ACM 513 MBA 541 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FINAL : 04.06.

2020

Name and Surname:

1. Which is NOT one of the Project constraints?

A. Scope
B. Schedule
C. Project plan
D. Budget

The correct answer:…C…….

2. Group decision-making techniques are often used by project teams to gather, classify, and prioritize
requirements. Which of the following are examples of these techniques?
A. Dictatorship, majority, minority-voice
B. Unanimity, majority, plurality, dictatorship
C. Democratic, autocratic, representative
D. Majority, autocratic, plurality, proxy

The correct answer:……B….

3. You are on the Project selection committee. You are reviewing a document that describes the
strategic value of potential Project and its benefits to the company. What is this document called?
A. Project charter
B. Business case
C. Benefit measurement method
D. Contract

The correct answer:…B…….

4. You are a project manager working on a project. Your sponsor wants to know who a certain work
package is assigned to, what control account to bill it against, and what work is involved. What
document do you refer her to?
A. WBS Dictionary
B. Scope management plan
C. Scope statement
D. Work Breakdown Structure(WBS)

The correct answer:……A….

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Which is the Critical Path?

A. Start-ADG-Finish
B. Start-BEH-Finish
C. Start-CFI-Finish
D. Start-AEI-Finish

The correct answer:…A…….

6. A project manager in charge of a big civil engineering project came up with an estimate for a
highway rebuilding project. The worst case scenario was 41 days, but the team felt more certain based
on past experience that they could get it done in 23 days. If all went well with their equipment and
materials, it might be done in 17 days instead. Use PERT to calculate a tree-point estimate for this
project.

The correct answer:…17+4X23+41 : 6 = 25

7. You are the project manager at an industrial design firm. You expect to spend a total of 55.000 TL
on your current project. Your plan calls for six people working on the project eight hours a day, five
days a week for four weeks. According to the schedule, your team should have just finished the third
week of the project. When review what the team has done so far, you find that they have completed
50% of the work, at a cost of 25.000 TL. Which of the following BEST describes your project?
A. Your project is ahead of schedule and under budget
B. Your project is behind schedule and over budget
C. Your project is behind schedule and under budget
D. Your project is ahead of schedule and over budget

The correct answer:…A…….

8. A person or an organization who are actively involved in Project or whose interests may be
positively or negatively affected by the performance or completion of the Project. This is a general
definition of what?
A. Team member
B. Customer
C. Stakeholder
D. Sponsor

The correct answer:…C…….

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9. The earned value (EV) on your Project is 26.000 TL, the planned value (PV) is 20.000 TL, and the
actual cost is 18.000 TL. What is your Schedule variance?

The correct answer:…………6.000 TL ……………….

SV = EV – PV
SV = 26.000 – 20.000
SV = 6.000 TL

10. WBS dictionary includes the following items, EXCEPT one. Which one?
A. Code of account identifier
B. Description of work
C. Responsible organization
D. How requirements activities will be planned

The correct answer:……D….

11. You are the Project manager for a telecommunications Project. You are working on the Project
scope statement. Which of the following is NOT included in this document?
A. Authorization for the Project manager to work on the Project
B. Requirements that the deliverables must meet
C. A description of the Project objectives
D. The list of deliverables that must be created

The correct answer:…A…….

12. In the following scenario, what tool or technique is the project manager using to build the budget?
Fatma reads a newspaper article that says that there has been a sharp increase in goods costs
recently. She knows this wasn’t in her contractor’s original plan and decides to put a few hundred
dollars aside to deal with the price hike if it should happen.
A. Parametric estimating
B. Reserve Analysis
C. Cost aggregation
D. Funding Limit Reconciliation

The correct answer:…B…….

13. You’ve taken over as a project manager on a highway construction project, and the execution is
already underway. Your sponsor tells you that moving forward, all asphalt should be laid down with a
12 inch thickness. The scope statement and the WBS call for 9 inch thick asphalt. What is BEST
course of action?
A. Look for a cheaper supplier so the cost impact is minimized
B. Tell the sponsor that the work is already underway, so you can’t accommodate his request
C. Refuse to alter the plans until the change control system has been used
D. Tell the team to accommodate the request immediately

The correct answer:…C…….

14. It’s the end of execution for a large highway construction project. The work has been done, and the
workers are ready to pack up their equipment. The project manager and project sponsor have come
by with specialists to check that each requirement has been met, and that all of the work in the WBS
has been performed. What process is being done?
A. Control Scope
B. Validate Scope

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 C. Plan Scope Management
D. Define Scope

The correct answer:……B….

15- A project manager on an industrial design project finds that the sponsor wants to make a change
to the scope after it has been added to the baseline, and needs to know the procedure for managing
changes. What is the BEST place to look for this information?
A. WBS
B. Scope Management Plan
C. Change request form template
D. Business Case

The correct answer:…B…….

