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Project Management- Q2. A project manager has just started planning his project. If he has only limited information about the project, he should use the following technique to estimate the duration for each activity using historical data from a similar project:

1. Four-point estimating
2. Three-point estimating
3. Analogous estimating
4. Parametric estimating

Project Management- Q3. All of the following are parts of the Plan Quality process EXCEPT:

1. Benchmarking
2. Cost-benefit analysis
3. Inspection
4. Design of experiments.

Project Management- Q4. A scope change has been approved by the change control board. Which of the following MUST be impacted?

1. The early start date of the activities later in the network diagram
2. The cost of the project
3. The expected monetary value of project risks
4. The number of resources used on the project

Project Management- Q5. All of the following are parts of the Direct and Manage Project Work process EXCEPT:

1. Identifying changes
2. Using a work breakdown structure
3. Implementing corrective actions
4. Setting up a project control system 3

Project Management- Q6. You are working in a matrix organization and managing a project. You are having trouble working with one deliverable so you ask the functional manager to send you two team members who are experts in dealing with this type of work. She agrees and provides you with two of her best employees. They have joined your project and you have given them their roles and responsibilities. They are also made aware of who will be responsible or accountable for each deliverable. However, they are still not clear about their roles and responsibilities. So, to make it clear what document or chart will you show them?

1. RACI chart
2. OBS
3. RAM
4. RBS

Project Management- Q7. The cost estimates for a project are in the range of +/- 5 %. What phase is the project likely to be in?

1. Closing phase
2. Preliminary phase
3. Initial phase
4. Intermediate phase

Project Management- Q8. You are reviewing the responses to an RFP your company issued. You realize that a key requirement was not included in the RFP. However, one of the bidders included that requirement in the response. What is the best course of action?

1. Award the contract to that bidder
2. Revise and reissue the RFP
3. Select the bid that included the requirement
4. Cancel the RFP

Project Management- Q9. A project team is worried that the integration of the components of the project will result in uncovering flaws. Instead of continuing their work, they are constantly looking for flaws to try to prevent their system from being the only one found o have flaws during integration. Quality and technical experts were called in to advise and found little possibility of errors for this project. An agreement was reached by all parties on what will be done to prevent errors. It might be BEST for the project manager to:

1. Smooth the situation
2. Compromise the situation
3. Tell the team to create quality testing plans
4. Let management know of the concern.

Project Management- Q10. After analyzing the status of your project, you determine that the earned value (EV) is lower than the planned value (PV). What should you expect as an outcome if this trend continues?

1. The actual cost will be lower than planned
2. The estimate at completion will be lower than planned
3. The project will finish behind schedule
4. The project will finish below the original cost estimate