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During the completion of project work, the sponsor asks the project manager to report on how the project is going. In order to prepare the report, the project manager asks all the team members what percent complete their work is. There is one team member who has been hard to manage from the beginning. In response to being asked what percent complete he is, the team member asks, “Percent complete of what?”. Tired of such comments, the project manager reports to the team member’s boss that the team member is not cooperating. Which of the following is MOST likely the real problem?
  1. The project manager did not get buy-in from the manager for the resources on the project.
  2. The project manager did not create an adequate reward system for team members to improve their cooperation.
  3. The project manager should have had a meeting with the team member’s boss the first time the team member caused trouble.
  4. The project manager does not have the work packages.






Q2. Which of the following is the BEST tool for showing the team the project schedule status during project executing?

  1. Milestone chart.
  2. Bart chart.
  3. Work breakdown structure.
  4. Network diagram
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Q3. Rearranging resources so that a constant number of resources is used each month is called:

  1. Crashing
  2. Floating
  3. Leveling
  4. Fast tracking
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Q4. Who of the following would be LEAST likely to be involved in the Define Activities process?

  1. End user
  2. Team
  3. Experts
  4. Project manager
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Q5. You have taken over a project from another manager who left the firm. This is a functional organization and the different units are often rather hostile to each other. The project is a large one involving activities that the organization has never done before. You find that the project has what appear to be adequate documentations, including an agreed-to project charter, project management plan, WBS, etc. The project is on schedule and within budget. However, the atmosphere in meetings with the project members often seems tense, and offhand comments made by participants seem to indicate a high level of dissatisfaction with the project. You review all of the major project documents with the key stakeholders and get agreement that they are still accurate, but this does not seem to solve the problem. What is the MOST likely explanation for this situation?

  1. There are personality conflicts amount the project team members that you need to uncover and resolve.
  2. The project does not have an effective sponsor and thus is not viewed as a high priority.
  3. Stakeholders have very different expectations about what the project is supposed to accomplish.
  4. The organizational structure and dynamics prevent people from working together effectively.
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Q6. The cost contingency reserve should be:

  1. Hidden to prevent management from disallowing the reserve.
  2. Added to each activity to provide the customer with a shorter critical path.
  3. Maintained by management to cover cost overruns.
  4. Added to the base costs of the project to account for risks
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Q7. Various tools and techniques determine project requirements during the Collect Requirements process. These requirements form the basis for defining the project scope. One of the responsibilities of a project manager is to identify key project deliverables during this exercise. Where are the key project deliverables documented?

  1. Scope Management Plan
  2. Requirements Management Plan
  3. Project Scope Statement
  4. Accepted Deliverables
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Q8. What is the traditional way to display a reporting structure among project team members?

  1. Text-oriented role description
  2. Flowchart
  3. Project organization charts
  4. Matrix-based responsibility chart
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Q9. A project manager is estimating project costs and needs to decide whether the estimates will include direct costs only or include indirect costs, as well. In which of the following phases does this decision need to take place?

  1. Define Scope
  2. Estimate Costs
  3. Plan Expenses
  4. Determine Budget
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Q10. You are working as the project manager on a mega-construction project. You need to prepare a quarterly report for the project investors. You need to collect work performance data and convert that into work performance information. Which of the following processes produces work performance data?

  1. Direct and Manage Project Work
  2. Control Schedule
  3. Control Costs
  4. Manage Communications
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