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Q2. A project post-mortem is an activity, usually performed at the project’s conclusion, to determine and analyze a project’s outcome which also includes a lessons-learned gathering exercise. Project post-mortems help to mitigate future risks and are often a key component of, and ongoing precursor to, effective risk management. Which of the following is a terrible mistake when collecting lessons learned?

1. Documenting both the success stories and the failed attempts
2. Calculating project’s final statistics
3. Focusing purely on the negatives and analyzing failures
4. Conducting a comprehensive performance review

Q3. Which of the following is generally the MOST CORRECT use of a project network diagram?

1. Showing the project schedule
2. Documenting activity interdependencies
3. Defining project resources
4. Defining project costs

Q4. Project coordination is enhanced through progress reporting, variance reporting, and team meetings. These are all forms of:

1. Staffing management.
2. Risk management.
3. Time management.
4. Communications management.

Q5. The cost performance index (CPI) of a project is 0.6 and the schedule performance index (SPI is 0.71. The project has 625 work packages and is being completed over a four-year period. The team members are very inexperienced and the project received little support for project planning. Which of the following would be the BEST thing to do?

1. Update risk identification and analysis.
2. Spend more time improving the cost estimates.
3. Remove as many work packages as possible.
4. Reorganize the responsibility assignment matrix.

Q6. Which of the following are ALL tools and techniques of the Manage Project Team process?

1. Watch the team, report on team member’s performance, and issue conflict resolutions
2. Use appropriate conflict resolution techniques, do a 360-degree feedback assessment, and update the project management plan
3. Perform a 360-degree feedback assessment, verify critical resource availability, and watch the team.
4. Report on team members’ performance, use appropriate conflict resolution techniques, and do a 360-degree feedback assessment.

Q7. Once a project’s business case has been approved, what should be done next?

1. Identify and analyze project stakeholders and associated risks
2. Create the project charter
3. Identify market demand
4. Conduct and cost-benefit analysis

Q8. The term Progressive Elaboration incorrectly represents which of the following?

1. Changes to project scope
2. Rolling wave planning
3. Detailing out the product requirements developed during the initiation process.
4. Production of fabrication and construction drawings from the design drawings for a chemical plant.

Q9. You are the Project Manager for the production of an exotic car. You have completed the Define Scope process for your project. Which of the following may be generated through this process?

1. Project scope statement, project charter
2. Project scope statement, updates to requirements traceability matrix
3. WBS, updates to requirements traceability matrix
4. Project scope statement, WBS

Q10. The project is being completed faster than planned. Which of the following would NOT account for why this has occurred?

1. Trend analysis was used to eliminate the need for some testing
2. A pre-made item was purchased instead of the team creating it.
3. A critical path and a noncritical path activity were fast tracked.
4. A critical path activity was compressed