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During project executing, one of the electrical engineers informs the project manager that the life cycle cost of the new heating and air conditioning system is higher than the life cycle cost of another heating and air conditioning system. What should the project manager do?
  1. Determine if there is room in the project budget for the additional cost.
  2. Select the product with the lower life cycle cost.
  3. Select the product with the best life cycle cost to earned value ratio.
  4. Select the product with the lowest maintenance cost to life cycle cost ratio.






Q2. A project manager is concerned about the amount of gold plating that has occurred on past projects. All the following would NOT be of use in controlling gold plating EXCEPT:

  1. A staffing management plan
  2. A project charter
  3. A work breakdown structure dictionary
  4. A risk management plan
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Q3. A project manager has just started planning his project. If he has only limited information about the project, he should use the following technique to estimate the duration for each activity using historical data from a similar project:

  1. Four-point estimating
  2. Three-point estimating
  3. Analogous estimating
  4. Parametric estimating
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Q4. All of the questions are common outputs of risk management EXCEPT:

  1. Contract terms and conditions
  2. A risk response plan
  3. Schedule reserves
  4. An approved project management plan.
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Q5. From the project perspective, quality attributes:

  1. Determine how effectively the performing organization supports the project.
  2. Provide the basis for judging the project’s success or failure
  3. Are specific characteristics on which a product is designed and tested.
  4. Are objective criteria that must be met.
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Q6. You realize that you have made an error in your monthly status meeting. Therefore, you send stakeholders the correct report by email. What kind of communication method are you using here?

  1. Push
  2. Pull
  3. Interactive
  4. None of the above
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Q7. Change control tool selection should be based on the needs of the project stakeholders, including organizational and environmental considerations and/or constraints. Which of the following is not a key change management consideration while selecting an appropriate change control tool for a project?

  1. Identifying and selecting a change item
  2. Configuration item verification and audit
  3. Documenting the change into a proper change request
  4. Tracking change requests
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Q8. A process that states how formal validation and acceptance of the completed project deliverables will be achieved is documented in the:

  1. Scope Management plan
  2. Procurement Management plan
  3. Risk Management plan
  4. Communications Management plan
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Q9. A new software development project is in progress and the project manager is working with the quality assurance department. They want to improve everyone’s confidence that the project will satisfy the quality standards. Which of the following MUST they have before they start this process?

  1. Completed checklists
  2. A quality control plan
  3. Results of quality control measurements
  4. Rework.
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Q10. Which motivational theory says that working conditions, salary, and relationships at work do NOT improve motivation?

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