Exam Questions Flashcards
A project manager is attempting to establish the proper sequencing and duration of project activities. Which of the following would be the MOST beneficial?
Network Diagram
Which of the following are characteristics of a project?
Temporary , Start and Finish.
A company has determined it does not have the in house capability to perform a project and wants to procure third- party services. Which of the following documents will the company MOST likely release FIRST?
RFI
The project manager was asked to provide recommendations for the removal of a vendor. A meeting was scheduled with the key stakeholders and the project sponsor to highlight the reasons for this recommendation. Which of the following should the project manager bring to the meeting to support this recommendation? Choose two
The issue log to show why the vendor should be replaced.
A change management plan to have the vendor replaced.
A project manager is creating the WBS. In which of the following phases is the project?
Planning
Which of the following is a characteristics of a matrix organization?
Authority is shared between functional and project managers.
A WBS is being developed for a project. Which of the following would be BEST suited to contribute cost and time estimates for the project activities ?
Project manager
A project manager is assigned to a project and has not had a handover meeting with the previous project manager. The new project manager is reviewing the percent of project completion, schedule progress, and budget constraints.
Status report
A stakeholder is unaware of a project’s status. Which of the following documents should the project manager consult to ensure all stakeholders are notified of project changes? (Choose two).
Status report and Meeting Minutes.
There are four parallel paths on a network diagram. The summary duration of each path is below:
A,C,G: 10 weeks
A, B, F: 8 weeks
D, E, H:12 weeks
D, B, F:7 weeks
Which of the following tasks are on the critical path?
D, E, H
A project team is comprised of a mix of in house and virtual team members.
When a complex announcement needs to go out to the entire project team, which of the following is the MOST effective way to communicate it?
Hosting a web conference meeting is the best method. It gives the project manager the opportunity to explain the announcement and answer any questions from the team.
A project requires daily status updates.
Which of the following is the MOST effective method for providing these updates?
Standup
A project sponsor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) disagree about how to release that final deliverables to the market. The sponsor wants to do a massive product release, while the CIO wants to be extremely cautious and add more time for testing and defect resolution. The project manager works with both parties and determines the best solution is to roll the product out in a pilot release to see how it tests, and then use customer feedback to determine next steps.
Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager using?
Negotiating
A project manager is justifying a required change with the associated impact on the project.
Which of the following is the NEXT step?
Approval
The PMO is responsible for (Choose Two)
Setting standards and practices for the organization and providing governance.
Outlining consequences of non-performance and coordinating between disparate projects.
A critical stakeholder has requested additional status updated beyond the schedules.
Which of the following factors MOST likely needs to be accounted for when communicating with this stakeholder?
Frequency
Which of the following activities are associated with the closing phase of a project ? (Choose Two )
Archiving of project documents and Lessons learned
Which of the following describes a burn rate?
Rate at which the project budget is used.
The project manager for a TV tower construction project receives notification that a strong storm is expected the following week.
Evaluate the risk, develop a mitigation plan and communicate it according to the communication plan.
One deliverable failed during testing, and this has already happened several times.
Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for the project team to use to determine the cause of the problem?
Fishbone diagram
During the invitation phase, a project manager has asked for a document containing the high level objectives and goals for a project.
Which of the following documents would contain these items?
Requirements document
A team lead informs the project manager that the data center will not be accessible when the project needs to be completed. The team lead also indicates that the team member who is assigned to complete the data center project is out on medical leave.
Which of the following should a project manager update to document this information?
A list of realized risks.
The executive sponsor asks a project manager to summarize the following for a project:
- Final capital expenditures
- Anticipated cost of new employee resources to support the solution.
- Maintenance estimates.
Which of the following information should the project manager provide?
Cost baseline
Which of the following defines a group of projects that work together to achieve a common goal?
Program
A company hires an outside vendor to provide 24/7 support.
Which of the following documents would determine the contractual obligations?
