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1. In a strong matrix structure, employees take daily direction from:

• Project manager only
• Both, but the project manager has greater influence
• Both, but the functional manager has greater influence
• Functional manager only

2. If the schedule variance is positive and the cost variance is negative, the project's status is:

• Over budget and behind schedule
• Under budget and ahead of schedule
• Over budget and ahead of schedule
• Under budget and behind schedule

3. Which category of projects would involve a large number of functional units where the workers may be assigned either part-time or full-time?

• Special
• Individual
• Staff
• Matrixed

4. Which type of chart provides the least "predictive" value?

• PDM
• ADM
• PERT
• Bar chart

5. Scope creep is generally the result of:

• Too much detail in the specifications
• Having too many levels in the WBS
• Poorly defined SOW
• Having the wrong people assigned to the project

6. Which of the following is the role of the PM rather than the role of the functional manager?

• Where it will be done
• How the work will be done
• Who will do it
• What work will be done

7. The balance between quality and cost is called:

• Produceability
• Salability
• Availability
• Operability

8. The EVMS term that represents the value of work actually accomplished is:

• BAC
• AC
• EV
• PV

9. Which of the following would be the first item to be discussed in the initial kickoff meeting for a project?

• Understanding of the budget
• Understanding of the schedule
• Understanding of the requirements
• Understanding of the plan

10. Quality is defined by the:

• Project team
• customer
• Project manager
• Project sponsor

11. Which of the following people has the greatest influence on how much authority a project manager will possess on a given project?

• The project sponsor
• The customer
• The project manager's line manager
• The project manager himself / herself

12. A project manager desires a work breakdown structure that goes through 6 levels of detail. Level 3 through level 6 would most likely be prepared by:

• Customer
• Subject matter experts
• Project manager
• Project sponsor

13. In which project life cycle phase does quality begin?

• Initiation / planning
• Monitoring & control
• Closure
• Implementation

14. Project management restructuring allowed companies to manage projects that _____.

• Had undefined objectives
• Could not be handled by the traditional organization
• Did not require effective cost control
• Require little functional integration

15. Risk constitutes a lack of knowledge _____.

• Of future events
• About the estimates
• About the customer's requirements
• About the environment

16. The two primary components of a risk are:

• The probability and the impact
• The impact and the event
• The impact and the amount at stake
• The event and the probability

17. Which of the following standard project estimating techniques is usually accomplished in weeks?

• Engineering
• Parametric
• Analogy
• Grassroots

18. The hardest part in creating a best practices library is:

• Storage
• Classification
• Evaluation
• Knowledge transfer

19. A typical project office (not to be confused with a project management office) responsible for the management of a large project includes the project manager and the:

• Project sponsor and assistant project managers
• Assistant project managers
• Assistant project managers and functional managers
• Project sponsor

20. Industries that have _____ tasks and operate in a _____ environment demonstrated the greatest need for project management.

• Complex; Dynamic
• Simple; Static
• Complex; Static
• Simple; Dynamic

21. Pricing out the construction cost of a home by a cost per square foot would be representative of a(n) _____ estimate.

• Grassroots
• Parametric
• Engineering
• Analogy

22. The collective term for the formal quality activities and processes is called:

• Quality control
• Quality visions
• Quality assurance
• Quality policies

23. The difference between the cost baseline and the contracted cost is the:

• Profit
• Management reserve
• Cost of scope changes
• Cost at completion

24. Plans such as the cost plan, schedule plan and quality plan are referred to as:

• Subsidiary plans
• Specialized plans
• Integration plans
• Functional plans

25. Companies can become reasonably mature in project management by designing the right support systems. In general, how much time usually elapses after maturity before a company becomes excellent in project management execution?

• 2 years
• 1 year
• 5 years
• 10 years

26. The best source of revenue for a customer-requested scope change is:

• A customer-funded contract amendment
• Profits
• Management reserve
• Undistributed budget

27. During the 1970s and 1980s, formal project management practices were put in place because the constraints were _____ and _____ boundaries had to be crossed

• Tight; few
• Tight; several
• Loose; few
• Loose; several

28. A charting technique designed to illustrate the inductive and deductive reasoning necessary to achieve some objective is called a _____ Diagram / network

• Descriptive
• Intuition
• Gantt
• Logic

29. Which of the following is often overlooked when planning and budgeting a project?

• Customer's milestones
• Timing of the deliverables
• Number of meetings with the customer
• Cost and size of contractual documentation

30. What is the project sponsor's responsibility with regard to the WBS preparation?

• The sponsor should not be involved in WBS development.
• Make sure all work packages are well-defined.
• Make sure that the management levels of the WBS are correct.
• Make sure that the technical levels of the WBS are correct.