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Q2. You are managing a project with a large multinational staff. Susan, one of the engineers, was originally asked to deliver her part of the work on October 19. Due to a change in the critical path, her deliverable will be needed two days sooner. However, as the new deadline is still two weeks away and she is ahead of schedule, you are confident her delivery will be on time. During a staff meeting, you learn from John, her functional manager, that Susan celebrates a religious holiday on October 17. However, he also tells you that Susan is not particularly religious; if pushed a bit and offered some incentive, she may forego celebrating this holiday and come to work. What should you do?

1. Check whether one of her colleagues can share some of her workload this week
2. Increase her project incentive if she agrees to deliver her presentation on the 17th
3. Let the critical path remain the same
4. Ask her boss to ask her to skip the holiday

Q3. Caitlin’s project is behind schedule. She is planning to crash the project by allowing overtime to the project team. This approach can bring additional risks to the project. Which of the following is not a valid risk in this scenario:

1. The profit margin might decrease.
2. Risk of employee attrition might increase.
3. Risk of errors and/or rework might increase.
4. The project’s acceptance criteria might get updated.

Q4. Which process group corresponds to the “do” part of the plan-do-check-act cycle?

1. Closing
2. Monitoring and Controlling
3. Planning
4. Executing

Q5. You are performing administrative closure during the Close Project process. Upon completion of this process, you will have project archives, formal acceptance, and:

1. Project reports
2. Lessons learned
3. Performance measurement documentation
4. Statement of work updates 5

Q6. A critical project rollout was delayed because one of the stakeholders did not receive necessary communication on time. On further analysis, the project manager discovered that the communication was sent to the wrong teams. This could have happened because:

1. Communication broke down between the project team and the stakeholder.
2. The project manager failed to manage stakeholder expectations.
3. The stakeholder communications requirements were not properly analyzed during the Plan Communications Management process.
4. The stakeholder did not proactively ask for updates.

Q7. The work breakdown structure can be BEST thought of as an effective aid for _________ communications.

1. Team
2. Project manager
3. Customer
4. Stakeholder 13

Q8. Information in the stakeholder register should be:

1. Accessible only to the project manager.
2. Available to the project manager and PMO staff.
3. Available to all stakeholders and team members.
4. Shared with others at the discretion of the project manager.

Q9. A project manager is working with management to create the project estimate. During the initiating process group, what level of accuracy should the estimate have?

1. +/- 50 percent
2. -10 percent to +25 percent
3. -35 percent to +75 percent
4. -10 percent to +10 percent

Q10. What is the LAST thing to do in project closure?

1. Complete the lessons learned
2. Provide the client with all pertinent documentation
3. Update the archives
4. Release the team