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You have been assigned to manage the development of an organization’s first Web site. The site will be highly complex and interactive, and neither your project team nor the client has much experience with Web site development. The timeline is extremely aggressive. Any delay will be costly for both your firm and the client. You have a project sponsor and have achieved agreement and sign-off on both the project charter and the project management plan. Client personnel have been kept fully informed of the project’s progress through status reports and regular meetings. The project is on schedule, within the budget, and a final perfunctory review has been scheduled. Suddenly you hear that the entire effort may be cancelled because the product developed is totally unacceptable. What is the MOST likely cause of this situation?
  1. A key stakeholder was not adequately involved in the project.
  2. The project charter and project management plan were not thoroughly explained or adequately reviewed y the client.
  3. Communications arrangements were inadequate and did not provide the required information to interested parties
  4. The project sponsor failed to provide adequate support for the project.






Q2. The project manager has a project that is three months behind but, surprisingly, markedly under budget. She has decided to try to make up some time, but needs to minimize the project risk. What is the BEST thing to do?

  1. Crash
  2. Fast track
  3. Redefine the scope
  4. Resource level
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Q3. Mandatory dependencies are those that are inherent in the nature of the work being done. They often involve physical limitations, such as on a construction project when it is impossible to erect the superstructure until the foundation is built. According to the PMBOK, a mandatory dependency is also:

  1. Soft logic
  2. Unilateral dependency
  3. Fixed logic
  4. Hard logic
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Q4. Which of the following is not a Project Schedule Management process?

  1. Source Activities
  2. Estimate Activity Durations
  3. Define Activities
  4. Sequence Activities
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Q5. Which of the following statements about team-building activities is incorrect?

  1. It can be a five-minute agenda item in a status review meeting.
  2. It can be a professionally facilitated experience designed to improve interpersonal relationships.
  3. The objective of team-building activities is to help team members work individually and effectively.
  4. Informal communication and activities help in building trust and establishing good working relationships.
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Q6. The BEST method to control costs is to:

  1. Estimate at the beginning of the project and then check costs against the baseline
  2. Estimate during the execution of the project and then manage each activity to the budget.
  3. Estimate during planning and then re-estimate before each activity begins
  4. Estimate during the initiation of the project and have management confirm the estimates.
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Q7. The project has been going relatively well, although there have been some problems with resource availability and the project scope has changed more than was expected. The project is now completing one of its phases. Of all decisions the sponsor must consider during and end-of-phase review meeting, the MOST difficult is:

  1. Authorizing scope change for the next phase
  2. Authorizing budget increases for the next phase based on scope changes
  3. Cancelling the project
  4. Decreasing scope to maintain budget
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Q8. In a software development project, you are having joint application development (JAD) sessions to collect product requirements from stakeholders. Which of the following mandatory standards in the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is met by having JAD sessions while gathering requirements?

  1. Honesty
  2. Fairness
  3. Responsibility
  4. Respect
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Q9. If earned value (EV) is US $300,000, actual cost (AC) is US $350,000, and planned value (PV) is US $375,000, what does the schedule performance index (SPI) indicate?

  1. You are only progressing at 86 percent of the rate originally planned.
  2. You are progressing at 125 percent of the rate originally planned.
  3. You are progressing at 116 percent of the rate originally planned.
  4. You are only progressing at 80 percent of the rate originally planned.
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Q10. Which of the following is a tool or technique of the Develop Team process?

  1. Organizational charts
  2. Co-location
  3. Acquisition
  4. Influence diagrams
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