Discuss PMI PMI-SP Exam Topic 8 Question 48

You are the project manager for your organization. You are working through the control schedule

process. According to the PMBOK, there are four inputs to this process. Which one of the following is

NOT an input to the control schedule process?

ASchedule data

BWork performance information

CProject management plan

DProject schedule

Suggested Answer: A

Schedule data is not an input to the control schedule process. Organizational process

assets are the final input to the control schedule process.

The inputs of schedule control process are as follows:

Project Management Plan

Project Schedule

Work Performance Integration

Organizational Process Assets

Answer option C is incorrect. The project management plan is an input to the control schedule

process.Answer option D is incorrect. The project schedule is an input to the control schedule

process.

Answer option B is incorrect. Work performance information is an input to the control schedule

process.

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14 comments · newest first

Haydee 1 year ago

Work performance information is also an input, just FYI.

Jeannetta 1 year ago

Wait, are you sure about that? I thought all of them were inputs!

Elbert 1 year ago

Yeah, I agree with Geraldo on that one!

Geraldo 1 year ago

I think project schedule is NOT an input.

Aleisha 1 year ago

Schedule data is definitely an input.

Tandra 1 year ago

I remember the control schedule process involves tracking progress, so I think work performance information is crucial. I just can't recall which one isn't an input!

Kathryn 1 year ago

I'm a bit lost here. I feel like all of them could be inputs, but I have a nagging feeling that schedule data might not be one.

Janine 1 year ago

I practiced a similar question last week, and I think the project management plan is also an input. So that leaves us with the project schedule or schedule data.

Estrella 1 year ago

I think the project schedule is definitely an input, but I'm not sure about the others. I remember something about work performance information being used in monitoring.

Fatima 1 year ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused by the options here. I'm not sure which one would provide the highest mitigation while also staying within the budget. I'll need to think this through carefully.

Moon 1 year ago

That sounds similar to the practice question we did about asset rendition management! I think leveraging the Adaptive Image Servlet could be a key part here.

Alecia 1 year ago

Okay, I think I've got a handle on this. The key is understanding the implications of the top-down analysis and how that might impact the already-delivered services. I'll need to weigh the options carefully and consider the long-term maintenance and alignment of the service inventory.

Jeniffer 1 year ago

Okay, I think I've got a strategy here. TFTP is a simple file transfer protocol, so that part makes sense. Hashing the files afterwards would help verify they weren't tampered with. I'll go with True on this one.

Arlene 1 year ago

Option A sounds right to me. Spark is designed for large-scale data processing and analysis, so that's definitely a key use case. I feel good about selecting that answer.

PMI-SP Exam - Topic 8 Question 48 Discussion