D. BDG
9. Using the original network diagram question, what is the
slack of activity F?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Two days
One day
Four days
Not enough information.
Peripheral dependency
External dependency
Mandatory dependency
Discretionary dependency
11. A team member approaches you with a change that could cut
your schedule down by a
month. What is the first thing you should do?
A. Write up a change request and see if you can get it approved
B. Make the change; its going to save time and nobody will want the
project to take longer
than it should
C. Figure out the impact on the scope of the work and the cost before you
write up the change
request
D. Tell the team member that youve already communicated the deadline
for the project, so
you cant make any changes now
1 2. You are managing a software engineering project. Your team
is having trouble completing their object design tasks. One of
your team members tells you that her friend at another company
sent her a copy of a software package they own that will help
your team meet its deadline. Without that software package, your
project will probably be late. But you dont have enough money in
the budget to purchase it. Whats the BEST way to handle this
situation?
A. Tell the team member not to use the software, and accept that the
project will be late
B. Use the software so that your project comes in on time
C. Purchase the software so that you have a licensed copy
D. Tell the team member that you need to maintain plausible deniability,
so she should just do whats necessary and not tell you about it
13. You have just been authorized to manage a new project for
your company. Which of the following BEST describes your first
action?
A. Create the work breakdown structure
B. Develop the project management plan
C. Start working on the project charter
D. Figure out who has a stake in the project
14. Which of the following are NOT all examples of project
documents?
A. Scope Baseline, Project Funding Requirements, Stakeholder
Requirements
B. Activity List, Stakeholder Register, Teaming Agreements
C. Forecasts, Risk Register, Quality Metrics
D. Basis of Estimates, Resource Requirements, Statement of Work
15. Which of the following are valid ways to breakdown the work
in a WBS?
A. By risk or quality metric
B. By product feature or unit of work
C. By project phase or project deliverable
D. By charge code or initial estimate
16. Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage
Project Execution?
A. Work Performance Information
B. Statement of Work
C. Approved Change Requests
D. Contract
17. You recently took over the assignment for a project. The
project charter has been developed. What is an appropriate next
step for you?36
A. Develop the risk register.
B. Develop the project milestone schedule.
C. Develop management plans.
D. Get approval for the project management plan.
18. During project planning, you estimate the time needed for
each activity and then add up the estimates to create the
project estimate. You commit to complete the project on this
date. What is wrong with this scenario?
A. The team did not create the estimate, and estimating takes too
long using that method.
B. The team did not create the estimate, and a network diagram was
not used.
C. The estimate is too long and should be created by management.
D. The project estimate should be the same as the customer's
required completion date.
19. Crashing describes a technique to speed up a project by
A. reallocating existing resources or assigning additional resources to
the project.
B. overlapping activities which were originally planned to be done in
sequence.
C. reducing the number of features of the product in order to reduce
development work.
D. reducing the duration estimates for activities to increase the
pressure applied to the staff.
E.