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You are the project manager of the HGF Project. You would like to use a portion of the activity list from the HGB Project, which is similar to your current project. The portion of the activity list from the HGB Project is best described as which one of the following?
A. Rolling wave planning B. Analogous estimating C. A template D. Expert judgment |
C. This is an example of using the previous project as a template. A, rolling wave planning, is incorrect because rolling wave planning describes the detailed planning of the imminent project work, and the high-level planning of work is further away in the project schedule. B is incorrect. Analogous estimating describes the method of using a similar project to create the current project’s time and/ or cost estimate. D is incorrect because expert judgment is using an expert to provide needed information for the current project.
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You are the project manager of a large project for your organization. Much of the project will center on new software which you’ll be installing on 4500 laptops in stages. Because of the likelihood of change, you’ve recommended a rolling wave planning approach. Which one of the following is the best example of rolling wave planning?
A. Using expert judgment for the current project B. Using a portion of the activity list from a previous project C. Breaking down the project scope D. Planning the immediate portions of the project in detail and the future project portions at a higher level |
D. Rolling wave planning is the planning of the immediate portions of the project in detail and the future work at a higher level. A is incorrect because expert judgment is using an expert to help the project manager make informed decisions within the project. B describes using a template for the current project. C is the process of creating the WBS by breaking down the project scope.
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You are working with your project team to break down the project work into activities. Which component in the WBS must be broken down to get to the schedule activities?
A. Project scope B. Work packages C. Planning packages D. Product scope |
B. The work packages are broken down into schedule activities . A, the project scope, is incorrect because this is the root of the WBS . C, planning packages, is incorrect because the planning packages represent portions of the WBS where known work content does not have schedule activities. D is incorrect because the product scope describes the thing or service the project will create.
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You and the project team have created the work breakdown structure based on the project scope and requirements. Your next step is to create the project’s activity list. Which one of the following will NOT be included in the activity list created with the project management team?
A. Activities that are not part of the project scope B. Quality control activities C. Activities to create the work packages D. Physical terms, such as linear feet of pipe to be installed |
A. The activity list must not include any activities that are not part of the project scope. B, C, and D are all incorrect because these activities and terms are included in the activity list.
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Mary has created an activity list with her project team. She has included activity attributes for each of the activities in her project activity list. Of the following, which one is not an example of an activity attribute that Mary likely included?
A. Scope verification processes B. Predecessor activities C. Leads and lags D. Geographic area where the work must take place |
A. Scope verification leads to acceptance decisions with the project customer, but it is not part of the activity attributes. B, C, and D are all part of the activity attributes that Mary may include.
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Your project team agrees that the server operating system must first be installed before the application can be installed. This best describes which one of the following?
A. Hard logic B. Soft logic C. Start-to-start relationship D. Finish-to-finish relationship |
A. The operating system must be installed before the application, so this is an example of hard logic. B is incorrect because soft logic describes a scenario in which the activities can happen in any order. C and D are incorrect because these activities cannot start at the same time nor may they finish at the same time.
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You are working with your project team to schedule activities for your construction project. You have scheduled the painting activity to be completed before the carpet installation activity may begin. The relationship between the painting activity and carpet installation activity can best be described as which one of the following?
A. Lag B. Lead C. Finish-to-start D. Start-to-finish |
C. The painting activity must finish first, and then the carpet installation activity can begin. A, lag, is incorrect because this describes the waiting time between project activities. B, lead, is also incorrect because this describes a schedule compression technique to move project activities closer together. D, start-to-finish, is a relationship between activities, typically used in just-in-time scheduling, but that is not what is described in this example.
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You are the project manager for your organization, and the following illustration represents your project. Based on the following illustration. How long will the project last?
A. 15 days B. 12 days C. 14 days D. 41 days |
A. The project will last 15 days. The path ACFG is the critical path that will take 15 days to complete. B and C are both representative of paths that are less than the critical path, so these answers are incorrect. D, 41 days, is the sum of the number of days of labor if you added the duration of each project activity in the project. The total of 41 days, however, is not an accurate calculation of the total number of days to complete the project based on the critical path.
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Beth is the project manager of her company and she’s asked you to help her with project schedule network analysis. Examine the illustration to the right. If Activity B is delayed by two days, how late will the project be?
A. The project will not be late because Activity B may use float. B. The project will be late by one day. C. The project will be late by two days. D. The project will be late by four days. |
B. If activity B is delayed by two days, the total duration of the project changes to 16 total days— one more day than the critical path will allow. A, C, and D are all incorrect calculations for this project. For more information, see the PMBOK, Section 6.5.2.2.
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Ronald is the project manager for his company. He has created a project network diagram for the activities in the activity list and he’s trying now to begin the process of float determination. He’s asked for your help. Examine the following illustration. Which path is the critical path?
