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Q2. Caitlin’s project is behind schedule. She is planning to crash the project by allowing overtime to the project team. This approach can bring additional risks to the project. Which of the following is not a valid risk in this scenario:

1. The profit margin might decrease.
2. Risk of employee attrition might increase.
3. Risk of errors and/or rework might increase.
4. The project’s acceptance criteria might get updated.

Q3. You are a certified PMP, and the PMI has contacted you as part of an investigation it is conducting into allegations of improper conduct by your manager, who is also a PMP. A complaint has been filed stating your manager has received bribes related to a large procurement contract on another project. PMI has asked whether you could provide information regarding this situation. What should you do?

1. Confront your manager
2. Send PMI project documentation and emails related to the allegations to assist with their investigation
3. Notify the appropriate management immediately
4. Do nothing, citing a conflict of interest

Q4. An output of Plan Procurements, the procurement documents are also an input to all of the following, EXCEPT:

1. Approved Change Requests
2. Administer Procurements
3. Manage Project Team
4. Conduct Procurements

Q5. Your project schedule is tight and in danger of falling behind when two team members start disrupting status meetings by arguing with each other. As project manager, what is the BEST thing you can do?

1. Separate the two until the project is back on track
2. Tell each team member they will not receive a recommendation from you if they continue arguing
3. Discuss the problem with the two team members
4. Meet with both team members and their manager to determine the source of conflict.

Q6. A project manager and her team worked together to develop a work breakdown structure. However, it seems project team members are doing work that is not included in the work breakdown structure. The purpose of a work breakdown structure is to:

1. Guide the cost estimate for a project, not how the work is done.
2. Provide senior management with a high level view of the project scope.
3. Include the work required to create the products of the project.
4. Include the total project scope or all of the work that must be done to complete the project.

Q7. Which of the following is the highest point of Maslow’s hierarchy?

1. Self-fulfillment
2. Respect
3. Affection
4. Stability

Q8. A project manager has a project team consisting of people in four countries. The project is very important to the company, and the project manager is concerned about its success. The length of the project schedule is acceptable. What type of communication should he use?

1. Informal verbal communication
2. Formal written communication
3. Formal verbal communication
4. Informal written communication

Q9. The customer is repeatedly requesting changes. You discover the contract does not include procedures or implementing change. There are no available funds in the customer’s budget to accommodate change. What should you do?

1. Ask your management to use money from the company’s cost reserve.
2. Tell the customer there is no budget for changes in the project
3. Discuss the situation with the customer to decide how to remedy this problem
4. Make only those changes that do not impact cost.

Q10. Bill and Jake are two team members in a project. They do not get along well and are constantly involved in verbal conflicts. The project manager understands the characteristics of conflict and the conflict management process and tries to resolve the situation. Which of the following is not a correct statement?

1. Openness resolves conflict
2. Conflict is natural and forces a search for alternatives
3. Conflict is inevitable in a project environment.
4. The project manager is not responsible for conflict management.