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Q2. You are managing a project with a large multinational staff. Susan, one of the engineers, was originally asked to deliver her part of the work on October 19. Due to a change in the critical path, her deliverable will be needed two days sooner. However, as the new deadline is still two weeks away and she is ahead of schedule, you are confident her delivery will be on time. During a staff meeting, you learn from John, her functional manager, that Susan celebrates a religious holiday on October 17. However, he also tells you that Susan is not particularly religious; if pushed a bit and offered some incentive, she may forego celebrating this holiday and come to work. What should you do?

1. Check whether one of her colleagues can share some of her workload this week
2. Increase her project incentive if she agrees to deliver her presentation on the 17th
3. Let the critical path remain the same
4. Ask her boss to ask her to skip the holiday

Q3. Which of the following is not true about the WBS?

1. The project team must be involved in developing the WBS.
2. The WBS must represent all product and project work.
3. WBS should focus on activities rather than deliverables.
4. WBS is usually represented in a hierarchical fashion.

Q4. Paul has recently been asked to manage an office refurbishment project. He finds out that the chief financial officer of the company is resisting the project. The chief financial officer is a key project stakeholder. What must Paul do first?

1. Conduct a team meeting to discuss this issue.
2. Seek support from the project sponsor to force project decisions.
3. Analyze options that might change or influence the chief financial officer's perception.
4. Seek expert judgment from the project initiator.

Q5. Your project calls for communication with an extremely large audience. What communication method would be appropriate under such circumstances?

1. Pull communication
2. Interactive communication
3. Two-way communication
4. Verbal communication

Q6. The accuracy of Activity Duration estimates can be improved by considering the amount of risk in the original estimate. The three types of estimates on which three-point estimates are based are:

1. Budgetary, ballpark, and Order of Magnitude
2. Best case scenario, expected scenario, and current scenario
3. Most likely, likely, and unlikely
4. Most likely, optimistic, and pessimistic

Q7. Which of the following is needed to develop a project schedule?

1. Lessons learned
2. Network diagram
3. Completion of the Verify Scope process
4. Completion of the Control Schedule process

Q8. A project manager is working with management to create the project estimate. During the initiating process group, what level of accuracy should the estimate have?

1. +/- 50 percent
2. -10 percent to +25 percent
3. -35 percent to +75 percent
4. -10 percent to +10 percent

Q9. You are in the process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule. Which of the following is not a tool and technique of this process?

1. Expert judgment
2. Decomposition
3. Data analysis
4. Meeting

Q10. Which of these is a valid negative risk response?

1. Exploit
2. Mitigate
3. Enhance
4. Share