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Q2. Sam’s project has successfully been initiated, and all the major roadblocks are removed. The senior stakeholders have now switched from a leading role to a supportive role. What is Sam’s next step once the first version of the project stakeholder register is developed?

1. Execute the stakeholder engagement strategy as laid out in the stakeholder register
2. Start the stakeholder identification process
3. Finalize the project management plan before developing the stakeholder engagement strategy
4. Start the development of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan

Q3. Nancy has recently become the project manager for a project already in execution. Nancy has learned the previous project manager did a good job so far and religiously followed the PMBOK guiding principles. However, some of the project communications don’t make sense to her. Which of the project artifacts should Nancy refer to in order to determine reasons for distribution of some reports?

1. Stakeholder engagement plan and the scope management plan
2. Stakeholder engagement plan and the communications management plan
3. Scope management plan and the communications management plan
4. Scope management plan and the risk management plan

Q4. What does benefit cost ratio (BCR) of 2.1 mean?

1. The costs are 2.1 times the benefits
2. The profit is 2.1 times the costs
3. The payback is 2.1 times the costs.
4. The cost is 2.1 times the profit

Q5. A Responsibility Assignment Matrix illustrates the connections between the work that needs to be done and the project team members. A RACI chart is a type of Responsibility Assignment matrix in which the names of the roles being documented are:

1. Responsible, Administration, Check, and Inform
2. Reportable, Actionable, Check, and Inform
3. Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform
4. Reportable, Actionable, Consult, and Implement

Q6. You are working on a large construction project that is progressing within the baselines. Resource usage has remained steady, and your boss has just awarded you a prize for your performance. One of your team members returns from a meeting with the customer and tells you that the customer is not happy with the project progress. What is the FIRST thing you should do?

1. Tell your manager
2. Complete a team building exercise and invite the customer’s representatives
3. Change the schedule baseline
4. Meet with the customer to uncover details.

Q7. Your team is analyzing the project and comes up with the information in the chart. What activities are on the critical path?

1. Not enough information
2. Activities B, C, and I
3. Activities B, C, E, F, H
4. Activities D, G, I Activity Baseline Crash Time Cost Time Cost A 10 $4,000 8 $6,000 B 2 $6,000 2 $6,000 C 14 $22,000 12 $26,000 D 6 $9,000 5 $10,000 E 9 $14,000 7 $19,000 F 8 $18,000 4 $36,000 64

Q8. In general, Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is:

1. Not often completed
2. Complete and 100 percent accurate
3. In-depth and thorough
4. focused on high-priority risks

Q9. Outputs of the Develop Project Team process are:

1. Roles and responsibilities, project organization charts, and staffing management plan
2. Project organization charts, project staff assignments, and roles and responsibilities.
3. Project manager plan updates, staffing management plan, and project organization charts.
4. Roles and responsibilities, staffing management plan, and resource availability

Q10. A project manager is taking over a project from another project manager during the planning process group. If the new project manager wants to see what the previous project manager planned for managing changes to the schedule, it would be BEST to look at the:

1. Communications management plan
2. Update management plan
3. Staffing management plan
4. Schedule management plan 71