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Chapter 01
Exercise 01: Question Answer i. iii. v. vii. ix. xi. Procurement Management KA Cost Management KA Risk Management KA Communication Management KA Scope Management KA Risk Management KA Question Answer ii. iv. vi. viii. x. xii. Integration Management KA HR Management KA Quality Management KA Time Management KA Quality Management KA Procurement Management KA

Exercise 02:. Knowledge Area Process Group What Process Comes Before? Estimate Activity Durations None What Process Comes After? Control Schedule Two inputs Two Tools and Techniques Two Outputs

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Time

Planning

Refer PMBOK page no 131

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Scope

Planning

Define scope

Refer PMBOK page no 104

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Communication

4.

Cost

5.

Risk

6.

Procurement

Monitoring & controlling Monitoring & controlling Monitoring & controlling Closing

Manage stakeholder expectation Determine budget Plan risk responses

None

Refer PMBOK page no 244

None

Refer PMBOK page no 167

None

Refer PMBOK page no 274

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Integration

Execution

Administer None procuremen t Develop Monitor project and control

Refer PMBOK page no 314

Refer PMBOK page no 73

PMP work book answers V3 manageme nt plan Develop project tam Plan quality project work None Quality control

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HR Quality

Executing Executing

Refer PMBOK page no 217 Refer PMBOK page no 191

Exercise 03: Process 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Identify stakeholder Quality assurance Develop charter Identify risk Collect requirement Conduct procurement Cost control Plan communication Estimate activity resource Acquire project team Integrated change control Knowledge Area Communication Quality Integration Risk Scope Procurement Cost Communication Time HR Integration Process Group Initiation Execution Initiation planning Planning execution Monitoring & controlling Planning Planning Execution Monitoring & controlling

Exercise 04: Indicate the statements given below refer to operations or projects. Question 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer Project Project operation Project

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Exercise 05: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Answer Resource Cost Quality Time Risk Scope

Exercise 06: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Exercise 07 Question 12 13 14 15 16 Exercise 8: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Answer Program Project Portfolio Project program Answer Scope Cost Scope Time , cost Cost Resource Time ,Quality

Answer Portfolio manager Project manager Project manager Portfolio manager Portfolio manager Project manager

PMP work book answers V3 Exercise 09: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Answer Market demand Business need Customer request Technological advancement Legal requirement

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Exercise 10: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Answer X x

Exercise 11: Question Answer 1. Performance 2. Personal 3. Performance 4. Performance 5. Personal 6. Knowledge 7. Personal

Exercise 12: Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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Answer Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes

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Ex01

Ex 02

Ex 03

Ex 04

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Ex 05

Ex 06

Ex 07

1. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8

x x x x

1. 2. 3.

Sequential Iterative Overlapping

Ex 08

Ex 09 1. Functional Functional Weak matrix Projectized Balanced matrix Strong matrix Functional Balanced matrix projectized Strong matrix

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

T T F T F T T F F T

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Chapter 3
Exercise 01 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Product Product Product Project Project Project Product Project Project Product

Exercise 02 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. 10. Monitoring & Controlling Executing Planning Planning Monitoring & Controlling Initiating Monitoring & Controlling Initiating Monitoring & Controlling Planning 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Monitoring & Controlling Initiating Planning Monitoring & Controlling Initiating Executing Monitoring & Controlling Closing Closing

Exercise 03 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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Quality Management Quality control Quality assurance

Plan quality

Scope Management Control scope Define scope Create WBS Communication Management Manage stakeholder

Indentify requirements Verify scope

Distribute information Report performance

PMP work book answers V3 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Plan communication Identify stakeholder Time Management Estimate activity duration Sequence activities Define activities Monitor & control schedule Cost Management Estimate cost Control cost Human Resource Management Acquire project team Develop project team Integration Management Integrated change control Develop project management plan . Develop Charter

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Estimate activity resources Develop schedule

Cost budget

Plan human resources Manage project team Direct and manage project execution Monitor and control project work Close project or phase Risk management planning Identify risks Qualitative risk analysis Monitor and control risk

26. 27. 28.

Risk Management Develop Risk response Quantitative risk analysis

29. 30. 31. 32 33

Procurement Management Conduct procurement Plan procurement

Administer procurement Close procurement

Chapter 04 Project Integration Management Part I

Exercise 01 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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Close project or phase Monitor and control Develop project charter Develop project management plan Integrated change control Direct and manage execution

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Exercise 02 Refer PMBOK page no 73 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. X X X X

Exercise 06

Factor 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Concept SOW Mathematical method Expert judgment Business case charter Benefit measurement method

Exercise 07 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. F T T F T T F T F F

Exercise 08
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Payback period

Exercise 09 20% 1 0.833 0.694 0.579 0.482 NPV A ($35,000) $16,660 $10,410 $8,685 $4,820 $5,575 Best Project B ($45,000) $12,495 $6,940 $14,475 $7,230 ($3,860)

