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Q2. Which of the following regarding performance reporting is CORRECT?

1. It is done during project planning and project executing.
2. It is done during project planning and project monitoring and controlling.
3. It is done during project monitoring and controlling and project closure.
4. It is done during project executing and project monitoring and controlling.

Q3. The budget of your project is 350,000 USD and you have spent 200,000 USD. However, upon analyzing the project’s performance you find that you are over budget and may need 200,000 USD to complete the remaining work. This 200,000 USD is known as:

1. BAC
2. ETC
3. TCPI
4. EAC

Q4. Which estimating method tends to be MOST costly for creating a project cost estimate?

1. Bottom-up
2. Analogous
3. Parametric
4. 50/50 rule

Q5. Your organization has received two projects. One project is to design a call center for the client, and the other is research work in pollution control. How are you going to manage these two projects?

1. Under project management
2. Under portfolio management
3. Under program management
4. None of the above

Q6. A project manager presented earned value analysis data in a tabular format in a performance report. Another way the project manager could have presented the earned value analysis data is with:

1. A linear graph
2. An S-curve
3. A logarithmic curve
4. An Epsilon graph

Q7. Which of the following tools helps you to determine whether the subcontractor’s work is meeting the quality requirements?

1. Quality control
2. Quality audit
3. Inspection of deliverables
4. Delphi technique

Q8. The outputs of the Define Activities process include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. All activities that will be performed on the project
2. A network diagram
3. Activity attributes
4. Milestone list

Q9. A project manager is taking over a project from another project manager during the planning process group. If the new project manager wants to see what the previous project manager planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be BEST to look at the:

1. Communications management plan
2. Update management plan
3. Staffing management plan
4. Schedule management plan 71

Q10. While completing the Plan Resource process on your project, you visited the functional manger of engineering many times, but she refused to supply resources for the project. First, the excuse was that her department was too busy; next, the department was undergoing reorganization. This is causing your project to slip the schedule. Which of the following is the MOST probable reason for her lack of support?

1. The priority of the project has increased
2. The project does not have a project charter and the functional manager was not involved in approving the project management plan
3. The project schedule network diagram was not time-phased.
4. The WBS did not include all resources needed on the project.