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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. You are finalizing the monthly project status report due now to your manager when you discover that several project team members are not reporting actual hours spent on project activities. This results in skewed project statistics. What is the MOST appropriate action to be taken?

1. Discuss the impacts of these actions with team members.
2. Report the team members’ actions t their functional managers.
3. Continue reporting information as presented to you.
4. Provider accurate and truthful representations in all project reports.

Q4. Nancy’s project is 80 percent complete. Which of the following project documents is least likely to be updated during the Monitor Stakeholder Engagement process performed at this stage?

1. Project charter
2. Risk register
3. Stakeholder register
4. Issue log

Q5. An important aspect of project management is the handling of stakeholder expectations. Typically, at what level are the stakeholders with respect to the project manager?

1. At higher levels and with greater authority
2. At all levels and with varying degrees of authority
3. At higher levels but only the project sponsor has authority greater than the project manager
4. At the same level with varying degrees of authority

Q6. Which list includes a process where recommended corrective action is NOT an output?

1. Control Quality, Control Costs, Report Performance
2. Control Costs, Manage Quality, Direct and Manage Project Work
3. Control Scope, Distribute Information, Control Risks
4. Monitor and Control Project Work, Manage Stakeholder Expectations, Manage Quality.

Q7. The project you are working on has received an invoice from a vendor for US$17,500. However, your team believes the correct total due is US$15,300. When you notify the vendor, the vendor still insists on US$17,500. What is the best course of action now?

1. Pay $15,300
2. Negotiate with the vendor
3. File a lawsuit
4. Pay $17,500

Q8. There have been many work packages completed successfully on the project, and the sponsor has made some recommendations for improvements. The project is on schedule to meet an aggressive deadline when the successor activity to a critical path activity suffers a major setback. The activity has 14 days of float and is being completed by four people. There are two other team members with the skill set to assist the troubled activity, if needed. The project manager receives a call that three other team members are attempting to be removed from the project because they do not feel the project can be successful. When the project manager pursues this, he discovers that those team members have issues that have not been addressed. Which of the following is the BEST thing to do to improve the project?

1. Have the team members immediately assist the troubled activity.
2. Investigate why the project schedule is aggressive.
3. See who can replace the three team members.
4. Create an issue log.

Q9. You have joined AVC Corp and are immediately assigned a project. The project charter is signed, stakeholders have been identified and now you are classifying them according to the direction of influence. Which of the following is not a way to classify the project stakeholders under this technique?

1. Upward
2. Downward
3. Inward
4. Outward

Q10. Two people are arguing about what needs to be done to complete a work package. If the project manager wants to know what is going, she should pay MOST attention to:

1. What is said and when.
2. What is being said, who is saying it and the time of day.
3. Physical mannerisms and what is being said.
4. The pitch and tone of the voices, and physical mannerisms.