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What's the most difficult question you've faced in a mock exam?

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
What's the most difficult question you've faced in a mock exam?

It could be a general topic
It could be a knowledge area
It could be a process group
It could be a particular question that you never got by
It could be a phrase/wording

I want to hear from your experiences...
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Vasudhevan Soundararajan Vasudhevan| 3i Infotech Ltd Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Scenario questions related to mid project take over are the most difficult ones i feel.
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NISHAL Tellis Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Both, or none of the above or all of the above.
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Bodh Raj Director Cybersecurity - India Team Operations| 24by7security Inc Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
What's the most difficult question you've faced in a mock exam?

It could be a general topic
Everything was ok

It could be a knowledge area
Everything was ok

It could be a process group
Everything was ok

It could be a particular question that you never got by
I faced a pert network question on cyclic dependency

It could be a phrase/wording
Everything was ok

I want to hear from your experiences...

Feel that you are managing a project with spread in many countries while answering questions.
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Obinna Egbuchiri Guinness Nigeria,Plc Satellite, Lagos, Nigeria
Questions that had to do with Cost and Risk management.
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
May 24, 2016 4:25 PM
Replying to George Lewis
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like these right?

11) When estimating time for activities, a PM should:
a) Use the best guess and estimate for all activities as there will be changes anyways as the project progresses and more information becomes available
b) Involve people who will be doing the work to get estimates
c) Estimate for what the cost will allow and not include buffers
d) None of the above
Answer is b
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Jun 07, 2016 10:57 AM
Replying to Neil Frechette
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For me, it is the questions that appear (at first) to have nothing to do with your exam. Like this sample exam question;
A production process has been defined as part of an industrial equipment manufacturing project. The process is intended to produce steel bolts with a length of 20 cm.
The control limits are 19.955cm and 20.045cm.

The measurements made at the end of the process yielded the following results:
20.033cm, 19.982cm, 19,995cm, 20.006cm, 19.970cm, 19.968cm, 19.963cm, 19.958cm, 19.962cm, 19.979cm, 19.959cm.

What should be done?
A)The process is under control. It should not be adjusted.
B)A special cause should be investigated, the process should be adjusted.
C)The control limits should be adjusted.
D)The measuring equipment should be recalibrated.
The trick here is that is not more than six consécutives measurements should be either below or above the mean. In the présent case, we have more than six consécutives measurements below the mean 20. So the production is out of control.

This question is related to pmp and quality control
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Jun 11, 2016 11:06 AM
Replying to Stephen Hall
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This is a Statistical Process Control question, relating to Six Sigma techniques. I would say an adequate question if for LSS PMs to answer, in my opinion.
I agree this is a PMP question. I've replies above. More than 6 consécutives measurements are below the mean 20. The process is within limits yes but it is out of control
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
May 24, 2016 4:30 PM
Replying to George Lewis
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or these...

You are considering using WBS templates to create your project's WBS. Where would you most likely find these templates?

A.) PMI's Practice Standard for WBS
B.) Microsoft Project Web Site
C.) Organizational Process Assets
D.) All of the above
The trick here is to look for the best answer, which is C
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Jun 10, 2016 7:33 AM
Replying to Aman Soni
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Hi, Mr. Frechette,
I think below is the correct answer as for already defined control limits are 19.955cm and 20.045cm, & all observations are in limit and as desired. So, why to do more analysis.
1)The process is under control. It should not be adjusted. (It is a correct answer)
If more than 6 consecutive measurements are below or above the mean, then the process is out of control. This is called The Rule of Seven. Its a very relevant PMP question
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Rody Nigel PM| CGI Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Jun 22, 2016 11:15 AM
Replying to Marianela Araya
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Which changes occur in risk and uncertainty as well as the cost of changes as the life cycle of a typical project progresses?

A. Risk and uncertainty increase; the cost of changes increases.
B. Risk and uncertainty increase; the cost of changes decreases,
C. Risk and uncertainty decrease; the cost of changes increases.
D. Risk and uncertainty decrease; the cost of changes decreases.

George help with this one!
Answer is C
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