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1. The executive steering committee of your organization is in the process of selecting projects
for the next fiscal year. During that meeting you are called in to explain to the committee various
approaches to selecting projects. One committee member prefers to use a method that shows the
series of the sum of discounted cash flows, given a specific interest rate. Which of the following
methods will you use?

A. Net present value

B. Present value
C. Benefit-cost ratio
D. Multi-objective programming

2. As a project manager for the development of a new internal payroll system, you are meeting
with the Chief Financial Officer, who is also the project sponsor, to gather requirements. In your
meeting she states that she requires the new payroll system to be completed and internally tested
no later than March 30, so the new system can go live at the beginning of the fiscal year on July
1st. Which of the following is the best description for this date and where will it be documented?

A. This is a requirement and will be documented in the requirements documentation

B. This is a deadline and will be documented in the project charter
C. This is a constraint and will be documented in the constraints log
D. This is a project requirement and is documented in the requirements documentation

3. You are the project manager for a Silicon Valley-based hard drive manufacturer. In your
newest project, the allowable deviation for hard drive access time is ±100 milliseconds. One of
your vendors is producing the key component that affects access time. The vendor delivers
documents with the latest shipment that states the components are within specifications. Your
team installs a random number of these components and conducts a quality test. The aggregate
deviation found by your team is 105 milliseconds, but the team says this variation from the
permissible deviation is negligible. As the project manager, your best choice in this situation is
which of the following?
 A. Allow the product since the vendor's company has provided the product on time
B. Allow the product this time, but asked the vendor for an explanation
C. Reject the product and insist the vendor provide the product within the allowable
deviation
D. Document the low level of quality, allow the product to continue and work with the
vendor to find a solution

4. As a project manager for a multi-family housing construction project, you decided to phase
your project for ease of management. In your discussions with your sponsor and potential
vendors, you are taking suggestions for names of the phases so everyone can understand the
project. You have whittled the list down to the following four suggestions. Which one of the
following would you not choose?

A. Design, Site development, Infrastructure, Structure construction

B. Engineering, Site, Sewer, Water, Roads, Buildings
C. Approval, Design, Site construction, Building construction
D. Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring And Controlling, Closing

5. You have just been assigned and are taking over a project in the middle of planning. You just
finished reviewing all of the documentation available to you. You determine that the previous
project manager spent more time becoming friends with the team members rather than planning
the project. This resulted in great teamwork within the team, but key pieces of information such
as the WBS are missing. The project sponsor tells you that planning for this project must be
completed in the next few days. As the project manager which of the following items should you
do first?

A. Review the project charter to determine the project deadline

B. Go to the project sponsor and ask for more time to plan the project
C. Have the team begin work on the missing information
D. Ask the previous project manager to stay on for a few days to help you understand the
team dynamics

6. You're working as a project manager for an aircraft parts company. Your team is determining
the possible risks in a project for a new type of airline seat. They have identified a possible threat
that the new airline seat may not be approved by the FAA, and it has a 50-50 chance this threat
will occur. If it does, the cost impact to the project will be $100,000. The team is also identified a
threat of a change in technology for the audio systems of the new seat. This threat has a 20%
chance of occurring and would cost the project $100,000. What is the total EMV of these
threats?

A. $200,000
 B. $150,000
C. $100,000
D. $70,000

7. In your project you believe the current variances occurred because of extraneous factors, and
you do not expect similar variances to occur in future. The information you have is BAC =
$300,000; AC = $100,000; EV = $150,000; CPI = 1.5. What is the estimate at completion (EAC)
for your project?

A. $250,000
B. $220,000
C. $280,000
D. $200,000

8. You are the project manager for the construction of a new condominium project. During the
course of the project, the plumbing and electrical subcontractors are continually having
disagreements, causing a delay in the project schedule which is upsetting the customer. There is
no resolution of this disagreement in the foreseeable future. You have a meeting with the two
subcontractors and everybody agrees on four options to reach a final resolution. Of these four
options which is the best?

