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Project Management Fundamentals Flashcards

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  1. A cruise specialist is tracking whether group booking milestones are being met on schedule. This activity falls under which project management process group?

    Answer: Monitoring and Controlling

    Monitoring and controlling involves tracking project performance and taking corrective action when milestones deviate from the plan.

  2. What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) used for in cruise group project management?

    Answer: Decomposing the project into smaller, manageable tasks

    A WBS breaks the total project scope into hierarchical, manageable components to make planning and tracking easier.

  3. A group of 80 passengers requires airfare, hotel pre-night, cruise booking, and shore excursions. What project management tool BEST helps track each component's status?

    Answer: Project dashboard or status tracker

    A project dashboard provides a centralized, real-time view of all components and their current completion status.

  4. In a RACI matrix used for cruise group management, what does the 'A' stand for?

    Answer: Accountable

    In a RACI matrix, 'Accountable' refers to the person who is ultimately answerable for the correct completion of the task.

  5. When managing a cruise incentive trip for a corporate client, a specialist should conduct a lessons learned session during which phase?

    Answer: Closing phase, after the trip is completed

    Lessons learned sessions are conducted during project closure to capture insights that improve future project performance.

  6. A cruise specialist notices that the hotel pre-night budget has been exceeded by 15%. What is the BEST corrective action in project management terms?

    Answer: Analyze the cause and adjust the plan or negotiate revised pricing

    Identifying the root cause of a variance and adjusting the plan or renegotiating is the correct corrective action response.

  7. Which metric is used to measure whether a project is delivering value relative to what was spent?

    Answer: Cost Performance Index (CPI)

    The Cost Performance Index (CPI) measures cost efficiency by dividing earned value by actual costs spent.