Explain the difference between risk and issues?
According to the Guide to the PMBOK, the project manager is identified and assigned during which process? A. As an input to the Initiation process B. As an input to the Planning process C. As an output of the Initiation process D. As an output of the Scope Planning process
Lessons learned are used for all of the following except: A. To provide historical information that you can review during your next project B. To document employee performance C. To identify successes and failures on the project D. To record the causes of performance variances
The purpose of a quality audit includes all of the following except: A. Examines the work of the project and formally accepts the work results B. Determines how the project is progressing and makes corrections C. Identifies lessons learned D. Reviews quality management activities to ensure the right quality elements are being examined
You are a project manager with technical expertise in the pharmaceutical industry. You've decided to try your hand at project management in the entertainment industry. Which of the following is true? A. You will likely be successful because communication skills are your strong suit. You anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar with. B. You will likely be successful because your organizational skills are excellent. You anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar with. C. You will probably be successful because you have a friend in the entertainment industry that has briefed you on all the important aspects of this project that you'll need to know. You anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar with. D. You will probably not be successful because you have little knowledge of the entertainment industry even though you anticipate having technical experts on your project team to address industry specifics that you're not familiar with.
You are the project manager for a custom home-building construction company. You are working on the model home project for the upcoming Show Homes Tour. The model home includes Internet connections in every room and talking appliances. You are working on the cost budget for this project. Which of the following is true? A. This process assigns cost estimates to project activities including risks and contingency plans. B. The cost baseline will be used to measure variances and future project performance. C. This process assigns cost estimates for expected future period operating costs. D. The cost baseline is the expected cost for the project.
You are a project manager for a new software development project. You have a few activities that require specialized testing. The testing might need to be repeated more than once. Which of the following do you choose? A. The Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for conditional branching and looping for the testing activity B. The Critical Path Method because it allows for float time to be calculated for the testing activity C. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for conditional branching and looping for the testing activity D. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique because it allows for a weighted average distribution, which will even out the time needed for the testing activity
Your project involves the research and development of a new food additive. You’re ready to release the product to your customer when you discover that a minor reaction might occur in people with certain conditions. The reactions to date have been very minor, and no known long-lasting side effects have been noted. As project manager you should: A. Do nothing because the reactions are so minor that very few people will be affected. B. Inform the customer that you've discovered this condition and tell them you'll research it further to determine the impacts. C. Inform your customer that there is no problem with the additive release the product to them. D. Tell the customer you'll correct the reaction problems in the next batch but you'll release the first batch of product to them now to begin using.
Which performance measurement is the cost of work budgeted for an activity within a certain time frame? A. AV B. PV C. EV D. EAC
Which of the following are tools and techniques of the Initiation process? A. Project selection methods and expert judgment B. Project selection criteria and expert judgment C. Constraints and assumptions and expert judgment D. Expert judgment and project charter
What is the w5hh (wwwwwhh) principle given by barry boehm?
You are a project manager for Pizza Direct, which is a retail pizza delivery store. Your company is competing with another retail score for the option of opening two new stores in a foreign country. You know, but have not yet informed your company, that you are going to go to work for the competitor, which happens to be bidding for this same opportunity. What is the most appropriate response? A. You decline to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners due to conflict of interest. B. You've not yet received an official offer from the competing company for your new job opportunity, so you choose to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners. C. You decide to participate in the initial meetings with the foreign business partners because any information you gain now will help you when you make the move to the new company. D. You inform the foreign business partners that you're going to be working with a new company and that you know the deal they'll receive from the competing company is better than the one this company is proposing.
Each of the following describes an element of the Scope Definition process except: A. Breaking down the major deliverables of the project into smaller, manageable components B. Supporting detail C. Decomposition D. Improving the accuracy of time and cost estimates
You've constructed the WBS for your recent project. Level two assignments have been made, and you've requested that the sub project manager’s report back to you in 3 weeks with each of their individual WBS constructed. All of the following are true except: A. The work package level facilitates resource assignments. B. The work package level is the lowest level in the WBS. C. The work package level defines the agreed-upon deliverables. D. The work package level facilitates cost and time estimates. ?
What are the initiation process outputs? A. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and project overview documents B. Project charter, project overview, feasibility study, and constraints C. Project charter, identification and assignment of project manager, constraints, and assumptions D. Identification and assignment of project manager, project overview, constraints, and assumptions