BCS ISEB-PM1 - BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management

Control chart theory is based on the differentiation of the causes of variations in quality. Variations may be produced by assignable causes. All of the following are examples of assignable causes except:

Which of the following is NOT included in a schedule change control system?

A work package has been scheduled to cost $1,000 to complete, and was to be finished today. As of today, the actual expenditure is $1,200 and approximately half of the work has been completed.

What is the cost variance?

In which of the following team development stages does the team begin to work together, develop trust, and adjust to the work habits and behavior?

Sally is a project manager working on a project that will require a specially engineered machine. Only three manufacturers can make the machine to the specifications Sally needs. The price of this machine is particularly critical to this project. The budget is limited, and there's no chance of securing additional funds if the bids for the machine come in higher than budgeted.

She's developing the evaluation criteria for the bidders' responses and knows all of the following are true except for which one?

The project budget is set at $150,000. The project duration is planned to be one year. At the completion of Week 16 of the project, the following information is collected:

Actual cost = $50,000 Plan cost = $45,000 Earned value = $40,000

What is the cost performance index?

The most common form of written project communication is

What causes replanning of the project scope?

Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique used to shorten the project schedule without changing project scope.

Which of the following can result from fast tracking?

What process determines which risks might affect the project?

A work breakdown structure is most useful for:

The seller tells you that your activities have resulted in an increase in their costs. You should:

If a risk has a 20 percent chance of happening in a given month, and the project is expected to last five months, what is the probability that this risk event will occur during the fourth month of the project?

In the precedence diagramming method, which of the following is a logical relationship for the activities?

What risk technique is used to quantify the probability and impact of risks on project objectives?