1) You are the project manager of the JHG Project. This project has 32 stakeholders and will require implementation activities in North and South America. You have been requested to provide a duration estimate for the project. Of the following, which will offer the best level of detail in your estimate?
A. The resource calendar
2) Michael is the project manager of the 78GH Project. This project requires several members of the project team to complete a certification class for another project the week of November 2. This class causes some of the project activities on Michael’s activities to be delayed from his target schedule. This is an example of which of the following?
A. External dependencies
3) You are managing an interior decorating project. The walls are scheduled to be painted immediately after the primer is applied. You have allowed 36 hours between the primer activity and the painting activity to ensure that the primer has cured. This is an example of which one of the following?
A. 3) You are managing an interior decorating project. The walls are scheduled to be painted immediately after the primer is applied. You have allowed 36 hours between the primer activity and the painting activity to ensure that the primer has cured. This is an example of which one of the following?
A. Lag
4) You are the project manager for the LLL Project. Steven, a project team member, is confused about network diagrams. Specifically, he wants to know what the critical path is in a network diagram. Your answer is which one of the following?
A. The critical path is a path with the longest duration.
5) You are the project manager of the HQQ Project and you’re working with your customer stakeholder. The stakeholder has asked that you find a method to reduce the overall project duration for her organization. She has promised a bonus to your company of $10,000 per day that you finish ahead of schedule. Which duration compression technique could you utilize on activities that are effort-driven?
A. Crashing
6) You are creating a schedule duration estimate for the activities in the PDR Project. You’re working with your project team and comparing the results of a past similar project to predict the schedule for the current project. What estimating approach are you using?
A. Analogous
7) You are the project manager for your organization, which utilizes an agile approach to project management. The development team is rating the difficulty of completing the requirements in the current sprint. What term describes rating of the requirements to determine how many requirements can be completed in a sprint?
A. Story points
8) You are the project manager for the POL Project. This project will use a three-point estimate to calculate the estimates for activity duration. For Activity D, you have the following information: P = 9 weeks, O = 4 weeks, M = 5 weeks. What is the result of this estimate?
A. 6 weeks
9) You are the project manager for the YKL Project. This project will affect several lines of business at completion. You have elected to schedule each milestone in the project to end so the work does not affect current business cycles. This is an example of which one of the following?
A. Soft logic
10) You are the project manager for the MNB Project. You and your project team are about to enter the activity duration estimating process. Which of the following will not be helpful in your meeting?
A. The project charter