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Q2. Linda is currently drafting her project stakeholder management plan. Since she is a new hire, she is not aware of the company’s policies and procedures. If she wants to know more about the company’s general issues management procedures, where must she look?

1. Project charter
2. Scope statement
3. Organizational process assets
4. Issue register

Q3. Your company wants to assign a resource to your project and asks you to bill that resource to the customer. This concerns you because you get a bonus for maximizing billings to the customer. What is the BEST thing to do?

1. Maximize customer billings in any ethical manner possible.
2. Ask for the customer’s approval before adding the resource to the project scope.
3. Ask for clarification of the intent of adding the resource.
4. Remind the appropriate members of the billing organization that monetary compensation is not worth compromising the integrity of the individual or the organization.

Q4. You are in the execution stage of your project, and you are informed that “corporate” will send in a team of consultants to review whether your project activities comply with your company’s and PMI’s policies, standards, and procedures. This is an example of:

1. Quality Audit
2. Organizational Process Assets
3. Process Analysis
4. Recommended Corrective Actions

Q5. During what part of the project management process is the project scope statement created?

1. Initiating
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Monitoring and controlling

Q6. Many quality problems plagued a project. The quality of the work products deviated considerably from specifications. The project manager decided to do a root cause analysis. What activities does a root cause analysis include?

1. Discovery of the underlying causes of a problem
2. Problem Identification and discovery of the underlying causes of a problem
3. Identification of a problem
4. Problem identification, discovery of the underlying causes of a problem, and development of preventive actions

Q7. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the PMBOK processes that collects work performance data, converts it to work performance information, formats it into work performance reports, and distributes these reports?

1. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Monitor Communications -> Manage Communications
2. Monitor Communications -> Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications
3. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor Communications -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications
4. Direct & Manage Project Work -> Monitor & Control Project Work -> Manage Communications -> Monitor Communications

Q8. A project to design and build a new aircraft is cancelled after the project has been underway for some time. What process is employed to document what work was done and to what extent it was completed?

1. Validate Scope
2. Control Scope
3. Control Quality
4. Close Project or Phase

Q9. Daniel is managing the development of an e-commerce website for his organization. Daniel enjoys coercive powers. He has assigned Julie, a project team member, to facilitate the team meetings. During any team meeting, Julie must:

1. Influence team members to support the project manager's decisions
2. Support the team members to challenge the project manager's decisions
3. Negotiate with team members to achieve the project objectives
4. Remain neutral and conduct the meetings

Q10. Your company is having problems delivering the finished product from the factory to the warehouses, which are located in different geographical areas. To smooth out the process, you have identified all critical stages for this procedure. What will be your next step?

1. You will use a Tornado diagram
2. You will use an Ishikawa diagram
3. You will use a Scatter diagram
4. You will use a Pareto analysis