Question 1
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A project-s approved Budget is $250,000 and planned Budget to date is $150,000, Actual Cost is $130,000. What will be the Cost Performance Index when Schedule Performance Index is 0.8?
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a. 120,000
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b. 30,000
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c. 1.08
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d. 0.92
Question 2
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Earned Value Technique involves all of the following EXCEPT:
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a. Value of the budgeted cost of work performed.
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b. The actual cost of work performed.
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c. Expenses actually paid.
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d. Budgeted amount for the work actually planned.
Question 3
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Task A is worth $200, is 100% complete, should have been done on day 1, and actually cost $200. Task B is worth $75, is 90% complete, should have been done on day 2, and actually cost $120 so far. Task C is worth $200, is 75% complete and should have been done on day 3, and has cost $175 so far. The total budget is $1000. What is the planned value as of day 1?
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a. -417.5
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b. -275
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c. 495
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d. 200
Question 4
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A project manager wants to determine how his Project is doing at the end of sixth month. The actual total expense of the Project is $720,000. The planned Budget for this length of time was $600,000. He finds that:
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a. The Project is over-budget.
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b. There is not enough information to determine how the Project is doing.
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c. The Project is a head of Schedule.
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d. The Project is on track.
Question 5
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If cumulative PV = 100, cumulative EV = 98, and cumulative AC = 104, the project is:?
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a. Ahead of schedule.
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b. Headed for a cost overrun.
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c. Operating at project cost projections.
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d. Likely to come in under budget at completion.
Question 6
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The construction project is on schedule, but over budget. So far, $4M US has been spent on the project. The Sponsor is considering if it should allow the project to continue. What should it consider the $4M US that has been spent so far?
Question 7
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During the sixth monthly update on a ten month, $30,000 project, the analysis shows that the cumulative PV is $20,000, the cumulative AC is $10,000, and the cumulative EV is $15000. In planning its action, management can conclude the following from these figures EXCEPT:
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a. Less has been accomplished than was planned.
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b. Less has been spent than planned.
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c. Continuing performance at the same efficiency with no management intervention, the project will probably be completed ahead of schedule and over budget.
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d. Continuing performance at the same efficiency with no management intervention, the project will probably be completed behind schedule and under budget.
Question 8
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What does a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of more than 1.0 indicate?
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a. The project is over budget.
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b. The project is right on budget.
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c. The project is under budget.
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d. The project is ahead of schedule.
Question 9
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If Earned Value = $9,000, Planned Value=$8,000, and Actual Cost=$3,000. What is the project schedule status ?
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a. There are no enough information.
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b. The project is on schedule.
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c. The project is behind schedule.
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d. The project is ahead of schedule.
Question 10
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One of your team members makes a change to the budget with your approval. In what process is he engaged?
Question 11
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In your monthly project report there are different figures on project performance. Senior management asks you for the meaning of the CPI value. If the CPI is 0.1, this indicates:
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a. The project is performing extremely poorly on cost.
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b. The project is costing 10% over what was expected.
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c. The project is only costing 90% of what was expected.
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d. The project is performing extremely well on cost.
Question 12
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The electrical crew discovers that an additional circuit is needed to supply the appropriate electricity to the new injection molding machine at the plastic factory. This circuit will be used only on this machine, and only products from the kiwi product line will be made on the machine. What type of cost would this be to the product line??
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a. Indirect
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b. Direct
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c. Indirect fixed
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d. Variable
Question 13
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Task A is worth $400, is 95% complete, and actually cost $395. Task B is worth $350, is 90% complete, and actually cost $330 so far. Task C is worth $275, is 100% complete, and has cost $310 so far. The total budget is $2500. What is the total Earned Value for the tasks used?
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a. -970
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b. 970
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c. 1035
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d. 1025
Question 14
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Consider the following cumulative measures: BAC = 200 AC = 120 EV=80 CPI = 0.666 Predicting that all future work will be accomplished at the budgeted rate, the estimate at completion (EAC) is:?
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a. 300
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b. 160
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c. 200
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d. 240
Question 15
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You have spent $322,168 on your project to date. The program manager wants to know why costs have been running so high. You explain that the resource cost has been greater than expected and should level out over the next six months. What does the $322,168 represent to the program manager?
Question 16
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The project management team has performed earned value analysis on its project and discovered that the project is behind schedule and over budget. The SPI is 0.91 and the CPI is 0.62. The team is trying to determine how efficient it will need to be with the remaining resources on the project to complete the project on budget. Which of the following is the team trying to calculate?
Question 17
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Lucy is a project manager involved in the Estimate Costs process in the initiation phase of a project. Given the limited detail available to her, what would you expect the range of her estimate to be and what would you call such an estimate?
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a. -25% to +25%, Rough Order of Magnitude
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b. -10 to +10% , Budgetary
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c. -1% to +1%, Definitive
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d. -25% to +75% , Order of Magnitude
Question 18
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A project is estimated to cost $50,000 with a timeline of 50 days. After 25 days, the porject manager finds that 50% of the project is complete and Actual costs are $50,000. What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)?
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a. CPI is 1
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b. CPI is 1.5
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c. CPI is 2
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d. CPI is 0.5
Question 19
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In order to calculate the Estimate To Complete (ETC), the following is typically needed:?
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a. Cost Performance Index (CPI) and the Actual Cost (AC).
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b. Actual Cost (AC) and Estimate At Complete (EAC)
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c. Earned Value (EV) and the Actual Cost (AC).
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d. Cost Performance Index (CPI), actual cost (AC), and the Earned Value (EV).
Question 20
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The estimate at completion (EAC) is is typically based on?
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a. The Earned Value (EV) and the Actual Cost (AC) for work complited to date.
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b. The Cost Performance Index (CPI) and the Cost Variance (CV).
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c. The Actual Cost to date (AC) and the Cost Performance Index (CPI).
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d. The Actual Cost to date (AC) and the Estimate To Complete (ETC) the remaining work.