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1. PMP EXAM
SAMPLE Q & A

2. A project manager meets with a customer for initial discussions about an upcoming project. At
the end of the meeting, the customer asks the project manager for a rough estimate of the
project duration. Based on her experience with three similar projects, the project manager
provides an estimate of 8-10 months.
What estimation technique does the project manager use?
A. Expert judgment
B. Three-point estimating
C. Analogous estimating
D. Bottom-up estimating
HINT: Identify the estimating technique that compares a project to a previous, similar project.
Question

3. The correct answer is C
The project manager is using historical duration information from comparable projects to
estimate the duration of a future project. This gross value estimating approach is called
analogous estimating and is frequently used to provide a ballpark figure when there is a limited
amount of detailed information available about the project.
Answer

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