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It is the middle of the project when the project manager is informed by her scheduler that the project control limits are secure. That same morning she receives a note from a team member about a problem he is having. The note says, “This activity is driving me crazy and the manager of the accounting department won’t help me until the activity’s float is in jeopardy.” In addition, the project manager has e-mails, a team member walks in to the project manager’s office to tell her that a corrective action was implemented by a team member from the project management office, but was not documented. What should the project manager do NEXT?
  1. Add the implemented corrective action to the historical records, discuss the value documentation at the next team meeting, and smooth the team member with the accounting department problem.
  2. Report the documentation violation to the project management office, evaluate the security of the control limits, and review the e-mailing rules in the communications management plan
  3. Clarify the reasoning behind documentation being a problem, get the accounting department to assist the team member, and respond to the minor stakeholder
  4. Find out who caused the problem with the accounting department, respond to the minor stakeholder before responding to the other emails, and review the process listed in the communications plan for reporting concerns with the team member having the documentation problem.






Q2. Validate scope is the process which helps increase the chances that the client will accept the deliverable. Here, the client reviews the verified deliverable from the control quality process. Which of the following statements is true about validate scope process?

  1. You complete this process with the client
  2. You and your team members complete the process
  3. It is performed by QA / QC personal
  4. None of the above
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Q3. During the team member acquiring process, you observe that a particular employee from another department can be used for your project for some work. Therefore, you ask their functional manager to provide the employee on alternate days. The functional manager says they can provide you with the particular employee for only two days a week. Which technique are you using here?

  1. Acquire project team
  2. Negotiation
  3. Pre-assignment
  4. Develop project team
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Q4. The morale of the team members of a project is very low. The team members feel they were not given opportunities to participate in the organizational team development activities due to over-allocation to project tasks, and so, they missed opportunities to develop. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this situation?

  1. Use of zero-sum rewards in the project
  2. A poorly defined resource calendar
  3. Too many senior team members
  4. Poor interpersonal skills in the team
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Q5. As an experienced PMP, you have found that running a WBS meeting is tricky because you need to find a balance between insufficient decomposition and excessive decomposition. When items are excessively decomposed, it leads to all the following except:

  1. Breaking the 100 percent rule
  2. Inefficient use of resources
  3. Nonproductive management effort
  4. Decreased efficiency when performing work
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Q6. Bill is managing a healthcare software development project using stateof- the-art technology. Stakeholder management is crucial for the project’s success. Stakeholder involvement and influence are significant. During which of the following project stages will stakeholder management be most challenging for Bill?

  1. Early during the project execution
  2. Toward the end of the project execution
  3. Toward the closure of the project
  4. Halfway through the project execution
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Q7. You are working as a project manager for a high-yield crop development project. Data from the weather agency shows an unfavorable weather pattern for the next few months. As a senior project manager, you want to assess the schedule’s feasibility under adverse conditions and provide some insights to your team. That way, your team can prepare some reserves and plan risk responses if unfavorable conditions exist during execution. Which of the following techniques should you use to simulate risks and other sources of uncertainty to calculate possible schedule outcomes?

  1. Pareto charts
  2. Variance analysis
  3. Crashing
  4. Monte Carlo analysis
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Q8. Which motivational theory uses the concepts of esteem and selfactualization?

  1. Maslow
  2. Deming
  3. McGregor
  4. Herzberg
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Q9. In which of the following contract types does the seller have the most cost risk?

  1. Fixed price incentive fee (FPIF)
  2. Time and material (T&M)
  3. Cost plus award fee (CPAF)
  4. Cost plus percentage of costs (CPPC).
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Q10. A project manager prepared a presentation that included data on the project’s use of resources, improvements in staff efficiency, and the cost savings. These activities are part of what process?

  1. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
  2. Monitor and Control Project Work
  3. Control Schedule
  4. Control Quality
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