100 Questions – Time 2 hours

1) Your boss, the vice president of research at your electronic system development firm, defines success on the project as providing "state-of-the-art" development. The vice president of marketing defines it as "world-class practices." The vice president of engineering, who is the customer for this project, is primarily concerned with new features. Which of the following BEST describes what you should do?

a Make sure the requirements are defined in measurable terms

b Concentrate on new featuresc Identify additional stakeholders that want new features to shift the balance in

that directiond Concentrate on making the project state-of-the-art

2) While visiting the country where a new branch office is being built, you are told that you must pay a US $5,000 fee to the government permit officer to obtain the facility permit required by law to start construction. The construction company tells you this is standard practice and is required by law. What should you do?

a Pay the fee

b Refuse to pay the feec Have the construction company pay the feed Have the customer pay the fee

3) Under which of the following circumstances could a project manager incur a fine and be jailed?

a For using people from outside the project manager's country to work on the project

b For failing to file the necessary permits in their own countryc For paying a bribe to a foreign officiald For not using minority workers on the project

4) Your company is very excited to work on a major new project. Although the contract is not yet signed, your management wants you to go ahead and begin to staff the project. What should you do?

a Wait until the last minute to do so

b Ask the customer for a letter of intentc Only start to collect resumes and not commit any fundsd Explain to management that this would not be a good idea at this point

5) You have just been assigned to take over a project that your management has told you is "out of control." When you asked your management what the problems were, they had no specifics, but said that the project was behind schedule, over budget and the client was dissatisfied. Which of the following should be of the MOST concern to you?

a The project is over budget and behind schedule.

b There is very little documentation related to the project.c The client is very dissatisfied with the project's progress.d Your management is looking for rapid and visible action on this project to

rectify the problems.

6) Which of the following is a main advantage of a matrix organization? a Improved project manager control over resources.

b More than one boss for project teams.c Communications are easier.d Reporting is easier.

7) All of the following are the responsibility of a project manager EXCEPT?a Maintain the confidentiality of customer confidential information

b Determine the legality of company proceduresc Ensure that a legal conflict of interest does not compromise the legitimate

interest of the customerd Provide accurate and truthful representations in cost estimates

8) During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope of work. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope of work mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do would be to

a let the sponsor know of the stakeholders' request.

b evaluate the impact of adding the scope of work.c tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added.d add the work if there is time available in the project schedule.

9) A market demand, a business need and a legal need are ALL: a reasons to have change management.

b justifications for initiating a project.c reasons to have a team.d reasons to create a management plan.

10) Senior management has imposed a project delivery date prior to acceptance of the statement of work. To whom is the project manager MOST accountable?

a Project sponsor

b Project teamc Customerd Senior management

11) Which of the following statements BEST describes why stakeholders are necessary on a project?

a They determine the project schedule, deliverables and requirements.

b They help to determine the project constraints and product deliverables.c They supply the resources and resource constraints on the project.d They help provide assumptions, the WBS and the management plan.

12) You have designed an improved system for a consumer product that could decrease repair cost for the consumer. Management has been impressed with your idea but has decided to wait until next year to implement it. What is the BEST thing to do?

a Advise government officials that there is a better alternative that could save the public money

b Wait until next yearc Go to one of your competitors with the idea in order to save consumers costd Tell everyone you come in contact with that you have a better design

13) You are reviewing the expense reports for one of your team members when you notice a payment he made in another country. You think the payment is a bribe. What is your FIRST course of action?

a Seek legal advice

b Contact the payee in the other country and ask if the payment was a bribec Ignore the problem; it is in the pastd File a permit authorizing the team to make such payments

14) Your company wants to assign a resource to your project and asks you to bill that resource to the customer. This concerns you because you get a bonus for maximizing billings to the customer. What is the BEST thing to do?

a Maximize customer billings in any ethical manner possible

b Ask for the customer's approval before adding the resource to the project scopec Ask for clarification of the intent of adding the resourced Remind the appropriate members of the billing organization that monetary

compensation is not worth compromising the integrity of the company

15) In the process of reviewing the status of your team's work assignments, you learn that the project has fallen behind schedule by one week. The project has high visibility within the organization and is completely date-driven. The project finish date is still two months out and you think you can recover the time over the next month or so. What is the BEST course of action for reporting the project status?

a Report the project on schedule. This is not a significant slippage and there is

still time to recover.b Report the project on schedule. Most project plans are not accurate to less than

one or two weeks anyway.c Report the project one week behind schedule and include corrective actions.d Report the project one week behind schedule and then issue a new report next

week showing the problem fixed.

