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Smoothing out resource requirements from period to period is called resource _____.
The Monitoring and Controlling process group contains which of the following processes?
In which of the following team development stages does the team begin to work together, develop trust, and adjust to the work habits and behavior?
What are you likely to see as a project progresses in a schedule with must fix dates and little or no slack?
The customer's expectations for quality are shown on a control chart as the:
The project manager decides to conduct a meeting with the team and management after a new risk has been identified. After the meeting, the decision is to allow the risk to occur.
This is an example of which type of risk response strategy?
Your company has asked you to be the project manager for the product introduction of its new DeskTop Rock media system. You recently published the project scope statement.
Which of the following is not contained in the project scope statement?
During the opening rounds of contract negotiation, the other party uses a fait accompli tactic. Which of the following statements is true about fait accompli tactics?
You are a project manager of Software Product Company. After hired a person you got to know that many of this person's ideas were developed by the competing company.
Are you going to implement the same ideas?
A computer tape which contains historical project information is called ____ tape.
A Project Management Office (PMO) manages a number of aspects, including what?
Which project management process ensures the seller's performance meets procurement requirements and that the buyer performs according to the terms of the legal contract?
Executing the risk response plan in order to react to risk events throughout the project is called:
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during cost estimating?
To complete performance index (TCPI) is represented by which of the following?
In the precedence diagramming method, which of the following is a logical relationship for the activities?
A project manager has increased project costs by US $100,000, but completed the project four weeks earlier than planned.
What activity is BEST described here?
A project manager and team from a firm that designs railroad equipment are tasked to design a machine to load stone onto railroad cars. The design allows for two percent spillage, amounting to over two tons of spilled rock per day.
In which of the following does the project manager document quality control, quality assurance, and quality improvements for this project?
Draw the precedence diagram for the dependencies and activity times below to answer the question. Use AON or another technique to derive the answer using F-S relationships.
What is the critical path duration for the given schedule network?
You've been assigned as a project manager on a research and development project for a new dental procedure. You're working in the Scope Planning process.
What is the purpose of the project scope management plan?
Your company has just presented its new five-year strategic plan. You have received a new product request from a customer that is in line with the previous five-year strategic plan, but it does not meet the objectives of the new plan. The product description seems to have a valid business driver and to be a straightforward development effort.
As project manager, what is the BEST course of action?
Activity resource requirements and resource breakdown structure are outputs from what Project Time Management process?
Lessons learned are most often based upon project historical records. Lessons learned can be used to:
Which of the following helps a project manager determine possible causes of problems on a project?
You are a project manager for an engineering company. Your company won the bid to add ramp-metering lights to several on-ramps along a stretch of highway at the south end of the city. You subcontracted a portion of the project to another company. The subcontractor's work involves digging the holes and setting the lamp poles in concrete. The subcontractor's performance is not meeting the contract requirements.
Which of the following is not a valid option?
A ________ estimate prepared from layouts, sketches and flowsheets, should be accurate within (-10, +25%).
The decision to approve or reject a particular change request is made in which of the following processes?
In an organization with a projectized organizational structure, who controls the project budget?
Which of the following strategies is used to deal with risks that may have a negative impact on project objectives?
Which of the following outputs from the Schedule Control process aids in the communication of SV, SPI or any performance status to stakeholders?
Which of the following is a conflict resolving technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
A purchase order for a specified item to be delivered by a specified date for a specified price is the simplest form of what type of contract?
Which of the following must be taken into account for every process, even if they are not explicitly listed as inputs in the process specifications?
Which analysis helps to determine the risks that have the most potential for impacting the project?
A project manager convenes a meeting to determine why the time to produce one product according to specifications has increased from one day to three days over the past month.
Which tool or technique is used in this case?
Your management has decided that all orders will be treated as "projects" and that project managers will be used to update orders daily, to resolve issues, and to ensure that the customer formally accepts the product within 30 days of completion. Revenue from the individual orders can vary from US $100 to US $150,000. The project manager will not be required to perform planning or provide documentation other than daily status.
How would you define this situation?
The person in the organization that authorizes the commencement of a project is the ______________?
You have been assigned to a project that will allow job seekers to fill out applications and submit them via the company website. You report to the VP of human resources. You are also responsible for screening applications for the information technology division and setting up interviews. The project coordinator has asked for the latest version of your changes to the online application page for his review.
Which organizational structure do you work in?
The project team reviews identified risks and the risk response strategy. For one of the risks, the team realizes that the implementation of the risk response would generate another risk.
This new risk is which of the following types of risk?
Many companies self-insure against some risk. Problems which can arise from self-insurance include:
Which process uses occurrence probability and impact on project objectives to assess the priority of identified risks?
Which of the following is the LEAST effective way to influence the factors that create changes to the cost baseline?
You know that PV = 470, AC = 430, EV = 480, EAC = 500, and BAC = 525.
What is VAC?
Many organizations categorize requirements into which of the following two categories?
You are about to begin negotiations with people from another country.
Which of the following should provide guidance on what business practices are allowed and not allowed?
The positive value of conflict is underestimated. Properly managed, conflict is a valuable tool, particularly when __________.
A project manager has just been assigned to a new project and has been given the approved project charter. The FIRST thing the project manager must do is:
You are a project manager for a documentary film company. In light of a recent regional tragedy, the company president wants to get a new documentary on the rescue efforts of the heroic rescue teams to air as soon as possible. She's looking to you to make this documentary the best that has ever been produced in the history of this company. She guarantees you free rein to use whatever resources you need to get this project done quickly. However, the best photographer in the company is currently working on another assignment.
Which of the following is true?
A project becomes officially authorized when which of the following occurs?
Which of the following is a schedule network analysis technique that takes limited resources into account?