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You have been appointed manager of a project to convert multiple electronic mail systems at a major financial institution to a single platform. Your company’s approach was not the client’s first choice, and your firm was able to be the lowest cost alternative by using funds provided to your company for a different purpose. After the project is underway, the client specifies a new approach that has never been used before. When the project is approaching the originally scheduled end date, it becomes clear that the technological approach will have to be significantly altered. Although the client has been apprized of development throughout the project through regular status reports, and the project management plan has been followed, the client demands that the project be continued without any increase in cost until all of the client’s requirements are met. Your firm feels hat it has no choice but to comply with the client’s demands, although this will result in a substantial loss on the project. What was the MOST important thing that should have been done to avoid this situation?
  1. Better identification of risks and development of risk mitigation strategies
  2. Clearer project scope statement
  3. Enhanced communications management plan
  4. Formal client acceptance of the project management plan.






Q2. Which of the following tools can enhance the visibility of traditional written project plans and other documents to provide a real-time overview of the project status?

  1. Visual management tools
  2. Expert judgement
  3. Product backlog
  4. Change control system
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Q3. The project manager is expecting a deliverable to be submitted by e-mail from a team member today. AT the end of the day, the project manager contacts the team member to notify him that it has not been received. The team member apologizes and says that he was not able e-mail the deliverable, and it was sent through the mail instead. The team member goes on to explain that he notified the project manager that this would occur during a phone conversation they had while the or manager was traveling. “Wasn’t that the conversation we had when I told you I cold not hear you well due to poor cell phone coverage?” ask the project manager. “Yes,” replies the team member. What could have avoided this problem?

  1. Paralingual communication
  2. Adding to the issue log after the phone call
  3. Better attention to determining communications requirements.
  4. Feedback during the communication
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Q4. A project manager discovers that two team members discussed what was needed to complete a work package on the project and made many changes to the project scope. The work package is now completed and the team members are planning to go on to the next work package. In looking at what was done, the project manager determines that the work does NOT meet the requirements of the project. What is the BEST course of action for the project manager?

  1. Add another work package, formatted with the correct scope, to the project.
  2. Refuse the submittal of the work package.
  3. Have the team begin the work package again and include the incident in their performance reviews.
  4. Ask the team member’s manager to assign different people to the work package.
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Q5. A project manager wishes to illustrate the connections between the work that needs to be done and the project team members. According to the PMBOK, the resulting document is a:

  1. Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
  2. Resource Planning Chart (RPC)
  3. Task Assignment Model (TAM)
  4. Resource Assignment Chart (RAC)
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Q6. The Direct and Manage Project Work process has three tools and techniques. Two of them are Expert Judgment and Meetings. What is the third one?

  1. Scheduling System
  2. Configuration Management System
  3. Project Management Information System
  4. Change Control System
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Q7. A project manager is assigned to a new, high priority project. There are only five available resources because other resources are already committed to projects. The time available to complete the project is less than half the time needed, and the project manager cannot convince management to change the end date. The project manager should:

  1. Coordinate with team members the overtime necessary to complete the work
  2. Provide the team with opportunities to produce acceptable quality on the work that can be accomplished
  3. Look for any scope that can be cut from the project.
  4. Use more experienced resources to complete the work faster.
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Q8. Gordon is currently developing his project‘s stakeholder engagement strategy. All enterprise environmental factors should be considered during this process. Which of the following enterprise environmental factors should receive particular attention during this process?

  1. Project templates
  2. Lessons learned from past similar projects
  3. Commercial databases
  4. The organization‘s culture and political climate
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Q9. Configuration management tool selection should be based on the needs of the project stakeholders including organizational and environmental considerations and/or constraints. Which of the following is not a key configuration management consideration while selecting an appropriate configuration management tool for a project?

  1. Identification and selection of configuration items.
  2. Recording and reporting of configuration item status.
  3. Configuration item verification and audit.
  4. Procedures for accepting and rejecting change requests.
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Q10. A project manager is trying to budget time for the various processes in the Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area. As project activities are performed, in which of these processes will the majority of effort occur?

  1. Control Schedule
  2. Estimate Activity Durations
  3. Define Activities
  4. Develop Schedule
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