SLA
A project manager is managing a project with a hard deadline in two weeks. At the current rate of progress, the project will not finish on time.
Which of the following techniques is MOST likely to be used to complete the project on time?
Crashing
A project manager is unsure if the quality of a deliverable from a SME meets specifications.
Which of the following is the BEST way for the project manager to address the issue?
Conduct a face to face or telephone meeting with the team member.
Which of the following is a key aspect of the Agile project management methodology?
Daily standup meetings
A carpenter on a project team reports there is insufficient time to accomplish tasks on schedule. Which of the following is the FIRST step the project manager should take?
Assess the risk register’s new items.
A project manager is managing a transactional project. One of the key team members is having difficulties understanding the client requirements.
Which of the following actions would be BEST for the project manager to take?
Ask the client to provide requirements in the native languages of the team.
After identifying all known tasks, the project manager has started to sequence and set durations.
Which of the following describes how the project manager should BEST determine the initial sequence and durations?
Use milestones identified in the project charter.
A company has updated the method it uses to initiate projects. The company requires RFPs from three vendors, and low and high bids must be rejected to determine the selected vendor.
Which of the following terms describe this requirement?
Outsourcing
A project team is overseeing the installation of a new reptile habitat at the local zoo. During execution, zoo personnel decides to house a different type of reptile that will require a different temperature range than the capacity of the installed system. The modification has been approved.
Which of the following constraints are MOST likely to be affected? (Choose two.)
Cost because replacing the system incurs additional expense.
Schedule because this was an unscheduled task and will impact the timeline.
Assuming an iterative approach, which of the following will be conducted at the end of each iteration?
SCRUM retrospective
The project manager has noticed a vendor is not performing in accordance with the SLA.
Which of the following items should the project manager use to highlight the vendor’s areas of poor performance?
Balanced score card
Two team members are arguing over two different approaches to complete a task. The project manager listens to both sides, determines neither approach will work, and directs the team members to use a third option.
This type of conflict resolution is known as:
Forcing
Which of the following metrics demonstrates to a project manager if a project is overspending or underspending?
CPI
The project sponsor has cut the resources required for project completion. The project manager cannot complete the project without additional resources.
Which of the following should the project manager do to obtain the resources?
The project manager should identify and document the reasons for the additional resources in a change request.
An organization has multiple projects that are taking place simultaneously.
Which of the following should be tasked with ensuring resources are appropriately allocated to projects?
Project sponsor
When a risk event occurs, which of the following documents is BEST suited for recording and tracking new items corresponding to the risk?
Risk register
A milestone task on the critical path has been completed.
Which of the following should the project manager notify?
Project sponsor
During a project assessment, a project manager determines the initial project cost estimates were incorrect, and there is not enough budget left, including reserves, to complete the project.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
Alert the project sponsor of the situation.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of an MOA or an MOU?
State expectations of all signatory parties to reduce potential misunderstandings.
Two team members have concluded that documentation is not required due to the size of the current project. The project manager has encouraged them to align strictly within the process.
Which of the following conflict resolution techniques has the project manager utilized?
Forcing
The client accepts the critical design review.
Which of the following meetings should be held to move to the NEXT step in the project?
Kickoff
A project manager is working on the project charter.
Which of the following phases does this describe?
Initiation
A project in the execution phase is over budget, and tasks on the critical path are on schedule.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Evaluate the impact to the baseline.
Several team members report that meeting objectives are not being met.
Which of the following documents would a project manager create to make team meetings more effective? (Choose two.)
Create a meeting agenda prior to each meeting and adhere to it.
Create an action item list during the meeting and adhere to it.
Which of the following documents should be used to provide high-level reporting to key stakeholders?
Dashboard
A new project charter is being drafted.
Which of the following would be the BEST source for the high-level project requirements?
Sponsor
Which of the following project documents should be used to record the occurrence of an unplanned event?
