Simulator Mock Exam 1

Question 1

If a project manager hires temporary resources, what risk response strategy is being demonstrated?

Answer 1

Avoid

The risk was posed by insufficient resources. The risk was a void by hiring additional resources.

Question 2

What is benchmarking?

Answer 2

It’s identifying performance issues compared to industry standards 

Question 3

What document outlines expectations between team members?

Answer 3

The team charter will outline expected behaviors and project expectations

Question 4

What tools are used to collect requirements for new products?

Answer 4

Prototypes and expert judgment

Question 5

What should be done before updating a stakeholder engagement plan if a stakeholder is upset?

Answer 5

It’s always best to first meet with them to understand what issues there are and the best way to go around fixing them 

Question 6

What’s the difference between stakeholder analysis and stakeholder matrix?

Answer 6

Stakeholder matrix is a list of potential roles and their level of interest, including their expectation of the project

Stakeholder analysis reviews the matrix for their potential needs 

Question 7

What’s the difference between fast tracking and crashing methods

Answer 7

Fast tracking decreases the schedule without impacting the budget

Crashing decreasing the schedule but it impacts the budget

Question 8

How might you learn about stakeholder expectations and attitudes about a product?

Answer 8

By conducting a focus group in question

Question 9

What plan is created that will go to the team to find the main project objectives?

Answer 9

Scope management plan

It is a component of the project management plan and describes how the scope will be defined develop monitored, controlled and validated

Question 10

When do you create an implement quality metrics?

Answer 10

This is done during planning the phase and an output of plan quality management 

Question 11

when should you ensure the project meets its quality requirements?

Answer 11

Review in the work on a regular basis, would ensure the work is getting done according to plan 

Question 12

When does a customer meet a team during agile project?

Answer 12

The sprint review meeting 

Question 13

What is the sprint retrospective meeting?

Answer 13

This is a meeting with team members to reflect back about the previous sprint

Question 14

What is a statement of work? SOW

Answer 14

It’s a business agreement that outlines deliverables and project goals

Helps clients and vendors reach goals together.

Developed from the product scope baseline 



Question 15

What is the statement of work important in project management?

Answer 15

it ensures there is no misunderstanding between vendors and their clients when they come on board a project 

Question 16

What is the WBS process?

Answer 16

dividing project deliverables and project work into similar more manageable components (work packages)

It’s like a diagram of hierarchies of work

Question 17

How is the WBS created?

Answer 17

It’s created from the project scope statement

Question 18

When is the project scope created?

Answer 18

Before the project begins project, managers, stakeholders and customers provide objective schedules tasks and deliverables in the statement 

Question 19

What is the team charter?

Answer 19

It’s a document that establishes team, values agreements, and operating guidelines

Developed by the team

Question 20

What is a stakeholder analysis?

Answer 20

A technique, systematically gathering, and analyzing information to determine who’s interest should be taking account throughout the project

💥Planning phase

Question 21

What are the five key parts of a scope management plan?

Answer 21

Approach
Roles and responsibilities
WBS
Scope verification
Scope control

💥Planning phase

Question 22

What is the purpose of a sprint review meeting?

Answer 22

To inspect the increment that was developed in that sprint and collect feedback from key stakeholders

💥Executing - Agile

Question 23

What is a stakeholder analysis?

Answer 23

It’s taking the stakeholder matrix and analyzing to see what their needs are on the project.

Question 24

What document outlines how deliverables will be verified for accuracy?

Answer 24

The quality management plan

Demonstrates compliance with requirements and standards.

Question 25

What is a requirements management plan?

Answer 25

It documents how we document and collect requirements but not how to meet accuracy.

Question 26

What is a sprint goal?

Answer 26

Clear set of objectives before the beginning of a sprint.

Question 27

What is a burn down chart?

Answer 27

A list of what’s left on the project

Question 28

What is a burn up chart?

Answer 28

A list of items that have gotten done on the project