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Q2. All of the following are part of the Perform Quality Control process EXCEPT:

1. Pareto chart
2. Control charts
3. Inspection
4. Quality audits.

Q3. Janice, a project manager, wanted to obtain early feedback on the project requirements. However, she was concerned that the abstract representations of the requirements might not elicit useful feedback. Which of the following tools and techniques might help her overcome this hurdle?

1. Histograms
2. Prototypes
3. Ishikawa diagram
4. Control charts

Q4. During a meeting with some of the project stakeholders, the project manager is asked to add work to the project scope. The project manager had access to correspondence about the project before the project charter was signed and remembers that the project sponsor specifically denied funding for the scope mentioned by these stakeholders. The BEST thing for the project manager to do is to:

1. Let the sponsor know of the stakeholders’ request
2. Evaluate the impact of adding the scope
3. Tell the stakeholders the scope cannot be added
4. Add the work if there is time available in the project schedule

Q5. You are reviewing the response to an RFP issued by your company for a project that will last a year and exceed US$5 million. Three vendors have been shortlisted. The first, Nosteltec, Inc., is a relatively new company in this industry. It has assembled a team of industry experts with vast industry experience and qualifications. The second company, Xen Contractor, has been in business for 20 years. You and your company have a long and positive history working with this vendor. The third company is SonoNet LLC. It has been in business for 10 years and has a reputation for extensive expertise and superior delivery. They are also well-known for being one of the more expensive providers in the market. You have many relationships with the Xen Contractor staff, which you established during prior procurement contracts with this company. As a result, a project manager from Xen Contractor, with whom you are friendly both personally and professionally, calls you for clarification on a point

1. Clarify via email
2. Clarify via phone call
3. Advise the vendor that the RFP is self-explanatory
4. Send the clarification to all three vendors

Q6. There have been many work packages completed successfully on the project, and the sponsor has made some recommendations for improvements. The project is on schedule to meet an aggressive deadline when the successor activity to a critical path activity suffers a major setback. The activity has 14 days of float and is being completed by four people. There are two other team members with the skill set to assist the troubled activity, if needed. The project manager receives a call that three other team members are attempting to be removed from the project because they do not feel the project can be successful. When the project manager pursues this, he discovers that those team members have issues that have not been addressed. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do to improve the project?

1. Have the team members immediately assist the troubled activity.
2. Investigate why the project schedule is aggressive.
3. See who can replace the three team members.
4. Create an issue log.

Q7. A project manager had a complex problem o solve and made a decision about what needed to be done. A few months later, the problem resurfaced. What did the project manager MOST likely not do?

1. Proper risk analysis
2. Confirm that the decision solved the problem
3. Have the project sponsor validate the decision
4. Use an Ishikawa diagram.

Q8. A project team member has just completed work on the microprocessor for the new human system performance monitor and is now finished with the project. The project manager should:

1. Evaluate the project’s resource requirements
2. Provide input to the team member’s performance appraisal
3. Re-evaluate the activity duration estimates.
4. Change the staffing management plan

Q9. During every project team meeting, the project manager asks each team member to describe the work he or she is doing, and the project manager assigns new activities to team members. The length of these meetings has increased because there are many different activities to assign. This could be happening for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

1. Lack of a WBS
2. Lack of a responsibility assignment matrix.
3. Lack of resource leveling
4. Lack of team involvement in project planning.

Q10. You are taking over a project during the planning process group and discover that six individuals have signed the project charter. Which of the following should MOST concern you?

1. Who will be a member of the change control board
2. Spending more time on configuration management
3. Getting a single project sponsor
4. Determining the reporting structure