COST CONTROL PLANNING
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COST CONTROL PLANNING
According to the
PMBOK
®
Guide
, the project manager manages which items
of a project?
Dependencies
Schedule linking
Baseline
Cost SCHEDULE
Which term signifies a contract reimbursable cost?
SPI
CPPC
AC
CPI
Determining the costs incurred to ensure quality is known as which of the
following?
Cost estimating
Cost plus fixed fee
Cost baseline
COQ
Identify a tool or technique for controlling the cost.
Project management software
Electronic readers
Computers
Development software
When attempting to complete the budget, which of the following tools is
used most often?
Project EXCEL
WBS view
Status report
Calendar
What is the document that sets out the format and establishes activities?
Schedule
Cost management plan COST PLAN
Time line
Decisions
The process of influencing the factors that create variance is known as
cost
control
.
According to the Project Management Institute, which project documents
should be updated during the cost planning process?
Budget
Work performance data
Calendars
Communication plan
Which of the following is a type of reimbursement contract?
Cost budgeting
Cost baselining
CPFF
Cost
Identify a tool or technique for controlling the cost.
Development software
Critical path methods
Tablets
Computers
What is the formula
?
Adding tasks to earned value
Any viable solution to make the critical path longer
Cost performance index
Assigning tasks to actual cost
How does knowing the CPI help a project manager?
Helps to communicate to stakeholders
Delays the project
Helps to assign resources
Helps with scheduling
A measure of cost performance on a project is known as
cost variance
When purchasing one e-mail system, the
contract
should be taken into
consideration before signing.
SCHEDULE PLANNING
Identify a tool or technique for controlling the schedule.
Lead and lag times,
Resource optimization techniques
Computers
Electronic readers
Tablets
When using a project management software program, which report is most
utilized to show time lines?
Percentage complete
Status report
Gantt Chart
Resource allocations Tasks time line
Calendar
Which elements are used in earned value management?
Cost performance index
Schedule performance index/variance
CPI
Multiplication
What terms are used in the definition of critical chain methods?
Feeding buffers, finish
Tasks
Decisions
Complete
The
risk register
reflects opportunities or threats perceived through scheduling
assumptions.
According to the Project Management Institute, which project documents
should be updated during the schedule planning process?
Budget
Status reports
Work performance data
Risk register, calendar
Which of the following is an example of crashing?
Any activity on the critical path
Adding tasks
Any viable solution to make the critical path longer
Removing resources from the time line
What terms are used in the definition of critical chain methods?
Complete
Tasks
Critical
Start
activity
Which of the following is an alternative schedule for project managers?
Finish to start schedule
Schedule linking
Not resource leveled,
worse case
Baseline
What data are updated and compiled into the schedule mode to reflect
actual progress of the project?
status reports
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risks
time line, staffing
budget
What is the effect of the project manager not keeping the schedule current?
Proper resource allocation
On-time tasks
Pushed time line on dependencies
Accurate critical path identificatio
When can fast tracking be used for an e-mail project?
Initiation phase
Close out phase
During conversion
During budget consolidation
Download the attachment and answer the following question.
Open file: PBL_U1
Which of the following is an example of crashing?
Any viable solution to make the critical path longer
Assigning tasks
Approving overtime
Removing resources from the time line