21. The Manage Project Team process is part of what process group?
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
Answer: B, The Manage Project Team process is part of the Executing process group
22. You have been assigned a project where you are responsible for building a condo complex in a resort town. The project is expected to take 2 years to complete. During your work breakdown structure meeting you have decomposed many deliverables into work packages and schedule activities, however, there are some work packages that will be occurring a year from now, so you have elected not to decompose those deliverables and work packages at this time. This is an example of what tool and/or technique?
A. Scope Creep
B. Poor Planning
C. Rolling Wave Planning
D. Time Delayed Decomposition
Answer: C, The correct answer is rolling wave planning. Rolling Wave Planning is a form of progressive elaboration and is used when the project management team does not have enough information for a phase or deliverable that will occur quite a long way into the future.
23. You are analyzing the risk in a project and decide to do a sensitivity analysis to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. You look at a tool to help compare the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty to those that are more stable. One such tool is,
A. Beta Distribution
B. S-Curve
C. Control Chart
D. Tornado Diagram
Answer: D, A Tornado diagram is useful for comparing the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty to those that are more stable.
24. You the project manager responsible for building a 100,000 sq.ft. data center. One of the scheduled activities in your plan is to install the Computer Room Air Conditioning(CRAC) units, however in order to start the installation of the units the raised floor in the data center must be completely installed first, so the units have something to be bolted on to. This is an example of what type of dependency?
A. External
B. Optional
C. Discretionary
D. Mandatory
Answer: D, This is an example of a mandatory dependency since the units will be bolted to the raised floor.
25. Daniel is managing the development of an e-commerce website for his organization. Daniel enjoys coercive powers and has assigned Julie, a project team member, to facilitate the team meetings. During any team meeting, Julie must?
A. Influence team members to support the project manager's decisions
B. Support the team members to challenge the project manager's decisions
C. Negotiate with team members to achieve the project objectives
D. Remain neutral and facilitate the meetings
Answer: D, Since the project manager enjoys coercive powers, it seems likely that he has assigned a neutral facilitator to facilitate the team meetings. Facilitation is a management skill. A good facilitator should always remain neutral in a meeting and help facilitate consensus when required.
26.Which of the following is not an example of a procurement document?
A. Tender Notice
B. Risk Register
C. Request for Proposal(RFP)
D. Invitation for Negotiation
Answer: B, The risk register is not a procurement document. Procurement documents are used to seek proposals from prospective sellers. Examples are Invitation for bid, Request for proposal, Request for Quotation, tender notice, Invitation for Negotiation and contractor initial response.
27. Alan is the project manager of a project with 6 stakeholders. If the number of stakeholders goes up to 8, how many additional channels does he have to manage?
A. 2
B. 14
C. 13
D. 28
Answer: C, Formula for the number of channels is n*(n-1)/2, where n is the number of stakeholders. Therefore in the present situation, the no. of channels are 6*(6-1)/2 = 15
In the new situation, where the no.of stakeholders are 8, the no.of channels are 8*(8-1)/2 = 28. Hence the additional number of channels to manage is = 28-15 = 13.
28. A co-worker mentions that another project manager regularly takes certain project resources to expensive dinners and expenses it to the company. However, this project manager does not recognize or reward the contributions of any other project resources. What should you do?
A. Do nothing.
B. Confront the project manager.
C. Implement a formal reward and recognition program on your own project.
D. Report this to the appropriate management.
Answer: D, The rules of the organization must be applied without favoritism or discrimination. Rewarding only certain project resources and ignoring others is unfair and unprofessional. The code of ethics and professional behavior not only prohibit this behavior, but it also requires that project managers report violations by other project managers to the appropriate management.
29. When a project is performed under the contract, the contractual provisions will generally be considered as ______________ for the project.
A. Constraints
B. Exclusions
C. Deliverables
D. Provisions
Answer: A, When a project is performed under the contract, the contractual provisions are generally considered as constraints for the project as they are the limiting factors.
30. During a work breakdown structure meeting, you have decomposed the deliverables into work packages and created your WBS dictionary. However, you now want to decompose the work packages to assist you in estimating, executing and control the project. These decomposed work packages are called?
A. Work Packages can't be decomposed into smaller units
B. Activities
C. Milestones
D. Control Accounts
Answer: B, Activities represent the effort needed to complete a work package and are an output of the Define Activities process. During this process, the work packages are further decomposed into project activities.