A. Have the electrical and plumbing contractors work different shifts which will actually
result in a shorter schedule, but the customer will not be able to talk to both contractors at the
same time.
B. Have the electrical and plumbing contractors develop "rules of engagement" on the job
site, which could cause further schedule delays but results in a complete understanding of what is
expected of each of them. This course of action causes fewer disagreements and this is what the
customer ultimately desires.
C. Have the electrical and plumbing contractors work out their differences on the job site.
D. Have the electrical and plumbing contractors sit with the customer and find out what they
want.

9. You are the project manager in a pharmaceutical company which has a project-oriented
organizational structure and your project is nearing completion. You discover your team
members are more interested in finding new projects or positions within the company, rather
than completing the project work. Their motivation is based upon:

A. Money
B. Safety
C. Social
 D. Physiological

10. You recently took over the management of a FDA approved drug delivery project. The
project is in the executing phase and the previous project manager has left the organization. You
realize the project is seriously behind schedule and over budget. After talking with the project
team, and discussions with the project management team regarding the issues, you still have not
been able to discern the reason for the schedule variances. The team is working well, and from
what you can see, should be on schedule and within budget. As you begin to review the progress
that has been made so far, and compare that to the schedule, you see that certain tasks have taken
significantly longer and incurred more costs than originally estimated. The research and
development work was estimated to take one month, but actually took two months and cost 30%
more than anticipated. Development of the initial batch was scheduled to take two months, but
actually took three and cost more than planned. Clinical trials also took longer than expected.
Your analysis also indicates that the period during which these activities were being carried out
had much more FDA oversight than expected. Based on this information, what would be the
most likely reason for the variances in the project schedule and budget?

A. Integrated change control was not employed nor being performed

B. The previous project manager was not ensuring that scope validation was being done
C. The scope was not well defined; therefore, the estimates were not accurate
D. Assumptions documented during planning were not validated

11. Your company is developing a new financial vehicle to sell to clients. The project team is in
the process of identifying risks. Which of the following would not be classified as a risk?

A. A sudden drop in the stock market

B. The economy
C. An eight point increase in the unemployment rate
D. A decision by the Federal Reserve to increase lending rates to banks

12. Your project team has just completed the final component of a three year long project that
cost $20 million. The final product has been transitioned to operations and maintenance, a final
lessons learned meeting has been held, all contracts have been closed and all post-project support
requirements have been identified, documented and agreed upon with the customer. You have
been offered a promotion due to the resounding success of this project. As part of project closure
what is the next thing you will do?

A. Hold a celebration event to toast the team's success

B. Thank the project team for their work and let them know you got promoted for it
 C. Create the final project closure documents
D. Release project team

13. You are the project manager for a large manufacturing project. You're expecting one of your
team members to hand-deliver a deliverable to you by the end of the day. Toward the end of the
day you notice the team member has not arrived and you call to find out the status of that
deliverable. The team member tells you that he was unable to get to your office so they sent the
deliverable via e-mail. You explain to the team member that the reason you needed this
deliverable hand delivered was so that you could give it a final once over before it is given to the
client. The team member tells you that they informed you that sending this deliverable via e-
mail, rather than in person, could occur due to their work schedule. What could've been done to
avoid this situation?

A. Better attention during communications requirements analysis

B. Using paralingual communication
C. Adding the risk to the risk register and developing an appropriate response plan
D. Adding this issue to the issues log

14. You're about halfway done with your project and everything is on schedule and within
budget. All of a sudden, many change requests come from multiple stakeholders. After all of the
changes were documented, you spent time with the stakeholders to discover why there were so
many and ascertain if there were any more expected to come. The project work has now quieted
down and returned to normal. Just before a status meeting one of the team members casually
mentions they have added a small feature to the end product, and added, "Don't worry, it did not
have an impact on time, cost, or quality." What is the first thing you should do?

