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Question 1
A four-year financial project has net cash flows of $20,000; $25,000; $30,000; and $50,000 in the
next four years. It will cost $75,000 to implement the project. If the required rate of return is 0.2,
conduct a discounted cash flow calculation to determine the NPV. Show your work to receive credit.
Question 2
Explain how you would go about creating a risk management plan for a project. Please give specific
examples.
Question 3
For a project you are familiar with create a WBS. Identify all of the major components and
provide three levels of detail.
Question 4
Given the following information below:
Activity Duration Predecessors
A 2 weeks Start
B 3 weeks Start
C 5 weeks Start
D 7 weeks A
E 3 weeks B
F 2 weeks C
G 4 weeks F
H 1 week A
I 8 weeks D,E,G
J 5 weeks F
K 2 weeks D,E,G,H
A. Determine the Critical Path and Project Duration.
B. What is the slack time (float) for activities A, B, G, and J?
Question 5
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How would you go about scheduling resources for a project? Give specific examples and explain why
you use your approach.
Question 6
Two projects are presented to the project selection committee. Project A will cost $250,000 to
implement and is expected to have annual net cash flows of $75,000. Project B will cost $150,000 to
implement and should generate annual net cash flows of $52,000. Using the payback period method
which project is better? Show your work or no credit will be given.
Question 7
Use a weighted score model to choose between three methods (A, B, C) of financing the acquisition
of a major competitor. The relative weights for each criterion are shown in the following table as are
the scores for each location on each criterion. A score of 1 represents unfavorable, 2 satisfactory, and
3 favorable. Explain why you selected the project you did and show all of your work for all of the
calculations.
Method
Category Weight A B C
Consulting costs 20 1 2 3
Acquisition time 20 2 3 1
Disruption 10 2 1 3
Cultural differences 10 3 3 2
Skill redundancies 10 2 1 1
Implementation risks 25 1 2 3
Infrastructure 10 2 2 2
Question 8
Using the network below and the additional information provided, find:
(a) The crash cost per day per activity.
(b) Which activities should be crashed to meet a project deadline of
10 days
at minimum cost.
(c) Find the new cost.
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Question 9
You are tasked with estimating the costs of a project. Select a project you are familiar with and give a
concise summary of that project (no more than a paragraph). Then explain how you went about
estimating the costs for each part of the project. Explain specifically what methods you used and why
you used those methods. Then explain if your estimates were correct or off. Explain why you think the
results ended up the way they did.
Question 10
You work for a technology company. Your company has come up with new technology that will
revolutionize how we search the internet. What kind of project management structure would you
recommend? What information would you like to have to make this recommendation and why?

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