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Q2. Which of the following is CORRECT in regard to the Control Scope process?

1. Effective scope definition can lead to a more complete project scope statement
2. The Control Scope process must be done before scope planning
3. The Scope Control process must be integrated with other control processes
4. Controlling the schedule is the most effective way of controlling scope.

Q3. The project manager has completed the Plan Risk Responses process, and has identified risk management strategies with the team. The team’s manager has asked for the amount of risk reserves needed for the project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

1. Create the risk reserves
2. Prioritize the list of risks
3. Create the overall risk rating for the project
4. Determine secondary risks.

Q4. During project executing, a team member comes to the project manager because he is not sure of what work he needs to accomplish on the project. Which of the following documents contain detailed descriptions of work packages?

1. WBS dictionary
2. Activity list
3. Project scope statement
4. Project scope management plan

Q5. The principal use of a Pareto chart is to:

1. Focus attention on the most critical issues
2. Quantify risks
3. Help predict future problems
4. Improve risk management.

Q6. You are assigned as the project manager in the middle of the project. The project is within the baselines, but the customer is not happy with the performance of the project. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

1. Discuss it with the project team
2. Recalculate baselines
3. Renegotiate the contract
4. Meet with the customer

Q7. You are analyzing a particular task with your team members to determine if the task should be done by your team, or if it should be contracted out to a contractor. Which process is this?

1. Conduct procurement
2. Plan cost management
3. Plan human resource
4. Plan procurement

Q8. It is extremely important for a project manager to determine and map key stakeholder engagement levels early in the project. Which of the following statements support this claim:

1. Stakeholder engagement levels change during the lifecycle of the project
2. Stakeholder engagement throughout the lifecycle of the project is critical to project success
3. Leading stakeholders assume a supportive role during project execution
4. Development of the stakeholder assessment matrix is a mandatory PMBOK requirement

Q9. A project manager first creates an assumption log during the Develop Project Charter process and records all project assumptions and constraints. During which of the following processes is the assumptions log updated and/or new assumptions and constraints added during the project execution?

1. Monitor and Control Project Work
2. Close Project or Phase
3. Direct and Manage Project Work
4. Collect Requirements

Q10. Nancy’s project has a large number of key positive and negative stakeholders. To ensure the project’s success, it is essential to manage the influential negative stakeholders closely. Do the key positive stakeholders need to be managed, too?

1. No; more attention needs to be given to the key negative stakeholders.
2. The positive stakeholders need to be closely managed, as well, since stakeholders’ needs and expectations change over time.
3. Project stakeholders should not be classified as positive and negative stakeholders.
4. Yes; positive stakeholders should be more closely managed than the negative stakeholders.