PMP Questions ID 2896 reasons to lyv is the top customer of a large marketing firm trudy is the president of reasons t

Reasons to Lyv is the top customer of a large marketing firm. Trudy is the president of Reasons to Lyv and has decided to launch a product that leverages new GPS tracking technology. She sits down with Roy, the project manager on the project, to review and evaluate whether a sufficient amount of funds remains to address known risks. What activity are they performing?

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Audit

Reserve analysis

Technical performance analysis

Risk review

The project sponsor emails the project manager urgently requesting the latest measurement of cumulative work performed, expressed in terms of the approved budget. The sponsor notes that they must have this information by end of day to prepare for a critical meeting the next morning. What information is the sponsor looking for?

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Earned value

Planned value

Actual cost

Budget at completion

Projects that combine elements of different life cycles to achieve a specific goal are said to use what type of project life cycle?

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Agile

Hybrid

Predictive

Experimental

The project team recently participated in a working session to determine the costs associated with individual activities. To produce a more accurate estimate, they broke each activity down further into smaller chunks. What will this activity yield?

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Cost estimates

Basis of estimates

Cost baseline

Project budget

You’ve gathered cost estimates for the activities of your current project. Most of the activities can be completed with existing staff resources. The summary cost estimate for existing resources is $535,000. You will also need to hire contractors to perform some of the activities that require specialized skills. You’ve received a bid from a local vendor for $137,000 for these services. Which of the following statements are true?

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You’ve determined a quantitative estimate of the cost to the organization to perform the activities of the project.

The cost of the vendor services to your organization is considered pricing (from the buyer’s perspective), which is a business decision on their part.

The procurement SOW can be prepared by either the buyer or the seller, and it should be as accurate as possible, as you will use this SOW in the contract award.

You should use purchase price as the sole criterion for choosing among vendors when you have multiple qualified sellers from which to choose.

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