PMI-SP

PMI-SP practice questions, page 5 of 13, with answer review and explanations.

Question 21

You are the project manager of the NHQ Project. You have created the project network diagram as shown in the figure: You are concerned about a risk on Activity G that if it happens will delay the project by four days. You would like to utilize float for Activity G. How much float is available for Activity G to help offset the risk event?

  1. Five days
  2. Four days
  3. Eleven days
  4. Zero

Question 22

Beth is the project manager for her organization. Her current project has many deliverables that have been defined at a high level, but the details of the deliverables are still unknown. In her project, Beth is planning in detail only the activities that are most imminent in the project work. This approach to project management planning is known as what?

  1. Imminent activity management
  2. Rolling wave planning
  3. Predecessor-only diagramming
  4. Decomposition

Question 23

Gina is the project manager for her organization and she is working with her project team to define the project activities. In this project, the stakeholders are sensitive to the project completion date, so Gina is stressing to her project team members that while they need to provide and account for all of the project activities, they should focus on one work package in the WBS at a time. In order to start the decomposition of the project work packages into activities, Gina will need all of the following except for which one?

  1. Scope baseline
  2. Organizational process assets
  3. WBS
  4. Enterprise environmental factors

Question 24

You have created the project network diagram for the ABC project. You are exploring total float and free float for that project. Martin, a project team member, wants to know the difference between total float and free float. What is the difference between total float and free float?

  1. Total float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying any project successors, whereas free float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date.
  2. Total float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date, whereas free float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying any project successors.
  3. Total float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the project completion date, whereas free float is the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying any project predecessors.
  4. Total float is the amount of time a non-critical activity can be delayed without delaying any project successors, whereas free float is the amount of time an

Question 25

John works as a project manager of the NHQ Project. He has created the project network diagram as shown in the figure: Based on the project network diagram, how much float is available for Activity H if Activity B is delayed by four days and Activity E is delayed by two days?

  1. Zero
  2. One
  3. Four
  4. Five