There are two activities on your schedule, which are: 1) Install server in lab 2) Move server into the data center. However, the second task can’t start until the server has run in the lab for 5 days without failure. This is an example of what?
A. Fast Track
B. Lead
C. Crashing
D. Lag
In a project, Activity A has a duration of 4 days and begins on the morning of Monday the 4th. The successor Activity, B, has a Finish-to-Start (FS) relationship with A. The Finish-to-Start relationship has 2 days of lag, and Activity B has a duration of 3 days. If Saturday and Sunday are non working days, which of the following statements is true?
A. Total elapsed days (completing both activities) is 7 days
B. Activity B will be completed by the end of day on Thursday, 14th
C. Activity B will be completed by the end of day on Friday, 15th.
D. Activity B will be completed by the end of day on Tuesday, 12th
Which quality control technique or tool should be used when trying to determine the cause of a major defect?
A. Pareto Chart
B. Control Chart
C. Histogram
D. Fishbone diagram
It was found that there were a large number of hidden requirements to be uncovered in the Collect Requirements phase. Which of the following tools should a project manager use to identify them?
A. Participant observer
B. Questionnaires
C. Surveys
D. Interviewing
Peter is a project manager in an organization and conducts a workshop on project management. Which of the following statements made by him about projects is incorrect?
A. Projects exist within an organization and operate as a closed system.
B. Project processes usually generate information that helps improve the management of future projects.
C. Successful project management includes meeting sponsor, customer, and other stakeholder requirements.
D. Project management is an integrative undertaking.
You are a Project Manager for Groceries R’ US, a supermarket chain, and are currently working on a project to build a new outlet. The planned values (PV) for the foundation and the frame are $150,000 and $500,000. After five months, you do a performance measurement analysis. You are currently not ahead of schedule. The actual costs for the foundation and frame were $175,000 and $650,000 up to this point where 100% of the foundation is complete and only 80% of the frame is complete. Which value represents the cost performance index (CPI) to two decimal places at this point in the project?
A. 0.84
B. 1.5
C. 0.67
D. 1.19
The Budget at Completion (BAC) for a project is $50,000. The Actual Costs (AC) to date are $10,000. The Earned Value (EV) is $7,000. At this stage, the project management team did a manual bottom-up summation of costs and forecast an Estimate to Complete (ETC) of $50,000. What is the Estimate at Completion (EAC) for the project?
A. $57,000
B. $40,000
C. $60,000
D. $53,000
Public recognition of good performance creates positive reinforcement for the team members. When is the best time for a project manager to recognize team members’ performance?
A. During the lifecycle of the project
B. At the end of every phase of the project
C. At the end of the project
D. As mandated by the HR department.
As the project manager of a project, you have needed to estimate certain activity durations before all project team members were acquired. On acquisition of the project team, you find that the actual competency levels of the acquired team members are much lower than what you had anticipated. In such a case, you will:
A. Make no changes to the schedule.
B. Ask the project team members to meet the original schedule by putting in overtime if required.
C. Make changes to activity duration and schedule incorporating the changed competency levels.
D. Inform the customer that the project is behind schedule.
You work at a software company that authors Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for chemical companies. Prior to releasing the MSDS to the company you have created a list of items to be reviewed to see that they appear on the document such as: chemical name, CAS#, protection required, what to do an emergency, etc. This is an example of what type of tool?
A. Checklist
B. Process Improvement Plan
C. Quality Management Plan
D. Quality Metrics