Test 4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
16Which of the following is NOT true about Motivator-Hygiene theory?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Hygiene factors are not sufficient to motivate people, and motivating agents provide the best positive reinforcement.
Hygiene factors can destroy motivation, but improving them under most circumstances will not improve motivation.
Motivating people is best done by rewarding people and letting them grow.
Improving hygiene factors will certainly improve motivation.
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
As per Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene theory, hygiene factors are not sufficient to motivate people, and motivating agents provide the best positive reinforcement. Hygiene factors can destroy motivation but improving them will not improve motivation under most circumstances.
21Which of the following is not a tool used for pre-assessment?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Ability Test
Structured Interview
Focus Group
Testing
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
Attitudinal Surveys, Specific Assessments, Ability Tests, Structured Interviews, and Focus Groups are used as pre-assessment tools.
28You are overseeing a project to build a robot which will operate on electricity as well as solar power. The robot should have face and voice recognition capability; it should help the owner with daily household activities and keep him or her company. The robot should be able to learn from various experiences, develop its memory, and gradually make more complex decisions on its own. In which of the following documents should this information be captured?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Project scope
Scope baseline
Product scope
Requirements traceability matrix
Correct Option:C
EXPLANATION
Product scope describes the features, functions, and physical characteristics of a product, service, or result. On the other hand, project scope describes the work needed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions. Product scope may include subsidiary components, but project scope results in a single product, service, or result. Product scope completion is measured against the product requirements to determine successful fulfillment. and project scope completion is measured against the project plan, project scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), WBS dictionary, and other elements.
42Which of the following assessments explores alternatives to overcome or avoid the risk?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Backlog Assessment
Skill Gap Assessment
Risk Assessment
Team Assessment
Correct Option:A
EXPLANATION
Backlog Assessment or refinement explores alternatives to overcome or avoid the risk
45Which of the following tools is not used to measure team performance?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Sprint
Kanban Board
Earned Value
Velocity
Correct Option:A
EXPLANATION
Kanban Boards, Throughput metrics, Cycle Time, Quality Metrics, Earned Value, Bar Charts, and Velocity are the various tools used to measure a team’s performance.
52In Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, accomplishment, respect, attention, and appreciation are represented as:
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Physiological
Self-actualization
Esteem
Social
EXPLANATION
In Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, accomplishment, respect, attention, and appreciation are represented as esteem.
57Which of the following is NOT an element of self-regulation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Self Control
Trustworthiness
Adaptability
Agility
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
Self Control, Trustworthiness, Conscientiousness, and Adaptability are self-regulation elements.
65Which of the following is NOT a tool and technique of the Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Risk probability and impact assessment
Probability and impact matrix
Expected monetary value analysis
Risk data quality assessment
Correct Option:C
EXPLANATION
Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis is the process of prioritizing risks by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact on the project if they occur. This fast, relatively easy to perform, and cost-effective process ensures that the right emphasis is on the right risk areas as per their ranking and priority and helps to allocate adequate time and resources. Even though numbers are used for the rating in Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, it is a subjective evaluation and should be performed throughout the project. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis is the process of numerically analyzing the effect of overall project objectives of identified risks. It performs numerical analysis using a modeling technique such as expected monetary value (EMV).
66You are overseeing a large construction project to build a power plant. Your company has purchased a big piece of land close to a mountain and far away from the city for the plant. One of your team members reports to you that they found some artifacts during construction. Upon initial assessment, you realize these artifacts have some archaeological significance. What should you do in this kind of situation?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Ask the team members to keep it a secret and collect all the artifacts for the benefit of the project.
This kind of finding is a norm in construction projects; thus, ignore the finding and proceed with the project as per the plan.
Proceed with the project as planned but inform the higher management about the findings.
Stop digging and call the archaeological department to quickly research the finding.
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
A project manager should understand the significance of this kind of finding and must consult the experts before proceeding further.
78Which of the following is TRUE about the request for bid (RFB) or an invitation for bid (IFB)?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Buyers request all potential sellers for the details of how work will be performed.
Buyers request all potential sellers to submit a total price bid for the work to be performed.
Buyers request all potential sellers to submit a price quote per item, hour, foot or other unit of measure.
Buyers request all potential sellers to submit a detailed statement of work from the buyer.
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
Invitation for bid (IFB)/request for bid (RFB): Request from a buyer to all potential sellers to submit a total price bid for work to be performed. Request for proposal (RFP): Buyer’s request to all potential sellers for the details of how work will be performed. Request for quotation (RFQ): Buyer’s request to all potential sellers for a price quote per item, hour, foot or other unit of measure.
81Which of the following processes documents configuration management activities in a project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Collect requirement
Define scope
Plan scope management
Validate scope
Correct Option:C
EXPLANATION
Requirements and configuration management activities are documented as a part of the requirements management plan, which is an output of the Plan Scope Management process.
