Which is the Estimate Costs technique used most frequently in the early stages of a project.
A document which describes how project scope will be managed and how scope changes will be integrated into the project is: (choose the best answer)
The amount of time that an activity can be delayed from its early start without delaying the project end date is called:
A Project Cost Management plan is created as a part of:
Develop Project Management Plan process
Control Costs process
Determine Budget process
Estimate Costs process
What are you likely to see as a project progresses in a schedule with must fix dates and little or no slack?
Which of the following is a common characteristic of most project life cycle descriptions?
A tool which is used to illustrate links between work packages or activities and team members is called _______.
As part of the quality audit, the scope statement is checked against the work results to ensure the conformance to the customer requirements. The results should be documented and used for which of the following:
Cost of Quality is a project management concept that includes cost of _________.
The party that needs the change resulting from the project, and who will be its custodian on completion is the _______.
A technique for resolving conflict in which the parties agree to have a neutral third party hear the dispute and make a decision is called __________.
A service or product's reliability and maintenance characteristics are MOST affected by which of the following:
You are the controller on your project. Your project manager has requested that you provide him with a forecast of project costs for the next 12 months. He needs this information to determine if the budget should be increased or decreased on this major construction project. In addition to the usual information sources, which of the following should you also consider?
The adjustment of task schedules in order to deploy human resource more effectively is called resource _______.
During the execution of a software project, the vendor proposes an upgrade of a part of project without a change in the schedule or cost. After the change is approved, where would this change BEST be documented?
Conflict resolution techniques that may be used on a project include ______________.
All of the statements regarding control accounts and planning packages are true EXCEPT:
You are project manager of a project. A customer requests a scope change in the project . In order to determine the impact of the requested change, you will need a work breakdown structure, change request, scope management plan, and:
A response to a risk event that was not defined in advance of is occurrence is called a:
As a project manager, you know that the most important activity to ensure customer and stakeholder satisfaction is which of the following?
A forward and backward pass indicted total float is equal to - 30 days. This indicates that:
Which of the following are NOT tools or techniques of the Activity Definition process?
The responsibility assignment matrix is a project management tool used to ________.
You are project manager and during the course of a project, the number of team members increases from six to ten. How many ADDITIONAL lines of communication channels now exist?
The MOST important selection criterion to select a project manager for a large project in a technical industry is:
Your upcoming project includes project team members from a foreign country. To make certain that cultural differences do not interfere with team performance, thereby affecting the success of the project, which is your first course of action ?
You are the project manager of a large construction project. The project objective is to construct a set of buildings in the city within 18 months from the project start date. Resources are not readily available because they are currently assigned to other projects. Nick, an expert crane operator, is needed for this project two months from today. Which of the following skills will you use to get Nick assigned to your project?
Which of the following illustrate a chart with upper or lower limits on which value of some statistical measure for a series of samples are plotted using sample measure measurement, where the mean and standard deviation are determine from the sample selected?
You are in the process of numerically analyzing the effects of identified risks. Which of the following are NOT tools or techniques you can use in the process?
Which process involves coordinating people and other resources to carry out a plan?
Which of the following is not a tool or technique used during the Risk Quantification Process?
In communications management, to assimilate through the mind or senses is the process of ________________.
Which of the following techniques accounts for path convergence and generally estimates project durations more accurately?
___________ is a group of processes required to purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work.
The process of monitoring specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards is called _______________.
Which of the following relationships is rarely used in PDM (Precedence Diagramming Method)?
Deflection or transfer of a risk to another party is part of which of the following risk response categories?
A leadership style in which the project manager shares problems with team members and formulates solutions as a group is called ____________.
Human resource adininistration is the primary responsibility of the_____________
A unilateral contract under which the seller is paid a preset amount per unit of service is called _________.
A technique for resolving conflict in which the parties agree to have a neutral third party hear the dispute and make a decision is called ____________.
Which process involves coordinating people and other resources to carry out plan?
Which of the following is best for handling cross-functional project needs for a large, complex project?
You are project manager of a project and you are offering an estimate that you know will be changed after the contract is signed is ___________.
Collect Requirements process starts in Project Planning Phase and uses the outputs of the __________.
During the planning phase of your project, your project team members have discovered another way to complete a portion of the project scope. This method is safer for the project team, but may cost more for the customer. This is an example of _______.
Which of the following is the most important task of the project manager during the Execution and Control phase?
If you are project manager for a Project and will need as many inputs to the initiation phase as possible. Of the following, which is the best source of information for your project?
You are the project manager of a project. Project is installing AC to hotel rooms. You have done project cost and time estimates, told the customer that the estimates provided will be accurate if the rooms meet the requirements like (wooden coated). This is an example of which of the following?
Which of the following subsidiary plan contains the quality objectives for the project?