PMP Questions ID 3491 alyssa is a project manager tasked with managing an infrastructure project that will consolidate

Alyssa is a project manager tasked with managing an infrastructure project that will consolidate five data centers into one. She is using a waterfall approach to carry out initial planning activities and will execute the work using an Agile-based approach. Alyssa is currently facilitating the estimating process to calculate the duration of the project’s activities. When she gets to the “run cable” activity, one team member tells her that in a past similar project, they ran a similar length of cable in 13 hours; another team member tells her that they can run 110 meters of cable per hour. The team will need to run a total of 1,320 meters of cable. Using the parametric estimating technique, how many hours will it take the team to run the cable?

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You are the project manager for Kitchens Plus Inc. The latest project involves the development of an automatic dicer with unique industry features. The project uses a predictive life cycle, and you are analyzing schedule performance. Based on the information provided by the scheduling team, the current schedule performance index (SPI) is at 1.10, while the cost performance index (CPI) is at 0.80. What might be a good strategy for balancing out performance between the schedule and budget?

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Crash the schedule by adding additional resources to critical activities

Fast-track the longest activities that fall on the critical path

Level out resource usage to further spread out cost over time

Nothing, since the project is performing as planned

Marysil is an enterprise project manager for Cups on Fire. To date, she has identified risks, analyzed them, and developed risk responses for her project. What activity is she likely to carry out next?

You have been hired as a contract project manager for Grapevine Vineyards. You are carrying out activities relating to procurement planning. Grapevine wants you to head up a project to design a new visitor center, tasting room, and gift shop. They also want to double the number of fermenting tanks and increase the size of the warehouse (which requires extensive temperature and environmental controls). Grapevine would like to have the bar in the tasting room constructed out of specialty marble that is available from only two places in the world. Grapevine management estimates this project will take three years. You are concerned about the availability of the specialty marble and know that the following are true.

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The project schedule can influence this process.

The Determine Budget process can be influenced by this process.

The make-or-buy analysis can be influenced by this process.

Your organization’s business cycle might have an impact on this process.

Alyssa is a project manager tasked with managing an infrastructure project that will consolidate five data centers into one. She is using a waterfall approach to carry out initial planning activities and will execute the work using an Agile-based approach. Currently, she is facilitating the estimating process to calculate the duration of the project’s activities. When she gets to the “run cable” activity, one team member tells her that in a past similar project, they ran a similar length of cable in 13 hours; another team member tells her that they can run 110 meters of cable per hour. The team will need to run a total of 1,320 meters of cable. Using the analogous estimating technique, how many hours will it take the team to run the cable?

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