| 1. | One of the functional managers wants to make a major scope change during the execution of the project. The project manager's action should be to:
| A. | Refuse the change. |
| B. | Complain to the sponsor. |
| C. | Detail the impact of the change for the functional manager. |
| D. | Make the change and go on. |
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| 2. | In Scope Change Control, the project manager must make sure that:
| A. | The team is involved |
| B. | The changes are beneficial |
| C. | Schedules do not change |
| D. | The sponsor takes charge |
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| 3. | As changes are brought forward, the project manager should always:
| A. | Refuse to consider the change |
| B. | Install the change immediately |
| C. | Consider the impact of the change |
| D. | Stall until given further instructions |
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| 4. | The one function that must be on the CCB is the:
| A. | Sponsor |
| B. | Executive manager |
| C. | Team lead |
| D. | Project manager |
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| 5. | After a change request has been denied, you should:
| A. | Record it and save it |
| B. | Get on with the next request |
| C. | Forget it |
| D. | Tell the project team |
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| 6. | Change requests are made against the:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Executive summary |
| D. | Project baseline |
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| 7. | Change requests should be:
| A. | Formal |
| B. | Timely |
| C. | Interesting |
| D. | Long |
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| 8. | If change requests are not done formally, this often leads to:
| A. | Management excellence |
| B. | A new scope statement |
| C. | Scope creep |
| D. | Information creep |
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| 9. | The Change Control Board should:
| A. | Be flexible |
| B. | Have appropriate authority |
| C. | Include the project manager |
| D. | All of the above |
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| 10. | The CEO comes into your office (cubby). He or she asks for changes to be made in the scope of the project but doesn't have enough time to go through a formal procedure, and because everyone on the project actually reports to him or her, it is expected that you get these things done. You should:
| A. | Run like hell. |
| B. | Make sure the project team knows you are important enough to talk to the president. |
| C. | Determine what will happen if the change is made and then report that to the president. |
| D. | Run like hell. |
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| 11. | The tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes are called a:
| A. | SOW |
| B. | Scope Statement |
| C. | Management system |
| D. | PMIS |
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| 12. | The baseline version number of a document is: |
| 13. | Version control numbers should change when:
| A. | Major changes are made |
| B. | Scope change is involved |
| C. | Any change occurs |
| D. | The sponsor says so |
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| 14. | Version control helps make meetings easier because:
| A. | People like it |
| B. | It keeps everyone on the same page |
| C. | It is easy |
| D. | It is a predecessor to a SOW |
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| 15. | A formal procedure for sanctioning project work is a:
| A. | Charter |
| B. | Scope Statement |
| C. | Statement of Work |
| D. | Work authorization |
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| 16. | Verbal authorization of project work is often seen in ________ projects.
| A. | Smaller |
| B. | Strange |
| C. | Large |
| D. | Important |
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| 17. | Procurement items are detailed in the:
| A. | WBS |
| B. | SOW |
| C. | Charter |
| D. | Scope Statement |
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| 18. | The acronym for the value of the work already completed on the project is: |
| 19. | EV, or Earned Value, is the same as: |
| 20. | PV is the same as: |
| 21. | If your AC = $25,000 and your EV = $20,000, how are you doing?
| A. | Over Budget $5,000 |
| B. | No variance |
| C. | Under Budget $5,000 |
| D. | You are in deep yogurt |
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| 22. | If your AC = $3,000 and your EV = $3,400, how are you doing?
| A. | $400 |
| B. | No variance |
| C. | +$400 |
| D. | Here's that yogurt again |
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| 23. | Your Earned Value is $10,000 and your Actual Cost is $8,000. That means that your CPI is:
| A. | Incomprehensible |
| B. | .80 |
| C. | 1.25 |
| D. | 80 |
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| 24. | Your Earned Value is $10,000 and your Actual Cost is $12,000. What is your CPI? |
| 25. | Your EV = $8,000 and your PV = $6,000. What is your SPI? |
| 26. | Your EV = $500 and your PV = $600. What is your SPI? |