16) You are working on your research and development project when your customer asks you to include a particular component in the project. You know this represents new work, and you do not have excess funds available. What should you do?

a Use funds from the project reserve to cover the costb Use funds from the management reserve to cover the costc Follow the contract change control processd Ask for more funds from the project sponsor

17) You are working on an 18-month project with a small, co-located team. The project sponsor and senior management are in another city and have requested weekly updates. The customer requires monthly meetings. Because the team members are busy with the project execution phase, they would like to reduce the frequency of meetings. Which of the following BEST describes how status meetings should be managed on this project?

a During project execution, you do not need to hold status meetings as long as you send the key stakeholders a status report every week.

b Once a month the entire team, including senior management, should meet with the customer. You should discuss the details of the previous month's issues and the current status.

c During project execution, it is only necessary for the project manager to meet with the customer once a month to fulfill your contractual obligation. Provide the customer with the status report and copy this report to key stakeholders.

d The frequency and level of meetings as well as the format and type of information to be exchanged should be defined in the project's communications plan during planning.

18) You are a public executive working on your fourth project to order new buses for a transportation route between two cities. You include a government official as a stakeholder and plan to include meetings with him in the WBS. Your manager objects to such activities as unnecessary. The BEST response is to inform your manager that:

a the government official can negatively impact the project.

b the government official knows the end-users better than either of us.c the government official is a stakeholder since the buses will be used in his city.d the government official is a stakeholder because he will be using the buses.

19) During planning, a project manager discovers that part of the scope of work is undefined. What should the project manager do?

a Continue to plan the project until the scope of work is definedb Remove the scope of work from the project and include it in the upgrade to the

projectc Issue a change to the project when the scope is definedd Do what they can to get the scope of work defined before proceeding

20) Your company wants to open a plant in a country where the law stipulates that women can earn only 50% of what men earn. Under these circumstances, what should you recommend to your company?

a Do not open the plant.b Your company should meet with government officials and try to get a waiver

that equalizes the rate between men and women.c Do not hire women.d Provide the women you hire with extra work to increase their salary.

21. A project manager and her team worked together to develop a work breakdown structure. However, it seems project team members are doing work that is not included in the work breakdown structure. The purpose of a work breakdown structure is to:

A guide the cost estimate for a project, not how the work is done.B provide senior management with a high-level view of the project scope.C include the work required to create the products of the project.D include the total project scope or all of the work that must be done to

complete the project.

22. Which of the following is done during scope definition? A Product analysisB Project selectionC DecompositionD Alternative definition

23. You are the project manager on an information technology project. An information specialist on your team, after having lunch with a low ranking customer representative working with him on a software project, learns that a simple alteration in the display would be a great addition to the project. You and management have already signed off the scope. The information specialist installs the change with no negative effect to the project schedule and at no additional cost. What management action should be taken? A The information specialist should be recognized for exceeding customer

expectation without affecting project cost or schedule.

B The project manager should add a task to the project plan with no associated time

C The information specialist should be told that his behavior was unacceptable, as it may have negatively affected the overall project.

D The project manager should create a change control form, and have the customer sign since the change is already made.

24. A project manager is trying to convince management to use project management and has decided to start with a charter. Why would the charter help the project manager?

A It describes the details of what needs to be done.B It lists the names of all team members.C It gives the project manager authority.D It describes the project's history.

