This Question Is Appropriate for People With:1-5 Years Experience

ADVANCED (Orange) and EXPERT (Red) Belt Certification Exam EssayQuestion Submittal Form

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This question is appropriate for people with:1-5 Years’ Experience☐

(select the SINGLEmost APPROPRIATE level)6-10 Years’ Experience☐

>10 Years’ Experience☐

For a person with number of years’ experience indicated above, I would rate this question to be:

Easy ☐ Moderately Easy ☐ Average ☐ Moderately Challenging ☐ Challenging ☐

From the matrix graphic below, which KNOWLEDGE DIMENSION(s) would you say this question BEST measures or validates? (Select all that apply)
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐ / From the matrix graphic below, which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐

From the adjacent MATRIX, identify which TRACK you believe this question is appropriate for: (Select as many as apply)

Planning & Scheduling (PS)☐

Cost Management (CM)☐

Forensic Analysis (FA)☐

And which LEVEL is this question most appropriate for?

Expert☐

Advanced☐

Competent N/A

FoundationN/A

INSTRUCTIONS and TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

Case Study Length:

The Case Study should be not less than 100 words nor more than 500 words long and should be able to be analyzed and the questions answered by an competent “Advanced" or "Expert Practitioner” within a 1 hour time frame.

Case Study Topic:

The Case Study should reflect real problems, challenges or scenarios commonly experienced by Planners / Schedulers, Cost Managers, Forensic Analysts or Project Controllers in their day to day working environment.

Questions for the Case Study:

The number of questions pertaining to the case must consist of a MINIMUM of 5 questions and a MAXIMUM of 20 questions per case study, all answerable within the 1 hour time frame. The questions can come from ANY quadrant in the matrix, but the majority of them need to be coming from those quadrants in Figure 1 above at the “Advanced" or "Expert Practitioner” level (i.e. matrix elements B6, C5, C6, D4, D5 and D6).

Acceptable Answer Types for the Case Study:

The answers to the case study questions can be a MIX of:

Fill in the Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;
Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Answer Support for the Case Study:

All answers MUST be backed up or supported by credible PUBLISHED RESEARCH, available at NO COST through the Internet or other online services. Unfortunately answers REQUIRING the purchase of a specific book or other published reference materials will NOT be accepted by the GPC Certification Board.

All references must be cited to enable the Certification Board to validate the correctness of the answer (i.e. using APA format, including sufficient detail, chapter and / or page number).

ADVANCED (ORANGE BELT) SPECIFIC:

As the ORANGE Belt is an ADVANCED level certification, the focus of the case study and questions should be on providing applicants the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to solve complex or complicated TECHNICAL PROBLEMS of the type commonly experienced in the work environment using their conceptual, procedural and / or metacognitive knowledge.

EXPERT (RED BELT) SPECIFIC:

As the RED Belt is an EXPERT level certification for those with 2 or more years of supervisory / management experience, the focus of the case study and associated questions should be on providing applicants the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to solve complex or complicated MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS of the type commonly encountered by Planning / Scheduling, Cost Management, Forensic Analyst or Project Control MANAGERS.

This would include ethical issues commonly faced by managers, including but not limited to hiring / termination procedures, sexual or other discriminatory practices and case studies associated with “engineering” or “technical” management, including the “soft” skills-leading, motivating, team building, conflict resolution, negotiation and communicating.

Miscellaneous: While the GPC Certification Board wants to see realistic case studies, they do NOT want nor will they accept case studies submitted which contain confidential, proprietary or copyrighted material.

All case studies submitted will be checked for plagiarism as part of the Certification Boards review. The decision of the GPC Certification Board to accept, reject or modify any question will be final. All case studies are to be submitted by the original author to the Guild of Project Controls under Creative Commons License BY v 4.0

WHY CONTRIBUTE - WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME:

(1)Your Guild Profile will be updated to show the Case Study summary you have submitted and consistent with Creative Commons License BY v 4.0 the Guild of Project Controls will provide “appropriate credit” (as reasonably determined and requested by the author) for his / her contribution. If you do not want your name to be associated with the case study, the author will be listed as “Anonymous”.

(2) For EACH question submitted by the original author and ACCEPTED by the GPC Certification Board, the original author will receive a CREDIT of 1.0 PDU (or 0.1 CEU's) per question. i.e. if you submit a case study containing 5 questions you would receive 5 PDU's (or 0.5 CEU's) or if you submit 20 questions with your case study you would receive 20 PDU's or 2 CEU's.

TO SUBMIT CASE STUDY and QUESTIONS:

Please use this template provided and submit to

[1] Heer, R. (2009) A Model of Learning Objectives–based on A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Iowa State University and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

CASE STUDY QUESTION SUBMITTAL TEMPLATE: (full case study questions)

State the case study (=>100 words but <500 words)
Question #1- (MINIMUM of 5 questions, MAXIMUM of 20 questions per case study)
Can be:

Fill in Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;

Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Which KNOWLEDGE Dimension does this question best measure or validates?
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐
Which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐
Provide the correct or appropriate response to Question #1. / Provide a MINIMUM of one and preferably two references supporting the “correct” or “best” response.
Question #2- (MINIMUM of 5 questions, MAXIMUM of 20 questions)
Can be:

Fill in Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;

Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Which KNOWLEDGE Dimension does this question best measure or validates?
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐
Which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐
Provide the correct or appropriate response to Question #2. / Provide a MINIMUM of one and preferably two references supporting the “correct” or “best” response.
Question #3- (MINIMUM of 5 questions, MAXIMUM of 20 questions per case study)
Can be:

Fill in Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;

Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Which KNOWLEDGE Dimension does this question best measure or validates?
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐
Which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐
Provide the correct or appropriate response to Question #3. / Provide a MINIMUM of one and preferably two references supporting the “correct” or “best” response.
Question #4- (MINIMUM of 5 questions, MAXIMUM of 20 questions)
Can be:

Fill in Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;

Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Which KNOWLEDGE Dimension does this question best measure or validates?
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐
Which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐
Provide the correct or appropriate response to Question #4. / Provide a MINIMUM of one and preferably two references supporting the “correct” or “best” response.
Question #5- (MINIMUM of 5 questions, MAXIMUM of 20 questions)
Can be:

Fill in Blank - i.e. Calculate the Schedule Performance Index for this case study;

Short Essay - i.e. not less than 25 words but not more than 100 words;
Long Essay - i.e. more than 100 words but less than 250 words;
Rank Ordering - i.e. given the facts contained in the case study, what should you do first, second, third etc

Which KNOWLEDGE Dimension does this question best measure or validates?
FactualKnowledge(A)☐
Conceptual Knowledge(B)☐
Procedural Knowledge(C)☐
Metacognitive Knowledge (Critical Thinking) (D)☐
Which of Blooms COGNITIVE DIMENSION would you say this question BEST measures or validates?
Create (6)☐
Evaluate (5)☐
Analyze (4)☐
Apply (3)☐
Understand (2)☐
Remember(1)☐
Provide the correct or appropriate response to Question #5. / Provide a MINIMUM of one and preferably two references supporting the “correct” or “best” response.

For additional Questions #6-#20, copy and paste the Question Template as necessary. Just be sure to re label the question numbers.

GPC OB & RB Exam Question Submittal Form - Rev 1.0