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Q2. A report that is focused on predicting future project status is called a:

1. Trend report.
2. Forecasting report.
3. Status report.
4. Variance report.

Q3. The manager of a project that your company is running in another country is at the corporate headquarters for a company-wide project management meeting. During a break, you overhear the project manager discussing payments made to local municipal governments for construction permits for the project. Your company has a strict policy about paying or taking bribes. What should you do?

1. Report him to PMI
2. Report him to his manager
3. Notify his project stakeholders
4. Do nothing

Q4. You have just been assisted as project manager for a large manufacturing project. This one-year project is about halfway done. It involves five different sellers and 20 members of your company on the project team. You want to quickly review where the project now stands. Which of the following reports would be the MOST helpful in finding such information?

1. Work status
2. Progress
3. Forecast
4. Communications

Q5. While completing the Plan Resource process on your project, you visited the functional manger of engineering many times, but she refused to supply resources for the project. First, the excuse was that her department was too busy; next, the department was undergoing reorganization. This is causing your project to slip the schedule. Which of the following is the MOST probable reason for her lack of support?

1. The priority of the project has increased
2. The project does not have a project charter and the functional manager was not involved in approving the project management plan
3. The project schedule network diagram was not time-phased.
4. The WBS did not include all resources needed on the project.

Q6. A project manager can BEST resolve the differences between the requirements of one stakeholder and those of another by making which of these statements?

1. There are many points on which we agree. I am certain if we focus on them, we will find a solution.
2. Let’s look at why there is a difference of opinion on the requirements.
3. This discussion is getting too heated. Let’s regroup to solve the problem tomorrow.
4. I have made the decision to resolve the problem this way.

Q7. All of the following are true statements about parametric estimating EXCEPT:

1. The model is scalable.
2. Estimates are based on input from the team
3. The parameters used in the model are readily quantifiable.
4. Historical information is used in the model 63

Q8. The performance reports produced during the Control Procurements process are then provided to which project management process for further processing?

1. Monitor & Control Project Work in the form of work performance information
2. Direct & Manage Project Work in the form of work performance data
3. Perform Integrated Change Control in the form of a change request
4. Performance report is not an output of the Control Procurement process

Q9. All of the following are tools used in the Validate Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Product reviews
2. Audits
3. Walkthroughs
4. Sensitivity analysis

Q10. Joe is attempting to calculate the probable financial impact of some future uncertain scenarios. What method could he use?

1. Pareto analysis
2. Earned value analysis
3. Variance analysis
4. Expected monetary value analysis