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Missed Practice Test Question Flashcards

1
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A requirement document is an input of _______________process?

A

Define Scope

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The key benefit of _______________ process is that it will maintain or increase the efficiency and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement activities as the project evolves and envionrment changes.

A

Control Stakeholder Engagments

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3
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_______________ is always the lowest risk for the buyer if the scope of work is not well defined.

A

Cost Plus Incentive Fee

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4
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Project Scope is?

A

The work that must be done in order to deliver a prudct with the specified features and functions.

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5
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The product desription of a project can help to create procurement details. Which of the following best describes product description?

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Defines the cotracted work, based on the requiremnts of the project customer.

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6
Q

Which one of the following comes first in the project plan?

A

Scope Statement

Quality Plan

WBS

Development Plan

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7
Q

In which type of organization the team building is likely to be most difficult?

A

Matrix

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8
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Administrative Closure is the process that ____________.

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Closes all activities pertaining to a specific project.

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9
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Which of the following subsidary plan contains the quality objectives for the project?

A

Quality Baseline

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10
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Which of the following must be measured reguarly to identify variance from the plan?

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Project Performance

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11
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Which risk response is most likely to involve contingency reserves?

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Acceptance is when no change to the project is made for a risk. A contingency can be set aside to offset the impact of risk.

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12
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Which of the following is NOT an input of Identify Risks?

Project Charter

Stakeholder Register

Risk Management Plan

Actvity Cost Estimates

A

Project Charter

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13
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Which are the outputs of Initiation process?

Project charter and PM assigned

Constraints

Assumptions

All of the above

A

All of the above.

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14
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The Ishikawa diagram, Pareto chart, control charts, and statistical sampling are examples of:

A

Quality Control

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15
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Cost benefit analysis, scorecard modeling, payback periods and internal rate of return are examples of________________.

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Enterprise benefits measurements methods when selecting a project.

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16
Q

Which of the following are characteristics of project phases?

Milestones

Deliverables

Activities

All of the above

A

All of the above.

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17
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You are managing a project that will implement a new Insurance software package. Two project team members have difficulty working together. They come to you, for help resolving the issues. You immediately set up a meeting that includes the functional manager. After the meeting you and the functional manager discuss the issues and agree on a solution. What type of organizational structure are you working in?

A

Balanced Matrix

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18
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You are in charge of developing a new product for an organization. Your quality metrics re based on the 80th percentile of each of the last three products developed. This is an example of?

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Benchmarking – measuring your level of quality against a standard.

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19
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Allocating the value of the overall cost estimate to individual work items, in order to establish a cost baseline for measuring project performance is call?

A

Determine Budget

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20
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The activity that is most concerned with the current status of the project schedule is called?

A

Control Schedule

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21
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Project Scope is?

A

The features and functions that are to be included in a product or service.

The work that must be done in order to deliver a product with the specified features and functions.

22
Q

What are two closing procedures?

A

Contract close out and close project

23
Q

Which of the following project document is best suited for tracking cost of resources?

A

Work Breakdown Structure

24
Q

Which of the following activity is NOT performed as part of the Direct and Manage Project work process?

        Monitor implementation of approved changes

        Validate deliverables

        Staff, train, and manage the project team

        Manage risks and implement risk responses
A

Monitor implementation of approved changes

25
Q

Which of the following is NOT used to document team member roles and responsibilites?

Text-oriented format

Functional Chart

Hierarchical type organizatinal chart

Matrix-baed Responsiblity Chart

A

Functional Chart is not listed in the PMBOK as a type of organizational chart.

26
Q

Root Caus Analysis is related to______________.

A

Process Analysis

27
Q

Which of the following is ensuring that all features and functions are included in a product or service?

Project Scope

Project Verification

Project Control

Product Scope

A

Project Verification ensures all features and functions are included in a product or service.

28
Q

The work that must be done to deliver a product with the specified features and functions included in the____________?

A

Project Scope

29
Q

A Reserve Analysis involves

A

Incorporating time buffers into the activity duration estimates.

30
Q

Which ensures that the project objectives are met by monitoring and meauring progress and taking corrective action when necessary.