16. Which of the following is NOT a Process Group?

A. Monitoring and Controlling
B. Gathering Requirements
C. Initiating
D. Planning

The correct answer:……B….

17. Which of the following is NOT a knowledge area?

A. Scope
B. Integration
C. Schedule
D. Execute

The correct answer:…D…….

18. Which of the following BEST describes the most important role of the project sponsor?
A. Assigning work to the project team
B. Paying for the project
C. Politically supporting the project inside the organization
D. Defining the type of organization

The correct answer:…B…….

19. You are managing an architecture project to design an extension on an existing building. One of
the stakeholders has been decided that the plans do not include an interior supporting wall, because
she wants to be able to reconfigure the floor plan. Where do you document this information?
A. Project scope statement
B. Scope management plan
C. Work breakdown structure
D. WBS dictionary

The correct answer:……A….

20. A project manager is analyzing deliverables and subdividing them into smaller, more manageable
components. This project manager is performing which process?
A. Control Scope
B. Define scope

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 C. Collect requirements
D. Create WBS

The correct answer:……D….

21. You’re planning an IT project. Every Ethernet cable must be tested using a qualification tester.
That’s an expensive piece of equipment and there are only a few of them that must be shared
between all of the technicians in the company. You need to plan your schedule based on the
availability of the testing equipment. What’s the BEST place to find that information?
A. Staffing requirements
B. Activity network diagram
C. Resource calendar
D. Activity resource requirements

The correct answer:…C…….

22. Ahmet is a project manager on a software project. About halfway through development, her team
found that they had not estimated enough time for some of the technical work they needed to do. He
requested that the new work be added to the scope statement and that the time to do the work be
added to the schedule. The change control board approved her change. What’s next step?
A. Update the scope and schedule baselines to reflect the approved change
B. Start doing the work
C. Gather performance metrics on the team’s work so far
D. Perform Quality Assurance

The correct answer:…A…….

23. Which statement describes best handling of assumptions during the initiating processes?
A. It is the responsibility of the sales person in charge to identify all risks related to a customer
project
B. Managing and organizing assumptions means avoiding risks right from the start of the project
C. Organizational, environmental and external assumptions should be addressed by the project
charter
D. Risks are a sign of uncertainty. Avoiding all uncertainties means that a project should have no
risks at all

The correct answer:……D….

24. Product acceptance criteria should be laid down in which document?

A. Project scope statement
B. Work breakdown structure
C. Resource assignments
D. Project scope management plan

The correct answer:…A…….

25. The “Cost Baseline” is developed during which process?

A. Perform integrated change control
B. Estimate costs
C. Develop Schedule
D. Determine budget

The correct answer:……D….

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26. There was a break-in the office and now people are really jittery. Plus, the heating system has
been broken for weeks and it’s freezing! No wonder nobody’s getting any work done. What is the
name of this theory?
A. McGregor’s Theory Y
B. Expectancy Theory
C. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
D. McClelland’s Achievement Theory

The correct answer:…C…….

27. Two of your team members are having a disagreement over which technical solution to use.
What’s the first thing that you should do in this situation?
A. Consult the technical documents
B. Meet with the team members and figure out what’s causing the disagreement
C. Tell the team members to work out the problem themselves
D. Ask the team members to write up a change request

The correct answer:……D….

28. Which of the following is NOT a resource management process?

A. Plan Resource Management
B. Acquire Resources
C. Report Team Performance
D. Develop Team

The correct answer:…D…….

29. Everybody does what Ahmet says because he and president of the company are golfing buddies.
What kind of power does he hold over the team?
A. Position
B. Reference
C. Punishment
D. Reward

The correct answer:…B…….

30. Two team members are having an argument over priorities in your project. One thinks that you
should write everything down before you start doing any work, the other thinks you can do the work
while you finish the documentation. You sit both of them down and listen to their argument. Then you
decide that you will write most of it down first but will start doing the work when you are 80% done with
the documentation. What conflict resolution technique are you using?
A. Forcing
B. Collaborate
C. Compromise
D. Smoothing

The correct answer:…C…….

31. Ahmet asked an applicant about her background. Her tone of voice was really sarcastic and he got
the impression she didn’t take job seriously. Ahmet decided to eliminate her. Choose, which kind of
communication is being in this situation?
A. Verbal
B. Nonverbal
C. Feedback

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 D. Paralingual

The correct answer:…D…….

32. You’re managing an industrial design project. You created a communication plan and now the
team is working on the project. You’ve been communicating with your team and now you are looking
at the work performance information to evaluate the performance of the project. Which of the following
BEST describes the next thing you should do?
A. Use formal written communication to inform the client of the project status
B. Update the organizational process assets with your lessons learned
C. Hold a status meeting
D. Compare the work performance information against the time, cost and scope baselines and
look for deviations

The correct answer:…D…….

