PMBOK Chapter 6 5th edition - Practice Test 4 (A+) 100% Verified
All of the following are inputs to the Estimate Activity Resources process EXCEPT:
A Resource breakdown structure.
B Activity attributes.
C Organizational process assets.
D Activity list. - ANSWER Choices B, C and D are all inputs. Resource breakdown
structure (Choice A) is the correct answer because it is not an input. It is an output of
the Estimate Activity Resources process. PMBOK® 6.4.1, pgs 162-163
Schedule baseline or other elements of the project management plan are updated using
approved change requests that have previously been passed through the __________.
A Management chain
B Perform Quality Assurance process
C Control Schedule process
D Perform Integrated Change Control process - ANSWER This question pertains to how
project documents - including the schedule baseline, or other elements of the project
management plan are updated. Change requests are an output of the Control Schedule
process, and are processed for review and disposition through the Perform Integrated
Change Control process. PMBOK® 6.7.3.3, pg 191
Approved change requests that affect the project schedule will result in an update of the
approved project schedule. This updated, re-approved and re-issued schedule now
becomes:
A A reason for delaying the schedule.
B A deviation from the schedule baseline.
,C The new project schedule baseline.
D Requested changes. - ANSWER If approved change requests have an impact on the
project schedule, then the approved project schedule is updated and re-issued to
reflect the approved changes. The revised project schedule becomes the new schedule
baseline (Choice C) for future changes and is part of the project management plan.
PMBOK® 6.7.1.1, pg 187
You and your project management team are leading a two-day workshop to brainstorm
and finalize the project schedule. Which of the following information will NOT assist you
in developing the project schedule?
A Project scope statement
B Schedule baseline
C Activity list
D Resource calendars - ANSWER Choices A, C and D are inputs, and inputs are what
you need to develop the project schedule. Schedule baseline (Choice B) is an output of
the Develop Schedule process, and therefore the correct answer. PMBOK® 6, pg 143
The latest version of the __________ is an input to the Control Schedule process.
A Project schedule
B Scope baseline
C Project documents
D Gantt chart - ANSWER The current project schedule (Choice A) updated to show
status, completed activities, and activities that have started as of the date of the data is
an input to Control Schedule. PMBOK® 6.7.1.2, pg 187
What method of sequencing technique employs boxes to show activities?
A Flow chart diagram method
B Data flow diagramming
, C Activity-On-Node technique
D Work breakdown structure - ANSWER The precedence diagramming method is a
technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by
nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the
sequence in which the activities are to be performed. Activity-on-node (Choice C) is one
method of representing a precedence diagram. PMBOK® 6.3.2.1, pg 156
You are the project manager for this project. Click the View Figure button to see the
diagram. Your stakeholders ask you to see what options are possible to reduce the
duration of the project by 2 days. After an analysis your BEST recommendation would
be to:
A. Add more resources to Task E.
B. Remove Task G
C. Begin Task J after Task G is completed.
D Start Task C upon completion of Task A. - ANSWER Reducing the duration of a
non-critical path will not reduce the duration of the project; thus, Choices A, B and C
cannot be correct answers. In this instance your BEST recommendation to your
stakeholders is Choice D even though it only reduces the duration by a single day. The
stakeholders requested OPTIONS to decrease duration by 2 days and you will have to
inform them that the best you can do is one day. PMBOK® 6.3.2 pgs 156-158 and 6.6.2.2,
pgs 176-177
Decomposition is a technique used during Define Activities. It subdivides the project
work packages into smaller, more manageable components called schedule __________.
- ANSWER The technique of decomposition, as it is applied to defining activities,
involves subdividing the project work packages into smaller, more manageable
components called activities. PMBOK®, 6.2.2.1, pg 151
Project team members are uncertain about how long it will really take to complete an
activity. Deb, who is an optimist, believes it might take 5 days. Dean, the pessimist,
thinks it could take up to 10 days. What is the BEST way to express this activity's
duration?
