One of your peers is a managing a large software implementation project. Which process is she in if she is figuring out the probability of each risk and then assessing their impact to the project?

A. Plan Risk Response
B. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
C. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
D. Identify Risks

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Which of the following progressive elaboration planning techniques are you using if you are planning details for short term work while only providing high level plans for the long term?

A. Top down estimating
B. Rolling wave planning
C. Decomposition
D. Parametric estimating

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You just inherited a project from Laura, who is on maternity leave. The project schedule includes a task that was estimated for 10 days but after speaking to the person assigned to it, you learn that the task will likely increase to a total of 15 days. You decide that you only need to notify the sponsor if this change will delay the project end date. Which of the following indicators should you use to determine whether or not you need to notify the sponsor?

A. Free float
B. Lag
C. Total float
D. Lead

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Fitness for use, which refers to a product’s effectiveness, was coined by which quality pioneer?

A. Deming
B. Shewhart
C. Crosby
D. Juran

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While creating a WBS, Greg is working with his team to break down the work into manageable pieces. Once completed, Greg expects to determine costs and create a schedule using the lowest level WBS components, which are called:

A. WBS activities
B. Organizational process assets
C. Work packages
D. Decomposed tasks

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While gathering requirements for a new community playground, you realize that the best thing for you to do is to create conceptual models and get approvals from the board after each step. What term best describes the models that you are creating?

A. Focus groups
B. Pilots
C. The Delphi technique
D. Prototypes

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At the beginning of your project, the sponsor requests that you, the project manager, ensure that costs are controlled. One of the areas that you know that could greatly affect the bottom line is the cost of nonconformance. While creating the quality management plan, you document that a typical cost associated with nonconformance, which is:

A. Training
B. Document processes
C. Testing and inspections
D. Scrap and rework

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One of the reports you are asked to produce is an S-curve diagram. Through your experience, you know that S-curve data is based on earned value. Therefore, you must __________ at the start of the project in order to have accurate S-curve reports.

A. Set a baseline
B. Use project management software
C. Create a contingency plan
D. Perform a variance analysis

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Which is the following is not true about RACI?

A. RACI is a type of RAM.
B. RACI can be used to show roles on a project.
C. RACI stands for review, action, correct, investigate.
D. RACI is a matrix-based chart.

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During a simple home repair project, Eva is planning on putting two coats of paint on her dining room. After the second coat of paint dries, she intends to hang up a picture of her family in the room. The activity relationships described in this example are known as:

A. Soft logic
B. Lag
C. Mandatory dependencies
D. Critical path

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