PMI PMP-Project Management Professional Practice Exam Q. 1081 to 1090
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Q. 1081: What is the difference in communication channels between 6 and 9 people?
A. 3
B. 21
C. 36
D. 15
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Using N(N-1)/2, or 6(6-1)/2 = 15 or 6(5)/2 = 15 and 9(9-1)/2 = 36 or 9(8)/2 = 36.
Again you subtract, this time 15 from 36, and the answer to the problem is 21
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Q. 1082: Release criteria, safety policies, compliance, and training can all be found in the:
A. SOW
B. WBS
C. Staffing management plan
D. Company handbook
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
All these can be found in a staffing management plan. The staffing management plan is part of the human resource management plan.
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Q. 1083: The project manager can have control over costs.
A. Strategic
B. Tactical
C. Direct
D. Indirect
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Costs that are directly incurred because the project is being executed are directs costs. In some cases the project manager has control over the costs and in some cases the organization itself will control the costs. In any case, the costs occur only when the project is ongoing.
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Q. 1084: Which of the following results in an activity list?
A. Define scope
B. Define activities
C. Develop schedule
D. Collect requirements
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The Define Activities process uses decomposition of work packages to come up with a list of all activities on a project.
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Q. 1085: All of the following are tools and technique of Plan Quality EXCEPT?
A. Flowcharting
B. Cost-benefit analysis
C. Inspection
D. Design of experiments
Section: Planning
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
The tool and techniques of the Plan Quality process are cost-benefit analysis, cost of quality, 7 basic quality tools, benchmarking, design of experiments, statistical sampling, additional quality planning tools, and meetings. Inspection is a tool and technique used in Control Quality.
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Q. 1086: Quality assurance promotes quality improvement. A “breakthrough” is the accomplishment of any improvement that takes the organization to unprecedented levels of performance by attacking:
A. Special causes of variation
B. Common causes of variation
C. Inspection over prevention
D. Specific tolerances
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Quality improvement includes action taken to increase project effectiveness and efficiency in order to provide added benefits to stakeholders. A breakthrough attacks chronic losses, or in Deming’s terminology, common causes of variation.
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Q. 1087: Which of the following statements best describes attribute sampling versus variables sampling?
A. Attribute sampling is concerned with prevention, whereas variables sampling is concerned with inspection.
B. Attribute sampling is concerned with conformance, whereas variables sampling is concerned with the degree of conformity.
C. Attribute sampling is concerned with special causes, whereas variables sampling is concerned with any causes.
D. Both are the same concept.
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Attribute sampling determines whether a result does or does not conform. Variables sampling rates a result on a continuous scale to measure the degree of conformity.
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Q. 1088: Your project scheduler has just started working with your project and has produced defective reports for the past two accounting cycles. If this continues, these defective reports could provide the potential for customer dissatisfaction and lost productivity that is due to rework. You discovered that the project scheduler needs additional training on using the scheduling tool that is used on your project. The cost of training falls under which one of the following categories?
A. Overhead costs
B. Failure costs
C. Prevention costs
D. Indirect costs
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Prevention costs include any expenditure directed toward ensuring that quality is achieved the first time.
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Q. 1089: When a process is within acceptable limits, it:
A. Should not be adjusted
B. May not be changed to provide improvements
C. Shows differences caused by expected events or normal causes
D. Should not be inspected or reworked for any reason
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Processes should be changed only through established change procedures. If the process is outside acceptable limits, it should be adjusted.
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Q. 1090: The project team should have a working knowledge of statistical process control to help evaluate control quality outputs. Of all the topics involved, which of the following is the most important for the team to understand?
A. Sampling and probability
B. Attribute sampling and variables sampling
C. Tolerances and control limits
D. Special causes and random causes
Section: Mix Questions
Justification in favor of the correct answer:
Sampling and probability form the basis of statistical process control, which helps the team monitor project results for compliance with relevant quality standards so that methods can be identified to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory results.
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