PMI-SP Practice Questions

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. Answer option D is incorrect. There is one day of float still available for Activity H. Answer

options A and C are incorrect. These are not the valid answers, as there is just one day of float

available for Activity H.

The Develop Project Charter process documents the formal authorization of a project or a phase. It also documents initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholder's needs and expectations. It is used to validate the decisions made during the previous iteration of the Develop Project Charter process. The various inputs of this process are as follows: Project statement of work Business case Contract Enterprise environmental factors Organizational process assets The output of the Develop project Charter process is as follows : Project charter Answer option A is incorrect. Procurement document is the input of the Identify Stakeholders process.

Activity F is on the critical path of ACFHK of 30 days. By adding five additional days to

Activity F, the project will now take 35 days to complete. Answer options C, A, and D are incorrect.

These are not the valid answers.

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 mark d 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.

Answer option C is incorrect. This is a project

constraint. Answer option B is incorrect. A project goal is an objective for time, cost, scope, and

other metrics. Answer option D is incorrect. 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.

Reserve analysis is not an input to the determine budget process. It is a technique used

for determining the budget.

The inputs to the determine budget process are as follows:

Activity cost estimates

Basis of estimates

Scope baseline

Project schedule

Resource calendars

Contracts

Organizational process assets

Resource leveling is a rule of limiting the total number of hours a project team may work during a

given time period in the project. If management restricts the project work to 45 per week, as in this

example, Holly's schedule will likely increase because the project team can't complete as much work

in one given time period. While this may be seen as a constraint, because it limits Holly's options,

it's technically called a resource leveling heuristic. Answer option B is incorrect. It is an assumption

that's believed to be true, but it hasn't been proven to be true. Answer option C is incorrect.

Execution variance analysis describes the difference between what was planned and what was

executed. A better term for this experience would simply be a scope variance, scope change, or

defect.

By adding lag time to the carpet activity, Joe can move the start time of the carpet

activity by 30 hours.

A lag time is a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. Sometimes it may be needed

to schedule a delay between the

predecessor and the successor tasks. For example, if two coats of paint are required to paint a car,

then the final coat should be applied only

when the first coat dries. This delay is known as the lag time. The lag time is entered as a positive

value. The lag time can be entered as a

duration or as a percentage of the predecessor's task duration. It is entered on the Predecessor tab

in the Task Information dialog box.

Answer option A is incorrect. A lead time is the time that overlaps between the predecessor and the

successor tasks. The successor task can

start before the predecessor task finishes.

Answer option C is incorrect. Dummy activities are not the preferred method of project scheduling.

Answer option B is incorrect. Changing the relationship of the activity to finish-to-finish would not

prevent the activities from overlapping.

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 Answer option A is incorrect. The

activity list is an output of the define activities process. Answer option C is incorrect. The activity

attributes is an output of the define activities process. Answer option B is incorrect. The milestone

list is an output of the define activities process.

Any meetings, phone calls with multiple participants, or conferences are examples of the interactive

communications.

Answer option B is incorrect. Active communication is not a PMBOK term for project management.

Answer option D is incorrect. A push technique describes a distribution from the project manager

out to the message recipients, such as email.

Answer option C is incorrect. A pull technique describes a distribution method where the recipients

of the message pull the message from a

source, such as a Web server.

You should use the control charts to demonstrate how a process behaves over time,

and when a process is subject to special cause variation,

resulting in an out-of-control condition.

Control charts are graphical representations of different processes. These charts contain the

maximum and minimum values allowed. Control

charts are used to determine whether or not a process is stable or has predictable performance. A

process is considered out of control when

a data point exceeds a control limit or if seven consecutive points are above or below the mean.

Answer option B is incorrect. The Ishikawa diagram (or fishbone diagram or also cause-and-effect

diagram) are diagrams, that shows the

causes of a certain event. A common use of the Ishikawa diagram is to identify potential factors

causing an overall effect. It helps identify

causal factors and contributing causes.

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It is known as a fishbone diagram because of its shape, similar to the side view of a fish skeleton. It is

considered as a basic tool of quality

management.

Answer option A is incorrect. A Pareto chart is a special type of bar chart where the values being

plotted are arranged in descending order.

The graph is accompanied by a line graph, which shows the cumulative totals of each category, left

to right. The chart is named after Vilfredo

Pareto, and its use in quality assurance was popularized by Joseph M. Juran and Kaoru Ishikawa.

Answer option C is incorrect. A scatter chart is a type of display using Cartesian coordinates to

display values for two variables for a set of

data. The data is displayed as a collection of points, each having the value of one variable

determining the position on the horizontal axis and

the value of the other variable determining the position on the vertical axis. A scatter diagram shows

the pattern of relationship between two

variables. This tool allows the quality team to study and identify the possible relationship between

changes observed in two variables.

Dependent variables versus independent variables are plotted. The closer the points are to a

diagonal line, the more closely they are related.