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Q2. What is the traditional way to display a reporting structure among project team members?

1. Text-oriented role description
2. Flowchart
3. Project organization charts
4. Matrix-based responsibility chart

Q3. You are making some changes to the scope and schedule baseline because you have identified a high-impact risk and management does not want to take a risk. What process is this?

1. Plan scope management
2. Plan risk response
3. Develop schedule
4. Control scope

Q4. Identify stakeholders is a process where you identify stakeholders for your project. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this process?

1. This process happens throughout the project
2. This process happens in the planning phase
3. This process happens in the executing phase
4. This process is started only when the project charter is signed

Q5. The project manager on a large software installation project is working with her team on a critical set of activities. They are working late on Saturday night. Circumstances create the wherein the project manager must decide to change the schedule that will push the end date of the project out two weeks. What has MOST likely happened?

1. An emergency project change has taken place.
2. Scope creep has occurred
3. A status change to the implementation has taken place.
4. Risk assessment failure has taken place

Q6. Apart from the difference in the overall governance approach used for the projects performed under the predictive and adaptive lifecycles, the project manager should also be familiar with:

1. The difference in the cost/benefit analysis techniques in both approaches.
2. The tools and techniques used in both approaches.
3. The difference in the quality standards in both approaches.
4. The risk management processes used in both approaches.

Q7. You are beginning a new project. When should you use the Perform Integrated Change Control process?

1. Throughout the entire project
2. Only when closing out the project
3. Only after the project is completely funded
4. Only after the project scope is clearly defined

Q8. Sandra is managing a new supersonic aircraft design project. This is a massive project, and its success is hugely important for her organization. For such mission-critical projects, which of the following is the most desirable engagement level for all major stakeholders?

1. Resistant stakeholders
2. Leading stakeholders
3. Neutral stakeholders
4. Supportive stakeholders

Q9. You have taken over a project from another manager who left the firm. This is a functional organization and the different units are often rather hostile to each other. The project is a large one involving activities that the organization has never done before. You find that the project has what appear to be adequate documentations, including an agreed-to project charter, project management plan, WBS, etc. The project is on schedule and within budget. However, the atmosphere in meetings with the project members often seems tense, and offhand comments made by participants seem to indicate a high level of dissatisfaction with the project. You review all of the major project documents with the key stakeholders and get agreement that they are still accurate, but this does not seem to solve the problem. What is the MOST likely explanation for this situation?

1. There are personality conflicts amount the project team members that you need to uncover and resolve.
2. The project does not have an effective sponsor and thus is not viewed as a high priority.
3. Stakeholders have very different expectations about what the project is supposed to accomplish.
4. The organizational structure and dynamics prevent people from working together effectively.

Q10. You want to let your team know that the weekly project status is now officially due by 4:00 pm on Thursdays. Which type of communication would you use?

1. Formal written communication.
2. Formal verbal communication.
3. Informal written communication.
4. Informal verbal communication