7. All of the following are part of a project methodology except:
A – Allowing stakeholders to change the methodology to add scope to the project
B – What to do in case of exceptions in any step of the methodology
C – Who is accountable for a particular step in the methodology
D – Exit criteria for a step in a methodology
8. Choose the scenario where a well thought out Project Organization Chart would add no value as a Project Control Enabler:
A – Involvement by all required groups in an organization leads to a better project plan where nothing is missed
B – If the chart included stakeholders who had no interest in the project (for or against)
C – Project staffing lends itself to organizational resource staffing analysis
D – Project team members can see their roles, which allows the project team to avoid redundant task
13. All of the following are reasons for project teams to be made up of members who perform project roles except:
A – Project roles promote division of labor
B – Project roles funnel the right attention to all project areas
C – Project roles create an opportunity for the organization to train new project managers
D – Project roles concentrate expertise within specific roles
21. What PMIS accounting function makes it possible to reserve project money for the month(s) following a project purchase, so the invoice can be paid?
A – Invoice
B – Accrual
C – Purchase Order
D – Quote
22. Stakeholder Analysis is NOT a valid Project Control enabler when:
The Interests of the stakeholder might be threatened by the project
The probability of success of the project depends on how much the project enhances the interests of the stakeholders
Stakeholder analysis is only done at the start of the project
It acknowledges that negatively impacted Stakeholders will resist the completion of the project
23. The new PM on the project has noticed a discrepancy between the project schedule and the network chart on the dependencies between tasks on a project. What document could the PM use to resolve the differences?
A – The work packages for the tasks in question
The WBS
The PMIS
The Project Charter
25. Which of the following is a better project control tool than a Project Plan with milestones defined:
A – Project schedule with milestones separated by sub-tasks
B – Project schedule with resources assigned
C – A network chart
D – A Risk Management Plan
26. Which Earned Value reporting rule would be suitable for tracking progress of digging a hole for the foundation of a large building?
A – % Complete
B – Milestone
C – 0/100
D – Level of Effort
27. If a vacation was a project, and you purchase trip cancellation protection, this is an example of which type of Risk Response Planing category:
Avoidance
Transference
Mitigation
Acceptance
29. The PM needs to decide to what level of granularity work packages should be defined, and then make sure what Project Control tool is aligned with this decision?
A – Project Schedule
B – WBS
C – Network Chart
D – Project Plan
30. Choose the correct statement comparing Analogous (Top Down) cost estimating methods to Bottom Up Cost Estimation
A – Analogous estimation is slower to develop than Bottom Up
B – Bottom Up estimation is more accurate than Analogous
C – Analogous is more costly than Bottom Up estimation
D – Bottom Up estimation is less accurate than Analogous
31. In a non-Earned Value progress monitoring environment, choose the incorrect statement:
A – Schedule completion is monitored by “task % Complete”
B – Scope completion is monitored by tracking completed deliverables
C – Staying within budget is monitored by checking the PMIS report
D – None of the above
32. What characteristic of a non-Critical Path task makes it possible to delay the start of this task without affecting the duration of the Critical Path of the project?
A – Float
B – Latest Start
C – Earliest Start
D – Duration
33. Building 10 widgets instead of the planned 5 during a monitoring interval would be represented on the Earned Value report as a:
A – Positive CV
B – Negative CV
C – Negative SV
D – Positive SV
