The first question is multiple choice?

1- You are creating your cost baseline. What process are you in?

1. Determine Budget
2. Control Costs.
3. Estimate Costs
4. Cost Baselining

2- Which of the following is NOT an input to the Plan Communications Management process?

1. Project management plan
2. Information gathering techniques
3. Enterprise environmental factors.
4. Organizational process assets.

3- The cost baseline is developed during which process?

1. Develop schedule.
2. Estimate costs.
3. Perform integrated change control.
4. Determine budget.

4- Resource leveling is a tool / technique used in which process in Project Time Management overview?

1. Develop schedule
2. Control schedule.
3. Both a and b.
4. Neither a nor b

5- Keith, the project manager of a large publishing project, sends an invoice to his client. Which communication type is he using?

1. Formal written.
2. Informal written.
3. Formal verbal.
4. Informal verbal.

6- Critical chain method and critical path method are tools and techniques used in which process of the Project Time management area?

1. Estimate activity resources
2. Control schedule
3. Develop schedule
4. Estimate activity durations

7- Notes and memos are examples of communication type:

1. Formal verbal.
2. Informal written.
3. Formal written.
4. Informal verbal.

8- Schedule development produces the following output:

1. Project schedule.
2. Project plan.
3. WBS.
4. Activity time.

9- Tom is using an organization chart to figure he'll staff his project. What process is he performing?

1. Manage Team.
2. Develop Team.
3. Acquire Team.
4. Plan Resource Management

10- What's the difference between Control Quality and validate Scope?

1. Control Quality is performed by the project manager, while Validate Scope is done by the sponsor.
2. Control Quality is done at the end of the project, while Validate Scope is done throughout the project.
3. Control Quality is performed by the sponsor, while Validate Scope is done by the project manager.
4. Control Quality means looking for defects in deliverables, while Validate Scope means validating that the product is acceptable to the stakeholders.

11- The cost management plan can establish

1. Control thresholds.
2. Organizational procedure links.
3. Earned value rules.
4. All of the above.

12- Ishikawa diagrams are also called:

1. Stick diagrams.
2. Bone diagrams.
3. Fishbone diagrams.
4. Causal diagrams.

13- A tool/technique used in the Developed Human Resource plan process is:

1. Political factors.
2. Organization chart.
3. Personnel policies.
4. Interpersonal factors.

14- Some barriers to communication channels are:

1. Lack of clear communication channels.
2. physical distance.
3. environmental factors.
4. All of the above.

15- Cost baseline is:

1. Used to monitor cost performance on the project.
2. A time - phased budget.
3. Used to measure cost performance on the project.
4. All of the above.

16- Applying planned, systematic quality activities to ensure that project employs all processes needed to meet requirement is:

1. Stakeholder communication requirements.
2. Responsibility assignments.
3. Activity level status reports.
4. Project level performance reports.

17- In Project Cost management we develop an approximation of the cost of the resources needed to complete project activities. This process is called:

1. Cost Control.
2. Cost Estimating.
3. Cost budgeting.

18- You've just completed your staffing management plan. What process are you in?

1. Acquire Project Team.
2. Develop Project Team.
3. Plan Resource Management.
4. Manage Project Team.

19- The communications management plan is a document which includes descriptions of

1. Stakeholder communication requirements.
2. Responsibility assignments.
3. Activity level status reports.
4. Project level performance reports.

20- When is inspection performed?

1. Any time a project deliverable is produced.
2. Just before the final product is delivered.
3. At the beginning of the project.
4. At the end of the project.

21- Which communication process is in the Monitoring and Controlling process group?

1. Plan Communications Management
2. None of the communications processes.
3. Manage Communications.
4. Monitor Communications.

22- During human resource planning you identified that your team members are not sufficiently qualified for their tasks. Which may be an appropriate solution to this problem?

1. Develop a training plan.
2. Plan quality audits.
3. Reduce level of effort.
4. Plan quality inspections.

23- Which of the following tools and techniques is used to show which categories of defects are most common?

1. Pareto charts.
2. Check sheets.
3. Flowcharts.
4. Control charts.

24- What's the difference between Control Quality and Manage Quality?

1. Control Quality involves charts like histograms and control charts, while Manage Quality doesn't use those charts.
2. Control Quality means inspecting for defects in deliverables, while Manage Quality means auditing a project to check the overall process.
3. Manage Quality means looking for defects in deliverables, while Control Quality means auditing a project to check the overall process.
4. Control Quality and Manage Quality mean the same thing.

25- Project Time Management is a process needed to:

1. None of the above.
2. Ensure timely completion of project.
3. Track time taken for each activity.
4. Bill the client for each hour of work done.

26- When estimating time for activities, a PM should:

1. Estimate for what the cost will allow and not include buffers.
2. Use random guessing and estimate for all activities as there will be changes anyways
3. None of the above.
4. Involve people who will be doing the work to get estimates.