PMP Exam Mentoring - Ch 6 Project Schedule Management

1. Following are the activities and durations on a project schedule. The project is in planning. If activities C, D and F are on the critical path, what is the total float for activity D?

• A. 4 days
• B. 7 days
• C. 0 days
• D. 1 days

2. To create the project schedule, a project manager needs to break down the project scope and develop a comprehensive list of activities, which are needed to complete the deliverable. What tool or technique should project manager use in this situation?

• A. Work breakdown structure
• B. Decomposition
• C. Progressive elaboration
• D. Gold plating

3. After an agile team completes three iterations, the project manager determines that the average velocity of the team for thesethree iterations was 30 story points. There are 292 more story points to complete the remaining portion of the project.

How many additional iterations will it take for the team to complete the project?

• A. 7 iterations

• B. 8 iterations

• C. 9 iterations

• D 10 iterations

4. After the project team has completed their first iteration, you are requested to provide the project's status report to thesponsor. You collect the following data:

The cost baseline for the entire project is $528,000

The schedule baseline provides for six two-week iterations<br />The actual costs associated with the first iteration were $80,000

The team completed 45 of 50 story points planned for the first iteration

What should you report to the sponsor?

• A. The team's velocity in the first iteration is zero

• B. The team's velocity in the first iteration is 50

• C. The SPI for the first iteration is 0.9

• D. The CPI for the first iteration is 1.1

5. A project manager is estimating the length of time the project will take. The project manager worked on a comparable projecttwo years ago that installed 10 miles of guardrails at a rate of one mile a day in similar weather conditions, using the samesize crew on the same type of highway.

What estimating technique would be the appropriate option for the project manager to use for his duration estimate?

• A. Parametric estimating

• B. Analogous estimating

• C. Bottom-up estimating

• D. Three-point estimating

6. An agile project to develop a new application has just finished its first iteration. To better assess marketing and support needs, the company's management has requested that the scrum master provide a date for when the application can belaunched.

What is the best course of action for the scrum master?

• A. Provide an accurate estimate based on the velocity of the first iteration

• B. Request time to develop the project schedule baseline

• C. If possible, defer estimating until after a few iterations are completed

• D. Provide a random date just to calm the management down

7. A project manager has just calculated the project performance measurements, and the project's current cost performanceindex (CPI) is 0.9 while the schedule performance index (SPI) is 1.1.

Which of the following is correct regarding the project's performance status?

• A. Over budget and ahead of schedule

• B. Under budget and behind schedule

• C. Over budget and behind schedule

• D. Under budget and ahead of schedule

8. You are leading a software development project, which is utilizing an agile framework. While monitoring the progress ofthe project, it is apparent that velocity is trending down, and you are aware of some setbacks that have been encounteredby the development team. You want to capture and analyze lessons learned so far during the project to improve the process going forward.

What is the best way to achieve this goal?

• A. Perform a sprint review

• B. Schedule a sprint planning meeting

• C. Conduct an iteration retrospective

• D. Lessons learned are not utilized on agile projects

9. The project manager is 6 months into a multi-million-dollar project. The latest analysis shows a CPI of 1.5 and an SPI of 0.6.

What should she do?

• A. Nothing. The analysis shows the project is on budget and on schedule

• B. Consider crashing the project schedule

• C. Replace one of the higher paid team members with a lower-salaried employee

• D. Inform the customer that you are extending the delivery date for the project

10. According to the industry's generally accepted best practices, the electrical work on the appliances assembly line should be completed prior to installing the doors.

What does this sequence of activities represent?

• A. Activity attributes

• B. Discretionary dependencies

• C. Activity list

• D. Mandatory dependencies