A 7 days
B At least 5 days, but not more than 10 days
All of the following are inputs to the Estimate Activity Resources process EXCEPT:
A Resource breakdown structure.
B Activity attributes.
C Organizational process assets.
D Activity list. - ANSWER Choices B, C and D are all inputs. Resource breakdown
structure (Choice A) is the correct answer because it is not an input. It is an output of
the Estimate Activity Resources process. PMBOK® 6.4.1, pgs 162-163
Schedule baseline or other elements of the project management plan are updated using
approved change requests that have previously been passed through the __________.
A Management chain
B Perform Quality Assurance process
C Control Schedule process
D Perform Integrated Change Control process - ANSWER This question pertains to how
project documents - including the schedule baseline, or other elements of the project
management plan are updated. Change requests are an output of the Control Schedule
process, and are processed for review and disposition through the Perform Integrated
Change Control process. PMBOK® 6.7.3.3, pg 191
Approved change requests that affect the project schedule will result in an update of the
approved project schedule. This updated, re-approved and re-issued schedule now
becomes:
A A reason for delaying the schedule.
B A deviation from the schedule baseline.
,C The new project schedule baseline.
D Requested changes. - ANSWER If approved change requests have an impact on the
project schedule, then the approved project schedule is updated and re-issued to
reflect the approved changes. The revised project schedule becomes the new schedule
baseline (Choice C) for future changes and is part of the project management plan.
PMBOK® 6.7.1.1, pg 187
You and your project management team are leading a two-day workshop to brainstorm
and finalize the project schedule. Which of the following information will NOT assist you
in developing the project schedule?
A Project scope statement
B Schedule baseline
C Activity list
D Resource calendars - ANSWER Choices A, C and D are inputs, and inputs are what
you need to develop the project schedule. Schedule baseline (Choice B) is an output of
the Develop Schedule process, and therefore the correct answer. PMBOK® 6, pg 143
The latest version of the __________ is an input to the Control Schedule process.
A Project schedule
B Scope baseline
C Project documents
D Gantt chart - ANSWER The current project schedule (Choice A) updated to show
status, completed activities, and activities that have started as of the date of the data is
an input to Control Schedule. PMBOK® 6.7.1.2, pg 187
What method of sequencing technique employs boxes to show activities?
A Flow chart diagram method
B Data flow diagramming
, C Activity-On-Node technique
D Work breakdown structure - ANSWER The precedence diagramming method is a
technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by
nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the
sequence in which the activities are to be performed. Activity-on-node (Choice C) is one
method of representing a precedence diagram. PMBOK® 6.3.2.1, pg 156
You are the project manager for this project. Click the View Figure button to see the
diagram. Your stakeholders ask you to see what options are possible to reduce the
duration of the project by 2 days. After an analysis your BEST recommendation would
be to:
A. Add more resources to Task E.
B. Remove Task G
C. Begin Task J after Task G is completed.
D Start Task C upon completion of Task A. - ANSWER Reducing the duration of a
non-critical path will not reduce the duration of the project; thus, Choices A, B and C
cannot be correct answers. In this instance your BEST recommendation to your
stakeholders is Choice D even though it only reduces the duration by a single day. The
stakeholders requested OPTIONS to decrease duration by 2 days and you will have to
inform them that the best you can do is one day. PMBOK® 6.3.2 pgs 156-158 and 6.6.2.2,
pgs 176-177
Decomposition is a technique used during Define Activities. It subdivides the project
work packages into smaller, more manageable components called schedule __________.
- ANSWER The technique of decomposition, as it is applied to defining activities,
involves subdividing the project work packages into smaller, more manageable
components called activities. PMBOK®, 6.2.2.1, pg 151
Project team members are uncertain about how long it will really take to complete an
activity. Deb, who is an optimist, believes it might take 5 days. Dean, the pessimist,
thinks it could take up to 10 days. What is the BEST way to express this activity's
duration?
A 7 days
B At least 5 days, but not more than 10 days
