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The new project is exciting to both the project manager and the team. This is the project manager’s first assignment as project manager. The team has the feeling that they will be able to complete work that has never been tried before. There are 29 people contributing to the product description and the team consists of nine highly experienced experts in their field. Part of the way through planning, three highly technical team members are disagreeing about the scope o f two of the deliverables. One is pointing to the draft WBS and saying that two additional work packages should be added. Another is saying that a particular work package should not even be done. The third team member agrees with both of them. How should the project manager BEST deal with the conflict?
  1. He should listen to the differences of opinion, determine the best choice, and implement that choice.
  2. He should postpone further discussions, meet with each individual, and determine the best approach.
  3. He should listen to the differences of opinion, encourage logical discussions, and facilitate an agreement.
  4. He should help the team focus on agreeable aspects of their opinions and build unity by using relaxation techniques and common focus team building.






Q2. The customer’s expectations for quality are shown on a control chart as the:

  1. Mean
  2. Specification limits
  3. Rule of seven
  4. Upper and lower control limits
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Q3. An estimate at completion (EAC) is an output of which of the following?

  1. Control Costs
  2. Project performance review
  3. Variance management
  4. Performance measurement analysis
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Q4. Which of the following documents the formal or informal assessments of the project team's effectiveness?

  1. Team Performance Assessments
  2. Project Performance Appraisals
  3. Observations
  4. Conversations
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Q5. During the Plan Risk Management process your team has come up with 434 risks and 16 major causes of those risks. The project is the last of a series of project which the team has worked on together. The sponsor is very supportive and a lot of time was invested in making sure he project was completed and signed off by all key stakeholders. During project planning, the team cannot come up with an effective way to mitigate or insure against a risk. It is not work that can be outsourced, nor can it be deleted. What would be the BEST solution?

  1. Accept the risk.
  2. Continue to investigate ways to mitigate the risk.
  3. Look for ways to avoid the risk.
  4. Look for ways to transfer the risk.
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Q6. If a data point falls outside the upper control limit of a control chart the process is said to be:

  1. Assigned a cause
  2. Out of control
  3. In control
  4. Gold plated.
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Q7. The MOST common source of conflict on projects is:

  1. Personality
  2. Cost
  3. Priorities
  4. Schedules
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Q8. You need to shorten the duration of this project by five months. Included in your solution, based on the chart, would be to crash activity C. However, further analysis reveals that this activity has two days of float. What should you do?

  1. Crash activities F and H
  2. Crash activity D
  3. Crash activities D and H
  4. Crash activity
  5. 79
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Q9. You are new to project management, but you have been managing a small project successfully. Now, management has given you another project to manage, something you are excited about. However, the new project is growing exponentially every day. You have also learned that a project manager you work with managed a similar project last year. What should you do?

  1. Wait to see if the scope of the project continues to grow
  2. Get the project assigned to the PM who managed the similar project
  3. Obtain historical records and get guidance from the project manager
  4. Speak to the other project manager to develop your project plans
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Q10. Which of the following is accurate regarding agreements in Project Procurement Management?

  1. Agreements can never be terminated.
  2. Terms and conditions never include the seller’s proposal.
  3. Agreements are informal documents.
  4. Agreements are legal documents between a buyer and a seller.
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