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Q2. A project has gone out of control, and the project manager is trying to bring it back under control. There have been a number of changes to the project scope. Some of these changes resulted in further changes, causing project cost to spiral upward and causing the project to go out of schedule. This is known as:

1. Scope creep
2. Scope jump
3. Project creep
4. Scope control

Q3. The client asks you for some minor changes to the project and you discuss this matter with your team members. One of your team members told you that he thinks that it will not affect any other project objective. What will you do now?

1. Review the request according to integrated change control process
2. Since the team member thinks it will not affect any project objective, implement it
3. Ignore it
4. None of the above

Q4. All of the following are purposes of the project charter EXCEPT:

1. It establishes the project.
2. It identifies the product acceptance criteria
3. It gives the project manager authority
4. It includes stakeholders’ requirements

Q5. Which of the following quality control tools and techniques may not be used for root cause analysis?

1. Fishbone diagram
2. Scatter diagram
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Cause-and-effect diagram

Q6. Another project manager has a family emergency and must leave. He has asked you to fill in for him during a team meeting to discuss a minor problem with the project. He has already distributed a detailed agenda and provided with a copy. When you attend the meeting, several members of the team are making fun of the absent project manager’s ethnic heritage. Your company does not have a formal diversity policy covering such behavior. What should you do?

1. Because your company does not have a written diversity policy, there is nothing you can do.
2. Report the incident to the other project manager
3. Hold the meeting as if nothing happened
4. Begin the meeting with a discussion of diversity and professional behavior.

Q7. A project’s financial management reserves are determined in which process:

1. Estimate Costs
2. Determine Budget
3. Control Costs
4. Estimate Activity Resources

Q8. You are managing a large project with many contractors working on it. A stakeholder comes to you and informs you that he never received the status report from one of your contractors. What will your next step be?

1. Stop the payment and ask for clarification
2. Call the contractor
3. Review the communications management plan
4. Inform management

Q9. Which of the following components of a project scope statement is useful in reducing scope creep?

1. Acceptance criteria
2. Deliverables
3. Scope description
4. Exclusions

Q10. Your cost forecast shows that you will have a cost overrun at the end of the project. Which of the following should you do?

1. Eliminate risks in estimates and re-estimate.
2. Meet with the sponsor to find out what work can be done sooner.
3. Cut quality.
4. Decrease scope.