A. ABFGJL B. ACFGJL C. ADEHJL D. ADIKL |
C. ADEHJL is the critical path because this one takes the longest to complete. A, B, and D are examples of paths that have float, so they are not on the critical path.
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Consider a project that is to begin work on a Monday and a project team that will not work any weekends. The critical path of the project is 17 days. On what day of the week will the project be completed?
A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday |
B. The project will complete on a Tuesday. This can be quickly determined by counting each set of Monday through Friday as five days. Three weeks allows the project to end on day 17, a Tuesday. A, C, and D are incorrect.
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Mike, a project manager in your company, is falling behind on the project schedule. He has elected to crash the project. What is crashing?
A. Adding lag time between all project activities B. Adding lead time between all project activities C. Adding additional project resources to the project work D. Removing all unneeded project deliverables |
C. Crashing is when a project manager elects to add resources to the project work in an attempt to compress the project schedule. Crashing adds costs to the project. A would cause the project duration to increase. B, adding lead time, is an example of fast tracking. D is not a valid choice.
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You are the project manager of the PJG Project for your company. This project is similar to a project you completed a few months ago and you’d like to reference the older project for information.
A. Analogous estimating B. Parametric estimating C. Organizational process assets D. Bottom-up estimating |
A. Analogous estimating uses an analogy between similar projects to determine the current project’s duration. B, parametric estimating, uses a parameter— such as 10 hours per unit installed— to predict the project duration. C is not a valid answer. D, bottom-up estimating, accounts for every work package in the WBS and the total amount of time for each deliverable. It is the most reliable time-estimating technique, but also takes the longest to create.
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You are using a three-point estimate for your project. Howard reports that his optimistic estimate is 16 hours, his most likely estimate is 24 hours, and the pessimistic estimate is 65 hours. What is the estimated duration for Howard’s activity?
A. You won’t know until Howard actually does the work. B. 105 hours. C. 24 hours. D. 35 hours. |
D. A three-point estimate takes the sum of the optimistic , pessimistic, and most likely estimates and divides it by three. A is not a reflection of the estimated duration. B and C do not reflect the result of a three-point estimate.
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The framing activity cannot begin until the concrete has cured for 36 hours. The time between the concrete activity and the framing activity is best described as which one of the following?
A. Hard logic B. Lag time C. Lead time D. Finish-to-start relationship |
B. The framing activity cannot begin immediately after the concrete activity; there is waiting time, which is commonly known as lag time. A, hard logic, describes the order in which activities must happen; it does not describe the time between activities . C, lead time, would actually allow activities to overlap. D, finish-to-start, does describe the relationship between the concrete and the framing activities, but it does not answer the question.
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You are the project manager of the Data Warehouse Project. You’ve just recently created the project network diagram and you now want to identify the critical path. Which one of the following best describes the critical path?
A. It is always one path with no float. B. It determines the earliest the project can finish. C. It has the most activities. D. It has the most important project activities. |
B. The critical path reveals the earliest that a project may finish. A is incorrect because the project may have more than one critical path. C is incorrect because the critical path may have fewer activities than other paths in the project, but may still take longer to complete. D is also incorrect because the critical path does not reflect the importance of the path’s activities, just their duration.
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Management has asked that you create the schedule management plan to identify the different processes and procedures your project will require. During the creation of the plan, you need to identify schedule control and its components. Schedule control is part of which project management process?
A. Change control B. Cost control C. WBS refinements D. Integrated change control |
D. Schedule control is part of the integrated change control process. A, B, and C are incorrect because neither completely answers the question.
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Terry is the project manager of the network update project and the project stakeholders have requested that four new servers be added to the project. This addition will cause changes in the project costs and schedule. Which system can manage changes to the project schedule?
A. Change control system B. Schedule change control system C. Integrated change control D. Change control board |
B. The only system that deals directly with schedule is B, the schedule change control system. A is not a valid choice. C, integrated change control, actually describes a project process. D is a group that determines scope changes and their effect on the project constraints.
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Which schedule development tool does not consider the availability of the project resources, only when the work may take place in the project?
A. The critical path method B. The critical chain method C. Schedule compression D. Arrow on the node method |
A. The critical path method only considers when the work may take place and not the availability of the resources. B, the critical chain method, does consider when the resources are available. C and D are not valid choices for this question.
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You are working with your project team to respond to some delays in the project schedule. You have elected to crash the project schedule and management wants to know what effect this will have on the project as a whole. What happens when a project manager elects to crash a project?
A. The project will end early. B. The project will end on time. C. The project costs will increase. D. The project team morale will decrease. |
C. Crashing adds cost to the project because it adds labor , and labor costs money. A and B are incorrect because crashing a project does not necessarily ensure that the project will end early or on time. D is also incorrect because there’s no evidence that the team morale will decrease if the project manager elects to crash the project.
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