A. Ask the team member how they determined there were no impacts
B. Hold a team meeting to review the need for the added feature
C. Look for other added features in the work of this team member
D. Ask the team member for the basis of determining the need for the added feature

15. You are managing a project for a US Government entity and everyone on the project has
been on edge and tense lately due to senior management's pressure to finish the project on time.
The tension has grown so much that your status and team meetings degrade into shouting
matches where the team members are pointing fingers at each other for missed deadlines. One of
the team members is asking to be excused from future meetings, citing the tension is upsetting to
them. The project sponsor has now expressed interest in attending the team meetings to better
understand how the project is performing, the issues involved for completing the project and the
customer is talking about adding project scope. In this situation which of the following would be
the best approach for the project manager to take?
 A. Setup a bowling night as a team-building exercise and demand that all team members
attend
B. Work with the team to develop ground rules for the team
C. Ask the project sponsor if the information they are requesting to be sent in a report rather
than them attending the meeting
D. Talk in private with the team member who is asking to be excused and explain the value
of communication in these meetings

16. You're the project manager for an international project to deliver aluminum molding
equipment. The customer has accepted all of the product deliverables, but the PMO is still
waiting on the final project closure report. The customer was so pleased with the outcome, they
wrote a very nice letter to your company CEO, detailing how professional you and the team
were. In the letter they also state their next project is beginning next month and they want your
company to do the work. What is the current status of the project?

A. The project is complete because the customer has accepted the deliverables
B. The project is complete because of the nice letter to the CEO
C. The project is incomplete because the customer wants more work
D. The project is incomplete until all product and project deliverables are accepted

17. You have just been informed that you will be project manager of a project in a highly
technical area in which you have limited familiarity. It will begin in three months, is valued at
$10 million and is being performed under a fixed price contract. The first thing you do is locate
and review the project charter, when you discover that seven individuals have signed this
document. Which of the following tasks concerns you the most?

A. Determining the final reporting structure

B. Expending more effort on configuration management
C. Identifying a single project sponsor
D. Develop a risk mitigation plan

18. You are assisting the PMO director in project selection. The executive steering committee
has identified four possible projects, but can only do one with the remaining funds in this fiscal
year. Project A has an internal rate of return (IRR) of 21% and an NPV of $200,000. Project B
has an IRR of 20% and an NPV of $180,000. Project C has an IRR of 7% and an NPV of
$180,000. Project D has an IRR of 13% and an NPV of $110,000. Based on this information
which project would you recommend and what is the opportunity cost?

A. Project A, $180,000
B. Project B, $290,000
 C. Project A, $470,000
D. Project D, $110,000

19. You are the project manager for a multi-year, US Government sponsored project involving
the use and consumption of materials such as gold, silver & copper. You have assembled the best
possible team to complete the planning and work on this project. Senior management is cost
sensitive and would prefer to reduce risk on this project. Which of the following contract types
would you use to ease senior management's concerns?

A. Firm-Fixed Price
B. Cost Reimbursable Plus a Percentage of Costs
C. Fixed Price Incentive Fee
D. Fixed Price with economic price adjustment

20. In your project for a new interplanetary, space-based telescope the team is performing quality
testing. The telescope's focusing mount is out of adjustment causing inaccurate data during the
test. You call the team together to discuss the root cause of the problem as well as options and
the impact they could have on the rest of the project. Which of the following documents would
you create to discover the underlying problem?

A. Pareto chart
B. Ishikawa diagram
C. Histogram
D. Affinity diagram

21. You are managing a large database project with more than 100 team members. Several of the
experts on your team are nationally known and recognized for their work on such projects. Your
team members are both pleased and concerned to be working with such knowledgeable
individuals. Your team members in their own right, are very experienced as well but are
concerned about sharing their thoughts in front of the nationally known experts. As the project
manager which of the following is most important?