25. Who issues the project charter? A ManagementB Project managerC Project teamD Stakeholders

26. A team member determines that the scope of work for her task is no longer valid. She comes to you for advice on making the change to the task scope of work. To which of the following documents should the project manager refer to make this change? A The project management information systemB The scope management planC The cost management planD The work authorization system

27. Which of the following is an output of scope planning? A Scope management planB ConstraintsC Work breakdown structureD Scope changes

28. Which of the following can create the MOST misinterpretation in the statement of work? A Using imprecise languageB Poor pattern, structure and chronological orderC Small variation in size of tasks or detail of workD Drawings that show too much detail

29. Of all decisions the executive sponsors must consider during an end-of-phase review meeting, the MOST difficult is A authorizing scope change for the next phase.B authorizing budget increases for the next phase based on scope changes.C cancelling the project.D decreasing scope to maintain the budget.

30. During a walk-through of a task, you discover that a team member is completing the work differently than stated in the WBS dictionary. How should you deal with this? A Replace the team memberB Determine if the alternative way is acceptable to the functional managerC Ask the team member if the changes are necessaryD Determine if the changes also change the scope of the work package

31. During project execution, a team member comes to the project manager because he is not sure of what work he needs to accomplish on the project. Which of the following documents contain detailed descriptions of work packages? A Work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionaryB Scope of workC Budget estimates D Cost estimates

32. A project manager is managing a fixed price contract. She thinks that a large customer- requested change might impact the schedule of the project. What should she do FIRST? A Meet with the stakeholdersB Meet with the teamC Renegotiate the remainder of the contractD Follow the change control system

33. During project execution, a project team delivers a project deliverable to the customer. However, the customer neither acknowledges the deliverable nor replies to the project manager's requests for verification. What is the BEST thing to do? A Continue with the projectB Document the situationC Contact management for helpD Call a meeting of the team

34. A design scope of work contains the: A detailed project requirements.B functional requirementsC performance requirements.D summary requirements.

35. A market demand, a customer request and a technological advance are examples of:

A changes to the project.B reasons to initiate a project.C components of a WBS.D claims to the project.

36. A team member notifies the project manager after the fact that certain project deliverables have been attained without performing all the associated work packages in the WBS. What should the project manager do? A Immediately communicate the changes to all team members and

stakeholdersB Change the project planC Change the project performance measurement baselines D Change the reporting process to get information sooner

37. During what phase of the life cycle is the project scope statement created? A InitiatingB PlanningC ExecutingD Controlling

38. For which of the following can the work breakdown structure be used? A Communicating with the customerB Showing calendar dates for each taskC Showing the functional managers for each team memberD Showing the business need for the project

39. Which of the following is a chief characteristic of the Delphi technique? A Extrapolation from historical recordsB Expert opinionC Analytical hierarchy processD Bottom-up approach

40. The process of creating a work breakdown structure results in: A a project schedule.B team buy-in.C a project completion date.D a list of risks41. Based on the diagram in figure E, what is the latest task B can finish?

A Day 18B Day 17C Day 13D Day 15

42. A task needs more time and the project manager determines that there is enough reserve to accommodate the change. Who needs to approve the change? A ManagementB Project managerC Team memberD Functional manager

43. You are a project manager for a small construction project. Your project was budgeted for US $72,000 over a six-week period. As of today, you've spent US $22,000 of your budget to complete work that you originally expected to cost US $24,000. According to your schedule, you should have spent US $30,000 by this point. Based on these circumstances, your project could be BEST described as:

A ahead of schedule.B behind schedule.C on schedule.D having not enough information provided.

44. Based on the diagram in figure E (Question 41) what is X?

A Day 13B Day 14C Day 18D Day 10

45. The project manager has analyzed the project, compressed the schedule and completed a Monte Carlo analysis. What should be done next? A Resource requirement updates

B Corrective actionC Activity duration estimatesD Work breakdown structure

46. Defining the activities, activity sequencing and activity duration estimating are inputs to: A project charter creation.B WBS creation.C schedule development.D project development.

