Question:* What is the definition of an SOW?
Answer: • Statement of Work
Question:* A Change Control Board is:
Answer: • A formal constituted group of stakeholders responsible for approving or rejecting changes to the project baselines
Question:* One of the members of your project team comes to you and says that he heard that one of the suppliers to the project had given a substantial gift to one of the project team members in hopes that the team member would favor his company with a purchase order. This team member then ordered the parts from this company. What should you do?
Answer: • Investigate the matter completely
Question:* What is "KPI"?
Answer: • Key Performance Indicator
Question:* Which is the BEST definition of quality?
Answer: • A product that satisfies all of the requirements of the people who pay for it.
Question:* What should the project manager do to ensure that all work is included in the project plan?
Answer: • Create a WBS
Question:* A project management triangle is a model of the constraints of project management.
Answer: • True
Question:* A project manager is reporting the final status of the closed contract to the stakeholders. Which form of communication is appropriate?
Answer: • Formal written
Question:* The Triple Constraint Model of a project consists of:
Answer: • Scope, Schedule, and Cost
Question:* What are the steps for defining the scope of a project?
Answer: • Define project objectives, goals, sub-phases, tasks, resources, budget, and schedule.
Question:* Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a project manager?
Answer: • Sponsoring the project
Question:* Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverable, tasks, and deadlines.
Answer: • True
Question:* A person who is involved in, has something to gain or lose, or may be affected by the activities of the project is called a:
Answer: • Stakeholder
Question:* Which one of these is part of the execution stage?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* The margin on the project you are working on is low, and it is extremely important that the cost estimates for the work to be accurate. While reviewing the cost estimates for it, you notice that one for an element in the WBS is 10% higher than two previous projects for very similar work. What should you do?
Answer: • Ask the person responsible for the estimate to explain the difference and bring supporting information to you
Question:* True or False? One side of the project management triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others.
Answer: • True
Question:* What must a project manager do to ensure clear boundaries for project completion?
Answer: • Complete a scope statement
Question:* What are the 5 basic Phases of Project Management
Answer: • Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, and Close
Question:* What is the total float of a project?
Answer: • Amount of time a task can slip without affecting the project end-date
Question:* A contract to deliver has been signed for the current project you are working on. The customer who has signed the contract has telephoned you to request additional work to be done on the project, which will affect the budget, but not the schedule of the project. What should you do next?
Answer: • Respond to the customer’s request by explaining the change procedure and asking that he or she submit a request for change
Question:* What must a project manager do to create clear boundaries for project completion?
Answer: • Complete a scope statement
Question:* What is the purpose of a project charter?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* What happens at each gate when using the phase-gate model?
Answer: • Continuation of the project is reviewed by a committee
Question:* A type of project management that is typically used in technology and software development is:
Answer: • Agile project management
Question:* A group of related projects that are managed in a coordinated way that usually include an element of ongoing activity is called a:
Answer: • Program
Question:* What is WBS typically used for:
Answer: • Organizing and defining the total scope of the project
Question:* True or False? The closing stage of a project consists of 2 sub-stages?
Answer: • True
Question:* A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a new product or service is called a:
Answer: • Project
Question:* What is a management style that is used for breaking down projects into small components?
Answer: • Work breakdown structure
Question:* You are managing a project that is in process. A large and unexpected problem occurs that will cause a delay in the schedule in excess of the contingency schedule for the project. What should you do?
Answer: • Look at other tasks in the schedule and see which ones should be reduced to allow time for this problem to be worked out
Question:* The stakeholder analysis should be done in which stage of the project management?
Answer: • Initiation
Question:* Some members of your project team have come to you and asked that they be permitted to work on a flexible schedule. Others feel it is important that all team members be on site at all times unless they are absent for business reasons. What should you do?
Answer: • Arrange a meeting of the project team members and allow them to decide
Question:* Which of these is NOT one of the Five Performance Domains?
Answer: • Budgeting the project
Question:* Which of the following is an example of a conflict of interest?
