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Q2. Tracey is managing an ERP system implementation project. Which of the following tools can help her uncover a number of hidden process requirements during the Collect Requirements process?

1. Observation
2. Questionnaires
3. Surveys
4. Nominal group technique

Q3. You have a US $100,000,000 project that has 34 team members in four different countries. At the completion of project planning, you have identified six risks, 225 work packages, 13 stakeholders and seven phases to the project life cycle. What part of this project management plan needs to be revisited?

1. The Identify Risks process
2. The staffing management plan
3. The network diagram
4. The communications management plan

Q4. Andy’s project stakeholders are not happy as the project is lagging behind schedule. During the executive committee meeting, Andy requests all stakeholders to keep their calm as most of the project deliverables have been completed and only quality inspections of these deliverables is pending. He assures the stakeholders that he is planning to crash the project to meet the completion deadline. What should be the stakeholders’ biggest concern now?

1. Crashing at this stage might result in an exponential cost increase and more time will be required to recover that cost.
2. Crashing at this stage might result in undetected errors, decreased profits, and increased post-implementation risks.
3. Why Andy hasn’t chosen to fast-track the project instead of crashing the project.
4. Stakeholders do not know the PMBOK jargon; crashing is a valid schedule compression technique.

Q5. In creating a project management plan, how should a project manager use rewards?

1. Use the reward system currently in place throughout the company.
2. Ignore rewards because the functional manager will take care of it.
3. Create a specific reward system for the project.
4. Ignore rewards because they are management’s responsibility.

Q6. Which of the following is CORRECT in regard to the Control Scope process?

1. Effective scope definition can lead to a more complete project scope statement
2. The Control Scope process must be done before scope planning
3. The Scope Control process must be integrated with other control processes
4. Controlling the schedule is the most effective way of controlling scope.

Q7. There are several communication methods used to share and distribute information to stakeholders, team members, and management. Which of the following communication methods is used when you notify the public about environmental effects from your project after implementation by posting reports on the project's website?

1. Pull communication
2. Interactive communication
3. Informal communication
4. Push communication

Q8. A project to design and build a new aircraft is cancelled after the project has been underway for some time. What process is employed to document what work was done and to what extent it was completed?

1. Validate Scope
2. Control Scope
3. Control Quality
4. Close Project or Phase

Q9. A change request that is issued to bring the performance of the project back in line with the project management plan is related to:

1. Corrective action
2. Defect repair
3. Proactive action
4. Preventive action

Q10. The project budget is proving to be inaccurate. The SPI is 1.1. The team has had a negative deviation from the activity attributes, and the sponsor has inserted herself on the change control board. What is the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Try to encourage the sponsor to remove herself from the change control board
2. Re-compute the project schedule
3. Re-estimate the activity attributes
4. Calculate the cost performance index