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ISEB-PM1 BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management Questions and Answers

Questions 4

A project manager is assigned to a project which phase of the project?

Options:

A.

Closing

B.

Initiation

C.

Estimation

D.

Planning

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Questions 5

Which of the following would most likely increase the accuracy of estimating the project cost?

Options:

A.

Using historical data.

B.

Pricing out the work at lower levels in the work breakdown structure.

C.

Both 1) Pricing out the work at lower levels in the work breakdown structure, and 2) Talking to people who have worked on similar projects.

D.

Talking to people who have worked on similar projects.

E.

1) Pricing out the work at lower levels in the work breakdown structure, and 2) Talking to people who have worked on similar projects, and 3) Using historical data.

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Questions 6

Reserve Analysis a technique not used in:

Options:

A.

Estimate Costs

B.

Estimating Activity Duration

C.

Control Costs

D.

Determine Budget

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Questions 7

Which of the following techniques incorporates a form of risk assessment?

Options:

A.

Arrow diagramming method

B.

Network diagramming

C.

Critical path method

D.

Three-point estimating

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Questions 8

Project team members begin to address the project work and technical decisions. The project team is in which of the following stages of team development?

Options:

A.

Storming

B.

Forming

C.

Norming

D.

Performing

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Questions 9

Final product transition is an output of which process?

Options:

A.

Direct and Manage Project Execution

B.

Close Project or Phase

C.

Perform Integrated Change Control

D.

Monitor and Control Project Work

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Questions 10

A risk may be graded into different priorities by which process?

Options:

A.

Risk monitoring and controlling

B.

Risk response planning

C.

Qualitative risk analysis

D.

Quantitative risk analysischart

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Questions 11

With triangular distribution, the low, likely and high values are 20, 30 and 40, respectively. The mean is _____.

Options:

A.

25.0

B.

22.5

C.

27.5

D.

30.0

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Questions 12

History has shown that project managers can be trained in a combination of ways.

Which method is usually preferred by most companies?

Options:

A.

None of the other alternatives apply

B.

Formal education and special course (degreed programs)

C.

Experiential learning, on-the-job

D.

Professional activities, seminars

E.

Individual readings

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Questions 13

The Japanese Quality Control (QC) Circle movement motivated its participants in many ways.

Which of the following represents the most important motivation for the QC circle participants?

Options:

A.

strengthening of relationships between co-workers

B.

recognition among co-workers

C.

self-improvement

D.

improving the performance of the company

E.

financial incentives

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Questions 14

You have been assigned to a project in which the objectives are to expand three miles of the north-to-south highway through your city by two lanes in each direction. You are in charge of the demolition phase of this project, and you report to the project manager in charge of this project. You have been hired on contract and will be released at the completion of the demolition phase.

What type of organizational structure does this represent?

Options:

A.

Balanced matrix organization

B.

Functional organization

C.

Projectized organization

D.

Weak matrix organization

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Questions 15

Which of the following is contained within the communications management plan?

Options:

A.

An organizational chart

B.

Glossary of common terminology

C.

Organizational process assets

D.

Enterprise environmental factors

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Questions 16

Who is responsible for issuing the project charter?

Options:

A.

The project sponsor

B.

The senior Project Manager

C.

The project team

D.

The project manager

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Questions 17

You are a project manager for the Swirling Seas Cruises food division. You're considering two different projects regarding food services on the cruise lines. The initial cost of Project Fish'n for Chips will be $800,000, with expected cash inflows of $300,000 per quarter. Project Picnic's payback period is six months.

Which project should you recommend?

Options:

A.

Project Fish'n for Chips, because the costs on Project Picnic are unknown.

B.

Project Picnic, because Project Fish'n for Chips' payback period is two months longer than Project Picnic's.

C.

Project Picnic, because Project Fish'n for Chips' payback period is four months longer than Project Picnic's.

D.

Project Fish'n for Chips, because its payback period is two months shorter than Project Picnic's.

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Questions 18

How is scheduled variance calculated using the earned value technique?

Options:

A.

EV less AC

B.

AC less PV

C.

EV less PV

D.

AC less EV

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Questions 19

Which of the following is a strategy to deal with positive risks or opportunities?

Options:

A.

Mitigate

B.

Transfer

C.

Exploit

D.

Avoid

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Questions 20

Which schedule development tool and technique produces a theoretical early start date and late start date?

Options:

A.

Critical path method

B.

Variance analysis

C.

Schedule compression

D.

