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Q2. A project manager wishes to illustrate the connections between the work that needs to be done and the project team members. According to the PMBOK, the resulting document is a:

1. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
2. Resource Planning Chart (RPC)
3. Task Assignment Model (TAM)
4. Resource Assignment Chart (RAC)

Q3. During the completion of the project work, a project manager wants to ensure that the quality of the end product is acceptable. The BEST way to do this is by:

1. Checking quality against the standards set in the quality management plan
2. Identifying the quality standards you want the end product to meet
3. Performing cost-benefit analysis
4. Determining the cause of a problem using a fishbone diagram.

Q4. A project manager has discovered that a team member has gold plated the work done in an activity. In order to discover this, the project manager must have been performing:

1. Time management
2. Scope management
3. Cost management
4. Human Resource management

Q5. The Direct and Manage Project Work process has three tools and techniques. Two of them are Expert Judgment and Meetings. What is the third one?

1. Scheduling System
2. Configuration Management System
3. Project Management Information System
4. Change Control System

Q6. Although the stakeholders thought there was enough money in the budget, halfway through the project the cost performance index (CPI) is 0.7. To determine the root cause, several stakeholders audit the project and discover the project budget was estimated analogously. Although the activity estimates add up to the project estimate, the stakeholders think something was missing in how the estimate was completed. Which of the following describes what was missing?

1. Estimated costs should be used to measure CPI.
2. SPI should be used, not CPI
3. Bottom-up estimating should have been used
4. Past history was not taken into account.

Q7. A project manager discovers that two team members discussed what was needed to complete a work package on the project and made many changes to the project scope. The work package is now completed and the team members are planning to go on to the next work package. In looking at what was done, the project manager determines that the work does NOT meet the requirements of the project. What is the BEST course of action for the project manager?

1. Add another work package, formatted with the correct scope, to the project.
2. Refuse the submittal of the work package.
3. Have the team begin the work package again and include the incident in their performance reviews.
4. Ask the team member’s manager to assign different people to the work package.

Q8. A number of teams are developing an enterprise system using the agile approach for product development. Which of the following is a major risk item for such a complex project being performed in an agile environment?

1. Number of interconnected dependencies between the features developed by different teams.
2. Number and size of teams developing the larger features.
3. Scope definition and freezing early during the planning phase.
4. Emphasis on schedule control over risk management.

Q9. You are a project manager for a new product development project that has four levels in the work breakdown structure. The network diagram has been created, the duration estimates have been compressed, and a schedule has been developed. What schedule management activity should you do NEXT?

1. Control Schedule
2. Estimate Activity Resources
3. Analogously estimate the schedule
4. Gain approval

Q10. You are determining the probability and impact of risks in order to find the expected monetary value and then the contingency reserve. Which of the following statements is true about the expected monetary value?

1. You don't consider positive risks while calculating the EMV
2. You consider positive as well as negative risks while calculating the EMV
3. It is a tool and technique of the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Process
4. None of the above