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You are the project manager for a new international project, and your project team includes people from four countries. Most of the team members have not worked on similar projects before, but the project has strong support from senior management. What is the BEST thing to do to ensure that cultural differences do not interfere with the project?
  1. Spend a little more time creating the work breakdown structure and making sure it is complete
  2. As the project manager, make sure you choose your words carefully whenever you communicate
  3. Ask one person at each team meeting to describe something unique about their culture.
  4. Carefully encode all the project manager’s communications.






Q2. During the course of the project, the project management team developed a forecast for the estimate at completion (EAC) based on the project performance. Which of the following statements about EAC is correct?

  1. The EAC forecast based on the Bottom-up estimate to complete (ETC) requires a new estimate.
  2. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed considering both SPI and CPI factors.
  3. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed at the present CPI.
  4. The EAC forecast is best estimated using the estimate to complete (ETC) work performed at the budgeted rate.
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Q3. The engineering resource group, a matrix organization of which a project manager’s project team is a part, has a policy of no salary bonuses for project work. The project manager’s current project has an aggressive timeline and a difficult technical obstacle to overcome. A new product offering is dependent on this project’s success in the current timeline. The project manager has heard grumbling from his team members about the fact that they cannot be rewarded for their effort. What is the FIRST thing the project manager should do?

  1. The project manager should determine whether other team members from another department can help with the project.
  2. The project manager should talk to management to determine other rewards that can be given.
  3. The project manager should negotiate a less aggressive schedule from the client.
  4. The project manager should talk with the team about the importance of getting this done on time and explain the company policy.
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Q4. Which of the following statements regarding team-building is correct?

  1. Team-building is essential during the middle of a project, and from there it is an ongoing process.
  2. Team-building is essential during the end of a project, and it is a one-time process.
  3. Team-building is essential during the end of a project, but it is an ongoing process.
  4. Team-building is essential during the front end of a project, but it is an ongoing process.
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Q5. A project manager meets with a resource manager and asks to move resources from project A to project B. What is the MOST likely reason for this request?

  1. A problem has caused delay beyond the project manager’s ability to control
  2. Project A has become higher priority within the organization
  3. An activity has taken longer than planned
  4. An activity was missed because a work breakdown structure was not created.
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Q6. Stakeholders can be identified in which project management process group?

  1. Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing
  2. Initiating and planning
  3. Planning and monitoring and controlling
  4. Monitoring and controlling and closing
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Q7. Andy is currently working for ABC Contractors as a quality control manager for a railway track construction project. National Railways awarded this cost-plus construction contract to ABC Contractors a few months ago. As a contractual requirement, ABC Contractors has to submit each completed deliverable for client acceptance. Reviewing project data, Andy found that the current submission rejection rate is 22 percent. He conducts a root cause analysis and submits his findings along with construction process improvement recommendations to the project director. In this scenario, Andy’s report is an example of:

  1. Work performance data
  2. Raw observations
  3. Work performance information
  4. Work control report
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Q8. You are the Project Manager for the production of an exotic car. You have completed the Define Scope process for your project. Which of the following may be generated through this process?

  1. Project scope statement, project charter
  2. Project scope statement, updates to requirements traceability matrix
  3. WBS, updates to requirements traceability matrix
  4. Project scope statement, WBS
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Q9. Teams go through various stages of development. According to the Tuckman ladder of development, the stage during which the least amount of work gets done is usually the:

  1. Storming phase
  2. Forming phase
  3. Norming phase
  4. Performing phase
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Q10. All of the following are part of the Perform Quality Control process EXCEPT:

  1. Pareto chart
  2. Control charts
  3. Inspection
  4. Quality audits.
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