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CCE QUESTION BANK -4 (64 QESTIONS)

P.3.1. A Project Manager is most likely to have the strongest influence in an organization that is:

A. Balanced Matrix
B. Functional
C. Projectized
D. Strong Matrix

P.3.2. A complex project will fit best in what type of organization?

A. Functional
B. Cross-functional
C. Matrix
D. Balanced

P.3.3. In a weak matrix organization, functional managers are usually responsible for:

A. Monitoring personnel performance

B. Approval for changes to the project schedule
C. Monitoring their project team member's deliverables
D. Changes that impact their team member's participation

P.3.4. You are one of four full-time project managers in an organization. You all share an
administrative person. There are generally 8-10 projects per year that involve about 25% of the
organization's employees, however, these employees do not report to you. Your organization can
best be classified as:

A. Functional
B. Strong matrix
C. Projectized
D. Balanced matrix

P.3.5. During the course of a project you have motivated team members, managed conflict,
performed personnel administrative functions and negotiated for more resources. These are
examples of:

A. General Management
B. Project Human Resource Management
C. Project Execution
D. A Projectized organization

P.3.6. You have been promoted to Manager, Continuous Process Improvement. Your new
position:

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A. Is a project because the work will be performed by people

B. Is not a project because Continuous Process Improvement will continue indefinitely
C. Is a project because it is constrained by limited resources
D. Is a project because improvements must be planned, executed, and controlled

P.3.7. In a matrix organization, which of the following is not a responsibility of the project
manager?

A. Complete task definitions

B. Resource requirement definitions
C. Major timetable milestones
D. Personnel performance measurements

P.3.8. The state of being totally answerable for the satisfactory completion of a specific
assignment is called:

A. Authority
B. Accountability
C. Responsibility
D. Fiduciary

P.3.9. You are responsible for the communication controls for the Genesis series of satellites.
Your current assignment is:

A. Project management
B. Functional management
C. Facility management
D. Program management

P.3.10. Which of the following knowledge areas are part of Project Closure?

A. Communications
B. Scope
C. Cost
D. Human Resources

P.3.11. The process of determining who needs what information, when they need it, and how it
will be given to them is:

A. Information distribution
B. Communications requirements
C. Communications planning
D. Communications management

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P.3.12. Where is the bulk of the project budget spent?

A. Scope management
B. Production
C. Labor and materials
D. Project plan execution

P.3.13. Which of the following is not a type of performance reporting:

A. Status reporting
B. Progress reporting
C. Forecasting
D. Benchmark reporting

P.3.14. Which tool and technique integrates scope, cost and schedule in measuring project
performance?

A. Variance analysis
B. Earned value
C. Trend analysis
D. Performance report

P.3.15. Inputs to Administrative Closure include all of the following except:

A. Performance measurement documentation

B. Other project records
C. Documentation of the product
D. Project archives

P.3.16.. Which equation correctly illustrates the cost variance of a project, in currency?

A. BCWP-ACWP
B. BCWP/ACWP
C. BCWP-BCWS
D. BCWP/BCWS

P.3.17..You are approximately 30% through your project and the sponsor wants a forecast of the
final budget based on what has already been spent. You create an S curve chart display of what
kind of performance report:

A. Earned value
B. Trend analysis

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C. Variance analysis
D. Cost distribution curve

P.3.18.. At 40% through your project you have a BCWS of $68,000 and a BCWP of $62,000.
Your project is:

A. Ahead of schedule
B. Behind schedule
C. A positive cost variance
D. A negative cost variance

P.3.19. In preparing for a team meeting you want to let the team know how they are doing on the
project schedule over all. You calculate the task achievements as follows: planning has a BCWS
of $20,000 and a BCWP of $25,000, testing has a BCWS of $17,000 and BCWP of $15,000, and
design has a BCWS of $34,000 and a BCWP of $42,000. As a whole your project is:

A. 15% ahead of schedule

B. 15% behind schedule
C. 15% ahead of schedule, but over budget
D. 15% behind schedule and budget

P.3.20. In order to let the project sponsor know the percentage of cost variance of
your project, you calculate:
A. BCWP-BCWS
B. BCWP/BCWS
C. BCWP/ACWP
D. BCWP-ACWP

P.3.21. As the project manager, you chair a weekly exchange of information meeting among
team leaders. This is an example of communication that is:

A. Internal, formal, and horizontal

B. External, informal, and vertical
C. Oral, internal, and informal
D. Oral, external, and formal

P.3.22. Manual filing systems, electronic text databases, and project management software that
allow team members to share information about the project are examples of:

A. A communication management plan

B. An information retrieval system
C. An information distribution system
D. A project management information system

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P.3.23. During project team formation and during the early phases of a project, the most common
source of conflict within the project team is likely to be:

A. Schedules
B. Priorities
C. Technical opinions
D. Cost

P.3.24. During execution of a project, the most common source of conflict within the project
team is likely to be:

A. Schedules
B. Priorities
C. Technical opinions
D. Cost

P.3.25. Of the following, which conflict resolution strategy is likely to yield the most productive
results?