47. How many types of relationships between activities can be found on a precedence diagram? A 4B 3C 2D 1

48. Which of the following are GENERALLY illustrated BETTER by bar charts than network diagrams? A Logical relationshipsB Critical pathsC Resource trade-offD Progress or status

49. A functional manager wants to make a change to the time associated with a task, but there is not enough reserve to accommodate the change. Who should authorize the change? A Senior managementB The functional managerC The project managerD The team member performing the work

50. A project manager is involved in the ABC project. Timelines have slipped for project ABC and he feels there could have been a mistake in the initial time estimate of this project. The following are assumptions that he made when doing the initial schedule using the Critical Path Method (CPM). Which one is incorrect? A The project manager estimated each task with a single time estimate.B The CPM can have no dummies.C The CPM uses only an activity-on-arrow (AOA) diagram.D The CPM helps to emphasize cost control and schedule flexibility.

51. During activity definition, the team discovers that they do not know enough to define the activities for a work package. What would be the BEST course of action? A Ask the end-user

B Ask the sponsorC Define the work package activities at a later dateD Make a decision based on the information available at the appropriate

time

52. You have a project with four tasks as follows. Task 1 can start immediately and has an estimated duration of one. Task 2 can start after Task 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of four. Task 3 can start after Task 2 is completed and has an estimated duration of five. Task 4 has an estimated duration of eight. It can start after Task 1 is completed. Both Task 3 and Task 4 must be completed before the project is complete. What is the critical path of the project? A Task 1, task 2, task 3B Task 1, task 4, task 3C Task 1, task 4D Task 1, task 2, task 3, task 4

53. When would a milestone chart be used instead of a Gantt chart? A Project planningB Reporting to team membersC Reporting to managementD Risk analysis

54. A project manager is trying to coordinate all the tasks on the project and has determined the following facts: Task 1 can start immediately and has an estimated duration of one week. Task 2 can start after task 1 is completed and has an estimated duration of four weeks. Task 3 can start after task 2 is completed and has an estimated duration of five weeks. Task 4 can start after task 1 is completed and must be completed when task 3 is completed. Its estimated duration is eight weeks. What is the duration of the critical path for this project? A 10B 11C 14D 8

55. What is the duration of a milestone?

A UndefinedB Shorter than the activity it representsC There is no durationD Same length as the activity it represents

56. You have a project with the following tasks: Task A takes 40 hours and can start after the project starts. Task B takes 25 hours and should happen after the project starts. Task C must happen after Task A and takes 35 hours. Task D must happen after tasks B and C

and takes 30 hours. Task E must take place after task C and takes 10 hours. Task F takes place after task E and takes 22 hours. Which of the following is TRUE if Task B actually takes 37 hours? A The critical path is 67 hours.B The critical path changes to tasks B, D..C The critical path is A, C, E, F.D The critical path increases by 12 hours.

57. Your team is analyzing the project and comes up with the information in table B. What tasks are on the critical path?

A Not enough informationB 11 monthsC Tasks B, C, E, F, HD Tasks D, G and I

58. During the project execution, a large number of changes are made to the project. The project manager should: A wait until all changes are known and print out a new schedule.B make changes as needed but retain the schedule baseline.C make only the changes approved by management.D talk to management before any changes are made.

59. Dummy activities are NOT used on which type of network diagram? A CPMB DetailedC PDMD PERT60. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do to try to complete a project two days earlier?A Tell them that the project’s critical path does not allow the project to be

finished earlierB Tell your bossC Meet with the team and look for options for crashing or fast tracking the

critical pathD Work hard and see what the project status is next month

61. If EV is US $300,000, AC is US $350,000, and PV is US $375,000, what does the schedule performance index indicate?

A You are only progressing at 86% of the rate originally planned.B You are progressing at 125% of the rate originally planned.C You are progressing at 116% of the rate originally planned.D You are only progressing at 80% of the rate originally planned.

