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You are assisting Benjamin, another project manager, to interview candidates for a resource position on his project. While reviewing your interview notes together, you notice that he sorts the candidate‘s resumes into two piles: One pile for further interviews, the other for candidates that did not meet the requirements for the position. You also notice that he has placed several of the highly qualified candidates in the second pile, stating that those interviewees "did not fit the corporate profile." Upon further review, you discover that all these candidates are of the same ethnic group. What do you do?
  1. Excuse yourself from the interviewing process
  2. Report this to the appropriate management
  3. File a complaint with PMI
  4. Do nothing






Q2. During what part of the project management process is MOST of a project’s budget expended?

  1. Planning
  2. Executing
  3. Monitoring and Controlling
  4. Closing
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Q3. An issue has arisen which forces you to schedule a meeting with your stakeholders. A project team member tells you that one of your influential stakeholders may not come to the meeting because of a personal issue. You choose not to take any action because you think that you will manage without the presence of this stakeholder. What kind of risk response strategy are you using here?

  1. Accept
  2. Avoid
  3. Neglect
  4. Mitigate
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Q4. Miranda is an experienced project manager. As part of the Collect Requirements phase, she decides to use a group creativity technique. This technique is intended to enhance brainstorming with a voting process and can be used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or prioritization. Which of the following will she likely use?

  1. Normal group technique
  2. Minimal group technique
  3. Unanimous group technique
  4. Nominal group technique
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Q5. The project management processes communicate with each other through their inputs and outputs. Which of the following outputs of the Direct and Manage Project Work process is a prime input of the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process?

  1. Change requests
  2. Work performance information
  3. Work performance data
  4. Expert judgment
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Q6. 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
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Q7. Which process group corresponds to the “do” part of the plan-do-check-act cycle?

  1. Closing
  2. Monitoring and Controlling
  3. Planning
  4. Executing
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Q8. In the create WBS process, you sub-divide project deliverables and project work into smaller and more manageable components. The output of this process is the scope baseline and project document update. Which of the following truly represents the scope baseline?

  1. Scope statement, scope management plan, schedule baseline
  2. Scope statement, WBS, WBS dictionary
  3. WBS, WBS dictionary
  4. Scope statement, WBS, schedule baseline
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Q9. 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
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Q10. During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager, was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would you comment on this situation?

  1. The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
  2. The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
  3. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.
  4. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.
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