You are the project manager of the NNN Project. Stakeholders in the two-year project have requested to send status reports to them via email every week. You have agreed and are sending the reports on each Thursday. After six months of the project, the stakeholders are pleased with the project progress and they would like you to reduce the status reports to every two weeks. What process will examine the change to this project process and implement it in the project?

1. A. Project change control process
2. B. Perform integrated change control process
3. C. Configuration management
4. D. Communications management

Correct Answer: B
Although this appears to be a simple change the project manager must still follow the rules of the project's change control system. Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of reviewing all change requests, approving changes, and controlling changes to the deliverables and organizational process assets in a project. Perform Integrated Change Control has to do with influencing the things that cause change, determining that the change is required or has happened, and managing the change.
Answer option D is incorrect. Communications management is the execution of the communications management plan.
Answer option A is incorrect. The project change control process not valid as it's the parent of the integrated change control process, which is more accurate for this question.
Answer option C is incorrect. Configuration management is the documentation and control of the product's features and functions.

Tom is the project manager of the GHQ Project for his organization and he is working on recovering the project schedule. As Tom examines his schedule, he is especially aware of project activities with hard logic. What is hard logic?

1. A. Hard logic describes activities that can be completed in any order but are positioned with finish-to-start relationships.
2. B. Hard logic describes activities that have external constraints, such as a vendor.
3. C. Hard logic describes activities that must be completed in a particular order unless additional resources with comparable skill sets can be added to the project.
4. D. Hard logic describes activities that must be completed in a particular order.

Correct Answer: D
Hard logic, also known as mandatory dependencies, describes activities that must be completed in a particular order. Hard logic is a binding connection between activities. It is also known as mandatory dependency or hard dependency. Hard logic requires activities to take place in a specific order according to the nature of work. It is a well-built connection where an activity cannot start until and unless a previous one is completed. There are also substantial hard logic connections where soft logic does not usually apply. Several activities rely on hard logic for the successful completion of the project.
Answer options B, A, and C are incorrect. These are not a valid description of hard logic.

You are the project manager of a software development project. Your project team will be creating a web-based software application that will allow your company's customers to browse your website, search inventory, and place orders among other things. Your project team will, on a regular basis, need to update their computer virus prevention software, update their operating systems, and perform other maintenance on their computers in order to complete the project. This maintenance work is not directly tied to the project deliverables, but it is needed in order for the project to be completed. What term best describes this maintenance work?

1. A. Project management overhead
2. B. Discrete effort
3. C. Level of effort
4. D. Cost of conformance to quality

Correct Answer: C
The level of effort term describes the ongoing maintenance associated with the project work, but not a contribution to the deliverables of the project work. Level of Effort (LOE) is a project activity which must be done to support other work activities or the entire project effort. It usually consists of short amounts of work which must be repeated periodically. LOE is used to define the amount of work performance within a period of time and is measured in man days or man hours per day/week/month.
Answer option B is incorrect. Discrete effort describes the activities that can be linked directly to the project work packages.
Answer option A is incorrect. Project management overhead is an example of apportioned effort.
Answer option D is incorrect. The cost of conformance to quality describes the dues, such as the subscription for the anti-virus software that must be spent, so the project can reach its objectives.

You are the project manager of the HQQ Project. Your project is running late by ten percent of where you should be at this time. Management is concerned and they'd like to know what your schedule variance is. Considering that the project has a BAC of $567,899, you are thirty percent complete, and you have spent $179,450. What is the schedule variance for this project?

1. A. -$45,789
2. B. -$56,790
3. C. There is not enough information to know.
4. D. -$30,268

Correct Answer: B
The schedule variance can be found by subtracting the planned value from the earned value. In this instance, it is $170,370 minus $227,160. SV = 170,370 - 227,160 = -56,790 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.
Answer option A is incorrect. $45,789 is not a valid calculation.
Answer option D is incorrect. -$30,268 is the expected variance at completion. Answer option C is incorrect. There is enough information to know.

Maurice is the project manager of the NHQ Project and his project team has just finished the project activities. The quality control team reports that the project deliverables are perfect. The only thing left to in the project is to verify scope. This process will be performed by the project stakeholders. Maurice is required to submit a final project report and report on the project performance. Maurice's project had a budget of $234,000 but the project spent $245,000. In the final report management wants to know the project's cost performance index (CPI). What value should Maurice report?

1. A. -$11,000
2. B. .96
3. C. There is not enough information to know.
4. D. 1

Correct Answer: B
Cost performance index (CPI) is used to calculate performance efficiencies. It is used in trend analysis to predict future performance. CPI is the ratio of earned value to actual cost. The CPI is calculated based on the following formula: CPI = Earned Value (EV) / Actual Cost (AC) If the CPI value is greater than 1, it indicates better than expected performance, whereas if the value is less than 1, it shows poor performance. The CPI value of 1 indicates that the project is right on target. In this instance, the earned value is $234,000 as the project work is 100 percent. The actual costs are $245,000.
Answer option D is incorrect. This is the schedule performance index value. Answer option A is incorrect. This is the variance at completion for the project. Answer option C is incorrect. There is enough information to find the answer.