Project Controls

Controlling Process

Control Logs

Project Chart

A

Controlling process - ensures that the project objectives are met.

31
Q

Reserve Analysis technique is NOT used during?

Control Costs

Estimating Activity Duration

Determine Budget

Estimate Costs

A

Control Costs

32
Q

What is the purpose of the WBS?

A

To ensure all work within a project is identified and defined within a common framework.

33
Q

A Pareto diagram can be best described as:

Histogram

Control Chart

Scatter Chart

Cause and Effect Diagram

A

Histogram

Pareto diagram mainly helps the PM team to quantify and categories the defects/issues accounding to sources (engineering defect, setup problems,etc.)

34
Q

Which of the following is NOT an output of the Control Schedule.

Schedule Updates

Revisions

Corrective Action

Lessons Learned

A

Revisions

35
Q

What involves determing what quantities are to be used to perform project activities?

Resource Planning

Estimate Costs

Determine Budget

Control Cost

A

Resource Planning: planning, identifying documenting and assigning project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships to individuals or groups.

36
Q

Which tools or techniques are NOT used in Sequence Activities?

Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)

Expert Judgement

Network Templates

A

Expert Judgement

37
Q

Which of the following is NOT an activity attribute:

Time when to perform the activity

Location where to perform the activity

Leads and Lags

Person responsible for the activity

A

Time when to perform the activity.

38
Q

You are in charge of developing a new product for a bank. Your quality metrics are based on the 80th percentil of each of the last 3 products developed. This is an example of:

Statistical Sampling

Metrics

Benchmarking

Operational definitions

A

Metrics

39
Q

You are the project manager and takes over a project that is currently in the execution phase. Where are you going to find best source of information on the costs associated with each level of expertise required for the project?

Project Quality Management Plan

Project Schedule Management Plan

Project Staffing Management Plan

Project Cost Management Plan

A

Project Staff Management Plan: Based on the PMBOK, this information would be available in staffing plans. The cost management plan would contain cost of scheduled activities.

40
Q

According to PERT weighted average computatin, what is the probability of completing the project within plus-or-minus 3 standard deviations of the means?

68%

99.74%

95%

75%

A

99.74%

41
Q

______________ coordinates people and other resources to carry out the plan.

WBS

Resource Planning

Resource Leveling

Executing Process

A

Executing Process

42
Q

The main project scope management process include:

Change Order Control

Initation

Program Evaluation

Scope Statement

A

Initiation

43
Q

What is not amount the tools and techniques of an Organizational Planning?

Staff Management Plan

Templates

Human Resource Practice

Organizational Theory

A

Staffing Management Plan

44
Q

In which process “meeting” is not used as tools and techniques?

Identify Stakeholders

Plan Stakeholder Management

Manage Stakeholder Engagement

Control Stakeholder Engagement

A

Manage Stakeholder Engagement

45
Q

Which of the following models of conflict resolutin allows a cooling off period, but seldom resolves the issues in the long term?

Problem Solving

Withdrawl

Forcing

Smoothing

A

Forcing

46
Q

A project with a total funding of $70,000 was finished with a BAC value of $60,000. What term can best describe the difference of $10,000?

Cost Variance

Management Overhead

Management Contingency Reserve

Schedule Variance

A

Management Contingency Reserve

Difference between the cost baseline and funding requirement at Project completion is Management Contingency Reserve.

47
Q

What are you likely to see as a project manager in a scheudle with must fix dates and little or no slack?

Lots of free float

Idle resources

Negative float

Positive float

A

Idle Resources

48
Q

Inputs of Develop Project Team include all EXCEPT?

Project Staff

Reward and Recognition System

Resource Calendar

Project Plan

A

Reward and Recognition

49
Q

Which of the following is NOT true for a Resource Leveling?

Project’s critical path may be altered

Reverse resource allocation scheduling

Resource based scheduling method

All of the above

A

All of the above

50
Q

A project risk is characterized by 3 factors. What are they?

A

Risk event

Risk probability

Amount at stake

51
Q

Risk event is the description of what may happen to _______ the project.

Manager

Harm

Schedule

Budget

A

Harm

52
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A

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