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Q2. A project manager overhears a conversation between two stakeholders who are talking about how unhappy they are with the impacts of the project on their own departments. Stakeholder A asks I the project is on time, and Stakeholder B replies that the SPI is 1.05. Stakeholder A asks if the project manager for the project knows o Stakeholder B’s concern. Stakeholder B responds that he is not sure. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Make sure stakeholders see that the project manager overheard. Then ask them to direct any questions to the project manager in writing.
2. Make a presentation to all the stakeholders regarding the status of the project.
3. Send both stakeholders a copy of the issue log, and ask for additional comments.
4. Arrange a meeting with both stakeholders to allow them to voice any concerns they may have.

Q3. 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

Q4. The Quality Policy is the intended direction of a performing organization with regard to quality. However, as a project manager in a performing organization, you find the organization lacks a formal quality policy. What should you do in such a case?

1. The project management team does not need to develop a quality policy since the performing organization does not have one.
2. The project management team needs to obtain the quality policy from the customer.
3. A quality policy is nice to have but is not required for every project.
4. The project management team will need to develop a quality policy for the project.

Q5. Which of the following is not a part of the data gathering tools used in Control Quality process?

1. Checklists
2. Control Chart
3. Check sheets
4. Statistical sampling

Q6. To help the project team function more efficiently on complex and interrelated activities, the project manager decides to use a war room. What does this mean?

1. All the project records are kept in many locations
2. The tools needed to accomplish the work are kept in one place with easy access by the team from various locations.
3. The entire team is located in one area.
4. The project’s entire senior management team is located in one area.

Q7. You are managing a project that requires an environmental permit to do work. The approval is in the final stages when a confidential, reliable report is brought to your notice. The report indicates there is a high risk of an environmental hazard due to the project. Your manager tells you it is better to keep quiet at this stage since losses from terminating the project might be very high. You must:

1. Send an email to your manager documenting the matter and disowning ownership of the project
2. Inform the necessary authorities of the hazard, even if it means cancelling the project
3. Wait for the project to start and see if the information in the report is true
4. Keep quiet about the matter since you will follow your manager's instructions

Q8. The project manager controls the interfacing and overlapping areas of the organization’s procurement processes, along with the project schedule, with processes from this area:

1. Project Resource Management
2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Risk Management
4. Project Integration Management

Q9. All of the following come after the Define Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Estimate Activity Durations
2. Develop Human Resource Plan
3. Estimate Costs
4. Collect Requirements

Q10. The construction phase of a new software product is near completion. The next phases are testing and implementation. The project is two weeks ahead of schedule. What should the project manager be MOST concerned with before moving on to the final phase?

1. Validate Scope
2. Perform Quality Control
3. Performance Reports
4. Control Costs