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Q2. After receiving some news about a delay on one of your project tasks, you review the schedule to determine how it will affect the project. While there is a substantial delay on this task, it is not a critical path item and will not affect delivery of any of your milestones. Another project manager advises you to just present the milestone chart during your meeting with the project stakeholders and tell them the project is progressing as planned. What do you do?

1. Present the project as a milestone chart and advise that the progress is tracking according to plan.
2. Present the schedule in a milestone chart and disclose full details of the delay.
3. Present the schedule in a network diagram and advise that the project is tracking according to plan.
4. Present the schedule as a bar chart and advise that the project is tracking according to plan.

Q3. You are designing a motor engine. During the design phase, you find that a technique required to develop the piston is a bit more advanced than the technology you currently possess. Although you can acquire this technology, it is too time consuming. On the other hand, there is a supplier that can provide you with the same component but at a higher cost. You are still discussing the options with your team members. Which technique are you using here?

1. Select seller
2. Source selection criteria
3. Make or buy analysis
4. None of the above

Q4. An activity has an early start (ES) of day 3, a late start (LS) of day 13, an early finish (EF) of day 9, and a late finish (LF) of day 19. The activity:

1. Is on the critical path
2. Has a lag
3. Is progressing well
4. Is not on the critical path 55

Q5. Which of the following is not an activity related to the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

1. Inspecting the project deliverables for completeness
2. Implementing approved changes
3. Creating project deliverables to meet the planned project work
4. Performing activities to accomplish project objectives

Q6. One key characteristic of adaptive lifecycles, such as the agile approach for product development, is that product features are developed using:

1. Sandwiched periods of effort
2. Squeezed periods of zero-error sprints
3. Reverse engineered products
4. Time-boxed periods of work

Q7. As project manager, you would like to show the relationship between two variables to help your project team understand the quality impact better. Which tool should you use?

1. Scatter Diagram
2. Run Chart
3. Fishbone Diagram
4. Pareto Chart

Q8. To create a quality product, the project management team invested in training the project team members and purchasing high-end equipment. Such costs are:

1. Failure costs
2. Costs of Nonconformance
3. Appraisal costs
4. Prevention costs

Q9. If earned value (EV) = 35o, actual cost (AC) = 400, planned value ((PV) = 325, what is the cost variance (CV)?

1. 350
2. -75
3. 400
4. -50

Q10. You are managing a project for your company constructing an office complex in another country. The construction work on two of the buildings is complete, and those buildings are ready for move-in. However, the construction supervisor informs you that you must pay a fee to a local government agency to issue an occupancy permit for any new construction in that country. What should you do?

1. Pay the fee
2. Ask your legal department if this is legal
3. Notify project stakeholders that you have been asked to pay a bribe
4. Do not pay the fee