Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1402

You are managing a new technology project designed to improve the removal of hazardous waste from your city. You are in the planning phase of this project and have prepared your network diagram. Your next step is to______________


A.
Describe any unusual sequencing in the network
B. State the number resources required to complete each activity
C. Establish a project calendar and link it to individual resource calendar
D. Determine which schedule compression technique is the most appropriate, because your customer requests that the project be completed as soon as possible

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
A summary narrative can accompany the schedule network diagram and describe the approach used to sequence the activities in the network. This narrative also should describe any unusual sequences in the network.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1401

All the following statements regarding critical chain method are true EXCEPT______________


A.
It modifies the schedule to account for limited resources
B. The first step is to use conservative estimates for activity durations
C. Duration buffers are added on the critical path
D. It focuses on managing buffer activity durations

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
When using critical chain techniques, the initial project schedule is developed using duration estimates with required dependencies and defined constraints as inputs.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1400

Several types of float are found in project networks. Float that is used by a particular activity and does NOT affect the float in later activities is called______________


A.
Extra float
B. Free float
C. Total float
D. Expected float

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Free float is defined as the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediately succeeding activities.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1399

The purpose of using what-if analysis in schedule control is to______________


A.
Review scenarios to bring the schedule in line with the plan
B. Document requested changes
C. Provide additional details as to when the schedule baseline should be updated
D. Update the activity attributes

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
A corrective action is anything that is done to bring expected future schedule performance in line with the schedule baseline. Regarding the project schedule, it usually means taking action to speed up the project. One way to determine why the schedule
performance is not in line with the plan is what-if analysis, which may address schedule activities and other scenarios other than the activity that is actually causing the variance. It evaluates scenarios in order to predict their effect on the project’s outcomes, either
positive or negative.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1398

Which of the following is a key input to define activities?


A.
Project management plan
B. Project scope management plan
C. Schedule management plan
D. Project management software

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
While there are a number of inputs to define activities, the schedule management plan is a key input. It shows the level of detail necessary to manage the work.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1397

In project development, schedule information such as who will perform the work, where the work will be performed, activity type, and WBS classification are examples of______________


A.
Activity attributes
B. Constraints
C. Data in the WBS repository
D. Refinements

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Identifying activity attributes is helpful for further selection and sorting of planned activities. They are used for schedule development and for report formatting purposes.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1396

An activity has an early start date of the 10th and a late start date of the 19th. The activity has a duration of four days. There are no non workdays. From the information given, what can be concluded about the activity?


A.
Total float for the activity is nine days.
B. The early finish date of the activity is the end of the day on the 14th.
C. The late finish date is the 25th.
D. The activity can be completed in two days if the resources devoted to it are doubled.

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Total float or slack is computed by subtracting the early start date from the late start date, or 19 -10 = 9. To compute the early finish date given a duration of 4, we would start counting the activity on the morning of the 10th; therefore, the activity would be
completed at the end of day 13, not 14 (10, 11, 12, 13). If we started the activity on its late start date on the morning of the 19th, we would finish at the end of day 22, not 25. Insufficient information is provided to determine whether this activity can be completed in
2 days if the resources are doubled.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1395

Project managers should pay attention to critical and subcritical activities when evaluating project time performance. One way to do this is to analyze 10 sub critical paths in order of ascending float. This approach is part of______________


A.
Variance analysis

B. Simulation
C. Earned value management
D. Trend analysis

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Performance of variance analysis during the schedule monitoring process is a key element of time control. Float variance is an essential planning component for evaluating project time performance.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1394

Unlike bar charts, milestone charts show______________


A.
Scheduled start or completion of major deliverables and key external interfaces
B. Activity start and end dates of critical tasks
C. Expected durations of the critical path
D. Dependencies between complementary projects

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation:
Scheduled start or completion of major deliverables and key external interfaces Milestones are singular points in time, such as the start or completion of a significant activity or group of activities.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Practice – Question1393

Which one of the following is a key input to the define activities process?


A.
Project management plan
B. Project scope statement
C. Project scope baseline
D. Project charter

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Explanation:
The scope baseline made up of the scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary is a key input to the define activities process and are used to develop the activity list that subsequently will help to create the schedule.