Issue log
Which of the following documents does a vendor rely on MOST before committing funding and resources to a project?
SOW
Which of the following measurements would give the project manager the BEST estimate of the total cost of an active project?
EAC
A customer will have ongoing changes to project requirements.
Which of the following is the BEST project management methodology for this requirement?
Agile
Which of the following describes risk mitigation?
The understanding of the risk with a detailed explanation of how the project intends to address the potential for occurrence.
Which of the following is a definition of an RFP?
A document sent to potential vendors to solicit a bid for a project.
A customer has requested additional features for an active project.
Which of the following steps should take place NEXT?
Evaluate the impact of the changes.
A project manager has an opportunity to add a highly skilled expert to the team who can increase the probability of the project’s success.
Which of the following risk strategies should the project manager adopt?
Exploitation
A project manager is assigned to a new project that must start immediately. No formal or approved documents have been authored for the project. The project manager must identify project roles, justify the business need, and determine project scope boundaries.
Which of the following documents should the project manager create?
Project charter
Which of the following individuals is MOST likely to be a key stakeholder for the product launch phase of a project?
Marketing representative
During the execution phase of a project, a project task has run longer than anticipated.
Which of the following is the new critical path of the project if Task 2 requires an additional two days to complete?
12 days
A project manager who is part of a global team wants to have a team building meeting and decides to hold a video conference.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the main challenge the influences this decision?
Geographical factors
A project team member highlights to the project manager that expensive licensing for critical software in use across the project may expire before the completion project.
Which of the following would the project manager MOST likely do?
Place a risk on the risk register and arrange a risk review with the appropriate stakeholders to accept and/or mitigate the risk.
A vendor is unable to deliver an order by the specified date.
Which of the following should be the project manager’s NEXT steps? (Choose two.)
The project manager should notify the affected project team and, if necessary, adjust the schedule because the project could potentially encounter delays.
The project manager should update the project management plan in the documentation to reflect the reason for the possible delay in the project timeline.
A project manager received a change request, immediately documented the required changes, and evaluated the impact of and justification for the changes.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Gain approval for the changes.
A project team is mainly based in a metropolitan area. The team also has members in a remote area, where Internet access is limited and unstable.
Which of the following factors will MOST likely influence the communication methods used in the project?
Technological factors
A project manager noticed the development team supporting a project does not have sufficient skills to complete the development phase. The project manager has discussed this issue with the functional manager and agreed to continue with the development phase due to time restrictions.
Which of the following strategies is the project manager applying?
Accepting
A business has implemented a new online performance management tool that allows functional and project managers to rate employees online.
This action is known as which of the following?
Business process change
A project manager needs to track the actual and estimated start and finish dates of all WBS work packages.
Which of the following is a necessary step to record the actual durations?
Establish and set the baseline.
Which of the following describes how a project is related to a program?
A program is a combination of multiple projects.
Which of the following are examples of organizational change? (Choose two.)
Relocation and Business process
A project manager needs to identify the resources assigned to a particular task.
In which of the following documents can this information be found?
Project schedule
A project manager provides status reports to a customer on a biweekly basis, but the customer is very busy and only has a few minutes to review the project.
Which of the following are critical for the project manager to provide?
Schedule, cost, risks/issues, and milestones
During the execution phase, the project manager discovered that the testing phase is dependent on completion of the vendor’s tasks. The project team has just informed the project manager their activities are almost complete, and they would like permission to begin testing. The vendor is not scheduled to deliver the products for two months.
Which of the following should have occurred to prevent this issue?
The project manager should have crashed the schedule for the vendor to keep it at the same work pace as the rest of the project team.
A project coordinator logs potential events that can affect project constraints, and then records the results of brainstorming of potential strategies.
Which of the following documents should the project coordinator use?
Risk register
A new project sponsor has joined the project team, and the constraints on the project have been reprioritized. The project cost was previously the most important factor, but the new sponsor has indicated that meeting a new, shorter deadline is the priority.
