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A project manager has completed a detailed WBS and cost estimates for each work package. To create a cost baseline from this data, the project manager would:
  1. Use the highest level of the WBS to estimate analogously
  2. Sum up the work package and risk contingency reserve estimates
  3. Roll up work package estimates into a project total and add management reserves.
  4. Gain expert opinions of the project total costs.






Q2. An activity can be completed in 5 days if the conditions are favorable; however, if the conditions are unfavorable, it will take 10 days to complete. The most likely time for this activity to be completed is 6 days. Determine the PERT estimate for this activity.

  1. 6.5
  2. 7
  3. 5
  4. 3.5
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Q3. A major construction project has been having a lot of schedule changes due to unanticipated weather problems. Who is it BEST to notify of these changes?

  1. Stakeholders
  2. Sponsor
  3. Project team
  4. Functional managers
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Q4. PMBOK recognizes five process groups typical of nearly all projects. Which of the following is not one of them?

  1. Executing
  2. Monitoring and Controlling
  3. Planning
  4. Pre-Inception
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Q5. Which of the following is an agile prototyping technique showing sequence or navigation through a series of images or illustrations:

  1. Nominal group technique
  2. Mind mapping
  3. Decision trees
  4. Storyboarding
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Q6. In adaptive lifecycles, such as the agile approach for product development, requirements are documented as user stories that are then __________ just prior to construction.

  1. Analyzed and curtailed
  2. Benchmarked and standardized
  3. Prioritized and refined
  4. Examined and outsourced
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Q7. During the Collect Requirements process, a group of people were discussing multiple alternatives. One of the individuals in the group made the decision for the group. This method of reaching a group decision is termed:

  1. One Thinking Hat
  2. Autocratic
  3. Plurality
  4. Autonomy
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Q8. An identified risk occurred during the execution phase and the risk owner implemented the risk response plan. The impact of the risk was higher than the planned impact and the risk response plan was not effective. So, you ask the risk owner to implement the fallback plan to contain the situation. To implement the fallback plan, which reserve is most likely to be utilized?

  1. Contingency reserve
  2. Management reserve
  3. Cost reserve
  4. None of the above
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Q9. In regards to WBS, which of the following is the correct way to decompose the project scope?

  1. Total scope -> planning package -> control account -> work package
  2. Total scope -> control account -> work package -> planning package
  3. Total scope -> control account -> planning package -> work package
  4. Total scope -> Work package -> control account -> planning package
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Q10. Which of the following is not a project competing constraint?

  1. Budget
  2. Procurement
  3. Risk
  4. Resource
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