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Question No : 101

In your project, some of the benefits of a well-constructed scope statement are all the follo

Choice 1 Proides a documented basis for ma!ing future project decisions

Choice 2 "eelops common understanding of project scope among sta!eholders

Choice 3 Proides !nowledge of projectjustification, delierables, and objecties

Choice 4 Proides a basis for time and costestimates

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

#or! brea!down structure $which is an output from Create #%& process' helps in proidinestimates(

)ptions *, +, and are benefits of a well-constructed scope statement(

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.ou are the project manager of a high priority project, which will re/uire more than *,000 tehumanresource planning,you would li!e to applyproen principles to shorten the time neeplan and ma!e it effectie( In this conte1t, you will benefit if you consult an e1pert in the fiel

Choice 1 2etwor!ing and team formation

Choice 2 3uman resource theory

Choice 3 )rgani4ational theory

Choice 4 Project organi4ation charts

Correct Choice : 3

Justification :

)rgani4ational theory proides information regarding the way in which people, teams, and oEffectie use of this information can shorten the amount of time, cost, and effort needed to
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planning outputs and improe the li!elihood that the planning will be effectie(

Question No : 103

The following is the data for a CPI5 project you are managing:

Target cost is 6 *00,00078ctual cost is 6 90,000Target fee is 6 +0,0007a1imum fee is 6 +,0007&haring ratio is ;0:+,000

Correct Choice : 3

Justification:

Target cost$TC' ? 6 *00,000Target fee $T5' ? 6 +0,000a1imum fee ? 6 +,000&haring ratio?;0:


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Choice 2 Cost baseline

Choice 3 &chedule management plan

Choice 4

&chedule data

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

Elements of the project management plan that may be updated include, but are not limited management plan, and cost baseline( &chedule data is the project document that gets updthe Control&chedule process(

Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page *;9

Question No : 169
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In your project, you are defining and documentingsta!eholdersJ needs to meet the project obje

ery important as the projectJs success is directly influenced by the care ta!en during this proc

be ery diligent when you:

Choice 1 Identify &ta!eholders

Choice 2 Collect Be/uirements

Choice 3 Create Project Charter

Choice 4 Create Project anagementPlan

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

Collect Be/uirements is the process of defining and documenting sta!eholdersJ needs to meet

projectJs success is directly influenced by the care ta!en in capturing and managing project an

Be/uirements include the /uantified and documented needs and e1pectations of the sponsor, sta!eholders(

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Question No : 170

.our sponsor beliees in N&8BTN goals for ealuating the objectiesor goals for your projec

includes all the following !eywords EXCEPT:

Choice 1 &ignificant

Choice 2 easurable

Choice 3 Beleant


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Choice 4 8ttainable

Correct Choice : 1

Justification:

&8BT Hoals: The performance goals should be &8BT- &pecific, easurable, 8chieable

specific(

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Question No : 171

8 documented direction to perform an actiity that can reduce the probabilityof negatie conse

project ris!s is called:

Choice 1 Correctieaction

Choice 2 Preentie action

Choice 3 "efect repair

Choice 4 Bis! mitigation

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

Preentie action: 8 documented direction to perform an actiity that can reduce the probabilit

associated with project ris!s(
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Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, page >+

Question No : 172

.ou are monitoring the technical performance of your website( Past data on the number of use

you forecast how your websitewould perform if the number of users increases in the future( Th

Choice 1 "esign of e1periments

Choice 2 Control chart

Choice 3 )rgani4ational process assets

Choice 4 Trend analysis

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

Trend analysis is performed using run charts and inoles mathematical techni/ues to forecasthistorical results( Trend analysis is often used to monitor technical performance, i(e(, how many

identified, and how many remain uncorrected and cost and schedule performance, i(e(, how ma

werecompletedwith significant ariances(

Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page +** and +*+

Question No : 173

#hich of the following is not true about conducting procurement negotiations=

Choice 1 Theproject managershould be the lead negotiator(

Choice 2 &ubjects coered may include responsibilities, authority to ma!e changes, applicable
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Choice 35or comple1 procurement items, contract negotiationscan be an independent proces

own(

Choice 4 2egotiations should clarify the structure, re/uirements, and other terms of the purcha

Correct Choice : 1

Justification :

The project manager may not be the lead negotiator on procurements( The project manager an

projectmanagementteam may be present during negotiations to proide assistance, and if nee

projectSs technical, /uality, and management re/uirements(

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Question No : 174

8s a project manager, you are re/uired to produce project performance reports on a regular ba

atCompletionis 6M0,000, planned alue is 6*00,000, schedule ariance is 60,000, and cost

percentage complete and estimate at completion in your project=

Choice 1 *9, 6 00,000

Choice 2 *M(, 6


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Justification :

&L ? EL K PL

EL ? &L D PL

? 0,000 D *00,000

? *0,000

CL? EL K 8C

8C?EL- CL ?*0,000 K 0,000

? 90,000

PercentageComplete? EL%8C 1 *00

? *0,000M0,0001*00?*M(

CPI?EL8C

? *0,00090,000?*(;+

E8C? 8C D $%8C-EL'CPI

? 90,000 D $M0,000 K *0,000'*(;+

? 90,000D$;+0,000'*(;+

?


