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General project management questions
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1
NPV considers which of the following?
Prevailing rate
Contractual agreements
Reinvestment of capital
Greater IRR
2
Unanimity, majority, plurality and Dictatorship are examples of:
Interviews
Facilitated Workshops
Group decision making techniques
Group Creativity Techniques
3
This ensures that information is distributed but does not acknowledge or certify receipt
Push communication
Message and feedback message
Medium
Interactive communication
4
The PMBOK says, the project statement of work should contain what elements?
Business need
Product scope description
Strategic plan
Business case
5
The theory that 85 percent of the cost of quality is a management problem is attributed to:
Shewhart
Crosby
Deming
Koran
6
Initiating, Executing, Planning, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing are all:
Process Groups
Progressive Elaboration
Interpersonal Skills
Silos
7
What limits the options of the project team?
Constraints
Deliverables
Technology
Assumptions
8
The following are strategies for negative risks or threats except:
Share
Mitigate
Avoid
Transfer
9
This technique can cause the critical path to change
Smoothing
Fast Tracking
Resource Leveling
Crashing
10
To increase the accuracy of your estimating, use this Method:
Design of experiments
3 point estimation
Reserve analysis
Parametric estimation
11
Trello, MS Project, & Oracle P6 are examples of a:
Tool
Subsystem
PMIS
Computer Software
12
Is it better to prevent or inspect
Audit
Prevent
Inspect
It depends
13
Which of the following is displayed as an S Curve?
Funding requirements
Expenditures to date
Cost estimates
Cost performance baseline
14
Which of the following is not a major step of decomposition?
Identify major deliverables
Identify components
Verify correctness of decomposition
Identify resources
15
In which process does a stakeholder have the most influence?
Closing
Monitoring and Controlling
Initiating
Planning
16
All the following benefits of meeting quality requirements except which one
Lower risk
Less re-work
An increase in stakeholder satisfaction
Higher productivity
17
All of the following are techniques used in product analysis of the define scope process except
Value Engineering and value analysis
Systems analysis and systems engineering
Product configuration and specification analysis
Product breakdown and functional analysis
18
This activity can be it’s own process with inputs and outputs on larger complex projects
Procurement negotiations
Procurement contract awards
Proposal evaluation
Seller selections
19
Develop PM plan, direct and manage projects work, and perform integrated change control are
Processes in stakeholder management
Processes in communications management
Processes in integration management
Processes in scope management
20
Comparing your project costs to historical project costs is this type of estimation technique:
Parametric
Reserve analysis
Analogous
Bottom Up
21
The difference between the activity duration and the late finish is consider as the:
Scope
Activities
Schedule float
Dependency
22
Comparing your quality metrics with industry standards is an example of
Benchmarking
COQ
Baselining
Quality Control
23
This is a picture of an:
Project schedule
Organization chart
Activity Network Diagram
Work breakdown structure
24
Which of the following is a reason for starting a project?
Technological advance
Organizational need
Legal requirement
Customer request
25
Communication technology takes into account all of the following factors except which one?
Urgency of the need for information
Duration of the project
Reasons for the distribution of information
Project environment
26
which of the following is the most preferred method of settling claims in disputes
Collaboration
ADR
Arbitration
Negotiations
27
The tools and techniques of the conduct procurement process include all the following except
Internet search
Make or buy analysis
Bitter conferences
Advertising
28
All of the following are inputs of the estimate costs process except for which one?
Project schedule
Human resource plan
Resource calendars
Scope baseline
29
You should choose the project with the:
Highest NPV
with the largest team
Fastest pay back period
Most stakeholders
30
You have just estimated the duration of project activities, what knowledge area are you in?
Project integration management
Project quality management
Project scope management
Project time management
31
How many inputs does the develop project charter process have?
2
7
5
3
32
You hosted a 5K two years ago and you want to do another, what OPA is most helpful?
Marketplace and political conditions
PMIS
Your organizational marketing plan
Historical information from previous events
33
Assessing the probability and impact of something occurring is part of this knowledge area
Quality management
Risk management
Stakeholder management
Communications management
34
your sponsor wants you to do a project that you never done before, what is your first step?
Perform feasibility study
Document key stakeholders
Write a statement of work
Capture requirements
35
Subjective risk analysis technique that ranks risks in priority order
Qualitative Risk analysis
Quantitative risk analysis
Reserve analysis
Probability
36
Virtual brainstorming with multiple stakeholders anonymously is called
Interviewing
Delphi technique
Assumptions analysis
Root cause identification
37
These types of dependencies increase arbitrary total float:
Hard Logic
Discretionary
External
Mandatory
38
The approved scope statement, WBS, & WBS Dictionary are part of the:
Risk register
Project charter
Requirements documentation.
Scope Baseline
39
When the project is being performed under contract the SOW is provided by who?
Project manager
The contractor
The buyer
Project sponsor
40
comparative method, scoring methods, and economic cash flow analysis are:
Net present value
Constrained optimization methods
Benefit measurement methods
Advanced concepts
41
You will be released at the end of the project. What type of org are you in?
Functional
Strong Matrix
Balanced matrix
Weak matrix
42
(Optimistic + Most likely + Pessimistic)/ 3 is the equation for the:
Complex mathematics
Alpina
Triangular distribution
Beta distribution
43
Which conflict resolution technique offers project managers the best option for resolution
Confronting
Smoothing
Forcing
Collaborating
44
You will invoice the client for project costs and receive bonuses for finishing ahead of time
Using a cost plus incentive fee contract
Using a Firm price- economic adjustment contract
Using a FIrm fixed price contract
Using a time and materials contract
45
Your project depends on a deliverable from a trusted vendor on July 19. This is an example of
A constraint
A requirement
An objective
An assumption