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 activities are the most common?

Correct Answer:B
The finish-to-start relationship type is the most common in a project network diagram. It means that the predecessor activity must finish before its successor activity can start. For example, the carpet must be installed before the painting activity can begin. What is precedence diagramming method (PDM) in sequence activities? Precedence diagramming method (PDM) is used in critical path methodology for building a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes or rectangles, referred to as nodes, to represent activities, and join each other with arrows that show the logical relationship that exists between them. This technique is also known as Activity-On-Node (AON).It includes four types of dependencies or logical relationships: Finish-to-start(FS): The initiation of the successor activity depends upon the completion of the predecessor activity. Finish-to-finish(FF): The completion of the successor activity depends upon the completion of the predecessor activity. Start-to- start(SS): The initiation of the successor activity depends upon the initiation of the predecessor activity. Start-to-finish(SF): The completion of the successor activity depends upon the initiation of the predecessor activity.

You are the project manager for your organization. You are coaching Allen, a junior project manager, on how the details of the project's critical path are calculated. Examine the figure
given below:

What is the critical path of this project?

Correct Answer:B
The critical path is discovered by summing the duration of each activity node in each chain of activities in the project network diagram. In this figure, the critical path is ACFGJ, which is 26 days, the longest chain of activities in the project.
Answer option A is incorrect. This path's duration is 22 days. Answer option D is incorrect. This path's duration is 23 days. Answer option C is incorrect. This path's duration is 15 days.

Holly is the project manager of the NDS project and she is 85 percent complete with her project though she should be 95 percent complete. Her project has a BAC of $9,850,400 and she has spent $8,011,221 to date. What is Holly's schedule performance index for this project?

Correct Answer:C
The schedule performance index is found by dividing the earned value by the planned value. For Holly's project, it would be as follows:
SPI = EV/PV
= (0.85*9,850,400)/(0.95*9,850,400)
=8,372,840/9,357,880
=0.89
Schedule performance index (SPI) is the measure of schedule efficiency on a project. It is used in trend analysis to predict future performance. SPI is the ratio of earned value to planned value. The SPI is calculated based on the following formula:
SPI = Earned Value (EV) / Planned Value (PV)
If the SPI value is greater than 1, it indicates better than expected performance, whereas if the value is less than 1, it shows poor performance. The SPI value of 1 indicates that the project is right on target.
Answer option D is incorrect. Ten percent is not a valid calculation for this question. Answer option B is incorrect. 0.98 is the cost performance index.
Answer option A is incorrect. 1.07 is the to-complete performance index based on the BAC.

You are working with your project team to control the project schedule. You will need five inputs to this process throughout your project. Which one of the following is an output of the project schedule control, and NOT an input?

Correct Answer:D
Work performance measurements are created from the work performance information. WPMs are an output of Control schedule, Control cost, and Control scope processes, which are monitoring and controlling processes. WPMs consist of planned versus actual performance indicators with respect to scope, schedule, and cost. They are documented and communicated to the stakeholders and are used to make project activity metrics, such as the following: Planned vs. Actual Technical performance and Scope performance Planned vs. Actual Schedule performance Planned vs. Actual Cost performance
Answer option A is incorrect. Work performance information is an input to the control schedule process and includes information on project progress and activity start and finish information.
Answer option C is incorrect. The project management plan is an input to the control schedule process.
Answer option B is incorrect. The project schedule is an input to the control schedule process.

You work as a Project Manager for Tech Perfect Inc. Several projects are running under your supervision. Martha, the team leader of a project, provides you performance indexes of her project. The cost variance (CV) of her project is -20. What does this figure depict?

Correct Answer:D
According to the question, the cost variance of the project is -20, which is a negative figure. The negative CV depicts that the costs are higher than planned. What is CV? Cost variance (CV) is a measure of cost performance on a project. The variance notifies if costs are higher than budgeted or lower than budgeted. The cost variance is calculated based on the following formula: CV = Earned Value (EV) - Actual Cost (AC) A positive value means that spending is less than budgeted, whereas a negative value indicates that costs are higher than originally planned for the project.
Answer option B is incorrect. This result is drawn when the CV value is positive. Answer option A is incorrect. If the CV is zero, it shows that spending is right on target.
Answer option C is incorrect. This result is depicted by viewing the schedule variance (SV), not the CV. What is SV? Schedule variance (SV) is a measure of schedule performance on a project. The variance notifies that the schedule is ahead or behind what was planned for this period in time. The schedule variance is calculated based on the following formula: SV
= Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) If the resulting schedule is negative, it indicates that the project is behind schedule. A value greater than 0 shows that the project is ahead of the planned schedule. A value of 0 indicates that the project is right on target.

You are the project manager for your organization. You are working with your project team to create the schedule baseline for your project. You will also be creating the schedule data for this project. The schedule data typically includes all of the following except for which one?

Correct Answer:A
Risk activities are not part of the schedule data. Risk is documented in the risk register, and monitored and controlled throughout the project. In some instances, risk may be part of the activity attributes. The schedule data includes the schedule milestones, schedule activities, activity attributes, and the assumptions and constraints. The schedule data includes the schedule activities, schedule milestones, activity attributes, and documentation of all known assumptions and constraints. The sum of additional data varies by application area. The schedule data commonly supplied as supporting details includes: Resource requirement by time period, frequently in the category of histogram Alternative schedules, such as best case or worst case, or resource leveled, with or without imposed dates Scheduling of contingency reserves
Answer option D is incorrect. Schedule milestones are part of the schedule data. a Answer option B is incorrect. Schedule activities are part of the schedule datAnswer: option C is incorrect. Activity attributes are part of the schedule data.