A. Withdrawing
B. Forcing
C. Compromising
D. Collaborating

P.3.26. During execution of your project plan, you discover that a task team is unaware that
deliverables from another task will be late, holding up their own progress. As a result you
should:

A. Revise the project schedule

B. Revise the project budget
C. Revise the communication plan
D. Revise the quality plan

P.3.27. In assigning your new project to you, the program manager tells you that this is a very
high visibility project and that executive management will be following your progress very
closely with particular interest in use of the pyrotechnics that will be involved. This information
is valuable input for your:

A. Risk management plan

B. Communication management plan
C. Scope management plan
D. Technical specification

P.3.28. The Communication Management Plan provides all of the following except:

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A. A collection and filing structure for project information

B. Communication barriers
C. A distribution structure for project information
D. Project communication schedules

P.3.29. Life-Cycle Costing is:

A. The concept of including acquisition, operating, and disposal costs when evaluating various
alternatives
B. Considers the information needs of the stakeholders
C. The term used on smaller projects when all the components of Project Cost Management are
viewed as a single process
D. Used to estimate the life of the product

P.3.30. The two phases used in Project Cost Management are:

A. Planning and executing

B. Executing and controlling
C. Planning and close out
D. Controlling and planning

P.3.31. Determining what resources and quantities will be used for the project is part of:

A. Cost budgeting
B. Cost estimating
C. Resource planning
D. Cost control

P.3.32. The Scope Statement is used in which process

A. Resource Planning
B. Cost Estimating
C. Cost Control
D. Cost Planning

P.3.33. Inputs into Resource Planning include:

A. Staffing requirements, procurement policies, Work Breakdown Structure

B. Work Breakdown Structure, Scope Statement, historical information, resource pool
description, organizational policies
C. Work Breakdown Structure, Scope definition, resource pool description
D. Expert judgement, historical information, Work Breakdown Structure, Scope Statement

P.3.34. The term resource planning refers to:

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A. Labor
B. Capital equipment
C. Materials
D. All of the above

P.3.35. Cost estimating includes all of the following except:

A. Identifying and considering various costing alternatives

B. Pricing strategy
C. Developing an assessment of the likely quantitative result
D. Baselining

P.3.36. Cost Estimating is most closely linked with which other process?

A. Procurement, Risk
B. Scope, Procurement
C. Time, Scope
D. Risk, Time, Integration

P.3.37. Parametric Modeling and Analogous Estimating are used in what process:

A. Cost Control Tools and Techniques

B. Cost Estimating Tools and Techniques
C. Risk Analysis Tools and Techniques
D. Risk Analysis Outputs

P.3.38. You are building the budget for your project. You don't have detailed requirements for
the project yet. However, a fellow project manager completed a similar project a year ago, and
has his budget assumptions and final costs documented. You decide to use this information as the
basis of your cost estimating. This is called:

A. Analogous estimating
B. Parametric modeling
C. Bottom-up estimating
D. Spreadsheeting

P.3.39 As the Project Cost Engineer on a high rise development you are preparing your budget.
You have developed a template, based on similar projects that can be used for buildings with 3-
25 stories. It breaks out cost per square foot for plumbing, wiring, HVAC, dry wall, floors etc.
This type of cost estimating is called:

A. Analogous estimating
B. Parametric modeling
C. Bottom up estimating
D. Spreadsheeting

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P.3.40. Before you begin the cost budgeting process for building a new school you should make
sure your cost engineer has given you:

A. Cost estimates, chart of accounts, cost baseline

B. Supporting detail, estimate at completion
C. Cost estimates and supporting detail,
D. Cost management plan, cost change control plan, cost baseline

P.3.41. You are the program manager for a new commercial jet. A new robotic technology has
just emerged that will improve the accuracy of machining connectors to within 3 microns. This
technology will also result in a savings from the previous method. As a result of this, all program
managers are being asked to come up with a new estimate at completion for their in-process
projects. The most accurate method to develop the new estimate is to:

A. Complete and earned value analysis to determine the cost index

B. Take the actuals to date and add the remaining budget modified by a performance factor
C. Take the actuals to date and develop a new estimate for all remaining work
D. Add the remaining budget to what has already been spent

P.3.42. Which of the following is not an input to cost budgeting?

A. Cost estimates
B. Work breakdown schedule
C. Project schedule
D. Risk management plan

P.3.43. Which of the following is not an input to the cost control process?

A. Performance measurement
B. Cost baseline
C. Performance reports
D. Change requests

P.3.44. Which of the following is not a tool or technique for cost control?

A. Cost change control system

B. Revised cost estimates
C. Performance measurement
D. Additional planning

P.3.45. Which of the following is not an output of the cost control process?

A. Revised cost estimates

B. Budget updates

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C. Workarounds
D. Estimate at completion

P.3.46. As project manager, which of the following activities most deserves your immediate
attention?

