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Dave, a first-time project manager, was of the opinion that all training activities need to be planned. He discussed this with an experienced project manager who understood that some training was necessarily unplanned. Which of the following are good candidates for unplanned training?
  1. Training by observation, conversation, and project management appraisals
  2. Training by mentoring, on-the-job training, and online courses
  3. Training by conversation, coaching, and classroom training
  4. Training by mentoring, observation, and coaching






Q2. Extensive use of _____ communication is MOST likely to aid in solving complex problems.

  1. verbal
  2. written
  3. formal
  4. non-verbal
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Q3. A new project manager has asked you for advice on creating a work breakdown structure. After you explain the process to him, he asks you what software he should use to create the WBS, and what he should do with it when he is finished creating it. You might respond that it is not the picture that is the most valuable result of creating a WBS. It is:

  1. A bar chart
  2. Team buy-in
  3. Activities
  4. A list of risks 9
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Q4. Sensitivity analysis helps to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. A project manager prepared a display chart of sensitivity analysis for his project. The diagram contained a series of bars with the length of the bars corresponding to the risk impact on the project. The longer the bar, the greater was the risk presented. Such a chart is likely to be:

  1. An assessment diagram
  2. A triangular distribution
  3. A tornado diagram
  4. A funnel distribution
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Q5. You are managing a project that has a task to translate several pages of a document into Spanish. This is similar to a project done last year when a document was translated into German. You are not sure how long it will take to translate into Spanish, so you look at the project plan from the German translation and use that activity duration for your current project. What type of estimating is this an example of?

  1. Hypothesis
  2. Parametric Estimating
  3. Analogous Estimating
  4. What-if Scenario Analysis
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Q6. Skills such as empathy, influence, creativity, and group encouragement are valuable assets when managing the project team. These skills are often referred to as ______________.

  1. Effort-based management
  2. Feedback-based skills
  3. Ad hoc skills
  4. Soft skills
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Q7. Which of the following can NOT be used to measure business value?

  1. Customer satisfaction
  2. Revenue growth
  3. Market share
  4. Expected monetary value
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Q8. A project manager’s project has just been dropped to a lower priority on the list on his department’s prioritize projects. It would be BEST for the project manager to:

  1. Let the customer know that the project schedule will need to slip.
  2. Use some of the management reserve to accommodate the change.
  3. Start cutting wok packages.
  4. Gain more resources.
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Q9. You have been appointed as the manager of a new, large, and complex project. Because this project is business-critical and very visible, senior management has told you to analyze the project’s risks and prepare response strategies for them as soon as possible. The organization has risk management procedures that are seldom used or followed, and has had a history of handling risks badly. The project’s first milestone is in two weeks. In preparing the risk response plan, input from which of the following is generally LEAST important?

  1. Key stakeholders
  2. Project team members
  3. Project sponsor
  4. Individual responsible for risk management policies and templates.
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Q10. Conflict management is a tool and technique of which of the following processes?

  1. Control Procurements
  2. Identify Stakeholders
  3. Close Project or Phase
  4. Manage Team
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