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Correct Choice : 1

Justification:

Identify Bis!s happens during Planning Process Hroup(

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Question No : 177

#hen your company buyscomputersfrom "ell, you also pay e1tra for a three year warranty w

manufacturing defects will be ta!en care of by "ell( The ris! response strategy used is:

Choice 1 E1ploit

Choice 2 8oid

Choice 3 itigate

Choice 4 Transfer

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

Transfer( Bis! transfer re/uires shifting some or all of the negatie impact of a threat, along wita third partyV Transference tools can be /uite dierse and include, but are not limited to, the u

bonds, warranties, guarantees, etc(

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Question No : 178

In your project, you are performing seeral actions to e1ecute the project managementplan and to com

project scope statement( .ou will be inoled in:

Choice 1 Ta!ing correctie or preentie action to control the project performance
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Choice 2 &ettling or closing any contract agreement established for the project

Choice 3 Creating a document that will formally authori4e the project

Choice 4 Collecting wor! performance information about the completion status of the delierables and w

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

)ption


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Choice 3 5ailure costs

Choice 4 Performance costs

Correct Choice : 3

Justification :

5ailure costs $cost of non-conformance' include costs to rewor! products, components, or proc

costs of warranty wor! and waste7 and costs due to loss of reputation(

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Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page

Question No : 181

5or your project, find the to-complete performance inde1 $TCPI' based on the gien dat

%udget at completionof the project ? M00,000

Cost ariance of the project ? +,000Earned alueof the project ? +00,000

Estimate to Completehas now been reised to

Choice 2 *(*M;

Choice 3 *(

Choice 4 -*(

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

CL?EL-8C

8C?EL-CL

?+00,000-+,000

?*M,000

Question No : 182

.ou are a project manager( .ou hae completedthe project( #hile reiewing the costs, you obbudget was utili4ed for actiities performed in processes relating to one particular process grou

Choice 1 Planning ProcessHroup
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Choice 2 E1ecuting Process Hroup

Choice 3 onitoring and Controlling Process Hroup

Choice 4 Closing Process Hroup

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

8 large portion of the projectJs budget will be e1pended in performing the E1ecuting Process H

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Question No : 183

In your project you had planned to hae Tas!s 8, % W C completed already, howeer tas!s 8, %

and 0 completerespectiely( The alue of each day of wor! is 6*00( Qsing the 0-*00 Bule an

calculate the &PI:

Tas!s 8, %, C, and " hae duration of , ,


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Justification :

To calculate &PI, you just use the e/uation &PI ? ELPL( In this case EL would ? days( %ecause we a

can only say that Tas! 8 counts towards earned alue$alue of wor! completed'( #e say that Tas! 8 ha

$or 600', and Tas! % only counts as 0 $een though it is currently at 90 completionbecause of the

for this tas!'( PL would be *+ days $or 6*+00' because we planned to hae Tas!s 8, % W C done by thi

0(+( #e are behind schedule( This logic would also wor! if they gae you 66 alues in the table instea

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Question No : 184

.our project teamhad a meeting with the customer $during Lerify &cope process' for getting fo

projectdelierables( This actiity refers to which process group=

Choice 1 Closing

Choice 2 E1ecuting

Choice 3 Planning

Choice 4 onitoring and Controlling

CorrectChoice : 4

Justification :

Lerify &cope is done as part of onitoring and Controlling Process Hroup(

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Question No : 185

8ccording to cClellandJs theory, managers are not motiated by:
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Choice 1 2eed for achieement

Choice 2 2eed for power

Choice 3 2eed for affiliation

Choice 4 2eed for recognition

CorrectChoice : 4

Justification:

8ccording to "aid cClellandJs theory $also called 8chieement otiation Theory', mana

- 2eed for achieement

- 2eed for power

- 2eed for affiliation

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Question No : 186

8ssuming that the critical path of your project has duration of ten days, which of the following c

timelines=

Choice 1If the project has one critical path, you are able to decrease the duration of the critica

new tool(

Choice 2 If the project has one critical path, you hae to increase the duration of the critical pat

Choice 3If the project has two critical paths, you are able to decrease the duration of one critic

new tool(

Choice 4 If the project has two critical paths, you hae to increase the duration of one critical pa
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Correct Choice : 3

Justification:

)ption*: This will decrease the duration of the project by * day because the critical path decre

)ption +: This will increase the duration of the project by * day, because the critical path increa

)ption : This will not decrease the duration of the project( This is because een if one critical p

the other critical path retains the same duration of days7 so the oerall duration of the project

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deeloped and always prior to the start of planning(

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Pstudy(com comments: The project manager is responsible for the whole project from initiatio

Question No : 188

8 ris! that remains after ris! responses hae been implemented is referred to as:

Choice 1 &econdary ris!