A. Create an atmosphere of trust so all team members are motivated to share their
knowledge
B. Getting the team to understand the nationally known experts have the final say
C. Contact the customer and let them know what great experts you have
D. Allowing the team time to get to know one another to feel comfortable enough to share
their knowledge
22. You are the project manager for a presidential primary campaign. Even though all members
of the team have the same philosophical approach and support the candidate, there is conflict
between the communications staff and the policy staff. You did not choose the members that fill
the leadership position in each of these areas - these were chosen by the candidate. After a few
months on the campaign trail, you have made specific observations about each of the leaders in
these areas. Through discussion with each person individually you discovered that each one has
vastly different reasons for being there. The communications leader is there because they
believed in and want to help get the candidate's message across to help people recover from the
recent recession. The leader of the policy staff is there because they want a high-ranking, high-
paying position in the US Government once the candidate is elected president. Which of the
following theories applies in this situation?

A. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

B. McClellan's Theory of Needs
C. Sigmund Freud's Theory of Needs
D. The Expectancy Theory

23. During project human resource planning, you identified all resources required to complete
the project. You are now getting those resources confirmed when you discover that the
engineering department can only provide your project with two engineers, instead of the four you
planned. Which of the following is an appropriate first response?

A. Tell the engineering department head that if they do not give you all the resources, you
will be forced to go to their boss.
B. Explain to the engineering department head the impacts on the project if they assign only
two engineers.
C. Contact the project sponsor, let them know of the situation and tell the sponsor that you
will continue work on the project after they straighten out the problem.
D. Re-plan the project with two engineers.

24. You and the project management team are in the process of identifying stakeholders prior to
project planning. As a team, it is decided that stakeholder traits, such as their ability to impose
their will on the project and their need for immediate attention will be collected, quantified and
graphed. Which of the following tools will you use to display this information?

A. Power/Interest grid
B. Power/Influence grid
C. Power/Attention grid
D. Salience Model
25. During a civil engineering project, one of your team members comes to you and asks you if
they can use an unconventional way of estimating. As the project manager, you are somewhat
familiar with the application area but you are not an expert. You ask the team member to explain
the benefits and the risks of this estimating approach. On the surface this, approach seems to
result in more accurate information and takes less than one third of the total time of normal
estimating methods in your organization. Prior to giving final approval to the team member to
use this new way of estimating what should the project manager do?

A. Discuss the benefits and risks of this estimating approach with the project sponsor
B. Discuss the benefits and risks of this estimating approach with an experienced engineer
C. Discuss the benefits and risks of this estimating approach with the rest of the team
D. Discuss the benefits and risks of this estimating approach with the project customer

26. You are the project manager for a new floating bridge project across a lake. The HR
department has determined that if the organization does not hire the engineer for the last year of
the project, the company will spend $20,000 in overtime wages and benefits. You are asked by
senior management to analyze the possible outcome of hiring a new engineer for the last year of
the project, and make a decision based on all the probabilities. You have been told by the senior
engineer that the probability the new engineer will be a top performer is 40%. The probability
the engineer will be an average performer is 60%. The company will spend $5,000 just to hire
the engineer. The engineer's first years salary is estimated at $65,000. If they are a top performer,
they will "earn" $65,000 for the project. If they are an average performer, they will "earn" only
$35,000 for the project. Should you hire the engineer?

A. Yes, but only if they are a top performer

B. Yes, but only if they are an average performer
C. Yes, regardless of their performance level
D. No

27. The project manager of an international corporation is leading and directing a project team in
the development of a component for a new product offering. The engineering division is a matrix
organization, which part of the project manager's team comes from, and has a firm policy of no
salary bonuses for work done on projects. The success of this project, which has a firm timeline
that is already been approved by senior management, is crucial to the success of the new product
offering. The project manager has overheard conversations amongst the team members,
expressing their displeasure at not being rewarded for their extra effort. What is the first thing the
project manager should do?

