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Q2. Long hours to meet a looming deadline and immense pressure for success from management are causing a decline in team morale. There are occasional conflicts between team members over priorities and resources. How should these non-disruptive conflicts be handled?

1. Use of disciplinary actions
2. Using a private, direct, and collaborative approach first
3. Escalation to senior management
4. Arbitration

Q3. A project manager is trying to budget time for the various processes in the Project Schedule Management Knowledge Area. As project activities are performed, in which of these processes will the majority of effort occur?

1. Control Schedule
2. Estimate Activity Durations
3. Define Activities
4. Develop Schedule

Q4. Variance analysis refers to cost performance measurements used to determine the magnitude of variation in comparison to the original cost baseline. What is the trend on the percentage range of acceptable variances as the project progresses?

1. The percentage range of acceptable variances will tend to decrease as the project progresses.
2. The percentage range of acceptable variances will tend to increase as the project progresses.
3. The percentage range of acceptable variances will tend to decrease first and then increase as the project progresses beyond 50 percent completion.
4. The percentage range of acceptable variances remain the same as the project progresses.

Q5. Identify stakeholders is a process where you identify stakeholders for your project. Which of the following statements is not true regarding this process?

1. This process happens throughout the project
2. This process happens in the planning phase
3. This process happens in the executing phase
4. This process is started only when the project charter is signed

Q6. An effective quality audit should be:

1. Structured and independent
2. Informal and independent
3. Informal and internal
4. Structured and internal

Q7. The project is not going well and many changes are being made. Which of the following should you do FIRST to gain control of the project?

1. Review the project scope with the stakeholders
2. Create a new change form
3. Remind everyone of the change procedures
4. Ask the sponsor to review the project charter

Q8. Your company is concerned about improving its project performance. Internal measures have been created and have helped to identify areas needing improvement. Additional measures of performance are still needed. Which of the following would be the BEST thing to do?

1. Calculate the benefit to cost of purchasing a new piece of equipment.
2. Determine the project scope and measures to ensure the scope is met
3. Perform a root cause analysis on the quality problems that have occurred on the project
4. Read a project management magazine each month, and look at the results of other companies’ projects to help determine quality measures for future projects.

Q9. A project manager needs to assess quality on the project. To do so, he wants to measure the height of each table produced. However, that would be too expensive. In this case, it would be BEST to use:

1. Benchmarking
2. A sample
3. A control chart
4. A Pareto chart.

Q10. To a project manager, which of the following is the BIGGEST disadvantage of progress reports as compared to watching what is going on in a project, asking questions, and assisting team members?

1. Progress reports include information from all team.
2. Progress reports require expending time gathering information from stakeholders.
3. Progress reports generally show problems after they have occurred.
4. Progress reports supply information about trends.