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Q2. A project manager discovers a defect in a deliverable due to the customer under contract today. The project manager knows the customer does not have the technical understanding to notice the defect. The deliverable meets the contract requirements, but it does not meet the project manager’s quality standard. What should the project manager do in this situation?

1. Issue the deliverable, and get formal acceptance from the customer.
2. Note the problem in the lessons learned so that future projects do not encounter the same problem.
3. Discuss the issue with the customer
4. Inform the customer that the deliverable will be late.

Q3. How can changes be made to a project management plan once the project manager baselines it?

1. By generating a change request and having it approved through the Perform Integrated Change Control process.
2. This is typically done by using a version control system. The project manager creates a new version with the changes and baselines it as the new baseline.
3. This is done by maintaining a revision history or log. The project manager documents the changes in detail and then baselines it.
4. A project management plan cannot be changed once it is baselined. An addendum has to be created to incorporate the changes.

Q4. Increasing the number of resources in order to crash a project schedule does not always cut the time by the same factor. In worst cases, too many resources assigned to an activity may actually increase the activity duration. This is because:

1. Decrease in cost budget
2. Required additional coordination
3. Funding limit reconciliation
4. Additional risk introduced due to crashing

Q5. All of the following are outputs of the Control Scope process EXCEPT:

1. Change requests
2. Updated organizational process assets.
3. Updates to the project management plan
4. Accepted deliverables.

Q6. 20 percent of the work was completed in a project. At this stage, the project manager determined that the budget at completion (BAC) was no longer viable and developed a forecasted estimate at completion (EAC). What index can the project manager use to look at the calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work?

1. Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
2. Cost Performance Index (CPI)
3. Cost Variance (CV)
4. To-Complete Performance Index (TCPI)

Q7. Based on the chart, what will be the effect on the project if activity C now takes four months?

1. There will be a new critical path
2. The project will take longer
3. There is no change to the critical path
4. Activity B is now on the critical path

Q8. Robert’s project is a high-priority project for his organization. Project stakeholder engagement is crucial for the project’s success. Robert needs to discuss the project stakeholder engagement levels with his project team on a regular basis. Which of the following is the best platform where Robert can review this with his team?

1. Phase gates
2. Project status review meetings
3. Kill points
4. Information management system

Q9. The agile technique of on-demand scheduling is not suitable when:

1. Product deliverables can be incrementally developed.
2. Project requirements can be decomposed into smaller chunks that are relatively similar in size and scope.
3. Project tasks can be bundled by size and scope.
4. The use of a predictive lifecycle is mandated by the customer.

Q10. Project managers need to be aware of Student Syndrome. What does that mean?

1. People go through a learning curve whenever they are engaged in a project.
2. People who consider themselves students of project management tend to apply PMBOK principles better.
3. People start to apply themselves only at the last possible moment before the deadline.
4. People who undertake studies during their professional careers tend to be better project managers.