Achieve PMP Exam Success PMBOK® Guide: A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager, 3rd Edition Companion

SAMPLE PMP EXAM QUESTIONS ON COST MANAGEMENT

Cost Planning Questions

1.

All of the following types of cost are relevant to making a financial decision except:

  1. Opportunity costs

  2. Direct costs

  3. Sunk costs

  4. Unavoidable costs

2.

An order of magnitude estimate should give the manager cost data accurate to within:

  1. ?25 to +25 percent of actual costs

  2. ?30 to +85 percent of actual costs

  3. ?10 to +25 percent of actual costs

  4. None of the above

3.

Your boss has asked you for a preliminary (analogous) cost estimate for a project. Your estimate is $200,000. Which estimate are you likely to give him?

  1. $150,000 to $350,000

  2. $180,000 to $250,000

  3. $190,000 to $220,000

  4. $170,000 to $300,000

Periods

r = 10%

r = 12%

r = 14%

t = 1

0.909

0.893

0.877

t = 2

0.826

0.797

0.769

t = 3

0.751

0.712

0.675

t = 4

0.683

0.636

0.592

t = 5

0.621

0.567

0.519

4.

Keeping in mind that present value = M/(1+r) t, and using the above table, what is the net present value of an annual income flow of $1,600 at 14% over the next 3 years?

  1. $3,713.60

  2. $ 0.68

  3. $1,080.00

  4. $ 476.19

5.

Based on the above table, what is the present value of $1,000 at 12% at the end of 5 years?

  1. $3,605.00

  2. $ 0.57

  3. $ 567.00

  4. $ 892.86

6.

Life cycle costing:

  1. Is the concept of including all costs over the life of the product of the project

  2. Is an activity...

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