Exercise 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. X X X

Chapter 04 Project Integration Management Part II

Project Integration Management Part II 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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SOW, Business case, contract ,EEF,OPA PMBOK 4th Edition page 81 Business need, product scope description ,strategic plan To justify the project that it serves business purpose Market demand, Organizational need, customer request, technological advance, legal requirement, ecological impact, social need PMBOK 4th Edition page 81 Corrective action, preventive action, defect repair Change control board 4 years

PMP work book answers V3 10. 1,331,000Rs 11. 47,663.85Rs 12. Project A

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Chapter 05 Project Scope Management Part I

Exercise 01 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. x x x x x X x X X x x Exercise 02 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. x x x x x X x

Exercise 03

Exercise 04

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Nominal group technique Delphi technique Plurality Participant observer Prototype Exercise 05

1. 2. 3.

Requirement document Requirement traceability matrix Requirement management plan

1. 2. 3. 4.

Value engineering Value analyzing Product breakdown Alternative identification

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Chapter 05 Project Scope Management Part II

1. PMBOK 4th edition 115 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Decomposition Control account Code of accounts identifier WBS dictionary Phases , deliverables , Sub projects

3. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Waste of resources OBS CWBS Scope statement Scope statement , WBS , WBS dictionary

Chapter 6 - Project Time Management- Part I

Exercise 01 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Activity on nodes method

Activity on arrows method

Exercise 02 1.
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Discretionary

PMP work book answers V3 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Mandatory External Mandatory Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary

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Exercise 03 1. SS 2. FF 3. SF

Exercise 04 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bottoms up Alternative analysis Published estimating data Parametric estimate 3 point estimate Analog estimate Expert judgment Estimate activity resource Estimate activity resource Estimate activity resource Estimate activity duration Estimate activity duration Estimate activity duration Estimate activity duration

Exercise 05 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 03 DEFG 21 days 7 days A,B,C = 7, D,H,I = 7 Critical path doubles

Exercise 06 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. True False True True False

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Chapter 6 - Project Time Management- Part II

1. Rolling wave planning 2. Uses FS relationship , use dummy activities , arrow represent activities, Critical path can run over a dummy 3. External dependency 4. Lag 5. Law of dministrating return 6. Alternative identification 7. Published estimating data 8. Resource break down structure 9. Parametric 10. Three point 11. Student syndrome 12. Total float calculation 13. Critical chain project management 14. Develop project management plan 15. AOA, AON, GERT 16. Calculating free float 17. Initial stages of the project , urgencies , 18. When there is an uncertainty 19. No sufficient information to crash 20. Summary activities that represent several activities 21. Milestone chart , Bar chart, Network diagram 22. Start ,A,B,G,Finish 23. Total time taken to complete an activity 24. 50/50, 0/100, 80/20 25. Schedule adjusted for resource constraints 26. 12-18 days 27. Duration - 3 Float- 16

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Chapter 7 Project Cost Management Part I

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bottoms up Three point Analogues Parametric Expert judgment Activity 1

Activity 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 100 mil 75 mil 70 mil 78 mil -5 mil 8 EV/PV EV/AC BAC/CPI EAC-AC BAC-EAC BAC-CV/EAC-AC

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Project Cost Management Part II

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Cost management planning Sunk cost Three point KU- Contingency , UU-Management reserve Project management planning process Variable cost

7. To measure progress and report to senior management 8. Analogues less accurate, less expensive ,quick to create Bottom up accurate, costly, time consuming

Chapter 8 Project Quality Management Part I

Activity 01 1. Cost benefit analysis 2. Cost of quality 3. a. Quality planning to determine control limits b. Quality controlling to see if the process is stable 4. Bench marking 5. a. Quality planning to determine no of test and their cost b. Quality assurance to find solution to quality problems 6. Statistical sampling 7. Flow charting

Activity 02

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PMP work book answers V3 Cause & effect Parato charts Cost benefit Scatter diagram Run charts Histogram Control charts Force field analysis Floecharts Affinity diagrem

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Activity 03 1. 2. 3. 4. Delay to deliver and damaged cover Other 90.3 Delay to deliver and damaged cover

Activity 04 1. 2. 3. 4. No, on 8th and 23rd process is out of control 35 5 No

Activity 05 Positive Negative No relation

Activity 06 1. 2. 3. 4. Histogram Frequency of occurrences 180 Phase 3

Activity 7 Driving Gram new customers Increase recognition Increase market share Restricting Lack of staff Recruitment cost Less awareness about the certification Negative attitude Initiative cost

