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Q2. Some project managers take communication lightly while managing a project. However, a good project manager must take communication very seriously and must be an effective and efficient communicator. Which of the following is not a fundamental attribute of effective communication?

1. Clarity on the purpose
2. Understanding receiver's communications requirements
3. Relying on verbal communications
4. Monitoring communications

Q3. The State of New York has contracted with your company to provide a claims payment system for Medicaid benefits. In the contract, a clause states that the State of New York can review your work processes and deliverables. This is an example of:

1. Performance Report
2. Record Management System
3. Deliverables Checklist
4. Inspections and Audits

Q4. You are working on an information technology project as a project manager to develop a shopping website for your customers. Some key stakeholders in the project suggested scope changes to improve the website’s look and feel. Your team has analyzed the impact of these changes and presented the analysis to the Change Control Board (CCB) for approval. What should be your next step if the CCB accepts all proposed changes?

1. Implement the change request and update stakeholders
2. Review change control board decisions and inform stakeholders for their input
3. Conduct a team status meeting to update the progress on change requests
4. Revise cost estimates, schedule dates, resource requirements, and planning documents

Q5. Which of the following is neither an input to nor an output of the Develop Project Charter process?

1. A project charter
2. Expert Judgment
3. A business case
4. Benefits management plan

Q6. A project manager discovers that two team members discussed what was needed to complete a work package on the project and made many changes to the project scope. The work package is now completed and the team members are planning to go on to the next work package. In looking at what was done, the project manager determines that the work does NOT meet the requirements of the project. What is the BEST course of action for the project manager?

1. Add another work package, formatted with the correct scope, to the project.
2. Refuse the submittal of the work package.
3. Have the team begin the work package again and include the incident in their performance reviews.
4. Ask the team member’s manager to assign different people to the work package.

Q7. You are a project manager leading a US $3,000,000 chemical engineering project. To date, you’ve been leading the other 11 people who comprise the overall project team. Lately you’ve noticed that you are spread too thin and the schedule is being negatively impacted. Because the project is date-constrained, you convinced senor management to accept a cost variance and add a senior quality assurance analyst to the project team. This new resource will work directly with the three project team members who comprise the testing sub-team. How many more communication channels will there be on the project team?

1. 12
2. 11
3. 78
4. 66

Q8. All of the following are used in quality management EXCEPT:

1. Marginal analysis
2. Selected sellers
3. Standard deviation
4. The Delphi technique.

Q9. Which of the following should you not use as an input into creating the WBS structure?

1. Bill of Material (BOM)
2. Project scope statement
3. Organizational process assets
4. Requirements documentation

Q10. An output of Plan Procurements, the procurement documents are also an input to all of the following, EXCEPT:

1. Approved Change Requests
2. Administer Procurements
3. Manage Project Team
4. Conduct Procurements