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Q2. A project manager is working on his first project with outside sellers. He is familiar with project change control systems but not contract change control systems. In explaining how a contract change control system differs from a project change control system, it is BEST to point out that a contract change control system:

1. Includes procedures
2. Includes trend analysis
3. Requires more sign-offs
4. Requires less documentation.

Q3. You are working on a big project and team members are located in different geographic locations. Your team has encountered some issues while communicating. During phone calls, some voices get lost and members also face difficulties in understanding the problems. So, you decide to find a better communication method to discuss issues. Which of the following is the most effective communication method?

1. Intranet site
2. Email
3. Fax
4. Video conferencing

Q4. Which parts of the risk management process do not generally use organizational process assets as an input?

1. Identify Risks and Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
2. Perform Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis and Plan Risk Responses
4. Plan Risk Responses and Control Risks

Q5. Martin is the project manager of a project that is in an early phase. He needs to estimate costs but finds that he has a limited amount of detailed information about the project. Which of the following estimation techniques is least suited to his requirements?

1. Top-down Estimating
2. Bottom-up Estimating
3. Analogous Estimating
4. Budgetary Estimating

Q6. You are assisting Benjamin, another project manager, to interview candidates for a resource position on his project. While reviewing your interview notes together, you notice that he sorts the candidate‘s resumes into two piles: One pile for further interviews, the other for candidates that did not meet the requirements for the position. You also notice that he has placed several of the highly qualified candidates in the second pile, stating that those interviewees "did not fit the corporate profile." Upon further review, you discover that all these candidates are of the same ethnic group. What do you do?

1. Excuse yourself from the interviewing process
2. Report this to the appropriate management
3. File a complaint with PMI
4. Do nothing

Q7. Why is the project change log a prime input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. So that the changes and their impact can be communicated to the appropriate stakeholders
2. So that the new identified changes can be appended to the log
3. So that stakeholders can review the log and prioritize the issues
4. So that the Integrated Change Control process is made redundant

Q8. All of the follow are correct statements about a project manager EXCEPT:

1. He or she is assigned after the project chart is created.
2. He or she may initiate changes to the project
3. He or she manages changes and factors that create change
4. He or she is held accountable for project success or failure.

Q9. A data point on a control chart that requires investigation is called:

1. A special cause
2. Gold plated
3. A rule of seven
4. A specification limit

Q10. You have been assigned to manage the development of an organization’s first Web site. The site will be highly complex and interactive, and neither your project team nor the client has much experience with Web site development. The timeline is extremely aggressive. Any delay will be costly for both your firm and the client. You have a project sponsor and have achieved agreement and sign-off on both the project charter and the project management plan. Client personnel have been kept fully informed of the project’s progress through status reports and regular meetings. The project is on schedule, within the budget, and a final perfunctory review has been scheduled. Suddenly you hear that the entire effort may be cancelled because the product developed is totally unacceptable. What is the MOST likely cause of this situation?

1. A key stakeholder was not adequately involved in the project.
2. The project charter and project management plan were not thoroughly explained or adequately reviewed y the client.
3. Communications arrangements were inadequate and did not provide the required information to interested parties
4. The project sponsor failed to provide adequate support for the project.