Which is a tool used in monitoring and controlling project work?
What is an objective of the Developing Project Team Process?
Which earned value management (EVM) metric is a measure of the cost efficiency of budgeted resources expressed as a ratio of earned value (EV) to actual cost (AC) and is considered a critical EVM metric?
In Project Cost Management, which input is exclusive to the Determine Budget process?
Perform Quality Control is accomplished by:
Which standard examines an enterprise’s project management process capabilities?
Cost aggregation is typically performed by aggregating work packages in accordance with the:
Plan-do-check-act is also known as:
Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?
When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:
Plan Schedule Management is a process in which Knowledge Area?
Which process in Project Time Management includes reserve analysis as a tool or technique?
The total of the planned value (PV) is also known as:
The cost baseline and project funding requirements are outputs of which process in Project Cost Management?
The ways in which the roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships, and staffing management will be addressed and structured within a project is described in the:
Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?
Which of the following is a schedule network analysis technique that takes limited resources into account?
Which Develop Schedule tool and technique produces a theoretical early start date and late start date?
Labor, materials, equipment, and supplies are examples of:
What is the difference between the critical path and the critical chain?
Which tool or technique is used in the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
What is the minimum a project schedule must include?
A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) if the planned value (PV) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $150, and the earned value (EV) is $50?
An output of the Develop Project Team process is:
Which of the following events would result in a baseline update?
Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?
When does Monitor and Control Risks occur?
When a project is undertaken to reduce defects in a product or service, the objective of the project is to create a/an:
PMBOI Guide is a standard that describes:
The formal and informal interaction with others in an organization industry, or professional environment is known as:
In which type of organizational structure are staff members grouped by specialty?
The component of the risk management plan that documents how risk activities will be recorded is called:
The scope of a project cannot be defined without some basic understanding of how to create the specified:
Define Activities and Estimate Activity Resources are processes in which project management Knowledge Area?
Which of the following investigates the likelihood that each specific risk will occur?
Which of the following is a tool and technique used in the Develop Schedule process?
Within a matrix organization, dual reporting of team members is a risk for project success. Who is responsible for managing this dual reporting relationship factor?
Scope verification is PRIMARILY concerned with which of the following?
The business needs, assumptions, and constraints and the understanding of the customers needs and high-level requirements are documented in the:
The Verify Scope process is primarily concerned with:
An input required to develop a preliminary project scope statement is:
Which element does a project charter contain?
A stakeholder expresses a need not known to the project manager. The project manager most likely missed a step in which stakeholder management process?
Risk responses reflect an organization's perceived balance between:
Which project risk listed in the table below is most likely to occur?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process provides guidance on how stakeholders can best be involved in a project?
Organizations perceive risks as:
Which type of dependency is contractually required or inherent in the nature of the work?
The risk shared between the buyer and seller is determined by the:
In which process group is the scope first defined?
The purpose of developing a project scope management plan is to:
Which type of agreement is legal, contractual, and between two or more entities to form a partnership, joint venture, or some other arrangement as defined by the parties?
What characteristic do project and operational work share in common?
Monte Carlo is which type of risk analysis technique?
Plan Risk Management is the process of defining how to:
At the end of the project, what will be the value of SV?
A project has a current cost performance index (CPI) of 1.25. To date, US$10,000 have been spent on performing the project work. What is the earned value of the work completed to date?
Lessons learned documentation is gathered during which of the following Project Management Process Groups?
Which tools or techniques are used during the Close Project or Phase process?
When alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary, which tool or technique should be utilized?
The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities is known as:
Those who enter into a contractual agreement to provide services necessary for a project are:
Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Define Activities process?
Types of internal failure costs include:
Which is the correct formula for calculating expected activity cost for three-point estimating?
When a backward pass is calculated from a schedule constraint that is later than the early finish date that has been calculated during a forward pass calculation, this causes which type of total float?
Which of the following is an output of Close Procurements?
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
A reward can only be effective if it is:
Which Knowledge Areas include processes from the Closing Process Group?
Which of the following is an estimating technique that uses the values of parameters from previous similar projects for estimating the same parameter or measure for a current project?