A. ACWP = $3,000 and BCWP = $2,900

B. BCWS = $3,000 and BCWP = $2,900
C. ACWP = $3,000 and BCWP = $3,200
D. BCWP = $3,000 and ACWP = $2,400

P.3.47. Your project will require use of a high pressure punch press for four months. You can
rent the press for $10,000 payable at the end of each month. You may also choose to make a
lump sum payment on the day the press is delivered. Using a discount rate of 1% per month, the
maximum lump sum payment you should choose to make is:

A. $38,000
B. $38,500
C. $39,000
D. $39,250

P.3.48. A work package, scheduled for one year from today, will cost $114,000 at that time. It
can be done now at a reduced cost. Using a 12% discount rate, the maximum cost you should
authorize for doing the work now is:

A. 100,320
B. 101,750
C. 102,500
D. 103,000

P.3.49. At what stage in the project life cycle would costs be the lowest?

A. Concept
B. Development
C. Implementation
D. Close out

P.3.50. At what point in the project would stakeholders have the most ability to influence the
final outputs of the project product?

A. Implementation
B. Development
C. Concept
D. Close out

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P.3.51. Cost Budgeting is defined as:

A. The estimated total cost of the project when done

B. Allocating the cost estimates to the individual work items
C. Estimating the cost of the resources needed to complete project activities
D. The sum of the approved cost estimates

P.3.52. The cost baseline is an output of what process?

A. Cost planning
B. Cost estimating
C. Cost budgeting
D. Cost control

P.3.53. The time phased budget that is used to measure and monitor cost performance is:

A. The project budget

B. The cost budget
C. The cost baseline
D. The cost estimate

P.3.54. Which knowledge area does not provide input into cost budgeting?

A. Time
B. Quality
C. Scope
D. Cost

P.3.55. At the beginning of a project you are asked for an order of magnitude budget. What type
of budget estimate are you likely to use?

A. Analogous
B. Parametric modeling
C. Bottom-up
D. Detailed

P.3.56. The Project Life Cycle:

A. Defines the Product Life Cycle

B. Has distinct phases that are the same for all projects
C. Defines what work should be done in each phase
D. Has gates that must be completed before moving onto the next phase of the project

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P.3.57. You have had your Scope Definition approved and are working on your budget and
schedule. In order to estimate the labor costs and the schedule you need to know who your team
members are, and what their skill level is. You consult your staffing management plan and your
staffing pool description. By following the recruitment practices and working with the
procurement department to negotiate for various external contractors you are able to complete a
project directory. All these are steps in what process?

A. Organizational Planning
B. Resource Planning
C. Team Development
D. Staff Acquisition

P.3.58. The primary communication skills you will use in working with members of your project
team will be:

A. Problem solving
B. Negotiating
C. Team building
D. Public relations

P.3.59. The primary communication skills you will use in working with your project sponsor will
be:

A. Problem solving
B. Negotiating
C. Team building
D. Public relations

P.3.60. The primary communication skills you will use in working with functional managers will
be:

A. Problem solving
B. Negotiating
C. Team building
D. Public relations

P.3.61. The primary communication skills you will use in working with external stakeholders
will be:

A. Problem solving
B. Negotiating
C. Team building
D. Public relations

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P.3.62. According to A. H. Maslow, people's needs must be satisfied according to a certain

hierarchy. The order in which needs must be satisfied is:

A. Self-actualization, esteem, social, safety, physiological

B. Physiological, self-actualization, social, esteem, safety
C. Physiological, safety, social, esteem, self-actualization
D. Self-actualization, social, physiological, safety, esteem

P.3.63. Which of the following is not a consideration in selecting project staff members?

A. Type of organization
B. Personal characteristics
C. Previous experience
D. Personal interests

P.3.64. A project plan generally includes the following:

A. Cost baselines, schedule baselines, assumptions, flow charts

B. Project Charter, cost estimates, project schedule, required staff, key risks
C. Scope management plan, work arounds, schedule management plan, budget
D. Scope statement, product description, control charts, project charter

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P.3.1 - C

P.3.2 - C

P.3.3 - A

P.3.4 -D

P.3.5 -A

P.3.6 -B

P.3.7 -.D

P.3.8 - B

P.3.9 - D

P.3.10 - A

P.3.11- C

P.3.12- D

P.3.13- D

P.3.14- B

P.3.15- D

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P.3.16- A

P.3.17- B

P.3.18- B

P.3.19- A

P.3.20- C

P.3.21- C

P.3.22- B

P.3.23- B

P.3.24- A

P.3.25- D

P.3.26- C

P.3.27- B

P.3.28- B

P.3.29- A

P.3.30- D

P.3.31- C

P.3.32- A

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P.3.33- B

P.3.34- D

P.3.35- D

P.3.36 - C

P.3.37 - B

P.3.38- A

P.3.39- B

P.3.40 - C

P.3.41 - C

P.3.42 - D

P.3.43 - A

P.3.44 - B

P.3.45 - C

P.3.46 - D

P.3.47 - C

P.3.48 - A

P.3.49 -A

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P.3.50 - C

P.3.51 - B

P.3.52 - C

P.3.53 - C

P.3.54 - B

P.3.55 - A

P.3.56.A

P.3.57.D

P.3.58.C

P.3.59.A

P.3.60.B

P.3.61.D

P.3.62.C

P.3.63.A

P.3.64.B

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