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6 Integrated Project Control Scenarios Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 6 Integrated Project Control Scenarios, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

Before work begins, how should a project team connect its approved scope, schedule, and cost baselines so that status and proposed changes can be traced to affected work?

  1. A

    Use a single project-wide status label without connecting it to specific work.

  2. B

    Link scope, schedule, and budget through the WBS and assigned responsibility.

  3. C

    Keep each baseline separate so changes cannot affect other project areas.

  4. D

    Wait until a variance occurs before defining work packages.

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: Earned value schedule variance directly states how many calendar days a project is ahead of or behind schedule.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Written response
1 point

A stakeholder requests a new feature after the scope baseline has been approved. Before the request is approved, which plan should the team continue to follow?

04
Fill in the blank
1 point

A useful status report distinguishes .

05
Choose one
1 point

At a status date, a project has a cost performance index (CPI) of 0.92 and a schedule performance index (SPI) of 1.04. Which interpretation is supported by these indices?

  1. A

    Both cost efficiency and progress are unfavorable, so the project is certain to finish late.

  2. B

    Cost efficiency is favorable, but progress against the time-phased plan is unfavorable.

  3. C

    Cost efficiency is unfavorable, while progress against the time-phased plan is favorable.

  4. D

    Both measures are favorable, and the finish date can be inferred from them.

06
Choose all
1 point

A stakeholder proposes adding a feature to a project with an approved scope baseline. Select all categories the team should assess before an authorized approver decides whether to make the change.

  1. A

    Effects on scope, schedule, and cost.

  2. B

    Effects on quality, resources, and risk.

  3. C

    Effects on contractual or stakeholder commitments.

  4. D

    Whether the request is popular, regardless of its project impacts.

07
Fill in the blank
1 point

An action intended to reduce the likelihood or impact of a future problem is .

08
True or false
1 point

True or false: An estimate at completion calculated from current cost efficiency automatically authorizes an increase to the project's approved budget.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

09
Choose one
1 point

A recorded equipment-availability risk occurs, and a key activity may now miss a milestone. What is the most appropriate integrated control response?

  1. A

    Close the risk record because the event occurred, and wait for the missed milestone before taking action.

  2. B

    Treat the event as an issue, confirm impacts, implement the authorized response, update forecasts and records, and escalate decisions beyond the project manager's authority.

  3. C

    Use the planned reserve to change the baseline immediately without checking authorization rules.

  4. D

    Continue tracking only the original risk and keep the forecast unchanged until the next phase.

10
Choose all
1 point

A design review is two weeks late. Select all details that would help make a report about this delay useful for a sponsor's decision.

  1. A

    Identify the affected critical-path activities and likely effect on the finish date.

  2. B

    Explain the cause and available recovery options.

  3. C

    Describe the cost implications and risk exposure.

  4. D

    State the decision or support needed from the sponsor.

  5. E

    Use an overall green rating instead of explaining the exception.

11
Open ended
1 point

Two reporting periods show a declining CPI, and the team says it can recover by “working harder.” Describe how the project manager should investigate the trend, forecast the likely outcome, and decide what to report or escalate.

12
Choose one
1 point

A project budget includes management reserve in its total authorized budget. Which statement correctly describes the relationship between that reserve and the performance measurement baseline?

  1. A

    Management reserve is always part of the performance measurement baseline.

  2. B

    The cost baseline includes all project funding, including management reserve.

  3. C

    The total authorized budget may include management reserve, which is not part of the performance measurement baseline.

  4. D

    Management reserve replaces the need for a time-phased cost baseline.

13
Choose one
1 point

Which report format best helps project stakeholders understand current performance and decide what action is needed?

  1. A

    A single overall status color and a list of completed tasks

  2. B

    The reporting date and baseline version, facts, analysis, forecasts, and decisions required

  3. C

    A list of risks without owners, actions, or forecast impacts

  4. D

    A comparison of actual cost with the total authorized budget only

14
Choose one
1 point

A project manager wants to trace a reported cost variance to the specific work package and deliverable it affects. Which baseline practice best supports that traceability?

  1. A

    Keep scope, schedule, and cost baselines separate so each can be changed independently

  2. B

    Link each risk only to the project’s total authorized budget

  3. C

    Connect scope, schedule, and budget through the WBS and assigned responsibility

  4. D

    Use the critical path as the sole link between deliverables and costs

15
Written response
1 point

What type of project-control action reduces the likelihood or impact of a future problem?

16
True or false
1 point

True or false: If a project’s total authorized budget includes management reserve, that reserve is part of the performance measurement baseline.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

17
Choose one
1 point

During delivery, a stakeholder requests a new dashboard that may require data access, testing, and training. What is the best control response?

  1. A

    Add the feature immediately, then update the baseline after delivery

  2. B

    Reject the feature because the scope baseline has already been approved

  3. C

    Update the schedule baseline first, then ask the change control board to review the cost

  4. D

    Log and assess the request’s impacts, present options to the authorized approver, and continue against the current baseline until approval

18
Choose one
1 point

A recorded equipment-availability risk occurs, and a key activity may miss a milestone. What should the project manager do?

  1. A

    Treat the event as an issue as well as tracking remaining risk; assess linked impacts, implement the authorized response, update forecasts and records, and escalate decisions beyond your authority

  2. B

    Remove the risk from the register and wait until the next milestone to assess cost or schedule effects

  3. C

    Use the mitigation reserve for any response and update the baseline without further approval

  4. D

    Treat the event only as a schedule variance because the risk has already occurred

19
Written response
1 point

At a status date, planned value is $120,000 and earned value is $105,000. Using SV=EV−PVSV = EV - PV, what is the schedule variance? Enter the signed amount in dollars.

20
Written response
1 point

When significant uncertainty remains, what should risk analysis communicate about the possible outcomes?