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Q2. Although it is highly recommended that lessons learned are captured and documented throughout the project lifecycle, lessons learned are finalized during project closure. At this stage, responses to high-level questions may be gathered and documented. Which of the following is not an appropriate question to ask at this stage?

1. What were the top significant project successes?
2. How relevant the historic lessons learned were to this project during execution?
3. What obstacles or unanticipated circumstances made it difficult to complete the project?
4. What should have been done differently in this project?

Q3. The termination clause and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism for each procurement in a project is in the:

1. Scope Statement
2. Agreement
3. Resource Calendars
4. Source Selection Criteria

Q4. You are in charge of a project developing a complex product that does not resemble anything your organization has done previously. You are using a resource to develop this product, which is in high demand elsewhere in your organization. The project’s timeframe is very aggressive. In order to meet the schedule, only a limited amount of testing is done. Once the testing is completed, the resource is released. The product works fine when being tested, but in production, it performs poorly. This results in a substantial amount of rework and extra costs to reacquire the resource on an overtime basis. Which of the following BEST describes why this project had problems?

1. Poor quality management
2. Poor reporting
3. Poor risk identification
4. Poor resource management

Q5. When should a schedule baseline be created and used?

1. At the beginning of the project and used to compare schedule performance on status reports
2. At the end of the project and then used to measure team performance
3. At the end of the project and included in the archive
4. At the beginning of the project and used during the project to measure performance

Q6. Which of the following is needed to develop a project schedule?

1. Lessons learned
2. Network diagram
3. Completion of the Verify Scope process
4. Completion of the Control Schedule process

Q7. On-demand scheduling is one of the techniques used in agile projects. This type of scheduling relies on:

1. A schedule that was developed previously for the development of the project increments.
2. Discretionary dependencies that cannot be changed by the project team.
3. Skills of the project manager rather than the skills of the team.
4. A backlog or intermediate queue of work to be done.

Q8. The best practice to gather and document lessons learned is during weekly progress meetings. The agenda can have a lessons-learned brainstorming item at the end of these meetings. You can ask team members to put forward their recommendations, but it is always better to adopt a more structured way to gather lessons learned. Which of the following approaches will ensure you capture important lessons learned on your project?

1. Planning risk responses
2. Determining estimate to complete
3. Review of project variances
4. Signing off on the minutes of the meeting

Q9. A project manager is using a Risk Diagramming technique that is a graphical representation of situations showing causal influences, time ordering of events, and other relationships among variables and outcomes. This would be:

1. A system flow chart
2. An Influence Diagram
3. A Pareto chart
4. Histogram

Q10. You are managing two projects. The first project is to design and construct a school building, and the second project is to construct an office building for your company's employees. What is your current role?

1. Project manager
2. Program manager
3. Portfolio manager
4. None of the above