90To improve the proficiency of team members, it is very essential to coach and mentor them regularly. Which of the following can help the project manager ensure the effectiveness of coaching and mentoring?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Defining the communication management plan
Determining appropriate feedback
Dedication of the team members
Developing the ground rules
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
Regular feedback helps in understanding the effectiveness of the coaching and mentoring and helps initiate actions required to improve further.
96Emotional Intelligence (EI) helps assess and understand the emotions of oneself and others so that conflicts are minimized. Besides, EI is used describe a key set of personal and interpersonal skills. What are the personal skills? SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Self-awareness, Self actualization
Self-Motivation, Self-Regulation, Self-actualization
Self-awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation
Self-actualization, Motivation
Correct Option:C
EXPLANATION
EI recognizes the personal skills of Self-awareness, Self-Regulation, and Motivation.
121You have been managing a top-secret government project, which has been progressing as planned until recently. Suddenly, one of your team members calls and informs you that the project has encountered an unexpected major problem that was not included in the risk register. What should be your first course of action?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Take corrective and preventive actions
Update the risk management plan
Create a workaround
Create a fallback plan
Correct Option:C
EXPLANATION
Since the problem has occurred, the first thing you should do as project manager is address the risk by creating a workaround. Once the issue is addressed, you may need to reevaluate your risk identification process, look for unexpected effects of the problem, inform management, update the risk management plan, create a fallback plan, and take corrective and preventative actions.
125For effective evaluation of virtual team engagement, a project manager defines the guidelines based on Project Management best practices. This involves tracking the progress, conducting daily stand-up meetings, using appropriate tools, and ___________.
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Retrospective
Timeboxing the meeting
Sprint Planning
Sprint Review
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
Timeboxing the meeting involves having a clear agenda, defining objectives and approach for the meeting, identification of attendees and action items, and adjourning the meeting promptly.
138Which of the following is NOT true about the goal and objective of a bidding conference?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
All questions are submitted in writing and issued to sellers as an addendum to the procurement document so that all sellers respond to the same scope of work.
There is no collusion among sellers and/or buying agents.
Sellers do not save questions for later private meetings in order to gain a competitive advantage.
The seller who is best capable of performing the project work is selected.
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
A bidder conference is an open dialogue dealing with questions and clarifications around an RFP. Selecting a seller is done through an internal process after proposals are submitted to the RFP.
143Your team has estimated that there is a 40 percent probability of a delay in the receipt of required parts with an additional cost of $15,000 to the project. This delay will cost the company $20,000 in lost business. Upon further investigation, you identified that if an existing component could be adapted, it would save the project $10,500 in engineering costs. There is a 30 Percent probability that the team can take advantage of that opportunity. What is the total expected monetary value (EMV) of these two events?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
10850
-10850
14000
3150
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
EMV is a form of decision tree analysis used to select the best of several alternative courses of action. Each decision note has an input based on the cost and its probability, which produces an output. In this case, one of the branches of the decision tree would be a 40% chance of an $15,000 in additional costs and a resultant loss of $20,000 in revenue, so the total impact would be .4 * (-$15,000 + -$20,000) = -$14,000 . The other branch for the new component has $10,500 in cost savings, so the net effect is $10,500 * .3 = $3,150. We add the -$14,000 and the $3,1,50 to get the Expected Monetary Value of both decision tree paths, which equals -$10,850
144You are overseeing a project to implement a payroll application and are currently in the Identify Risks process of identifying and documenting the projects risks. Which of the following information gathering techniques is NOT used in the Identify Risks process?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Checklist analysis
The Delphi technique
Interviewing
Brainstorming
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
Delphi technique is not used in identify risk process. Delphi technique is a secret balloting typically used while gathering information. This can be used before unanimity under the voting technique while collecting requirements.
149Which of the following statements is FALSE about qualified sellers list in a project?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
It is a list of preapproved or prequalified prospective sellers interested in and capable of doing contract services for the organization.
It is a part of the project management plan.
It is a list of prescreened sellers.
It is a tool in the Conduct Procurement process.
Correct Option:D
EXPLANATION
A qualified sellers list is a list of preapproved or prequalified prospective sellers interested in and capable of doing contract services for the organization. Prequalified sellers for a project are entered into the procurement management plan, which is a part of the project management plan, as an output of the plan Procurement process. The qualified seller list is used as an input in the Conduct Procurement process, not as a tool and technique.
165When conflict occurs in a project, it has to be resolved following a specific approach based on the conflict type. Which of the following is NOT a conflict resolution technique?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Collaborate
Accept
Compromise
Smooth
Correct Option:B
EXPLANATION
Collaborate, Compromise, Smooth, Force, and Withdraw are the conflict resolution techniques.
175The constant contribution by team members results in the continual delivery of the project outputs and outcomes that compliment project objectives. Which of the following are important for making team members more proficient?
SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER
Coaching and Mentoring
Collaboration and Controlling
Training and Evaluation
Communication and Controlling
Correct Option:A
EXPLANATION
Coaching and mentoring helps team members to become more proficient.
