PMI PMI-SP Exam Actual Questions

Once the project's WBS has been created what process may happen next?

Correct Answer: B 🗳️
The define activities process is the process that may begin once the project's WBS has been completed and approved. It is possible, in some projects, to complete the WBS and the activity list at the same time.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Estimating activity resources is dependent on the activity list, so this choice is not valid.
C: Estimate activity durations are dependent on the activity list, so this choice is not valid.
D: Sequencing the activities cannot happen until the activity list has been created.

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

Correct Answer: A 🗳️
The Precedence Diagramming Method uses both predecessors and successors as nodes in the project network diagram. The PDM approach is the most common network diagram approach used.
Incorrect Answers:
B: The schedule network template is a tool that uses a previous project network diagram as a base for the current project network diagram.
C: Dependency determination identifies the order of the project work.
D: Activity on the node places activities on circles within a network diagram. It is an example of the precedence diagramming method.

You are the project manager of the NHGQ project for your company. You must create and distribute performance reports every week to your key project stakeholders. What communication technique do you normally use to distribute reports?

Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Performance reports are distributed through the push technique. This means that the project manager distributes the reports regularly through a mechanism, such as email.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Many-to-many technique describes a conversation between many people.
C: One-to-one technique describes a conversation between two people.
D: A pull technique describes the recipients of the report "pulling" the information, such as from a Website.

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?

Correct Answer: C 🗳️
Fast tracking is a technique for compressing project schedule. In fast tracking, phases are overlapped that would normally be done in sequence. It is shortening the project schedule without reducing the project scope. It does not add any additional labor but it can introduce project risks.
Incorrect Answers:
A: Resource leveling can actually increase the project duration.
B: Crashing can reduce the project duration but it increases the labor expense, something the stakeholders won't approve.
D: Removing things from the project scope can reduce the project duration, but it will not satisfy the requirements the stakeholders have identified.

The Define Activities process is the first process in the project time management knowledge area. The Define Activities process creates just three outputs as a result of decomposition, rolling wave planning, templates, and expert judgment. Which one of the following is not an output of the Define Activities process?

Correct Answer: D 🗳️
Project document updates are not an output of the Define Activities process. Project document updates are the outputs for estimate activity resources. Project document updates include the following:
✑ Activity list
✑ Activity attributes
✑ Resource calendars
Incorrect Answers:
A: The activity list is an output of the define activities process.
B: The milestone list is an output of the define activities process.
C: The activity attributes is an output of the define activities process.

Examine the figure given below:

If Activity B takes eight days to complete instead of five days as schedule, how long can you now delay Activity H?

Correct Answer: B 🗳️
Activity B is not on the critical path and it has a total of four days of float. If Activity B takes a total of eight days, it will consume three days of float. However, the total duration of the path ABEHJ may not exceed 26 days, as this is the total duration for the project. Although Activity H has a total of four days of float available, the consumption of three days of float on this path will reduce the total float for Activity H to just one day. If Activity H is delayed by more than one day, then the project will be late.
Incorrect Answers:
A, C: These are not the valid answers, as there is just one day of float available for Activity H.
D: There is one day of float still available for Activity H.

You are the project manager of the GHT Project. Ben, one of your project team members, does not understand the idea of a milestone. Which of the following best describes what a milestone is?

Correct Answer: A 🗳️
A milestone is simply a significant point or event in the project. It does not have to be assigned to a specific date, but is usually assigned to the completion of project phases. A milestone is the end of a stage that marks the completion of a work package or phase, typically marked by a high level event such as completion, endorsement or signing of a deliverable, document or a high level review meeting. In addition to signaling the completion of a key deliverable, a milestone may also signify an important decision or the derivation of a critical piece of information, which outlines or affects the future of a project. In this sense, a milestone not only signifies distance traveled (key stages in a project) but also indicates direction of travel since key decisions made at milestones may alter the route through the project plan. To create a milestone, enter 0 (zero) in the Duration field. The task will automatically be classified as a milestone.
Incorrect Answers:
B: A project goal is an objective for time, cost, scope, and other metrics.
C: This is a project constraint.
D: All activities must be completed in order to complete the project work. Activities that are not completed are quality issues that prevent the project from completing the project scope.

You are the project manager of the GHY Project. Management wants you to create a process improvement plan for your project. Your project will be studied by management and will become a standard for all future organizational projects based on your project's performance, approach, and implementation of project processes. All of the following should be included in your project's process improvement plan except for which one?

Correct Answer: D 🗳️
Identification of the project risks is not part of the process improvement plan. Identify risks is a risk management process, and risks are recorded in the risk register.
Incorrect Answers:
A, B, C: Process boundaries, Process configuration and Targets for improved performance are parts of the process improvement plan.

George is the project manager of the NHQ Project and has a budget of $778,000. The project is scheduled to last for one year with an equal amount of work completed each quarter. The second quarter of the project has ended and George has spent $325,000 but has only finished forty percent of the project.
Management needs a variance report for the project schedule. What value should George report in this instance?

Correct Answer: B 🗳️
Schedule variance (SV) is a measure of schedule performance on a project. The variance notifies that the schedule is ahead or behind what was planned for this period in time. The schedule variance is calculated based on the following formula: SV = Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) If the resulting schedule is negative, it indicates that the project is behind schedule. A value greater than 0 shows that the project is ahead of the planned schedule. A value of 0 indicates that the project is right on target. The earned value in this instance is forty percent of the project budget, $778,000, and the planned value is $398,000 because George is to be fifty percent done at the end of the second quarter, as the work is spread evenly across all quarters. The schedule variance is -$77,800 for the project.
Incorrect Answers:
A: .96 represents the cost performance index.
C: -$34,500 represents the project's variance at completion if the project continues as is.
D: -$13,800 is the cost variance for the project.

You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. Management has set a conformance to the project schedule for your project at 0.95. What does this term mean?

Correct Answer: A 🗳️
Conformance to schedule is a required adherence for the project's schedule. In this instance, the project manager must not allow the schedule to slip more than five percent.
Incorrect Answers:
B: This is the description of the schedule performance index.
C: This is not a valid statement about the project performance.
D: This is the description of the cost performance index.