33. You have 12 people (including you) working on the team, a sponsor within your company and a
client, all of whom need to be kept informed of your project’s progress. How many lines of
communication are there?

The correct answer:…105…….

34. Which of the following is NOT an example of active listening?

A. Nodding your head in agreement while someone is talking
B. Restating what has been said to be sure you understand it
C. Multitasking by checking your email during a conversation
D. Asking questions for clarification

The correct answer:…C…….

35. You are managing a construction project. Suddenly the customer asks for some major changes to
the plans. What’s the BEST form of communication to use?
A. Formal written
B. Informal written
C. Informal verbal
D. Formal verbal

The correct answer:…A…….

36- You’re about to close your project, when you are surprised to get an email from someone you’ve
never spoken to before. He is very angry, because he’s directly impacted by your project, and there
are specific things he needs from it and you aren’t delivering those things. Which BEST describes the
root cause of this problem?
A. You did not identify a project stakeholder
B. You did not manage communications effectively
C. You did not encode your communications
D. You did not have a stakeholder management strategy

The correct answer:……A….

37. Take a look at how this project risks is handled and figure out if the risk is being avoided,
mitigated, transferred or accepted.
Stormy weather and high winds could cause very slippery conditions, so you put up a tent and wear
slip-resistant footwear to keep from losing your footing.
A. Avoided
B. Mitigated
C. Transferred

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The correct answer:…B…….

38. You are managing a construction project. There’s a 30% chance that weather will cause a five-
days delay, costing 27.000 TL. There's also a 25% chance that the price of your building materials will
drop, which will save 12.000 TL. What’s the total EMV (Expected monetary value)?

The correct answer: - 5.100 TL

39. The project manager for a construction project discovers that local city council may change the
building code to allow adjoining properties to combine their sewage systems. She knows that a
competitor is about to break ground in the adjacent lot and contacts him to discuss the possibility of
having both projects save costs by building a sewage system for the two projects. This is an example
of which strategy?
A. Share
B. Mitigate
C. Accept
D. Exploit

The correct answer:…A…….

40. Risks that are caused by the response to another risk are called.
A. Residual risks
B. Cumulative risks
C. Secondary risks
D. Mitigated risks

The correct answer:…C…….

41. Which of the following is NOT true about risk management?

A. All known risks should be added to the risk register
B. The project manager is the only person responsible for identifying risks
C. Risks should be discussed at every team meeting
D. Risks should be analyzed for impact and priority

The correct answer:…B…….

42. Sibel needs to use some of the tools and techniques in Conduct Procurements process. Which
technique is she using in this scenario?
She sets up criteria for each seller. Before they can submit a bid, they must show that they have
handled technical support contracts before and have facilities that can handle over 150 simultaneous
calls.
A. Bidder Conferences
B. Proposal Evaluation Techniques
C. Procurement Negotiations
D. Analytical Techniques

The correct answer:…B…….

43. Which of the following is NOT true about bidder conferences?

A. Bidder conferences are a good way to make sure sellers are treated fairly
B. All potential sellers should meet separately with the buyer
C. Potential sellers should ask questions in an open forum so other sellers can hear the answers
D. All sellers are given the same procurement documents

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The correct answer:…B…….

44. You’re creating source selection criteria for your contract. What process are you in?
A. Plan Procurement Management
B. Close Project
C. Control Procurements
D. Conduct Procurements

The correct answer:…D…….

45. You’re managing a project, when you and the seller both agree that you need to have the seller
add more resources to the project in order to finish on time. But the number of resources is written into
the contract. What’s the BEST way to proceed?
A. Your project will be late because you can’t change the contract once it’s signed
B. You need to convince the seller to sign a new contract
C. You need to use claims administration to resolve the issue
D. You need to use the contract change control system to make the change to the contract

The correct answer:…D…….

46. Close Project or Phase should be performed:

A. At the end of the project
B. Before formal acceptance of the project's product
C. As a safeguard against risk
D. By someone other than the project manager

The correct answer:……B….

47. When is inspection performed?

A. Any time a project deliverable is produced
B. At the beginning of the project
C. Just before the final product is delivered
D. At the end of the project

The correct answer:…A…….

48. Which of the following is associated with the 80/20 rule?

A. Scatter chart
B. Pareto chart
C. Histogram
D. Control chart

The correct answer:…B…….

49. The schedule activity list:

A. Serves as an extension of the work breakdown structure
B. Is synonymous with the work breakdown structure
C. Is used to create the project scope statement
D. Is included in the project charter

The correct answer:…B….

50. Rita, the project manager of a large publishing project, sends an invoice to his client. Which
communication type is he using?
A. Formal verbal

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 B. Informal written
C. Formal written
D. Informal verbal

The correct answer:…C…….

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