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1. If the optimistic estimate for an activity is 12 days, and the pessimistic estimate is 18 days, what is the standard deviation of this activity?A. 1B. 1.3c. 6D .32. During the define activities process for the subdivision development project, the project manager and his team are determining the tools and techniques they will utilize. Of the following, which tools and techniques are available?

A. Activity lists, decomposition, rolling wave planning ,expert judgment, and templates

B. Rolling wave planning, activity lists ,expert judgment ,and decompositionC. Decomposition, templates ,rolling wave planning, and expert judgmentD. Expert judgment, rolling wave planning, and decomposition.

3 You are the project manager for a new project that has four levels in the workbreakdown structure. The network diagram and duration estimates have been determined and a schedule has been developed and compressed. Which time management process should you do NEXT?A. Control Schedule.B. Estimate Activity Resources.C. Analogously estimate the schedule.D. Gain approval.

4. 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. The activity:A. Is on the critical path.B. Has a lag.C. Is progressing well.D. Is not on the critical path.

5. During the project to construct a gymnasium for a pre-school age children, the project manager and his team are identifying leads and lags. What is an example of a lag?

A. The latest padding for equipment can be ordered from the manufacturer without delaying the project.

B. The time between ordering the equipment and installing itC. A delay after installation of rubberized flooring, allowing the adhesive to

thoroughly dry before adding the equipment and furnishings.D. The earliest the equipment can be ordered from the manufacturer.

6. The city has approved an initiative to revitalize its downtown area. One of the initiatives project is the construction of an aquatic center that will service all age groups. The project manager and his team are performing the estimate activity duration process. Which tools and techniques are available for their use?A. Parametric estimation, analogous estimating, three -point estimates, and reserve

analysisB. Reserve analysis, three point estimates, analogous estimating, parametric

estimating, and expert judgment.C. Three point estimates, reserve analysis, analogous estimating, parametric

estimating, and Parkinson’s Law.D. Parkinson’s law, analogous estimating, parametric estimating, reserve analysis,

three point estimates, and expert judgment7. There five team members working on the project to update the e-cyclopedia. Currently the project is five weeks behind schedule with three team members dedicated to the completion of critical path activities. Of the following which represent the slack of the critical path?A. Five weeksB. Not enough informationC. 0(zero)D. Negative five weeks

8. You are the project manager on a defense project and are creating a net work diagram. Activity A(7 days) and activity B( 12 Days)can start immediately. Activity C (3 days) can start after activity A is complete .Activity D ( 4days) and activity F (3 Days) can start after activity B is complete. Activity E (5days) can start after Activity C and activity D are complete. Activity G (6 days) can start after activity D and activity F are complete. When Activity E and Activity g are complete, the project is done. What is the critical path?

A. BDEB. ACEC. BFGD. BDG

9. Using the original network diagram question, what is the slack of activity F?

A. Two daysB. One dayC. Four daysD. Not enough information.

10. The project to upgrade the SQL reports will be two weeks behind schedule based on the project managers decision to wait until the newly hired operations manager has had a chance to review existing reports and make her preferences known before resuming the project. This is an example of what?

A. Peripheral dependencyB. External dependencyC. Mandatory dependencyD. Discretionary dependency

11. A team member approaches you with a change that could cut your schedule down by amonth. What is the first thing you should do?A. Write up a change request and see if you can get it approvedB. Make the change; it’s going to save time and nobody will want the project to take longerthan it shouldC. Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you write up the changerequestD. Tell the team member that you’ve already communicated the deadline for the project, soyou can’t make any changes now

1 2. You are managing a software engineering project. Your team is having trouble completing their object design tasks. One of your team members tells you that her friend at another company sent her a copy of a software package they own that will help your team meet its deadline. Without that software package, your project will probably be late. But you don’t have enough money in the budget to purchase it. What’s the BEST way to handle this situation?A. Tell the team member not to use the software, and accept that the project will be lateB. Use the software so that your project comes in on timeC. Purchase the software so that you have a licensed copyD. Tell the team member that you need to maintain plausible deniability, so she should just do what’s necessary and not tell you about it

13. You have just been authorized to manage a new project for your company. Which of the following BEST describes your first action?A. Create the work breakdown structureB. Develop the project management planC. Start working on the project charterD. Figure out who has a stake in the project

14. Which of the following are NOT all examples of project documents?A. Scope Baseline, Project Funding Requirements, Stakeholder RequirementsB. Activity List, Stakeholder Register, Teaming AgreementsC. Forecasts, Risk Register, Quality MetricsD. Basis of Estimates, Resource Requirements, Statement of Work

15. Which of the following are valid ways to breakdown the work in a WBS?A. By risk or quality metricB. By product feature or unit of workC. By project phase or project deliverableD. By charge code or initial estimate

16. Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?A. Work Performance InformationB. Statement of WorkC. Approved Change RequestsD. Contract

17. You recently took over the assignment for a project. The project charter has been developed. What is an appropriate next step for you?36 A. Develop the risk register. B. Develop the project milestone schedule. C. Develop management plans. D. Get approval for the project management plan.

18. During project planning, you estimate the time needed for each activity and then add up the estimates to create the project estimate. You commit to complete the project on this date. What is wrong with this scenario?A. The team did not create the estimate, and estimating takes too long using that method.B. The team did not create the estimate, and a network diagram was not used.C. The estimate is too long and should be created by management.D. The project estimate should be the same as the customer's required completion date.

19. Crashing describes a technique to speed up a project by…A. …reallocating existing resources or assigning additional resources to the project. B. …overlapping activities which were originally planned to be done in sequence. C. …reducing the number of features of the product in order to reduce development work. D. …reducing the duration estimates for activities to increase the pressure applied to the staff.

20. During execution of a project, you observe that the performance of some of your team members is dropping, while others are doing a consistently good job. What should you try first to bring the team as a whole back to performance? A. Organize a team meeting and discuss openly the bad performance of the weak team members. Try to find a joint solution during the meeting. B. Introduce a competitive incentive system with a bonus for the 20% of your team which is performing better than the other 80%. C. Do not interfere, but allow the team some time to organize itself and sort the problem out by low-level conflict management. D. Introduce a system of formal and informal performance appraisals, research causes for bad performance and solicit mutual feedback.

E.