Which of the following effects is this MOST likely to have on the project?
The deliverables and quality will remain the same, but the cost will increase.
A project has fallen behind schedule. Upon investigation, the project manager determines that team members have implemented requirements relayed via impromptu hallway meetings with the client.
Which of the following should the project manager do to resolve this issue?
Inform the stakeholders of the issue.
The key stakeholders have reported the project pace as being slow. The project sponsor would like to cancel the project if it cannot be completed before the end of the year. The project is scheduled to be completed three months after the requested date.
To alter the pace of the project, which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?
Document the change request from the project sponsor.
Which of the following is a schedule that illustrates the duration of an activity?
Gantt chart
Team members have reported that meetings are poorly attended and unproductive.
Which of the following steps can the project manager take to make the meetings more productive?
Distribute an agenda before each meeting.
Due to a new government regulation, a project change is required. The project manager evaluates the change and realizes a representative from the legal department will need to approve the change as well.
The project manager should:
extend a formal invitation to the legal department representative to join the CCB.
A customer asks a project manager if a small change can be made during the delivery phase. The project manager does not agree to the change.
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason?
Scope creep
In which of the following organizational structures would a project manager have the MOST authority?
Projectized
A project team is composed of numerous team members who are located throughout a country. All personnel have identified core business hours. A team engineer based in a machine shop has a question during business hours for the project manager, who is located at a different facility.
Which of the following is the MOST expedient communication method, assuming the question can be resolved quickly?
Text messaging
A new stakeholder has joined the project team and requested modifications that will result in minor changes to the project budget and schedule.
The project manager is concerned that the requests will lead to:
scope creep
A vendor has accepted a proposed project from a customer.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the first document created by the project manager?
Project statement of work
A project manager has noticed poor attendance as status meetings.
Which of the following strategies should the project manager use to improve attendance? (Choose two.)
Provide an agenda before the status meeting.
Adhere to an agenda and scheduled time.
Which of the following events would MOST likely trigger communications to the largest audience for a given organization?
Business continuity response
If a project sponsor wants to know the current status and progress of a project, which of the following is the BEST approach to find this information?
The scheduler should obtain the current status from team members, apply it to the baseline of the schedule, and run a report.
Two team members completely disagree on how to complete a specific task. The project manager observes the conflict but takes no immediate action.
Which of the following techniques is the project manager using?
Withdrawing
An agreement document that is intended to prevent two or more organizations from sharing specific, confidential information with anyone but each other is called:
an NDA.
Which of the following is the MOST likely target audience to be notified of the achievement of a key milestone in a project schedule?
Project stakeholders and project team
An authorized change to a construction project was implemented. During the modification, the team identified a defect in which the change caused the building power output to be outside the KPPs.
Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
Initiate the regression plan.
A senior manager asks a project manager for an estimated budget on a new project.
Which of the following is the BEST step for the project manager to take?
Use the budget from a similar project to generate estimates.
A program manager informs a project manager that a new, high-priority project has been approved and will need the current project’s resources before the scheduled project close date. The project team meets and determines that the project should be fast-tracked.
Which of the following documents should the project team reference to fast-track the project? (Choose two.)
Network diagram and Project schedule
A company has dictated project scope changes but has stated that the original budget still applies. Which of the following will MOST likely be impacted by the changes?
Schedule
A project manager was directed to complete a project sooner than previously planned.
Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective step to take to ensure the project’s success?
Update the WBS
A project manager has contracted a third-party vendor to achieve milestones. Which of the following risk strategies is the project manager applying?
Transfer
A company is hired to perform some of another organization’s work. Which of the following types of organizational change is described?
Outsourcing
A project has been experiencing some difficulties due to third-party vendors. The project manager should request.
A risk register update
A project’s key stakeholders have requested significant changes that will affect the scope. To adjust the project scope, which of the following need to be changed? (Choose two.)
