What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?


A. Scope
B. Quality
C. Specification
D. Grade

What cost control technique is used to compare actual project performance to planned or expected performance?


A. Cost aggregation
B. Trend analysis
C. Forecasting
D. Variance analysis

What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?


A. Failure modes and effects analysis
B. Design of experiments
C. Quality checklist
D. Risk analysis

An output of Control Schedule is:


A. A project schedule network diagram
B. A schedule management plan
C. Schedule data
D. Schedule forecasts

Work performance information and cost forecasts are outputs of which Project Cost Management process?


A. Estimate Costs
B. Plan Cost Management
C. Determine Budget
D. Control Costs

Which Process Group's purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?


A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Initiating
C. Planning
D. Executing

A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:


A. plan
B. process
C. program
D. portfolio

A measure of cost performance that is required to be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal and is expressed as the ratio of the cost needed for finishing the outstanding work to the remaining budget is known as
the:


A. budget at completion (BAC)
B. earned value management (EVM)
C. to-complete performance index
D. cost performance index

Outputs of the Control Communications process include:


A. expert judgment and change requests
B. work performance information and change requests
C. project management plan updates and work performance information
D. issue logs and organizational process assets updates

An input of the Plan Procurement Management process is:


A. Make-or-buy decisions.
B. Activity cost estimates.
C. Seller proposals.
D. Procurement documents.