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1 Traditional Project Planning Foundations Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 1 Traditional Project Planning Foundations, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

A team is planning a service directory and wants to distinguish the required result from the work used to create it. Which statement describes scope?

  1. A

    The required outputs and acceptance criteria

  2. B

    The sequence of activities the team will perform

  3. C

    The authorized funding plan and its contingency

  4. D

    The uncertain events that could affect project objectives

02
True or false
1 point

A project plan expects a vendor to provide test access by June 1, but the vendor has not confirmed the date. Is the expected delivery date an established fact?

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Written response
1 point

A vendor has already missed a confirmed test-access date. What is the project-management term for this event that has happened?

04
Fill in the blank
1 point

A work breakdown structure decomposes the full project scope into and manageable .

05
True or false
1 point

In earned-value management, schedule variance is measured in budget units rather than days.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

06
Written response
1 point

Which earned-value abbreviation represents the budgeted value of work actually completed?

07
Choose all
1 point

A stakeholder asks to add an online booking feature to an approved project. Select all appropriate actions before changing the approved plan.

  1. A

    Clarify the requested requirement.

  2. B

    Treat the request as approved if the stakeholder is influential.

  3. C

    Assess effects on deliverables, resources, risk, schedule, and cost.

  4. D

    Submit the request through change control and update baselines only after approval.

  5. E

    Add the feature to the schedule immediately, then seek approval if it causes a delay.

08
Fill in the blank
1 point

The longest chain of dependent activities that determines the earliest possible project finish is the .

09
Choose one
1 point

The library team plans around the vendor providing a usable test environment by June 1, although the vendor has not confirmed it. How should the team record this planning condition?

  1. A

    Constraint

  2. B

    Assumption

  3. C

    Issue

  4. D

    Approved baseline

10
Choose all
1 point

A project manager is checking whether a proposed schedule is credible. Select all practices that support a reliable schedule.

  1. A

    Show logical dependencies between activities.

  2. B

    Estimate durations with people who understand the work.

  3. C

    Use desired milestone dates without documenting how the work fits them.

  4. D

    Account for when needed resources are available.

11
Choose one
1 point

After review and approval, which project reference should the team use to measure cost performance over time?

  1. A

    The estimate of labor and materials prepared for each work package

  2. B

    The list of assumptions used when forecasting activity durations

  3. C

    The approved, time-phased budget used to measure performance

  4. D

    The unapproved total of costs proposed by stakeholders

12
Open ended
1 point

A sponsor requests an additional deliverable after the project scope, schedule, and budget have been approved. Explain how the project manager should handle the request and when the approved plans may be updated.

13
Choose one
1 point

A project’s actual performance is diverging from its approved plan. Which response best reflects the purpose of project baselines?

  1. A

    Use the approved baselines to evaluate deviations and proposed changes, and follow the agreed change-control process.

  2. B

    Keep the original dates unchanged in all records so later performance comparisons remain simple.

  3. C

    Allow stakeholders to adjust the plan informally as long as the project objective is unchanged.

  4. D

    Treat the baseline as a forecast that approved scope, schedule, and cost cannot vary.

14
True or false
1 point

A vendor has not confirmed that a usable test environment will be ready by June 1. The project manager should record the date as an assumption to validate, with an owner and a validation date, rather than treat it as a confirmed fact.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Choose one
1 point

A project team learns that a required software license expired yesterday. How should the team classify this already-occurred event?

  1. A

    A risk

  2. B

    An issue

  3. C

    A constraint

  4. D

    An assumption

16
Written response
1 point

What project-management term describes an event that has already happened and may affect an objective?

17
Choose one
1 point

A team wants a common foundation for assigning responsibility, estimating cost, and building its schedule. Which planning product best serves this purpose?

  1. A

    A list of target completion dates, without links to deliverables

  2. B

    A description of the technical method the team will use to build each feature

  3. C

    A decomposition of the full project scope into deliverables and manageable work packages

  4. D

    A list of approved expenses, excluding work that has not yet been assigned

18
Choose one
1 point

A scheduled activity is delayed. Which statement best describes how the delay may affect the project finish date?

  1. A

    Any activity delay immediately moves the project finish date.

  2. B

    A delay to a critical-path activity can delay the project finish; a delay to another activity may only consume float.

  3. C

    Only delays to the final activity can affect the project finish date.

  4. D

    A delay to an activity with float always changes the approved finish date.

19
Choose one
1 point

When a project team is explaining its cost planning to stakeholders, which statement correctly distinguishes a cost estimate from an approved budget?

  1. A

    The estimate is based on the planned work and documents its basis and uncertainty; the budget is the authorized funding plan and may include contingency.

  2. B

    The estimate is the authorized funding limit, while the budget is the team's informal forecast.

  3. C

    The budget must exactly equal the task estimates and cannot include contingency.

  4. D

    Uncertainty should be hidden by padding individual task estimates rather than documented.

20
Written response
1 point

At the status date, planned value is $50,000\$50{,}000 and earned value is $40,000\$40{,}000. Using SV=EV−PVSV = EV - PV, what is the schedule variance in dollars? Enter the signed amount as a number, without a currency symbol.