Project schedule and WBS
A project has activities on the critical path that must be completed before other activities can start.
Task A is dependent on Task C before Task D can be completed. Task A requires task B to start.
Task B takes twice as long to complete as Task C.
Which of the following is the appropriate ordering of the critical path?
B, C, A, D
During a project, the project manager discovers there is insufficient time allotted for quality control. The project manager prepared to submit a revised schedule to the CCB.
Given the attached chart, which of the following is the critical path if one day is added to each task for quality control?
22 days
Which of the following job roles is primarily tasked with communicating the project timeline changes?
Project manager
A project manager is successfully adhering to an eight-week project schedule through week three. A change in the marketplace will require the project manager to deliver the product one week early.
Given the project schedule above, which of the following aspects are missing for the project manager to plan and execute an accelerated schedule? (Choose two).
Cost and Resource loading
A project manager has been assigned a project with a budget of $50,000. Three change requests are submitted during execution that will increase the overall project cost to $60,000. Which of the following steps should the project manager perform NEXT?
Wait until the change requests are approved by the CCB.
The chairperson of the board is visiting from another country and wishes to meet the project team members. The next project team meeting will be held next week, but the chairperson is leaving before the meeting. Which of the following actions should the project manager take?
Arrange an impromptu team meeting with the chairperson.
Which of the following are characteristics of a project? (Choose two.)
A project is a temporary endeavor and A project provides a unique product, service, or result
A project team has purchased computers with warranties extending throughout the entire project. Which of the following represents the risk strategy utilized?
Mitigate
Which of the following Agile ceremonies is used to determine the backlog items that will be worked on the next weeks?
Sprint planning meeting
The project manager of a global project constantly receives complaints from individuals at another location that some team members are not available after lunch on Fridays. This is acceptable to the project manager. Which of the following factors is the MOST likely cause for this scenario?
Time zone
A project manager is providing the lessons learned for a project that ran over budget and produced poor quality deliverables.
Which of the following should the project manager include as part of the lessons learned?
Post-mortem analysis
A company decides to give a large section of its development project to another firm to manage and complete because that firm has the appropriately skilled resources to execute the work. This approach is referred to as:
Outsourcing
An outsourced project team member approaches the project manager and complains that the contract does not permit overtime. The project manager had fast-tracked tasks that require additional hours.
Which of the following documents did the project manager fail to reference?
MOA
Which of the following roles has approval authority for project funding?
Sponsor
A software upgrade project has been postponed because it may impact a critical business system. Which of the following strategies has been applied?
Avoid risk
The project team is distributed throughout a single country. The scrum master has decided to hold remote “stand-ups” on a daily basis. Which of the following would be the MOST effective means to do this?
Video conference
Which of the following is an example of a project?
Implementing a health awareness program at an organization
A project is about to begin the execution phase. The SOW and project plan have been approved, and the project team has been formed.
Which of the following types of meetings should happen NEXT?
Scheduling
A department manager asks a project manager about the status of a project that has only a few employees from the department assigned to it.
Which of the following were MOST likely missed during project planning?
Resource analysis and Gantt chart
A part that is needed to complete Task 3 has been backordered and will arrive three days later than scheduled. Task 3 must be complete for Task 4 to start. There is one day of float for the two tasks.
Which of the following represents the number of days the project schedule will be delayed?
Three
A software development project is struggling with a certain technology that is unknown to the project team. A project manager has received a third-party proposal to transfer the risk.
Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Request for bid
A team member learns that an assigned task is not due until the very end of the project. Moreover, the team member is not aware of any predecessor tasks dependent on completing the assigned task.
Which of the following does the project manager use to decide if the team member can start the task later or earlier?
Review the PERT chart and evaluate if the task is a discretionary dependency.