62. Which of the following sequences represents straight line depreciation? A $100, $100, $100B $100, $120, $140C $100, $120, $160D $160, $140, $120

63. What is earned value? A BCWPB BCWSC EACD ACWS

64. An analysis shows that you will have a cost overrun at the end of the project. Which of the following should you do?

A Identify options to crash or fast track the project and then evaluate options

B Meet with management to find out what to doC Meet with the customer to look for costs to eliminateD Add a reserve to the project

65. How close to actual costs should a budget estimate be?

A -75% to +25%B -10% to +25%C +10% to -25%D - 5% to +10%

66. All the following are components of cost management EXCEPT: A resource planning.B analogous estimating.

C earned value management.D mathematical analysis.

67. Which of the following would not be available during planning? A cost performance indexB benefit cost ratioC internal rate of returnD budget at completion

68. One common way to compute Estimate at Completion (EAC) is to take the BAC and: A divide by SPI.B multiply by SPI.C multiply by CPI.D divide by CPI.

69. Earned value analysis is an example of: A performance reporting.B planning control.C Ishikawa diagrams.D Integrating the project components into a whole.

70. A project may be selected based on all of the following EXCEPT: A benefit measurement.B net present value..C the number of resources usedD value analysis.

71. The BEST description of costs that change with the amount of production is: A variable costs.B Fixed costs.C direct costs.D sunk costs.

72. You are evaluating a change to the project and trying to decide whether to lease or buy an item for the project. The daily lease cost is $240. The cost of purchasing the item is $6,800 for the investment cost and $70 for the daily cost. How long will it take the lease cost to equal the purchase cost? A 30 daysB 40 daysC 50 daysD 60 days73. A definitive estimate is: A a level of estimating that can be achieved without the team's help.B created during initiation.

C within a range of -10% to +25% of actual.D the most expensive to create.

74. A parking lot fencing project was bid at US $11 per foot, and one company is doing all the work. The parking lot has four equal sides of 125 feet and requires the installation of a six-foot diameter culvert on one side. Fencing should take 100 feet per day. The culvert installation will cost US $500 and take one day to complete. The culvert must be installed before work can begin on that side of the fence. After three days of work, and a cost of $2700, one side is complete, another has 75 feet installed, and the culvert is completely installed. What is the current status of the project? A The budget is neutral with a cost variance of $0.0.B It is over budget, with a cost variance of -$1,100.C It is under budget, with a cost variance of +$500 due to

the completion of the culvert installation.D It is over budget with a cost variance of +125.

75. The project manager is allocating overall cost estimates to individual activities or work packages to establish a baseline for measuring project performance. What step is this? A Cost managementB Cost estimatingC Cost budgetingD Cost control

76. Which of the following is an example of a parametric estimate? A Dollars per moduleB Learning bendC Bottom-upD CPM

77. Which estimating method tends to be MOST costly for creating a project cost estimate? A Bottom-upB AnalogousC ParametricD 50/50 rule

78. A cost management plan is an output of which cost management process area? A Cost estimatingB Cost budgetingC Cost controlD Resource planning79. During the conceptual phase of a pipeline project, the project engineer estimates the following. The cost of the materials to be most likely US $100,000, optimistically US $90,000 and pessimistically US $120,000. The cost for labor most likely US $80,000,

optimistically US $70,000 and pessimistically US $100,000. The cost for equipment most likely US $60,000, optimistically US $50,000 and pessimistically US $70,000; The cost for construction management fees most likely US $30,000, optimistically US $20,000 and pessimistically US $40,000. What is the probability of the project coming in under US $270,000? A ZeroB Less than 50%C Exactly 50%D Over 50%

80. Project A has an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 21%. Project B has an IRR of 7%. Project C has an IRR of 31%. Project D has an IRR of 19%. Which of these would be the BEST project? A Project A B Project BC Project CD Project D

81. There have been numerous changes on your project. All approved changes should be reflected in the A performance measurement baselineB change management planC quality assurance plan.D project plan

82. A team member notifies you, after the fact, that she has added extra functionality to the project. There was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?A Inform the customerB Inform the managementC Understand what functionality was addedD Implement change control processes to track the change

83. What is a project management information system?A Computerized status tracking systemB Manual status tracking systemC Method to determine and archive how the project is doingD Method to gather, integrate and disseminate what and how the

project is doing

84. All of following should be done by the project manager during project change control EXCEPT?A Determine that a change has occurred

B Ensure that a change is beneficialC Make sure all changes are approved by managementD Manage changes as they occur

85. During the execution of a project, the project manager determines that a change is needed to material purchased for the project. The project manager calls a meeting of the team to plan how to make the change. This is an example of: A management by objectives.B lack of a change control systemC good team relations.D lack of a clear work breakdown structure.