Schedule comparison bar charts

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Questions 21

You are the project manager for Xylophone Phonics. This company produces children's software programs that teach basic reading and math skills. You are ready to assign project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships.

Which project Planning process are you working on?

Options:

A.

Human Resource Acquisition

B.

Acquire Staff

C.

Human Resource Planning

D.

Resource Planning

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Questions 22

Which of the following are inputs to Activity Definition?

Options:

A.

Project Scope Statement and Work Breakdown Structure

B.

Activity list and Arrow Diagram

C.

Change Requests Lists and Organizational Process Assets

D.

Project Management Plan and Resource Availability

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Questions 23

Regardless of style, what information is shown in a process flowchart?

Options:

A.

Actions, decision points, and process drivers

B.

Activities, decision points, and the order of processing

C.

Activities, process drivers, and the order of processing

D.

Actions, decision points, and activities

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Questions 24

Which process includes facilitated workshops as a tool and technique?

Options:

A.

Collect Requirements

B.

Plan Communications

C.

Develop Project Team

D.

Report Performance

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Questions 25

Which of the following is an output of Define Scope?

Options:

A.

Project document updates

B.

Project management plan

C.

Scope baseline

D.

Product analysis

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Questions 26

At which point of the project is the uncertainty the highest and the risk of failing the greatest ___________.

Options:

A.

Final phase of the project

B.

Start of the project

C.

End of the project

D.

Midpoint of the project

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Questions 27

Which contract type is typically used whenever the seller's performance period spans a considerable period of years?

Options:

A.

Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee contracts (FPIF)

B.

Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment contracts (FP-EPA)

C.

Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contracts (CPFF)

D.

Time and Material contracts (T&M)

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Questions 28

Which of the following is a tool and technique to develop the schedule?

Options:

A.

What-if scenario analysis

B.

Benchmarking

C.

Variance analysis

D.

SWOT analysis

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Questions 29

If a project manager is concerned with gathering, integrating, and disseminating the outputs of all project management processes, she should concentrate on creating a better:

Options:

A.

WBS.

B.

Communications management plan.

C.

Project management information system.

D.

Project scope management plan.

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Questions 30

You are working with XYZ organization. Your senior manager imposed new delivery date which is earlier than mentioned project deliverables date in scope statement.

To whom you are most accountable?

Options:

A.

customer

B.

team member

C.

sponsor

D.

senior manager

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Questions 31

Which illustrates the connection between work that needs to be done and its project team members?

Options:

A.

Work breakdown structure

B.

Network diagrams

C.

Staffing management plan

D.

Responsibility matrix

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Questions 32

What is the status of a project if the Cost Performance Index is 1.25 and the Schedule Performance Index is 0.75?

Options:

A.

Under budget and behind schedule

B.

Over budget and ahead of schedule

C.

Under budget and ahead of schedule

D.

Over budget and behind schedule

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Questions 33

Which is not one of the triple constraint of a project?

Options:

A.

Cost

B.

Time

C.

Resources

D.

Scope

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Questions 34

What are the performance measurements for the Schedule Control process?

Options:

A.

SV (EV - PV) and SPI (EV ÷ PV)

B.

SV (PV - EV) and SPI (PV ÷ EV)

C.

SV (EV - BAC) and SPI (EV ÷ BAC)

D.

SV (EV - AC) and SPI (EV ÷ AC)

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Questions 35

Formal written correspondence with the customer is required when:

Options:

A.

Defects are detected.

B.

The customer requests additional work not covered under contract.

C.

The project has a schedule slippage that includes changes to the critical path.

D.

The project has cost overruns.

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Questions 36

Which analysis helps to determine the risks that have the most potential for impacting the project?

Options:

A.

Expected monetary value analysis

B.

Sensitivity analysis

C.

Modeling and simulation

D.

Expert judgment

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Questions 37

Which of the following is generally the MOST CORRECT use of a project network diagram?

Options:

A.

Showing the project schedule

B.

Documenting activity interdependencies

C.

Defining project resources

D.

Defining the project costs

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Questions 38

The positive value of conflict is underestimated. Properly managed, conflict is a valuable tool, particularly when __________.

Options:

A.

A diversion is needed

B.

Conflict may cause a loss of status or position power

C.

Conflictive situations are in their early stages and emotional involvement is low

D.

Conflictive situations are in their late stages and emotional involvement is high

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Questions 39

A project manager discovers an urgent need for outsourced resources on the project. He knows he has the money to cover the cost of these resources. He goes to the procurement manager and explains the situation, insisting a contract be drawn up today so he can obtain resources and circumvent the standard procedure. Is this the correct process to follow?

