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    Question 1
    The first step in the project control process of the measurement and evaluation of project performance is to
    Answer
    Set a baseline plan
    Determine the project objectives
    Determine the project deliverables
    Analyze the project budget
    Review the project priority matrix
    Question 2
    The third step in the project control process of the measurement and evaluation of project performance is to:
    Answer
    Review the baseline plan with top management
    Analyze inputs to the control system
    Compare the plan against actual performance
    Measure both progress and performance
    Review spending with team members
    Question 3
    A project monitoring system involves all of the following except:
    Answer
    Determining what date to collect
    Determining how when and who will collect the data
    Adjusting the data
    Analysis of the data
    Reporting current progress
    Question 4
    The last step in the project control process of the measurement and evaluation of project performance is to:
    Answer
    Take appropriate action
    Prepare a report to top management
    Follow up on corrective action
    Measure progress and performance
    Review spending with team members
    Question 5
    The percent complete index that looks at percent complete in terms of actual amounts is calculated by which of the following?
    Answer
    EV/BAC
    (EV-PV)/BAC
    AC/EAC
    (EV-AC)/BAC
    (EV-PV)/EAC
    Question 6
    The second step in the project control process of the measurement and evaluation of project performance is to:
    Answer
    Review the baseline plan with top management
    Analyze inputs to control system
    Compare plan against actual
    Measure progress and performance
    Review spending with team members
    Question 7
    Small refinements that eventually build to be major changes are known as:
    Project erosion
    Scope creep
    Specification adjustments
    Specification refinements
    Continuous improvements
    Question 8
    In monitoring project time (schedule) performance actual performance should be compared to:
    Answer
    Budgets for the current year
    Top management’s targets
    Project network schedule derived from the WBS/OBS
    Progress on similar past projects
    Previous status reports
    Question 9
    Implementing closedown includes the following major activities except:
    Answer
    Getting delivery acceptance from the customer.
    Shutting down resources and releasing to new uses.
    Closing accounts and seeing all bills are paid.
    E-mail the project team that the project is complete.
    Creating a final report.
    Question 10
    In the Snapshot from Practice New Balls Goes Flat in NBA is an example of a project gone wrong when the _______ is/are not consulted.
    Answer
    Manufacture
    Equipment and facilities managers
    End-users
    The Fans
    Project manager
    Question 11
    __________ of lessons learned are designed to improve performance on current and future projects.
    Answer
    Retrospectives
    Corrective action plans
    Introspective
    Culmination
    Evolution
    Question 12
    Many projects will fail because of circumstances beyond the control of the project team is called:
    Answer
    Normal
    Premature
    Perpetual
    Failed Project
    Changed Priority
    Question 13
    The section of the final project report that new project teams are likely to find most useful is the:
    Answer
    Analysis
    Recommendations
    Classification of project
    Lessons learned
    Strategic objectives
    Question 14
    When the project may be completed early with some parts of the project eliminated this is considered to be ___________ closure.
    Answer
    Normal
    Premature
    Perpetual
    Changed Priority
    Failed Project
    Question 15
    Items technical in nature and focus on solutions to problems that surfaced would typically appear in the _____ section of the final project report.
    Answer
    Analysis
    Recommendations
    Classification of project
    Lessons learned
    Strategic objectives
    Question 16
    When a project may start with a high priority but see its rank erode or crash during its project life cycle as conditions change this is an example of:
    Answer
    Normal
    Premature
    Perpetual
    Failed Project
    Changed Priority
    Question 17
    Which of the following is responsible for the continued support of consistent application of selection criteria standards processes training and general assistance to project managers and continued improvement and use of best practices?
    Answer
    Portfolio Project Management
    Project Office Management
    Project Management Optimization
    Project Priority Matrix Management
    Resource Allocation Optimization
    Question 18
    Which of the following is not one of the techniques to insure that projects meet the needs of the organization?
    Answer
    Standards
    Procedures
    Accountability
    Controls
    Question 19
    The use of an organization-wide project management system tailored to specific needs of the organization is established in which of the following Maturity Model Levels?
    Answer
    Ad Hoc Project Management
    Formal Application of Project Management
    Institutionalization of Project Management
    Management of Project Management System
    Optimization of Project Management System
    Question 20
    The importance of the increase in project oversight to today’s project manager includes all of the following except:
    Answer
    Increase in expected profits from projects
    Increased interest in supporting and helping the project manager
    Impact on the environment in which the project will be implemented
    Impact on how the project manager’s performance will be measured
    The reporting of project progress to an oversight group
    Question 21
    Which of the following is not one of the four performance goals measures in the scorecard model?
    Answer
    customer
    internal
    financial measures
    industry standards
    innovation and learning
    Question 22
    The first appearance of standard approaches to managing projects including scope statements and WBS occurs in which of the following Maturity Model Levels?
    Answer
    Ad Hoc Project Management
    Formal Application of Project Management
    Institutionalization of Project Management
    Management of Project Management System
    Optimization of Project Management System
    Question 23
    The focus is on continuous improvement through incremental advancements of existing practices and by innovations using new technologies and methods is established in which of the following Maturity Model Levels?
    Answer
    Ad Hoc Project Management
    Formal Application of Project Management
    Institutionalization of Project Management
    Management of Project Management System
    Optimization of Project Management System
    Question 24
    Which of the follow percentages is the authors’ estimate of project-driven organizations that have been implementing some form of oversight for several years?
    Answer
    95%
    90%
    85%
    80%
    75%
    Question 25
    During which of the following phase gates would the question of Are time costs and scope performances within acceptable limits? be answered?
    Answer
    Proposal
    Screening and selection
    Implementation
    Progress evaluation
    Closure

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