Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?
During which process does a project manager review all prior information to ensure that all project work is completed and that the project has met its objectives?
Which standard has interrelationships to other project management disciplines such as program management and portfolio management?
Which of the following is an input to the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
Which of the following is a conflict resolution technique that emphasizes areas of agreement rather than areas of difference?
A given schedule activity is most likely to last four weeks. In a best-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last two weeks. In a worst-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last 12 weeks. Given these three estimates, what is the expected duration of the activity?
Lessons learned documentation is gathered during which of the following Project Management Process Groups?
The process of identifying the stakeholders' information needs is completed during:
Which Process Group contains those processes performed to define a new project?
Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?
Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?
Which cost estimate technique includes contingencies to account for cost uncertainty?
The contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:
In which type of contract are the performance targets established at the onset and the final contract price determined after completion of all work based on the sellers performance?
Which of the following processes audits the quality requirements and the results from quality control measures to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used?
The group technique that enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for prioritization is called the:
When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:
Which items are an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
In the Plan Procurement Management process, which source selection criteria analyzes if the seller's proposed technical methodologies, techniques, solutions, and services meet the procurement documents requirements?
The following is a network diagram for a project.
The free float for Activity E is how many days?
Progressively elaborating high-level information into detailed plans is performed by the:
The methodology that combines scope, schedule, and resource measurements to assess project performance and progress is known as:
Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?
The process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope as well as managing the changes to the scope baseline is known as:
Analytical techniques are a tool and technique of which process in Project Procurement Management?
Technical capability, past performance, and intellectual property rights are examples of:
Which type of dependency is established based on knowledge of best practices within a particular application area or some unusual aspect of the project in which a specific sequence is desired, even though there may be other acceptable sequences?
A project requires a component with well-understood specifications. Performance targets are established at the outset, and the final contract price is determined after completion of all work based on the seller's performance. The most appropriate agreement with the supplier is:
A project manager should document the escalation path for unresolved project risks in the:
The Perform Integrated Change Control process occurs in which Process Group?
Which input to the Plan Risk Management process provides information on high-level risks?
As the project progresses, which of the following is routinely collected from the project activities?
The process of obtaining seller responses, selecting a seller, and awarding a contract is called:
The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:
Which of the following is an output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process?
Which of the following tools and techniques is used in the Verify Scope process?
Exhibit A is an example of which of the following types of Sequence Activities?
Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique used to shorten the project schedule without changing project scope. Which of the following can result from fast tracking?
Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?
In Plan Risk Management, which of the management plans determines who will be available to share information on various risks and responses at different times and locations?
The item that provides more detailed descriptions of the components in the work breakdown structure (WB5) is called a WBS:
The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:
The initial development of a Project Scope Management plan uses which technique?
Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?
A project manager at a publishing company decides to initiate the editing phase of the project as soon as each chapter is written. Which type of Sequence Activities tool and technique is involved, considering that there was a start-to-start relationship with a 15-day delay?
Requirements documentation, requirements management plan, and requirements traceability matrix are all outputs of which process?
Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?
Using the three-point estimating technique, if the most likely duration is four months, the optimistic duration is two months, and the pessimistic duration is one year, how many months is the expected activity duration?
A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:
What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?
Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?
As part of a mid-project evaluation, the project sponsor has asked for a forecast of the total project cost. What should be used to calculate the forecast?
Which enterprise environmental factors are considered during Estimate Costs?
What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?
What type of project structure is a hierarchically organized depiction of the resources by type?
A project manager seeking insight on previous stakeholder management plans and their effectiveness should evaluate:
Which type of contract is most commonly used by buying organizations because the price for goods is set at the outset and is not subject to change unless the scope of work changes?
Which of the following is a narrative description of products, services, or results to be delivered by a project?
An element of the modern quality management approach used to achieve compatibility with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is known as:
Which basic quality tool explains a change in the dependent variable in relationship to a change observed in the corresponding independent variable?
Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?
Which input to the Identify Stakeholders process provides information about internal or external parties related to the project?
What is the schedule performance index (SPI) if the planned value (PV) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $150, and the earned value (EV) is $50?
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?
Which input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process is used to document changes that occur during the project?
Updates to organizational process assets such as procurement files, deliverable acceptances, and lessons learned documentation are typical outputs of which process?
Status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete are examples of:
Which tool or technique is used to develop the human resource management plan?
Lessons learned are created and project resources are released in which Process Group?
Change requests are an output from which Project Integration Management process?
The milestone list is an input to which process from the Planning Process Group?