A. The project manager should discuss this issue with only the disgruntled team members
and explain the importance of this project to the success of the new product offering
B. The project manager should discuss this issue with the entire team and explain the
importance of this project to the success of the new product offering
 C. The project manager should reevaluate the current schedule and possibly negotiate a less
aggressive schedule from the project sponsor
D. The project manager should discuss other possible rewards that could be given instead of
salary bonuses with senior management

28. Your company is a nationally-recognized organization for getting projects done on time, on
scope, and on budget. Your project is approximately 85% complete and you just finished the
monthly status meeting with the customer. In that meeting the customer informed you that they
have run out of money to pay for the rest of the project. What is the first thing you should do?

A. Stop all project work

B. Begin closing the project
C. Release the project team
D. Adjust the schedule by shifting work to later in the project to allow the customer to get
the funds

29. Your organization has decided to do project management. You have been assigned as the
lead project manager since you have your credential in project management. Upon discussing the
company's vision for performing project management, you develop most of the processes you are
familiar to fit into their framework. Where do these processes reside?

A. Governance framework
B. Management framework
C. Project management information system
D. In the PMBOK® Guide

30. You are a team member on a project that has a tight schedule. A fellow team member
informs you that there is an issue on their activity and it cannot be started on the day it is
scheduled to start. Another manager overhears this conversation and reports to senior
management that the project will be late. Later you receive a copy of the project manager's most
recent status report that says "the project is still expected to be completed on time." Which of the
following reasons would serve as a basis for the project manager to make such a statement?

A. The activity in question had a mandatory dependency which allow the project manager to
place it at any location in the project
B. The activity has free float and can be rescheduled later in its early-start-to-late-finish
window
C. The activity is actually on the critical path that has to be done after another activity
which has float
 D. The activity is considered near-critical and it actually has less float then the length of the
delay

31. You are the project manager for a new product and have a budget of $8 million. You are well
into execution and your project is on time, on scope, and on budget. You received a phone call
this morning from your project sponsor who expressed concern about the project. According to
the schedule baseline, the project should be nearing implementation, but the project sponsor is
unaware of the current status of the project. You remind the sponsor that, according to the plan,
your status reports are distributed weekly via e-mail. The project sponsor says that e-mail is too
impersonal and they prefer a verbal update. This situation suggests problems on which of the
following?

A. Stakeholder management
B. Work Performance Reports
C. Performance reporting
D. Communications planning

32. A project manager has a team of 26 and the project affects eight departments within the
organization. The project is over 50% complete and the project has received high marks on the
performance reports from five of the eight departments. The project manager decides to hold a
party to celebrate the current success of the project and they invite key stakeholders from all of
the affected departments in order to give them an opportunity to communicate the good things
happening on the project to the departments that have yet been affected. At the party, the project
manager attempts to discover any relevant information that would help the project continue to
be, or become more of a success. While walking around they overhear one of the department
managers discussing the possibility of setting up more frequent meetings on the project. What is
the best thing the project manager should do first?

A. Call a meeting of all department heads to discuss their concerns

B. Redistribute a copy of the communications management plan to all department managers
C. Review the information distribution methods discussed in the communication
management plan
D. Record the effectiveness of the party and the lessons learned file

33. Senior management of your organization has included an incentive for you to complete the
project early. They have promised you part of the incentive fee from the FPIF contract. During
the completion of a major component the quality team informs you that the component meets the
quality requirements as outlined in the contract but will not meet the level of functionality the
customer requires. If this component is late the project will not be completed early. Which of the
following is the best action you should take?
 A. Inform the customer of the situation and negotiate a mutually agreeable outcome
B. Provide the component as is since it meets the quality requirements
C. Begin developing a list of delays that were caused by the customer
D. Inform the customer the component meets the requirements and insist they accept it

34. You've lead your team through the procurement planning process. Several procurement
specialists on your team were integral in completing the procurement management plan. You are
reviewing a list that you will use to score the bids and award a contract to the best qualified
vendor. You want to ensure that you complete this process thoroughly and use all available
information to you. Which of the following documents would not be included as part of the
evaluation?

