Accurate answers with vivid explanations and citation for every question. I expect many references.

1. How can IBTECH obtain a market risk premium for use in a CAPM cost-of-equity calculation?

2. Discuss both the possibility of obtaining an estimate from some other organization and also the ways in which IBTECH could calculate a market risk premium in-house.

3. Calculate the cost of reinvested earnings (rs ) using CAPM

4. Louis R. Pondy, a professor of business administration and author on organizational management and other topics, developed the stages of conflict. Which of the following are stages of conflict according to Pondy? (Choose three.) and explain each

Collaborate

Latent

Avoid

Felt

Perceived

5. You are the project manager for a construction company that is building a new city and county office building in your city. Your CCB recently approved a scope change. You know that scope change might come about as a result of all of the following except which one?

Schedule revisions

Product scope change

Changes to the agreed-upon WBS

Changes to the project requirements

6. You are the project manager for a construction company that is building a new city and county office building in your city. Your CCB recently approved a scope change. You know that scope change might come about as a result of all of the following except which one?

Schedule revisions

Product scope change

Changes to the agreed-on WBS

Changes to the project requirements

7. Which of the following describes the key focus or purpose of the Manage Project Knowledge process?

Gathering, creating, storing, distributing, retrieving, and disposing of project information

Managing communications, resolving issues, engaging others on the project, managing expectations, improving project performance by implementing requested changes, and managing concerns in anticipation of potential problems

Sharing organizational and project knowledge and creating new knowledge that can be shared in the future

Performing systematic activities to determine which processes should be used to achieve the project requirements, and to ensure that activities and processes are performed efficiently and effectively

8. Your project has a high degree of uncertainty, high risk, evolving requirements, and cross-functional teams. Which of the following life cycle methodologies does this describe?

Agile

Hybrid

Predictive

Waterfall

9. Your project has a high degree of certainty, firm requirements, a stable team, and low risk. Which of the following life cycle methodologies does this describe?

Flow-based agile

XP

Six Sigma DMAIC

Predictive

10. You are developing the cost baseline and the project budget. You know that all of the following are true regarding these two elements except for which one?

The project budget includes management reserves.

Work package estimates and contingency reserves are included in the cost baseline and project budget.

The cost baseline includes the project budget.

Activity cost estimates and contingency reserves are included in the cost baseline and project budget.

11. Your project has experienced some changes in performance, and some risks have occurred. EAC and BAC now differ as a result. Your project sponsor is asking for an estimate of the cost of the project at completion. Which of the following is true?

BAC may no longer be reasonable given the changes in performance, so you should use EAC to forecast the cost at completion.

EAC may no longer be reasonable given the changes in performance, so you should use BAC to forecast the cost at completion.

BAC may no longer be reasonable given the changes in performance, so you should use ETC to forecast the cost at completion.

EAC may no longer be reasonable given the changes in performance, so you should use ETC to forecast the cost at completion.

12. You work for a company that writes billing software programs for the communication industry. Your customer is located in a country that limits the number of foreigners allowed into the country. You identify this risk in your risk management plan. The critical point during the project is installation and setup. You might do which of the following, given these circumstances?

Develop a shared response strategy

Develop a cause-and-effect diagram that identifies the risk and shows the cost effect of each choice on the objectives of the project

Use sensitivity analysis to determine the causal influences of these risks and the time ordering of the events

Develop a mitigation plan for installation and setup

13. This tool and technique of the Close Project or Phase process looks at project variables and how they contributed to project outcomes. This is for the purpose of improving performance on future projects.

Variance analysis

Trend analysis

Regression analysis

Document analysis

14. You know that BAC = 2500, PV = 1250, AC = 1275, EV = 1150, and that you are experiencing typical cost variances. What is ETC?

1467

2625

1500

2778

15. You know that BAC = 500, PV = 325, AC = 275, CPI = 0.9, and EV = 250, and you are using actual costs to date and assuming ETC uses the budgeted rate. What is Variance at Completion?

25

-52

52

-25

16. You know that EAC = 375, PV = 300, AC = 200, and EV = 250. You expect the work of the project to continue as planned. What is the ETC?

300

125

175

50