Activity 8

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PMP work book answers V3 Fishbone analysis Ishikawa diagram Cause & effect diagram 1. Communication, Skills, Transport , Procedure 2. a. Incorrect program b. Not up to date Activity 9 1. A graphical represent of a process showing steps and their relationships 2. Process Quality planning Quality assurance Quality control Purpose To identify possible problems , areas To improve the process To analyze defects

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Activity 10 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 4 1 -2 -3 6 5

2. To guide inspection process during quality control 3. Quality control 4. Review, quality audit, peer reviews, walk through 5. DOE

Chapter 8 Project Quality Management Part II

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Quality Quality Grade Quality Quality assurance Quality assurance Quality assurance Quality control

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Cost benefit analysis Bench marking DOE Control chart Measures Measures Metrics Metrics To determine control limits To determine no of tests and their cost To determine sample type, sample size and intervals To identify possible step for defects To take necessary action to facilitate implementation of new quality initiatives Prevention cost Appraisal internal failure cost External failure cost Preventive cost Preventive cost Process boundaries , process configuration , process matrices, target for improvement To identifying best practices , identify gaps , to bringing others experiences to improve the process , to share experiences with others . To eliminate waste and improve process efficiency Identify root cause To determine if this process is stable To identify frequency of occurrence To identify vital few To determine the trend in the process To identify the relationship Kizen JIT

Chapter 9 - Project Human Resource Management Part I

1. 2. 3. 4. RBS Organization Structure WBS OBS RAM To assign work to team members WBS level , Activity level Communication roles and responsibilities , Quality roles and responsibilities, Risk roles and responsibilities

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Exercise 03 Personal worth, social recognition Fulfilled potentials Friendship, families attachments Steady employment Water ,air ,Food

Self esteem Esteem Belongingness security Physiological

Exercise 04

Hygine

Motivation

achievement recognition work itself responsibility advancement

policy relationship with supervisor work conditions salary relationship with subordinates

Exercise 05 1. - 3 2. -1 3. -2

Expectation theory

1. X 2. Y 3. Z 5. Staff acquisition, resource calendar , staff release plan, training need, recognition and rewards, compliance, safety 6. 1. - 4 2. -7 3. -5
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Chapter 9 - Project Human Resource Management Part II

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Hierarchy type chart Matrix based chart Maslows theory Expectation theory Two factor theory Theory X Theory Y Pre assignment Acquisition Negotiation Virtual team Facilitate team, counseling , clarifying roles Ground rule Co location Class room, computer based , on line, on the job Formal & informal Comforting Forcing Avoid Issue log a. b. c. d. e. f. Define the problem Identify alternative solutions Select the best option Develop a plan Develop a plan for evaluating solution Evaluate the result

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Chapter 10 - Project Communication Management Part I

1. 2. 3. 4.

Exercise 5 1.
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Encode Decode

Sender

Massage Noise

Receiver

Feed back

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2.Language, Attitude, Physical defects, Mental defects, Pass experience 3.Noise, Distance, Language, Weak channels

Exercise 06 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 3 6 1 4 5 2 7

Exercise 07 1. 3 2. 10

8. 1-interactive 2- Push 3-pull

Chapter 10 - Project Communication Management Part II

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Formal written Informal verbal Informal written Formal verbal Para lingual Power / interest grid, power/influence grid , influence / impact grid , salience model Internal, external, suppliers , resistor , neutral To develop suitable strategies and deal with them

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9. Urgency of information , availability of technology , duration of the project , expected staffing , geographical location 10. Making information clear and complete. So that 11. Making sure that the information is received in its entirety understood , correctly, acknowledged 12. Pull communication 13. Informal verbal 14. Change log 15. Presentation skills, negotiation skills, writing skills, public speaking 16. Causal / electronic method 17. Building trust resolving conflicts, active listening overcoming resistant to change

Project Risk Management Part I

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
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Risk event , risk probability amount at stake Risk tolerance Known risk Risk taker , risk neutral, risk averse Risk threshold Scope ,time ,cost , quality To prevent biases Pure risk RBC Numerical & relative Risk management plan Technical , external , project management Risk threshold Probability impact matrices Watch risk Low risk High risk Moderate risk Quantitative analysis Probability impact matrix Trigger Cause , risk , effect

PMP work book answers V3 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Decision tree Identify risk process Identify new risk, reassess existing risk , close risk Secondary risk Transfer Acceptance Avoid Mitigate probability Acceptance

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Project Procurement Management Part I

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. True False True False Cheaper , can use people in organization, can learn new skills, can manage risk associated , core project work 6. FP,FPLF.FPEPA 7. Low High Moderate 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
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Low High high

When the scope of work cannot be well define When there is a preferred seller When there is a preferred seller CPF,CPPC,CPFF,CPIF,CPAF Bid Quantities Proposed Bidder conference Independence estimate Privity Contested change Letter of intent Negotiation ,mediation, Arbitration ,mitigation RFI Purchase order

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