A. Request for contract (RFC)

B. Request for proposal (RFP)
C. Request for quote (RFQ)
D. Invitation for bid (IFB)

35. The earned value on your project is $150,000, the planned value is $200,000. You've actually
spent $180,000 to date. What is the efficiency rate of your schedule?

A. $30,000
B. -$30,000
C. .75
D. .83

36. You are the project manager and are preparing for your quarterly status update briefing with
the project's financial backer. You have prepared some critical path information for inclusion in
the status report, as depicted in the table below.

ID Work Duration Standard Deviation

1 Construct 20 weeks 4
2 Install 16 weeks 3
3 Test 3 weeks 2
4 Deploy 2 weeks 1
You are anticipating questions from the financial backer and want to be prepared to answer them
accurately. You believe one of the questions will be on the subject of the probability of finishing
the project within a range of estimates. If the financial backer asks you for a range of estimates
of finishing the project with about a 95.5% level of confidence, which of the following ranges
will you give them?
A. 37.84 to 44.16 weeks
 B. 34.68 to 47.32 weeks
C. 35.52 to 46.48 weeks
D. 30.04 to 51.96 weeks

37. A team member privately informs you that a contractor is making unwelcome advances
towards them. Since this is your first major project as a project manager you want to ensure that
you handle the situation delicately. The team member stated that they have repeatedly requested
that the advances stop using very clear language with the vendor. The team member does not
want to upset the vendor due to the high visibility of the project. Which of the following is the
best course of action to take first?

A. Arrange a meeting with the team member, the vendor and a representative for your
company's HR department and include yourself as a witness to allow the two to work it out
harmoniously
B. Contact the vendor directly to arrange a meeting and discuss the matter between you and
the vendor
C. Confront the vendor and threaten legal action if the advances do not stop
D. Suggest to that the team member avoid contact with the vendor

38. As the project manager for the development of a new payroll system, you have many subject
matter experts from many different industries working in your project. The chief operating
officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) are co-sponsors. The CFO delivers a change
request form with a note stating the change will probably result in an additional cost of $50,000
and an additional three weeks to the schedule. The change control board (CCB) will be meeting
next week. What is the first thing you should do?

A. Evaluate the impacts of the change

B. Send the form to the change control board
C. Implement the change since the CFO and COO are on the CCB
D. Get buy-in from the team for the change, since you know it will be approved

39. Last week you were selected as the project manager for a new marketing project, with an
international consulting organization. You recently have identified your team and you're about to
have a meeting regarding team behavior, team expectations, and notifying them of the objectives
of the project. One team member suggests that a set of rules be written down so that everybody is
aware of what is expected of them. Which of the following groups should develop these rules?

A. Project management team

B. Project management office
C. Functional managers
 D. The project team

40. You are observing the project team conducting a quality tests on one of your major
deliverables. This test is designed to measure the precision and accuracy of the deliverable's
output and the team has charted the outcome in the graph below. The center point of the graph is
the target measurement. From the information on the chart below what is the best description of
the deliverables output?

A. Precise but not accurate

B. Both precise and accurate
C. Not precise but accurate
D. Neither precise nor accurate

41. You are approximately 50% physically complete with your project. The project sponsor has
just asked you, the project manager, for a listing of when and how each of your staff is going to
be released from the project. Which of the following documents will you present to the project
sponsor to answer their question?

A. Project Management Plan

B. Resource Management Plan
C. Staff release plan
D. Staffing management plan

42. You are mentoring a new, junior project manager and they come to you with the question
about the terms quality and grade. They are not quite sure they understand the difference
between these two. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Quality and grade must always match

B. Low quality is fine as long as grade is high
C. Low grade is fine as long as quality is high
D. Quality and grade essentially mean the same thing

43. You have just recently taken over as project manager for a small commercial construction
project. The previous project manager was not the best at completely documenting all
information. Upon reviewing the documentation left to you by the previous project manager, you
notice the following graph and it is labeled as the last known update to the project. The graph has
no specific numbers assigned to each of the plot points and there is no supporting documentation.
Which of the following statements is true based upon this graph?

