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Q2. Which of the following is a basic rule or guideline for creating a work breakdown structure?

1. The first row should describe the products of the project
2. Each level of a work breakdown structure is a smaller segment of the level above
3. A work breakdown structure should be like a to-do list, listing in chronological order every activity that needs to be done to complete the project.
4. A work breakdown structure should be organized by functional areas.

Q3. Identifying and documenting the specific activities that must be performed to produce work packages is called:

1. Define Scope
2. Decomposition
3. Define Activities
4. Sequence activities

Q4. A project manager is creating a risk response plan. However, every time a risk response is suggested another risk is identified that is caused by the response. Which of the following would be the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Document the new risks and continue the Plan Risk Responses process.
2. Make sure the project work is better understood.
3. Get more people involved in the Identify Risks process since risks have been missed.
4. Spend more time making sure the risk responses are clearly defined.

Q5. You work in a matrix organization when a team member comes to you to admit he is having trouble with his activity. Although not yet in serious trouble, the team member admits he is uncertain of how to perform part of the work on the activity. He suggests a training class available next week. What should you do?

1. Switch to a trained resource to avoid the cost
2. Determine if anyone else needs training
3. Get money from the team member’s functional department budget
4. Get money from the project budget

Q6. You are in the process of reviewing bids from various vendors for work on your project. One of the bidding vendors has a history of delivering on time and within budget, and you have personally worked with this company successfully on previous engagements. You receive a call from the manager submitting the bid inquiring about how the process is going. He asks to have lunch with you to discuss the bid. What is the BEST response?

1. Do not mention the other bidders but simply inform him that based on past experience, he has a good chance of winning the business.
2. Inform him that it would be inappropriate to discuss the matter at all and document the conversation.
3. Inform him that it would not be appropriate to discuss the matter over the phone during business hours, but that an informal lunch discussion would be more appropriate.
4. Politely avoid continuing the conversation and disregard the bid.

Q7. After identifying the risks, you analyze them qualitatively and quantitatively to see if your risk response planning will effectively minimize the project risk or not. If not, you will tweak your risk response plan so the project risks fall within the stakeholders’ tolerance limits. Which of the following statements is correct about the quantitative risk analysis process?

1. It is performed before qualitative risk analysis
2. It is performed on each project
3. Performed after qualitative risk analysis, if required
4. None of the above

Q8. You have a team of engineers working on your project. Two of the engineers have frequent disagreements. You ask them to resolve their differences through a discussion. However, that does not yield any results. Subsequently, you intervene, and based on your analysis of the situation, you suggest some changes in the way they work with each other. This still does not yield results, and you find that the project schedule is beginning to suffer. What is your next course of action?

1. Take disciplinary action, if required, since the needs of the project are not being met.
2. Don't do anything. Differences of opinion among the team members are a healthy situation.
3. Speak to the two team members and ask them to resolve their conflict amicably.
4. Ensure that they work in different shifts so that they don't clash with each other.

Q9. You have been assigned as project manager for a large project. This project has a very large numbers of stakeholders and you have to identify and analyze each of them. What is the best time to identify the project stakeholders?

1. Before developing the project management plan
2. After developing the project management plan
3. Before starting the executing phase
4. Before the collect requirement process

Q10. Your department is currently working on four urgent projects when it is assigned a major new project. To staff the new project, one of the four urgent projects needs to be terminated. The benefit cost ratios (BCR) for the four projects are listed. Which would you select for termination?

1. 0.8
2. 1.1
3. 0.9
4. 1.9