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You are in the middle of a major new facility construction project. The structural steel is in place and the heating conduits are going into place when a senior manager informs you that he is worried that the project will not meet the quality standards.

What should you do in this situation?

A.

Assure senior management that during the Plan Quality process it was determined that the project would meet the quality standards.

B.

Analogously estimate future results.

C.

Form a quality assurance team.

D.

Check the results from the last quality management plan.

What are the components of the "triple constraint"?

A.

Scope, time, requirements

B.

Resources, time, cost

C.

Scope, management, cost

D.

Scope, time, cost

Which of the following is most closely associated with pure risk?

A.

profit and loss

B.

personnel turnover

C.

market fluctuations

D.

insurance

E.

Both 1) profit and loss and 2) market fluctuations.

Which of the following statements is true regarding schedule variances?

A.

Schedule variances never impact the schedule.

B.

Schedule variances sometimes impact the schedule.

C.

Schedule variances impact scope, which impacts the schedule.

D.

Schedule variances always impact the schedule.

An input required to develop a preliminary project scope statement is:

A.

Organizational Structure

B.

Organizational Process Assets

C.

Organizational Matrix

D.

Organizational Breakdown Structures

If a risk has a 20 percent chance of happening in a given month, and the project is expected to last five months, what is the probability that this risk event will occur during the fourth month of the project?

A.

Less than 1 percent

B.

20 percent

C.

60 percent

D.

80 percent

What is the minimum a project schedule must include?

A.

Variance analysis

B.

A planned start date and a planned finish date for each schedule activity

C.

A critical path diagram

D.

Critical chain analysis

Which may be employed to shorten a schedule without changing the scope of the task?

A.

Alter to task priorities.

B.

Releasing resources earlier from tasks which were scheduled with a late start.

C.

Fast tracking or Crashing

D.

Fast tracking.

E.

Crashing

A project team member tells you that she went to her project manager with a good idea for a useful change to the project. Instead of giving her approval to make the change, the project manager asked her to write a report describing the benefits of the change.

What is the MOST appropriate advice for the situation?

A.

The project manager is being unreasonable and should do that kind of work herself.

B.

Remind the project manager that the benefit cost analysis for the project was done during project planning.

C.

A project manager must be able to weigh the benefits of the change versus the costs and compare them to other possible changes. The team member should do what was asked.

D.

The team member should do what was asked because this sort of information must be given to the project sponsor to make the change.

Which of the following can be used to track the requirements throughout the project life cycle?

A.

Requirements traceability matrix

B.

Scope management plan

C.

Project charter

D.

Work breakdown structure

Resource leveling _____________.

A.

Attempts to reduce resource requirements within a constraint on project duration

B.

Smooths out resource requirements by rescheduling activities within their float time.

C.

Allocates resources to activities to find shortest schedule within fixed resource limits.

D.

Smooths out resource requirements by substituting activities with unassigned resources.

E.

1) Smooths out resource requirements by rescheduling activities within their float time, or 2) Attempts to reduce resource requirements within a constraint on project duration

You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-to-south highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are in charge of the demolition phase of this project, and you report to the project manager in charge of this project. You have been hired on contract and will be released at the completion of the demolition phase.

What type of organizational structure does this represent?

A.

Balanced matrix organization

B.

Functional organization

C.

Projectized organization

D.

Weak matrix organization

According to Herzberg, which of the following is a motivational factor?

A.

Working conditions

B.

Achievement

C.

Vacation time

D.

Pay

E.

Hygiene needs

Which of the following is NOT a reason to measure variances from the baseline?

A.

To catch deviations early

B.

To allow early corrective action

C.

To determine if there are any wild fluctuations

D.

To create a project control system

Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution Process?

A.

Approved corrective actions

B.

Approved contract documentation

C.

Work performance information

D.

Rejected change requests