A. The project is on schedule and on budget

B. The project is behind schedule and over budget
C. The project is behind schedule and under budget
D. There is not enough information to determine the status

44. You are in the middle of your project and are conducting your tenth project status meeting.
At each status meeting you request an update of the current work in progress, the status of any
work completed since the last status meeting and a forecast of work is expected to be complete
by the next status meeting. One of the team members, recently hired by the company and added
to your team, believes that the way you requested updates is not possible, since the work that
they do is "highly creative" and hard to measure in order to give the current status. Which of the
following methods of measurement for their work would be appropriate in this situation?

A. Percent complete
B. Work percent complete
C. 50/50 rule
D. Schedule percent complete

45. You are a project manager and are currently involved in risk analysis. The team has
identified all potential risks, prioritized them based upon their probability of occurrence and their
impact to the project if they occurred. You're now looking at each risk and its impact the overall
project objectives. The project sponsor has asked you to provide a contingency reserve figure by
the end of the day. Since your organization's risk attitude is considered risk-neutral, you decide
to multiply the probability by the actual impact of each risk. Which of the following techniques
have you employed?

A. Expected monetary value

B. Reserve analysis
C. Quantitative risk analysis
D. Qualitative risk analysis

46. A vendor on your project has just completed their last deliverable. They are asking for
payment for the invoice submitted to you. You state that the last deliverable did not meet all the
requirements and approach the seller with this information. In the contract, there is a specific
term used that means one thing in your industry and in something different in the general use of
the term. The seller disputes the claim and you both agree to mediation. Which of the following
carries more weight in this contract dispute?

A. Contract wording
B. Signed documents outlining the outcome of contract negotiations
C. The general use of the term
D. The industry use of the term

47. You're managing a new project with an organization that recently dealt with two major
disasters on the previous two projects. The first disaster occurred because the requirements were
not clear. The second disaster occurred because critical IT servers were not made redundant.
When a server disk drive crashed the system went down and caused major delays. The project
sponsor has made it clear that they do not expect these types of problems to occur on your
project, so it is imperative you consider strategies to manage these two particular risks. You
decide to design in redundancy and employ a more stringent requirements gathering technique.
Respectively, these two actions would be considered which of the following?

A. Designing redundancy in the system and employing a more stringent requirements

gathering technique are both considered mitigating
B. Designing redundancy into the system is an avoidance technique while employing a more
stringent requirements gathering technique is mitigating
C. Designing redundancy into the system is a mitigating technique while employing a more
stringent requirements gathering technique is avoidance
D. Designing redundancy in the system and employing a more stringent requirement
gathering technique are both considered avoidance

48. You have been given the following information from your project team, and are now ready to
develop the project schedule. You have a schedule constraint of finish no later than date 35.
Based upon the information in the table below, what is the project float?

Activity Predecessor Duration

A 3
B A 3
C B 3
D A 7
E D 7
F C,E 3
G E 11
H F,G 4
A. Two days
B. Three days
 C. Four days
D. Zero days

49. You just completed developing the schedule for your project. You have set a tentative date
for starting the project on March 1. Based upon the schedule, the project will be completed by
December 15. The project sponsor comes to you and says the project must be completed by
December 1. Which of the following is not considered a schedule compression technique?

A. Doing more activities in parallel

B. Paying a vendor more to deliver a critical path item sooner
C. Reducing some of the project scope
D. Working overtime or adding a second shift

50. You are heading a large international project for your organization. You been informed that
this project will be one of the largest virtual teams ever assembled and managed in the history of
the organization. You find that you have a project sponsor in a different country along with 25
electrical engineers, three architects plus their staff, two mechanical engineers, and three
maintenance experts. In order to ensure the project is done correctly, you schedule weekly
meetings over the internet with software that allows the use of cameras. What is your biggest
challenge when employing a virtual team?

A. Language barriers
B. Time zones
C. Communications technology
D. Team cohesion