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| Question | Answer |
| 1. What is the purpose of a work authorization system? | To clarify and initiate the work of each work package. |
| 2. Pay particular attention to these when closing projects that were performed under contract or that involve large procurement amounts. | Financial records. |
| 3. What is the formula to calculate EAC when future performance is expected to be like past performance | EAC = BAC / cumulative CPI |
| 4. What is the purpose of Create WBS process? | To break the major deliverables down into manageable components |
| 5. What is the process of overlapping phases to compress project schedule? | Fast tracking |
| 6. What is a quality metric? | An operational definition that describes what is being measured and how it will be measured by the Perform Quality Control process. This is and output of the Plan Quality process. |
| 7. Name the purpose of the Administer Procurements process. | To monitor vendor’s performance and ensure that all the requirements of the contract are met. |
| 8. Describe why projects end by starvation. | Funding or resources are cut. |
| 9. Name three ways project schedules can be displayed. | Project schedule network diagrams with dates, bar charts (usually in the form of Gantt charts), and milestone charts. |
| 10. Describe the quality baseline. | It is the quality objective of the project. It’s what is used as a guideline to measure quality against and report on it throughout the Quality process. |
| 11. Name the purpose of a quality audit. | Quality audits are independent reviews performed by trained auditors or third-party reviewers to identify ineffective and inefficient processes used on the project |
| 12. Name the purpose of the Develop Project Management Plan process. | It produces the project management plan output that defines how the project is executed, monitored, and controlled and describes the processes you’ll use to perform each phase of the project. |
| 13. What is the official written acknowledgement that a project exists and that resources are committed to the project? | Project Charter. |
| 14. One of the purposes of this type of meeting is to assist with gathering information regarding what went well and not so well on the project and for planning and executing future projects. | Lessons Learned |
| 15. “When in Rome…” | “… do as the Romans do.” |
| 16. Name the tools and techniques of the Collect Requirements process. | Interviews, focus groups, facilitated workshops, group creativity techniques, group decision-making techniques, questionnaires, observations, and prototypes. |
| 17. State the difference between program management and portfolio management. | Program management manages groups of related projects, whereas portfolio management involves the management of programs and projects. |
| 18. Name the categories of the cost of quality. | Prevention, appraisal, and internal and external failure costs (also known as cost of poor quality). |
| 19. The disorientation experienced when working in other countries is known as this. | Culture shock. |
| 20. What is a mandatory dependency? | One that is inherent in the work being performed. They usually involve physical limitations. |
| 21. Receivers filter their messages through these. | Culture, knowledge, language, geographical location, emotions, and attitudes. |
| 22. Describe the purpose of the scope management plan. | It describes the process for determining project scope, helps in creating the WBS, describes how the product or service is verified and accepted, and documents how changes to scope will be managed. |
| 23. Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning are parts of this process | These are stages of team development found in the Develop Project Team process. |
| 24. This tool is used to rank-order the causes of problems and is a type of histogram. | Pareto Chart. |
| 25. This schedule network analysis technique adjusts the project schedule to accounts for limited resources and combines deterministic and probabilistic approaches. | Critical chain method. |
| 26. Chances for successful project completion are lowest at the beginning of this project process. | Initiating. |
| 27. Name the purpose of a procurement audit. | To review the procurement process from Planning Purchases and Acquisitions through Contract Administration to identify lessons learned. |
| 28. Personnel in other departments, external or internal consultants, and members of professional and technical associations or industry group act in this capacity. | Expert Judgment. |
| 29. Which estimating technique uses historical information and expert judgment? | Analogous estimating |
| 30. What is the main point of the Hygiene Theory? | Hygiene factors prevent dissatisfaction; motivators lead to satisfaction. |
| 31. Name the different types of power. | Reward, punishment, expert, legitimate, and referent. |
| 32. Name the tool and technique of the Develop Schedule process that generates the project schedule by using the schedule model and other techniques to help produce the schedule. | Schedule network analysis. |
| 33. These describe what the project is trying to accomplish. | Project Objectives. |
| 34. Name the categories of contracts. | Fixed price or lump sum, cost reimbursable, and time and materials. |
| 35. Name the probability distributions used in the Quantitative Risk Analysis process. | Beta, triangular, uniform, normal, and longnormal. |
| 36. This describes a standardized and effective way of centrally managing approved changes and baselines. | Configuration management system. |
| 37. What is the formula to calculate CV? | CV = EV - AC |
| 38. Name three ways you can stay abreast of project management practices and techniques. | Attend local PMI chapter meetings, read project management books, and take classes. |
| 39. What is the key activity required to ensure customer satisfaction? | Documenting requirements. |
| 40. Name the tools and techniques of the Plan Quality process. | Cost-benefit analysis, cost of quality, control charts, benchmarking, design of experiments, statistical sampling, flowcharting, proprietary quality management methodologies, and additional quality planning tools. |
| 41. Name the five project management processes in order | Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling and Closing. |
| 42. State the purpose of the project management plan. | The project management plan defines how the project is executed, how it ‘s monitored and controlled, and how it’s closed. |
| 43. What is the lowest level of the WBS called? | Work package level. |
| 44. Name the purpose of the Manage Project Team process. | To track and report on the performance of individual team members and prepare performance appraisals. |
| 45. Describe the difference between Theory X and Theory Y managers | The theory X mangers believe people are motivated by punishment, money, or position. Theory Y managers believe people are interested in performing at their best when given the right motivations and proper expectations. |
| 46. Name the tools and techniques of the Perform Quality Assurance process. | Plan Quality and Perform Quality tools and techniques, quality audits, and process analysis. |
| 47. Conflicts of interest may involve these people. | Stakeholders, vendors, friends, associates, affiliations, and others. |
| 48. When is it appropriate to accept gifts from vendors and others? | Only when the gift does not exceed a reasonable value as defined by the organization. |
| 49. Name the three types of phase relationships. | Sequential, overlapping and iterative. |
| 50. What are the tools and techniques in the Develop Project Charter process? | Expert Judgment. |
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