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Q2. Nancy’s project has a large number of key positive and negative stakeholders. To ensure the project’s success, it is essential to manage the influential negative stakeholders closely. Do the key positive stakeholders need to be managed, too?

1. No; more attention needs to be given to the key negative stakeholders.
2. The positive stakeholders need to be closely managed, as well, since stakeholders’ needs and expectations change over time.
3. Project stakeholders should not be classified as positive and negative stakeholders.
4. Yes; positive stakeholders should be more closely managed than the negative stakeholders.

Q3. Testing the entire population:

1. Take too long.
2. Provide more information than wanted.
3. Be mutually exclusive.
4. Show many defects.

Q4. You are managing a project and find you need to apply resource leveling. Which of the following tools can help you identify resources that are overallocated?

1. Resource Assignment Matrix
2. Network diagram
3. Resource Histogram
4. Resource Breakdown Structure

Q5. While completing the Plan Resource process on your project, you visited the functional manger of engineering many times, but she refused to supply resources for the project. First, the excuse was that her department was too busy; next, the department was undergoing reorganization. This is causing your project to slip the schedule. Which of the following is the MOST probable reason for her lack of support?

1. The priority of the project has increased
2. The project does not have a project charter and the functional manager was not involved in approving the project management plan
3. The project schedule network diagram was not time-phased.
4. The WBS did not include all resources needed on the project.

Q6. The results of another project have just been posted. Substantial rework will be required in order to meet the project requirements. Because the cost is too high, effective immediately, the project management office will be requiring all projects to do statistical sampling. What is the project management office concentrating its efforts on improving?

1. Quality management
2. Manage Quality
3. Plan Quality
4. Perform Quality Control.

Q7. You have taken over a project from another manager who left the firm. This is a functional organization and the different units are often rather hostile to each other. The project is a large one involving activities that the organization has never done before. You find that the project has what appear to be adequate documentations, including an agreed-to project charter, project management plan, WBS, etc. The project is on schedule and within budget. However, the atmosphere in meetings with the project members often seems tense, and offhand comments made by participants seem to indicate a high level of dissatisfaction with the project. You review all of the major project documents with the key stakeholders and get agreement that they are still accurate, but this does not seem to solve the problem. What is the MOST likely explanation for this situation?

1. There are personality conflicts amount the project team members that you need to uncover and resolve.
2. The project does not have an effective sponsor and thus is not viewed as a high priority.
3. Stakeholders have very different expectations about what the project is supposed to accomplish.
4. The organizational structure and dynamics prevent people from working together effectively.

Q8. While applying the logical relationships to the project activities, a project manager must be careful not to:

1. Have closed loops relationships between activities
2. Have FF relationships for the critical activities
3. Have FS relationships for the non-critical activities
4. Select the relationship with the highest impact

Q9. Sandra is managing a new supersonic aircraft design project. This is a huge project and the success of this project is very critical for her organization. For such mission-critical projects, which of the following is the most desirable engagement level for all major project stakeholders?

1. Supportive stakeholders
2. Resistant stakeholders
3. Leading stakeholders
4. Neutral stakeholders

Q10. The project manager has completed the Plan Risk Responses process, and has identified risk management strategies with the team. The team’s manager has asked for the amount of risk reserves needed for the project. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

1. Create the risk reserves
2. Prioritize the list of risks
3. Create the overall risk rating for the project
4. Determine secondary risks.