Choice 2 Besidualris!

Choice 3 5allbac! Plan

Choice 4 8ccepted ris!

CorrectChoice : 2

Justification:

Besidual Bis!( 8 ris! that remains after ris! responses hae been implemented(

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Choice 2 )rgani4ation hierarchy

Choice 3

Besource brea!down structure

Choice 4 Project brea!down structure

Correct Choice : 3

Justification :

Besource brea!down structure $B%&' is a hierarchical structure of resources by resource categ

resource leeling schedules and to deelop resource-limited schedules, and which may be use

projecthuman resourceassignments(

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Justification :

JPerformance reiewsJ is a techni/ue used in Control &chedule process( It measures, compare

performance(

Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page *;0, figure ;-* and Page *;+

Pstudy(com comments:

)ption *$&chedule 2etwor! 8nalysis' is used in "eelop &chedule

)ption +$Pareto Chart' is used in Perform Ouality Control

)ption


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Choice 2.our organi4ation is going through a slac! period, and some resources, who can prod

underutili4ed(

Choice 3The item under consideration is a proprietary or business critical product which is a p

company(

Choice 4The item under consideration is not part of your core business, but your company has

product in-house, if re/uired(

Correct Choice : 4

Justification :

If it is a non core item, it may ma!e sense to consider outsourcingas an option, as it may be c

house(

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Question No : 194

In your project, you hae tocompletebuilding a prototype before testing can begin( This is an e

Choice 1 andatory dependency

Choice 2 "iscretionary dependency

Choice 3 E1ternal dependency

Choice 4 Preferred logic
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CorrectChoice : 1

Justification :

andatory dependencies are those that are contractually re/uired or inherent in the nature of tdependencies often inole physical limitations, such as on aconstruction projectwhere it is im

superstructure until after the foundation has been built, or on an electronics project, where a pr

can be tested(

Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page *>

Question No : 195

.ou hae fifteen members in your project team( .ou hae called for a project status meeting wi

been too many sidebar conersations and arguments( 8s a result, you hae achieed nothing s

achiee orderliness in the meeting ne1t time, you should:

Choice 1 "ecrease the number of people in the meeting

Choice 2 Publish a meeting agenda

Choice 3 Ensure that you control the channels of communication

Choice 4 Hie incenties to team members for conforming to desired meeting norms

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

Effectie Information "istribution includes((( meeting managementtechni/ues, preparing an ag

Reference: P%)FG Huide 5ourth Edition, Page +9

Pstudy(com comments:In order to conduct the meeting in an organi4ed way, you will hae to

meeting managementtechni/ues of preparing and publishing an agenda and to deal with confli
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)ption+: Preparing and publishing a meeting agenda is the best way to ensure that meetings a

fashion(

)ption *: "ecreasing the number of people may mean that we will not hae the re/uired sta!e

)ption : Controlling the channels of communication is not possible as the number of channels

determined by the formula 2 A $2-*' +(

)ption


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Choice 2 Het approal from all your project team members

Choice 3

Try to preent this change, since you thin! it is unnecessary

Choice 4 Issue a change re/uest

Correct Choice : 1

Justification :

In this conte1t, the ne1t step to ta!e is to re-baseline the project scope, cost, and time(

)ption +: This is not re/uired, since the project fundingis not proided by the team members( I

)ption: This is not possible, since the change has already been approed by the change con

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Choice 3 5

Choice 4

C

CorrectChoice : 3

Justification:

et us calculate the critical path for the diagram:

"ifferent possible paths are:

8%C"3: D < D D ? *

8%CH3: D < D + D < ? *

8EC"3: + D D D ? *

8ECH3: + D D + D < ? *

8E5H3: + D + D < D < ? *+

There are four critical paths, and all the tas!s that lie on the critical paths hae 4ero floa

any critical path and has a non-4ero float(


Question No : 199

#hich of the following is not the responsibility of a PP certificant=

Choice 1 Ensuring that there is no conflict of interest that can compromise the legitimate intere

Choice 2 Ensuring that technical specifications are appropriately defined


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Choice 3 "isseminatingPICode of Ethics and Professional Conduct to other PI members

Choice 4Cooperating with PI concerning ethics iolation related to PI andPP Certificatio

information

Correct Choice : 2

Justification :

The project manager need not be a technical e1pert /ualified to determine the accuracy of technical sp

8ll other responsibilities stated in options *, , and < find a place in the PI Code of Ethics and Profess


Question No : 200

#hich cost estimatingtechni/ue costs the least and saes the most time=

Choice 1 Parametric estimating

Choice 2 %ottom-up estimating

Choice 3 8nalogous estimating

Choice 4 Three-point estimates

CorrectChoice : 3

Justification:

8nalogous cost estimating is generally less costly and time consuming than other techni/ues
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accurate(

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