QUESTION: 65

You have been assigned to a project that centers on a discipline you are only topically aware of. While you do have years of experience as a project manager, but you have never worked with the technology, as is in this project. During the define activities process, you rely on your project team and two consultants to coach you and identify the type of activities the project will include.
Which tool and technique are you using in the define activities process in this scenario?

Templates
Rolling wave planning
Decomposition
Expert judgment

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

When the project manager relies on consultants or the project team (or both), it is an example of expert judgment. Expert judgment is a technique based on a set of criteria that has been acquired in a specific knowledge area or product area. It is obtained when the project manager or project team requires specialized knowledge that they do not possess. Expert judgment involves people most familiar with the work of creating estimates. Preferably, the project team member who will be doing the task should complete the estimates. Expert judgment is applied when performing administrative closure activities, and experts should ensure the project or phase closure is performed to the appropriate standards.
Answer option C is incorrect. This is not an example of decomposition.
Answer option B is incorrect. This is not an example of rolling wave planning.
Answer option A is incorrect. This is not an example of using a project template.

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QUESTION: 66

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Your project requires the project team to paint 1,500 hotel rooms. Your project team reports that it will take them approximately 4 hours to paint each hotel room. You reason, then, that it will take 6,000 hours to paint all of the hotel rooms.
What type of an estimate are you creating in this scenario?

Parametric estimate
Definitive estimate
Analogous estimate
Bottom-up estimate

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

This is an example of a parametric estimate. This estimate type uses a parameter, such as four hours of painting per hotel room, and multiplies this value across the total number of units, such as 1,500 rooms. A parametric estimate is an estimate that uses a parameter to predict the costs of the project, such as cost per network drop or cost per software license. Parametric estimating technique utilizes the statistical relationship that exists between a series of historical data and a particular delineated list of other variables.
Answer option C is incorrect. An analogous estimate type uses a similar project's duration as a basis for the current project's estimate duration.
Answer option B is incorrect. A definitive estimate type accounts for the duration or costs of each work package in the WBS.
Answer option D is incorrect. A bottom-up estimate, also known as a definitive estimate, accounts for the duration or costs of each work package in the WBS.

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QUESTION: 67

Which organizational theory explains the factors that promote performance of people in any organization?

Herzberg's theory
Maslow's Hierarchy theory
McGregor's theory
Expectancy theory

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, also known as Two Factor Theory, was developed by Frederick Herzberg, a psychologist who found that job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction acted independently of each other. Two Factor Theory states that there are certain factors in the workplace that cause job satisfaction, while a separate set of factors cause dissatisfaction. Two Factor Theory distinguishes between the following: Motivators (e.g. challenging work, recognition, responsibility) which give positive satisfaction, arising from intrinsic conditions of the job itself, such as recognition, achievement, or personal growth. Hygiene factors (e.g. status, job security, salary and fringe benefits) which do not give positive satisfaction, although dissatisfaction results from their absence. These are extrinsic to the work itself, and include aspects, such as company policies, supervisory practices, or wages/salary. Essentially, hygiene factors are needed to ensure an employee is not dissatisfied. Motivation factors are needed in order to motivate an employee to higher performance, Herzberg also further classified our actions and how and why we do them, for example, if you perform a work-related action because you have to, then that is classed as movement, but if you perform a work-related action because you want to, then that is classed as motivation.

Answer option C is incorrect. McGregor's X and Y theory describes the team members and their behavior on the project and how management responds.
Answer option B is incorrect. It describes the five layer of needs we all have.
Answer option D is incorrect. It explains the processes that an individual undergoes to make choices.

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QUESTION: 68

You are the project manager for your company. You are working with the management regarding the exact end date of your project. Management needs to know what day of the week your project will complete. Assuming that your project will not require any work to be completed over the upcoming weekends and that the remaining project work will commence on a Tuesday, what day of the week will the project end if there are 67 days of project work left to complete?

Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The project will end on a Wednesday. If the project work commences on a Tuesday, there will be four days to complete in that week. That will bring the project work down to 63 days of remaining work. Each work week counts as five days of work. 63 divided by 5 is 12 work weeks with three days remaining. The 63rd remaining day will complete on a Wednesday. Answer options C, D, and B are incorrect. These are not the valid answers.

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