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Q2. At a critical design review meeting for a large project, several important issues surfaced. After hearing about a major technical problem, one of the subcontractor’s engineers mentions that he experienced a similar situation on another project, he has some ideas on how to solve the current problem. What type of power is the engineer using?

1. Manipulative
2. Formal
3. Expert
4. Referent.

Q3. During what part of the project management process is MOST of a project’s budget expended?

1. Planning
2. Executing
3. Monitoring and Controlling
4. Closing

Q4. A project manager wants to more extensively involve the stakeholders on the project. Which of the following would be the BEST way to accomplish this?

1. Have the stakeholders periodically review the list of project requirements.
2. Invite the stakeholders to attend project status meetings.
3. Send the status report to the stakeholders.
4. Constantly update the stakeholders on the status of all project changes.

Q5. Risk response owners can potentially have conflict with risk auditors because risk auditors:

1. Report to the project manager
2. Investigate the effectiveness of the risk response owner
3. Measure the effectiveness of the risk thresholds.
4. Report to the stakeholders

Q6. A work breakdown structure is an input to all of the following processes EXCEPT:

1. Define Activities
2. Estimate Costs
3. Perform Quality Assurance
4. Plan Procurements

Q7. A project has faced major difficulties in the quality of its deliverables. Management now states that quality is the most important project constraint. If another problem with quality were to occur, what would be the BEST thing for the project manager to do?

1. Fix the problem as soon as possible.
2. Allow the schedule to slip by cutting cost.
3. Allow cost to increase by fixing the root cause of the problem.
4. Allow risk to increase by cutting cost.

Q8. During the Control Scope process, analysis of the scope performance resulted in a change request to the scope baseline. This change request will be processed for review and disposition in the:

1. Control Quality
2. Perform Integrated Change Control
3. Monitor and Control Project Work
4. Validate Scope

Q9. Which process is MOST responsible for managing changes to the schedule components of the Project Management Plan?

1. Control Schedule
2. Create WBS
3. Develop Project Management Plan
4. Develop Schedule

Q10. You have been assigned as project manager for a large project. This project has a very large numbers of stakeholders and you have to identify and analyze each of them. What is the best time to identify the project stakeholders?

1. Before developing the project management plan
2. After developing the project management plan
3. Before starting the executing phase
4. Before the collect requirement process