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1. Question #1

   Gary is the project manager of the NHF project, which is a part of a program in his organization. According to the PMBOK, how will Gary provide feedback to programs and portfolios?

   • A. Status meetings
   • B. Push communications
   • C. Regular communications
   • D. Status reports and change requests
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2. Question #2

   Nancy is the project manager of the JJJ Project. This project has recently been approved by the project customer as complete so Nancy must now finalize the administrative closure. Nancy needs to create the final project report to report the successes and failures in the project. Who should Nancy deliver this final project report to if she is participating in a projectized structure?

   • A. Functional Management
   • B. Project sponsor
   • C. Whomever the communications management plan directs her to
   • D. Project customer
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3. Question #3

   Which of the following scheduling techniques identifies the successor activities and the predecessor activities to assist the project manager in sequencing the project work?

   • A. Precedence Diagramming Method
   • B. Schedule network template
   • C. Dependency determination
   • D. Activity on the Node
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4. Question #4

   Your project team is executing the project plan and things are going well. Your team has reached its first milestone and is now in the second phase of the project. The project stakeholders have requested that you find a method to reduce the duration of the project. They will reward you and your project team with a 25 percent bonus of the project costs if you can finish the project thirty days earlier than what was already planned. The stakeholders, however, will not approve any additional labor costs as part of the agreement. Which approach could you use to shorten the duration of the project?

   • A. Perform resource leveling for the project.
   • B. Crash the project schedule.
   • C. Fast track the project.
   • D. Remove things from the project scope.
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5. Question #5

   Holly is the project manager of her project. She has chosen to crash the project due to time constraints that have been imposed on her project. When Holly crashes the project what project document must be updated to reflect this change to the approach?

   • A. Develop schedule process
   • B. Risk register
   • C. Project risk management plan
   • D. Activity attributes
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6. Question #6

   You are the project manager of the NHT Project. This project has 12,345 office doors to install throughout a campus. Each of the doors costs the project $456 and requires special hardware to electronically lock and open the doors. You've gathered the project team before they begin the installation for a hands-on training. As a group you and the project team install 50 doors following a checklist of instructions so that every door will be installed exactly the same throughout the campus and with minimal waste. This is an example of what project execution technique?

   • A. Preventive action
   • B. Defect repair validation
   • C. Implemented corrective action
   • D. Quality control
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7. Question #7

   You are the project manager of the NHQ project. Your project has a budget of $1,258,456 and is scheduled to last for three years. Your project is currently forty percent complete though it should be forty-five percent complete. In order to reach this point of the project, you have spent $525,000. Management needs a performance report regarding the NHQ project. Management is concerned that this project will be over budget upon completion. What is the estimate at completion for this project that you will need to report to management?

   • A. -$62,922.80
   • B. $1,312,504
   • C. $1,525,000
   • D. $787,504
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8. Question #8

   You are the project manager for your organization. You and the project team are developing the project schedule for your current project. In addition to the enterprise environment factors and the organizational process assets, you will need seven other inputs to this process. Which one of the following is NOT an input to the Develop Schedule process?

   • A. Resource calendars
   • B. Schedule data
   • C. Activity list
   • D. Project scope statement
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9. Question #9

   Your project has a BAC of $750,000 and is 75 percent complete. According to your plan, however, your project should actually be 80 percent complete. You have spent $575,000 of your project budget to reach this point and you are worried about the project not being able to complete based on your current project budget. What is the to-complete performance index for this project?

   • A. 0.98
   • B. -$16,677
   • C. 1.07
   • D. 0.94
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10. Question #10

    You are the project manager for your organization. You are coaching Allen, a junior project manager, on how the details of the project's critical path are calculated. Examine the figure given below: What is the critical path of this project?

    • A. ABEHJ
    • B. ACFGJ
    • C. ADGJ
    • D. ACFIJ
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