Options:

A.

Yes, of course. For urgent needs, it is not necessary to follow the organization’s procedure regarding procurement.

B.

Yes. Urgent needs from projects should always be dealt with immediately, as directed by the project manager.

C.

No. The procurement manager has a process to follow when creating contracts that helps protect the company and its projects.

D.

No. The procurement manager should be checking in with the project manager to see if he is in need of a contract, rather than making the project manager come and ask for one.

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Questions 40

Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?

Options:

A.

Cost baseline

B.

Cost forecasting

C.

Cost variance

D.

Cost budgeting

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Questions 41

Which statement is true about the project management body of knowledge?

Options:

A.

Recognized by every project manager

B.

Constantly evolving

C.

The sum of all knowledge related to project management

D.

A sum of knowledge that should be applied on every project

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Questions 42

What is the name of the statistical method that helps identify which factors may influence specific variables of a product or process under development or in production?

Options:

A.

Failure modes and effects analysis

B.

Design of experiments

C.

Quality checklist

D.

Risk analysis

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Questions 43

The procurement document is an input to which of the following processes?

Options:

A.

Develop Project Management Plan

B.

Develop Schedule

C.

Identify Stakeholders

D.

Determine Budget

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Questions 44

When do stakeholders have the greatest influence?

Options:

A.

At the start of the project

B.

At the end of the project

C.

During execution

D.

Stakeholders have constant influence

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Questions 45

Which tool or technique uses the 80/20 principle?

Options:

A.

Pareto chart

B.

Cause and effect diagrams

C.

Control charts

D.

Flowcharting

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Questions 46

Which tools or techniques will the project manager use for developing the project team?

Options:

A.

Negotiation

B.

Roles and responsibilities

C.

Recognition and rewards

D.

Prizing and promoting

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Questions 47

The most rapid Estimate Costs technique is ___________.

Options:

A.

Analogous estimating

B.

Template estimating

C.

Computerized estimating

D.

Square foot estimating

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Questions 48

Draw the precedence diagram for the dependencies and activity times below to answer the question. Use AON or another technique to derive the answer using F-S relationships.

What is the total float on path BEG?

Options:

A.

0

B.

1

C.

2

D.

3

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Questions 49

Your project team consists of 12 people in the same building you're located in, 4 people from the West Coast office, 2 people from the Kansas City office, and 6 people from the London office. Your office works different hours than all the other offices. Additionally, not all of the resources in your building are available at the same times during the day. Three of the 12 team members work swing shift hours. You use tools like web conferencing and email to distribute information to the team.

Which of the following is true?

Options:

A.

This question describes resource availability from the Develop Project Team process and information distribution methods from the Information Distribution process.

B.

This question describes the staffing management plan from the Acquire Project Team process and communication skills from the Information Distribution process.

C.

This question describes project staff assignments from the Develop Project Team process and communication skills from the Information Distribution process.

D.

This question describes virtual teams from the Acquire Project Team process and information distribution methods from the Information Distribution process.

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Questions 50

What is the expected activity cost for a project having a most likely cost of $140, a best case scenario of $115, and a worst case scenario of $165?

Options:

A.

$115

B.

$138

C.

$140

D.

$165

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Questions 51

A quality control manager decides to increase his daily sample size from three to six. The size of the control band will:

Options:

A.

not determinable from given data

B.

None of the other alternatives apply

C.

decrease

D.

remain unchanged

E.

increase

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Questions 52

Which of the following MUST NOT performed in project initiation process?

Options:

A.

identify the requirements.

B.

identify business need.

C.

create project scope statement.

D.

create project charter.

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Questions 53

Which of the following is CORRECT?

Options:

A.

The critical path helps prove how long the project will take.

B.

There can be only one critical path.

C.

The network diagram will change every time the end date changes.

D.

A project can never have negative float.

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Questions 54

Which of the following can be used to track the requirements throughout the project life cycle?

Options:

A.

Requirements traceability matrix

B.

Scope management plan

C.

Project charter

D.

Work breakdown structure

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Questions 55

The Monitoring and Controlling process group contains which of the following processes?

Options:

A.

Plan Quality

B.

Perform Quality Assurance

C.

Perform Quality Control

D.

Identify Stakeholders

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Questions 56

Risk mitigation includes all but which of the following:

Options:

A.

performing contingent planning

B.

Obtaining insurance against loss

C.

Developing system (policies, procedures, responsibilities)

D.

identification of project risks.

