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Q2. Communication is the key to the success of a project. As the project manager, you have three stakeholders with whom you need to communicate. As such, you have six channels of communication. A new stakeholder has been added that you also need to communicate with. How many communications channels do you have now?

1. 7
2. 10
3. 12
4. 16

Q3. Which of the following BEST describes formal acceptance of a project?

1. Substantial completion is reached
2. Customer sign-off of the product is documented
3. Final payment is made
4. Final deliverables are sent to the customer

Q4. Inputs to Define Activities include all of the following EXCEPT:

1. WBS
2. A project scope statement
3. A team
4. A project schedule

Q5. You are assigned to a project that senior management has already decided to outsource. As a project manager, you need to work with the contracts department to select the vendor and then oversee the vendor through the project completion. Company policy requires that a project of this size go through a formal bid process. A vice president in your company tells you that his friend owns one of the companies that might bid on the project and that the company would be an excellent choice as a vendor. This vice president has a reputation for making or breaking careers. What is generally the BEST course of action?

1. Follow the bid process, and show the vice president why the favored vendor is or is not the best choice
2. Obtain written permission to bypass the formal bid process
3. Let the evaluation team know that management has a favorite vendor
4. Let the contracts department handle the situation

Q6. Your organization has received two projects. One project is to design a call center for the client, and the other is research work in pollution control. How are you going to manage these two projects?

1. Under project management
2. Under portfolio management
3. Under program management
4. None of the above

Q7. All of the following are parts of an effective change management plan EXCEPT:

1. Procedures
2. Standards for reports
3. Meetings
4. Lessons learned

Q8. Which of the following would generally lead to the LEAST amount of quality improvement?

1. TQM
2. Quality planning
3. Implementing an ISO 9000 standard
4. Increasing inspection

Q9. 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

Q10. Which of the following is an output of the Create WBS process?

1. Scope baseline
2. Project scope statement
3. Decomposition
4. Requirements documentation