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Project Management- Q2. A project manager is performing an audit on a deliverable when she hears that the team member who did the work is complaining to everyone that he is being picked on by having his activity audited. You know this is not true. What lesson learned could you take to future projects?

1. Tell all the team members at the beginning of the project that their deliverables will be audited
2. Set an audit policy in the scope management plan
3. Audit less frequently
4. Use a walk-through instead of audits

Project Management- Q3. You are making another international trip and have been invited to a holiday celebration; you discover that all of the subcontracted work for the project has been given to one of the team member’s brothers. What should you do?

1. Do nothing if the project is progressing on schedule.
2. Evaluate the cost of the subcontracted work.
3. Determine what the common practices are in that country.
4. Tell the team member that such actions are not allowed.

Project Management- Q4. A project team is creating a project management plan when management asks them to identify project risks and provide some form of qualitative output as soon as possible. What should the project team provide?

1. Prioritized list of project risks
2. Risk triggers
3. Contingency reserves
4. Probability of achieving the time and cost objectives.

Project Management- Q5. Which of the following is not an example of parametric estimating?

1. Activity duration estimated based on the number of drawings multiplied by the number of labor hours per drawing.
2. Activity duration estimated based on the number of labor hours per meter for cable installation.
3. Activity duration estimated based on the square footage in construction.
4. Activity duration estimated based on the actual duration of a similar, previous project.

Project Management- Q6. You are a project manager of a complex project which involves many procurement contracts with subcontractors. During the execution phase, a subcontractor comes to you and says that he has completed his part of the work. You reviewed the facts and provided the subcontractor with a formal written notice that the contract has ended. What process is this?

1. Validate scope
2. Verify scope
3. Close procurements
4. Control procurements

Project Management- Q7. Robert wants to assign a risk owner for every project risk for which a risk response action is planned. Where must he update this information?

1. Resource management plan
2. Risk register
3. Stakeholder register
4. Project charter

Project Management- Q8. A project manager is estimating project costs and needs to decide whether the estimates will include direct costs only or include indirect costs, as well. In which of the following phases does this decision need to take place?

1. Define Scope
2. Estimate Costs
3. Plan Expenses
4. Determine Budget

Project Management- Q9. You have just returned from the weekly change control board meeting at which you presented the requested changes to the employee move project. You had five change requests approved and one request rejected. These are outputs of what process?

1. Control Quality
2. Control Scope
3. Monitor Risks
4. Perform Integrated Change Control

Project Management- Q10. During a team meeting, the team adds a specific area of extra work to the project because they have determined if would benefit the customer. What is wrong in this situation?

1. The team is gold plating
2. These efforts shouldn’t be done in meetings
3. Nothing. This is how to meet or exceed customer expectations.
4. Nothing. The project manager is in control of the situation.