PMP - Planning Performance Domain Sample Questions

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* 1. After one year of construction, an office building is scheduled for completion on 30 January. The landscaping work needs to start 15 days prior to the building’s completion. Which of the following relationships most likely represents the relationship of the start of landscaping work to the completion of the office building?

Finish-to-start with a 15-day lag

Finish-to-start with a 15-day lead

Start-to-finish with a 15-day lag

Start-to-finish with a 15-day lead

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* 2. In a project, Activity A has a duration of four days and begins on the morning of Monday the fourth. The successor Activity, B, has a Finish-to-Start (FS) relationship with A. The Finish-to-Start relationship has two days of lag, and Activity B has a duration of three days. If Saturday and Sunday are non-working days, which of the following statements is true?

Activity B will be completed by the end of the day on Thursday, the 14th

Activity B will be completed by the end of the day on Tuesday, the 12th

Total elapsed days (completing both activities) is seven days

Activity B will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, the 15th.

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* 3. Midway through a project, a project manager determined the project was running far behind schedule. If the project manager needs to shorten the project schedule without changing the project scope, which of the following schedule compression techniques could he use?

Reserve Analysis

Last Tracking

Forecasting

Crashing

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* 4. George is managing a construction project and currently sequencing the project activities and defining their logical relationships. Two activities have both the SS and FF relationships. How should George schedule these activities?

Select the SS relationship as this is more logical than the FF relationship.

Select the relationship with the highest impact.

Select the FF relationship as this can help meet the project deadlines.

Apply both the relationships.

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* 5. Your construction project has been delayed by a few months due to some weather conditions. Completing the project by the contractual deadline is critical in order not only to avoid heavy penalties but to maintain your reputation. If you want to compress the project schedule, what are two of the recommended alternatives to consider?

Crashing and Schedule Network Analysis

Crashing and Fast Tracking

Fast Tracking and Schedule Network Analysis

Resource Leveling and What-If Scenario Analysis