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Q2. The project manager wishes to use the Delphi technique to obtain expert opinion on some difficult technical issues she’s facing. What should she be careful to do?

1. Make sure the experts consulted are recognized for their input.
2. Compare information and work toward a single opinion.
3. Consult the stakeholders.
4. Meet together with the experts to obtain consensus.

Q3. Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:

1. Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves
2. Risk triggers, contracts, and a risk list
3. Secondary risks, process updates, and risk owners
4. Contingency plans, project management plan updates, and change requests.

Q4. What might historical records from previous projects used as an input to the Define Activities process include?

1. Activities
2. Resources
3. Costs
4. Schedule

Q5. Two of your expert team members have been in a heated argument over the use of a new software product for your research project. Recently, you noticed that the argument, instead of increasing creativity, is causing conflict between the team members. To prevent the conflict from escalating, you want to resolve it by open dialogue and evaluating alternatives. All the following statements about conflict are false except:

1. Scarce resources cannot be a source of a conflict.
2. Conflict is inevitable in a project environment.
3. Personal work style cannot be a source of a conflict.
4. Reducing the amount of conflict is not desirable.

Q6. The degree to which a particular stakeholder may be able to positively or negatively affect a project is his or her:

1. Level of engagement.
2. Level of interest.
3. Level of commitment.
4. Level of influence.

Q7. Projects operating in agile environments where a high degree of uncertainty exists and where the scope is not yet fully defined, may not benefit from detailed cost calculations due to frequent changes. Instead, lightweight estimation methods can be used to generate a fast, high-level forecast of project labor costs, which can then be easily adjusted as changes arise. Detailed estimates are:

1. Reserved for short-term planning horizons in a just-in-time fashion.
2. Never developed in an agile project.
3. Only developed if the project stakeholders allow the project manager to do so.
4. Developed early during the project but are never updated due to frequent changes.

Q8. Which of the following processes belong to the planning process group?

1. Identify Stakeholders
2. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
3. Plan Stakeholder Engagement
4. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement

Q9. The project status meeting is not going well. Everyone is talking at the same time, there are people who are not participating and many topics are being discussed at random. Which of the following rules for effective meetings is NOT being adhered to?

1. Demonstrate courtesy and consideration of each other, control who is allowed to speak.
2. Schedule meetings in advance.
3. Have a purpose for the meeting; with the right people in attendance.
4. Create and publish an agenda and a set of rules for controlling the meeting.

Q10. During which project management process group are budget forecasts created?

1. Monitoring and controlling
2. Planning
3. Initiating
4. Executing