Answer: • You are the owner of a company that is supplying parts to a project that you are managing
Question:* The original approved plan plus or minus approved scope changes is called the:
Answer: • Baseline
Question:* A project manager makes a narrative description of the work that must be done for her project. This is called a:
Answer: • Statement of work
Question:* A graphic display of cumulative costs, labor hours, percentage of work etc. plotted against time is known as:
Answer: • An S-Curve
Question:* What is the term for a histogram that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause?
Answer: • A Pareto Diagram
Question:* The process of establishing clear and achievable objectives, measuring their achievement, and adjusting performance in accordance with the results of the measurement is called?
Answer: • Management by objectives
Question:* You are managing a design project. You find that bringing all of your team members into a single room to work increases their communication, and helps build a sense of community. This is referred to as a:
Answer: • War room
Question:* During the full life cycle of the project, a plot of the project’s expected expenditure will usually follow a characteristic “S” shape. This indicates that:
Answer: • The bulk of the project budget will be spent in the execution phase
Question:* Your manager wants you to prepare a presentation for him to present at a conference. Most of the material in the presentation will be facts that are the results of your project. He intends to present the material under his own name. Your name will not appear. What should you do?
Answer: • Meet with your manager’s manager and discuss the problem
Question:* What kind of a relationship is it when completion of a successor is dependent on initiation of its predecessor?
Answer: • SF (start-to-finish)
Question:* Which one of these is NOT a stage of the phase-gate model?
Answer: • Research
Question:* A control shows seven data points on a row on one side of the mean. What should be done?
Answer: • Find an assignable cause.
Question:* What are examples of project stakeholders?
Answer: • Project leader, project team members, upper management.
Question:* PRINCE2 focuses on:
Answer: • Controlled environments
Question:* Taking action to decrease the total project duration after analyzing a number of alternatives to determine how to get the maximum duration compression for the least cost is known as:
Answer: • Crashing
Question:* In a current project, you use earned value calculations to figure out that you’re going to run $500 over budget if the project continues at the current rate. Which of the following core characteristics of a project manager are you using to find the problem?
Answer: • Knowledge
Question:* How many phases are there in a phase-gate model?
Answer: • 6
Question:* Any numbering system that is used to monitor project costs by category such as labor, supplies, or materials is called a:
Answer: • Code of Accounts
Question:* What does "PRiSM" stand for?
Answer: • Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods
Question:* Which of the following is NOT a Project Management Knowledge Area?
Answer: • Initiating
Question:* As a direct result of the successful completion of a project, your manager approves a bonus of $25,000 for you. There are fifteen members of the project team. One of the people in the project team has been a very low contributor to the project; the other fourteen have all been above standard. What should you do with the money?
Answer: • Ask the team members how they would divide the money
Question:* You are managing a project and the customer’s engineer visits your facility on an inspection and general getting acquainted tour. During the tour they make the comment that the parts that are being designed should be in stainless steel instead of plain steel with enamel. What should you do?
Answer: • Speak to the visiting engineers and discuss having an informal meeting between your engineers and the visiting engineers
Question:* A project coordinator may typically be found in a ____________ organization
Answer: • Weak matrix
Question:* Managing projects that are uncertain and complex are often called:
Answer: • Extreme Project Management (XPM)
Question:* Outputs of the Plan Risk Responses process include:
Answer: • Residual risks, fallback plans, and contingency reserves
Question:* The focus on how time and resources are invested into making changes that people want to see happen is known as:
Answer: • Benefits Realisation Management
Question:* Your project management team includes two external consultants each from a different company. You found that repeated conflicts between the two consultants already slow down project progress and jeopardize achievement of objectives. Which stage of team development can be difficult to overcome in such a situation?
Answer: • Kickoff from Assignment, Kickoff, Training, Communicating
Question:* An unintended break in a network path, usually caused by missing activities or logical relationships, is called a:
Answer: • Hanger
Question:* An example of scope verification is:
Answer: • Reviewing the performance of an installed software module
Question:* Decomposing the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to provide better control is called:
Answer: • Scope definition
Question:* You hire a person from a competing company who has a great deal of expertise in your industry. During conversation with the person you determine that many of this person’s ideas were developed by the competing company. What do you do?
Answer: • Accept the new ideas
Question:* What is a risk owner?
Answer: • The person who makes a risk happen.
Question:* True or False? A hammock must have an internal sequence
Answer: • False
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