E.

developing planning alternatives

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Questions 57

What are the formal and informal policies, procedures, and guidelines that could impact how the project's scope is managed?

Options:

A.

Organizational process assets

B.

Enterprise environmental factors

C.

Project management processes

D.

Project scope management plan

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Questions 58

A contract change control system defines which of the following?

Options:

A.

Process by which the procurement is being satisfied

B.

Process by which the procurement can be modified

C.

Process by which the procurement can be obtained

D.

Process by which the procurement can be disposed

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Questions 59

Which of the following is a tool and technique to the Manage Stakeholder Expectations process?

Options:

A.

Issue log

B.

Change register

C.

Stakeholder register

D.

Interpersonal skills

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Questions 60

The management theory that all people can direct their own efforts is:

Options:

A.

Theory Y.

B.

Herzberg's theory.

C.

Maslow's hierarchy.

D.

Theory X.

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Questions 61

Which may be employed to shorten a schedule without changing the scope of the task?

Options:

A.

Alter to task priorities.

B.

Releasing resources earlier from tasks which were scheduled with a late start.

C.

Fast tracking or Crashing

D.

Fast tracking.

E.

Crashing

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Questions 62

You are a project manager for Dutch Harbor Consulting. Your latest project involves the upgrade of an organization's operating system on 236 servers. You performed this project under contract.

You are in the Closing process and know that product verification is for what purpose?

Options:

A.

To verify that all the work was completed correctly and satisfactorily

B.

To evaluate project goals and ensure that the product of the project meets the requirements

C.

To verify the goals of the project and ensure that the product of the project is complete

D.

To evaluate all the work of the project and compare the results to project scope

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Questions 63

Which type of control tool identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?

Options:

A.

Cause and effect diagram

B.

Control Charts

C.

Pareto Chart

D.

Histogram

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Questions 64

Cost management includes processes that are required to maintain financial control of projects. These processes may include:

Options:

A.

economic evaluation

B.

cost estimating and cost forecasting

C.

cost estimating

D.

cost forecasting

E.

All of the other alternatives apply.

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Questions 65

Communication in both project and non-project-driven organizations should occur in __________ directions.

Options:

A.

four

B.

one

C.

two

D.

three

E.

five

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Questions 66

An activity-on-node (AON) network diagram shows the following activities on two critical paths; Start, D, E, J, L, End and Start, D, E, G, I, L, End. Each activity is at least three days in duration, except for activity L, which is one day in duration.

If you are directed to reduce the project by one day, which activities are MOST likely to change?

Options:

A.

Activity L

B.

Activity E or activity J

C.

Activity G or activity I

D.

Activity D or activity E

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Questions 67

Which of the following is TRUE about most project life cycles?

Options:

A.

Staffing level is highest at the start.

B.

The stakeholders' influence is highest at the start.

C.

The level of uncertainty is lowest at the start.

D.

The cost of changes is highest at the start.

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Questions 68

A project has seven activities: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Activities A, B, and D can start anytime. Activity A takes 3 weeks, Activity B takes 5 weeks, and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A and B must be completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete. Activities B, C, and D must be completed before Activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks. Activity F takes 4 weeks and can start as soon as Activity C is completed. Activity E must be completed before Activity G starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activities F and G must be completed for the project to be completed.

Which activities have float available?

Options:

A.

Activity A has two weeks’ float, activity F has one week.

B.

Activity F has one-week float.

C.

There is no float available in the project.

D.

Activity A has eight weeks’ float.

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Questions 69

Which of the following is one of the key components of the basic communications model?

Options:

A.

Push

B.

Decode

C.

Pull

D.

Duration

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Questions 70

You are the project manager of a project. You have just completed the Collect Requirements and Define Scope.

What should you do next?

Options:

A.

Control Scope

B.

Create WBS

C.

Value analysis

D.

Verify Scope

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Questions 71

A computer tape which contains historical project information is called ____ tape.

Options:

A.

Database

B.

Archive.

C.

Lessons learned.

D.

Baseline.

E.

Life cycle summary.

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Questions 72

A new project manager is having difficulty creating a WBS with the team. To alleviate this situation, the project manager should ask for help from:

Options:

A.

The sponsor.

B.

Other project managers.

C.

The project management office.

D.

The team.

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Questions 73

Job descriptions are examples of ______communications.

Options:

A.

horizontal

B.

downward

C.

diagonal

D.

upward

E.

