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Q2. A project manager is trying to convince management to use more formal project management procedures and has decided to start improving the company’s project management by obtaining a project charter. Which of the following BEST describes why the project charter would help the project manager?

1. It describes the details of what needs to be done.
2. It lists the names of all team members.
3. It gives the project manager authority.
4. It describes the project’s history.

Q3. There are numerous ways to share information among project stakeholders. Which of the following is the most efficient communication method?

1. Push communication
2. Interactive communication
3. Pull communication
4. Manual communication

Q4. After brainstorming potential project risks, what is the recommended method for prioritizing these risks and their mitigation plans?

1. RACI chart
2. Control chart
3. Fishbone diagram
4. Probability and impact matrix

Q5. A software development project has been suffering through many major project changes. Because of this, the project manager has not been able to do much but complete change request forms. Which statement BEST describes the other activities the project manager should be doing?

1. Determine that changes have been made and whether the changes are beneficial. List all of them in the scope management plan
2. Determine if a change is needed. Determine whether that change is beneficial; notify stakeholders affected by the change.
3. List all changes in the project charter, notify stakeholders affected by changes and ensure the team signs off on all changes
4. Determine that a change has occurred. Notify all stakeholders affected by the change; list all the changes in the scope management plan

Q6. Using the chart, the person completing activity G tells you that a few unidentified risks have occurred and the duration of the activity will now be 10 months. What is the effect on the project?

1. The critical path changes
2. There are two critical paths
3. There is no effect on the critical path
4. There is less chance of completing the project on time.

Q7. During the Define Activities process, the team discovers that they do not know enough to define the activities for 30 percent of the work packages. What would be the BEST course of action?

1. Redo the Define Scope process
2. Review the project charter with the sponsor and the team
3. Continue on to Sequence Activities process and define the activities at a later date.
4. Include this problem as a part of risk identification

Q8. You have been assigned as the project manager for a software development project. You are currently communicating with stakeholders and addressing their issues and expectations. Which of the following documents are inputs to this effort?

1. The Issue log, Project charter, and Configuration management system
2. The stakeholder engagement plan, communications management plan, and the change log
3. The Project risk register, Work performance information, and Accepted deliverables
4. Business case, change requests, and control charts

Q9. The term Progressive Elaboration incorrectly represents which of the following?

1. Changes to project scope
2. Rolling wave planning
3. Detailing out the product requirements developed during the initiation process.
4. Production of fabrication and construction drawings from the design drawings for a chemical plant.

Q10. You are managing a complex submarine causeway construction project. When you started the project, the scope of work was not clear and was based on a rather high-level estimate. Now that you are in the middle of the project, more information has become available. As a result, you now need to change some of the key subcontracts on the project. Which of the following will guide you through the change process?

1. Change control terms of the individual subcontracts
2. Project management plan’s change control procedures
3. Organizational process assets
4. Supplier’s contract administrator