PMI PgMP Quiz 5 Topic 1 Questions 21-25

Question: 1

You are the program manager for your company and evaluating the sellers to determine the seller to buy from. In your analysis you've created a histogram to display the pros and cons for each seller. You've created five categories of interest and assigned values to each category for each vendor. Your five categories are:

* Cost

* Schedule

* Experience

* Certification

* Warranty

Each category has a different point value and the vendor that receives the maximum points in total will win the contract. What type of seller evaluation are you performing?

AMonte Carlo simulation

BExpert judgment

CWeighted scoring model

DBenchmarking

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Question: 2

You are the program manager for your organization. You are examining the order of the activities in your program schedule and would like to change some of the ordering to alleviate scheduling conflicts, risks, and based on your experience with the discipline the program uses. Some of the activities you can rearrange while some of the activities must be completed in a particular order.

What term describes the activities that must happen in a particular order?

AMandatory dependencies

BFinish on constraints

CBenefits management dependencies

DDiscretionary dependencies

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Question: 3

You are the program manager of the BHG Program. One of the projects in your program will be using new materials that are somewhat untested. You are worried that there may be delays and waste because the project team is unaware of how to accurately use these materials. You elect to send the people that will be using the new materials through training on how to complete their project work. You also allow them to purchase some of the materials to experiment on their use before the actual project work is to be done. You want to ensure that mistakes don't enter the project. What type of action have you provided in this scenario?

AThis is an example of a corrective action.

BThis is an example of quality assurance.

CThis is an example of a preventive action.

DThis is an example of team development.

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Question: 4

You are hosting a meeting with all of the vendors that have received a copy of your statement of work. In this meeting, you'll be discussing the statement of work, clarifying the details, and answering any questions the vendors may have about the project. What is this meeting called?

ASales meeting

BSelect sellers process

CBidder conference

DNegotiations

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Question: 5

Which of the following statements are true regarding program scope statement?

AIt defines all the work and only the required work for the program.

BIt formally authorizes the program.

CIt sets authorities and limits for the program manager and team.

DIt represents a common understanding of the program for the purpose of facilitating communication among the stakeholders.

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PMI PgMP Quiz:5 Topic:1 Questions:21-25