None of the other alternatives apply

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Questions 74

The erection of foundation formwork before the placement of foundation concrete would be an example of a _____ dependency.

Options:

A.

Soft logic

B.

Subcontracted

C.

Mandatory

D.

Discretionary

E.

External

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Questions 75

Which of the following correctly explains the term "progressive elaboration"?

Options:

A.

Changing project specifications continuously

B.

Elaborate tracking of the project progress

C.

Elaborate tracking of the project specifications with a change control system

D.

Project specifications becoming more explicit and detailed as the project progresses

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Questions 76

Which of the following will be required to perform simu-lation for schedule risk analysis?

Options:

A.

Activity list and activity attributes

B.

Schedule network diagram and duration estimates

C.

Schedule data and activity resource requirements

D.

Milestone list and resource breakdown structure

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Questions 77

Your project sponsor has requested a cost estimate for the project on which you're working. This project is similar in scope to a project you worked on last year. She would like to get the cost estimates as soon as possible. Accuracy is not her primary concern right now. She needs a ballpark figure by tomorrow. You decide to use ___________________.

Options:

A.

parametric modeling techniques

B.

analogous estimating techniques

C.

bottom-up estimating techniques

D.

computerized modeling techniques

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Questions 78

What is the primary benefit of meeting quality requirements?

Options:

A.

Quality metrics

B.

Less rework

C.

Quality control measurements

D.

Benchmarking

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Questions 79

Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:

Options:

A.

Cause and effect diagram

B.

Control Chart

C.

Flowchart

D.

Histogram

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Questions 80

Which of the following is an input to direct and manage project execution?

Options:

A.

Requested changes

B.

Approved preventive action

C.

Work performance information

D.

Implemented defect repair

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Questions 81

Which tool and technique is used to sequence activities?

Options:

A.

Decomposition

B.

Project management software

C.

Applying lead and lags

D.

Expert judgment

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Questions 82

Which of the following provides a standardized, effective, and efficient way to centrally manage approved changes and baselines within a project?

Options:

A.

Project management information system

B.

Configuration management system

C.

Change control board

D.

Project management plan

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Questions 83

What is an objective of the Developing Project Team Process?

Options:

A.

Feelings of trust and improved cohesiveness

B.

Ground rules for interaction

C.

Enhanced resource availability

D.

Functional managers become more involved.

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Questions 84

The scope management plan is a subsidiary of which project document?

Options:

A.

Schedule management plan

B.

Project management plan

C.

Quality management plan

D.

Resource management plan

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Questions 85

Complete final contract performance reporting and verify product is done in _______.

Options:

A.

Conduct Procurements

B.

Close Procurements

C.

Plan Procurements

D.

Administer Procurements

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Questions 86

The sponsor has informed you that the resources for your project will be cut. The sponsor wants to know how long the project will take if only nine resources each month are committed to your project.

What is this activity called?

Options:

A.

Crashing

B.

Floating

C.

Leveling

D.

Fast tracking

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Questions 87

Which of the following is the correct network diagram for the table?

ISEB-PM1 Question 87

Options:

A.

Begin - A - C - D - E - End - B - D

B.

Begin - A - B - C - D - E - End

C.

Begin - A - B - D - E - End A - C - D

D.

Begin - A - C - D - E - End - B - C

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Questions 88

Which knowledge area is concerned with the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information?

Options:

A.

Project Integration Management

B.

Project Communications Management

C.

Project Information Management System (PIMS)

D.

Project Scope Management

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Questions 89

What type of planning is used where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while work in the future is planned at a higher level?

Options:

A.

Finish-to-start planning

B.

Rolling wave planning

C.

Short term planning

D.

Dependency determination

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Questions 90

When using the Delphi technique for gathering information, what forecasting method is being used?

Options:

A.

Time series method

B.

Casual method

C.

Econometric method

D.

Judgmental method

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Questions 91

Which one of the following is true regarding the change control board?

Options:

A.

Describes how changes are managed.

B.

Approves or rejects change requests.

C.

Needs updated project management plans to approve or reject a change.

D.

Describes how changes are documented.

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Questions 92

The project management information system is used as tools and techniques in which of the following processes?

Options:

A.

Develop Project Charter

B.

Develop Project Management Plan

C.

Direct and Manage Project Execution

D.

Monitor and Control Project Work

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Questions 93

All of the following are inputs to the quality process EXCEPT:

Options:

A.

Organizational process assets.

B.

Checklists.

C.

Quality policy.

D.

The project scope statement.

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Exam Name: BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management
Last Update: May 1, 2024
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