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At a critical milestone in development project, it is determined that implementation is two months behind schedule. The project manager is concerned that the root cause is lack of conformance to requirements in the design of the new billing system. More extensive measurements are taken to see if this is, in fact, the problem. Such measurements are:
  1. Not needed. The schedule should be compressed
  2. An example of Control Quality
  3. Not going to show why the schedule is delayed
  4. Part of integrated change control.






Q2. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9 and a late finish (LF) of day 19. What is the duration of this activity?

  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 10
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Q3. “What information needs to be collected when” is part of which of the following?

  1. Formal reporting
  2. Plan communications
  3. Stakeholder management
  4. Earned value
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Q4. Management wants the project completed in 40 days. The cost performance index (CPI) is 1.1; the project critical path duration is 38 days with a standard deviation of two days. What is the maximum project float?

  1. Zero days
  2. Two days
  3. Four days
  4. One day
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Q5. Which of the following statements about project teams is incorrect?

  1. The project management team is usually a team external to the project team.
  2. The project management team is a subset of the project team.
  3. For smaller projects, the entire team can share the project management responsibilities.
  4. For smaller projects, the project manager can solely administer project management responsibilities.
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Q6. Which motivational theorist said that people cannot ascend to the next level until the levels below are fulfilled?

  1. Maslow
  2. Deming
  3. McGregor
  4. Herzberg
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Q7. A project manager has just started planning his project. If he has only limited information about the project, he should use the following technique to estimate the duration for each activity using historical data from a similar project:

  1. Four-point estimating
  2. Three-point estimating
  3. Analogous estimating
  4. Parametric estimating
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Q8. During the Plan Risk Management process of a major project, the project manager is informed that her key subject matter experts are currently spread around the globe. All experts are available via e-mail and planning must not be delayed. What is the BEST method for gathering information?

  1. Brainstorming
  2. Delphi technique
  3. Assumption analysis
  4. Cause and effect diagramming.
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Q9. The purpose of status meetings is to:

  1. Exchanges information about the project.
  2. Have team members report on what they are doing.
  3. Issue work authorizations.
  4. Confirm the accuracy of the costs submitted by the team.
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Q10. Which of the following quality control tools and techniques may not be used for root cause analysis?

  1. Fishbone diagram
  2. Scatter diagram
  3. Ishikawa diagram
  4. Cause-and-effect diagram
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