A. Planning
B. Executing
C. Monitoring and Controlling
D. Closing
Answer: B, The Manage Project Team process is part of the Executing process group
22. You have been assigned a project where you are responsible for building a condo complex in a resort town. The project is expected to take 2 years to complete. During your work breakdown structure meeting you have decomposed many deliverables into work packages and schedule activities, however, there are some work packages that will be occurring a year from now, so you have elected not to decompose those deliverables and work packages at this time. This is an example of what tool and/or technique?
A. Scope Creep
B. Poor Planning
C. Rolling Wave Planning
D. Time Delayed Decomposition
Answer: C, The correct answer is rolling wave planning. Rolling Wave Planning is a form of progressive elaboration and is used when the project management team does not have enough information for a phase or deliverable that will occur quite a long way into the future.
23. You are analyzing the risk in a project and decide to do a sensitivity analysis to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. You look at a tool to help compare the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty to those that are more stable. One such tool is,
A. Beta Distribution
B. S-Curve
C. Control Chart
D. Tornado Diagram
Answer: D, A Tornado diagram is useful for comparing the relative importance of variables that have a high degree of uncertainty to those that are more stable.
24. You the project manager responsible for building a 100,000 sq.ft. data center. One of the scheduled activities in your plan is to install the Computer Room Air Conditioning(CRAC) units, however in order to start the installation of the units the raised floor in the data center must be completely installed first, so the units have something to be bolted on to. This is an example of what type of dependency?
A. External
B. Optional
C. Discretionary
D. Mandatory
Answer: D, This is an example of a mandatory dependency since the units will be bolted to the raised floor.
25. Daniel is managing the development of an e-commerce website for his organization. Daniel enjoys coercive powers and has assigned Julie, a project team member, to facilitate the team meetings. During any team meeting, Julie must?
A. Influence team members to support the project manager's decisions
B. Support the team members to challenge the project manager's decisions
C. Negotiate with team members to achieve the project objectives
D. Remain neutral and facilitate the meetings
Answer: D, Since the project manager enjoys coercive powers, it seems likely that he has assigned a neutral facilitator to facilitate the team meetings. Facilitation is a management skill. A good facilitator should always remain neutral in a meeting and help facilitate consensus when required.
26.Which of the following is not an example of a procurement document?
A. Tender Notice
B. Risk Register
C. Request for Proposal(RFP)
D. Invitation for Negotiation
Answer: B, The risk register is not a procurement document. Procurement documents are used to seek proposals from prospective sellers. Examples are Invitation for bid, Request for proposal, Request for Quotation, tender notice, Invitation for Negotiation and contractor initial response.
27. Alan is the project manager of a project with 6 stakeholders. If the number of stakeholders goes up to 8, how many additional channels does he have to manage?
A. 2
B. 14
C. 13
D. 28
Answer: C, Formula for the number of channels is n*(n-1)/2, where n is the number of stakeholders. Therefore in the present situation, the no. of channels are 6*(6-1)/2 = 15
In the new situation, where the no.of stakeholders are 8, the no.of channels are 8*(8-1)/2 = 28. Hence the additional number of channels to manage is = 28-15 = 13.
28. A co-worker mentions that another project manager regularly takes certain project resources to expensive dinners and expenses it to the company. However, this project manager does not recognize or reward the contributions of any other project resources. What should you do?
A. Do nothing.
B. Confront the project manager.
C. Implement a formal reward and recognition program on your own project.
D. Report this to the appropriate management.
Answer: D, The rules of the organization must be applied without favoritism or discrimination. Rewarding only certain project resources and ignoring others is unfair and unprofessional. The code of ethics and professional behavior not only prohibit this behavior, but it also requires that project managers report violations by other project managers to the appropriate management.
29. When a project is performed under the contract, the contractual provisions will generally be considered as ______________ for the project.
A. Constraints
B. Exclusions
C. Deliverables
D. Provisions
Answer: A, When a project is performed under the contract, the contractual provisions are generally considered as constraints for the project as they are the limiting factors.
30. During a work breakdown structure meeting, you have decomposed the deliverables into work packages and created your WBS dictionary. However, you now want to decompose the work packages to assist you in estimating, executing and control the project. These decomposed work packages are called?
A. Work Packages can't be decomposed into smaller units
B. Activities
C. Milestones
D. Control Accounts
Answer: B, Activities represent the effort needed to complete a work package and are an output of the Define Activities process. During this process, the work packages are further decomposed into project activities.
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