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Q2. During the middle of the project, things have been going well. The work authorization system has allowed people to know when to start work and the issue log has helped keep track of the stakeholders’ needs. The benefit cost ratio has been improving and the sponsor has expressed his appreciation for the team members’ efforts by hosting a milestone party for the team. The project manager gets a call from a team member saying that the results from the completion of their activity’s predecessor is two days late. Which of the following reasons would BEST describe why this occurred?

1. The project manager was focusing on the sponsor’s needs.
2. Functional management was not included in the communications management plan.
3. The successor activities should have been watched, not the predecessors.
4. The right people were not invited to the milestone party.

Q3. Which of the following approaches can assist in managing ambiguity risks?

1. Monte Carlo analysis
2. Root cause analysis
3. Seeking expert external input
4. Conducting sprint retrospectives

Q4. During which project management process group are budget forecasts created?

1. Monitoring and controlling
2. Planning
3. Initiating
4. Executing

Q5. In general, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is:

1. Not often completed
2. Complete and 100 percent accurate
3. In-depth and thorough
4. focused on high-priority risks

Q6. One of the stakeholders on the project contacts the project manager to discuss some additional scope he would like to add to the project. The project manager asks for details in writing and then works through the Control Scope process. What should the project manager do NEXT when the evaluation of the requested scope is complete?

1. Ask the stakeholder if there are any more changes expected.
2. Complete integrated change control
3. Make sure the impact of the change is understood by the stakeholder
4. Find out the root cause of why the scope was not discovered during project planning.

Q7. George is managing a telecommunication network deployment project. Most of the key project stakeholders are happy with the project so far. However, George has some potential concerns that might become issues in the near future. The next project status update meeting with the key stakeholders is the next day. What should George do?

1. Wait until the concerns become issues
2. Discuss these concerns with the key stakeholders
3. Do not report the concerns in the next meeting but try to mitigate these concerns
4. Briefly discuss these concerns in the next meeting but do not make them look significant

Q8. During risk planning, a team member comes to you and informs you about a risk. This risk was not important; therefore, you tell him to just note down the risk and you will manage this risk if it occurs. What risk response strategy you are using here?

1. Mitigate
2. Accept
3. Avoid
4. Exploit

Q9. A project manager discovers hat a work package has been completed for substantially less cost than planned. Which of the following is NOT among the first things to consider doing?

1. Make sure all project processes were followed.
2. Make sure the right resources were used
3. Make sure all the work was done
4. Identify ways to increase the result.

Q10. Why is the project change log a prime input to the Manage Stakeholder Engagement process?

1. So that the changes and their impact can be communicated to the appropriate stakeholders
2. So that the new identified changes can be appended to the log
3. So that stakeholders can review the log and prioritize the issues
4. So that the Integrated Change Control process is made redundant