PMI-SP Exam Questions
336 real PMI-SP exam questions with expert-verified answers and explanations. Page 5 of 7.
- Question #209Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager of the NGG Project. This project will be using a new material that the project team has never worked with before. You'd like to use some preventive acti...
preventive actionrisk mitigationresource trainingschedule planning - Question #210Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
John works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. His project has a budget of $795,000 and he has spent $325,000 on the project. But, he has completed only 40 percent of the projec...
CPIearned value managementcost performance indexperformance metrics - Question #211Stakeholder Communication
Yolanda is the project manager for her organization. She is creating a performance report for her sponsor. Typically, the performance report includes all of the following factors e...
performance reportingstatus reportsprogress measurementstakeholder updates - Question #212Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
Holly is the project manager for her organization. Her current project is running late and her project customer has asked Holly to find a method to apply corrective actions to the...
crashingschedule compressioncorrective actioncritical path - Question #213Schedule Planning and Development
John is a scheduler in ABC Company. He has to plan an activity for the schedule models. Which of the following activities will he use to make the schedule models? . Each correct an...
schedule modelinghammocksflagstasks - Question #214Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for your organization. You have worked with the project team to create the project scope statement. The key stakeholders have signed off on the project...
WBSscope statementproject planning sequencedecomposition - Question #215Schedule Strategy
Your organization wants to start a new project. The study shows that the new project will save organization approximately $200,000 per year. Now it is required to move forward with...
project charterproject justificationproject initiationfeasibility - Question #216Stakeholder Communication
Complete this sentence: _________________________ is the process of collecting and distributing performance information including status reports, progress measurements, and forecas...
performance reportingstatus reportsforecastsprogress measurement - Question #217Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. You are coaching Alice, a new project manager, on the relationships in a project network diagram. Which relationship type between ac...
network diagramfinish-to-startdependency relationshipsactivity sequencing - Question #218Schedule Planning and Development
If you are the project manager of the BNQ Project and you add "waiting time" between two activities, then what have you added in the project?
lag timeactivity sequencingwaiting timedependencies - Question #219Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager for your project. Your project is scheduled to last for one year and you are currently forty percent complete with the project. Based on your current pe...
corrective actionsschedule varianceSPIcontrol schedule - Question #220Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
Alicia works as a project manager for NacTec project. She is undergoing the project monitoring phase in her project. Which of the following will she choose to accomplish the task?...
project monitoringperformance reportingmeetingsmonitoring tools - Question #221Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for your organization. You have created the project schedule and have presented it to the management for their approval. Management decides to enforce r...
resource levelingschedule optimizationresource allocationheuristics - Question #222Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
Which of the following allows activities to be done in parallel that would normally be done in sequence?
fast trackingschedule compressionparallel activitiesschedule crashing - Question #223Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the QAQ Project. The QAQ Project has a BAC of $2,786,121. You are currently 20 percent complete with this project, though you should be 25 percent co...
ETCearned value managementschedule varianceSPI - Question #224Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You work as the project manager for BlueWell Inc. Mark, a project team member, has some doubts related to the outputs of the control schedule process. Which of the following is an...
control schedulechange requestprocess outputsPMBOK - Question #225Schedule Close-Out
Kay is the project manager of the QUI Project. This project is done but is also considerably over budget. Kay has elected to crash the project in order to recoup schedule delays bu...
lessons learnedproject close-outschedule delayscost overruns - Question #226Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
What is the formula to find the schedule performance index?
SPIschedule performance indexearned value managementformula - Question #227Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager for your organization. You are working through the control schedule process. According to the PMBOK, there are four inputs to this process. Which one of...
control schedule processprocess inputsPMBOKschedule data - Question #228Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for your organization. You are working with your project team to develop the project schedule. You would like to automate much of the scheduling by usin...
scheduling toolPMISMicrosoft Projectdevelop schedule - Question #229Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager for the NGH project. The figure given below represents the small project you are completing for your organization. How much float can you use on Activit...
floatcritical pathnetwork diagramactivity duration - Question #230Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
Robert is the project manager for his organization. Management has asked Robert to provide them with the metric he uses to measure deliverables status, costs incurred, and especial...
work performance measurementsschedule adherenceperformance reportingearned value - Question #231Schedule Planning and Development
Harry works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. He is determining the budget of the project. According to the PMBOK, there are seven inputs to this process. Which one of the fol...
determine budgetprocess inputsreserve analysisPMBOK - Question #234Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the GYG Project. A new scope change is being considered for your project. You are concerned, however, that the scope change may add costs, risks, and...
integrated change controlscope changeschedule impactchange management - Question #235Stakeholder Communication
The figure given below demonstrates the communication model for a project. What role does the component D play in the communication model?
communication modelmediumsender-receiver modelcommunication components - Question #236Schedule Planning and Development
You work as a scheduler for your organization. You are developing a schedule and its constraints for the SAP project. There are nine inputs to develop a project schedule. Which of...
