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2. Which of the following is not
considered a process
group?
 Initiating
 Planning
 Executing
 Integrating

3. As the architect of the project plan,
the project
manager is expected to provide all of
the following, except
 Detailed direction
 Basis for performance measurement
 Resource requirements
 Task definitions

4. To ensure definite boundaries to
complete a project,
the project manager must follow the
 Scope definition
 Scope statement
 Risk management plan
 Scope verification

5. This tool is used to secure expert
judgement.
 Expected value technique
 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
 Peer review
 Delphi technique

6. Which of the following is an example
of a project?
 Enforcing security protocol
 Cleaning the office premises
 Buying your weekly grocery
 Building a water fountain

7. Which of the following is not a project
category?
 Individual projects
 Staff projects
 Matrix or aggregate projects
 Combo projects

8. The following are considered KPIs (key
performance indicators), except
 Client involvement
 Use of interim metrics
 Government support
 Establishment of control processes

9. It means being answerable for the
satisfactory
completion of a specific assignment.
 Accountability
 Authority
 Responsibility
 Integrity

10. A preliminary estimate of the cost of a
project is
formally called a
 Rough order of magnitude
 Tentative cost analysis
 Estimate of costs and resources
 Budget schedule

11. What is the sequence of activities that
takes the
longest time to complete?
 Critical path
 Non-critical path
 Slack time
 Latest finish date

12. This is the amount of time that an
activity can be delayed without
causing a delay in the total
completion time of the project.
 Fudge factor
 Slack time
 Non-critical time
 Forward pass

13. Using PERT methodology, calculate the
average value or
expected value if the optimistic
estimate is one day,
pessimistic estimate is eight days and
most likely
estimate is two days.
 2.15 days
 2.45 days
 2.67 days
 2.85 days

14. The Project Management Triangle
consists of:
 Cost, time/schedule, resources
 Cost, time/schedule, scope
 Cost, product, scope
 Cost, product, resources

15. A table that displays personnel's skills
and knowledge as well as their interest
in work areas using these
skills and knowledge is called a
 Knowledge base
 Skills and knowledge table
 Power graph
 Skills matrix

16. Your team wants to check if the software
packaging you are making for a client is up to
standards. However, you have 12,000 units to
check and decided to take a random sample.
This is an example of:
 Benchmarking
 Statistical sampling
 Cost benefit analysis
 Root cause analysis

17. You are organizing a Christmas party for your team.
As project manager, you sense that there is a low
likelihood of members not attending the event but
decides against taking any action against this. Your
response strategy is referred to as
 Avoidance
 Transference
 Mitigation
 Acceptance

18. A hospital initiates a phase-out of mercury-based
medical products as part of new regulatory
requirements. This project was primarily initiated
because of
 Market demand
 Organizational need
 Technological advance
 Legal requirements

19. Your company is performing an audit
of projects for
quality standards in a process called
 Total Quality Management
 Perform Quality Assurance
 Perform Quality Management
 Perform Quality Control

20. Your company invests $800,00 on new
office equipment. The cash savings is
estimated to be $100,000 per year.
What is the payback period?
 4 years
 6 years
 7 years
 8 years

21. To determine the impact of diminished
resources from
your project schedule, what technique
would you use?
 Worst-case scenario analysis
 Variance analysis
 What-if scenario analysis
 Fast tracking

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