Which type of dependency is legally or contractually required or inherent in the nature of work and often involves physical limitations?
A project manager builds consensus and overcomes obstacles by employing which communication technique?
In a weak matrix, the project managers role is:
Which schedule compression technique has phases or activities done in parallel that would normally have been done sequentially?
Retreating from an actual or potential conflict or postponing the issue to be better prepared or to be resolved by others describes which of the five general techniques for managing conflict?
Which process documents the business needs of a project and the new product, service, or other result that is intended to satisfy those requirements?
Which technique should a project manager use in a situation in which a collaborative approach to conflict management is not possible?
Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?
Which conflict resolution technique searches for solutions that bring some degree of satisfaction to all parties in order to temporarily or partially resolve the conflict?
Which of the following choices is a contract closure tool or technique?
Conflict should be best addressed in which manner?
The procurement process that documents agreements and related documentation for future reference is known as:
A project in which the scope, time, and cost of delivery are determined as early as possible is following a life cycle that is:
In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?
The processes required to establish the scope of the project, refine the objectives, and define the course of action required to attain the objectives that the project has been undertaken to achieve are grouped within which Process Group?
Which tool and technique of quality planning involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?
Which of the following inputs is required for the WBS creation?
While preparing the project management plan on a weekly basis, the project manager indicates the intention to provide an issues report to the staff via e-mail. In which part of the plan will this type of information be included?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
What is the critical path for the project?
When should quality planning be performed?
A contract management plan is a subsidiary of what other type of plan?
Which stakeholder classification model groups stakeholders based on their level of authority and their active involvement in the project?
The definition of when and how often the risk management processes will be performed throughout the project life cycle is included in which risk management plan component?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The total float for the project is how many days?
Which is used to solicit proposals from prospective sellers?
What is the function of a Project Management Office (PMO)?
In the Define Activities process, the schedule management plan is used to:
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?
An input to the Create WBS process is a:
Which Plan Schedule Management tool or technique may involve choosing strategic options to estimate and schedule the project?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?
An output of the Create WBS process is:
Which of the following are placed at selected points in the work breakdown structure (WBS) for performance measurement?
Inputs to the Plan Risk Management process include the:
The process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables is known as:
Which tool or technique is an examination of industry and specific vendor capabilities?
The planned work contained in the lowest level of work breakdown structure (WBS) components is known as:
Portfolio Management is management of:
Payback period, return on investment, internal rate of return, discounted cash flow, and net present value are all examples of:
In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?
The Process Group that involves coordinating people and resources, as well as integrating and performing the activities of the project in accordance with the project management plan is known as:
Which of the following is a tool and technique used in all processes within Project Integration Management?
An imposed date for completion of the project by the customer is an example of a project:
Which stakeholder communicates with higher levels of management to gather organizational support and promote project benefits?
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Which of the following consists of the detailed project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary?
Which of the following will provide the basis for estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring and controlling project work?
Which of the following is an input into the Develop Project Team process?
Ensuring that both parties meet contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected is a function of:
Which of the following methods of performance review examines project performance over time to determine if performance is improving or deteriorating?
Which quality tool incorporates the upper and lower specification limits allowed within an agreement?
Who is responsible for reviewing change requests and approving or rejecting the change requests?
The Project Human Resource Management process that involves confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is:
A project management office manages a number of aspects including the:
Which cost estimate technique includes contingencies to account for cost uncertainty?
Which process should be conducted from the project inception through completion?
A project manager at a publishing company decides to initiate the editing phase of the project as soon as each chapter is written. Which type of Sequence Activities tool and technique is involved, considering that there was a start-to-start relationship with a 15-day delay?
Which type of elaboration allows a project management team to manage at a greater level of detail as the project evolves?
Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?
The project manager for XYZ stationers is sequencing the activities for the project to set up a new office. It is known from knowledge of best practices that it is better to wait for the painters to finish painting the walls before the new floors are installed. This is an example of which of the following types of dependency?
The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project activities is known as:
Which characteristic is unique to project work and does not apply to operational work?
What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?
What is the tool and technique used to request seller responses?
To please the customer, a project team member delivers a requirement which is uncontrolled. This is not part of the plan. This describes: