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You are in your third month of project execution which is expected to continue for a duration of 14 calendar months. Your sponsor has asked for a performance report. You decide to create a S curve. Based on the S curve you report your Actual Cost which is more than the Earned Value.Also the Planned Value is greater than the Earned Value. What would be the interpretation of this data ?

A. The project is over budget and behind schedule]>
B. The project is on schedule and on budget
C. The project is over budget but on schedule
D. The project is on budget but behind schedule

Of the following types of contracts - which has the HIGHEST risk for the buyer ?

A. Cost plus fixed fee - CPFF
B. Time and Material
C. Firm Fixed Price Contract - FFP
D. Fixed Price Incentive Fee Contracts - FPIF

You are in charge of managing a software development project which is related to simulations for driving racing cars.In one of your team meetings - it has been reported that a lot of issues have been reported in the air tunnel modelling module.On deeper analysis - it is found that many of the issues could have been prevented had a simple code review checklist been used.You decide to mandate usage of the code review checklist for all subsequent deliveries to ensure other deliveries are less issue prone. This is a good example of :

A. Corrective Action
B. Preventive Action
C. Defect Repair
D. Quality Control

Which of the following best describes Achievement Theory of Motivation ?

A. Employees given a reward are most likely to be motivated
B. People cannot be trusted and must be governed and monitored regularly to ensure tasks get done
C. People are motivated by achievement , power and affiliation
D. Employees will put in an effort in direct proportion to the perceived review and reward

You are in charge of a project to build a bridge across a river.You are midway through the project.However due to changes in environmental laws the project can no longer proceed and would need to be terminated.Executive management has asked you to document the level of work completed for the project.This would be done in which of the processes ?

A. Project Closure
B. Contract closure
C. Project charter
D. Scope Verification

Which hierarchical chart shows resources?

A. RBS
B. OBS
C. WBS
D. Scope statement

You are a project manager managing a project that has not been making good progress.Certain issues like a flash flood have significantly delayed the laying out of the plinth for the shopping complex.There have been a lot of escalations from key stakeholders and executive management is pressing for getting the project on track.In a review meeting your lead architect sensing the urgency - suggests a change that could significantly decrease the schedule.She is very confident that the suggested change will work to get things on track. As a project manager what is the best course of action ?

A. The project is lagging - so implement the change request as it would reduce the schedule
B. Reject the idea of making the change as this will need an approval from change control
C. Create a change request and submit to change control board
D. Identify the impact of the change to the scope and cost and then include this information in the change request

What is the purpose of fishbone diagram?

A. To illustrate how various factors might be linked to potential problems or effects
B. Are used to determine if the process are in control
C. Show trends in a process over time
D. Shows the pattern of relationship between two variables

You are the project manager for a large Project. You are currently busy with approximating number of work periods required to complete individual activities with estimated resources. Which of the following inputs do you need for this ?

A. Activity List
B. Activity resource requirements
C. Resource Breakdown structure
D. All of the above

You and your team are in the process of creating WBS and WBS Dictionary.What would be the BEST choice of attributes in a WBS Dictionary ?

A. Work Package ID and Work Package Description
B. Work Package ID,Control Account ID and Work Package Description
C. Work Package Description
D. Work Package ID,Control Account ID,Work Package Description,Acceptance Criteria,Responsible Organization,Cost,Assumptions

You have been asked to provide Cost estimates for a project which would be responsible for the complete electrical installation in warehouses. As a project manager - you have had past experience in similar projects in your previous organization.The organization you have joined - also has recently done a similar project - and there is an urgency in providing the estimate as mandated by executive management - so what estimation technique would you adopt ?

A. Ask your prior organization for the estimates
B. Use Parametric Estimating technique
C. Use Bottom Up Estimating
D. Analogous Estimates

Which of the following best describes Vrooms Expectancy theory ?

A. Employees will put in efforts dependant on expectancy, valence, and instrumentality
B. Employee motivation is not achievable - employees must be forced to get things done
C. Hygiene factors will ensure that job dissatisfaction not occur - however it does not ensure job satisfaction
D. People have needs starting with Physiological Needs and ending with self actualization

You are the project manager and decided to outsource a part of the project to a vendor. The vendor discovered some issues that impact the cost and schedule of its work. How does the vendor update the agreement?

A. A new contract needs to be signed by your company and the vendor
B. A contract addendum needs to be signed by your company and the vendor
C. An SOW needs to be signed by you and the vendor
D. None of the above

You and a group of managers who conduct a weekly meeting for sharing information and project management best practices.Joe who is a colleague of yours explains the need of correctly identifying all the project stakeholders.He explains that in his current project he has made use of Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix.Many of the other colleagues are not quite aware of the need and usage of this matrix - which of the following is the BEST choice ?

A. Lists all the stakeholders along with their current engagement and desired engagement
B. Lists all the stakeholders
C. Lists only those stakeholders who are Resistant
D. Lists only those stakeholders who are Supportive

You are managing a project to set up a brand new play area for the community.You and your team have been working as per plan and things are moving smoothly.Suddenly one of the stakeholders indicates that the play area must also include a sand pit.This was not originally planned for so you analyze the impact to the cost , schedule and scope.You then submit the change request to the Change control board for their approval.You have immediately received an approval - what should your next step be ?

A. Get the work done immediately and start executing
B. Update the impacted baselines - scope , cost and schedule
C. Update the work performance reports and share with stakeholders
D. Setup a meeting with the change control board

You are in the process of making cost estimates for a project.However detailed requirements are not yet available.A similar project was executed by your company and you decide to use the past projects historical data to come up with your estimates. This is called

A. Analogous estimating
B. Parametric estimating
C. Bottom-up estimating
D. Three point estimating

Which of the following statements are false regarding Risk Management?

A. All identified risks are maintained in the Risk Register.
B. Risk prioritization occurs in Qualitative Risk Analysis.
C. Risk prioritization occurs in Quantitative Risk Analysis.
D. Low priority risks are maintained in a Watch List.

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding change log ?

A. Change log is used to log only approved change requests
B. It is used to document changes that occur duing a project
C. The changes along with their impact to cost , time and risk are logged
D. Rejected change requests are also captured in the change log

The Scope Baseline consists of the following:

A. Approved Project Scope Statement , WBS , WBS Dictionary
B. Preliminary Project Scope Statement,Approved Project Scope Statement , WBS , WBS Dictionary
C. Scope Management Plan,WBS,WBS Dictionary
D. Scope Management Plan,Approved Project Scope Statement,WBS Dictionary

Your company has won a large project for one of the fund houses to administer their funds.The project work has been going on smoothly and the customer has been singing praises about the work done so far.The client has planned a visit the next month to go over the plans for the next phase of the project as well as to meet with the project team.Your senior management realizes that this client could potentially need additional capabilities in the derivatives segment.Your company happens to have a strong exposure to this segment having executed numerous such projects.Your senior manager also invites key managers from the derivatives segment to showcase the organizations abilities in the derivates vertical - this is an example of ?

A. Mitigating the risk
B. Avoiding the risk
C. Transferring the risk
D. Exploiting the risk

You have been assigned to a project that deals with developing a software product for the BFSI domain.You and your team are building the schedule network diagram.While sequencing activities one of the team members - who is an Architect indicates that rather than interacting with the database on every activity - we should introduce an activity which would cache the data.He argues that this will improve performance and hence this activity should be introduced in the sequence prior to the other activities that deal with database interaction. What kind of a dependency is this ?

A. This is an example of Mandatory Dependency
B. This is an example of External Dependency
C. This is an example of Discretionary Dependency or Soft Logic
D. This is an example of Hard Logic

You are in charge of building a bridge across a river. All the initial groundwork and structural designs have been completed and work is in progress.You know that the next two months will be particularly critical involving some critical activities such as Arc welding of stiffener plates.You know your company employs welders who specialize in this kind of work.However you are apprehensive regarding their availability for the next two months.What should you refer to first to find if these welders are available for the next two months?

A. Milestone List
B. Pareto Chart
C. Histograms
D. Resource Calendars

You are the project manager of a software project. You have just analyzed activity sequences, durations, resource requirements , schedule constraints and created project schedule. The above task belongs to which process?

A. Define Activities
B. Sequence Activities
C. Develop Schedule
D. Control Schedule

You are in charge of building a shopping portal.You are fairly confident as you have a team experienced in doing such work.As per the agreement at the end of the first month you organize a demonstration of the software.You invite the sponsor and key stakeholders.Later the sponsor informs you that she is not very happy with the progress indicating that one of the clients who would be using this software is not satisfied as her needs are not being met.To satisfy this client's needs would mean some radical changes with an impact to both cost and schedule.What could be the root cause of this issue?

A. Deliverables were not as per requirement
B. The stakeholder is making unrealistic demands
C. The scope statement was ambiguous leading to this
D. All the stakeholders were not identified

You and your team are planning out the work to be done.You break up the work into discrete workpackages.To ensure that each work package has all the necessary details - you and your team decide to write down detailed information for each work package such as Statement of work , details of the work package and who will be the responsible individual for the work package.Where would you store this information in ?

A. Approved Project Scope Statement
B. WBS Dictionary
C. WBS
D. Project Management Plan

You are managing a project that that your company won after making a bid.The clients have negotiated long and hard and have driven a hard bargain.The project is scheduled to span over eight months and you are in your fifth month of execution.You are extremely worried since you have about four more months of work remaining and the project is at the 'Point of total assumption' - what does this mean ?

A. As a seller you are running behind schedule
B. As a seller you are ahead of schedule
C. The project is going to have a cost overrun which will need to be negotiated with the client
D. As a seller all subsequent costs will have to be borne by the seller

You are managing a project which involves building software for the aeronautical domain.The nature of the work is complex and needs a lot of research.During Quality assurance both the development team and testing team suggest that the quality assurance process be changed to also include White Box testing and not only rely on Black box testing.The team wants to make this shift in approach as they believe this would lead to better quality of deliverables - what is the best course of action ?

A. As the changes will help improve quality - execute white box texting
B. Create a change request
C. Refuse to adopt this change as this would mean a change in agreed process
D. Analyze the impact of the change to scope , schedule and cost and then write up a Change Request

You are in the process of executing a project that deals with laying out electrical cables connecting two cities.You have been reporting progress on a monthly basis.In this month due to unplanned vacations many of the staff have not turned up at work.This has caused a delay in the schedule.You decide to check if the schedule variance is within the allowable threshhold - what document should you refer to ?

A. Project Management Plan
B. Schedule Management Plan
C. Project Schedule Network Diagram
D. Activity Definition

Earned Value Analysis is used to measure performance based on following parameters:

A. Scope and Cost
B. Scope and Schedule
C. Scope , Cost and Schedule
D. Cost and Schedule

As a project manager - you are expected to calculate the cost of Poor Quality - the project work is in progress - what costs would you consider ?

A. Cost of Hiring.
B. Prevention costs.
C. Appraisal costs.
D. External and Internal Failure costs.

You are in charge of a software project and you are almost 40% complete.The project stakeholders want a [performance report to date.You had planned to use Earned Value Management methodology.You come up with the following numbers: EV = 100 AC = 300 PV = 150 BAC = 600 You and your team have faced numerous issues till now . However you choose to ignore the current work performance and decide to go with what was originally planned. Based on this information what would be the EAC for the project ?

A. 800
B. 200
C. 600
D. 1800

Over lunch you meet a colleague who is managing a large turnover project for setting up a chemical plant.Your colleague is worried because the client is being unreasonable and asking for changes that will have a severe impact to the scope schedule and also cost.The client is also not ready to absorb the additional impact to schedule and cost.She seeks your advise - what should she do ?

A. Refuse to budge and not make any changes
B. Request her executive management to initiate legal action against the client
C. Ultimately the customer is always right - so go ahead and make the changes and absorb the impact to cost , schedule and scope
D. Set up a meeting with the client to better understand the need of the changes being asked for

What does S Curve depict a relationship between ?

A. Resource Availability over time
B. Remaining budget
C. A relationship between Actual Cost , Planned Value and Earned Value
D. Shows the relationship between Cost and Quality

You know that the success of your project will be determined by how well you manage risks.You know that identifying risks upfront can help you be better prepared with risk response strategies.You discuss and consult with other project managers in the company.One manager suggests usage of SWOT to identify risks.What would you do next as a part of this technique ?

A. Gather team members and experts together and discuss to identify risks
B. Gather anonymous responses from experts and identify risks
C. Perform root cause analysis to identify problems , their cause and potential response
D. Identify the Organizations strengths and weaknesses

You are in charge of constructing a High Rise residential building.After creating a Network diagram - you have identified the Critical Path. Work has started - but suddenly due to inclement weather plinth work has got delayed. This plinth work activity was on the critical path . As a manager driving this project would you be worried and why ?

A. No - It will not matter if the Plinth work is delayed.
B. No - Activities on the critical path do not impact the schedule
C. Yes - Any delay of activities on the critical path would lead to a delay of the entire project
D. Yes - you will now have to relay this bad news to the client

Your team has delivered phase one to the client. Based on client feedback and issues found by client - you decide to do some introspection to identify root causes so that the subsequent deliverables do not face the same issues.What techniques would you choose to apply ?

A. Perform Quality Audits
B. Review Activity Network Diagrams
C. Lookup Process decision program charts
D. Process Analysis

Which of the following activities is not performed as a part of Project Closure ?

A. Ensure all the deliverables as per contract are met
B. Create lessons learned and update Organizational Process Assets
C. Formal acceptance
D. Verify scope

Which of the following statements is not true regarding a Contract ?

A. Legally binding in nature
B. Obligates buyer to provide compensation and obligates seller to provide some product or service in return
C. By careful administration of terms and conditions the buyer can transfer some of the risks to the seller
D. Contracts undergo an approval process as any other plan

The _________ is the international organization that controls the standards for quality.

A. ISO
B. PMP
C. PMI
D. ISCII

Which of the following statements are not true regarding Scope Verification ?

A. Consists of conducting inspections , reviews and audits.
B. Used to determine if results conform to requirements
C. Used to get formal sign off from clients
D. Used to determine schedule variance

Project Team has created sub plans for each activity in project plan. These plans are called:

A. resource plans
B. activity plans
C. sub plans
D. management plans

As a manager on a project your key outlook is to ensure that the project delivers within the scheduled timelines with minimal rework and customer delight.For some time now the project work is proceeding smoothly with a CPI and SPI a perfect 1.One of your team members approaches you and indicates that she might possibly need a long vacation on personal grounds.She indicates this could possibly occur in two months from now.You look up the schedule and as luck would have it - this team member happens to be scheduled to execute activities which are on the critical path - and her absence in two months time would cause a delay in schedule.You decide to take some action and reschedule task allocation to ensure that this team member is not planned to work on any of the critical path activities.What did you just do ?

A. Mitigate the risk
B. Avoid the risk
C. Transfer the risk
D. Exploit the risk

Your company has won a project to build a school playground with specific toys and a sandpit.The school has mandated that the project be completed prior to start of the school after Holidays .You review the plan and see that the estimated completion date is nearly a month after the desired completion date.As resources are sparse you do not have the option to add additional resources.However you see that the sand pit work can start in parallel to the play kits being installed.Your analysis tells you that by performing these activities in parallel - the project would meet its schedule.This is an example of :

A. Scope Creep
B. Resource Levelling
C. Crashing
D. Fast Tracking

Your company policy allows you to gift customers within certain limit. By mistake, you have given a gift to the customer's representative already which is beyond the limit mentioned in your company policy. What should you do?

A. Forget it and don't tell anyone.
B. Contact your company's senior management and ask for assistance.
C. Ask your customer to return the gift.
D. Ask your customer to give you a gift which has the same cost

Top-down estimating is also called _______ estimating.

A. Analogous
B. Primary
C. Organizational
D. Simple

You are responsible for the complete makeover of a shopping mall which involves civil work and painting. After going through the details you have come up with the cost estimates which have been approved to arrive at the cost baseline. Work is now in progress and you and senior management are happy with the work throughput. Suddenly you realize the ceiling repair work was not factored in the estimates - though it was very much a part of the scope. You decide to make use of Contingency reserves - but your senior manager advises you to make use of the Management reserve - what is the correct option ?

A. Neither of the two are correct options
B. Making use of Management Reserve is the correct option
C. Making use of Contingency Reserve is the correct option
D. None of the above

You are in charge of a project for the electrical layout of a 5 star hotel.You see this as a very simple project as you and your team have a lot of experience excuting similar such projects.As a result your organization has a wealth of Organizational Process assets.You have worked out the exact details of the work involved and have a very detailed WBS with granular level activities defined.You decide to employ the services of a contractor for laying out of the cable trays.What kind of a contract would be the best choice ?

A. Cost-reimbursable contract
B. Fixed-price contract
C. T and M contract
D. None of the above

You know that the success of your project will be determined by how well you manage risks.You know that identifying risks upfront can help you be better prepared with risk response strategies.So you decide to identify risks by taking help of experts.You have identified some good experts and rather than calling them into your office - you send them questionnaires.You promise them complete anonymity so that they give unhindered responses.What information gathering technique are you adopting?

A. Brainstorming
B. Root Cause Identification
C. SWOT analysis
D. Delphi Technique

You have asked your team members to provide estimates of tasks.Based on the estimate provided you see a specific team member seems to have provided estimates on the higher side.You decide to discuss with the concerned team member.She replies that as she did not have an idea of how long it would take she had guessed the estimate and then to be on the safer side simply doubled it ! What is this known as ?

A. This is a Lead
B. This is a Lag
C. This is Free Float
D. This is a Pad

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