Correct Answer: A

This is an example of a preventive action as you're working with the team before they install the doors to train them on the installation. The checklist is a quality control tool but the question was asking for a project execution activity. Preventive and corrective actions are part of project execution. Answer option D is incorrect. Quality control is a controlling and monitoring process, not an executing process. Answer option B is incorrect. The defect repair validation comes after the project team has corrected an error - something that has not occurred in this instance. Answer option C is incorrect. Corrective action is a response to something that needs to be corrected in the project.

Correct Answer: B

The estimate at completion can be calculated by dividing the budget at completion by the cost performance index. Here, CPI =EV/AC=(0.40*1,258,456)/525000 = 0.95882 EAC = BAC/CPI = 1,258456/0.95882 = 1,312,504 What is Estimate at Completion (EAC)? Estimate at Completion (EAC) is a field that displays the final cost of the project including the actual costs and the forecast of remaining costs based on the cost performance index (CPI) so far. The formula used to calculate this estimate is as follows: ACWP+(BAC-BCWP)/CPI Answer option D is incorrect. $787,504 is the estimate to complete. Answer option A is incorrect. -$62,922.80 is the schedule variance. Answer option C is incorrect. This is not a valid calculation for this question.

Correct Answer: A

The scope baseline is not an input to the estimate activity durations process. The project's scope statement is an input, but according to the PMBOK, the scope baseline is not. The seven inputs to this process are: activity list, activity attributes, activity resource requirements, resource calendars, project scope statement, enterprise environmental factors, and organizational process assets. Answer options C, B, and D are incorrect. These all are an input to the estimate activity durations process.

Correct Answer: D

Change requests are an output of performance report, and allow the project manager to address corrective actions and preventive actions to help the project get back in alignment with performance baselines. Answer option B is incorrect.

While performance reports are an output of the performance reporting, these reports do not specifically address the problems in the project. Answer option A is incorrect. Updating the organizational process assets is an important activity, but

it does not address the poor performance directly.

Answer option C is incorrect. Performance re-baselining is not an output of performance reporting so this choice is not valid.

Correct Answer: D

The schedule variance is found by subtracting the planned value from the earned value. In this instance, it is $447,000 minus $558,750. Schedule variance (SV) is a measure of schedule performance on a project. The variance notifies that

the schedule is ahead or behind what was planned for this period in time. The schedule variance is calculated based on the following formula: SV = Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) If the resulting schedule is negative, it indicates that

the project is behind schedule. A value greater than 0 shows that the project is ahead of the planned schedule. A value of 0 indicates that the project is right on target.

Answer option C is incorrect. $7,000 is the cost variance for this project. Answer option A is incorrect. $11,667 is the variance at completion for this project. Answer option B is incorrect. 1.02 is the cost performance index for this project.