schedule developmentprocess inputsPMBOKWBS - Question #237Stakeholder Communication
You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You must communicate on a regular basis with all of your project stakeholders. In your project, you have 755 stakeholders. How many...
communication channelsstakeholder countn*(n-1)/2 formulastakeholder management - Question #238Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
A project manager is reviewing her project performance. Her project has a BAC of $950,000 and is currently 40 percent complete, though it was scheduled to be 45 percent complete at...
planned valueearned value managementschedule varianceEVM metrics - Question #239Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager for GGY Project. You are working with your project team to record the actual durations for the activities they have completed in the project schedule. M...
actual durationprogress trackingschedule monitoringperformance measurement - Question #240Schedule Planning and Development
Which of the following is an output of the Develop Project Charter process?
project charterprocess outputsPMBOKproject initiation - Question #241Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. This project has a Budget at Completion of $750,000 and is expected to take 18 months to complete. The project is supposed to be 75...
schedule performance indexSPIearned value managementEVM calculations - Question #242Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the NHQ project. This project is currently running about 15 percent behind schedule and the management has asked you to rectify the problem. You have...
crashingschedule compressionresource allocationschedule recovery - Question #243Schedule Planning and Development
You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. By referring to the figure given below, you along with your project team is calculating the latest completion of an activity. What i...
late finishbackward passCPMnetwork diagram - Question #244Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for your organization. Maagement has asked you for this current project. You use the critical chain method to create the project network diagram rather...
critical chain methodresource availabilityCCM vs CPMschedule development - Question #245Schedule Planning and Development
Amy works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Her organization wants her to create a new warehouse. Which of the following documents will she create to define the business needs...
project charterbusiness needsproject justificationproject initiation - Question #246Stakeholder Communication
You have 83 project stakeholders from all across your organization. Some of the stakeholders, such as functional management, require weekly communication from you, while other stak...
communications management planstakeholder analysiscommunication requirementsstakeholder communication - Question #247Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager of the NHQ project. This project is slightly larger than the TR project, in which you also served as the project manager. You decide to use the actual a...
analogous estimatingduration estimationhistorical dataestimating techniques - Question #248Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the MQQ project. Unfortunately, this project is not performing well and you must do something to address the problems in your project. Based on your...
performance reportingchange requestsprocess outputsmonitoring and controlling - Question #249Schedule Planning and Development
Gary is the project manager of the NGH project for his organization. He and the project team have created the initial WBS. Before Gary and the project team begin creating the activ...
code of accountsWBSwork breakdown structuredecomposition - Question #250Schedule Planning and Development
John works as the project manager for Blue Well Inc. He is identifying the phases within the scope of work for the project plan. Which of the following can be categorized as a proj...
project phasesscope of workproject planningWBS - Question #251Schedule Planning and Development
Della works as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. She has asked her assistant Beth to provide activity duration estimate for an activity. Beth provides Della the following estimat...
PERTthree-point estimateactivity durationschedule estimation - Question #252Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the NHQ project. Your project has a budget of $1,258,456, and is scheduled to last for three years. Your project is currently forty percent complete...
ETCEVMcost performance indexbudget forecasting - Question #253Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the NHA Project. This project is expected to last one year with quarterly milestones throughout the year. Your project is supposed to be at the third...
schedule varianceEVMearned valueplanned value - Question #254Schedule Planning and Development
Jeff is the project manager of the GHY Project for his organization. He has created the project network diagram as shown in the figure: Management is reviewing the network diagram,...
critical path methodnetwork diagramlatest finishbackward pass - Question #255Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for your organization. You have recently noted some risks associated with some of the activities in your project. These risks can have schedule and cost...
risk registeractivity attributesschedule riskdocumentation - Question #256Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager of the GHY Project. This project is scheduled to last for one year and has a BAC of $4,500,000. You are currently 45 percent complete with this project,...
schedule varianceEVMearned valueplanned value - Question #257Schedule Monitoring and Controlling
You are the project manager for your organization. Your current project has a schedule variance of -$37,500 and a schedule performance index of 0.94. What do these values mean in r...
schedule varianceSPIEVM interpretationschedule performance - Question #258Schedule Planning and Development
You are the project manager for the NHQ project. The management has reminded you that you must not allocate any project team member for more than 25 hours per work week on your pro...
enterprise environmental factorsresource constraintsweak matrixresource allocation - Question #259Stakeholder Communication
You are the project manager of the HGH Project. Thomas, your project sponsor, asked you to submit status reports every week, but now he wants you to submit the status reports every...
communications management planstakeholder reportingstatus reportschange management - Question #260Schedule Planning and Development
Andy is the project manager of the NHGQ project for his organization. He has elected to use a three-point estimate for his project. His project team, however, is complaining about...
three-point estimatePERTactivity durationestimation techniques