A number of items may be part of the schedule data for the project. The amount of additional detail will vary, but the data should include all the following items EXCEPT______________
A. Schedule activities B. Activity attributes C. Identified assumptions D. Resource breakdown structure
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Schedule data for the project schedule includes a number of items as it collects the information used to describe and control the schedule. It includes schedule milestones, schedule activities, activity attributes, and assumptions and constraints. It may include
resource histograms, alternate schedules, contingency reserves cash-flow projections, and order and delivery schedules.
Project execution must be compared, and deviations must be measured for management control according to the______________
A. Scope baseline B. Performance measurement baseline C. Schedule baseline D. Control system
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
The PMB is an approved, integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared in order to measure and manage performance. It includes contingency reserve but not management reserve. It typically integrates
scope, schedule, and cost parameters of the project, but it may also include technical and quality parameters.
Your project is considered very risky. You plan to perform numerous what-if scenarios on your schedule using simulation software that will define each schedule activity and calculate a range of possible durations for each activity. The simulation then will use the
collected data from each activity to calculate a distribution curve (or range) for the possible outcomes of the total project.
Your planned approach is an example of which following technique?
A. PERT B. Monte Carlo analysis C. Linear programming D. Concurrent engineering
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Simulation is a tool and technique for the develop schedule process by which multiple project durations with different sets of activity assumptions are calculated. Monte Carlo analysis is the most commonly used simulation technique.
Which of the following theorists stated that people generally are motivated according to the strength of their desire either to achieve high levels of performance or to exceed in competitive situations?
A. David McGregor B. David McClelland C. Victor Vroom D. B. F. Skinner
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
According to David McClelland, there are three relevant motives or needs in work situations: the need for achievement, power, and affiliation or association. This theory supports the view that there is a high correlation between achievement, affiliation, and power
motives and the overall motivation and performance achieved in a project.
At the time the risk register is first prepared, it should contain all the following entries EXCEPT______________
A. Root causes of risk B. Structure for describing risks C. List of risks requiring near-term responses D. List of potential responses
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation:
The primary outputs from identify risks are initial entries into the risk register. It ultimately contains outcomes of other risk management processes as they are conducted. As an output of identify risks, the risk register should contain a list of identified risks, a list of
potential responses, root causes that gave rise to the identified risks, and a structure for describing risks.
A final project report is a recommended best practice. Although this report can be organized in a variety of ways, how should each item that is covered in the report be addressed?
A. A recommendation for changing current practice should be made and defended. B. The focus should be solely on items that did not work well on the project. C. Individuals who did not contribute successfully as team members should be noted. D. An earned value discussion is warranted.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
It is important to capture lessons learned, which then can be used on subsequent projects. The more detailed the lessons the better. However, when it comes to personnel lessons learned, the information should be handled in a confidential manner.
You work for an electrical utility company and will be managing a project to build a new substation that will serve a new industrial park. This project was authorized because of a______________
A. Business need B. Market demand C. Technological advance D. Customer request
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Projects can be authorized as a result of a market demand, organizational need, customer request, technological advance, legal requirement, ecological impact, or a social need. The new industrial park is an example of a project authorized because of a customer
request.
One output of the control costs process is cost forecasts, which is when______________
A. Modifications are made to the cost information used to manage the project and are communicated to stakeholders B. Trend analyses are performed and communicated to stakeholders C. A budget update is required and communicated to all stakeholders D. A calculated EAC value or a bottom-up EAC value is documented and communicated to stakeholders
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation:
Cost forecasts are another output of control costs, and the EAC is used to show the expected total costs of completing all work expressed as the sum of the actual cost to date and the estimate to complete.
Each time you meet with your project sponsor, she emphasizes the need for cost control. To address her concerns, you should provide______________
A. Work performance information B. Cost baseline updates C. Resource productivity analyses D. Trend analysis statistics
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation:
The project’s work performance information should document and communicate the CV, SV, CPI, SPI, TCPI, and VAC for the WBS components in particular for specific work packages and control accounts.
Motivation is dynamic and complex. The statement, "Motivation is an intrinsic phenomenon. Extrinsic satisfaction only leads to movements, not motivation" is attributed to which of the leading theories of motivation?
A. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory B. Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene Theory C. Morse and Lorsch's Contingency Theory D. McGregor's Theory X/Theory Y
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation:
Frederick Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory asserts that some job factors lead to satisfaction, whereas others can only prevent dissatisfaction. There are two types of factors associated to the motivation process: hygiene factors, which relate to the work
environment, and motivators, which relate to the work itself. Hygiene factors, if provided appropriately, can prevent dissatisfaction, while motivating factors can increase job satisfaction and are more permanent.
