Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies

What is the budget at completion (BAC)?

A project has an earned value of US$60,000 and an actual cost of US$75,000. What is the cost performance index (CPI)?

Project X has CPI 0.95 and project Y has CPI 1.05. What does this tell you about cost performance?

A work package has a planned value of US$50,000, an earned value of US$45,000 and an actual cost of US$48,000. What is the cost variance?

Which formula gives cost variance (CV)?

A project has a budget at completion (BAC) of US$200,000 and a CPI of 0.80. If current cost performance continues, what is the estimate at completion (EAC)?

A sponsor wants one picture showing each activity as a bar against a calendar, with start and finish dates. Which artifact fits?

A supplier has just delivered the wrong parts, and work has stopped. Where should the project manager record this, with an owner and due date?

On a predictive project, when should lessons learned be recorded?

What does a negative cost variance tell a project manager?

A project has a planned value of US$40,000 and an earned value of US$50,000. What is the schedule performance index (SPI), and what does it show?

A project has a BAC of US$120,000 and an EAC of US$135,000. What is the variance at completion (VAC)?

A project manager wants to shorten the project by adding resources. Which activity should be crashed first?

A project is behind schedule. The project manager pays for two extra welders on a critical activity to finish it sooner. Which technique is this?

A project has two paths. Path A-B-D takes 4 + 6 + 3 = 13 days and path A-C-D takes 4 + 5 + 3 = 12 days. How much total float does activity C have?

Paint must dry for 2 days before the second coat can start. How is this shown in the schedule?

A team plans to start writing the training guide 5 days before the system build finishes. How is this shown?

A building's foundation must be poured before its walls can be built. How is this dependency best described?

Activity D can start only after both B and C finish. B's early finish is day 9 and C's early finish is day 7. What is D's early start?

Why should a project manager watch a near-critical path with only 1 day of float?

A noncritical activity with 5 days of total float is delayed by 3 days. Nothing else changes. What is the effect on the project end date?

A network has three paths: Start-A-B-End takes 9 days, Start-C-D-End takes 11 days and Start-E-F-End takes 10 days. If activity E slips by 2 days, what is the new project duration?

An activity has an early start of day 6 and a late start of day 10. What is its total float?

On a predictive project, which group typically reviews and approves or rejects change requests that affect the baselines?

A team keeps track of which version of each design drawing is current and who approved it. Which practice is this?

Which of these is a cost of nonconformance in the cost of quality model?

How far should a team decompose a WBS?

A team member asks where to find the detailed description, acceptance criteria and responsible person for a work package. Which document holds this?

A WBS element under a control account has known work content but no detailed activities yet. What is it called?

A quality management plan states that the team will review designs before building rather than rely on final testing to catch errors. Which principle does this follow?

A quality specialist reviews whether the project team is following the processes in the quality management plan. What is this review?

A low-cost phone meets every one of its specifications and has no defects, but it has fewer features than premium models. How should it be described?

A two-year predictive project plans the next three months in work packages and leaves later work as broad planning packages. Which technique is this?

What is the difference between validating scope and controlling quality?

Which set of baselines is part of the project management plan on a predictive project?

A predictive project runs inside a strongly hierarchical organization where decisions pass up through several levels. What should the project manager plan for?

A hospital is building a new clinic. The building has fixed, permitted plans, while the patient check-in app is expected to change as nurses try it. Which overall approach fits best?

Which activity belongs to the initiating process group?

A project manager compares completed work and spending with the baselines each week and raises change requests when variances exceed a threshold. Which process group is this?

At the end of the design phase of a predictive project, the sponsor reviews the deliverables and decides whether the project continues into construction. What is this review called?

What is a common drawback of a predictive approach compared with an adaptive one?

A pharmaceutical company must install a new production line and document every step for a regulator before the line can run. Which feature of the project most supports a predictive approach?

Which of the following is a subsidiary plan within a project management plan?