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During a discussion with the quality department, Dave, a project manager, was told that as applied to projects, the terms “prevention” and “inspection” are synonymous. However, his understanding of the terms is different. What would you comment on this situation?
  1. The project manager is correct. Prevention is about keeping errors out of the process; inspection is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
  2. The project manager is correct. Inspection is about keeping errors out of the process; prevention is about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands.
  3. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the customer’s hands. They are used in different contexts.
  4. The project manager is wrong. Both inspection and prevention are about keeping errors out of the process. They are used in different contexts.






Q2. What is the difference between the Monitor and Control Project Work process and the Direct and Manage Project Work process?

  1. The Monitor and Control Project Work and the Direct and Manage Project Work processes are the same.
  2. The Monitor and Control Project Work process monitors the project performance while the Direct and Manage Project Work process is concerned with performing the activities to accomplish project requirements.
  3. The Monitor and Control Project Work process is a sub-process of the Direct and Manage Project Work process.
  4. There is no such thing as the Monitor and Control Project Work process.
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Q3. What similarity exists between a cost-reimbursable contract and a timeand- materials contract?

  1. They are open-ended.
  2. The closure date is part of the contract.
  3. They have fixed bonus rates.
  4. They can never grow in value.
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Q4. All of the following statements about workarounds are correct EXCEPT:

  1. They are unplanned responses to risks
  2. They are responses only to risk that were identified in project planning
  3. They make use of the project management plan
  4. They may result in a project change request.
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Q5. You are making another international trip and have been invited to a holiday celebration; you discover that all of the subcontracted work for the project has been given to one of the team member’s brothers. What should you do?

  1. Do nothing if the project is progressing on schedule.
  2. Evaluate the cost of the subcontracted work.
  3. Determine what the common practices are in that country.
  4. Tell the team member that such actions are not allowed.
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Q6. You have been assigned as a project manager of a new project to be executed out of New York. However, you determine the project requires a Global Positioning Systems expert who is not available within the company in New York. After doing a little checking, you determine that the company has an expert based in London who is suitable for the project. However, the London-based employee is not willing to relocate to New York for the project. In such a case:

  1. Write to the manager of the London-based employee and inform him that the employee needs to be convinced to relocate to New York due to project requirements.
  2. You look at the option of moving ahead with the project by using a virtual team.
  3. Manage the project without the key resource and flag this as a risk.
  4. Co-location of resources is a key factor for the success of projects. As per PMI guidelines, you cannot proceed with the project since the resources are not available in New York.
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Q7. A project manager has a large team consisting of people from many functional areas of the company. The BEST method to get the team’s cooperation is to use _______ power.

  1. Formal
  2. Penalty
  3. Reward
  4. Referent.
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Q8. A fellow project manager is retiring and moving to the mountains; you will take over his project. Before he leaves, he tells you the project is on schedule but only because he “put the hammer down” on his project team and pushed them relentlessly. Pushing the team to perform activities to accomplish project objectives is a part of:

  1. Direct and Manage Project Work
  2. Monitor and Control Project Work
  3. Control Quality
  4. Control Scope
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Q9. Which of the following information about the project would NEVER be available during project planning?

  1. Cost performance index
  2. Benefit cost ratio
  3. Internal rate of return
  4. Budget at completion
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Q10. You are planning a project. The functional managers will not commit any particular people to your project, because it will not begin for a few months. All of the following methods could be used to handle this situation EXCEPT:

  1. Use the average productivity factor for each department.
  2. Use the average daily rate of the resource in each department times the number of resource needed of each resource type.
  3. Use the results of the Delphi Technique for the number of hours.
  4. Use the average probability of successful completion multiplied by the number of resource needed each day.
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