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Q2. A project manager is creating a risk response plan. However, every time a risk response is suggested another risk is identified that is caused by the response. Which of the following would be the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Document the new risks and continue the Plan Risk Responses process.
2. Make sure the project work is better understood.
3. Get more people involved in the Identify Risks process since risks have been missed.
4. Spend more time making sure the risk responses are clearly defined.

Q3. As part of Define Activities, you are looking at dependencies used to define the sequence among the activities. Which of these is not a valid type of dependency?

1. Linked dependency
2. External dependency
3. Discretionary dependency
4. Mandatory dependency

Q4. A summary milestone schedule would normally be part of which document?

1. Project sign-off document
2. Project charter
3. Project requirements document
4. Project scope statement

Q5. A new testing center is going to be constructed over the next two years. The project sponsor and project manager have been identified and high-level estimates begun. It is expected that the project can be completed within budget and on schedule. The only difficulty is in acquiring the number of resources with the correct expertise to complete the work. Under these circumstances, the project manager should spend more time creating a:

1. Risk analysis
2. Responsibility assignment matrix
3. Responsibility chart
4. Resource-limited schedule

Q6. Adaptive project lifecycles, in comparison with predictive project lifecycles, are developed with the intent of:

1. Eliminating cost of changes throughout the project’s lifecycle
2. Providing agility in responding to change
3. Maximizing cost of changes throughout the project’s lifecycle
4. Minimizing cost of changes throughout the project’s lifecycle

Q7. You have completed your estimates for your project and have determined that it will take 10 months to complete. However, your project sponsor insists that it be completed in nine months. How do you handle this?

1. Increase the budget by 10 percent
2. Inform the sponsor you will have to explore the options before committing to that timeline
3. Reduce scope
4. Add resources

Q8. Once the project charter is authorized, it is the project manager’s duty to distribute the charter to all key stakeholders and ensure common understanding of the key deliverables, milestones, and their roles and responsibilities. During which of the following processes is the project charter distributed to the project stakeholders?

1. Direct and Manage Project Work
2. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
3. Develop Project Charter
4. Manage Communications

Q9. Which motivational theory uses the concepts of esteem and selfactualization?

1. Maslow
2. Deming
3. McGregor
4. Herzberg

Q10. A project team is creating a project management plan when management asks them to identify project risks and provide some form of qualitative output as soon as possible. What should the project team provide?

1. Prioritized list of project risks
2. Risk triggers
3. Contingency reserves
4. Probability of achieving the time and cost objectives.