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PMI-SP Exam - Topic 6 Question 32 Discussion

Actual exam question for PMI's PMI-SP exam
Question #: 32
Topic #: 6
[All PMI-SP Questions]

You are the project manager of the NHA Project. This project is expected to last one year with

quarterly milestones throughout the year. Your project is supposed to be at the third milestone

today, but you are likely to be only 60 percent complete. Your project has a BAC of $745,000 and you

have spent $440,000 of the budget-to-date. What is your schedule variance for this project?

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Suggested 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.


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Mariann
4 months ago
Totally agree, it’s a big red flag for the project!
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Vannessa
4 months ago
Wait, how can it be that far behind?
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Marla
4 months ago
I think the schedule variance is definitely negative.
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Adria
4 months ago
So, we’re only 60% done? That’s rough.
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Buck
4 months ago
The BAC is $745,000 and spent is $440,000.
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Elizabeth
5 months ago
I feel like I might be overthinking this. If we're only 60% complete, does that mean we should expect a negative variance?
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Teddy
5 months ago
This seems similar to a practice question we did about earned value management. I think I need to find the EV first to get the SV.
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Lashaunda
5 months ago
I remember we calculated schedule variance in class, but I'm not sure how to apply it here with the BAC and actual costs.
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Joesph
5 months ago
I think the formula for schedule variance is EV minus PV, but I’m confused about how to find those values with the numbers given.
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Reynalda
5 months ago
This one's a tricky one. I'm not sure if MPLS or MPIO would be the best answer here. Gotta think this through carefully.
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Celestine
5 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. I know we need to find the information required by the bot to connect to the QnA Maker app, but I'm not sure which section of the Azure Portal would have that. I'll need to think this through carefully.
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Isaac
5 months ago
This question seems straightforward. I think the answer is C, Certificate Revocation List.
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