GIAC gcpm practice test

Question 1

Which one of the following best describes a quality metric?
A. An operational definition in specific terms what something is and how the quality control
processes measures it.
B. A value associated with a project process that may be measured in the cost of achieving the
process results.
C. An operational definition in specific terms what something is and how the quality assurance
processes measures it.
D. The ability of an entity to satisfy stated and implied needs.

Answer:

A
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Question 2

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You report the project details directly to the vice
president and the administrator of your organization. In which of the following types of organization
structures are you working?

• A. Jury
• B. Functional
• C. Projectized
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Answer:

D

Question 3

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You are working on a project that has a budget of
$805,000 and you have completed 45 percent of the project work. Due to some errors, however, you
have actually spent $430,000 of the budget. Management wants to know the project's cost
performance index. Which of the following values will you report?

• A. 0.87
• B. 0.80
• C. 0.86
• D. 0.84

Answer:

D

Question 4

You are the project manager of a computer upgrade project. You and the vendor are in dispute over
the deliverables the vendor was to provide and configure. What document can best describe how
you and the vendor are to proceed if there is a claim against the vendor?

• A. Procurement management plan
• B. Enterprise environmental factors
• C. Contract
• D. Project cost management plan

Answer:

C

Question 5

Which of the following are inputs of the Control Scope process? Each correct answer represents a
complete solution. Choose all that apply.
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• A. Change request
• B. Requirements documentation
• C. Project management plan
• D. Work performance information

Answer:

B, C, D

Question 6

You are the project manager of the NNH project. In this project you have created a contingency
response that the cost performance index should be less than 0.93. The NHH project has a budget at
completion of $945,000 and is 45 percent complete - though the project should be 49 percent
complete. The project has spent $455,897 to reach the 45 percent complete milestone. What is the
project's cost performance index?

• A. 1.06
• B. 0.93
• C. 0.92
• D. -$30,647

Answer:

B

Question 7

Mark works as a project manager for the SLQ Project. He is working with the project team and
several key stakeholders to create a diagram that shows how various elements of a system
interrelate and the mechanism of causation within the system. What diagramming technique will
Mark use to achieve the above task?

• A. Predecessor and successor diagramming
• B. System or process flow chart
• C. Influence diagram
• D. Cause and effect diagram

Answer:

B

Question 8

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Answer:

A

Question 9

Which of the following is built by aggregating the costs of the individual work elements and then
joining them at time intervals where meaningful actual cost information will be available?

• A. Cost baseline
• B. Cost estimation
• C. Cost controlling
• D. Cost budgeting

Answer:

A

Question 10

You work as a project manager for company Inc. You are working on a project where there is a limited
amount of detailed information about the project or program. Which of the following estimation
techniques will you use to accomplish the task?

• A. Three-point
• B. Analogous
• C. Bottom-up
• D. Parametric

Answer:

B