Exam PMI-SP topic 1 question 84 discussion

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Question #: 84
Topic #: 1

You are the project manager of a project that has a budget of $675,000 and you have completed 40 percent of the project work. Your project is supposed to be 60 percent complete but you are actually only 40 percent complete. Due to some errors, however, you have actually spent $335,000 of the budget. Management wants to know what the project's cost performance index (CPI) is. What value do you report?

A. -$135,000
B. .67
C. .81
D. -$65,000

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
Cost performance index (CPI) is used to calculate performance efficiencies. It is used in trend analysis to predict future performance. CPI is the ratio of earned value to actual cost. The CPI is calculated based on the following formula: CPI = Earned Value (EV) / Actual Cost (AC) If the CPI value is greater than 1, it indicates better than expected performance, whereas if the value is less than 1, it shows poor performance. The CPI value of 1 indicates that the project is right on target. In this instances it is $270,000 divided by $335,000 for a CPI of .81.
Incorrect Answers:
A: -$135,000 is the schedule variance of the project.
B: .67 is actually the schedule performance index.
D: -$65,000 is the cost variance for the project.

by Mopar at March 4, 2020, 9:15 p.m.

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Mopar

7 months, 3 weeks ago

This is a repeated question.

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