A project manager travels abroad to meet the offshore team and sends out a meeting invitation to review requirements. However, many team members decline the meeting invitation. The PM approaches one team member to determine why people are declining. The team member indicates the project manager scheduled the meeting at a time when employees typically have permission to take a nap.
Which of the following is the project manager facing?
Cultural differences
Which of the following vendor documents specifically address quality? (Choose two.)
LOI and SLA
A project manager has been assigned a complex project and does not know all the activities required to complete it.
Which of the following if the BEST approach to determine the work packages for the WBS?
Bottom-up
Which of the following documents need to be updated as events occur during a project? (Choose two.)
Meeting minutes and Status report
During a project, a key stakeholder asks a project team member to add a requirement. The team member adds the requirement without informing the project manager.
Which of the following is described in this scenario?
Scope creep
A project manager is assigned to an ongoing project. Which of the following is the FIRST document the protect manager should review?
Project schedule
A governance committee has just approved a new project. The project scheduler is now developing the project schedule. Which of the following activities should be done FIRST?
Add tasks
A company has hired a new project manager. The PMO has briefed the new project manager on the following expected responsibilities for projects:
Coordinate project schedule
Manage to the triple constraint
Provide performance feedback to team members’ managers
Which of the following types of organizational structures did the new project manager MOST likely join?
Projectized
Which of the following shows projected project expenditures?
Work breakdown structure
A project manager wants to introduce the practice of a WBS to the PMO, but the other managers believe this will create extra work.
Which of the following would BEST communicate the need for a WBS to the other managers? (Choose two.)
Using the WBS will help prevent work from slipping or being forgotten and theWBS will aid in determining which resources are required for the project.
A team member was assigned a new task during a meeting. The team member did not complete the task by the end of the phase, and the PM is looking for evidence to escalate the issue.
Which of the following documents could help in this situation?
Issue log
Which of the following elements should be included on a responsibility assignment matrix?
Responsible, accountable, consulted, informed
The PM is preparing for the planning phase kickoff meeting. It is imperative for the team to focus during the meeting on the expected outcomes.
Which of the following best describes what the PM should work on FIRST?
Project schedule
Which of the following charts is a graphical representation of the causes of a specific event?
Fishbone
While working on risk ranking, the project team is unsure about the qualitative scales to be used for probability and impact. The project manager directs the team to look in the:
quality plan.
A project team on a four-year project has a shortage of workspace within an office.
Which of the following is the MOST viable solution for the project team while ensuring work hours are not wasted?
Permit remote work, utilize shared workspaces, and implement BYOD.
A project is in the initiation phase. Which of the following tasks will take place during this phase?
Create a project charter.
A team member has completed an assigned task. Which of the following roles should be notified FIRST?
Project manager
A project manager would like to bring vendors into a new project. Which of the following documents should the potential vendors submit so the project manager can find the best vendors for the project?
SOW
A project manager is informed that a team member would like to enhance the code with an additional function. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Evaluate the impact of the change.
Using Scrum, which of the following are discussed in a daily standup meeting?
What was done yesterday, what is planned for today, and what roadblocks need to be removed
A new high-priority project is assigned to the project manager with a fully formed budget, deadline, and scope. The project manager is creating the project schedule.
Which of the following calculations accurately shows the critical path?
52 days
new stakeholder has been added to a project with a BAG of $850,000. The stakeholder has raised five change requests to the CCB; two of them have been approved, and three are awaiting initial review. Considering the project has a CPI of 0.89 and an SPI of 1.14, and the approved ones will be implemented, which of the following should the project manager do LAST?
Update the documents and plans.
A project manager has been asked to prepare and present a review of the execution phase. Which of the following is the BEST audience for this review?
Project team
Which of the following inherently affects quality standards?
WBS
At a weekly project team meeting, it is apparent the project is over budget. The project manager needs to determine the reason for this issue. Which of the following documents should MOST likely be analyzed to obtain the answer?
