You are a business development manager at a mid sized automobile manufacturing company. Recently, you’ve been given a project to evaluate the possibility of manufacturing light duty trucks in a Southeastern Asian country. To develop a cost estimate, you visit the country with a team of experts to analyze local resources such as power, labor,
PMP Exam Set D – Q31
Emily is a first-time project manager and is analyzing a project schedule. She intends to apply resource leveling and has been given the following guidelines on resource leveling. Which of these four statements is incorrect? A. Resource Leveling can often cause the critical path to change.B. Resource leveling is applied to a schedule before it
PMP Exam Set D – Q30
The cost estimates for a project are in the range of +/- 5 %. What phase is the project likely to be in? A. Closing phaseB. Preliminary phaseC. Initial phaseD. Intermediate phase Show Answer A. Closing phase
PMP Exam Set D – Q29
As a project manager, you are responsible for determining and delivering the required levels of both grade and quality. Select which of the following statements you disagree with. A. Grade relates to the product’s characteristicsB. Grade relates to the customer requirementsC. Quality relates to the customer requirementsD. Quality and grade of a product must be
PMP Exam Set D – Q28
Jane is an experienced project manager. As part of the Collect Requirements phase, she decides to use a group creativity technique. This technique is expected to enhance brainstorming with a voting process, and can be used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Which of the following will she likely use?
PMP Exam Set D – Q27
Which of the following estimating techniques will cost less, but is also generally less accurate? A. Parametric EstimatingB. Analogous EstimatingC. Resource cost based EstimatingD. Bottom-up Estimating Show Answer B. Analogous Estimating
PMP Exam Set D – Q26
In which of the following situations would it be better to avoid using Analogous Estimating? A. When the project team members have the needed expertiseB. When an accurate estimate is requiredC. When a low value estimate is requiredD. When the previous activities are similar in fact and not just appearance Show Answer B. When an
PMP Exam Set D – Q25
Projects are often started as a result of an external factor such as market demand for a new product, a new legislative or regulatory mandate, or a change in technology. This results in the creation of ___________ by an entity or organization external to the project. A. the project charterB. the WBSC. the project budget.D.
PMP Exam Set D – Q24
Mandatory dependencies are those that are inherent in the nature of the work being done. They often involve physical limitations, such as on a construction project where it is impossible to erect the superstructure until the foundation has been built. According to the PMBOK, this type of dependency is also called: A. Soft logicB. Unilateral
PMP Exam Set D – Q23
Peter is in the execution phase of his project. He is getting unexpected requests from his stakeholders about the project progress. All of the following can be used by Peter to respond to their requests EXCEPT: A. Communications management planB. The stakeholder registerC. Organizational process assetsD. Work performance reports Show Answer B. The stakeholder register