Mid-Term Examination Part 1/2 (MCQs)

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Fall-2021

Time Allowed: Total Marks:

Q1. Which from the following represents the correct project management life cycle?
A. Planning→Initiating→Executing→Monitoring & Controlling→Closing
B. Planning→Executing→Initiating→Closing→ Monitoring & Controlling
C. Initiating→Planning→ Executing→ Monitoring & Controlling→Closing
D. Initiating→Executing→Planning→ Monitoring & Controlling→Closing

Q2: A good monitoring system helps answer which of the following questions?
A. Have periodic benchmarks been met?
B. Is the project progress according to schedule?
C. Is the project under or over achieving output targets?
D. All of the above

Q3: ______________is a systematic activity should be done regularly throughout the project implementation
A. Monitoring
B. Evaluation

Q4: Evaluation is defined as systematic research to see if a program can achieve its intended outcomes and
impacts.
A. True
B. False

Q5: Randomized Control Trial (RCT) is a

A. Experimental design.
B. Quasi-experimental design.
C. Non-experimental design.
D. None of the above

Q6: Earned value analysis is an example of

A. Performance reporting
B. Planning control
C. Ishikawa diagrams
D. Integrating the project components into a whole

Q7: SPI less than one implies that

A. Planned Value (PV) is less than Earned Value (EV)
B. Project is ahead of schedule
C. Project is behind schedule
D. Project performance is as per the baseline plan

Q8: A project's current total Earned Value (EV) is $150,000 and the Actual Cost (AC) is $100,000. What is the
Cost Variance (CV) of the project?
A. CV is 1.5
B. CV is 50,000
C. CV = -50,000
D. CV is -1.5

Q9: Earned Value (EV) minus Actual Cost (AC) is

A: Cost Performance Index (CPI)
B: Schedule Variance (SV)
C: Cost Variance (CV)
D: Schedule Performance Index (SPI)

Q10: A project manager expects that the project would finish one month before the planned finish date.
However he expects that the project to exceed the budgeted cost. What is true about the Schedule Performance
Index (SPI)?
A. SPI is less than 1.0
B. SPI is greater than 1.0
C. SV is less than 0
D. SPI is equal to 1.0