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You are a project manager for a large electrical system implementation. One of your key people has started to miss deadlines and work quality is beginning to suffer as well. This person has participated in project planning, and in fine-tuning the earned value estimating, and developing the reward systems for the project. You are confident that this person is well aware of the work deadlines and required quality specifications. What action should you take?
  1. Report problem to the personnel or human resource department for corrective action.
  2. Reassign some work to other team members until performance starts to improve.
  3. Discuss the issues with the employee at the next team meeting and try to determine the factors impacting performance.
  4. Escalate the situation to the employee’s functional manager and ask for assistance.






Q2. The WBS, estimates for each work packages, and the network diagram are completed. Which of the following would be the NEXT thing for the project manager to do?

  1. Sequence the activities
  2. Verify that they have the correct scope
  3. Create a preliminary schedule and get the team’s approval
  4. Complete risk management
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Q3. Which of the following should be avoided while applying logical relationships to project activities:

  1. Applying the SS relationship with a lead
  2. Applying the SS relationship with a lag
  3. Applying the SF relationship
  4. Applying multiple relationships between the same activities
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Q4. Communications under a contract should tend toward:

  1. Formal written communication.
  2. Formal verbal communication.
  3. Informal written communication.
  4. Informal verbal communication
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Q5. Which of the following BEST describes comparing actual dates with planned dates?

  1. Develop Schedule
  2. Resource leveling
  3. Variance analysis
  4. Three-point estimating
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Q6. A system development project is nearing project closing when a previously unidentified risk is discovered. This could potentially affect the project’s overall ability to deliver. What should be done NEXT?

  1. Alert the project sponsor of potential impacts to cost, scope, or schedule
  2. Qualify the risk
  3. Mitigate this risk by developing a risk response plan
  4. Develop a workaround.
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Q7. If earned value (EV) = 35o, actual cost (AC) = 400, planned value ((PV) = 325, what is the cost variance (CV)?

  1. 350
  2. -75
  3. 400
  4. -50
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Q8. You have the project management responsibility of a virtual team comprising team members from the same company who live in widespread geographic areas, employees who work from home offices and employees with mobility impairments. Virtual teams are formed as a result of which of the following processes?

  1. Acquire Resources
  2. Plan Resource Management
  3. Estimate Activity Resources
  4. Develop Schedule
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Q9. The project manager has completed the Plan Risk Responses process, and has identified risk management strategies with the team. The team’s manager has asked for the amount of risk reserves needed for the project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

  1. Create the risk reserves
  2. Prioritize the list of risks
  3. Create the overall risk rating for the project
  4. Determine secondary risks.
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Q10. Julia is currently assessing her project stakeholders’ engagement levels. During this exercise, she finds she also needs to document an escalation process, which will come in handy in the future. Where does she need to document the project’s escalation process?

  1. Communications management plan
  2. Stakeholder engagement plan
  3. Either the stakeholder engagement plan or the communications management plan
  4. Both the stakeholder engagement plan and the communications management plan
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