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Q2. There are numerous ways to share information among project stakeholders. Which of the following is the most efficient communication method?

1. Push communication
2. Interactive communication
3. Pull communication
4. Manual communication

Q3. A system development project is nearing project closing when a previously unidentified risk is discovered. This could potentially affect the project’s overall ability to deliver. What should be done NEXT?

1. Alert the project sponsor of potential impacts to cost, scope, or schedule
2. Qualify the risk
3. Mitigate this risk by developing a risk response plan
4. Develop a workaround.

Q4. Which of the following is not a project competing constraint?

1. Budget
2. Procurement
3. Risk
4. Resource

Q5. You are in the middle of a complex negotiation when the other party says, “We need to finish in one hour because I have to catch my plane.” That person is using which of the following negotiation strategies?

1. Good guy, bad guy
2. Delay
3. Deadline
4. Extreme demands.

Q6. A parking lot fencing project was bid at US $11 per foot, and one company is doing all the work. The parking lot has four equal sides of 125 feet and requires the installation of a six-foot diameter culvert on one side. Fencing should be installed at a rate of 100 feet per day. The culvert installation will cost US $500 and take one day to complete. The culvert must be installed before work can begin on that side of the fence. After three days of work, one side is complete, another project has 75 feet installed, and the culvert is completely installed. What is the current status of the project?

1. The budget is neutral with a cost variance of $0
2. It is over budget, with a cost variance of -$1,100.
3. It is under budget, with a cost variance of +$500 due to the completion of the culvert installation
4. It is over budget with a cost variance of +$125.

Q7. In the earned value management technique, the cost performance baseline is:

1. Cost Measurement Baseline (CMB)
2. Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB)
3. Performance Base Value (PBV)
4. Actual Baseline (AB)

Q8. During the development of the project stakeholder engagement plan, a project manager is usually dependent on the voice of the project stakeholders to obtain expert opinion. Which of the following is an important tool available to the project manager for gathering and organizing stakeholders’ information?

1. Fishbone diagrams
2. Control charts
3. Histograms
4. Focus groups

Q9. A project manager would like to resolve conflicts by a give-and-take attitude rather than by a one-sided approach. Which of these approaches is he likely to use?

1. Forcing
2. Problem-solving
3. Directing
4. Withdrawing

Q10. For which of the following actions could a project manager incur a fine and be jailed?

1. Using people from outside the project manager’s country to work on the project
2. Failing to file the necessary permits in their own country
3. Paying a bribe to a foreign official
4. Not using minority workers on the project