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While sequencing activities for a project, the project management team applied certain discretionary dependencies. This was based on their knowledge of best practices within the project application area. What is the potential risk involved in using such dependencies?
  1. They can create fixed float values and create external dependencies.
  2. They can create arbitrary float values and limit later scheduling options.
  3. They can create arbitrary float values and create external dependencies.
  4. They can create arbitrary float values and create mandatory dependencies.






Q2. The project manager has a project that is three months behind but, surprisingly, markedly under budget. She has decided to try to make up some time, but needs to minimize the project risk. What is the BEST thing to do?

  1. Crash
  2. Fast track
  3. Redefine the scope
  4. Resource level
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Q3. As the project manager of a development project, you are aware that there is a slight defect in the developed product; as a result, it will fail to meet certain regulatory standards. This was due to faulty requirements. You are also aware that the product will continue to function properly even though it fails to meet those standards. Your customer manager asks you to certify that the product meets the necessary regulatory standards, stating that this will not be verified when the report is submitted to the necessary authorities. Your stance is that:

  1. You certify the product. Regulations are only guidelines in the industry. Not meeting a regulation does not mean anything.
  2. As a one-off instance, you will certify the product to make sure the project goes through successfully.
  3. You will not certify that a product meets certain regulations when it does not, even though the product continues to function well.
  4. You certify the product, but you document your conversation with your customer manager for future purposes.
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Q4. Christine is managing a healthcare software development project. At a PMI conference, she met George, who is the project manager at a competing organization. George, a PMP, has managed many successful healthcare-related software development projects. If George shares his stakeholder management experience with Christine, will that be considered expert judgment?

  1. No! George is a project manager at a competitor organization.
  2. Yes! All participants at a PMI conference are experts.
  3. Yes! George is an expert in managing such projects.
  4. No! This would be an example of expert opinion and not expert judgment.
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Q5. Which of the following is NOT included in a schedule change control system?

  1. Approval levels necessary for authorizing changes
  2. Tracking systems
  3. Paperwork necessary for making changes
  4. Limitations on the scope of changes
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Q6. Due to an error in the process, a defect is occurring in a deliverable. You identified the root cause of the problem and made some changes to the process to stop the defect from occurring. This process is known as:

  1. Root cause analysis
  2. Corrective action
  3. Defect repair
  4. Preventive action
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Q7. Nancy is engaged in the construction of three office buildings. Although the construction sites are in various places, she has managed each team efficiently to complete the work on time and within budget. Which of the following statements describes the effort Nancy is doing?

  1. Construction of each building is an operational work because it is repetitive in nature.
  2. The building construction is considered neither a project nor operational work.
  3. Construction of all three buildings is considered one project.
  4. Construction of each building is a project because each building is separate in nature.
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Q8. Communications management plans should include all of the following except:

  1. Stakeholder communication requirements
  2. Reasons for information distribution
  3. Escalation process
  4. Risk Register
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Q9. You are in the execution stage of your project, and you are informed that “corporate” will send in a team of consultants to review whether your project activities comply with your company’s and PMI’s policies, standards, and procedures. This is an example of:

  1. Quality Audit
  2. Organizational Process Assets
  3. Process Analysis
  4. Recommended Corrective Actions
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Q10. A project manager has just finished the risk response plan for a US $387,000 engineering project. Which of the following should he probably do NEXT?

  1. Determine the overall risk rating of the project
  2. Begin to analyze the risks that show up in the project drawings
  3. Add work packages to the project work breakdown structure
  4. Hold a project risk assessment 06
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