86. Which of the following will help the project manager verify assumptions and assess alternatives? A Organizational policiesB Project planC Historical informationD Corrective action

87. The need for ____ is one of the major driving forces for communication in a project. A OptimizationB IntegrityC IntegrationD Differentiation

88. The networking vendor has contacted the project manager to inform her that the recent earthquake will impact the delivery of critical components. The project team must meet to determine the impact to the overall project. It is determined that staffing will not be affected, but that changes will need to be made in the areas of risk and cost management. It is too soon to tell if quality baselines will be affected by this schedule change. What is the project team involved in here?

A Configuration managementB Work authorization analysisC Status review meetingD Integrated change control

89 During the execution of a project, many changes are made to the project. What should the project manager do now?

A Wait until all changes are known, print out a new schedule and revise the

baselineB Make changes as needed, but maintain a schedule baselineC Make only the changes approved by managementD Talk to management before any changes are made

90. A stakeholder wants to make a change to the work breakdown structure that does not affect the time or cost of the project. What is the BEST thing to do?

A Tell the stakeholder that this change cannot be made without revising the project plan

B Make the changeC Meet with managementD Look for other impacts to the project

91. The project team is working on a project when the buyer asks the project manager for the status of the project. What is the BEST way to determine the status of a project?

A Compare the project performance against the project baselineB Compare the earned value management to the planned value managementC Compare the project performance against the integrated change control

planD Compare the number of people used on each task to the planned number to

be used

92. The project manager is having a very difficult time keeping a project schedule on track. The project is 13 months long and requires 220 people to complete. All of the project problems have been fixed to the project manager's satisfaction, the SPI is currently 0.67, the CPI is 1.26, there are 23 tasks on the critical path and the project PERT duration is 26. Under these circumstances, the monthly status report should say that the project:

A has too many people assigned to it.B is behind scheduleC cost is behind budget.D is too risky.

93. You are in the middle of executing a major modification to an existing product when you learn that the resources promised at the beginning of the project are not available. The BEST thing to do is to:

A show how the resources were originally promised to your project.

B re-plan the project without the resources.C explain what will happen if the resources are not made available.D crash the project.

94. A work authorization system can be used to:

A control who does each taskB control what time and in what sequence work is doneC control when each task is doneD control who does each task and when it is done.

95. A project manager receives a change request from the customer. The change requires adding a new filtration system to the project in place of a cleaner bag. When the project manager evaluates the change, it is MOST important that he/she consider the impact to the:

A triple constraint.B communication plan.C sponsor.D subsequent tasks.

96. A team member notifies you she has added extra functionality to the project. She tells you there was no impact on the cost or schedule. What should be done as a result of this change?

A Implement change control processes to track the changeB Understand what functionality was added, to determine course of actionC Notify the functional manager that scope changes are not approvedD Make sure marketing is aware of the change

97. The client demands changes to the product specification that will add two weeks to the critical path. The project manager should:

A crash the project to recover the two weeks.B fast track the project to recover the two weeksC consult management before proceeding.D advise the client of the impact of the change.

98. Which of the following is the BEST method to control changes on the project?

A Look for sources of changesB Make the changes quickly when they occurC Prevent changes from being madeD Direct all changes to the change control board

99. All of the following are true for a project baseline EXCEPT?

A It is the original approved plan.B It includes approved scope changes.C It is useful in detecting project variancesD It is useful in preparing the WBS

100. A project change control system should be created during:

A initiation.B planning.C execution.D closure.