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You are managing a project with a total budget of $450,000. According to the schedule, your team should have completed 45% of the work by now. But at the latest status meeting, the team only reported that 40% of the work has actually been completed. The team has spent $165,000 so far on the project. How would you best describe this project?

A. The project is ahead of schedule and within its budget.
B. The project is behind schedule and within its budget.
C. The project is ahead of schedule and over its budget.
D. The project is behind schedule and over its budget.

Answer:

B. The project is behind schedule and within its budget.

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You are the project manager for a railroad construction project. Your Sponsor has asked you for a forecast for the cost of project completion. The project has a total budget of $80,000 abd CPI of .95 . The project has spent $25,000 of its budget so far. How much more money do you plan to spend on the project?

A. $59,210
B. $80,000
C $84,210
D $109,210

You are managing a construction project that is currently being initiated. You met with the sponsors and several important stakeholders, and have started to work on the preliminary scope statement. You've documented several key assumptions that have been made, and identified project constraints and initial risks. Before you can finish the preliminary scope statement, you must make a rough order of magnitude estimate of both time and cost so that the sponsor can allocate the final budget.

What is the range of a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate?

A. -10% to +10%
B. -50% to +50%
C. -50% to +100%
D. -100% to +200%