Project charter, organization chart, scope statement, and issue log
A project manager does not have enough time to complete several tasks on a critical path. The budget is a low concern. Which of the following should be used to complete the tasks on time?
Fast-track the tasks.
A project is taking more effort than anticipated. Which of the following constraints will MOST likely be affected?
Cost
A risk with minor impact has been realized. There is no change to the triple constraint. The PM should notify the:
key stakeholders
An industry leader may be joining the project team and can potentially provide additional expertise. Which of the following strategies should the project manager employ?
Validation
A company hires a number of interns and assigns them key roles on a project. Which of the following should the project manager MOST likely anticipate?
Reduced quality
The project schedule performance index is 1.1, and the cost performance index is 0.9. Which of the following describes the project status?
Ahead of schedule and under budget
A non-stakeholder approaches the project manager and asks if certain items can be added to a project that was started two months earlier. Which of the following constraints does this impact MOST?
Cost
A team member was replaced on a project by a new team member of equal capability. Which of the following should the project manager do FIRST?
Allocating resources
Which of the following would indicate a project manager is working in a matrix-based organization?
The project manager has full authority over resources and the project
A project team is spread between two countries on different continents.
Which of the following factors are MOST likely to influence communication methods selected for the communication plan? (Choose two.)
Language barriers and Cultural differences
Two team members approach a project manager with different ideas for completing a task. After listening to the team members’ ideas, the project manager does not choose either one and requires both members to finish the task as originally planned.
Which of the following conflict resolution techniques is the project manager applying?
Smoothing
A project team has finished creating a WBS and started developing a schedule. The team should FIRST determine the:
tasks
A team has been assembled and assigned a project to reduce recent, unanticipated production cost overruns. Which of the following tools should the project team select to determine the possible origins of the increased costs?
Fishbone diagram
A project has a of $850,000. The project manager has identified and documented that certain key applications were not included in the scope management plan. As reported, the CPI is 0.8, and the PMO allows only a 5% additional increment to the planned budget. Which of the following should the project manager do NEXT?
Obtain approval from the CCB.
A project manager is releasing resources and archiving documents. Which of the following phases is the project MOST likely in?
Closing
A project team added a new member who has proprietary information about a competitor’s product. The team member was suddenly removed from the project. Which of the following MOST likely occurred?
The company received a C&D.
In which of the following categories does a business process change fit?
Organizational change
A project manager is trying to explain to a stakeholder why projects are progressively elaborated upon. Which of the following is the BEST explanation?
In the beginning, projects entail a degree of uncertainty that needs to be specified.
A change must be made to a project to comply with municipal code. The project manager updates the relevant shared project documents. The key stakeholders subsequently update the documents with new information. When the project deliverables are reinspected, they fail the inspection. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the failed inspection?
Version control processes were not applied.
A project manager has received a change order that will reduce a project’s timeline and budget. However, the change order also indicates the goals and deliverables of the project must remain unchanged. Which of the following is the MOST logical impact to the project?
The reduced budget will result in reduced resources, which will lead to a strong matrix organizational structure being used.
A risk with a high probability and medium consequence to a project has been identified. In response, the project manager has purchased an insurance plan with the intent to provide additional funds if the risk is realized. There is no risk to the schedule or scope.
Which of the following types of risk strategies is this an example of?
Transfer risk
Which of the following is described as placing responsibility for addressing the potential effects of an uncertain future event on an entity outside the organization?
Risk transfer
Team members have reported poor sound quality during critical, time-sensitive conference calls. Which of the following may be a more effective means of communication?
One-on-one meetings
A project manager is creating the monthly report for top management. The project manager has collected the information below:
AC = 100
PV = 80
EV = 120
Based on this information, the CPI reflects which of the following about the project?
It is under budget
In a project with a of $235,000, the CPI is 0.80, and the SPI is 1.20. Based on this information, which of the following can the key stakeholders determine about the project?
The project is under budget and ahead of schedule.
