full authority over project funding in a weak matrix?A. The project manager B. The functional manager C. The PMO D. The project sponsor
You are a new project manager for your organization. Management has asked you to begin creating a project management plan with your project team based on a recently initiated project. The project management plan defines which one of the following?A. Who the project manager will be B. How the
Don is the project manager for his organization. In this project, his team will be comprised of local workers and workers from Scotland, India, and Belgium. Don knows that he needs to consider the working hours, culture, and expectations of this virtual team in order to manage it successfully. All
Nancy is a project manager for the NHG Corporation. She has identified several positive stakeholders for her construction project and a few negative stakeholders. Nancy and the project team have been meeting regularly with the positive stakeholders but have not met with the negative stakeholders.
Beth is the project manager for her organization and she’s just received word that the organization has decided to kill a project. When is this decision most likely made?A. At the end of a phase B. At the start of a phase C. When the project is not meeting its financial requirements D. When
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