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After the kickoff meeting, two team members engage in a casual conversation about the project objectives and deliverables. It is clear they heard different messages during the meeting. One team member is so adamant that the other team member give up arguing the point. After talking to the project manager, the second team member confirms that the first team member is mistaken. At this point, what is the BEST course of action?
  1. The second team member should send the other team member an e-mail describing what he discovered.
  2. At the next project meeting, the team member should ask the mistaken team member to describe his interpretation so the project manager can get everyone on the same page.
  3. The project manager should send out an e-mail to the team restating the project objectives and deliverables.
  4. At the next project meeting, the project manager should spend time reviewing the documented project scope statement for the purpose of identifying this and other false assumptions.






Q2. In a SWOT analysis, when you are able to convert threats into opportunities and weaknesses into strengths, it is known as:

  1. Conversion strategy
  2. Reverse strategy
  3. FMEA analysis
  4. Benefit realization
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Q3. A project involves arranging for the closing of the company office where the team works and relocating everyone to a new city. The BEST thing the project manager can do is:

  1. Spend time carefully creating the work breakdown structure.
  2. Have a strong quality control plan.
  3. Decrease the fringe benefits
  4. Carefully consider the reward system for the project.
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Q4. While the five process groups are usually completed in order, they often overlap with each other throughout the project. Which two process groups usually do not overlap during the course of the project?

  1. Initiating and Closing
  2. Initiating and Executing
  3. Initiating and Monitoring and Control
  4. Planning and Closing
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Q5. A project manager is appointed to head highly technical project in an area with which this person has limited familiarity. The project manager delegates the processes of Develop Schedule, Estimate Costs, Define Activities, and Estimate Activity Resources to various project team members, and basically serves as an occasional referee and coordinator of activities. The results of this approach are likely to be:

  1. A team that is not highly productive, but that stays together because of the work environment created by the project manager.
  2. A team that is characterized by poor performance, low morale, high level of conflict and high turnover
  3. A team functioning throughout the project at a very high level, demonstrating creativity and commitment.
  4. A team that initially experiences some amounts of confusion but that after a period of time becomes a cohesive and effective unit
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Q6. Kelly is part of a project management office (PMO). Her office is responsible for the centralized and coordinated management of 18 projects. Each project has its own project manager. Which of the following will not typically be a responsibility of her PMO?

  1. Coaching, mentoring, training, and oversight
  2. Development of a detailed description of each project and the product it produces
  3. Managing shared resources across all the projects administered by the PMO
  4. Developing and managing project policies
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Q7. You have completed a milestone in your software development project, and you are now verifying that the product meets the specifications outlined in the project management plan. In which process group is this process?

  1. Closing
  2. Monitor and Controlling
  3. Executing
  4. Planning
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Q8. A government agency has awarded your company a massive software project. This project has an early completion incentive, and your company has a policy of paying a bonus to the project manager if such an incentive is awarded. However, this particular government agency has a reputation for being extremely difficult to work with; there is a great deal of bureaucracy within this agency, and stonewalling and hostility toward contractors are common. The project manager will need to have excellent political skills to lead this project successfully. You have been asked to lead the project because of your expertise with this type of project. However, you have never worked within such a highly charged and political environment. What should you do?

  1. Decline the project citing lack of experience.
  2. Accept the project but disclose your lack of experience in this type of environment.
  3. Accept the project and request that a corporate liaison be assigned to your project.
  4. Accept the project.
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Q9. All of the following are the responsibility of a project manager EXCEPT:

  1. Maintain the confidentiality of customer confidential information
  2. Determine the legality of company procedures.
  3. Ensure that a conflict of interest does not compromise the legitimate interest of the customer
  4. Provide accurate and truthful representations in cost estimates
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Q10. Which of these is not a data gathering technique used in the Identify Risks process?

  1. Interviewing
  2. Checklists
  3. Brainstorming
  4. Delta technique
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