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Q2. A project uses rounding of activity cost estimates data to the nearest $100, uses staff hours as the unit of measure for resources, and has a variance threshold of 10 percent deviation from the baseline plan. These approaches are typically documented in the:

1. Cost management plan
2. Scope Statement
3. WBS
4. Project charter

Q3. A first-time project manager is advised by an experienced project manager to plan for cost of quality. The first-time project manager is not sure which costs are included in the cost of quality. What would your advice be?

1. Cost of quality only includes cost of nonconformance.
2. Cost of quality includes cost of conformance and cost of nonconformance.
3. Cost of quality only includes prevention costs and internal failure costs.
4. Cost of quality only includes cost of conformance.

Q4. A project team is in the design stage of a new mountain bicycle prototype. The team is in the process of identifying which type of frame and material will provide high performance at a low cost. Which of the following is the MOST likely technique used to determine these variables?

1. Benefit cost analysis
2. Ishikawa diagram
3. Design of experiments
4. System flowchart

Q5. The sponsor has asked you to require that each piece of the project scope be planned, estimated, and scheduled. The sponsor also wants to authorize each piece of the project management plan after the documentation is assembled. What is the MOST appropriate response to these requests?

1. Politely advise the sponsor to forego the authorization of work.
2. Provide the sponsor with a schedule of when the components will be ready for authorization
3. Ask the sponsor to authorize each piece before it is completed
4. Tell the sponsor that the chance for authorization will come after the pieces of the project management plan are compiled

Q6. A project manager has completed identification of stakeholders and has started planning for a flow instruments installation project in a hospital. While developing the project management plan, a team member states that a stakeholder in the X-ray department is missing from the stakeholder list. Which of the following would be the best response from the project manager?

1. Authenticate the information from the team member
2. Include and involve the stakeholder immediately
3. It is too late to involve a stakeholder in the planning, so ignore the stakeholder
4. Wait until the execution phase to involve the new stakeholder

Q7. The role of each stakeholder is determined by:

1. The stakeholder and the sponsor.
2. The project manager and the sponsor.
3. The team and the project manager.
4. The project manager and the stakeholder.

Q8. During a key stakeholders’ update meeting, George’s project was challenged. The project is currently in the executing phase. One of the key stakeholders claimed the project no longer makes any business sense. What must George do next?

1. Update the issue log and request that the stakeholder provide more details
2. Request the project sponsor to intervene
3. Prematurely terminate the project
4. Redo the business case for the project

Q9. A project post-mortem is an activity, usually performed at the project’s conclusion, to determine and analyze a project’s outcome which also includes a lessons-learned gathering exercise. Project post-mortems help to mitigate future risks and are often a key component of, and ongoing precursor to, effective risk management. Which of the following is a terrible mistake when collecting lessons learned?

1. Documenting both the success stories and the failed attempts
2. Calculating project’s final statistics
3. Focusing purely on the negatives and analyzing failures
4. Conducting a comprehensive performance review

Q10. Which of the following does NOT need to be done if there is a major delay on a noncritical path activity?

1. Investigate the delay
2. Re-evaluate which path is critical
3. Change the project schedule
4. Review the float time for the activity