PMI-RMP · Question #230
____ analysis is a statistical concept that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen.
The correct answer is B. Expected monetary value. Expected Monetary Value (EMV) is a statistical technique that multiplies the probability of each possible outcome by its monetary value and sums the results to calculate the average outcome across uncertain scenarios.
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____ analysis is a statistical concept that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen.
Options
- AExpert judgment
- BExpected monetary value
- CSensitivity
- DModeling and simulation
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A2% (1)
- B86% (38)
- C9% (4)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Expected Monetary Value (EMV) is a statistical technique that multiplies the probability of each possible outcome by its monetary value and sums the results to calculate the average outcome across uncertain scenarios.
Expert judgment is an elicitation technique that uses specialized knowledge and experience to inform decisions; it is not a statistical formula for averaging monetary outcomes.
Expected Monetary Value is calculated by multiplying each outcome's probability by its monetary impact and summing all products, producing the statistical average result when future scenarios may or may not occur. It is commonly used in decision tree analysis to compare risk response options and select the path with the highest expected value or lowest expected cost.
Sensitivity analysis identifies which individual risk variable has the greatest potential impact on the project outcome, typically visualized with a tornado diagram - it does not calculate an average outcome across scenarios.
Modeling and simulation is a broader computational technique that generates probabilistic project outcomes from input distributions; it can use EMV as a concept internally but is not the definition of the statistical average-outcome calculation.
Concept tested: Expected Monetary Value calculation for average outcomes
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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