CONFIDENTIAL BA/JUN 2019/OPM655
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
FINAL EXAMINATION
COURSE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
COURSE CODE
OPM655
EXAMINATION JUNE 2019
TIME 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This question paper consists of six (6) questions.
2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
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5. Answer ALL questions in English.
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QUESTION 1
a) When preparing a proposal, contractors need to be careful not to overprice or
underprice the proposed project. Elaborate five (5) considerations when determining
the price to win a contract.
(10 marks)
b) Before a project can proceed, a contract must be signed by both the customer and
the contractor. Explain the two (2) types of contracts.
(5 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Statement of work (SOV\/) defines the major tasks that will need to be performed to
accomplish the work that needs to be done and produce all the project deliverables.
Describe four (4) major tasks that might be included in a community festival project.
(10 marks)
b) Work breakdown structure (WBS) establishes the framework for project execution
plans and the project deliverable. Elaborate four (4) guidelines in deciding the
details and levels to be included in the WBS.
(10 marks)
QUESTION 3
Following is the work breakdown structure (WBS) given for a project:
Tasks Predecessors Days
A 3
B 5
C 2
D A, B, C 4
E B, C 3
F D 6
G E, F 5
H F 6
I G 4
J H, I 7
K J 4
L K 3
M K, L 4
N K, L s
O M,N 3
P 0 2
Q 0 4
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a) Draw the Activity—on—Node (AON) project network.
(3.5 marks)
b) Compute by constructing a table with the earliest start, earliest finish, latest start,
latest finish and slack time for each activity.
(8.5 marks)
c) Identify the critical activities and critical path.
(2 marks)
d) State the overall project completion time.
(1 mark)
e) Identify two (2) activities with free slack.
(2 marks)
f) If the project is to be crashed by 5 days, describe the ways to do the crashing.
(3 marks)
QUESTION 4
a) Explain the purpose of change control system in project management.
(5 marks)
b) The time-cost trade-off is used to reduce the project duration incrementally with the
smallest associated increase in cost. Elaborate five (5) assumptions in time-cost
trade-off of project crashing.
(10 marks)
QUESTION 5
As the project manager, you are required to do the project costing analysis based on the
tables given below.
Table 1: Budget Costs (amount in thousand RM)
Total WEEK
Activities Budget
Costs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Task A 225 90 85 25 25
Task B 280 100 80 50 40 10
Task C 210 60 30 30 30 30 15 15
Task D 190 65 45 20 20 20 20
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Table 2: Actual Costs (amount in thousand RM)
WEEK
Activities
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Task A 95 85 28 25 5
Task B 90 70 55 20 10 15
Task C 70 35 30 35 25 25 20
Task D 70 55 25 15 20 10
Table 3: Percentage of Work Complete
WEEK
Activities
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Task A 30 50 70 90 100
Task B 25 45 65 75 85 100
Task C 20 40 50 60 70 80 100
Task D 15 30 45 60 75 85
a) Compute the total budget cost (TBC) for the project.
(2 marks)
b) Compute the cumulative budget cost (CBC) at the end of week 7.
(2 marks)
c) Compute the cumulative actual cost (CAC) at the end of week 7.
(2 marks)
d) Compute the cumulative earned value (CEV) at the end of week 7.
(2 marks)
e) Compute the cost performance index (CPI).
(2 marks)
f} Compute the cost variance (CV).
(1 mark)
g) Calculate the Forecasted Cost at Completion (FCAC) using the two different
formulae.
(2 marks)
h) Comment on the overall project cost performance based on all of the above costings.
(2 marks)
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QUESTION 6
a) Project Management Information Systems (PMlSs) have extensive reporting
capabilities. List five (5) types of reports that PMlSs will be able to generate.
(5 marks)
b) Explain four (4) purposes of project lesson learned after project completion.
(10 marks)
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