36. Choose the correct statement about Work Breakdown Structures:
A WBS is one of several ways to ensure that all project work is included
A WBS is used to define the work in a project and the sequence the work is done in
If a Subject Matter Expert is not available for one of the areas the project touches on, it is OK for the PM to develop the WBS for this area.
Every component of project scope needs a WBS element
41. Monitoring project progress requires all of the following types of information except:
A – Materials expenditures
B – External labor charges
C – State of project content (scope)
D – Project team time-off plans
44. Before a PM goes back to the stakeholders to request approval to proceed with a proposed solution to get a project back on track, the following should be done:
A – Complete a change control process for the proposed solution
B – Re-baseline the schedule
C – Make sure that the performing organization can support the proposed solution
D – Update the Risk Management Plan
46. A project engagement with a 3rd party vendor failed because there was no clear definition of the roles of the vendor’s personnel on the project. Which of the following could have avoided this situation?
A – Included heavy financial penalties in the contract for failure to perform
B – Included the Project Manager in the contract negotiation process
C – Used a fixed-price contract
D – Included a bonus if the work was done early
47. A building project client comes to you (the PM) mid-way through a project, claiming that poor up front analysis has led to a large amount of interior finishing work being left out of the project plan. The client cannot change the delivery date, or the specifications for the building infrastructure (building material, dimensions, location, etc), and wants you to accept the change request. After analysis, you tell the client you would be happy to add the change, if the client will:
A – Provide more funding, so the schedule can be “crashed”
B – Agree that no more changes will occur
C – Agree to a follow-on contract after the current contract is done
D – Agree to purchase the interior finishing materials
51. A project stakeholder has looked at the time estimates in the project work packages, and has expressed concern that these are based on a single guess for each task. What estimating method could the PM use to overcome the stakeholders concern?
A – Delphi method
B – Expected Time
C – Historical
D – Expert Judgement
53. Three project risks have the following Risk Probability and Impact indicators (respectively)
Risk 1 – .5, .4
Risk 2 – .7, .3
Risk 3 – .6, .3
Which of these risks would require the most PM attention?
A – Risk 2
B – Risk 1
C – Risk 3
D – Risk 1 & 2
54. A new PM takes over a large project with a schedule only half done. A major stakeholder calls and needs a same day answer on if its possible to deploy equipment at a certain location in parallel with requirements gathering at another site. The PM may be able to answer this question by looking at the:
A – Half done project schedule
B – Risk Management Plan
C – Project Schedule
D – Activity Sequencing Chart
55. A Milestone Task on a schedule has the following unique characteristic
A – Zero day duration
B – Task description of “Milestone Task”
C – It is placed only at the start and end of the whole schedule
D – It is only placed at the start and end of phases between the start and end of the whole schedule
56. Concerns about subjective task completion reporting and the disconnect between spending project money and actually getting project value would lead the Project Manager to choose which of the following project monitoring methods:
A – Variance monitoring
B – Earned Value Analysis
C – PMIS report analysis
D – Weekly project status meetings
57. Consider a large Pharmaceutical development project in flight. Choose the following response that is NOT one of Lewis’ responses to a project variance
A – The PM shuts down the project because of severe side effects during the clinical trials
B – The PM and the stakeholders continue the project even though the color of the capsules cannot be blue, which is the planned color
C – The PM skips an optional clinical trial phase to make up time lost during product development
D – The PM is significantly behind schedule, and decides to let the project continue according to current schedule even though the stakeholders have approved extending the schedule.
58. The best way for an organization to manage the change that will inevitably come up on a project is to:
A – Fight it “tooth and nail”
B – Allow any change to be accepted and incorporated into the project
Create a change control process that is accepted by all stakeholders, approved by the senior leadership of the organization and used by all involved in the project
Ignore it and hope it goes away
The process of going from a high level project goal, to a WBS, and ultimately to the tasks in the schedule, is called:
A – Decomposition
B – Task Identification
C – Task Sequencing
D – Breakdown Analysis
Ultimately, a task is placed on the schedule because:
A – It has to be done, but not in any particular order or at a specific time
B – The Stakeholders voted, and a majority agreed it should be on the schedule
C – It must be tracked to completion
D – All of the above
Pick the statement that is false:
A – Resource Leveling smoothes the transition between monthly labor man-hour totals
B – Most Organizations can easily shift people around, so resource leveling is not important.
C – Ideally, there is a steady ramp-up in project staff at the beginning of the project, and the reverse at the end.
D – After resource leveling a project, it is not unusual to have to seek additional project funds.
